In 1915, Houdini nearly suffocated during a stunt in which he was shackled and buried under six feet of dirt. The heart-pounding getaways usually involved a healthy dose of trickery and sleight-of-hand, but they were also fraught with genuine risk. The Hungarian-born escape artist jumped off bridges while handcuffed and wearing leg irons, slithered out of sealed milk cans filled with water, and devised a “Chinese Water Torture Cell” in which he was submerged and suspended upside down by his ankles. For over 30 years, Harry Houdini dazzled audiences with his bravura stunts and superhuman endurance.
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