Houdini in The New York Times is a free resource for Houdini enthusiasts and researchers who might not otherwise have access to the hundreds of Houdini articles, features, and letters that appeared in the Times during the first half of the twentieth century.

Houdini himself explains the secret to escaping from a straitjacket in this essay written for the Ladies Home Journal in 1918.

Read the complete text of Harry Houdini's expose of the modus operandi of sword swallowers, fire eaters, and other "miracle mongers."

Detroit News provides a collection of reprinted articles detailing Houdini's escapades in the Motor City.