Harry Houdini
Magician Paul Daniels chooses the escapologist and showman, Harry Houdini. With William Kalush and Matthew Parris. From 2009.
4 Extra welcomes Harry Houdini to the 100 CLUB. He died on Halloween - 31st October 1926 aged just 52 years old.
Magician Paul Daniels explores the life of escapologist and showman, Harry Houdini.
Paul Daniels, and presenter Matthew Parris, are joined by Houdini biographer William Kalush, who argues that the master escapologist may have been murdered by spiritualists.
Producer: Jolyon Jenkins
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 2009.
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