You explain how it is not an original, but rather a photo of a picture of the iconic magician that you saw when you last visited the 'Houdini Museum'. Houdini's Last Trick begins by removing a photograph of Houdini from your wallet or pocket. The assistant would then emerge from the box and sack wearing a different costume.Peter Eggink presents a delightfully eerie and amazing new take on his acclaimed Ghost Tag effect.

The magician and his assistant would then change places, Houdini appearing behind the curtain as the assistant disappeared into the box. Having extricated himself from the sack in which he was tied, Houdini would climb out of the hidden door and crouch behind a curtain lifted by his assistant. The Metamorphosis trick uses a device known as the substitution trunk, which has a secret panel that allows its occupant to sneak out. If you do not want to know how Houdini performed his Metamorphosis trick, stop reading here.

He died on 31 October 1926 - Halloween - of a ruptured appendix.

His family moved to Appleton when he was four and stayed four years. Houdini was born Ehrich Weiss in 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. The entrance bears a sign warning visitors not to enter if they do not want to know how Houdini achieved his baffling illusions. The part of the exhibit that shows how tricks are actually performed is in a backstage area. The AKA Houdini exhibit features 38 artefacts, 190 documents and 'hands-on' displays that include handcuffs, lock picks, a straitjacket and a jail cell. Teller, one half of magical duo Penn and Teller, said people who see the Houdini exhibition would still be baffled if they watched a similar trick being performed at a show. 'By telling people how this trick works, we're giving people a deeper meaning of Houdini.' 'We didn't feel like we were exposing anything, because this information is readily available,' she said. However, curator Kimberley Louagie defended the museum's actions. Ehrich Weiss - later Harry Houdini - was born in Budapest in 1874

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