90 years ago today, Erik Weisz hung upside down, shackled and in a straightjacket from the Vancouver Sun building in er… Vancouver, while crowds stood and stared. Perhaps not so weird when you know he preferred to go by the name Harry Houdini.
Here’s the story from today’s VS: This day in history: March 1, 1923.
And here’s some photos of the event from Vancouver is Awesome!
Advertisements
His real name was Erik Weisz? I had no idea. Yep, I can see why he changed it. Harry Houdini certianly has more stage presence!