Houdini prepares to do the overboard box escape. This post will be giving you all the information you need to know to truly appreciate the danger, guts, and lunacy of this mad act. When the crate was pulled out of the water, observers found it to be completely intact with Houdini’s discarded manacles inside. Of course, it wouldn’t be a classic Houdini trick without handcuffs, leg-irons and a crate with its lid nailed shut. Within 57 seconds, Houdini would escape from a packing crate weighed down by two hundred pounds of lead in New York’s East River. “The easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place someone is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death.” – Harry Houdini.Īlright I know I keep saying each stunt is crazy, and they are, and I also know that this isn’t the only escape that almost killed him, but this stunt is insanity to an unprecedented level.
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