Escape Artist Harry Houdini Was an Ingenious Inventor, He Just Didn’t Want Anybody to Know..
It was January 27, 1908, at the Columbia Theater in St. Louis and Harry Houdini was about to debut his first theatrical performance. The great master of illusion stepped inside of an over-size milk can, sloshing gallons of water on to the stage. Houdini was about to do something that looked like a really bad idea.
The can had already been poked, prodded and turned upside down to prove to the audience that there was no hole beneath the stage. Houdini was handcuffed with his hands in front of him. His hair was parted down the middle and he wore a grave expression on his face. His blue bathing suit revealed an exceptional physique. Holding his breath, he squeezed his entire body into the water-filled can as the lid was attached and locked from the outside with six padlocks. A cabinet was wheeled around the can to hide it from view.
Time ticked away as the audience waited for Harry Houdini to drown.
Two minutes later, a panting and dripping Houdini emerged from behind the cabinet. The can was still padlocked. During his lifetime, nobody ever managed to figure out how he had escaped. Read more at:
Secret Houdini Footage.. https://youtu.be/suirIT9F_MY
Below.. Harry Houdini Divers Suit.. June 30th,1917 US Patent 1370316
