The hand-carved head is thought to be a likeness of the great magician and may have been used in his "self decapitation" ...

A few cents a portrait was enough for him to support ... founder of the Melbourne Magic Festival and the Australian Institute ...

London, Jack, Mr. and Mrs., portrait photograph ... and non-fiction essays throughout his career. And just as Houdini transcended magic, London gained a measure of fame beyond literature.

Ehrich teams up with Jacob Hyman, a friend from his job at a neckwear cutting firm, in a magic act they call "The Brothers Houdini." Ehrich, known as Ehrie, starts calling himself "Harry Houdini." ...