Harry Houdini was suspended in the air in a straitjacket above a downtown San Antonio...
On Feb. 1, 1916, during a week-long performance, Houdini was suspended upside-down in a straitjacket next to the San Antonio Express newspaper, above the intersection of Crockett and Navarro streets. He escaped in just four minutes and nine seconds.suspended upside down in a straitjacket or submerged in a tank of water, died on Halloween 96 years ago from appendicitis.
On Feb. 1, 1916, during a week-long performance, Houdini was suspended upside-down in a straitjacket next to the San Antonio Express newspaper, above the intersection of Crockett and Navarro streets. He escaped in just four minutes and nine seconds.As many as 12,000 people packed into the intersection to watch “the world’s foremost self-liberator … risk his life and his reputation just that they might be thrilled,” the Express reported.
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