When escapologist Harry Houdini toured Australia in 1910 he brought magic mystique his wife and an aeroplane. Houdini conquered crowds and nearly caused riots he escaped straitjackets and shackles and flew through the air. Some said he was supernatural to others he was a fraud but Houdini confounded them all. This is the story of Harry Houdini ‘the greatest and most astounding artist that ever appeared in Australia’.
