Episode 279: Harry Houdini

Not Today

Society & Culture, Comedy, True Crime

4.5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist, renowned as the "Handcuff King" for his death-defying escapes. He became world-renowned for escaping from handcuffs, straitjackets, milk cans, and locked chests, often while submerged in water. While his death was not a direct result of his performances, he had a few terrifying brushes with death and another magician who attempted one of his acts did tragically die on stage when something went wrong.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Steph.
0:01.1	I'm Alex.
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0:24.9	I'm living the dream.
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0:27.0	Every day.
0:27.8	So we're here with another story for me that I didn't have to work for.
0:32.5	Just get to listen.
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0:51.4	episodes up. I think so. But that's all I really have to say at the top.
0:55.5	And I'm looking forward to talking about the great and powerful Houdini. Oh shit. Right now?
1:00.9	Right now. Right now. Houdini kind of reminds me of the great and powerful Oz. You know,
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