When Houdini first toured Europe during his early fame as The Handcuff King, he penned a regular column for the American newspaper the Dramatic Mirror. The columns are filled with wonderful tidbits about Vaudeville performers of the day, and also contain many revealing opinions and slice-of-life gems about Houdini himself. In a way, these can almost be read as if they are Houdini's own personal blog, so I've launched a new series highlighting items from these columns called, The Handcuff King's blog. So far I've posted two installments.

Art and beer in Bavaria
http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/03/......-in.html

Freaks of Octoberfest
http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/03/......-of.html

Upcoming posts will cover Houdini's 4th of July in Russia, the death of rival, the Flower Medium, and the act he couldn't escape.

Looks very cool! Please keep them coming.

Thanks Kasoom. I'm looking to get my next installment (Russia) up sooner than later. Maybe Monday.

New installment today. I like this one because a few of these stories are truly untold and I think this helps throw some cold water on whole "Houdini was a spy" malarky.

http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/04/......nto.html