100 years later, Harry Houdini’s death still haunts Detroit

Escape artist Harry Houdini is shown before being lowered in a packing crate into the ice-covered Detroit River in 1907. AP Photo

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This Halloween marks the 100th anniversary of the death of the legendary magician Harry Houdini.

He earned his reputation by freeing himself from traps that seemed impossible for a mere mortal to survive.But Houdini couldn’t escape the ultimate fate waiting for him in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1926, and his spirit