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The [[Straitjacket Escape]] is the act of getting out from a fully laced straitjacket without external assistance. The concept of presenting such an escape as a form of entertainment was created by [[Houdini]] in 1896. His brother [[Hardeen]] also performed it. | The [[Straitjacket Escape]] is the act of getting out from a fully laced straitjacket without external assistance. The concept of presenting such an escape as a form of entertainment was created by [[Houdini]] in 1896. His brother [[Hardeen]] also performed it. | ||
Houdini started doing the escape from behind a curtain, so the audience did not see the actual method by which he escaped, but he decided later that he got a better reaction when doing it in full view of the audience. | Houdini started doing the escape from behind a curtain, so the audience did not see the actual method by which he escaped, but he decided later that he got a better reaction when doing it in full view of the audience.<ref>THE STRAIT-JACKET RELEASE by Harry Houdini, [[Conjurers' Monthly Magazine]] Vol 02, page 154 and page 176 (1908) </ref> | ||
Houdini performed his first "Suspended Straitjacket Escape", hanging forty-five feet off the ground from Minneapolis Eventing Tribune office building, on September 29, 1915.<ref>Houdini!!! by Kenneth Silverman (1996)</ref> | |||
Other performers to include this routine were [[Harry Jansen]], [[Dunninger]], and [[James Randi]]. [[Mardoni]] in the 1930s did it from an airplane in flight. | Other performers to include this routine were [[Harry Jansen]], [[Dunninger]], and [[James Randi]]. [[Mardoni]] in the 1930s did it from an airplane in flight. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:30, 13 February 2012
The Straitjacket Escape is the act of getting out from a fully laced straitjacket without external assistance. The concept of presenting such an escape as a form of entertainment was created by Houdini in 1896. His brother Hardeen also performed it.
Houdini started doing the escape from behind a curtain, so the audience did not see the actual method by which he escaped, but he decided later that he got a better reaction when doing it in full view of the audience.[1]
Houdini performed his first "Suspended Straitjacket Escape", hanging forty-five feet off the ground from Minneapolis Eventing Tribune office building, on September 29, 1915.[2]
Other performers to include this routine were Harry Jansen, Dunninger, and James Randi. Mardoni in the 1930s did it from an airplane in flight.
References
- ↑ THE STRAIT-JACKET RELEASE by Harry Houdini, Conjurers' Monthly Magazine Vol 02, page 154 and page 176 (1908)
- ↑ Houdini!!! by Kenneth Silverman (1996)