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[[Straitjacket Escape]] is the act of getting out from a straightjacket. It created by [[Houdini]] in 1896. His brother [[Hardeen]] also performed it.
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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.
  
Houdini started out doing the escape behind a curtain, but decided he got a better reaction when doing it in full view of the audience.
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Houdini started doing the escape behind a curtain, but decided he got a better reaction when doing it in full view of the audience.
  
Performers then started doing it while suspended up-side down in mid-air from the side of a tall building or from a crane.  
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Performers such as Houdini then started doing it while suspended upside-down in mid-air from the side of a tall building or from a crane.  
  
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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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 ==
 
== References ==
 
* THE STRAIT-JACKET RELEASE by Harry Houdini, [[Conjurers' Monthly Magazine]] Vol 02, page 154 and page 176 (1908)   
 
* THE STRAIT-JACKET RELEASE by Harry Houdini, [[Conjurers' Monthly Magazine]] Vol 02, page 154 and page 176 (1908)   
 
[[Category:Escapes]]
 
[[Category:Escapes]]

Revision as of 00:55, 10 November 2009

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 behind a curtain, but decided he got a better reaction when doing it in full view of the audience.

Performers such as Houdini then started doing it while suspended upside-down in mid-air from the side of a tall building or from a crane.

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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