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Houdini, a Magician’s Childhood

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Houdini-a-Magicians-Childhood.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/25/2002 Houdini, a Magician’s Childhood Transcript It was the birthday yesterday of one of the most famous magicians of the last century, Harry Houdini. His real name was Erik Weisz, and he was born on March 24th, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary, the son of […]