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WHEELING - The Ohio County Public Library’s next Lunch With Books program will feature a tribute to Harry Houdini.
The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the library in downtown Wheeling.
This Halloween marked a century since Houdini's passing, yet his name remains synonymous with magic, mystery and impossible escapes. As a tribute, magician Darrin Race will perform "100 Years of Houdini's Legacy," which includes a magic show featuring comedy, mystery and audience participation. It concludes with Race performing a Houdini-inspired straitjacket escape.
According to "How Houdini Did It," a William Lindsey Gresham article appearing in the December 1954 issue of True Magazine, Houdini performed a handcuff escape while jumping from a bridge in Wheeling. The article was accompanied by a dramatic Tom Lovell illustration depicting Houdini in the act of diving from the bridge. The story is apocryphal, but adds to the local interest for this program.