On Halloween night in 1936, the tiny, white-haired widow of Harry Houdini made her final attempt to contact him from beyond ...

Even the greatest escape artists find there is one thing from which they cannot escape: death. Harry Houdini was no different. But what started as a seemingly clear-cut case of appendicitis evolved ...

Saturday is the first day of early voting in the New York City mayor’s race. It’s also the last day to register to vote on ...

Alongside the famous magician, Mackenberg helped debunk hundreds of spiritualists during a period of intense mourning in the ...

A cabby shares the secret to playing trumpet, an empty car on the F and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman tombstone end up in a New Orleans yard? For the past six months, this has been a question pursued by an archaeologist, an anthropologist, and a pair of classicists. As ...

Meanwhile, Amanda Holden's latest BGT outfit is guaranteed to cause a flood of Ofcom complaints STEVEN FRAYNE, the magician formerly known as Dynamo, is making a spectacular show to mark 100 years ...

Stories of ancient Roman artifacts and ruins being dug up in back gardens or disrupting construction projects are common. It seems that a British pensioner can hardly dig a new plot for potatoes, nor ...

Fernando Cruz may have announced himself on the national stage with his clutch Houdini act and similarly epic celebration in Wild Card Game 2, but for the reliever’s Yankee teammates, this was nothing ...

Sony and Marvel have reportedly cast Marvin Jones III as Tombstone for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Deadline reported that the voice actor behind Tombstone in Sony’s much-loved 2018 animated film Spider ...

According to reports, Tombstone just joined the MCU’s Spider-Man 4. This revelation has brought excitement among fans, hinting at the tone of the upcoming superhero movie. While the story is being ...

We’re still a ways away to see what Marvel Studios has in store for us when Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters in 2026, but with The Punisher already confirmed to co-star alongside Spidey ...