Houdini was a real life magician. He could escape from any place. He is a famous one, that died about a century ago. His was born with the name Eric Weiss, but changed his artist name into his real name, at an unknown time. Because everyone always referred to him as Harry Houdini. He’s muze was Bess Houdini, his wife. But growing up, he was a huge fan of Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin. He was even Harry’s inspiration for his artist name.