The Key Decision for Houdini's Fame

Houdini's first big escape was in 1906 when he escaped from the washington dc jail cell of charles guito. In 1908 he introduces the milk can escape which is still one of his most famous tricks. Houdini has a lot of imitators and showmanship to do stuff like this that helps promote but also dissuade people from copycatting because he was really hard on the body.