{"id":308944,"date":"2026-10-17T22:02:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T22:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/308944\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T22:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T22:02:43","slug":"houdini-escaping-scranton-scranton-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/308944\/","title":{"rendered":"Houdini: Escaping Scranton | Scranton, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Houdini: Escaping Scranton | Everhart Museum in Scranton<br \/>\nOctober 14\u2013November 29, 2026 | Wednesday\u2013Sunday, 11 AM\u20135 PM<\/p>\n<p>Houdini: Escaping Scranton is on display at the <a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/listing\/the-everhart-museum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everhart Museum<\/a> in Scranton, PA, from October 14 through November 29, 2026. The exhibition is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 AM to 5 PM and explores legendary magician Harry Houdini\u2019s fascinating connections to Northeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Presented in collaboration with Dorothy Dandridge and Dick Brookz of Scranton\u2019s Houdini Museum, the exhibition highlights Houdini\u2019s early travels with the Welsh Brothers Circus and his performances throughout the region. Visitors will learn about his legendary 1915 escape at Scranton\u2019s Ritz Theater, formerly the Poli Theater.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition features rare artifacts related to Houdini\u2019s daring escapes, historical memorabilia, photographs, and video footage of his unforgettable performances. It also explores his interest in spiritualism and the supernatural, themes closely associated with his death on Halloween in 1926.<\/p>\n<p>Houdini: Escaping Scranton offers a fascinating look at the legendary escape artist\u2019s life and local history in Scranton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houdini: Escaping Scranton | Everhart Museum in Scranton October 14\u2013November 29, 2026 | Wednesday\u2013Sunday, 11 AM\u20135 PM Houdini:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-308944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}