The History Podcast
Derren Brown unlocks the extraordinary world of Harry Houdini — exploring the magic, mystery and astonishing legacy of the man who became the world’s most famous escape artist.
Episodes (141 available)
Derren Brown unlocks the extraordinary world of illusionist Harry Houdini.
3 mins
Derren Brown explores the ultimate mystery: Was Houdini an international spy?
15 mins
Houdini learns to use newspapers as a tool to self-mythologise and build up his legend
14 mins
Derren Brown explores how Houdini mastered film, radio, and early social networking
14 mins
Houdini becomes a crusader against a new religion, keeping his name on the front pages
15 mins
Houdini’s untimely death sends shockwaves around the world and helps eternalise his fame
14 mins
An astonishing tale of greed, obsession and mass delusion told by Andrew Hunter Murray.
3 mins
21 April, 1945, Eastern Germany, a plane crashes. Rumours spread about Hitler's diaries.
14 mins
Star reporter for Stern magazine, Gerd Heidemann, is entertaining old Nazis on his boat.
13 mins
Andrew Hunter Murray travels to the scene of the crime where the forger ran his business.
14 mins