Nearly a century ago, 50ft above Downtown Pittsburgh, a man dangled by his ankles, a crowd of 20,000 people gathering in the streets beneath him. Bound in a straitjacket, he writhed and twisted like a ...

Illusionist Jay Owenhouse escapes from a 6-buckle straight jacket with a burning rope holding the Jaws of Death at bay, Sept. 21, 2013, in Riverpark Square. Owenhouse attempted to break free 90 ...

Like Harry Houdini, I'm performing my straitjacket escape without a curtain. (He found that audiences preferred watching him struggle.) Unlike Harry Houdini, I'm not escaping (although I'm doing fine ...

Criss Angel is opening up about that scary stunt. The 49-year-old magician spoke out on Monday after recovering from a scary incident at Friday night's Mindfreak Live! performance. During the show, ...

Even though he’s been performing for three decades, Curt Anderson will dangle from new heights on Wednesday night at the West Alabama State Fair and Expo. The Tuscaloosa magician calls Hanging By a ...

Oroville >> Necks craned and people held their breath Saturday as 13-year-old Victor Kent Jr. wriggled in a straitjacket, suspended upside-down, several stories in the air near the Feather River in ...

Criss Angel was hospitalized Friday night after a straitjacket stunt went wrong. “While attempting his famed upside down straitjacket escape while suspended by his feet, he lost consciousness,” reps ...