Houdini displays a large milk can that’s been filled with water. The one promoted with the slogan: “Failure means a drowning death.” ![]() Houdini is about to perform one of his most famous escapes. What is it?Īs always, let’s go over what exactly this famous routine really is. However, attempting to escape from one filled with water was quite an unthinkable act. So milk cans weren’t out of the ordinary. ![]() In Houdini’s day shipping milk in these large metal barrels was commonplace. In today’s post, I’ll walk you through how the act was performed and reveal the secrets behind it. That’s great because Houdini’s Milk Can Escape is an absolute classic, and is most certainly, the stuff of legends. Want to learn all the secrets about Houdini’s first onstage water performance? Later performances featured the milk can locked inside a chained or padlocked wooden chest, because the plain old milk can trick apparently wasn’t dangerous enough. As part of the effect, Houdini invited members of the audience to hold their breath along with him while he was inside the can. He would then escape while concealed inside a curtain cabinet. Handcuffed and sealed inside oversized milk can filled with water, failure to escape meant drowning. A Houdini original act, the milk can is one of the magician’s best-known magic tricks. ![]() Houdini’s first great onstage water escape was The Milk Can. ![]() “Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists because they can’t understand it”- Harry Houdini.
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