Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24 in Budapest, Hungary. At age nine, Ehrich and some neighborhood friends establish a five-cent circus.

Escape by Houdini - Appleton also has a very different son whose name carries on -- Harry Houdini ... A childhood trip to the circus inspired his passion for magic and Houdini would go on to ...