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hey was wondering if anyone knew where i could get info on beginning in escapology any books or dvds that i could use as a beginning

cheers

Try http://www.evenden-jones.co.uk/escapology/default.asp for starters. Best of luck!

Walter Gibson published two books on Houdini, one of which focussed on his escapes and includes some details of the more famous escapes. There is also a Houdini scrapbook that was published in the 1980s that had some really great stuff. Davenports sell a Houdini compilation for about £80.

If it's of interest, I did see a DVD set on escapology on Penguin some time back and it featured someone called Dixie Dooley (never heard of him before seeing this).

See here: http://www.penguinmagic.com/europe/browse.php?searchString=escapology

There are a number of good places to start, some seem incredibly expensive!

You could do a lot worse than try "The Secrets of Houdini" by J S Cannell, it details lots of the rope and handcuff effects as well as some of the larger escapes too. I paid £8.99 from Waterstones and randomly it was in the biography section!

Dixie Dooley's DVD is quite good although I thought he played up the comedy angle of his escape too much - not a criticism just a personal taste really.

If you are an absolute beginner and want to get to grips with a really nice easy escape try "Electronic Release" it's a form of handcuff/manacle escape - Davenport's is the cheapest I've seen it at £26.

Matt

Go to cannons escapes, there they have just about everything

Dixie is a "legend" of sorts in the Vegas world of magic though he's not all that well known to the rest of the world. He did a kid's show for years on Tv and has worked many of the lower end rooms in Vegas off and on for decades. He's a great guy, a bit of a pack rat when it comes to antique magic (especially Houdini stuff) and has done the Vegas Houdini Seance every year for at least 25 years that I'm aware of.