Kristen Johnson, also known as Lady Houdini, goes far beyond the role women usually play in escape acts. "It was important for me to be a strong... Lady Houdini's Escape Act Breaks Through Not Just ...

Indianapolis inmate Orlando Mitchell allegedly used the chain of his handcuffs to fatally strangle deputy John Durm during an escape attempt that culminated in his recapture a short time later, ...

CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — A teenager who told Texas police that he and his twin sister were handcuffed and endured horrific abuse escaped their family’s home after he found a handcuff key and hid it in ...

When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899, it was Houdini's ability to escape from handcuffs which caught his attention. Although Houdini was hardly the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A jail inmate accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy who was transporting him in a van used the chain of his handcuffs to choke the officer during an escape attempt in Indianapolis, ...

An unincorporated Barrington man who had been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol near a park on New Year’s Day tried to escape just outside the Lake County jail after bending a ...