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In a bid to understand why Houdini felt compelled to perform such terrifying, death defying acts, Alan visits New York where the young Eric Weiss arrived as a child with his Hungarian immigrant family. Immersing himself in the world of Houdini, Alan tries to hold his breath under ice cold water, lies on a bed of nails and gets strung upside down in a straitjacket.