Minneapolis, MN – Houdini dangled, struggled, and slipped free—for all to see.

Yes — Houdini did perform his famous upside‑down straitjacket stunt in Minneapolis.

• On September 29, 1915, he was suspended by his ankles about 45 feet above the street from the Minneapolis Evening Tribune building. Strapped tightly in a regulation straitjacket, he wriggled free within minutes before cheering crowds archive.org+14harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.com+14culturenow.org+14.

• He repeated a similar stunt on February 7, 1923, hanging roughly 100 feet above the sidewalk outside the Tribune Annex (4th St S at Marquette Ave). This time the jacket belonged to the Minneapolis police—he dropped it into the crowd and then went onstage for a matinee at the Hennepin Orpheum tumblr.com+1tumblr.com+1.

These performances were part of Houdini’s signature publicity routine: dangling upside‑down with a timed straitjacket escape in full public view, often staged in front of newspaper offices to maximize attention pbs.org+5newyorker.com+5culturenow.org+5.

So yes, Minneapolis was one of several cities where Houdini dangled, struggled, and slipped free—for all to see.

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