World-Famous Escape Artist, Dean Gunnarson is not normal.
Rather, he is nuts.
He performs an escape attempt each Halloween as a tribute to Houdini. The escapes are never easy and rarely safe, but always the subject of great media attention.
Performing escape attempts that combine high risk and great difficulty is sure bet for unexpected and tragic results. Perhaps that is why the press follows each attempt so closely.
Quoth Houdini: No one wants to see someone die, but they want to be there if it happens.
A quarter century ago, Mr. Gunnarson came with in a breath or two of losing his life in an underwater escape dedicated to Houdini.
As more than 10,000 watched, Mr. Gunnarson was shackled inside a coffin and lowered into the frigid, rushing Red River in Winnipeg, Canada. Continue reading Dean Gunnarson Cleans Up in New Escape
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