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By 1912, magician Harry Houdini added another act to his resume: escaping from the infamous "Chinese Water Torture Chamber,"
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00:00 By the 1912, magician Harry Hundini headed another act to his resume, escaping from the
00:09 infamous Chinese water torture chamber, where the magician was lowered upside down into
00:15 a water-filled tank with his feet in stonks.
00:19 It was a hit and despite the overwhelming danger, Hundini performed the stunt repeatedly
00:25 without a hitch.
00:27 In fact, he was the only one who could legally commit this deadly act.
00:33 That is because Hundini found a way to copyright the cage trick in a rather ingenious way,
00:41 since magic tricks could not be copyrighted back then.
00:46 He first performed the escape as part of one act played by Carl Hundini upside down, where
00:54 the play could be copyrighted, and by including the cell escape in the script, he had the
01:01 right to copyright his trick and actively shoot anyone who tried to repeat the trick.
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