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Sometimes Disney magic is terrifying, and great shows like The Twilight Zone could borrow that magic for classic episodes like The Dummy.

David Copperfield’s archive is crammed with over 100,000 books, costumes, and tricks. And its myriad treasures are documented in “David Copperfield’s History of Magic,” written by Copperfield, Richard Wiseman, and David Britland.

New Gloucester hires new fire/rescue chief, library director Jon Kiernan and Lee Shaw will take their posts as the fire/rescue chief and library director, respectively, later this month. Share NEW GLOUCESTER — The Board of Selectmen approved hiring a new fire/rescue chief and library director in a unanimous vote Monday night. Jon Kiernan and Lee Shaw will start their jobs as fire/rescue chief and library director, respectively, later this month. Former Fire/Rescue Chief Toby Martin abruptly resigned late last year, tendering his immediate resignation from the department Dec. 6. Martin had ...

Order Reprints Print Article David Copperfield has won 21 Emmys, received a Living Legend Award from Congress, and has sold more tickets than any solo entertainer in history. Courtesy David Copperfield Text size David Seth Kotkin and Erik Weisz are the newest inductees at the National Museum of American Jewish History’s Only in America Hall of Fame. If they don’t sound familiar, you may recognize their stage names: David Copperfield and Harry Houdini. In an online ceremony last week, Copperfield accepted the award...

Greece man descended from Harry Houdini to accept honor on magician’s behalf © AP Legendary escape artist Harry Houdini is shown in chains in this 1899 photo. Legendary illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini died almost 100 years ago, so this weekend his last remaining descendants will accept the honor of him being inducted into the National Museum of American Jewish History Only in America Hall of Fame. And because there’s always a Rochester connection, one of those descendants is from Greece. Jeff Blood called it “a huge honor” to be included in the ceremony, which will be ...