Kristen Johnson
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Kristen Johnson is an American escape artist who works with her husband, magician Kevin Ridgeway, under the names Living Illusions, Ridgeway & Johnson, and Breathless. She was the featured magician on
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Full View Water Torture Cell
Chinese Water Torture Cell
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The Chinese Water Torture Cell is a predicament escape made famous by Hungarian-American escape artist Harry Houdini. The illusion consists of three parts: first, the magician's feet are locked in sto
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…up and locked inside a water filled tank from which she escapes in full view of the audience. The full view aspect differentiates it from Houdini's Chinese Water Torture Cell escape, which required a curtain to be drawn to obscure him from the audience while he escaped. She performed the original version of the stunt as part of the…
Houdini performing the Chinese Water Torture Cell (c. 1913)
Newspaper advertising Houdini's Chinese water torture cell act (1915)