In his viral straitjacket escape, Virden says that with flexibility, willingness and perseverance, one can overcome adversity, a message that resonates with him personally. “I was not in a situation ...

Tyra Pierce, an adjunct professor at Drury University in Springfield, Mo., went viral when one of his students filmed him escaping from a straitjacket at the end of a class earlier this month. Pierce ...

PITTSBURGH -- Almost as soon as magician Lee Terbosic began to dangle 90 feet in the air in a canvas straitjacket, he was back on the ground. From the point he began to wriggle, the escape took just ...

Even though he’s been performing for three decades, Curt Anderson will dangle from new heights on Wednesday night at the West Alabama State Fair and Expo. The Tuscaloosa magician calls Hanging By a ...

Tom Virden stands in a classroom. In front of him are several straitjackets, slung over a row of chairs. “Clearly," he says, his face and voice deadpan, "I didn’t have an ordinary childhood.” Virden, ...