Houdini became famous by doing the most daring magic tricks of the 18th century. He did magic that no other person dared to even try. He had numerous imitators and that took away from his fame, so he sued those who copied him. He had persevered to become who he was and was not about to let any fame-thirsty imitators. They didn’t even come up with original names! They used names like Oudini, Whodini, Hardini and even a Miss Undina. The reason he stayed famous is due to him “trumping his imitators with ever more daring and death-defying feats of mystification.” He always made sure he out-tricked the mimicking magicians. He always made sure he was the best at magic. He thrilled the audience with his tricks and worried them every time, which was
