Why is it called the "Lazy" Hangman? Because the condemned executes himself. The tendency of the legs to straighten pulls the noose taut and begins the terrible process of suffocation. The ankles are tied together and another length of rope is wound around the neck, like a noose, and tied to the ankles. In this trick, our performer lies prone on the belly, hands bound behind the back with classic Darby handcuffs. Today we'll re-create an escape in which he risked suffocation in a routine known as the Lazy Hangman. Some of his escapes are so difficult no one has dared attempt them, all these years after his untimely death. Our first routine is from the repertoire of a performer everyone's heard of: Harry Houdini, the greatest escape artist in America, if not the world, a man who performed before crowned heads of state and U.S.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |