The Houdini Hole is an urban legend at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas The greatest escape Artist of all time, Harry Houdini. Performed 8 shows in ATX in 1916, at the then called Majestic Theatre. Over 1/3 of Austin’s population attended his performance at the time. Legend has it, he was doing a levitation act after being challenged by five University of Texas students. And drilled a hole in the ceiling to the left of the Saint Cecilia painting. So he could suspend himself with ropes. Som