Go over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Meet the first daredevil who did this crazy stunt in 1901 Mrs Annie Edson Taylor, 63 years old, went over Niagara Falls on the Canadian side and survived, a feat never before accomplished when it happened back in 1903. Here’s how it went.
How bicycle daredevil Diavolo looped the loop back in the early 1900s Bicycle daredevil Diavolo (Conn Baker) traveled the country performing gravity-defying stunts, like the still-famous loop-the-loop.
Harry Houdini’s underwater box escape: See how he did his famous trick Houdini’s underwater box escape was one of his most famous tricks – he was was shackled, chained and nailed into a box before being thrown overboard.
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