![]() “Everything is taken under consideration. “It’s different every time,” Johnson says. She’d done it 598 times before,” Ridgeway says of that harrowing day. 16, Johnson was performing the Water Torture Cell during the halftime of a Detroit Pistons-Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game when she lost consciousness while attempting to open the top of the water tank. The term death-defying is no exaggeration. The duo will perform the death-defying Water Torture Cell escape at the Palace Theatre as part of the 18th annual International Battle of Magicians shows May 2 and 3. ![]() “We get to spend the best hours of the day together,” he says. Her foil onstage and off, Ridgeway is happy just to work with his wife. I’ve always liked to go fast,” she says casually about her gonzo career choice. She has done the Water Torture Cell feat, made famous by Harry Houdini, more than 600 times to date. Today, Johnson is a daredevil escape artist who risks death onstage while handcuffed, leg-ironed, chained and submerged in a glowing glass tank filled with 140 gallons of water. They met, she took him to a magic convention and nothing was the same again. ![]() ![]() Once upon a time - 12 years ago, actually - Kevin Ridgeway was a sales and marketing guy and Kristen Johnson was in human resources.Īnd then. ![]()
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