'Irish Houdini' to attempt escaping from mobile home, while chained to chair, 90 seconds before it's destroyed by wrecking ball

All in the name of charity.

He’s escaped from a locked box dumped in a river, he’s driven a car blindfolded, and, he’s survived a medieval-stake burning.

Now, stuntman, Steve Spade, has agreed to be chained to a chair and locked into a mobile home, 90 seconds before it will be flattened by a wrecking ball.

Self-dubbed the “Irish Houdini”, because of his “obsession” with the famous Hungarian escape artist, Spade will perform the stunt for charity, at Blair’s Hilltop Holiday Park, Portrush, on Sunday, May 5.

All funds raised will go to Sandleford School, Coleraine, which provides education for students with varied special needs.

Spade has teamed up with the renowned Total Stunts firm to perform the outrageous escape.

“I put out a call on my Facebook page for an open challenge, and the people at the Blair holiday park in Portrush were first to come back to me with an idea for a stunt involving a mobile home. I had to accept it, it’s like being called out for a fight,” Spade explained.

“I’ll be chained to a chair inside a mobile home 90 seconds before it is blown apart by a wrecking ball. It’s not going to be your average Sunday,” he joked.

Spade admits he’s “nervous” but “confident” it’ll all go to plan.

“I’m not trying to think about the actual details of the stunt, I am just focussing on the escape.”

The Limerick man will be “tied up with a steel chain and four padlocks to a chair and carried into the mobile home” and there will be “a camera filming the whole thing.”

Limerick stuntman Steve Spade. Picture: Press 22

Provided he come out of it all unscathed, Spade will be seeking out “more challenges from the public”.

“I’m Ireland’s Houdini and I’m going to live up to the title.”

I will accept more challenges. Houdini did the same 100 years ago and I’m delighted people are still interested in challenging someone like myself.

Spade, who has been “in training for the past three months” for the event added: “I’m raising money for kids with special needs, so it’s a great cause.”

Spade admitted: “I love a challenge. It’s all about taking calculated risks. Hopefully I won’t get crushed. I’m hoping I will become ‘The Man That Can’t Be Destroyed’.”

“I like to push myself and do things outside my comfort zone. That’s what life is all about.”

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