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Ben Whiting Loyal user Traverse City, MI 246 Posts |
We all know great stories in magic; whether it's about Dai vernon, Slydini, Malini, Thurston, Kellar, Robert Houdin or whoever. Which story is your favorite? Where did you learn it? I'm gathering a collection of stories for a show I have coming up and thought this forum would be a great resource. Thanks!
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Meng Regular user Somewhere in Germany I wrote 128 Posts |
The double life and death of Chung Ling Soo.
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Andy the cardician Inner circle A street named after my dad 3362 Posts |
There is a great book about this him - Amazon carries it.
Cards never lie
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Meng Regular user Somewhere in Germany I wrote 128 Posts |
You are right.
The Glorious Deception by Jim Steinmeyer It’s a very interesting read. |
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DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
I find the tangled tale of the rivalry between Dai Vernon and Eddie McGuire exciting.
It has to do with their search for "The real work" on gambling sleights, Vernon's "Mexican Gambler" and Walter Scott, "The Phantom". To get the whole picture you need to read two books, "The Magician and the Cardsharp" by Karl Johnson, and "Phantoms of the Card Table" by David Britland and Gazzo.
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MagiClyde Special user Columbus, Ohio 871 Posts |
The story about how Robert-Houdin tricked a tribe that was rebelling into giving up on revolt comes to mind.
With all the stories about Houdini and all his famous escapes, two facts that have nothing to do with his craft always stand out for me. The first is that he was the first man to fly an airplane over the skies of Australia. The other was his tendency towards sea-sickness. Of course, on a magical note, his attacks against mediums and other frauds.
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Jaz Inner circle NJ, U.S. 6111 Posts |
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irossall Special user Snohomish, Washington 529 Posts |
I don't know if it is true but I once read a story about the escape that Houdini could not complete.
It seems that a Reporter jimmied the lock on a pay toilet with Houdini inside and the Great Houdini had to either crawl out from under the stall or had to have someone else open the door for him. Houdini was so angry that the few people who knew who the culprit was, just dummied up and never let Houdini in on the prank. I don't remember where I read this but it sounds unlikely to me. If anyone here could clarify this story, I would love to hear the straight scoop on this one. -Iven
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Andy the cardician Inner circle A street named after my dad 3362 Posts |
Now that is a great story . . . too good to be true
Cards never lie
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Marshall Thornside Inner circle chicago 2016 Posts |
Read Marion's Book "Trouping with Dante"
there's some wonderful stories in there.
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Marshall Thornside Inner circle chicago 2016 Posts |
You should do a list of all the fake chinese magicians
who were really jewish...that's the funny.
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bear trees Loyal user uk 263 Posts |
Dunningers secrets has some great stories of Joe almost stumbling across devious ways to read minds.Grand central station was an excellent story.
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts |
Uncle Harry had a ton of stories (most of them made up entirely by Uncle Harry) but I think the best was the time he made the audience disappear. He liked telling that one. Of course I never understood why he was so proud of it, I've seen hundreds of magicians make an audience disappear.
"Now here's the man with the 25 cent hands, that two bit magician..."
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Steve Cook Regular user 121 Posts |
The late, great Ken Brooke once told me that a guy came into his London magic studio, and told him that he makes his own 'flash paper' and, would he like to see some. Ken said he would, so the guy took some out and lit it. Ken said: "I went for a cup of tea, and when I came back it was still burning! I said, that's no good, go home and try to improve it! We haven't seen him since... I think he's gone-up with the bloody stuff!"
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
I think part of the story about how Robert-Houdin quelled the Marabout rebellion was fabricated, specifically the hollow wax bullet filled with blood. I tried many different ways of doing this, and was completely unsuccessful. If he did it, there is more to it than he said in his book.
The problem lies in several places. One is in finding a kind of wax that you can make into a hollow ball. Another is filling it with any liquid. And last, but not least, getting the ball to go down the barrel without breaking it. But it's a good story.
"The Swatter"
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DonDriver Inner circle 1790 Posts |
Irossall
Think ! Houdini died in 1925.I don't believe they even had pay tolilet's back than. Don |
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
1926.
The incident occurred in Kansas City. There is a plaque or something at the site. Frances: Think of how many Native Americans were played by Italians in the early movies! Here's a piece of trivia for you, Frances. What do Charlie Chan and Al Jolson's father have in common?
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Quote:
On 2007-06-24 17:53, Bill Palmer wrote: I know this!! Hint: The werewolf that bit Henry Hull in Tibet.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Okay. Frances didn't bite.
Both roles were played by a Swede named Warner or Werner Oland.
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Marshall Thornside Inner circle chicago 2016 Posts |
I didn't know I had a hook!
Speaking of Charlie, they are finally making a film. about 10 years ago, Russell Wong was to play #2 son, but the film never did get launched. Maybe he still will. Never know. I can see him as #2 song. :)
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