Card Tricks and Magical Mysteries

110 Magic Tricks

2009-12-06T22:09:00.000-08:00

Nice little ebook with 110 magic tricks. Download it free from Scribd.. Explore around while you're there and see what else magical you can find..

110 Amazing Magic Tricks with Everyday Objects

Devil's Elevator - Effect

2009-11-19T22:04:00.000-08:00

Pete Walterscheid is, by his own admission, "The World's 41,532nd Greatest Magician". Pete considers himself a serious student of sleight-of-hand and commonly performs without the use of gimmicks.. This particular effect is very well done and Pete tips the method at the end of the video. See if you can figure it out..

Arthur Benjamin 'Mathemagic' video

2009-09-19T20:56:00.000-07:00

Mathematician and magician Arthur Benjamin combines his two passions in "Mathemagics," a mind-boggling presentation of lightning calculations and other feats of mathematical abilities. He also guesses a few birthdays. Watch the video and learn how he does it..

Title sequence from the movie 'Shade'

2009-07-12T22:01:00.000-07:00

Watch the title sequence footage from 'Shade'. This feature film was directed by Damien Nieman and starred Sylvester Stallone, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Stuart Townsend and Jamie Fox.

The amazing card work was performed by the director, R Paul Wilson and Jason England.

Ernesto Planas Parasol Act

2009-06-23T14:52:00.000-07:00

Highly visual and entertaining parasol act by Ernesto Planas.. Watch and try to figure where the parasols are produced from..

Rasheda Ali interviews Mac King

2009-06-13T19:20:00.000-07:00

Mac King.. one of my absolute favorite performers. Simple, direct, and entertaining. This is an interesting interview, with Rasheda Ali asking the questions of Mac.. Spend five minutes with an original..

False Cuts - tutorial

2009-05-28T17:41:00.000-07:00

Watch this nice tutorial on performing a false cut. Although there are certainly many ways to cut a deck of cards and retain the original positioning, some are much more do-able than others. I think you will like this one.

Card Magic Trick Tutorial: The False Cut - Click here for street magic

Video Illusion Using a Cellphone.

2009-04-21T17:47:00.000-07:00

THE CHALLENGE: Guess how he did this. The clip was shot on an I8910 HD phone, a new camera phone just released by Samsung with an 8 megapixel camera that can actually record and output video in HD format. It was shot in one take, with no post production or special effects of any kind. I know this because (I know how it was done). Try to figure it out before you begin reading the comments..

Head Drop Illusion

2009-03-26T17:30:00.000-07:00

Everyone first saw Cyril perform the head drop illusion on T.H.E.M. several years ago. Now, others are perfecting the effect.. Here is one of the best versions I've seen. Yes, it's in Japanese, but that doesn't stop the visual..

John Calvert Interview.

2009-02-26T21:17:00.000-08:00

John Calvert, one of the true classics of magic. At 97, John still tours the country in his Ford Expedition. Listen as he describes his life in magic and movies to Scott Wells in a very informative and well-done interview. Mr. Calvert was just appointed/elected a Senior Professor at Camelard College. ( http://www.camelardcollege.org )

Spoon Bending video

2009-02-18T20:51:00.001-08:00

Yes, I did notice this video was in German.. but it didn't matter. The visual explanation was all you need to perform this simple, but effective, spoon bend effect. Try it....

Eight Card Brainwave

2009-01-11T21:38:00.000-08:00

Very learnable 8 Card Brainwave that I'm sure you can master. Try it and let me know.

CD Mentalism

2008-12-20T19:40:00.000-08:00

Here's a nice little bit of mentalism from Steve Fearson, with a little help from Lee Asher.. You guys can do this with ease -if- you have 5 CD cases..

2008-12-04T23:38:00.000-08:00

for those of you who have not made the connection, 'Card Tricks and Magical Mysteries' is a sister site of 'Magic Bullets from the Magic Roadshow'. I have many other videos posted on the other site as well - So many that I think you should jog on over there right now and see what you're missing. With about 350 posts to our credit, Magic Bullets is one of the largest magic blogs on the internet. Explore the archives of the Magic Roadshow while there and discover one of the most read ezines in all of magic.

http://StreetMagic.info/blogger.html

Christmas Magic

2008-12-04T20:43:00.000-08:00

Here's a little Christmas Magic for you. Over 45,000 lights, almost 180 electronic controllers, and three folks to direct traffic are required to keep things moving.

The Greatest Places - Full Length Film

2008-11-17T19:25:00.000-08:00

A full-length film featuring the 'magic' of nature itself. Wonderful photography and worth every minute you spend watching .. Avery Brooks narrates filmmaker Mal Wolfe's field trips to seven spectacular locations, including the Amazon River and the Namib Desert.

Mind Control Scam

2008-10-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

Mind Control Scam... This is one of those apparently impossible internet card tricks that goes steps, make that leaps, beyond most. Would you like to ask a friend to name a card, then, immediately go to Youtube and play a seemingly innocent video that results in your friend' card being both visually and verbally named? I've included two videos.. one with a performance and a basic explaination, and a second one with a more detailed explaination.

Exclusive 'Lost' Scarne Video ..

2008-10-13T01:02:00.000-07:00

Great 'lost' Scarne video. About 18 minutes of Scarne at his best, displaying an array of card sleights and cheating methods to 'educate' the suckers in the military and prevent them from being hustled by fellow soldiers.

This was available on the web at one time, at Yahoo Videos, and then it was pulled for some unknown reason..

Thanks to Jim Canaday at the Magic Portal for spearheading the effort to find and restore this video to the magic community. I just 'happened' to have a copy embedded in one of my blogs which, for whatever reason, hadn't totally vanished despite the fact that Yahoo had changed the link. (I suspect it was saved in a temporary folder on my computer..).

Anyway, Jim and I managed to revive and restore it for the benefit of the magic community.. This is, to the best of my knowledge, the only version available anywhere on the web. If another one exist, it isn't available via Google or Yahoo search engines.

NOTE: To view, place your cursor in the middle of the screen, move it around slightly until you detect a link, and click..

Moment of Truth.. off the subject

2008-10-07T22:45:00.000-07:00

My favorite reality show last year? This one episode of 'Moment of Truth' really stood out. The questions even made ME cringe.. It's about 44 minutes of very personal TV..

Elliott the Hawk

2008-09-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

Nice video of 'Elliott The Hawk' performing for a live audience at the Magic Castle. Really funny card magic.. although it's not actually 'magic', just a really funny stacked deck routine.

Origami Magic Rose Box

2008-08-16T21:07:00.000-07:00

Here's a really nice video, two actually, detailing how to make a Japanese Magic Rose Box.. Origami style. There's over 20 minutes of video detailing every aspect and every fold in detail. Enjoy this magical Rose and use it to REALLY impress someone special..

Al Flosso and the Miser's Dream

2008-07-14T23:05:00.000-07:00

Al Flosso had one of the most amazing Miser's Dream of all time. Never a second is wasted. Watch his hands, always moving, and putting objects in and taking objects out without the audience or the spectator being the least bit aware. This is a master class in mis-direction..

Magic on the BBC - Disappearances

2008-06-23T10:28:00.000-07:00

The BBC explains how magicians make things appear and disappear. Nice 6 part series that you will find entertaining at the least. I enjoyed the footage of magicians past and the conversations with modern illusionists who describe the theory of visual trickery.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Jay Sankey Effect

2008-05-25T20:46:00.000-07:00

Here's a nice little Sankey video, complete with a reveal, that's ideal for table-hopping, street magic, or just messing with your friends. Subscribe to his video's while you're visiting and you'll receive email links to video's not available to anyone else..

Xtreme Card Flourish and Fans

2008-04-04T21:25:00.000-07:00

Here's a really nice card flourish video, featuring some xtreme type handling. The video is professionally produced, the music not annoying, and the performance very straight-forward and magical..