The relationship between Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle is a complicated one, some even theorize that the author might have directly contributed to the legendary magician’s death. A new book traces the two men with a specific eye toward their shared fascination of the paranormal and very different beliefs in it’s validity.
Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle & Harry Houdini by Christopher Sandford is available now.
For those of you who didn’t stay glued to the television when David Copperfield was on Wizards Of Waverly Place, here is a clip from the episode. DC totally shows up Bieber gal pal Selena Gomez. In your face.
A popular magic channel on YouTube has been suspended. Free Magic Live hosted by Jay Jay was suspended by the video host giant in mid October. According to a press release pleading for reinstatement, FML featured 200 videos and over 14 million total views, with 75,000 new views coming in each month.
Visitors to page are now greeted with the following message “This account has been suspended due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy against spam, scams and commercially deceptive content.”
We can’t say we are familiar withe Jay Jay’s work but we can’t help but wonder if his account was flagged by users as inappropriate for one reason or another or if it was a YouTube pull.
If you’ve seen Alex Geiser’s magic with coins, odds are you’ve been impressed. After you witness The Prodigy, you’ll be blown away. The Prodigy is Alex’s most closely-guarded routine, crafted and refined over a number of years, and shown only to a select group of people. By seeing this DVD, you become one of the chosen.
With a wave of your hand, 4 coins instantly and silently appear on your outstretched palm.
You then slowly and carefully make the coins vanish one-at-a-time. Finally, the coins reappear in an equally miraculous manner.
There are no gimmicks, no extra coins, no smoke, and no mirrors. Just 4 coins and 2 hands.
Learn it now: http://www.thebluecrown.com/store/tricks/the-prodigy.html
Where does Grammy Award winner and colonic enthusiast Richard Marx like to head to unwind? Why, David Copperfield’s private island Musha Cay of course.
Q: What is the greatest vacation spot you’ve ever been to?
A: David Copperfield’s island, Musha Cay. It’s extremely pricey, but we were David’s guests one weekend last year. He and I are longtime friends. It’s hands down the most perfect spot I’ve ever experienced. Because of his lifetime of worldly travel, David has expertly collected the best of everything and installed it all in one spot. It’s the ultimate in quality from the bed linens, to the food, to the best jet skis, to the soaps in the bathrooms. There’s an outdoor drive-in movie theater, and they’ll also set up lunch on a sand barge in the middle of the water. Amazing. Can’t recommend it enough.
Musha will always be right here waiting for you Richard.
Penn Jillette has been doing the rounds on some of the bigger podcasts lately. Marc Maron’s WTF is the most recent, a preview of which you can find above.
He also chatted up the CATO Daily podcast and Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist program. Find links to those down below. Please beware that ALL OF THESE INCLUDING THE PREVIEW contain adult language by the very nature of Penn being a part of them aside from the potty mouths of the hosts.
Registration has just opened for IMX 2012 – and demand has been overwhelming during pre-registration. With over 20+ of the world’s finest performers descending on Las Vegas from the 21 – 23 May 2012 for three days of nothing but magic – you cannot afford to miss out! The 2011 event was off the charts – IMX 2012 looks set to take it to a whole new level …
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The Very Best of Magic – from Across the Globe
The organizers have scoured the globe & brought together some of the biggest names in magic from around the world – to create a truly International Magic Experience. From FISM champions to underground sensations – it’s a feast for the senses … some of the headliner acts revealed thus far include the sheer genius of Sweden’s Lennart Green, Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the Year & creator of Piff the Magic Dragon – John van der Put, Israel’s master of levitation Yigal Mesika, multi-award winner and close-up expert Johan Stahl, Nordic Stage Magic Champion and star of Sweden’s Got Talent – Charlie Caper, from Australia the dazzling Raymond Crowe, the mind blowing mental telepathy of Canada’s The Evasons, direct from America’s Got Talent the juggling sensation Charles Peachock, Argentina’s FLASOMA Grand Prix Champion – Latko, the one-of-a-kind mayhem of USA’s Eric Buss, the mental genius of Patrick G. Redford, stars of Penn & Teller’s Fool Us and FISM winners from Sweden – the incomparable Brynolf & Ljung …
Unbelievably – that’s just for starters. There are many more incredible international headliners still under wraps …
