In this fantastic audio clip, accompanied by a slideshow of Houdini photographs, we are privileged to hear the great man speaking about his most famous escape: “The Water Torture Cell”. His strong accent makes it hard to understand sometimes but it is fascinating clip. At the end his wife Bess speaks of their shared interest in Life After Death.
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This marvellous treasury of card magic presents the exact details of 150 professional card tricks - none of them requiring sleight-of-hand dexterity - assembled by the world's number-one card wizard, John Scarne. An authority on gambling and card tricks, Scarne won renown for teaching professional gamblers how to sharpen their skills and avoid being fleeced. For this collection of mystifying and effective manoeuvres, he reworked some classic card tricks to eliminate the need for sleight-of-hand.... [more...]