Feb 23, 2012
Author Jim Steinmeyer offers a short history of Howard Thurston, the Last Greatest Magician in the World, and describes his rivalry with the magician of legend, Harry Houdini. Youtube...
Presidents Day – Magic in the White House
Feb 20, 2012
Mary Todd Lincoln, President Lincoln’s wife, hosted as many as eight séances in the White House in hopes of contacting her two sons, Willie and Eddie, who had died in childhood. She reported being visited by both during these sessions. President Lincoln’s involvement with Spiritualism has been long debated. He did attend several seances with Mary Todd. But...
Antique Roadshow – Magic Posters
Feb 16, 2012
If you were even interested in collecting magic posters or just a bit curious of the history of those old magic posters. I suggest you swing on over to the PBS website and watch their episode of The Antique Roadshow in Las Vegas. Nicholas Lowry from the Swann Auction Galleries in New York, NY talks about the history and difference in some of the magic posters...
Magic’s History
Jan 25, 2012
The term “magic” is etymologically derived from the Greek word magika. Greeks and Persians had been at war for centuries and the Persian priests, called magosh in Persian, came to be known as magoi in Greek; that which a Persian priest did came to be known as mageia and then magika, a term which eventually referred to any foreign,...
John Nevil Maskelyne
Jan 24, 2012
Maskelyne was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He trained as a watchmaker but became interested in conjuring after watching a stage performance by the fraudulent spiritualists, the Davenport Brothers. He saw how the Davenports’ spirit cabinet illusion worked, and stated to the audience in the theatre that he could recreate their act using...
MAX MAVEN INTERVIEWS JAMES RANDI.
Jan 15, 2012
While browsing the internet I came across this video of Max Maven interviewing James Randi. I know the video is almost 2 hours long but it is worth taking the 2 hours to watch...