Harmed & Healed

100 entries in Illusions / Harmed & Healed
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To cut off ones head, and to laie it in a platter, &c: which the jugglers call the decollation of John Baptist decapitation illusion
Related to 1584
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXXIII)
198
How to seeme to cut off a mans head, it is called the decollation of John Baptist decapitation illusion
Related to 1634
The Art of Legerdemain Discovered
34
Colonel Stodare The Indian Basket Trick
1876
Modern Magic
477
Laurie Ireland The Human Pin Cushion Torture Box woman standing in box is pierced with spikes
 		1937
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1937)
5
The Sword Box
1938
Greater Magic
955
The New Sword Cabinet
1938
Greater Magic
956
U. F. Grant The Head Pincushion
1938
Greater Magic
957
Torrini Sawing a Woman in Half
1938
Greater Magic
978
P. T. Selbit A. Selbit's Version of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		1938
Greater Magic
980
Horace Goldin B. Horace Goldin's Version of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		1938
Greater Magic
982
C. Method Using One Girl of Sawing a Woman in Half
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
986
D. A Living Miracle - The Circular Saw Method of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		1938
Greater Magic
988
Al Baker One Night idea for dagger chest illusion
 		Feb. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 54)
221
Gross Illusionen - Die zersägte Dame in der Kiste sawing a lady in half, followed by french translation "Les grandes illusions - La femme sciée dans une caisse"
 		May 1945
La Baguette Magique (Issue 3)
5
Alyett Le grand supplice illusion act, person is beheaded and interchanges with executioner, followed by german translation "Die grosse Qual"
 		Mar. 1946
La Baguette Magique (Issue 8)
5
Milbourne Christopher Buzz Saw Illusion performance idea
 		Oct. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 5)
359
Jean Hugard Horace Goldin's "Buzz"-Saw Illusion
Jan. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)
503
Eddie Turner Sawing A Woman, Plus humorous presentation for sawing a woman in half, blindfolded
 		1953
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)
34
Bob Evison Humor-Hypnose piercing a person's head with a sword, under handkerchief, only images
Also published here 1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 1)
173
Lane Bateman Arm Cutting Illusion Plans box with hinge, arm inside is cut and box can be folded to show separation, construction details
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
31
Richard Bair Comedy Sawing Ending feet box starts to walk away
 		1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
59
Paul Curry Made Whole Again on sawing a person in half
 		1965
Magician's Magic
137
Sawing a Lady in Half fake legs method
 		1965
Magician's Magic
138
Sawing a Woman in Half
1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
336
The Sword Box
1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
344
The Penetrating Steel Bars
1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
347
The Indestructible Girl
1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
350
Billy McComb Again "Sawing in Half"... Lengthwise...
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
75
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg The Cremation Illusion assistant is burnt in a cabinet and skeleton can be seen, then assistant appears somewhere else
 		1973
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs
219
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg The Pendulum Illusion ( Visible Sawing)
1973
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs
224
Joseph Ovette Miss Boots sawing a lady in half, longitudinal
 		1974
The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions
23
Rudy Roxo The Chest of Celestial Bliss spike box
 		1974
The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions
30
P. T. Selbit, Sawing a Woman in Half several methods
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
256
The Sword Cabinet with vanish ans reappearance
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
265
The Cremation Illusion burnt in a box
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
273
The Indian Basket Illusion person vanishes and appears in basket, sword is pushed through basket
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
281
The Guillotine Illusioin
1976
The Big Book of Magic
285
Tan Hock Chuan Sawing Balloons in Half
1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
33
Blutlose Chirurgie patter
 		Dec. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
128
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Okito Sawing an Arm in Half inside a box
 		1978/76
More Classic Magic with Apparatus
260
Jack Hughes The French Guillotine illusion, head guillotine
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
13
Jack Hughes The Homicide Illusion assistant in cabinet, cabinet is sawed in half, folded and pierced with rod
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
144
Jack Hughes New Electric Sawing in Half electric jigsaw
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
166
Jack Hughes Head Zopper electric jigsaw through head
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
171
Jack Hughes Dagger Chest daggers through head
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
176
Jack Hughes Television Head Chest dagger chest with Television design
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
178
Terry Seabrooke The Neck Spiker bits of business for Jack Hughes Neck Spiker, spike through spectator's neck
Inspired by
  • Jack Hughe's "The Neck Spiker" in "The Jack Hughes World of Magic - Volume 2" 1985
 1986
Seabrooke's Book
79
Terry Seabrooke Visible Sawing Through presentation for sawing through lady, cutting a wallpaper in half
 		1986
Seabrooke's Book
82
Harald Kurz X - X-Ray presenting Zig Zag illusion as x-ray machine
 		1991
Hardcore
38
Jim Steinmeyer Perforation girl in box penetrated by multiple long knifes
 		1991
Device and Illusion
31
Jim Steinmeyer The Lady in the Puzzle person trapped in puzzle box which is taken apart and reassembled
 		1991
Device and Illusion
93
Karl Fulves Zig Zag Bill on the flap card case and the history of the Zig Zag illusion
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 3)
17
Harry Anderson Arm Amputation chopping hand illusion with meat cleaver
 		1993
Wise Guy
51
Alan Wakeling The Wakeling Sawing
  • The Wakeling Routine
  • A Lady Divided
  • The Secret
Variations 1993
The Magic of Alan Wakeling
253
Alan Wakeling Excalibur Substitution Trunk combined with sword cabinet, method not described
 		1993
The Magic of Alan Wakeling
302
Alan Wakeling, MacDonald Birch Divided in Four kind of sawing into four pieces, method not described
 		1993
The Magic of Alan Wakeling
308
Alan Wakeling The Spiker modernized sword basked with vanishing and reappearing woman, method not described
 		1993
The Magic of Alan Wakeling
314
Alan Wakeling The Electric Maiden modernized Iron Maiden, penetration by many spikes
 		1993
The Magic of Alan Wakeling
329
Jim Steinmeyer The Plate Glass Mystery
  • Conjuring
person pierced by glass plates in box
Inspired by
  • P. T. Selbit's glass plate illusion
 May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
51
Jim Steinmeyer Modern Art "a new variation on a classic illusion"
 		1995
Modern Art
6
Robert E. Neale 6. Matinée Magic
  • Matinée
  • Responses to Matinée
  • Sawing a Woman in Two
    • The Horrible Sawing
    • The Humorous Sawing
    • The Holy Sawing
  • Matinée Magic
Also published here 1995
Magic and Meaning
83
Tom Stone Impromptu Interlude hand through body of spectator
 		1996
The Warpsmith Returns
36
Eric C. Lewis The Story Of The "Zig-Zag Girl" on Robert Harbin's illusion
 		Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
44
Eric C. Lewis The "Walking Zig-Zag" draft for another version of Robert Harbin's illusion by Harbin
Related to Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
46
Gary Darwin Darwin's Exorcist Live! Woman brought on stage begins to get possessed by a demon, head floats around, body levitates etc.
 		1998
Black Art Breakthroughs
39
Chad Sanborn The Cloned Lady Hand pulled off a lady, and then put back
 		1998
Black Art Breakthroughs
42
Andrew Mayne One Vicious Paper-Cut strange interlude with a paper bag and head, head apparently removed and placed in bag
 		1998
Mad Mojo
44
Andrew Mayne A Cool Thing to Do When You Have a Towel on Your Head head twister using a towel
Also published here 1998
Mad Mojo
52
Jim Steinmeyer The Three-Space Mystery
  • Conjuring
tubes penetrate cabinet with person inside, mirror
 		Sep. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
81
Masklyn ye Mage Innerspection from Daemon's Diary, performer inserts his whole head into an assistant's mouth who is lying on his back
 		Oct. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 10)
23
Paul Osborne Crushing a Woman
  • Osborne Illusions
 		Feb. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2)
66
Paul Osborne Divido center vanishes
 		June 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)
24
Paul Osborne Lumberjack's Dream head sawn off
 		June 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)
26
Paul Osborne, Tim White Tim White's Jungillusion cage, combined with Things that Go Bump in the Night
 		June 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)
30
Paul Osborne So That's How It Works!
  • Osborne Illusions
with fake explanation
 		Aug. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 8)
18
Günter Puchinger Entwicklung eines Illusionseffektes article about the development of Mini-Kub-Zag
 		2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
182
David Berglas Magic Fingers small illusion, hand on a black board, fingers can be moved away from the hand
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
165
Andrew Mayne Facelifter box with cut out is placed over head, head is turned, stretched and eventually removed
 		2002
Facelifter
5
Paul Osborne Sword Holders
  • Osborne Illusions
 		Feb. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 2)
18
Paul Osborne The Torture Screens
  • Osborne Illusions
sword box
 		June 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6)
14
Paul Osborne Abbott's "Painless Surgery"
  • Osborne Illusions
hand is cut off on a board
 		Oct. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 10)
18
Andrew Mayne Twist-O-Rama head twister using a towel
Also published here 2003
Body Morphin'
32
Andrew Mayne The Incredible Elevator Shrinking Machine gag, apparently shrinking in elevator
 		2003
Body Morphin'
34
Andrew Mayne Light Storm assistant holding lamp penetrates stomach of performer, with held board as cover
 		2004
Light Storm
4
Jim Steinmeyer The Living Miracle
  • The Language of Illusion
 		July 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 7)
36
Tom Stone Wakeling-Jarrett Combo
Inspired by 2007
Plots, Spells & Typos
3
Jim Steinmeyer, De Yip "Louie" Loo The Travel "Based on De Yip Loo's Original Effect"
person standing in box, ten swords pushed in at the left side, all slid to right side one by one to slice person which emerges unharmed
 		2009
Technique & Understanding
191
Jim Steinmeyer Trouble "A Dissected Box"
person in square box, box is opened accordion/zig-zag like, person comes out unharmed
 		2009
Technique & Understanding
221
Jim Steinmeyer Cube-ism "Apparatus that Comes and Goes"
person in box in front of a folding painting, vanishes and re-appears
 		2009
Technique & Understanding
229
Jim Steinmeyer Long Division "The Return of Method C"
Inspired by 2009
Technique & Understanding
275
Robert E. Neale 6. Matinée Magic
  • Matinée
  • Responses to Matinée
  • Sawing a Woman in Two
    • The Horrible Sawing
    • The Humorous Sawing
    • The Holy Sawing
  • Matinée Magic
Also published here 2009
Magic and Meaning [Expanded]
83
Bob Evison Puncture Proof piercing a person's head with a sword, under handkerchief, only images
Also published here Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
60
Mike Caveney Halloween Card Stab on the back of a kneeling assistant, person stabbed
 		2013
Wonders
141
Mike Caveney Dante's Sawing A Lady in Half discussion of the performance at the 1993 Los Angeles History Conference
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
27
Jim Steinmeyer The Petite Illusion
  • Conjuring
on the Cane Cabinet
 		Oct. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10)
38
Jonathan Pendragon Binary Thought
  • Panmagium
 		Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
28
Christoph Borer Die gerechte Strafe sword jammed in arm
 		2016
21
182
Martin Lewis Human Brain Vivisection
  • Making Magic
stabbing the head under a paper bag
 		Sep. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 9)
46
Mike Caveney Sawing a Woman in Half: Shattered Friendships and All-Out War on the history of the sawing illusion
 		Dec. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 12)
16
Alex De Vega The Great Divide only two parts
 		Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
29