1983
Written by Al Mann
Work of Al Mann
28 pages (Spiralbound), published by Al Mann Exclusives
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
87 entries
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Al Mann The Iron Scuttle No. 1, steel bucket on head, deck is placed on it and performer takes and divines a card
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Al Mann The Finger Test No. 2, steel bucket on head, performer divines number of fingers spectator holds up
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Al Mann The Dice Test No. 3, steel bucket on head, dice are thrown on bucket and sum divined
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Al Mann The Medium's 3-Book Test No. 4, three selected cards put in three books, name of card, book and first sentence of pages are divined
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Al Mann The Suspended Glass of Water No. 5
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Robert Gysel The Suspended Wand, Cane or Broom No. 6, gimmick
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Al Mann The Suspended Pencil No. 7, on fingertips
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The Animated Pencil No. 8, pencil stands up on hand
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Passing a Pencil Through a Loop of String Half as Long as the Pencil No. 9, pencil with string through coat button hole
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Threading the Needle No. 10, blindfolded, threads needle many times
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Another Method No. 11, blindfolded, threads needle many times
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Al Mann The Shattered Chalice No. 12, glass with water and flowers suddenly shatters
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Al Mann Mediumistic Stunts
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Vest Turning No. 13, hands tied, vest turns inside out
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Fireworks No. 14, orange peeling squeezed over flame
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Al Mann Card Location No. 15, selection is found by holding it over a flame and little fireworks is seen
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Al Mann The L and D Test No. 16, fireworks and Living/Dead test
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Al Mann Fireballs No. 17, in dark seance room
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Al Mann Ghost Making No. 18, appearing ghost
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Many Ghosts! No. 19, ghosts appear near mouth of bottle
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Fingertip Ghosts No. 20, luminous paint
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Diabolical Eyes No. 21, light shoots from eyes of medium in dark seance room
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Luminous Eyes No. 22, eyes on poster glow in the dark, luminous paint
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Striking a Match Magically! No. 23, flourish
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Al Mann Causing Beutifull Explosions in the Seance Room No. 25, glowing bubbles explode when set on fire
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Cutting the Apple No. 26, apple on palm is hit by knife, apple splits in two but hand is unharmed
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Al Mann Apparitions No. 27, face of ghost appears, gets bigger and smaller and eventually disappears
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Al Mann A Magical Substitution No. 28, for stage or seance room, trunk substitution of two persons
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The Spirit Snooperscope! No. 29, using night vision goggles in a seance room
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'Spirit' Noise Maker No. 30, matchbox makes noise when it's liftet from table
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The Spirit Rapper No. 31
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The Mystery of the Marks No. 32, Xs appear on pieces of paper
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The Spirit Collar No. 33, steal collar escape
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Blood Writing No. 34, blood message appears on arm
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Real Blood Writing No. 35, blood writing appears on arm
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Stigmata! No. 36, hands placed on cardboards, blood imprint appears
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The Mystery of the Colors No. 37, wrapped color crayons are divined by medium
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Time, Predicted! No. 38, with an alarm clock
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Al Mann Cagliostro's Message! No. 39, question locked in box is answered
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The Lappone Move (with pocket slates) No. 40, message appears on tied slates
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Al Mann The Spirit Artist No. 41, two picture cards are placed between slates, picture appears on slate and cannot be removed
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Escaping from a Safe! No. 42
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Al Mann Hypnotizing Animals! Hypnotizing the following animals:
No. 43: Rabbit
No. 44: A Second Method
No. 45: Chicken and Rooster
No. 46: Another Method
No. 47: Lobster and Crayfish
No. 48: Frog
No. 49: Chameleon
No. 50: Snakes
No. 51: Crabs
No. 52: Guinea Pig
No. 53: Pig
No. 54: Pigeons
No. 55: In the Act (frogs & putting them on stage)
No. 56: With Rabbits
No. 57: The Prime Secret
No. 58: The Cobra! (see also reference)
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Al Mann Brain over Brawn - Incredible Feats of Super Strength
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The Strangulation Test No. 59, rope is pulled around neck of performer
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The Brick Test No. 60, performer breaks brick with hand
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Bending a Bar of Steel! No. 61
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To Tear a Telephone Directory in Half No. 62
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Ripping a Deck of Cards No. 63
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The Nail Act: Driving a Nail into Wooden Plank with Your Bare Hand No. 64
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Driving a Nail through the Wall No. 65
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Bending a Large Thick Nail with Your Bare Hands! No. 66
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Bending a Nail with Your Teeth! No. 67
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Extracting Nails from a Wooden Board with the Fingertips! No. 68
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Pulling a Bus with Your Teeth! No. 69
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Al Mann Note No. 70, on the nail act and Jerry Fulton
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The Anvil Test No. 71, performer lies on bed of nails with anvil on chest, assistant beats on anvil with a hammer
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Breaking a Large Stone on the Chest of the Strongman with a Sledge Hammer as He Lays on a Bed of Nails No. 72
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A Car is Driven over the Body of the Strongman without Injury! No. 73
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Bending a Steel Bar with the Head! No. 74
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Breaking a Heavy Welded-Link Chain with the Chest Muscles! No. 75
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Lifting a Heavy Metal Tank Full of Water! No. 76
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Very Strong Ladies No. 77, several strongman stunts
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If a Young Lady Extends Her Arms and Places Her Hands Flat against the Wall, Half a Dozen Persons Cannot Push Her against the Wall! No. 78
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The Unreachable Matchbox No. 79 chalk line, matchbox cannot be reached
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The Mystery of the Typewriter No. 80 wordlist, selected word is written by spectator on typewriter and divined by performer
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The Mystery of the Oranges No. 81, signed orange is mixed with other oranges in a bag, performer locates the signed one without looking
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The Malayan Thumb Tie No. 82
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The Mango Tree Mystery No. 83, floatable cork method
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Eating Glass No. 84, dangerous method
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Joseph Ovette Direct Mindreading No. 85, with assistant under table
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The Whispering Seashell No. 86, hearing a whisper from a seashell, palpitator gimmick
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X-Ray Vision No. 87, shuffled deck is cut in four piles, performer names the four bottom cards
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The Cards in the Box No. 88, three unknown cards are put in box and divined by performer
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The Test of the Words No. 89, three words from box are selected and written down on pieces of cards, shiner on book
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The Number on the Bullet No. 90, card with numbers put in envelope and prediction marked on a bullet, spectator shoots on envelope with a riffle and hits predicted number
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The Tongues of Hades No. 91, flames are seen in dark seance room
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The Second Hand Miracle No. 92, performer names selected book and chosen word
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The Bug in the Ear No. 93, hypno trick, subject feels bug in ear
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Delicious Soap! No. 94, hypno trick, apparently subject eats a bar of soap
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Spirit Ants No. 95, spectators feel invisible ants, itching powder
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The Spirit Violin No. 96, violin starts to play in dark room
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The Spirit Harmonica No. 97, harmonica plays on its own
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The Spirit Trumpet No. 98, trumpet plays on its own
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The East Indian Bean Trick No. 99, three beans are eaten and reproduced from mouth
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The Grande Entrance No. 100, with Nelson changing grocery paper bag
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Al Mann The AME Spirit Lock No. 101, lock that can be opened with key and with bare hands, construction details
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär.