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56 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Haunted Deck / Thread
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Hypnotised Card deck cuts itself at chosen card on table, hair
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
68
Al Baker The Pack that Cuts itself thread
 		1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
470
Jack Merlin The Pack that Cuts Itself cut packs itself at selection, hair
 		1927/28
Merlin's Master Miracles
9
Al Baker Al Baker's Pack That Cuts itself thread
Also published here 1933
Al Baker's Book
7
The Animated Card card "walks" out of deck, thread and stripper deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
266
Al Baker The Magician at Home thread, on the floor/carpet
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
8
Edward Victor The Haunted Pack three cards, deck on hand cuts itself in three directions
Variations 1946
Further Magic of the Hands
16
Paul Curry Haunted Pack Variation
Sep. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 134)
540
Al Baker The Peck that Cuts itself thread
 		1948
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Card Trio)
504
Bruce Elliott The Back Room an idea for a transformation of a ball into an egg, and a haunted deck idea by Ed Cannon
 		Aug. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 157)
633
Al Baker The Deck that Cuts Itself
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
16
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
22
Don Tanner Let's Bury the Dead living dead test mixed with haunted pack
Also published here Nov. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 293)
1171
Al Baker The Pack that Cuts Itself
1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
30
Charlie Miller How to Haunt a Pack described by Robert Parrish
  • impromptu method
  • method with slick cards
  • tip for Al Baker method
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
46
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dim The Lights small hand taps out value of first selection, then finds second selection by dragging top half away, see also p. 340
Related to Jan. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3)
316
Chris Gosselin, Al Baker Untouched by Yooman 'ands
Related to 1971
Expert Card Chicanery
65
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Haunted Deck Wrinkle No. 206, deck on table while it cuts
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
50
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's New Horizontal Card Rise No. 252, card rises out of deck forward with deck held flat
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
63
Charlie Miller Charley Miller's Deck That Cuts Itself No. 719
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
192
Paul Curry Phantasy Under Glass under glass bowl, ends clean
 		1977
Special Effects
26
Paul Curry Under Wraps performer's hand is wrapped in a clear plastic bag, ends clean
 		1977
Special Effects
30
Ross Bertram, Edward Marlo The Haunted Deck plastic on thread
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
97
Karl Fulves More Shuffle Problems
  • Previous Erdnase
  • Dollar Deal
  • Haunted Transfer
  • Markers
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
150
Danny Korem The Acrobatic Haunted Card thread set-up between two fingers
 		1985
Korem without Limits
141
Al Baker, Eugene Burger The Haunted Pack "added perfomance touches and strategies"
 		1987
The Performance of Close-Up Magic
102
Eugene Burger Questions and Answers on The Haunted Pack
1987
The Performance of Close-Up Magic
118
Karl Fulves, Al Baker Haunted thread
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
40
Karl Fulves A Shuffle Approach set-up with thread is done on the table with riffle shuffle
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
45
Karl Fulves The Haunted Cut tabled set up
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
46
Karl Fulves The Hooked-Up Gambler: (A) Pk Aces multiple cards, posed as a problem
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
48
Karl Fulves (C) X-Up with named card, posed as a problem
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
48
Thomas Alan Waters Spooks two version on haunted deck with tarot cards
  • Hauntkerchief
  • Pullbox
Related to 1987
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.)
792
Dan Strange The Dancing Jokers before beginning a trick, the two Jokers pivot their way out of the deck in a mechanical-looking manner, brief mention of using thread to effect a third card being produced as in a Haunted Deck
Inspired by 1991
Strange Happenings
12
John Riggs Rising Card Handling
1995
The Magic of John Riggs
38
Tommy Wonder The Poltergeist Pack interesting thread hook-up
Related to
  • Ed Marlo's idea in The Linking Ring (Sept. 1963, Vol. 43 No. 9, p. 61)
 1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 1
100
Michael Close The Haunted Deck named card, memorized deck, small hand
Related to 1996
Workers Number 5
148
J. W. Sarles Card Rise Notes haunted deck with two card cases, selection emerges from between them
 		1996
New Card Rises
56
Jon LeClair Impromptu Animated Deck with borrowed deck, tabled or in the hands
 		1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
145
Nicholas Einhorn Spooked deck on floor, card jumps out at the end
  • History
  • Preparation
  • Performance
  • Clean-up
 		1998
Spooked
6
Nicholas Einhorn Afterthoughts
1998
Spooked
17
Ron Bauer, Edward Marlo The Mechanical Deck using Marlo's gimmick on thread, done as a kind of side-ways card rise
 		1999
Mechanical Deck
2
Don Tanner Laßt uns die Toten begraben living dead test mixed with haunted pack and business cards
Also published here 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
149
Paul Curry Phantasy Under Glass under glass bowl, ends clean
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
112
Paul Curry Under Wraps performer's hand is wrapped in a clear plastic bag, ends clean
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
118
Al Baker The Haunted Deck (aka, The Deck that Cuts Itself)
May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
22
Michael Ammar The Self-Contained Haunted Business Card business card moves out of stack
 		Feb. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 6)
77
Al Baker The Pack that cuts itself thread
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
73
Al Baker The Magician at Home thread, on the floor/carpet
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
147
Al Baker The Deck that Cuts Itself
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
365
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
371
Al Baker The Pack that Cuts Itself
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
726
Christian Engblom Double Haunted Deck with two selection, one phase in spectator's hands
 		2007
Lecture Notes
9
G Ouija (牌仙) Haunted Deck
 		2016
Emotion
22
Eugene Burger Eugene's Touch for "The Haunted Pack"
2021
Eugene Burger: Final Secrets
175
Anson Chen Shadow Play deck cuts itself and selection shoots out
 		2023
Reality Is Magic
152