Newspaper Test

148 entries in Newspaper / Newspaper Test

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Tom Sellers	An Advertisement Trick	spectator cuts ad out of newspaper, it is divined	Related to Want Ad Test (Tom Sellers, 1972) Newsbook Prediction (Alex Proctor, 2022)	1931	Sellers' Secrets	13	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Theodore Annemann	Help Wanted in the Dark	ads are cut from newspaper and sealed in envelopes, light is out and content of two ads is revealed		1934	SH-H-H--! It's A Secret	4	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Dark Room Effects
Stuart Robson	The Twentieth Century Newspaper Test		Related to Newsbook Prediction (Alex Proctor, 2022) Also published here The 20th Century Newspaper Test (Stuart Robson, 1944)	Jan. 1935	The Jinx (Issue 4)	16	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Tells & Body Language Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Theodore Annemann	Two Mindreading Publicity Effects	center tear presentation as newspaper test or living/dead test	Related to A Mental Test Revamped (Herbert Hood, 1936) The Secret (Joseph Dunninger, 1940) Also published here Mindreading Publicity Effect (Theodore Annemann, 1944) Gedankenlesen aus der Zeitung (Theodore Annemann, 1987)	Mar. 1935	The Jinx (Issue 6)	24	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Arthur Johnson	Cards and a Newspaper	ace cutting method used for newspaper prediction		Oct. 1935	The Jinx (Issue 13)	63	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
Edward Bagshawe	A Newspaper Miracle	magician divines words and pictures on a freely chosen piece of newspaper		1936 ca.	Twenty Magical Novelties	45	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Dr. Edward G. Ervin	New Version Want Ad Test	ads cut out of newspaper and put in envelope, one chosen, content divined		1937	The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin	28	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
E. D. Wolff	Astral Ad	ads cut out of newspaper put in envelope, one chosen and word in it chosen, divined	Also published here The Astral Ad (E. D. Wolff, 1944)	Feb. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 78)	509	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
H. C. Mole	Mixed Mystery	letter cards chosen, word selected from newspaper with number addition, letter cards arrange magically in chosen word	Also published here Mixed Mystery (H. C. Mole, 1944)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 112)	665	ABC Cards / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test ABC Cards / Prediction
Theodore Annemann	Headline Hunter	magician's choice strategy	Also published here Headline Hunter (Theodore Annemann, 1944)	Dec. 1941	The Jinx (Issue 151)	883	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Propless / Equivoque Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
Al Baker	The Saturday Evening Post Feat	using memory, magazine test First Method Second Method	Also published here The Saturday Evening Post Feat (Al Baker, 2003)	1941	Magical Ways and Means	92	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Tells & Body Language
Theodore Annemann	Mindreading Publicity Effect	center tear presentation as newspaper test	Also published here Two Mindreading Publicity Effects (Theodore Annemann, 1935)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	37	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Stuart Robson	The 20th Century Newspaper Test		Also published here The Twentieth Century Newspaper Test (Stuart Robson, 1935)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	80	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Tells & Body Language Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
E. D. Wolff	The Astral Ad	ads cut out of newspaper put in envelope, one chosen and word in it chosen, divined	Also published here Astral Ad (E. D. Wolff, 1940)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	165	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Theodore Annemann	Headline Hunter	magician's choice strategy	Also published here Headline Hunter (Theodore Annemann, 1941)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	183	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Propless / Equivoque Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
H. C. Mole	Mixed Mystery	letter cards chosen, word selected from newspaper with number addition, letter cards arrange magically in chosen word	Also published here Mixed Mystery (H. C. Mole, 1940)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	229	ABC Cards / Miscellaneous Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test ABC Cards / Prediction
C. L. Boarde	Hot News!			Aug. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 89)	361	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley	The Crystal Ball	spectator sees selected word fro a newspaper clipping in a crystal ball, change bag		1947	Gems of Mental Magic	59	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination by Spectator Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Harold Braunhut	Ad-Venture	an ad from newspaper is chose, content divined and written on slate		1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	170	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Bob Somerfeld	Paper	code		1948	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)	12	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Vern Schoneck	Ad-O-Matic	playing card is moved over ad section in newspaper, force, prediction		Feb. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 144)	579	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs
George Schindler	Newspaper Test	carbon paper in newspaper		Nov. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 189)	757	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
George G. Kaplan	Kaplan's Impromptu Want Ad Test	want ad page is torn and pieces placed inside envelopes, chosen envelope is divined by performer		Jan. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)	619	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Eddie Clever	Classified	newspaper add test, using ABC cards		1951	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)	15	ABC Cards / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Fred Peterson	Puzzle of the Pages	word isa selected with the aid of a business card, that has a hole punched through to read one word, card is moved on page and stopped	Variations Whose Hue (Bob Somerfeld, 1951) The Hole Truth (Marcello Truzzi, 1981)	Jan. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 221)	882	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Routines Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Fred Peterson	Pins	forcing word on newspaper, pushing a pin through	Related to Pinned (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1949)	Feb. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 222)	888	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Jaks' Subtlest Secret	word is encircled on clipboard, duplicate page under carbon paper	Related to Date Man Duplication (Hen Fetsch, 1951) A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, 1957) Want Ad Test (Tom Sellers, 1972) Design-A-Choice! (Ted Karmilovich, 1981) Glimpression (Thomas Alan Waters, 1985) Pendulumix (Three Experiments With The Dowsing Pendulum (Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira, 2004) Variations Jaks' Secret (Al Mann, 1982) The Jaxian Phone Book Test (Robert Cassidy, 2004) Also published here Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1961) Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 2014)	Feb. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 223)	890	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Bob Somerfeld	Whose Hue	prediction of two words	Inspired by Puzzle of the Pages (Fred Peterson, 1951) Related to The Hole Truth (Marcello Truzzi, 1981)	Mar. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 225)	900	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Milbourne Christopher	Pinpointed Image	pin in sheet of newspaper, performer divines word		1952	One Man Mental Magic	4	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Eddie Joseph	Hitting the Headline	page and line is chosen from selected newspaper using deck of cards, two halves are dealt and two cards freely selected, pips added together, chosen headline is divined Single Number Force Combination Number Force		1952	Hitting the Headlines	1	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Jack Yates	Clip Line	newspaper clipping, some lines from top and bottom are cut away and the cross total of the remaining lines leads to a line which is divined	Related to The Clip Line (Al Mann, 1982)	1954	Minds in Close-Up	7	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Amazing James Randi	The Torn Off-Centre	tips on the center tear (1) pieces never burned (2) when using a newspaper (3) when using a telephone book		Nov. 1955	Ibidem (Issue 4)	13	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Jack Yates	Astral Headline	medium divines words from newspaper		1956	Minds in Duplicate	24	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
The Amazing Maurice	Newspaper Ad Test	five ads are cut from a newspaper and put on a board, one is selected and divined by performer		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	23	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis	word is encircled on clipboard and divined	Also published here Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1951)	1961	Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse	59	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Don Tanner	Want Ad Test	torn ads, one is placed inside card box and revealed by performer		1962	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)	52	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Cards / Props & Apparatus / Card Box (e.g. with Flap)
David Hoy	Our Correspondent in...!	folder with several headlines, mentalist divines selected one		1963	The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust	15	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
David Hoy	Plastic Folder Force	spectator rips out a piece of paper from a folder, which holds a collection of newspaper headlines		1963	The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust	15	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Newspaper / Prediction
John Hudak	Printer's Demon	phoned medium reveals content on a page on freely selected newspaper, see p. 874 for credit information	Related to Life Liberty Or - (James G. Thompson Jr., 1944) Variations Stop Press (John Hudak, Karl Fulves, 1979)	Jan. 1967	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 3)	77	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Propless / Phone Effects
W. G. Prunty	Simple Newspaper Test	word chosen with playing cards (cut force), it is predicted on a slate		1968	Newspaper Magic	83	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
Ian Mikby	Algol's Ad	ad selected from newspaper is predicted, cutting strip of newspaper when spectator says stop		Mar. 1969	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 5)	247	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Edmund Rowland	News Test	newspaper folded and edges cut off, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper	Related to Paradox Papers (Martin Gardner, 1971) Century 21 Prediction (Danton, 1976) Crazy Quilt (Karl Fulves, 1993) Variations More News (Bill Logan, 1972) Handy - Torn Newspaper Prediction (Ray Grismer, 1978)	Aug. 1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 10)	440	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Joseph M. White	Classified Ad Prediction			1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	60	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Tom Sellers	Want Ad Test	apparently contents of newspaper ads memorized (Stanley Jaks presentation), see also p. 565	Related to An Advertisement Trick (Tom Sellers, 1931) Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1951)	May 1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7)	520	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Propless / Memory Stunts / Miscellaneous
Bill Logan	More News	newspaper folded and edges cut off, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper The Folding Force	Inspired by News Test (Edmund Rowland, 1971) Related to Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	June 1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 8)	525	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Paul Siegel	Dart Delirium	word from a newspaper is selected by throwing a a dart, word appears on slate		1972	Doorway to Delusion	32	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Games / Darts Slate / Appearing Writing
Al Koran	Headline Countdown	newspaper torn up and a piece selected, a word is chosen, it has been predicted, binary prediction	Related to More News (Bill Logan, 1972) Century 21 Prediction (Danton, 1976) Bits and Pieces (Paul Swinford, 2004) Koran's Binary Newspaper (Al Koran, 2004) 21st Century Svengali (Docc Hilford, Danton, Stanton Carlisle, 2005) Bits and Pieces (Paul Swinford, 2010) Variations Mind Snap (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, 1978) Handy - Torn Newspaper Prediction (Ray Grismer, 1978) Newspaper Prediction (Nick Trost, 1979) Rip It Up (Robert Cassidy, 2004) Al Koran Newspaper Prediction (Alexander de Cova, 2013) A Jolly Prediction (Chris Rawlins, 2014) The Al Koran Newspaper Prediction (Alexander de Cova, 2014) Die Al Koran Zeitungsvorhersage (Alexander de Cova, 2015) Hack (Chris Rawlins, 2017)	1972	Al Koran's Legacy	53	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Newspaper / Prediction
Robert Schwarz	"X" Marks the Spot	prediction of a word chosen in newspaper, marked with an x behind back		1974	Magick (Issue 96)	478	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Not Writing
Fred Lowe	Zeitungszerreiß-Telepathie	newspaper torn into pieces, count-down to named number to arrive at a piece of newspaper, force by binary tearing and assembling	Also published here New Pentagram	July 1974	Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 1)	16	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Richard Lyn	Stock Answer	stock prediction from newspaper, spectator encircles any part of page with eyes closed		1975	Magick (Issue 128)	638	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Pen & Pencil / Not Writing
Alan Shaxon	Climax Newspaper Test	prediction, clever way to force a piece of a torn newspaper		1976	Practical Sorcery	40	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Danton	Century 21 Prediction	predicting a chosen headline from newspaper, Koran's binary prediction	Related to News Test (Edmund Rowland, 1971) Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972) The News Force (Al Mann, 1982) Variations 21st Century Svengali (Docc Hilford, Danton, Stanton Carlisle, 2005)	1976	Magick (Issue 159)	791	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Burling Hull	All-Fair Want Ad Test	ads cut out by spectators and put in glass bowl, one selected, word on it chosen and divined, specially printed ad page with force words		1976	The Amazing World of Mentalism	15	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Burling Hull	Miracle Newspaper Test	spectator makes circle on newspaper		1976	The Amazing World of Mentalism	41	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Pen & Pencil / Not Writing
Al Mann	The Underlined Thought	line from newspaper is underlined and divined, two methods		1977	The Photon Shield	9	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Al Mann	The Word in the Circle	word on newspaper is encircled and performer removes same paper, with same word marked from his wallet, carbon paper		1977	The Photon Shield	10	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Paper / Envelopes / Carbon Paper Envelopes
Neil Poliakoff	Fire the Boss!	ads from newspaper are torn and sealed in envelopes one is selected and content divined		1977	Magick (Issue 184)	917	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Harry Lorayne	Line o' Type	column strip cut, line predicted	Variations Calculating Snippet (Jon Racherbaumer, 1984)	1977	The Magic Book	224	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Charles "Cicardi" Scott	Mind Snap	variation of Koran's binary newspaper	Inspired by Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	1978	Magick (Issue 218)	1087	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Ray Grismer	Handy - Torn Newspaper Prediction	newspaper torn in thirty-two pieces, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper	Inspired by News Test (Edmund Rowland, 1971) Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	1978	Handy — Torn Newspaper Prediction	1	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
C. L. Boarde	Hot News	with the ads section		1978	Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests	89	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Don Tanner	Mental	want ads tossed on cloth bag, one selected and divined		1978	It's in the Bag	12	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Karl Fulves, Alvin Stine	To The Dogs	newspaper test over phone by Alvin Stine with a special issue of NY Times		1979	Interlocutor (Issue 40)	160	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Propless / Phone Effects
	The Want Ad Test	No. 33, paper strip cut where spectator wants to, ad at place where it is cut is predicted		1979	Self-Working Mental Magic	53	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
John Hudak, Karl Fulves	Stop Press	No. 34, newspaper test over phone	Inspired by Printer's Demon (John Hudak, 1967)	1979	Self-Working Mental Magic	54	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Propless / Phone Effects
Karl Fulves	Names in the News	No. 62, two spectators chose picture in newspaper and person therein, both predicted		1979	Self-Working Mental Magic	104	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Nick Trost	Newspaper Prediction	newspaper folded and torn, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper	Inspired by Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	1979	Close-Up Mentalism	7	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Barrie Richardson	Tri-Psi	three slips in signed and sealed envelope		1981	Magick (Issue 284)	1418	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / By Mail
Don Camp	Word Games	piece of newspaper page is torn and word selected, divination by performer		1981	Magick (Issue 287)	1433	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Newspaper Test Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Gedruckte Gedanken	four news stories from newspaper are divined	Also published here "Thought Out of Print" (Pentagram, Mar. 1953)	Dec. 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4)	150	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Barrie Richardson, Eric Mason	Newspaper Mind Reading	one word written upside down	Also published here Word Flight (Barrie Richardson, 1999)	Dec. 1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 7)	1066	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Code	spectator choses a column of a newspaper, performer divines content, dit-dah Morse-type coding	Related to Miracle Department (Flavian, 1982) The Delphian Oracle (Al Mann, 1983)	1982	Six Columns	1	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading
Al Mann	Jaks' Secret	several spectators circle words on a sheet of newspaper, performer divines them	Inspired by Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1951)	1982	Six Columns	4	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	Power of the Press	newspaper is torn and a piece selected, performer divines content	Related to Easy-Do Tele-Thought (Al Mann, 1982) Robert Nelson's "Tele-Thought" 1930	1982	Six Columns	8	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Al Mann	The News Force	newspaper torn into 16 squares, one is selected and content predicted	Inspired by Nirvana Nos. (Fredric Kolb, 1939) Related to Century 21 Prediction (Danton, 1976)	1982	Six Columns	10	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Chain of Thought	from three pieces of newspaper, performer divines three words		1982	Six Columns	14	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Want Ad Mystery	word from a want ad section is selected and divined		1982	Six Columns	18	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Al Mann	The Longest Word	how to make fake want ad sections for thought divination		1982	Six Columns	19	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Al Mann	The "Impact" Ad Mystery	want ad pages are torn and put in a bowl, three spectators select a piece and think of a word, all are divined		1982	Six Columns	20	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Clip Line	variation on Albert Spackman's "Clip Line"	Inspired by Clip Line (Jack Yates, 1954) Predicted from the Papers (Tom Sellers, 1960) Related to Clippoline (Thomas Alan Waters, 1979) Variations Front Page (Gene Nielsen, 1979)	1982	Six Columns	20	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Al Mann, Max Andrews	Coded Headlines	coding a card with a newspaper		1982	Six Columns	22	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant
Al Mann	Haunting Headlines	newspaper page is selected and headline is circled, prediction in envelope		1982	Six Columns	23	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Al Mann	Easy-Do Tele-Thought		Related to Power of the Press (Al Mann, 1982) Robert Nelson's "Tele-Thought" 1930	1982	Six Columns	25	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	Pegasus Page	first selected page of a newspaper is predicted then it vanishes and appears in envelope, two versions	Related to Whim of Tituba (Theodore Annemann, 1939)	1982	Six Columns	26	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Pegasus Page
David Britland	News Flash	word in newspaper, carbon	Also published here News Flash (David Britland, 1996)	Mar. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11)	200	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Peter Wilker	Ein Zeitungstest in Abwandlungen	history and overview on the Koran Newspaper test, variations by Edmund Roland, Nick Trost, Allan Shaxon, Robert Harbin		1982	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 4&5)	118	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Thomas Alan Waters	Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test	torn newspaper, prediction of words, general comments		1983	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test)	383	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Thomas Alan Waters	Duplicities	prediction on slate, several methods to add duplicate force pieces and switching pieces		1983	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test)	385	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Thomas Alan Waters, Edmund Rowland, Fred Lowe, Robert Harbin	X-Positions	page is torn in sixteen parts and a piece selected, analysis , ideas on headline predictions	Related to Edmund Rowland in Warlock's "Pentagram" Vol, 7. No.2. P. 11. Fred Lowe in "New Pentagram" Vol. 4, No. 1. P.1. Robert Harbin in "Abra" Vol.7, No. 181. P. 387.	1983	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test)	392	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Stephen Minch	The Rosebud Prophecy	prediction of torn piece of newspaper, Koran deck with Newspaper		1984	Mind Melds	45	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Newspaper / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Terry Nosek	The Word	pile of torn newspaper slips, spectator choses one, folds it in quarters and tears corner off, long word is chosen and revealed, reverse center tear method	Variations The Hydra Sinecure (Rich Bloch, 1987)	Jan. 1985	Magick (Issue 345)	1721	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Karl Fulves	Deluxe Headline Reading	No. 21, four spectators tear off sections of newspapers, put in envelopes, performer divines contents and makes matching drawings		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	42	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Karl Fulves	Almanac Affinity	No. 79, spectator removes page of newspaper and adds all four page numbers, number used to look up word in almanac, forced, two handlings		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	142	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props Book / Book Test / Routines
Neil Somerville	Psi Challenge	newspaper clippings attached to index cards, content of chosen one is divined		Jan. 1986	Magick (Issue 364)	1819	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
	Der Illustrierten-Test			Dec. 1986	Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)	176	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Slate / Mental Epic Board
Rich Bloch	The Hydra Sinecure	piece torn from news paper, chosen word is divined	Inspired by The Word (Terry Nosek, 1985)	Jan. 1987	Magick (Issue 384)	1919	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Theodore Annemann	Gedankenlesen aus der Zeitung	center tear presentation as newspaper test	Also published here Two Mindreading Publicity Effects (Theodore Annemann, 1935)	1987	Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 1)	13	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Karrell Fox	"Good Newz"	newspaper torn into pieces, spectator selects one and remembers word on it, it is divined		1988	My Latest Book	80	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Karrell Fox	"Easy Reader"	page from newspaper selected, then a torn section, picture on it described, repeated several times		1988	My Latest Book	86	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
George G. Kaplan	Ein Stegreif-Annoncentest	ads torn out of newspaper and put in envelopes, ad in chosen envelope divined, cross cut force with envelopes	Also published here Hugard's Magic Monthly	Apr. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)	179	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
Gene "Phantini" Grant, Al Mann	The Mann Mystique	headlines torn from newspaper and rolled to tight pellets, chosen one is predicted		Jan. 1990	Magick (Issue 433)	2164	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Don Nielsen	Kronos	force of number five, six or seven with wrist watch procedure, newspaper test application, see note on p. 7	Related to "Step Back in Time" (Stephen Tucker, Compendium, 1984)	1993	Rigmarole (Issue 1)	4	Watch / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Karl Fulves	Where She Stops	"a money maker trick" cut-out newspaper column strip is in money maker prop and cut where the spectator wants		1993	Verbatim (Issue 6)	54	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Punx	Unwritten Center Tear	word circled on newspaper clipping		Feb. 1993	Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 8)	1	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Raimo Patronen	Psychic Ad	several ads in envelopes, one is selected and divined by performer		May 1993	Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 11)	8	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Paper / Envelopes / Marked
Stewart Judah	Judah's Newspaper Ad Trick			1994	More Greater Magic	1058	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Alexander de Cova	2. Wortvorhersage		Also published here Wortvorhersage (Alexander de Cova, 1994)	1994	Secrets No. 1	126	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Alexander de Cova	Wortvorhersage		Also published here 2. Wortvorhersage (Alexander de Cova, 1994)	1994	Seminar 1994	6	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann	Die Zeitungsstreifen-Voraussage			1995	Hellsehen... ...kinderleicht	26	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Albert Spackman	Newspaper Test	word-forcing technique, text upside down beneath headline, without credit		1995	Hellsehen... ...kinderleicht	26	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Karl Fulves	Beyond Numbers	No. 23, page and word selected with calculation procedure		1995	Easy Magic	30	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Numbers / Number Forces / Only Calculation
Karl Fulves	Reading the Classifieds	No. 43, crumpled ads from newspaper on table, one chosen and three words chosen from it, medium looks at the words and identifies the whole ad		1995	Easy Magic	62	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Samuel Hawley	News-Wordy	spectator circles word on newspaper before the show, word is divined	Related to A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, 1957)	1995	Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 11)	46	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show Pen & Pencil / Not Writing
Mark Edward	Clear Cut Choice	various newspaper clippings, one is selected and cut in half, mailed prediction with word where paper strip was cut, Clip Line	Inspired by Grant's "Want-Ad Test"	1995	Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 1)	91	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / By Mail
David Britland	News Flash	word in newspaper, carbon	Also published here News Flash (David Britland, 1982)	1996	Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 4 & 5)	172	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
David Harkey, Eric Anderson	Scatterbrain	page of newspaper torn according to spectator's wishes until piece remains, word chosen on it, predicted, bluff		1997	Ah-ha!	15	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show
John Scarne	Magic of the East	Max Holden's description of an involved newspaper test performed by Scarne, no method	Also published here Genii, Sept. 1941	1997	The Fine Print (Issue 6)	157	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Karl Fulves	Personal Effects	"New Maps", rectangle torn from newspaper is divided into grid, spectators circle words in the ads, performer later divines them	Related to To Guess Four Cards thought of by Different Persons (1876)	1998	Mutus Nomen	52	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Karl Fulves	Now Hear This	number forced with calculator, prediction via object in envelope that corresponds to an ad in newspaper on that page		1998	Calculator Tricks	30	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Calculator Numbers / Number Forces / Calculator
Richard Osterlind	Air Wave Telepathy	Idea for Schenk & Sondermeyer's "Alpha Mental" for radio		1999	Dynamic Mysteries	76	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Barrie Richardson	Word Flight	one word written upside down	Variations The Ernie Ball Book Test (Luke Jermay, Chan Canasta, Barrie Richardson, Dan Tong, 2003) Wook (Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira, 2004) Also published here Newspaper Mind Reading (Barrie Richardson, Eric Mason, 1982)	1999	Theater of the Mind	244	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Richard Mark	Wanted	want ad test, newspaper page torn and placed inside a bag, one removed from handful of adds		2000	Mind Warp	37	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Richard Mark	Stop The Press	page of newspaper torn in pieces, one selected by naming a number and word selected on piece, prediction in envelope		2000	Mind Warp	63	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
David Berglas	3 or 4 Words out of Thousands	brief, same as Newspaper Prediction		2002	The Mind & Magic of David Berglas	342	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Baker	The Saturday Evening Post Feat	using memory, magazine test First Method Second Method	Also published here The Saturday Evening Post Feat (Al Baker, 1941)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)	227	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Tells & Body Language
David Ben	Alpha Faux	presentation for "Alpha Mental": computer predicts chosen word		2003	Tricks	95	CD & Record Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Michael Sondermeyer, Uwe Schenk	Alpha Mental	prediction of word chosen from newspaper page, progressive anagrams		2003	Tricks	95	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Paper / Prediction Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Albert Spackman	Newspaper Test	word-forcing technique, text upside down beneath headline		2003	Tricks	96	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Robert Cassidy	Rip It Up	Koran's binary newspaper, number named after newspaper is torn	Inspired by Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	2004	The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy	152	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Al Koran	Koran's Binary Newspaper	credited to Trost and Borodin	Related to Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	2004	Semi-Mental Journey	229	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Chuck Hickok	Application Idea #3: Newspaper Switch Helper	forcing a piece of a newspaper		2005	Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two	45	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Docc Hilford	Nostrum Newspaper Test	newspaper is torn into pieces, one selected and long word in the center of the piece is chosen, performer divines word using letters from headlines		2005	Nostrum Necromancy	8	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Jim Steinmeyer	The Torn Newspaper Prediction	"A New Routine and Handling for a Classic Mental Effect" pieces added from jacket	Related to The Torn Newspaper Prediction Force (Jim Steinmeyer, Alberto de Figueiredo, 2013)	2009	Technique & Understanding	105	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Jim Steinmeyer, Alberto de Figueiredo	The Torn Newspaper Prediction Force		Related to The Torn Newspaper Prediction (Jim Steinmeyer, 2009)	2013	Magia Demente	74	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Max Maven	Psi-Comix	Lost Horizons fifteen to twenty comic strips from newspapers are mixed, one chosen, it is predicted	Also published here Linking Ring Parade, Dec. 1977	Mar. 2013	Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)	35	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Robert Cassidy	The Shuttled Newspaper Test	news paper torn in pieces and every piece rolled up, one is chosen and selected word divined by performer		2013	The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals	31	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Robert Cassidy	The Effect Depends On Your Point Of View	using the re-deal force with pieces of newspaper		2013	The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals	198	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Alexander de Cova	Al Koran Newspaper Prediction	binary tearing and counting	Inspired by Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972) Also published here The Al Koran Newspaper Prediction (Alexander de Cova, 2014) Die Al Koran Zeitungsvorhersage (Alexander de Cova, 2015)	Oct. 2013	New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 11)	25	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret	word is encircled on clipboard	Also published here Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1951)	2014	The Incredible Dr. Jaks	134	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Thought Out of Print	four news stories from newspaper are divined	Also published here "Thought Out of Print" in "Pentagram" March, 1953	2014	The Incredible Dr. Jaks	235	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Chris Rawlins	A Jolly Prediction	newspaper torn up and a piece selected, a word is chosen, it has been predicted	Inspired by Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	May 2014	Genii (Vol. 77 No. 5)	54	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Alexander de Cova	The Al Koran Newspaper Prediction	binary tearing and counting The Barebones of the Al Koran Newspaper Prediction	Inspired by Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972) Also published here Al Koran Newspaper Prediction (Alexander de Cova, 2013)	2014	The Traveller	5	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Alexander de Cova	Die Al Koran Zeitungsvorhersage	binary tearing and counting	Inspired by Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972) Also published here Al Koran Newspaper Prediction (Alexander de Cova, 2013)	2015	Burners — Vol. 1	170	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Chris Rawlins	Hack	newspaper page chosen, torn up, piece selected, content divined	Inspired by Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	2017	The Event, 2017	39	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Sylvia "Zatanna" Marinai	T&R Newspaper Test	newspaper torn up with spectator, a word circled with a pen and remembered, after restoration it's still circled		Apr. 2017	Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)	65	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Newspaper / Torn & Restored Pen & Pencil / Not Writing
Ben Hart	Advertising Banner	newspaper strip cut, phrase there appears tied to the back of a real fly, Albert Spackman's "Clip Line"		2020	The Darkest Corners	282	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Animal / Flies
Ben Hart	A Word in Amber	newspaper strip cut, phrase there appears inside amber necklace, Albert Spackman's "Clip Line"		2020	The Darkest Corners	292	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Newspaper Test Paper / Traveling Jewelry
Alex Proctor	Newsbook Prediction	page numbers on a double page from a newspaper used to calculate a page number for a book, top line predicted	Related to An Advertisement Trick (Tom Sellers, 1931) The Twentieth Century Newspaper Test (Stuart Robson, 1935)	2022	The Glasgow File — Volume 1	147	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Routines