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57 entries in Propless / Memory Stunts / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henri Decremps Démonstration de mémoire avec un livre de 100 pages de chiffres Memory demonstration with a 100-page book of numbers
 		1786 Testament de Jérôme Sharp 319
Unknown Das Zahlenerraten fifty cards with long numbers, apparently they are memorized and can be called out at request
 		Feb. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 2) 25
Unknown Der Gedächtniskünstler im Salon order of cards read off to medium who then directs the spectator to lay out the cards so that they end up sorted in new deck order, three methods
Related to Jan. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 5) 79
Oswald Rae Mechanical Method props to help memorizing numbers
 		1928 Sub Rosa 98
Alban's Transmission de Pensée carts with various numbers, numbers are divined, key number to begin calculation
 		Oct. 1941 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 10) 7
Walter B. Gibson Mind Over Money memorizing the serial number of a bill and other ideas about quickly memorizing things on a bill
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 1) 3
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley New Bills for Old ten serial numbers are noted on a blackboard, performer is blindfolded and can call out all the numbers
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 44
Tom Fitzgerald ABECEDARIAN stunt where alphabet is written alternately forwards and backwards
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 190) 759
John Hamilton Nameology giving people seven-figure numbers, being able to name them again years later
 		1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 289) 1155
Gerald Kosky Tricky Mentalist without Cards twenty signed cards are returned later to correct persons, Gibson's Super Memory with business cards, see p. 1177 for corrections
Inspired byAlso published here 1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 292) 1168
Tony Corinda The Knight's Tour
1958 Mnemonics and Mental Systems 67
Tony Corinda Chess Trickery
1958 Mnemonics and Mental Systems 68
Tony Corinda The Foolproof System of Chess playing against several players simultaneously and winning the majority of them
Related to 1958 Mnemonics and Mental Systems 68
Tony Corinda To Play Unlimited Games at Once other system for The Foolproof System of Chess, more people
 		1958 Mnemonics and Mental Systems 69
Tony Corinda (11) Memory Systems
1958 Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes 141
Eddie Joseph Seeing through a Bag always three objects are placed in six different colored bags, performer is able to name all objects in each bag
 		1959 Memory of the Mind 6
Eddie Joseph Objects in the Dark various people select object and playing card, when they name playing card performer can name object
 		1959 Memory of the Mind 7
Eddie Joseph Locating the Page playing cards are chosen and placed between pages of a book, performer memorizes page of each card
 		1959 Memory of the Mind 8
Eddie Joseph Double Dealing deck is dealt in two piles, performer remembers both and names order of chosen pile, suit is chosen and all cards from that suit are named in second pile
 		1959 Memory of the Mind 8
Eddie Joseph Identifying the Personality business cards are borrowed and seven-digit numbers are formed by drawing checkers with numbers, numbers and names are remembered, memory bluff
 		1959 Memory of the Mind 11
Tom Sellers A Pseudo Memory Feat cities and numbers, on cards, when spectator names city performer knows number
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 66
Tom Sellers Want Ad Test apparently contents of newspaper ads memorized (Stanley Jaks presentation), see also p. 565
Related to May 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7) 520
Jack Kent Tillar The Pill! super memory presentation, memory pill, letters, numbers and order of playing cards
 		1974 Magick (Issue 111) 551
Francis Carlyle More Tips and Bits
  • memory stunt linked to David Roth
  • Laurie Irelnd Charlier Pass Peek
  • Dunninger using prominent people
  • remembering serial number of bill
 		1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 129
Burling Hull Master Memory Feats about six hundred digits in a grid brought by the performer, demonstration of having it memorized
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 23
Tieneblas D.A.T.E.S. spectators call out numbers and performer apparently memorizes them all, almost identical with Hutchison routine
Related toAlso published here
  • Edward R. Hutchison's "Giant Memory Routine" in "Psychological Mysteries", 1977. P. 22.
 Mar. 1982 Magick (Issue 304) 1518
Unknown Dollar-Bill Poker No. 5, apparently serial number is remembered, missing digit named, addition
Related to 1983 Self-Working Number Magic 6
Karl Fulves Giant Memory chapter intro
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 109
Unknown Serial Secret No. 88, how to really memorize the serial number of a bill quickly
Related to 1983 Self-Working Number Magic 115
Jerry K. Hartman, Karl Fulves Memorease No. 91, spectator can memorize large number, also letters
Also published here 1983 Self-Working Number Magic 118
Unknown The Chess Knight's Tour
1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 148
George St. James Deep Sea Digits apparently remembering a very long number formed by the audience
Related toVariations 1995 Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 10) 42
Philip T. Goldstein Mind Flight pseudo-memory test, remembering flight numbers to various destination
 		1996 Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 8) 122
Karl Fulves Pickpocket a dozen people put a chip in either left or right pocket, performer memorizes all
 		1998 Combo 30
Karl Fulves Trick Dice die moved via quarter turns on grid, top numbers listed, performer memorizes the list
 		1998 Combo 34
Gerald Kosky Der trickhafte Mentalist twenty business cards with numbers and words are returned later to correct persons
Also published here 2000 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4&5) 148
Lee Earle Digital Kicker apparently remembering a very long number formed by the audience, adding numbers up as kicker, almost identical to Hutchison routine
Inspired byRelated to
  • D.A.T.E.S. (Tieneblas, 1982)
  • Edward R. Hutchison's "Giant Memory Routine" in "Psychological Mysteries", 1977. P. 22.
 2000 Syzygy (Vol. 5 No. 5) 369
David Berglas Te Bah Pla and Name Discovery performer writes alphabet backwards while reciting it normally, then a name is divined
 		2002 The Mind & Magic of David Berglas 497
David Berglas The Human Calendar names and birthdates are remembered, later the performer recalls the names and puts the spectators in order according to their day of birth
 		2002 The Mind & Magic of David Berglas 507
Chuck Hickok Bonus Demonstration One: Learning the Almost Impossible teaching the audience to say the alphabet backwards in five minutes
 		2002 Mentalism, Incorporated 140
Chuck Hickok Bonus Demonstration Three: Mega-Memory Miracle memorizing sets of mixed design / picture cards
Inspired by
  • Bob Cassidy's "Memorized Deck Routine" in "The Art of Mentalism II"
Related to 		2002 Mentalism, Incorporated 159
Chuck Hickok Mega Memory Kicker cards which were not used are named, with picture / design cards
Related to 2002 Mentalism, Incorporated 170
Karl Fulves Dunkin' Digits remembering a row of donuts and spoons as memory stung
 		2005 Combo II 12
Karl Fulves Hoops Knows B-Ball string of 2s and 3s (on cardboard) remembered
 		2005 Combo II 15
Karl Fulves Fractions And Cents heads and tails sequence remembered as memory stunt
 		2005 Combo II 17
Karl Fulves You're A Five spectator choses one of many photos, performer describes it correctly
 		2005 Combo II 17
Barrie Richardson Thoughts on the Memorized Magazine Demonstration
2005 Act Two 299
Karl Fulves Coloratura sixteen cups in three different colors and paper balls of the same colors, random balls put under cups, performer memorizes all
 		2007 Word Play 40
Karl Fulves Sort By Thought $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills, three each, order memorized by performer
 		2007 Word Play 45
Karl Fulves Dice Tracking memorizing string of numbers rolled by dice
 		2007 Word Play 48
Karl Fulves Digit Daze memorizing digits
 		2007 Word Play 49
Oliver Meech Google Guessing Performer memorises the top result for different search words on Google
 		2010 Plot Twists 58
Leo Behnke Add-A-Memoir numbers written on a pad by spectators, performer remembers them all as memory demonstration
 		2010 Miracles of my Friends II 9
Tom Crosbie Telephonopathy or "The Little Black Book Test" knowing personal phone book by heart, names and corresponding numbers
Inspired by
  • Mel Mellers' "Business Cards Warm Up"
 2013 Just Be Croz 8
Al Baker Trick Problem divining cards and memorising names of spectators
Related to
  • Al Baker, "Just a Sweet Cake", 1941
 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 21) 302
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay The 40 Digit Hyperbrain Act forty numbers from billets written on grid on slate, miscalling, number sequence recalled by blindfolded performer, square root calculation with selected numbers, sum given
  • Required Mathematics
Related to 2020 Parlour Tricks 301
Christoph Borer Super Memory apparently knowing content of a book by heart
 		2022 A String of Pearls 32