Haunted Deck

82 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Haunted Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown 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 The Pack that cuts itself thread
 		1933 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book) 73
Unknown 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 (!)
 		1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 147
Phil Weisbecker, Ed Mishell Cosmic Comics with magnets
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 128) 516
Paul Curry Haunted Pack Variation
1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 134) 540
Al Baker The Deck 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
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 157) 633
Audley Walsh, Jerry Lukins The Spirit Card Trick No. 124, haunted pack using salt
Inspired by 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 239
Al Baker The Deck that cuts itself
1951 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets) 365
Don Tanner Let's Bury the Dead living dead test mixed with haunted pack
Also published here 1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 293) 1171
Jerry Andrus A Spooky Deck with thin metal gimmick
 		1957 Up Close with Andrus 9
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
Bill Hendricks The Haunted Deck after Haunted deck ghost on card, then drawing changes to reveal selection
 		1960 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960) 60
Jon Racherbaumer Flipped Out selection slides out of spread and turns over
 		1968 On the Acrobatic Cards 36
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
Karl Fulves (6) The Mary Shelley Problem doll pieces examined and assembled, then comes to life, electronics, no details given, isoforms, also for non-thread animation of origami figures or Haunted Deck, pipe dreamy
 		1976 Interlocutor (Issue 6) 22
Bob Ostin Sleightly Haunted with small gaff
Also published here 1976 ca. Sleightly Surprising 8
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
Ken Krenzel Impromptu Haunted Deck
1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 144
Slydini Self-Cutting Deck tabled deck covered with handkerchief, when removed it has cut into two halves at selection
 		1979 The Chronicles (Issue 21) 1265
Michael Skinner, Joe Fisher The Haunted Card tabled, card spins out between halves
Also published here 1979 Variations 22
Karl Fulves More Notes Yet notes on the Interlock principle
  • (A) No-Break approach
  • (B) alternate procedure
  • (C) switch with double card
  • (D) paper clip addition, paper clip version of Hofzinser problem
  • (E) connection to Tilt
  • (F) allusion to Haunted Pack set-up with Interlock
Related to 1980 Interlock 59
Harry Lorayne Double Saltless crimps/bridges, two selections
Related to May 1980 Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 5) 340
Richard Kaufman Impromptu Multiple Haunted Pack three selections pivot out of deck
 		1981 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 66
Ross Bertram, Edward Marlo The Haunted Deck plastic on thread
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 97
Colin Linn Cash cut deck separates at selection, using coin
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 29) 557
Karl Fulves More Shuffle Problems
  • Previous Erdnase
  • Dollar Deal
  • Haunted Transfer
  • Markers
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 150
Thomas Alan Waters HCI tarot cards haunted deck in a handkerchief, two versions, glorpy, plate-lifter gimmick
Related to 1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Spyryt) 584
Edward Marlo Undercover Haunted Deck plate lifter and micro beads/pearls
Also published here
  • MUM, Nov. 1978
 1984 At The Table 144
Danny Korem The Acrobatic Haunted Card thread set-up between two fingers
 		1985 Korem without Limits 141
Edward Marlo Floating Penthouse deck put on flat hand, deck opens up by itself and three selection rise into three different directions
Inspired by
  • "The Ultimate Floating Deck" (Ben Harris, 1984)
 1985 Midnight Special 25
Jeff Hughes Jeff Hughes Routine rubber band gimmick
 		1986 Angel Card Rise Plus 11
Srechko Howard, Paul Harris, Ben Harris Float-Flip-Flight half of the deck floats up, then selected card shoots out of deck
 		1986 Killer Klose-Up 69
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
Ken Krenzel The Haunted Levitation deck floats up at selection
 		1987 Incredible Full Deck Levitation 7
Ken Krenzel The Haunted Glide
1987 Incredible Full Deck Levitation 9
Ken Krenzel The Non-Clip Haunted Levitation deck floats up at selection
 		1987 Incredible Full Deck Levitation 12
Ken Krenzel The Non-Clip Haunted Glide
1987 Incredible Full Deck Levitation 13
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
David Britland Haunted Angel rubber banded deck cuts itself slowly at selection
Related to 1988 Card Kinetics 3
David Britland Cutting Remarks thread-less self-cutting deck, strip stuck to a card
  • The Gimmick
  • The Basic Handling
  • Controlling the Selection
  • Notes
Inspired by
  • "The Robot Pack" (?), Abracadabra
Related toAlso published here 		1990 Cutting Remarks 7
Ted Lesley The Mentalist's Tablecloth magnets under tablecloth, plate lifter used, to cue spectator, move objects etc.
  • The Dung Beetle Revelations
  • The Living Dead
  • Greased Ghost (Haunted deck with plate lifter method)
  • Grand Mal Geller (spoon in bag moves and bends)
 		1994 Paramiracles 132
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
David Britland Cutting Remarks thread-less self-cutting deck, strip stuck to a card
Also published here 1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1) 11
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
Alex Elmsley The Bashful Ghost deck put on floor and covered with newspaper, when paper is removed the deck is seen to have cut itself at the selection with both halves in right angles
 		Mar. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3) 16
Jack Avis The Dutch Ghost using Joker with little ledge cut out
 		May 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 5) 38
Doug Edwards Really Haunted deck on table, one hand holds it, deck spilts by itself, dot glued on one card
 		2000 New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 6) 1
Masklyn ye Mage Divination of Vassago tarot cards
Also published here
  • The Negromicon of Masklyn ye Mage
 Oct. 2000 Genii (Vol. 63 No. 10) 38
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
Al Baker The Pack that Cuts Itself
2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 726
Euan Bingham The Ghost Cut non-gaffed Haunted Pack version
 		2003 Free From Filler 22
Michael Skinner, Joe Fisher The Haunted Card tabled, card spins out between halves
Also published here 2003 Variations Revisited 39
Bob Ostin Sleightly Haunted with small gaff
Also published here 2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 73
Doug Edwards Really Haunted haunted deck, glued dot on card
 		2006 Brass Knuckles 101
Asi Wind Dishonesty what to do when the spectator lies about his card, Haunted Deck as example
 		2007 Chapter One 7
Christian Engblom Double Haunted Deck with two selection, one phase in spectator's hands
 		2007 Lecture Notes 9
Aaron DeLong Cataclysmic un-gaffed haunted pack, exploiting natural breaking point
 		Mar. 2007 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1) 20
Tomas Blomberg Daunting Heck
July 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7) 65
G Ouija (牌仙) Haunted Deck
 		2016 Emotion 22
Denis Behr Haunted Herbert haunted deck into three directions, ends relatively clean
  • Tabled Handling
  • In-the-Hands Handling
Inspired by
  • "The Haunted Pack" (Edward Victor, Further Magic of the Hands, 1946)
Related to 		2018 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3 74