Medium at the Other end

152 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Bill Bournau Mind Reading by Telephone
1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
22
Bill Bowman Bowman's System for Mind Reading by Telephone
1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
23
Theodore Annemann Call Me Up Sometime person calls during the show and names the card someone selected
VariationsAlso published here 1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
2
Theodore Annemann Publicity Stunt any information is revealed by partner on other end of phone
Also published here Aug. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 11)
53
Harris Solomon Operator Calling ringing of phone divines (forced) selection
Also published here 1937
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1937)
220
William H. McCaffrey The Telephone Trick assistant names card over telephone, see also "Fragment: Introduction for The Telephone Trick" on page 1150
Related toAlso published here 1938
Greater Magic
566
Orville Wayne Meyer Phoned Thots mirage deck
 		Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 70)
478
Theodore Annemann Weird Wire medium phoned and tells one out of five designs, selected cards and word
VariationsAlso published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 89)
558
Theodore Annemann Publicity Stunt any information is revealed by partner on other end of phone
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
40
Harris Solomon Operator Calling ringing of phone divines (forced) selection
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
132
Theodore Annemann Weird Wire medium phoned and tells one out of five designs, selected cards and word
  • The E.S.P. Symbol Projection
  • The Word Projection
  • The Card Projection
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
327
George F. Wright Reversette spectator reverses one card behind his back, divined by medium on telephone
Variations 1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
12
George F. Wright An Addition to Reversette
Inspired by 1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
18
Alan Barnert Phoney person on telephone knows card three times, three different methods
Related toAlso published here June 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 108)
433
Abril Lamarque Long Distance Mind Reading Code medium called divines card
 		Feb. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 9)
194
Abril Lamarque Telephonic Telepathy code for telephone
Variations June 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 1)
223
Rowland D. Goodman, Abril Lamarque Telephonic Telepathy notes in Lamarque routine
Inspired by July 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 2)
237
Milbourne Christopher Milbourne Christopher's Column on doing tricks over the radio, person calls in to reveal card
  • The Card Call
  • Card and Telephone
  • Variations P
  • Conclusion
Variations Aug. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 3)
240
Eddie Clever, Gerald Kosky Telephonic Telepathy letters with ideas by Clever and Kosky on Lamarque's routine
Inspired by Aug. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 3)
244
Gerald Kosky Telephonic Telepathy
  • Telepathy Made Easy
 		Nov. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 6)
265
Jean Hugard, Jerry Lukins Telephonic Telepathy on the international response to Lamarque's routine, method by Lukins
Inspired by Jan. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 8)
285
Der Telephontrick 52 names
 		1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)
6
Die Fernsehkarte key card
 		1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)
7
George G. Kaplan Dial two (forced via thrust stabbing procedure) cards are revealed over the phone
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
181
George G. Kaplan Information, Please! on the phone revelation with a order of deck secretly used as list by medium
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
182
Louis Tannen The Psychic Number 7 using telephone code
 		1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
188
Bob Somerfeld Telepaphone phone numbers are written on billets, one is selected, person at other end divines chosen card
Inspired by
  • Howard Savage's "The Phantom Phone" in "The Sphinx", June 1929
Related toAlso published here 		June 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 153)
612
Al Baker Over the Phone medium names free selection, code
Also published here 1949
Mental Magic
26
Al Baker Telephony card is forced
Also published here 1949
Mental Magic
30
Al Baker Baker's Eight-Card Trick any eight cards taken and one chosen, other seven called out to assistant who then names selection, effect "Study in Stud" related but not the method
Also published here 1949
Mental Magic
34
Steffi Storm The Wizard No. 21, Spectator freely selects card, performer calls friend over phone who announces name of selection
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
42
Louis Tannen The Psychic Number Seven No. 142, Spectators picks one out of seven random cards, and names six on the phone. Person at other end divines the selection.
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
272
Eddie Joseph The Mystery of the Unknown Card deck shuffled face-up/face-down, any face-down card chosen and mixed with some face-up cards, it is divined by medium
 		1951
More Dumbfounders with Cards
16
Bob Beeching Telephone Fooler playing card divination, assistant counts loudly
 		1952
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952)
32
Theodore Annemann Telephone Mystery
1952
Annemann's Buried Treasures
4
Bob Somerfeld Mind over Miles medium on phone divines ESP symbol, playing card and chosen headline from Newspaper
 		1952
Pieces of Mind
13
John Hamilton The Deuce You Say!
Jan. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 298)
1190
Adriano Vaz Velho Neue Gedankenübertragung mittels Telephon one of twelve cards is divined by assistant over phone
 		1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 3)
184
Walter Behm Neue Gedankenübertragung mittels Telefon apparently calling a random person
 		1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 4)
199
Lewis Ganson Brainwave by Telephone presentation in which performer's wife is called
Also published here 1954
Routined Manipulation Finale
223
Alan Barnert Phoney person on telephone knows card three times, three different methods
Related toAlso published here 1956
The Best in Magic
203
Max Katz M. K. Telephone Code System coding a card with four cards, see Interlocutor reference for credit information
Inspired byRelated toVariations Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
3
Tony Corinda (25) Phoney Business no medium, four cards and a letter
 		1959
Mediumistic Stunts
296
Paul Marcus Across the Void two cards are divined by medium over the phone, two deck switches
 		1959
Card Tricks
327
Lewis Ganson Brainwave by Telephone performing idea for the brainwave deck
 		1960
Magic of the Mind
50
Rolf Andra Medium-Telefon Experiment
1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 6)
994
Max Malini Telephone Trick medium names selection
 		1962
Malini and His Magic
76
Gaylord E. Hill Dunninger Rings
Oct. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 373)
321
P. Howard Lyons No Toll method for transmitting any information over phone to a medium
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
31
Paul Curry Thoughts from Afar medium on telephone knows selected card
Related to 1965
Magician's Magic
183
Karl Fulves The Connection assistant phoned, he divines card
Also published here July 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
44
Peter Alexis Scarlock's Card phoned person knows dealt poker hands
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 12)
214
W.H. Radcliffe Mental Telephony medium reveals playing card, 52 names
 		1969
Entertaining Mental Miracles
10
John Hamilton Additional Hamilton Ideas as telephone effect with possible lies
Inspired by Aug. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 10)
354
Bascom Jones The Ultimate Telephone Test revelation recorded
 		1970
Magick (Issue 6)
30
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther Call Me Anytime long-distance call, force
 		1970
Magick (Issue 8)
40
Karl Fulves A Telephone Mystery medium is called and names selection when order of deck is read out, distant key
 		1971
The Book of Numbers
5
James G. Thompson Jr. Winged Thoughts code over phone
 		1972
The Living End
33
Theodore Annemann Call Me Up Sometime person calls during the show and names the card someone selected
 		1972
The Living End
36
Peter Alexis Scarlock's Card phoned person knows dealt poker hands
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
13
Karl Fulves ESPhone medium knows card, simple code
 		1974
Close-Up Mental Magic
11
Karl Fulves Double Binary "Fone Trix", phone number out from the start, selection and three other cards read to medium
 		Apr. 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 6)
951
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr. Retrospective long article about the evolution of phone effects, reprinted from Sphinx, 1942
  • "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard)
  • John Percival, Benedict and Paul Rockwood versions
  • Fred D. Muth & elimination principle
  • "One By Swindle" (F. Jackson)
  • U. F. Grant
  • "Colored Silks" (Earl Thomas)
  • "Operator Calling" (Harris Solomon)
  • "Right Number" (Kent Arthur)
  • "The Phantom Phone" (Howard Savage)
  • "Winged Thoughts" (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
  • "Phoned Thots" (Orville Meyer)
 		Apr. 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 6)
952
Gerald Kosky Comprehensive Telephone Code counting method
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
189
Gerald Kosky Telephone Telepathy
1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
191
Magic by Proxy No. 50, phone rings to give position of selection
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
75
Orville Wayne Meyer Edge of Dark code for ESP signs, over phone
 		1977
Magick (Issue 171)
853
Jack Kent Tillar IMP "Impromptu Multi Projections", color, number and playing card are divined by medium over phone
 		1977
Magick (Issue 175)
871
Gerald Kosky Sniff code
 		1978
Magick (Issue 196)
978
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Ringer medium at other end divines cards
 		1978
Magick (Issue 213)
1062
Terry Nosek Psi Pow! during live TV-Show, medium is called who divines selection
 		1979
Magick (Issue 233)
1162
Edward Marlo, Paul Curry The Joker Reads Minds spectator thinks of card and reads order of shuffled deck, spectator should misread joker as selection, it is divined, six methods
Also published here 1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
5
Karl Fulves Parallel Lines "Leverage" over phone, medium is called and divines spectator's and performer's card, parallel principle, see also p. 17
Related to 1980
Parallel Lines
9
Karl Fulves Color Coding over phone
 		1980
Parallel Lines
18
Karl Fulves The King Speaks "Parallel Lines" with suit coding via a King of wanted suit
 		1980
Parallel Lines
19
Karl Fulves Parity Check "Parallel Lines" with color coding
 		1980
Parallel Lines
21
Karl Fulves Kings Encoded further strategies when clocking the deck for value and suit
 		1980
Parallel Lines
24
Karl Fulves Real World Considerations medium uses calculator to simplify math
 		1980
Parallel Lines
26
Karl Fulves Quint four cards removed by spectator, fifth one by performer, any card selected, other four read over phone, medium names selection
 		1980
Parallel Lines
28
Karl Fulves Name-O-Quint spectator pockets any card, then any three cards, performer adds fourth card, those are read to medium in any order who then names pocketed card
 		1980
Parallel Lines
31
Karl Fulves Fill The Blank three cards removed by spectator, fourth by performer, fifth by spectator and signed, read off to medium in any order which names the fifth card
 		1980
Parallel Lines
33
Karl Fulves Cubic Coding any five cards removed by spectator, then one chosen, other four cards read to medium over phone which names selection
 		1980
Parallel Lines
35
Howard A. Adams Matheight Mediumistic three phases using eight symbol cards, two mediums reveal two cards over the phone
 		1981
OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles)
3
Howard A. Adams Matheight Tattletale medium over phone divines chosen symbol, among eight symbol cards
 		1981
OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles)
5
Howard A. Adams Matheight Quartattler medium over phone divines four chosen symbols in order, among eight symbol cards
 		1981
OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles)
6
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther Der Telephonschocker! person called during performance, spectator hears performer's voice naming the selection
 		June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
78
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr. Mit Dank an A. G. Bell on phone divinations, credit information and references, outline of various methods
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, May 1942
 Oct. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
120
Thomas Alan Waters Zodiaxis medium on the other end divines zodiac from spectator
  • Tarotell (for Tarot card)
Inspired byRelated to 1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)
265
Karl Fulves Telephone Puzzler impractical card counting over the phone
Related to 1982
Card Counting
37
Thomas Alan Waters Zodiaccent medium on the other end divines zodiac from spectator
Also published here 1982
Magick (Issue 300)
1498
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr. Mit Dank an A. G. Bell - 1. Fortsetzung on phone divinations, credit information and references, outline of various methods
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, May 1942
 Apr. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
37
Leif Reed Subtle Connection
Mar. 1983
Magick (Issue 317)
1583
Thomas Alan Waters Zodiaccent medium on the other end divines zodiac from spectator
Related toAlso published here 1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk)
600
Dexter Cleveland Computer Cards with computer presentation, wizard card trick
 		1984
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 3)
50
John Northern Hilliard Twentieth-Century Telepathy No. 21, name code
Variations 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
31
Karl Fulves The Percival Code No. 22, alternate code systems
Inspired by 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
33
William H. McCaffrey Calling Ms. Wizard No. 23
Also published here 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
34
The Great Phone Mystery No. 24, spectator turns top and bottom card over behind his back and pushed them in, the cards face to face with the reversed cards are removed and one of them named by medium on phone
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
34
Poker by Phone No. 26, one of five cards chosen and one turned over, phoned medium knows hole card and selection when other four are called off
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
36
The Connection No. 29, any card chosen, medium phoned instantly names it, ringing recorded
Related toAlso published here 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
39
Karl Fulves The Ultra Code No. 31, spectator chooses any flush and reads off four of the cards to a medium at the phone, fifth card named, problem by Fitch Cheney
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
41
Max Katz Ein Telephon-Kartencode
Related to Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
111
Fitch Cheney Strange Trick telephone trick with freely named card
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
15
Philip T. Goldstein Phonex using Al Koran forcing deck
 		Oct. 1986
Magick (Issue 379)
1891
Steve Beam Phony Magic 1 medium on phone names card, 52 friends
Related to 1989
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 27)
478
Wayne Kyzer, Steve Beam Phoney Magic II phone rings, medium calls and is not called as usual
Related to 1989
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)
496
Gerd Winkler Unmöglich spectator reverses a card in the deck, performer phones a medium which names card and position
 		1989
German Card Top Twenties
35
Peter Warlock The Hilliard Syndrome medium called, coding through name of medium
Variations Mar. 1992
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 1)
10
Peter Warlock Childs Play card placed in box divined by medium, magnetic card box
 		Mar. 1992
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 1)
11
Walter Brusa Afterthoughts on Peter Warlock's Hilliard Syndrome simplified coding
Inspired by Jan. 1993
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
17
Sam Schwartz Innermost Thought same trick, using thirteen specific cards to optimize multiple outs, also as phone effect
Inspired by 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
22
Karl Fulves Who Calls? face-up/face-down mixed cards called to medium over phone who then names selection
 		1994
Crooked Tales
105
Tony Bartolotta Thotology random person phoned and asked to name any card, medium phoned asked for a number up to 52
Inspired by
  • "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard)
Related to 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
81
Ted Lesley Medium in Your Pocket medium is called during radio show, host opens new deck, shuffles, cuts and put one card inside his pocket
Inspired by 1994
Paramiracles
42
Ted Lesley European Chit Chat Spectator shuffles deck and cuts it, card is remembered and divined by calling medium
Related to Nov. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 5)
5
Mike Rogers High Tech Wizard coding with extension number
 		Mar. 1998
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 9)
6
Lewis Ganson Brainwave per Telephon presentation in which performer's wife is called
Also published here 1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2)
76
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note two cards chosen and hidden somewhere, performer divines hiding place and identity of one card, the other is heard on answering machine when a phone number is called
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
110
Bob Miller The Wizard Goes Cellular card chosen, performer's phone rings and person at other end names selection
Related to Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
80
Simon Lovell Waiting for God "God" calls on the performer's cell phone and names card and position
 		2000
Son of Simon Says!
113
Paul Curry Thoughts from Afar medium on telephone knows selected card
Related to 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
223
Karl Fulves Cupid's Hotline No. 32, four-of-a-kind taken out, then one of those four, medium divines suit, office and home phone numbers are written down in the beginning
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
68
David Regal Party Line
2002
Constant Fooling 2
88
Lewis Jones Mystral coding method over the phone
  • Cards
  • Dates
  • Words (The AIR code)
  • Drawings
 		2002
Ahead of the Pack
274
Karl Fulves Payphone Test
2002
Charlatan (Issue 7)
86
Sid Fleischman It's a Trick
  • Mail
performer's answering machine divines card
 		Nov. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 3)
27
Al Baker Over the Phone medium names free selection, code
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
297
Al Baker Telephony card is forced
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
299
Al Baker Baker's Eight-Card Trick any eight cards taken and one chosen, other seven called out to assistant who then names selection, effect "Study in Stud" related but not the method
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
302
David Ben Psychic Cellular cell-phone guesses the chosen card
Also published here 2003
Tricks
100
David Ben Cocktail Wizard
2003
Tricks
102
Michel Huot Cellular Fun three cards chosen, name of first selection appears on cell phone screen, second spectator holds phone over a few cards and it rings over selection, third spectator phones a given number which answers with third selection
 		2003
Seven By Michel Huot
25
David Ben Psychic Cellular cell-phone guesses the chosen card
Also published here Nov. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 3)
74
J. W. Sarles Calling The Wiz bit of business for classic telephone trick
 		2004
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9)
355
Wonder Man Fred Fan-Tastic spectator removes a group of cards and performer names all but three, second spectator selects a card from different deck which matches one of the remaining cards, one card is divined by calling friend of performer and last one matches prediction in box
  • Das Finden einer Karte durch einen Zuschauer
  • Die telefonische Wiedergabe der Karte
  • Die Vorhersage der letzten Karte
 		2004
Semi-Mental Journey
209
Karl Fulves Telephone Puzzler expanded text from 1982 edition
Related to 2005
Card Counting (2005 edition)
47
Karl Fulves Calling Ms. Modulo two poker hands, performer and spectator each decide on a hole card, medium tells hole card after hearing other four cards
Inspired by
  • "Telephone Stud" (Wallace Lee, Math Miracles, 1950)
Related to 		2005
Clockwork
15
Karl Fulves Mind's i two piles, two spectators each remove a card and put it in other pile, performer knows both after looking through one of the piles, also over phone
 		2005
Clockwork
27
Karl Fulves Phone Detective previous "Clockwork" deck as telephone trick
 		2005
Clockwork
55
Karl Fulves Telephone Stud further credits for "Calling Ms. Modulo"
Related to 2005
Clockwork
66
Karl Fulves Moe By Phone and further references for the plot
 		2005
Clockwork
67
Karl Fulves Age Related four cards chosen, additional card placed in box, medium names hidden card after some of the others are called, inspired by Age Cards trick
 		2005
Combo II
6
Karl Fulves Transliterate medium is called and described spectator and names chosen card
 		2005
Combo II
93
Theodore Annemann Call Me Up Sometime person calls during the show and names the card someone selected
Also published here 2005
Cellular Mitosis
27
Steve Beam Sans Cards binary code using objects to transmit card to medium
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
218
Max Maven Phonomenon spectator selects card by cutting off cards and dealing into three pile, then remembering the bottom card of one of the piles, deck assembled and order read off to medium at the phone which then divines card
Inspired by Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
25
William H. McCaffrey, Roberto Giobbi The Telephone Trick medium is called who reveals name of selection
Related to 2006
Card College Light
14
Stewart James Card V Four cards in a group of five will secretly code the identity of the fifth card, done over telephone
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New Tops, Dec 1961
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
139
Joshua Jay Call The Wizard person called who divines selection, force
 		2008
Under, Over
50
Alain Choquette Cell Mate phone numbers on back of cards, spectator choses card face-up and face-down, dials phone number and person names other selection
 		2013
Seventeen Secrets — Volume 2
23
Robert Cassidy Celluphone during show medium is called
 		2013
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals
323
Michael Weber, Tim Trono With an Accomplice person is called that divines the card
  • A Sample Demonstration
 		2021
The Q
6