89 entries for Ronald B. Edwards

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Theodore Annemann Synthetic Sympathy two cards from different decks match
Related toVariations Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
7
Theodore Annemann The Oss of Lhasa word predicted, card stack used for force
Variations 1937
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1937)
224
Henry Christ Stop When Ready cards turned over one by one and placed onto deck in out-jogged condition
Related toVariationsAlso published here Jan. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 74)
496
Ronald B. Edwards Free Force forcing fourteen or fifteen with playing cards, see reference for correction
Related to June 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 62)
254
Ronald B. Edwards Phone(y) Telepathy selection is apparently revealed by stranger
 		July 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 64)
262
Ronald B. Edwards Travel Thought two cities are divined, with cards and a map, mutus nomen principle
 		Dec. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 74)
300
Ronald B. Edwards Bi-Mentalism card is pushed in a deck, named card is found next to it, two versions:
  • 1. Stack and nail writer
  • 2. Svengali
 		1945
My Best
80
James G. Thompson Jr. Biographical Sketches of Contributors
  • Theo. Annemann
  • Charles Arbuthnot
  • George E. Arrowsmith
  • Roger Barkann
  • Sylvan Barnet
  • Joseph L. Barnett
  • Raymond L. Beebe
  • Eugene Bernstein
  • J. B. Bobo
  • John N. Booth
  • Tom Bowyer
  • Vynn Boyar
  • Joan Brandon
  • Fred Braue
  • John Braun
  • Lu Brent
  • R. C. Buff
  • Clyde F. Cairy
  • Loring Campbell
  • Jack Chanin
  • Frank Chapman
  • Forest V. Chesbro
  • Milbourne Christopher
  • Eddie Clever
  • Stanley Collins
  • Mystic Craig
  • Thomas J. Crawford
  • John J. Crimmins, JR.
  • Paul J. Curry
  • Del Monte
  • Harry Dobrin
  • Ronald B. Edwards
  • Bruce Elliot
  • Professor El-Tab
  • Dr. E. G. Ervin
  • Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans
  • Val Evans
  • "Hen" Fetsch
  • Thomas B. Fitzgerald
  • Dariel Fitzkee
  • Sid Fleischman
  • Joseph Harman Fries
  • Martin Gardner
  • Teral Garrett
  • Walter B. Gibson
  • Arnold L. Grubin
  • Nelson C. Hahne
  • Hathaway
  • Royal V. Heath
  • Charles H. Hopkins
  • Jean Hugard
  • Mark Jacobs
  • R. M. Jamison
  • F. H. Jeudevine
  • Maurice Kains
  • George G. Kaplan
  • George Karger
  • Joseph A. Karson
  • Wilbur Kattner
  • Gerald Lynton Kaufman
  • Howard B. Kayton, M.D.
  • The Great Kolar
  • Gerald Kosky
  • Abril Lamarque
  • William W. Larsen
  • Sid Lorraine
  • Art Lyle
  • L. Vosburgh Lyons
  • Richard F. Madden
  • Greer Marechal, JR.
  • George McAthy
  • William H. McCaffrey
  • Jack McMillen
  • Harry Mendoza
  • Orville Meyer
  • John W. Mifflin
  • Chester Morris
  • Paul Morris
  • Frederick Mosteller
  • Robert A. Nelson
  • C. A. George Newmann
  • Grady S. Nicholson
  • Dr. Cecil E. Nixon
  • Charles Walter Nyquist
  • Dell O'Dell
  • Tom Osborne
  • George Harrison Pittman
  • Julien J. Proskauer
  • Clayton Rawson
  • Ralph W. Read
  • Dolf Rudin
  • Herb Rungie
  • Ned Rutledge
  • James J. Sanders
  • Lucille Pierce Saxon
  • Sigmar - The Magician
  • Jerry Sorensen
  • Willard S. Smith
  • George Starke
  • Dr. Raymond V. Stone, SR. (RAMO)
  • Harlan Tarbell
  • DR. Franklin Taylor
  • J. G. Thompson, JR.
  • Jack F. Trebel
  • M. Van Reese
  • Jack Vosburgh
  • Audley Valentine Walsh
  • Peter Warlock
  • Herman L. Weber
  • Bob Weill
  • William H. Wilson
  • Tommy Windsor
  • Howard H. Wise
  • Ed. Wolff
  • Michael F. Zens
 		1945
My Best
347
Ronald B. Edwards Numerology with prepared stage money
 		Mar. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 79)
320
L. Vosburgh Lyons, Ronald B. Edwards, Clayton Rawson, Bruce Elliott, Walter B. Gibson Boxed piece of a magazine is put on a string and the ends of the string thread through two holes in a box, a word is selected and when checked on the piece on the string all words are crossed out except the selected one
Related to Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 81)
328
Ronald B. Edwards, Clayton Rawson Page Force pages are torn out of a a magazine
 		Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 81)
329
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on R.C. Buff ideas with the Lyons-Elliott Box, Frank Taylor, ideas by Hen Fetsch, Ed Marlo, Bert Allerton and Richard Mc Closkey
Related to May 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 84)
343
Ronald B. Edwards Multifly coin tray with glued bills for close up
Variations June 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 86)
349
Ronald B. Edwards Surprise! bill (stage money) to silver coin
 		Sep. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 91)
369
Ronald B. Edwards El Ropo Cutto
Oct. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 94)
382
Ronald B. Edwards For the Future two decks, prediction is written on face of a card, free choice
 		Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 104)
419
Ronald B. Edwards Box Fight Prediction with bill tube
 		Oct. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 113)
456
Ronald B. Edwards Side by Side two spectator's cards are found next to each other
 		Dec. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 116)
466
Ronald B. Edwards Silver Vanish sticky tape
 		Dec. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 116)
466
Ronald B. Edwards Remainder? card is selected and the value used to calculate a result which is predicted
 		Jan. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 118)
475
Ronald B. Edwards Predic-2 see correction on p. 506
 		Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 124)
498
Ronald B. Edwards Strong Man Stunt apparently tearing a phone book in two, then holding two books
 		Sep. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 135)
544
Ronald B. Edwards Predic 222 method for calculating quicker than spectator
 		Oct. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 136)
547
Frederick Braue Roundabout with Fred Braue on Eddie Clever, Carl Jones, Tom Hickey, Dr. Jaks, Gus Southall, Devant, Stewart James, The Five-Best Poll, Victor Farelli, Ronald B. Edwards, Edward Ritchell, Warren Corning, John Stanley, Orville Meyer, R. C. Buff, Richard Himner, Leslie Guest, Francis Haxton, Al Thompson and more
 		May 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 12)
320
Ronald B. Edwards Dis-Illusion
Apr. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 149)
598
Ronald B. Edwards X-Spell-I-Mental mental speller
 		Oct. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 161)
648
Ronald B. Edwards ScissorAction rubberband on scissors
 		Oct. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 162)
653
Ronald B. Edwards Subtlety-Fuge
May 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 176)
707
Ronald B. Edwards Spellcast spelling to named card
 		July 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 181)
724
Ronald B. Edwards Spongball Levitation in a glass
 		June 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 206)
824
Ronald B. Edwards Problems in Prophecy
Nov. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 216)
862
Ronald B. Edwards A 2.00$ Trick coin assembly with magazines, last coin found in magazine
Variations Oct. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 240)
959
Ronald B. Edwards Upsy Downsy
Apr. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 253)
1011
Arthur Hastings D. F. C.
Inspired byRelated toVariations Oct. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 265)
1060
Ronald B. Edwards Two Quickies
  • transposition of two cards
  • forcing a number with coins
VariationsAlso published here Mar. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 277)
1109
Ronald B. Edwards Weird Control two suits are shuffled match in order
 		Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 278)
1112
Ronald B. Edwards Ron's Ramblings idea for magazine test
 		Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 279)
1116
Ronald B. Edwards Just A Half magician's joke, tearing up a folding half
 		Feb. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 299)
1197
Ronald B. Edwards 200% Profit coin under glass, with water and paper match transforms
 		May 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 308)
31
Ronald B. Edwards Think of a Number business cards with number written on them, chosen number is spelled and card with same number is found
 		June 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 309)
34
Bill Bowman Clipped clipped, two paperclips on folded bill link, see p. 56 for variation with three clips
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 310)
38
Stewart Judah, George Karger, Al O'Hagan, Jesse J. Langston Jr., G. E. Emme, Stewart James, Paul Curry, Ronald B. Edwards Clipped Again more ideas and tips for Bowman's Clipped
Inspired byRelated to 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 324)
105
Ronald B. Edwards Fifty, Ten, Sixty half dollar turns into dime, then half dollar reappears
 		Dec. 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 334)
146
Charles Sanders Peirce Some Amazing Mazes dealing trick with red and black cards in numerical order, dealing into any number of piles, anti-faro rules, see also p. 2
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two (mixing procedure, then number named, value of card at that position is used to count to a card that matches named number)
Related toVariations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
10
P. Howard Lyons Wildroot 4&4 with extra card
Related toVariations Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
18
Ronald B. Edwards An Oddity mathematical oddity
 		May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
12
Alex Elmsley Through Darkest Peirce cards are dealt out multiple times to mix them, yet they are mated, relation to Sympathetic Cards
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
16
Ronald B. Edwards The Cocoanut Poker Deal royal flush, special procedure, duplicates
 		Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
5
Ronald B. Edwards Edwardian Aces deck is shuffled, some cards taken, down under deal until five cards remain, four Aces and predicted card
 		Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
12
Ronald B. Edwards Edwards Hold-out group shuffle, deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
13
Ronald B. Edwards No Two Ways 2&2, presented as a puzzle in which the cards cannot be put in an alternating order from the faces and the backs simultaneously
Variations Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
11
Norman Houghton No Two Ways (Second Way) 2&2, presented as a puzzle in which the cards cannot be put in an alternating order from the faces and the backs simultaneously
  • Third Way
Inspired by Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
8
Ronald B. Edwards Mazes-Phase Down variation that starts with two honest riffle shuffles (interlocking chains), suits separated, some dealing procedure that affects the red/black distribution
  • Phase II (dealing into chosen number of piles, sympathetic values)
Inspired byRelated to July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
5
Ronald B. Edwards Flat Flexible Folding Reversible Four Dimensional Die flexagon idea
 		July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
21
Ronald B. Edwards 1/2 and 1/2 selection travels from one half to the other
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
2
Ronald B. Edwards Son of Lhasa word predicted, card stack used for force
Inspired by Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
15
Ronald B. Edwards Digital Deck’s Terity deck cut into two halves, spectator deals two piles of card from one half corresponding to a thought-of number, values in one pile added, card at that position predicted in other half
 		Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
16
Ronald B. Edwards The Ambitious Quarter ambitious coin
 		Feb. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 354)
245
Ronald B. Edwards General Assembly coin assembly with magazines, last coin found in magazine, revised version
Inspired by Mar. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 355)
248
Ronald B. Edwards Money in Circulation dollar bill and half dollar in envelopes change places
 		June 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 358)
259
Ronald B. Edwards Piles deck is dealt in several piles one card from center of a pile is remembered and found
 		Aug. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 360)
269
Ronald B. Edwards Thoughts on "Through Darkest Pierce"
May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
24
Ronald B. Edwards The Immovable Monte two cards change place in a three-card packet
Inspired by Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
20
Ronald B. Edwards Just Two Much calculation with number, result is predicted, two-way out, can only be one of two results
Variations Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
20
Ronald B. Edwards Pitchman four Aces placed on table one by one (diminishing lift switch-out sequence), one changed for a King, the other three change as well, story presentation
 		Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
18
Ronald B. Edwards Stranger in our Midst odd-backed card is stabbed next to thought-of card behind back by performer, Stop When Ready type disclosure
Related to Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
19
Ronald B. Edwards Mystery Loves Company ESP deck shuffled, spectator deals four to performer, then top or bottom to himself, repeated four more times, performer duplicates the five cards that the spectator ended up with
 		Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
5
Ronald B. Edwards E.S.P. in Sterio ten-card packet dealt according to one of five variations of the down-under deal, they still split into two sets, Stereo typo?!
 		Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
5
Ronald B. Edwards cESPool spectator apparently matches two sets of ESP cards, proven by later showing complete ESP sets, bluff
Related to Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
6
Ronald B. Edwards Extra Sensational Perception ESP matching and divination routine, using peek case with hole
Inspired by Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
7
Ronald B. Edwards Out of this Country ten-card ESP packet dealt into two piles by spectator, it is separated into two full sets
  • Method I (secret switching in pocket)
  • Method II (double facer and backer)
 		Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
9
Karl Fulves Even Money Proposition spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, see p. 289 for reference, p. 292 for comments by George McLean & George Blake
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 7)
257
Ronald B. Edwards H2Oil 3&3 with extra card, using duplicates from Pinochle deck
  • Alternate Finish
Related to Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
43
Ronald B. Edwards A Study in Frustration 8&8, presented as a puzzle in which the cards cannot be put in an alternating order from the faces and the (odd-backed) backs simultaneously
  • Further Observations and/or Avenues
  • Arranging the 16 Cards to Provide a 16 Card Right Packet
  • But Just One Last Thought
Inspired by Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
44
Duane Henry Two Much And More calculation with number, result is predicted (forced)
  • Possible Uses
Inspired by Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
52
Ronald B. Edwards Even Money World
Inspired by June 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 8)
745
Ronald B. Edwards Coin Divination three nickels, three pennies, three cards (Two, Six, Ten), spectator arranges coins in some way under cards, performer divines layout
Also published here Aug. 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10)
1043
Ronald B. Edwards Small Change Prediction forcing 2010 with coins
Inspired by Aug. 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10)
1043
G. E. Emme, Harold Turner, Dai Vernon, Elmer Applegit, Jesse Schimmel Der Geldschein und die Büroklammer
  • Zwei-Klammern-Verbindung
  • Drei-Klammern-Verbindung
Related to Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
109
Ronald B. Edwards Die Münzen-Zahlenforce forcing a number with coins
Also published here June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
70
Ronald B. Edwards Der Bankräuber prop with image jumbo card and prison prop, similar to die box
Also published here
  • The Magic Wand, June 1955
 Jan. 1983
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 4)
148
Ronald B. Edwards, Karl Fulves Moneyfly No. 63, coin travels into spectator's hand, using money tray made from bill
Inspired by 1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
78
Ronald B. Edwards Divination No. 73, three nickels, three pennies, three cards (Two, Six, Ten), spectator arranges coins in some way under cards, performer divines layout
Also published here 1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
101
Ronald B. Edwards Group Shuffle Transfer deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
537
Ronald B. Edwards Der Schnell-Umtausch with stack of envelopes
 		July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
191
Sam Schwartz Mystery Mix 3&3, three red-backed Kings and three blue-backed Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3)
63
Karl Fulves, Ronald B. Edwards Colors Can't Mix No. 47, odd-backed oil & water in which faces mix but not backs and vice versa, 4&4
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
108
Nick Trost Subliminal Perception spectator apparently matches sets of ESP cards, proven by later showing complete ESP sets
Inspired by
  • "E.S.P. Outdone" (Tilford, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Oct. 1960)
Related to 		2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
849
Ronald B. Edwards Edwards Hold-out group shuffle, deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
670