BESTSELLER 20 YEARS AGO: lybrary.com/double-jeopardy-… "Double Jeopardy" by Peter Duffie: A card at any number! But the number is predicted in advance! Watch the demo video below. The performer removes a card that has plenty of white space on its face from t

BESTSELLER 10 YEARS AGO: lybrary.com/pirate-torture-i… "Pirate Torture Illusion" by Devin Knight: This is not your typical grandma's (ala Grandma's necklace) version of rope through body. Instead, this is ropes through body on steroids. It uses no

David A. Curtis was born today 180 years ago. lybrary.com/david-a-curtis-m… (October 19, 1846 - March 23, 1923) He was the poker expert of the New York Sun newspaper.

Juan Tamariz was born today 84 years ago. lybrary.com/juan-tamariz-m-3… (Madrid, Spain: 18th October, 1942 - 18th August 2026) Juan Tamariz (born as Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón) is a Spanish magician, inventor, lecturer, and author. Tamariz is not only a gif

Hereward Carrington was born today 146 years ago. lybrary.com/hereward-carring… (Jersey, Channel Islands [British owned]: 17th October 1880 - 26th December 1958) Hereward Hubert Lavington Carrington was born in England but already moved with 8 years o

Sid Lorraine died today 37 years ago. lybrary.com/sid-lorraine-m-3… (St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England: 24th April 1905 - 15th October 1989) Stage name of Sidney Richard Johnson since 1915. Moved to Canada at age 9. Inspired seeing carny Harry Usher do the Sp

Charles Roltare died today 94 years ago. lybrary.com/charles-roltare-… (USA: 4th February 1873 - 14th October 1932) Stage name of Charles Roltare Eggleston. Debut in 1889. Stage actor turned magus. Pro. First editor of MUM 1911-12. SAM President 1911-12.

Milton Kort was born today 109 years ago. lybrary.com/milton-kort-m-32… (Detroit, Michigan: 13th October 1917 - 1st August 2003) Inspired in 1928 seeing vaudeville magician. Learned from Hoffmann's Modern Magic and Harold Sterling in whose magic shop he soon

BESTSELLER 20 YEARS AGO: lybrary.com/almost-impromptu… ""Almost" Impromptu Vanishing Car" by Ron Jaxon: Imagine being able to make your friends car vanish into thin air. You can also make their car appear or change with these methods using no l

BESTSELLER 10 YEARS AGO: lybrary.com/uf-grants-imposs… "U.F. Grant's Impossible Bill in Lemon" by Devin Knight: An impossible bill to lemon that will leave your audience and many magicians wondering how such a thing is possible. That's b

Si Stebbins died today 76 years ago. lybrary.com/si-stebbins-m-18… (Claremont, New Hampshire: 4th May 1867 - 12th October 1950) Stage name of William Henry Coffrin, aka "Wm. Vino". Pro circus "rube" and card manipulator. Invented the Si Stebbins System (1898).

Wilfred Tyler was born today 117 years ago. lybrary.com/wilfred-tyler-m-… (Reading, England: 11th October 1909 - 22nd June 1980) Self-taught as a boy. Insurance businessman. Semi-pro kid-show magician. Co-founded (with George Sylvestre) the Cotswold Magic So

Pavel Vošahlík was born today 80 years ago. lybrary.com/pavel-voÅ¡ahlik-m-580434.html (10th October 1946 - 8th October 2025) Pavel Vošahlík was a Czech magician, a member of MKM - Magic Club Motorlet, one of the oldest magic clubs in Prague, and the creator of

Pavel Vošahlík died today 1 year ago. lybrary.com/pavel-voÅ¡ahlik-m-580434.html (10th October 1946 - 8th October 2025) Pavel Vošahlík was a Czech magician, a member of MKM - Magic Club Motorlet, one of the oldest magic clubs in Prague, and the creator of many o

Edgar Allan Poe died today 177 years ago. lybrary.com/edgar-allan-poe-… (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) Edgar Allan Poe was a highly influential American writer and poet. He was an early US practitioner of the short story. He is considered the inve

Michael Weber was born today 65 years ago. lybrary.com/michael-weber-m-… (Long Beach, California: 6th October 1961 - ) Learned from semi-pro father Ronald Weber. Semi-pro close-up (law student and, since 1990, a lawyer). 1982 AMA Junior Achievement Award (sh

BESTSELLER 20 YEARS AGO: lybrary.com/train-your-brain… "Train Your Brain and Entertain" by Scott Cram: Would you like a better edge in school or at work? A better memory can give you that edge! Imagine having facts, dates and details handy with

BESTSELLER 10 YEARS AGO: lybrary.com/the-box-goes-in-… "The Box Goes-In-Da Box" by Peter Prevos: A treatise on the Gozinta Boxes The Box Goes-In-Da Box. A treatise on the Gozinta Boxes. Magicians have been captivated by the Gozinta Box since it was

Jack Flosso died today 23 years ago. lybrary.com/jack-flosso-m-58… (Brooklyn, NY: 11th February 1926 - 5th October 2003) Stage name of Jack Levinson, aka "Al Flosso Jr". Taught by father Al Flosso by working in his shop since "a mere lad". Pro performer, spec

Olaf Spell died today 10 years ago. lybrary.com/olaf-spell-m-579… (Basel: 21st November 1928 - 4th October 2016) Olaf Spell was the stage name of Hans-Jörg Friedli, a Swiss architect, graphic designer, author, and magician. He designed the logo for the "Magis