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.Have him open the predictionenvelope.As he does this you will have ample time to casually place your hand inthe appropriate pocket that contains his card, thanks to the double envelope idea.Quickly count to the card he identified as the one he thought of.Because of thearrangement of the 26 cards in each pocket it only takes a few seconds to reach hiscard from either direction.Pull it out and leave it face down on top of the 26 cardsin that pocket then remove your hand.Since all attention will be on the spectatoropening and reading your prediction you'll have plenty of time, so don't hurry it.Just be casual.No one will notice a thing.By the time the prediction has been read, your hand will have long since reappeared.Now point out that obviously since he (the spectator) alone knew the identity ofthe card he was concentrating upon and since he alone shuffled and cut the pack, itwould seem impossible that anyone could predict in advance which card would bearrived at.However, not only did you do that, but acting upon another premonitionyou also removed one card from a second pack and placed it in your pocket priorto the show.Reach in your pocket and remove the blue backed card, tossing it facedown on the table.Ask the spectator to call out the card he originally thought of.(Most present will forget that he earlier identified it).Have him turn over the cardon the table and watch their mouths drop open.This effect is so strong please don'tattempt to follow it with a lesser effort.Since the twenty-six 12 and 13 letter cards are marked on their backs it's a simplematter to assemble them for a repeat of this great trick at a later date.The 13th Card is an effect you can feature.A real reputation maker if there ever wasone.Enjoy.Incidentally, if you prefer you can also use a card index in your pocketsto produce the mentally selected card.Pat Page's index on page 90 of Corinda's 13Steps to Mentalism is an excellent one.44World of Super Metalism, IIMPROVED HAUNTED HOUSEBack around 1960, Al Cohen of Al's Magic Shop in Washington, D.C.marketed anoriginal effect of mine entitled "Haunted House." Over the years, this outstandingtrick has been sold and performed around the world.Since that time I have refinedthe routine and handling.In fact, the trick has changed considerably and the weakpoints totally eliminated.I sincerely believe that you will find this trick to be oneof the finest close-up effects you can perform.But don't take my word for it, proveit to yourself.EFFECTThe performer tells a story of a man who bet his friends that he could spend anight in a haunted house and bring back proof that the house was haunted.Todemonstrate this, the performer removes five alphabet cards from a Lexicon deckand places them on the table to spell H-O-U-S-E.At midnight (so the story goes) the man heard strange noises so he searched thehouse from top to bottom turning the place upside down.To demonstrate this, the five cards are gathered face-up (the "E" should be ontop) and dealt one up, one down, etc.in a pile.Finally the top card of the packet,the "H", is turned face down and the entire packet is turned over.The man tracedthe strange sounds to the closet in the attic.When he opened the door, he found aGHOST.the cards are laid out on the table and instead of spelling HOUSE.thecards now spell H-G-O-S-T.(Slide the "G" in front of the "H").Gathering up the GHOST, he decided to take it to his friends and show them hewas right about the house being haunted.(The cards are turned face-down andplaced on the face-up pack of Lexicon cards and the deck cut).When he attemptedto show his friends the GHOST he had captured (the deck is spread face-up acrossthe table and the five face-down cards are removed) he got the shock of his life.Infact, instead of spelling GHOST, the five cards now spell S-H-O-C-K.The GHOSThad vanished as GHOSTS always do.TO PREPAREYou will need a pack of Fox Lake design alphabet cards and two double-faced cards.Unless you have already purchased Haunted House or are prepared to do so thenyou will have to make your own double-faced cards.Simply take an "E" and a "T"and cement them back to back.Do the same with a "U" and a "G [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]