The Erdnase Hunt [PART 3]. Richard Hatch and his search for the author of “The Expert".

The Erdnase Hunt, part 1
• The Erdnase Hunt [PART...
The Erdnase Hunt, part 2
• The Erdnase Hunt [PART...
0:00 Introduction
2:10 Richard's first encounter with Erdnase
5:34 Arguments against Milton Franklin Andrews
6:28 Finding James DeWitt Andrews
10:59 1999 LA Conference on Magic History
12:30 Arguments against Wilbur Edgerton Sanders
16:15 Finding Edwin Sumner Andrews
21:21 How to find out his height?
24:31 Who is the best candidate?
25:37 Why do we still not know who Erdnase was?
26:00 Why is it important at all?
27:26 Why is learning magic history important?
28:57 The winner of the competition
Richard Hatch
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This is the third video on Erdnase. I talked to Richard Hatch, a magician and a magic historian who shared his story of finding the author of “The Expert at the Card Table”. He talked about arguments against various theories, walked me through his process of searching for Erdnase and shared his thoughts on why the question of the author’s identity is important and why history of magic matters.
Genii thread on Erdnase
forums.geniima...
The Man who was Erdnase
Book by Barton Whaley, Jeff Busby, and Martin Gardner, can still be found on ebay
Todd Karr’s upcoming book
www.miraclefac...
Richard´s photo on the thumbnail image was done by Arto Airaksinen.
Photo of Smith, Rosini and Gardner by George Karger.

[@JonaMendezOficial]

Great trilogy Alex! Thanks for your knowledge and work!

[@TheRealWinsletFan]

This series was great, you deserve way more subs than you currently have!

[@ArtofImpossible]

Thank you for talking the time to write it, really appreciate it!

[@TheNickPenney]

What a great 3 part video series! Absolutely amazing, love it!

[@ArtofImpossible]

Thank you!

[@TheNickPenney]

You're welcome @@ArtofImpossible. I can't wait for more videos. I love your channel!

[@jamesbarris6477]

These videos are awesome.

[@ArtofImpossible]

Thank you so much for this comment, appreciate it!

[@MrMajintiger]

I am having a hard time finding a version of "The Expert at the Card Table" green hardcover with gold letters... amazon has a hardcover but its grey under the book cover.... lucky i noticed that before i ordered in the comments... any ideas where to look good sir?

[@twatmunro]

No Hatch comment about a sequel? I am disappointed.

[@fxdgshovelhead]

Can't be time travel because who or why would someone travel to here and now. Ha! Thanks I loved all the theory's.

[@reddead9673]

I don’t know if this has EVER been said, maybe its a common thought or maybe I wasn’t paying attention. What if the reason the name “SW Erdnase” doesn’t show up on American Databases, is because Erdnase wasn’t American? He could have been Canadian?

[@glennbishopbishthemagish]

No one knows who Erdnase was. No one knows if he was a card cheat or a magician. The book was self published, in 1902 and the reason Erdnase gave for doing the book was "he needed the money". My question that no one seems to want to answer is, if a person that said "he needed the money" and he published a book and could super manipulate cards with that kind of skill, in 1902, where their were saloons and card poker games were quite open at the time. And it would be easy to find a game - why would he need the money? If he needed the money, would he not just find a game and use his skill?

[@googleuser2609]

The problem is that you are making the strong *assumption* that "Erdnase" was telling the truth when he said, in his book, that he "needed the money" --- rather than in jest, 😆 or perhaps as a kind of decoy.

[@davidludwig3975]

I'm Erdnase

[@jaysondad]

John Nevil Maskelyne IS S.W. Erdnase. Contact me and I'll prove it.