The Trick That Fooled Houdini - Revealed

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HISTORY OF THIS TRICK
In 1922, Harry Houdini was the most famous magician in the world. The forty-eight year old Houdini was so confident in his knowledge of magic that he had an open challenge to all fellow magicians - 'show me any trick three times in a row and I'll be able to tell you how you did it.' At the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago, Dai Vernon took the great Houdini up on his challenge. But Vernon would not repeat his trick three times in a row - Dai Vernon repeated it SEVEN TIMES and Houdini could not get it!
The trick Dai Vernon chose to fool Houdini with was his own version of the classic ambitious card routine, so named because the spectator's chosen card always wants to get to the top of the deck. Vernon had Houdini choose a card and then sign the chosen card with his initials 'HH'. Houdini returned his card to the middle of the deck and, with a snap of Vernon's fingers, it magically appeared on the top. Houdini was astounded and Vernon repeated the trick. And then again, for the third time. 'You must have a duplicate card!' Houdini guesses, Vernon calmly points outs: 'With your initials, Harry?' Houdini then suggests that Vernon must have used a well-known mentalist's device. But Vernon points out that Houdini's initials are written in ink. 'They make them in ink now!' Houdini splutters but no magician in the room has ever heard of these devices using ink. 'Harry you are fooled!' cries Sam Margules, a Magic Show producer and former assistant of the Whirlwind Illusionist, Horace Goldin.

[@oscar]

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[@oscar]

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[@ianho386]

wail, so Houdini was fooled by the Ambitious Card Routine??

[@ban_works]

He was actually fooled by the use of a double backer. At the time, it was not publicly available and Houdini did not think of that.

[@ianho386]

Oh,Ok

[@JiveDadson]

Yes, but not this one!

[@beginnermagic7180]

Literally my exact thoughts

[@ryanhonberger3651]

Ian Ho yo

[@chris70184]

Many false info in this video... And for those saying that it didn't fool them, it is because they know these moves and double backer exist. Vernon invented them himself, and then did the trick to Houdini. Nobody knew these even existed. So no, you are not a better magician than Houdini

[@Richie_RHD]

Chris Boletis exactly. That's like saying babe rute wasn't the best of his time. Sinmoly because others have done a better record. Technology has made it easier. To hit the ball further etc etc. just like here. Anyone today can get a double backer. But in 1899 I'm sure it was unheard of.

[@Sabrina-fs6lr]

Chris Boletis Exactly! I think people need to remember this was over 100 years ago

[@theparzivalfilms]

Chris Boletis obviously we are not plus ur right

[@smid556]

Chris Boletis nobody knew you could lift 2 cards?? Oh for god sake

[@YoshihitoBLM]

That's not the point at all Nigadistreet. Learn to read, kid.

[@marquiscrispy9316]

Fooled Houdini? Didn't even fool me

[@damonauguste9979]

you must be a better magician than Houdini

[@antonio-ww7ve]

+Damon Auguste lmao😂😂

[@jv_cardoso0296]

Damon Auguste savage

[@ThewisePeterPan]

Lol, those are just double lifts, it didn't fool me either ._. But, it's 2016 ... probably it fooled houdini.

[@HargroveNation-100]

didn't fool me either

[@futureyouths]

So you are the time traveller who met einstein, churchill and houdini. Great trick over a trick

[@2107mann]

What a smart guy... Didn't into this trick...

[@yudi_pxo]

You'll know briefly . Einstein was Very jokingly he Didn't take things serious

[@yudi_pxo]

And Time travel is real.

[@9748309230]

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[@user-xo8zo1ej3r]

He didn't met them but knows some magicians who fooled them.....Oscar only teach that tricks...

[@arnavbansal3235]

Shocks me how houdini didnt even know a simple double lift

[@marcorosas7614]

@Laurent Pelletier exactly, the double backer was the genius move.

[@kuldeepshukla1797]

After knowing the tricks u think that Houdini was a fool and u are smart.

[@Edward-ju1vj]

@Laurent Pelletier Um no! The whole trick is the lift! You can do all this w/o the double backer.

[@Edward-ju1vj]

@@marcorosas7614 You can do all this by simply flippin two cards. There really no need for a double backer. It actually is much better without it, cuz then they can inspect the deck.

[@ladybhive1210]

@@Edward-ju1vj exactly no need for double backer Dai's theory was being natural and using the mind

[@dyslexicbatnam1350]

People gotta remember the dude who showed this trick to Houdini was the guy who invented double back cards. Also I don't think Houdini suspected anything so obvious as a double lift

[@artfilm5996]

This is a good trick but no way did this fool houdini because this is a pretty basic trick.

[@pouyap.o.1157]

Ammo Thak I know

[@Philbillkill1]

This trick did indeed fool Houdini, so bad in fact that he lost night of sleep over it. Houdini hated not to know how tricks worked. This seems pretty basic now,but back then not many people knew about card sleights.

[@oscar]

Remember that Dai Vernon would have performed this far better than I did.

[@kaetownsjr8680]

Ammo Thak that was back then in like 1897

[@xanjucutan462]

Guys this trick is EZ there was 2 4s on the cards one on top and one on second of top

[@nubiyubi8891]

ever heard of a double lift?

[@oscar]

Yup

[@nick_leviathan]

Ye man... he is a great ADC

[@dodde216]

not 100 years ago..

[@penguinmicky]

yes, but he had never heard of a double back card.

[@brandonwoodward4476]

Or he used two four of hearts and forced it

[@markz8353]

why is there so much hate in the comment section??? You can tell Oscar is really working hard on these tricks even though there might be some flaws, don't be so negative.

[@listentowhatihear]

Nice presentation Oscar. Your opening with rhyme, the build up and finishing reveal are professional. Really appreciate your video. Thanks for posting it. Fred

[@artmclellen4611]

You can do it without a double backed card.....

[@oscar]

You can but it means you can't display the cards cleanly. I would personally buy a double backer or make your own. It makes the trick so much more powerful.

[@suabshkanann]

Oscar Owen isn't this a variation of the ambitious card?

[@phillipchen8456]

It is, but there's diff variations to this trick so u can always tell people this fooled Houdini to make it more amazing xD

[@DrAppleMedia]

Art McLellen yes but that is not the version that fooled houdini

[@jaspervandersteene9077]

Art McLellen Yeah you just have to practise the double lift.

[@888SpinR]

Nice tutorial. I already know how it's done, but I like the way you present it. Especially that little piece of history. You should try incorporating more historical aspects of the tricks into your videos, that'll help your tutorials stand out from the rest! I've seen many people teach the ambitious card, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone mention Houdini. I also find it amusing how so many people are going "this couldn't fool Houdini", not realising that it was nearly a hundred years ago, in an era that wasn't just pre-internet, it was also a time when this sort of thing wasn't even published in books, they were closely guarded secrets among card sharks. People tend to forget that all of these things we take for granted now were really innovative and that countless masters such as Vernon would have to work on it for years to perfect a single technique to the point when some random kid could just go on the internet and learn the secret in 5 minutes.

[@oscar]

Thanks for the feedback 888SpinR. I think including historical aspects makes the video much more entertaining and enjoyable to watch. I will certainly continue to upload videos and make them as high quality and informative as possible. Thanks for you kind words.

[@normanacree1635]

What you are saying is that learning to play the guitar, for example is so much easier just because I can learn it by watching somebody play it on the internet? I don't think so. Simply being able to watch somebody do somebody do something doe not equate to being able to do it well. In other words, to "learn the secret in 5 minutes" is not enough. The internet simply exposes more people to the skill.

[@jadejewell7716]

It's painful being a historian in the art of magic. You have to ignore so much misinformation.

[@randomuniverse8770]

The trick that fooled him was actually his mind, the guard of the prison where he was trying to escape left the door opened and he didnt even notice...

[@KeannuArroyo]

For those saying why Houdini got fooled by an easy trick is because in his time double backers and double lift are still not yet discovered

[@orlogskapteina4843]

Raindrop Droptop, Houdinies selection is now at the top

[@sudipdas-mo3kb]

I know you I have read your many comment in magic and India vs Pakistan you are Pakistani

[@jackflash5659]

Dai Vernon was a brilliant magician. Thank you for the demonstration. Perfectly executed.

[@dannynguyen1706]

No way this fooled Houdini it didn't fool me just saying

[@alecksklar5135]

It was 1922, not 2k16. Keep that in mind and think again

[@jorgeluevano9653]

Larry TheGamingLlama Ik right I figure it out it's so easy

[@nomnom5218]

Houdini is a scape artist

[@sagitswag1785]

+Good-Artist-Musician-Inventor-Novelist-Gamer LIFE an* escape*

[@dannynguyen1706]

Alexander Koeth well he is a escape artist so yea .-. Can't blame me lmao

[@jeanaoun3897]

You dont even need a double back card to do this trick

[@hakeemgomez7593]

Oscar owen I love all your tutorials please dont stop You've truely made me a better magician Hope you see my comment though 👊 nuff respect bruh

[@oscar]

This means a lot to me, thanks for the kind words.

[@sonya201183]

great trick and presentation! Card tricks are my favourite by far. But whenever i perform any of the tricks on your channel my friends ask to shuffle the deck mid trick or something, and i need to secretly restart and it all doesn't work out. Can you please teach a trick where they can shuffle mid trick or something. And when i show a coin trick they look all over my hands and notes/coins. Thanks for your video.

[@fuelledbypho7843]

I love the inspiration from Xavier Perret. Am I right?

[@oscar]

You are indeed!

[@omaramer7022]

you should change your cards bro, they're really worn out

[@oscar]

Yeah they are. I also upped the contrast on the video so they do look more rough than they actually are.

[@Darkhippiemon]

Plus it makes it look like the cards that he used on him from back then

[@abtinmoazami2211]

houdini didn't say no one can fool him, he said no one can fool him with the same trick 3 times. in 1919 in chicago dai vernon showed this trick to houdini when vernon was 25,he didn't put the card in the middle at all,he always put it second from the top. after 2 times houdini said that vernon is using duplicate cards, then houdini signed the card, and vernon still brought the card to the top,he did this 7 times. houdini never officially admitted that he was fooled by this this but this is what dai vernon said.

[@shrek1995]

I can't see why you need the double backer for this trick

[@captainneo5717]

you guys have to remember the time period in which this was done. By todays standards , with the tech and knowledge we have. It's easy to figure out. But back then, this was groundbreaking illusions. I can see why Houdini could not figure this out.

[@oscar]

I couldn't agree more - thanks for the feedback!

[@jacobheilbrun1914]

Bro I don’t even do magic and I figured it out

[@MrNotThatFamous]

why do magicians try to seem so creepy in speech? once you start speaking in that manner i just ignore you...i know longer care about the trick

[@oscar]

Ahahaha. I guess magicians just have a thing with being dramatic.

[@ninjapenguin1039]

Mr Not That Famous they try to sound mysterious, duh😒

[@Krookedhands]

I agree with you man.. Its very unnecessary. Just speak in your normal voice but to each his own

[@speed329]

This trick did in fact fool Houdini, u guys know these moves because u have been taught them, but back then no one did these before so it was new to Houdini,

[@clashwithimmad7384]

I didn't see tutorial cuz duble lift is the best thing

[@noahhammond1088]

I wasn't fooled by this trick

[@simonpolshchikov1026]

dunno I'm guessing double lifts weren't invented at the time houdini was around

[@hyperflexharrington5]

Actually, I guess you could say double lifts were invented around the time that Houdini quit doing card tricks.

[@paulpresto673]

In one of my e-books, I gave the most probable routine that Vernon used - I have researched it intensely and verified with my friends Jon Racherbaumer, Jim Swain, J.K. Hartman, and others. No one is sure whether Vernon only placed the "Ambitious card" under the top card or used his Depth Illusion...I believe Vernon used his Depth Illusion, which was renamed with some subtleties later, by Marlo, which he called TILT. I am not absolutely sure who is to be credited for double-back cards, but Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin (the magician that Houdini fashioned his name after), was known to have used double-back cards for at least two tricks, in the mid-1800s. Whether he created them or not, no one knows for sure. Vernon did not create the double-back card. Paul A. Lelekis

[@JiveDadson]

Hate to rain on your parade, but you are missing a critical point. No one but you is supposed to know that the selected card goes second from top. The move is called "Marlo tilt" (although I was "tilting" before Marlo published it, and I imagine others were too). Spectators are supposed to think the card is going into the middle. Maybe I'll do a tutorial video. The ones on youtube now are not good. The end of your routine is not how Dai Vernon did it when he fooled Houdini.

[@oscar]

+JiveDadson No one actually knows the full routine that Vernon used. This is merely my interpretation although it could be slightly varied from the original as you have pointed out!

[@JiveDadson]

He describes it in the book Stars of Magic. There's a video tutorial of him doing it in one of the Revelations CD's.

[@ir0nic303]

IDK why Houdini was so dumb, It's really a bunch of double lifts.

[@antoniodiavolo]

This was over 100 years ago. The double backer wasn't as widely used as it is now. The main part of this that fooled Houdini was the double backer.

[@dr.gabriel7956]

THIS CHANEL IS FUCKING AWESOME

[@rmls_exe]

To all the people saying that this did not fool Houdini, it actually did. There's a legit story behind it. Dai Vernon performed it on Houdini with a signed card and as far as I could remember, Houdini didn't admit that he had been fooled. It was at the time that Houdini had died when his wife (or some lady close to Houdini. I'm not quite sure) said to Vernon that her husband, Mr. Houdini had actually been fooled... Remember kids, he performed this over 100 years ago. Magic was kind of hard to learn back then. There was no KZbin with free tutorials. Magic can only be performed by a selected handful of people... Sorry for making such a long comment. It just pisses me off when people act like they're the greatest magician who ever lived and they can expose all of the secrets blah blah blah. Magic is an art. Appreciate it. Respect it...

[@zidaan21]

RESPECT TO YOU

[@tutcamine1568]

Very easy trick, but hard to master. He must have done it really well to be able to fool him. I think these titles are clickbait now. These tricks are too simple! Can guess how it's done and can even tell what's going to happen next!!

[@oscar]

No clickbait!!!! These all happened - if you don’t believe me look it up!

[@tutcamine1568]

Wow. You replied quick. Ok then. I'll go check. Good luck with your videos!

[@TrinityX]

I watched this when you first uploaded it and never commented on and it. It deserves a great comment well done mate. You’re film editing and voice overs are so professional looking keep the good work up. 🎩👌

[@oscar]

Thanks for the comment - I really appreciate your support, it means the world to me😊

[@kiatahazell8469]

I find it hard to believe this fooled Houdini. I've only just started getting into magic like this week and I could tell how it was done straight away

[@jebbush4102]

Ummm is this a joke? it barely fooled me.

[@mahyarnazaripour1212]

Your videos (narrations, musics, backgrounds, items, moves,..) are AMAZING. I realy enjoy to watch them. BIG FAN.

[@Brainbuster]

First of all, since 1991 the ACR has been one of the most popular card routines, and can be easily found and learned by googling it (as in this video). Second of all, the double lift is now known by every snot-nosed 11 year old. YOU didn't figure out the DL, you miserable piece of shit. You learned it for free on the internet. Third of all, The ACR did not fool Houdini. It was the double backer. Not the pop-up climax. Not any of the other moves in this video. The double-backer part is what fooled Houdini. P.S. Apparently most of you are not aware that this double-backer fooled Houdini A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Also, Houdini wasn't very good with card tricks (though he originally billed himself as the "King of Kards," before he rebranded himself as the escape artist. If this did not fool you, it is not because you're "as good as" Houdini. It's because it has been done to death, explained to you, spoonfed to you, and you're able to watch every magic video several times and in slow motion as much as you need. In conclusion, you are nothing compared with Houdini. *You will be forgotten.*

[@alexandrohutt8421]

Nice, but with the music being louder than your voice, it's barely watchable.

[@oscar]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll make sure this isn't an issue in my next video.

[@JuicySweetMedia]

It actually isn't that loud. I could hear you fine.

[@oscar]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it.

[@alexandrohutt8421]

Might just be my speakers on my Tab2 then, sorry about that. I don't have the same problem with headphones on.

[@alfredpratt3657]

That was a great trick. You tricked me into thinking you really had a remarkable illusion. I was deceived right up until you did your first double lift. Then I knew the video was the actual trick.

[@davide25]

Thank you for the tutorial!

[@zapdunga12]

David Frederick Wingfield Verner (June 11, 1894 - August 21, 1992), better known by his stage names Dai Vernon (pronounced alternatively as "DIE" or as "DAY" as in David) or The Professor, was a Canadian magician. Vernon first fell in love with magic when he was seven years old after his father took him to see a magic show. He began to use the first name "Dai" after a newspaper used the abbreviation in place of "David"; the paper was using the Welsh nickname for David. When Verner first moved to the United States, the male member of a popular ice-skating pair had the surname Vernon; Americans continually mistook Verner's last name to be the same as the popular ice skater, and eventually, the magician became fed up with correcting people and simply adopted "Vernon" as well.Owing to his knowledge of, and skill at, sleight of hand, Vernon has long been affectionately known as The Professor. Harry Houdini (who in his early years billed himself as "The King of Kards") often boasted that if he saw a card trick performed three times in a row he would be able to figure it out. Vernon then showed Houdini a trick where he removed the top card of the deck and placed it second from the top, then turned over the top card to again reveal the original card. Houdini watched Vernon do the trick seven times (some versions of the story say five times), each time insisting that Vernon "do it again." Finally, Houdini's wife and Vernon's friends said, "Face it, Houdini, you're fooled." For years afterward, Vernon used the title The Man Who Fooled Houdini in his advertisements.Among magicians, Vernon is credited with inventing or improving many standard close-up effects with cards, coins, and other small items. The "standard" cups and balls routine is his, and his 6-ring "Symphony of the Rings" remains one of the most popular Chinese linking rings routines in use to this day. Vernon spent the last thirty years of his life as Magician-in-Residence and the star attraction at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, California. There he mentored magicians. Dai Vernon died on August 21, 1992, in Ramona, County of San Diego, California.[2] His body was cremated and the ashes were interred on a shelf, with magic memorabilia at the Magic Castle.

[@michaelcorcoran6353]

So basically Houdini was confused by ambitious card.

[@oscar]

+Michael Corcoran yep - but the routine with a double backer

[@Brainbuster]

First of all, since 1991 the ACR has been one of the most popular card routines, and can be easily found and learned by googling it (as in this video). Second of all, the double lift is *now* known by every snot-nosed 11 year old. YOU didn't figure out the DL, you miserable piece of shit. You learned it for free on the internet. Third of all, The ACR did not fool Houdini. It was the double backer. Not the pop-up climax. Not any of the other moves in this video. The double-backer part is what fooled Houdini. P.S. Apparently most of you are not aware that this double-backer fooled Houdini A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Also, Houdini wasn't very good with card tricks (though he originally billed himself as the "King of Kards," before he rebranded himself as the escape artist. If this did not fool you, it is not because you're "as good as" Houdini. It's because it has been done to death, explained to you, spoonfed to you, and you're able to watch every magic video several times and in slow motion as much as you need. In conclusion, you are nothing compared with Houdini. *You will be forgotten.*

[@theunknown5921]

Brainbuster basically destroyed you!

[@theunknown5921]

Teacher: grades my paper Me:0:01-0:06

[@Flo02]

This trick is so easy... You only need to know the doublelift and thats it... how could this basic ambitious card routine fool him?

[@FlockofSmeagles]

You must not perform in front of people often. Because that was the worst display of card magic I've ever seen. 1:30 you couldn't even push the card all the way into the deck. I mean, really? Your double lifts are just out there plain as day. It's not that people know how you're doing it. It's that you are revealing it. FOR CHRIST SAKE it's a card trick completely reliant on DOUBLE LIFTS.

[@thephenomenalphantom8372]

fLaSh!

[@roslynneburton3620]

Nice

[@CH-wn8sq]

BRUH

[@msmartymoose3000]

Just watched an episode of "Mysteries at the Museum" (S11 Ep28) that had a segment about Vernon fooling Houdini with a card trick. I don't believe they revealed "the how", but I wasn't paying that close of attention. So my lack of attention prompted a quick Google search to appease my curiosity. Thanks! Hopefully you'll stop getting comments denying that Houdini was fooled by a card trick. If you do, direct them to this episode that elaborates on the event in question.

[@donrabbit9233]

What the hell? I saw through it right away

[@chaumas]

Yeah, if this trick fooled Houdini, I would say that's more about Dai Vernon's execution than anything else. Pretty sure that guy could have fooled people with "pull my finger".

[@arjunmathi6312]

Plus he was the guy that invented the double backer so no one could have seen that comin

[@tomk3620]

According to Vernon! It was double lifts with a Double Backer....over and over! This is the Vernon Moves and then An Ambitious Card Routine as a Garnish I guess! VERNON killed HH with ONE MOVE with a Signed Card OVER AND OVER!!! I t does naturally flow as a move in the Ambitous Card Routine of course! Keep practicing Friends!!!

[@josephreynaldo6222]

To those whose saying its easy. Yahh its eeasy cos we all have easy acess to almost every old card tricks. So this type of magic seems easy. But back then ? This is one of a heck That only few or even the creator of this only knew. So please stop pretending that you knew this trick for the veru first time that you so this. I remember that david blaine popularized this magic

[@ZombiePlops]

Dai Vernon was 5 years old, and fooled Harry Houdini, at age 25?

[@zapdunga12]

Dai Vernon says in this video Houdini picked the 4 of diamonds and I do not believe he did the bent card part to Houdini. Here is The Professor showing how he did it to Houdini. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4vGYmZomMtjmc0

[@georgethethird1295]

This isn't the trick that fooled Houdini not by a long shot. At the very least the MOVE that fooled Houdini was the Dai Vernon turn over. Not any double lift will do and the Dai Vernon turnover is very hard to perform and is so convincing if will FOOL magicians, it did Houdini. Stock cutting corners Oscar Owen. Learn your craft.

[@adriangonzalez8161]

Apparently nobody knows how nor why Houdini could be fooled by this trick nearly 100 years ago. Yes, the 1900s is exactly like the 20th century, nothing has changed for the past century. It's not like times were different back then, right?

[@jamesfleming1155]

you all are forgetting some things. double lifts were new at the time. so we're double backers. The fact that with a double backer the card is legitimately on top was the fooling element. also, he used the Marlo tilt, he didn't put it second from top. Houdini didn't know this control.

[@exessex3522]

I'm no magician by any manner of means. I've watched 1 min 43 secs of this and I think maybe for the first time ever I can see what he did. I even rewound a bit of this and then set the playback at 0.25. I froze the frame at 1:11 and that seems to confirm I'm right. It seems too easy to be true so I'm probably wrong. Now I'm going to watch the rest to see if I'm right that I'm wrong or whether I'm actually right. (I'm now at 2 m 19 s and I was wrong. Damn and blast!)

[@kingrobert1st]

It's true that Dai Vernon fooled Houdini with a double lift. You can fool ANY magician if they don't know the sleight. My question is: was the card signed? And if it was, it would be worth a small fortune if he had kept it. The double back (or faced) card can be made by peeling off the front of one card and the back off another and then glue the two backs together again using rubber cement (as used in a patch on a bicycle inner tube). This knowledge was available then. Lastly, as far as I know Dai Vernon was right handed.

[@alvinlin9503]

damn...i already know how he does it the first time i see this

[@FrankDaBank25]

Theres no quicker way to get someone who's never heard of a double lift to figure out it's a double lift lol

[@Edward-ju1vj]

There really no need for a double backer. It actually is much better without it, cuz then they can inspect the deck. With pinky brakes, and double, triple, (etc.) lifts you can make up a million tricks...

[@whatzupperent.4036]

Vernon didn't do all the other ambitious card routine what really fooled houdini was just the beginning of this routine and Vernon only did the first 2 parts of his routine in this video the rest came way later after Houdini passed away but he was still fooled by Vernon with the double backer and placing his card second from the top and making it rise to the top that is true 👍

[@Krebzonide]

Most tricks fool magicians the first time they see them. This was not a great trick it was a new trick. I guessed either the double lift with the double backer card or 2 of the same card.

[@SaifAli-cx3rc]

that's really mind blowing...thanks dude for the tutorial...cheers.

[@oscar]

Your welcome!

[@chextex4147]

Did that guy have to think too much for such a simple trick, although escapology doesn't require double lift .....

[@thechallengechildren7160]

So you travelled back in time and you met Einstein, Churchill, Houdini and Abaraham Lincoln?

[@gregrobertmusic]

Don't tell u will place it in the middle, juste take a giant pinkie break under the top card and place it under, it will be way better

[@rcksnxc361]

Houdini was probably sleepy back then xd

[@Lycargus]

I dont think Houdini fooled by this trick, it's so easy to preform, if you know a few card trick you can easily figure out how it's working whitout reveal.

[@loganjames5701]

how did that fool houdini those were just a series of double lifts

[@FestiveParrot]

This did in no way fool houdini, every time he lifts the upper card he lifts the top 2 cards with his pinky

[@itsmejcaleb4279]

look at the deck he is using now look at the card box on the right see the difference?

[@enrique.guzman891]

That's just a double lift. The first two in the beginning

[@kirbylogdat355]

But DMC on Card Shark on National Geographic did that trick by placing the card in the middle of the deck not on the 2nd top of the deck. How he did that?

[@pawanbaral8389]

Wonderful

[@pawanbaral8389]

Nice

[@alijanahabdullah]

That first part "he put the card 2nd from the top" is so stupid, that's like saying, yes i will put it second so i can lift two cards to reveal it. That's why people do a marlo's tilt.

[@WealthWizardsMinds]

Just revealing the trick performed by matt franco agt....

[@MrLicano07]

Man this is so awesome, Im commenting this before watching the explanation and damn... it blows your mind!!!

[@shubhangidahale2542]

the basic move double lift can't even fool me and you clickbutt it fooled god of magic "Houdini" this word is also in my dictionary "Houdini"

[@stephanebenoit481]

Très bonne vidéo pour une première fois, Merci pour les infos. Ne te soucie pas trop des mauvais commentaires, car il es facilement possible de critiquer au lieu de prendre le bon coté instructif. Les bon magiciens se respecte dans les règles , contrairement aux autres Innocents.

[@deal_with_it810]

This is relatively basic and like... I figured it out and I'm 15 so..

[@Countryparadise69]

wow amazing man i wait your news video oke oscar magiction

[@N5FIFA]

Your fuckin telling me a double lift filled the great Houdini I call bullshit

[@NineMileDrop]

he just did a basic double lift and the a single lift it is a basic illusion but great for beginners

[@futuristiccat3931]

I guarantee this didn't fool one of the best magicians (hoodini) of all time. This didn't fool me and it's just a plan shitty trick tbh

[@GerardSandoval-c3d]

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[@blackdino01]

I dont think that Houdini learns really advance card trick. He was an escape artist. Nice video tho....

[@MrAdrien914]

Don't tell the spectator that you'll place the card second from the top ... just use the Marlo Tilt instead

[@TAROTAI]

Music is too loud mate - interferes with the trick - Ta

[@cnelsonlv999]

So nobody could fool Houdini... but then he got fooled by a double-lift? This is disappointing...

[@CH-wn8sq]

The trick that fooled Penn and Teller: Oh wait...

[@luka6257]

Why are ther monarchs when he uses red bicycles...