The Man Who Knew Too Much by Alexander Black and Troy Cherry

The Man Who Knew Too Much
by Alexander Black and Troy Cherry

The Man Who Knew Too Much collection of mysteries was written by Chesterton in 1922. The eight adventures feature the activities of British sleuth Horne Fisher, the man who knew too much, and his best and most trusted friend Harold March.

Imagine this: you pick up The Man Who Knew Too Much and hand it out to be examined. You have an audience member thumb through the pages, tell you how many are in the book, and perhaps even hand it out to others to look out too as you explain that one of the moral dilemmas of having the ability to read minds is that you simply “know too much” about people. But rather than reading her mind directly, you’ve found it is safer to just have her read a book and then project it to you. Read more

Christmas Carol Test by A. Black and T. Cherry, Mentalism Magic Trick

Christmas Carol Test
by A. Black and T. Cherry

It is that time of the year again!

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is one of the all-time best selling classic books about the holiday season ever written and now, for the first time ever, it is also a professionally designed book test! Here’s the best part… it is TOTALLY readable from front to back; you’ll NEVER find the gaff. Yet, there it is, right in the text, on ever single page; powerful, simple, and immediately useable by novice and expert alike.

A spectator freely selects any page and you know the first word on the page. It’s that simple and direct. No questions asked and nothing is written down. There are no page forces and you never know the page number.

This is the perfect book test for walk around performances because there are only two steps; the spectator chooses the page and you divine the first word without hesitation. There is nothing to memorize and you don’t need any information from the spectator! There is no pumping, no forces, nothing. Read more

Sherlock Holmes Inductive Test by A. Black and T. Cherry, Mentalism Magic Trick

Sherlock Holmes Inductive Test
by A. Black and T. Cherry

This wonderful looking book, a classic of English literature recognized and enjoyed all over the world, can now be a part of your library of specially made books that help you perform wonders for friends, colleagues, or any audience you’re performing for. It can be anyone! Though you can perform with this book on its own, the genius of the gaff enables you to use this book in conjunction with any other book of your choice, gaffed or not!

Here’s how it works: the mentalist or magician talks about how Sherlock Holmes was one of the all-time best detectives in history. The performer explains how this Victorian age CSI expert would use his five senses to discover clues and induce facts that would ultimately lead him to solve crimes that stumped the famous Scotland Yard and stopped them dead in their tracks.

This person is then asked to look through the book and tell the audience how many pages there are. With nearly 300 pages to choose from, this participant is asked to choose one at random and WITHOUT LOOKING. It is a totally free choice! Read more

X3 Book Test by Alexander Black and Troy Cherry, Mentalism Magic Trick

X3 ~ Hoy Book Test Revisited

David Hoy (who performed as Dr. Faust) was a wonderful man who started out wanting to be an evangelist but turned to the world of magic and mentalism instead. Hoy believed that the best effects could be achieved by the most simple and direct methods, and we agree with him. In fact, many of today’s top mentalists have been greatly influenced by Hoy’s bold approach to the art; his contributions are legend.

So, we wanted to pay homage to the late David Hoy by revisiting his work-enter our newest creation for the magic community, X3. Similar to two of his time-honored creations, X3’s genius lays in its simplicity too; it is so simple that you’ll have a blast coming up with wonderful ways to use it in your act; it is that powerful. Read more