Magic tricks

August 26, 1907 the legendary Harry Houdini showed the world one of its most amazing tricks. Illusionist, chained and thrown into the water in the water park of San Francisco, surfaced after 57 seconds. It is through such tricks have demonstrated a unique ability to get rid of a variety of ways, Houdini came to world fame. All my life stunts release is central to it over the popular program. So, wherever he traveled with his tour, going to the huge halls of spectators.
But, sometimes, featuring dangerous stunts and entertain the audience, illusionist and often risked their health and even their lives. So the older you become a great magician, the more he got to the hospital after a show. We recall the most dangerous stunts most famous illusionists.





1. Escape from the straitjacket.

Of course, this list offers an unrivaled Houdini himself. Here he strikes his skill and shows one more a world-famous stunt release.

2. Box swords.

This exciting trick here is Hans Moretti in his original interpretation. And since it is one of the classic tricks of illusionists, consisting in the fact that an assistant magician close in very close box, which can not in any way to turn around or just move. And then the stage is usually invited to volunteer, which starts at different angles to enter the knives in the drawer. Of course, at that time assistant groaned for greater focus dramatization. Trick This is a very long time, and for many years to demonstrate its different magicians suffered quite a large number of their assistants.

3. Frozen man.

This is an amazing trick magician-illusionist David Blaine. No other colleague has not yet managed to repeat it. David was frozen in a 6-ton block of ice as much as 63 hours. Of course, we complied with all possible precautions - for his life following special medical devices.

4. Escape from the Chinese "aquarium».

This trick is one of the most popular. Who just did not show. And the magicians themselves, and various film producers in their films. But despite the constant frequency and all the classics of the genre, the trick does not become less dangerous over time, and over the years his demonstration drowned a lot of magicians.

5. Buried.

This is a dangerous stunt, which came from the Indian fakirs, who did not fulfill even the great Houdini, though going. And finally, one day decided to play his illusionist Joe Barros. Fearless went to a magician in a plexiglass coffin and his assistants sketched the top 7 tons of earth and concrete. But when it was over, the level of the ground suddenly fell another 17 inches, and aides rushed to dig out her boss. Unfortunately, when after 50 minutes finally dug up the coffin, it was found that it simply crushed the heavy mass of the earth. Nevertheless, after Barros decided to perform this trick, David Blaine and Criss Angel, and they all went well. And yet, burial alive and is considered one of the most dangerous magic tricks that magicians real risk of their own lives.

6. Catch a bullet.

It is believed that the founder of this popular trick was Kolyo magician who lived in 1600. He quite successfully demonstrated its focus, until he was shot by one of the spectators, who decided that Kollo is a demon. After this dangerous trick was performed by many magicians and many were injured and even killed because of it. There are many different variations of this trick, but the meaning is always the same - a magician in the eyes of the public charges the gun and gave it to one volunteer in the audience, he shoots and then all of a magician shows a bullet. Of course, now we all know that at the time of firing bullets in the gun there, and even if there are, they do not get in the trunk. The danger lies in the fact that volunteers themselves are often charged pistols on their own to ensure the reliability of what is happening. Especially because of this suffering illusionists past years, when guns were charged from the barrel.

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