Stage Illusion

Designer:
Robert Harbin
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An assistant lies down on a board and the supports are removed showing her suspended in air.

Hindu Sword Basket (aka Indian Basket)
Designer:
UNKNOWN
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Short Description:

An assistant is crammed into a small wicker basket and stabbed with swords yet emerges unharmed.

Houdini’s Rope
Designer:
Jim Steinmeyer
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Short Description:

A rope is stretched between a wooden frame and held on either end by two spectators. The performer then quickly covers the center of the rope with a cloth and walks directly through it.

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Designer:
P.T. Selbit
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An assistant is impaled on spikes inside of a chamber. She then emerges unharmed.

Impaled (aka Impaled Beyond Belief)
Designer:
Ken Whittaker
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Short Description:

An assistant is impaled on a spike. She is removed from the spike and shown to be unharmed.

Jarrett Pedestal
Designer:
Guy Jarrett
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Short Description:

The performer stands on a small pedestal, is quickly covered with a cloth, and instantly disappears.

Little By Little
Designer:
Robert Harbin
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Short Description:

An assistant is divided into 3 separate pieces, taken apart, and then reassembled in a new space entirely unharmed.

Designer:
Jim Steinmeyer
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An assistant is divided into multiple pieces with her center being removed. This is a modern take on the sawing in half.

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Metamorphosis (aka Sub Trunk)
Designer:
John Nevil Maskelyne
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Short Description:

A magician and his assistant instantly change places after one is locked inside a trunk.

Designer:
P.T. Selbit
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Short Description:

An assistant is instantly freed from shackles inside a locked “sidecar” hitched to a motorcycle. She then vanishes. A spectator enters the sidecar and the driver, spectator, and entire motorcycle/sidecar vanish leaving the original assistant standing in their place.