On Mephisto’s Shoulders- Paul Brook

A number of strong and eerie effects that will put your spectators on edge!

Effects Include

Dearly Departed

A volunteer is given a sealed envelope and a photograph of a dead person; they are to look at the photograph at any opportunity they can for a week.

After the week has passed the volunteer makes a time prediction. Once the prediction is made the envelope is opened to reveal a death certificate showing a time of death for the person in the photograph that matches their prediction.

Telepathic Touch

You explain that a single touch is enough to change destiny if we allow it to. A sealed envelope is handed to a person to keep safe. You look into the eyes of a volunteer and touch their shoulder. A deck of cards is then displayed openly and fairly and four cards are selected randomly by this person, without you touching the cards. Each card is placed into an envelope and numbered.

Another person is asked to join the two of you. The first spectator touches the new spectator in the same way you touched them. The new spectator chooses any envelope they want, when the envelope is opened the card is displayed and eerily matches the card within the envelope that you handed out to a neutral party from the start.

Fair is Fair Switch

A wonderfully fair and deceptive way of switching billets.

“Your Word, Corinda!”

An evolution of “My Word!” by Corinda, using the ‘Fair is Fair’ Switch and other astonishing methods.

Serial, Killer!

You approach a person that you have never met before, you ask them to take out a bank note while you turn away. You never touch them, their belongings or the note, yet you can tell them the unique serial number on the bank note.

On Stage Killing

A large scale variation of “Serial, Killer!” with a surprise revelation that proves the serial number prediction was made days before.

Unique psychological subtleties are included for each effect, to the in-depth standard now expected from Paul.

BONUS: Interview with James Brown, the Magic Circle’s close-up magician of the year 2006.