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. - Jak na to + styl
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Shocks me how houdini didnt even know a simple double lift
@Laurent Pelletier exactly, the double backer was the genius move.
After knowing the tricks u think that Houdini was a fool and u are smart.
@Laurent Pelletier Um no! The whole trick is the lift! You can do all this w/o the double backer.
@@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.
@@Edward-ju1vj exactly no need for double backer Dai's theory was being natural and using the mind
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
Dai Vernon was a brilliant magician. Thank you for the demonstration. Perfectly executed.
wail, so Houdini was fooled by the Ambitious Card Routine??
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.
Oh,Ok
Yes, but not this one!
Literally my exact thoughts
Ian Ho yo
So you are the time traveller who met einstein, churchill and houdini. Great trick over a trick
What a smart guy... Didn't into this trick...
You'll know briefly . Einstein was Very jokingly he Didn't take things serious
And Time travel is real.
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He didn't met them but knows some magicians who fooled them.....Oscar only teach that tricks...
Man this is so awesome, Im commenting this before watching the explanation and damn... it blows your mind!!!
your channel is awesome...so unique..mysterious...cool lighting...everything..just everything here is awesome!!
I watched this when you first uploaded it and never commented on and it. It deserves a great comment well done mate. Youâre film editing and voice overs are so professional looking keep the good work up. đ©đ
Thanks for the comment - I really appreciate your support, it means the world to međ
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.
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.
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.
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.
Raindrop Droptop, Houdinies selection is now at the top
I know you I have read your many comment in magic and India vs Pakistan you are Pakistani
Thank you for the tutorial!
OH JESUS!!! THAT IS GONNA BE THE BEST TRICK SO FAR! Plz upload more magic tricks.
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
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.
Chris Boletis Exactly! I think people need to remember this was over 100 years ago
Chris Boletis obviously we are not plus ur right
Chris Boletis nobody knew you could lift 2 cards?? Oh for god sake
That's not the point at all Nigadistreet. Learn to read, kid.
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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
Fooled Houdini? Didn't even fool me
you must be a better magician than Houdini
+Damon Auguste lmaođđ
Damon Auguste savage
Lol, those are just double lifts, it didn't fool me either ._.
But, it's 2016 ... probably it fooled houdini.
didn't fool me either
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you explained it so nicely..đđđ
+Raj Singh thanks so much!
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...
Your video is still has good intro even in the first one, and also the magic trick explanation is good too
that's really mind blowing...thanks dude for the tutorial...cheers.
Your welcome!
Very nicely done Oscar
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Oscar owen
I love all your tutorials please dont stop
You've truely made me a better magician
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This means a lot to me, thanks for the kind words.
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
Wonderful!
I had to watch the 3rd and 4th moves a 2nd time each in order to understand them. This is a brilliant trick.
Best magic ever seen.You are a great magician.....
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.
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.
I couldn't agree more - thanks for the feedback!
ever heard of a double lift?
Yup
Ye man... he is a great ADC
not 100 years ago..
yes, but he had never heard of a double back card.
Or he used two four of hearts and forced it
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.
Clean double liftsđđđ
You are too good man plzz say me all that tricks how he fooled somebody and many more videos. YOU ARE THE BEST
Your double is so clean, dude
Fantastic video!
Thanks!
The cinematic in this was entertaining and made it very enjoyable! Thank you for the awesome content! You've gained a subscriber!
Thank you very much.
Great video, the audio is a bit low but no problem. Keep it up with regular uploads sir
Congratz
I've corrected the audio in my latest video!
great video!!!!
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.
It's painful being a historian in the art of magic. You have to ignore so much misinformation.
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
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.
I love the inspiration from Xavier Perret. Am I right?
You are indeed!
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.
Where do you buy double-backed cards?
You can do it without a double backed card.....
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.
Oscar Owen isn't this a variation of the ambitious card?
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
Art McLellen yes but that is not the version that fooled houdini
Art McLellen Yeah you just have to practise the double lift.
It's great and all, but where do you get the double backer?
+Defa Witoelar search double backer card on Google shopping and loads will come up. Alternatively you can make your own as explained in the video .
Thank Mr
Bro I donât even do magic and I figured it out
Decent ambitious card routine, the double lifts are quite obvious, but that double backer helps a lot to cover it. I'm sure Houdini would of checked the deck though, and seen the double backer
sourish iyengar thanks for the feedback. Obviously if this was being performed to a spectator I would use misdirection or a wrist keel to hide the double life. Unfortunately you can't do that on CZcams đ
Oscar Owen You can have a decent DL on CZcams. You can have a bulletproof DL. You just have to work on your technique instead of excuses.
fingerjack Savage
Where did you learn your double lift ? It look so perfect *_*
I have a link to the tutorial in the description of my video.
thank uâš
Your welcome
That's amazing
Before i watch the tutorial, is it a double backer?
THANK YOU
The trick that fooled Penn and Teller:
Oh wait...
I remember seeing the thing about Houdini getting fooled by this, but I remember that they said that he signed the card.
Either way, signed or bent, it would work with this technique.
Thanks for the story of this trick buddy
I got the first and last one without the tutorial part, maybe the two cards were too far apart on the double lift though.
where do u find a double backer?????
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.
Wow! SIMPLICITY!!
TrÚs bonne vidéo pour une premiÚre 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 rÚgles , contrairement aux autres Innocents.
Wonderful
Nice
Keep in mind that double backers weren't commonly seen in Houdini's time, and Vernon would've performed the double lift much more seamlessly
+Danyal Ahmed exactly!
An episode of mysteries at the museum sent me here.
I am so confused as to why you would need a double backer. Wouldnât any card work?
U have a really good way with words
Biteyerlegshunt thanks!
I was follwing the part where you said that houdini picked a card by saying stop, to practice. I did exactly the same you did and I picked the exact same card you took.
+FoxTail737 no way!
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
That just goes to show that what we take as basics now was not even invented back then. Imagine that Vernon did an advanced invisible pass, or a DPS that would be pretty mindblowing for Houdini
Vernon could do both of those things...
pretty slick
This trick was inexplicable at the time and totally fooled Houdini. Thanks for the good presentation. Don;t worry about the few ridiculous comments below by people who have seen the double lift many times since those days. They need to do their homework!
Cheers mate! I completely agree with you!
Please Someone Tell me the music name!
people you should realise that Houdini wasn't really a slight of hand guy, he was an escapologist
I like your magic tricks
It's literally the ambitious card and a double back prediction based trick
I can't see why you need the double backer for this trick
You The Best Oscar Owen I like Wat u do
Don't tell the spectator that you'll place the card second from the top ... just use the Marlo Tilt instead
Ambitious card routine
I like the the music and your voice
People are saying there's no way this fooled Houdini, but it definitly would've because at this point in time, Vernon had created the Ambitious card routine, the one universal routine that fools everyone layperson it's shown before. Vernon had created so many new moves with this routine that no one had seen before (mainly the double lift) so it's easy to see why Houdini was fooled. Everyone is saying it's an easy trick because of how widely used this routine and moves it contains are used in modern magic, but back in 1899, this was the first time they had been used
if u pause the video at 1:45 you can see the bottom Carr is also a 4 of hearts
You dont even need a double back card to do this trick
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?
dunno I'm guessing double lifts weren't invented at the time houdini was around
Actually, I guess you could say double lifts were invented around the time that Houdini quit doing card tricks.
Placing it openly second from the top is a big mistake that may reveals the DL to a layman
DL secret should be better guarded than that. Doing the Tilt is a mandatory alternative to your routine
you know who else fooled Houdini? The guy that punched him in the stomach.
Oscar Owen You are my best magician
Theres no quicker way to get someone who's never heard of a double lift to figure out it's a double lift lol
wow amazing man i wait your news video oke oscar magiction
WOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! COOOOOL!!!!!
Saw this on Mysteries at the Museum last night--wondered how it was done--nice job man !! I'm not a magician but that was cool !! Never mind what the "pros" are saying in the comments!!
Houdini can't be that smart to be fooled by that trick!
Honestly when you look away from somewhere it is easier to see it in the dark