David Hoy
#1 Audio author
(Evansville, Indiana: 21st July, 1930 - 2nd April, 1981)
Dr. David Edwin Hoy, son of a Baptist lay preacher and a reverend in his own right. Spent a year as a missionary in South America. Thence, a radio broadcaster in Evansville. Semi-pro to pro mentalist to psychic as "Dr. Faust". Had a weekly syndicated column about his predictions in 350 newspapers nationwide.
Invented the Tossed Out Deck by 1963. Edited Ministers' Magic Service 1958 (4 issues). Wrote Spiritism (c1955), Magic of the Eye (c1955), Magic with a Message (1956, 70pp), Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust (1963, 28pp), and David Hoy's Psychic and Other ESP Party Games (1965, ghosted by Walter B. Gibson). Biographer is John Godwin, Super-Psychic: The Incredible Dr. Hoy (1974).
