William W. Larsen

Here's an entertaining, 25- to 60-minute lecture that you, the magician or mentalist, can present on the topic of scams and cons. And it's a money-maker.

Become an Expert on Cons and Swindles...
Or just talk like one. This is a new field for most magicians and mentalists, allowing you to give your lecture to civic groups, security seminars, government agencies, corporations -- anywhere people gather. And these organizations have deep pockets, too, able to pay you well for your time.

Fabled Bunco Games of History...
Now become practical, effective tricks in the magician's hands, each...

Just think!

You'll learn how to make two selected cards turn over in the pack without the use of skill and no false moves of any sort; to make a selected card vanish from the hands of the spectator and be found elsewhere; to make two cards change places - the positions of the cards being seen up to the moment of the change;...

Don't confuse this with the old "two person" comedy mindreading act. This hilarious routine can be performed by you, alone, without assistants, stage hands or stooges. Using a crystal ball, a jumbo electric light bulb, or even a swirly-painted bowling ball, you cause a laugh riot by apparently answering questions which have been merely "thought of" by your audience. There's no mystery to it. All you need is this clever...

From the authors of The L. W. Card Mysteries comes this great ebook of effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine thought stealing!

You get:

• Psychic Vision - An ingenious method of answering a single question.
• The Quick or the Dead - Perhaps the best method ever for performing this great billet test. Put your thinking cap on and you'll find many uses for this, aside from the original premise.
• From a Shuffled Pack - A great test feature. ...

Host your own entertaining séance or year-round haunted house with these frightfully spooky stunts.

Not just for Halloween, you'll be the life of the party any time with more than a devil's dozen effects and stunts that take place around the séance table or darkened room. They won't break the (blood) bank, either.

Newly revised, with over 20 pages of added content, including new methods, attractions and ideas to make yours the most talked-about event in your city or town. Don't just perform magic . . . live it in your own house of spooks and ghosts.

Here's a partial look at the contents: ...

Whether you want to haunt a house, perform a parlor seance, or entertain a private audience with a series of ghostly mysteries, this book shows you how to do it. Long out of print, this limited edition manuscript is now available to a new generation of house haunters, spirit mediums and practitioners of bizarre magick. Use these spine-chilling effects to scare the yell out of your victims. If you're a storyteller, use one or more of these macabre stunts to accentuate a horror story.

Use an effect or two to spice up your existing act....

Entertain your talk with magic: Your audience will not only be informed, but entertained with magic effects that you likely already have, or modestly priced items easily obtained from most any dealer. This newly revised edition also includes three effects recommended by Larsen, that you would previously have had to buy separately.

This lecture is in demand: Not a magic show...

You'd expect to pay a king's ransom for the original, single broadside sheet manuscript. Luckily, Magic World has reissued this hard to find manuscript in a revised, easy-to-read digital format. Unlike the original, the individual effects now even have titles, making it easier than ever before...

The material in this ebook was chosen for its entertainment value, its suitability for small audiences, and to ensure that the methods are new and novel. Not a rehash of old content, this is magic that your audiences will enjoy as much as you will enjoy performing it.

You get:

The Magic Mail - The magician forgets to stamp a letter. A spectator chooses a denomination from among 16 choices and holds the...

Musical Mindreading - A spectator selects one of twelve songs, without revealing it to anyone else - and the medium (seated at the piano or CD player) is somehow able to play that very selection. Most musical mindreading acts have required long study. This can be learned in less than fifteen minutes. Little or no expense. An excellent, apparently impromptu item for the home, club or stage.

Distant Card Reading - A number...

Entertain your pitch with magic
Interspersed throughout the comedy pitch are honest-to-goodness magic effects that you likely already own. In this revised edition, you are given several examples that will give you additional ideas. There's no need to go out and buy new tricks.

This lecture is different
Not a magic show in the strict sense, this is a humorous act in itself, which is how you present it to potential clients. This talk is just the ticket for corporate...

Aside from the author's sage and practical advice, garnered from hundreds of shows for youngsters, you get twelve entertaining routines using standard equipment you likely already own. Now you, too, can crack this lucrative field and beat out the local competition. Included are tricks using toys, animals, rings, coins, handkerchiefs, silks, etc. Most of the described effects include full patter.

Best of all, this edition has been newly revised and updated with performance suggestions and...

1. Thayer's Magical Bulletin - Volume 13, Number 1 - June, 1948 - 16 pages
1. cover photo - Charles Kirkham
3. Inside the Cabinet - Bill Larsen, Jr.
3. Pipe Lines - Bill Larsen, Jr.
4. Suggested Routines - Edw. W. Myers
4. Why Doesn't Someone ...? - Bill Larsen, Jr.
5. Interesting Combinations - Bowman and Clark
5. So You Want to Play Casuals - Dale Williams
6. Be Careful What You Say! - Pat Fitzgerald
6. Whispers - Bascom Jones, Jr.
7. Old Timer Recalls - Jerome Isaacs
7. Put Your Act to Work - Bill Larsen, Jr.
8. Talk for Tricks
   • Patter for Multiplying Golf Balls - Pat Fitzgerald
   • Patter for Mutilated Parasol...

420 pages

1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 1 - September 1936 - 36 pages
4. Contents
4. A Love Poem - T. Page Wright
5. The Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. MAGIC
   6. The Error Aces - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   6. Nothing New in Parasols - Dale Williams
   7. Felix, The Felicitous Feline - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   9. The L. W. Stop Mystery - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   9. McMillen-Wright Rising Cards - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
      10. The...

464 pages

1. Genii - Volume 2, Number 1 - September 1937 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Thomas Chew Worthington III
4. In This Issue - Contents
4. Thomas Chew Worthington III - biographical notes
5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
6. MAGIC
   6. The Third Eye - William W. Larsen
   7. "Dots" - Frank M. Chapman
   7. The Chinese Bartender - Dale Williams
   8. Indian Prisoner Tie - Fred Kapp
   8. "Tattle-Tale" -...

412 pages

1. Genii - Volume 3, Number 1 - September 1938 - 40 pages
1. Cover - Al Robbins
5. Albert C. Robbins - biographical notes
5. In This Issue - Contents
5. My Favorite Tricks - The Editor
   • A Bit Of Clairvoyance
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. Mr. Charles Waller, of Australia Presents The Parcel That Makes Itself
7. "Old Stuff" - George G. Kaplan
8. Eddie Clever Presents Measured Thoughts
10. William Tell Up-To-Date - George Postle
11. Oscar Weigle,...

403 pages

1. Genii - Volume 4, Number 1 - September 1939 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Maldo
5. Maldo - biographical notes
5. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
5. In This Issue - Contents
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. The Inevitable Rabbit - Jon Kirby
8. "Vernon's" Spirit Slate Routine - Vernon Cook
8. Scattered Shots - L.O. Gunn
9. By Touch Alone - Harlan Tarbell
9. The Traveling Stamps - Loring Campbell
9. Handkerchief Restored - Caryl S. FLeming
10. Noting...

420 pages

1. Genii - Volume 5, Number 1 - September 1940 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Bernard A. Giannini
5. Bernard A. Giannini - biographical notes
5. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
5. Index- Contents
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. Nite Club Magic - Milbourne Christopher and Russell Swann
   • Opening Tricks and Gags
     • A Blare of Trumpets
     • A Pin Please
     • Introducing the Magician
     • The Rising...

476 pages

1. Genii - Volume 6, Number 1 - September 1941 - 40 pages
1. Cover - Caryl Fleming Memorial Issue
7. Caryl S. Fleming - biographical notes
8. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
9. Any Drink Called For - Caryl S. Fleming version
10. Success - poem - Harry Opel
10. I Spell Your Card - Gerald Kosky
10. Do You Remember When? - Harry Opel
11. Flower Fantasy - Jack Trepel
12. The Inverted Cigarette - Dr. Ervin
12. Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
12. Wallace Lee - memory feat
13. The King Can Do No...

432 pages

1. Genii - Volume 7, Number 1 - September 1942 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Floyd and Jennie Thayer
5. Floyd and Jennie Thayer - biographical notes
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. Fame Maker - Harry Mendoza
7. Caryl Fleming Suggested--
   • Magical Impersonations
   • Comedy Interruption
8. Tips - On-Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
   • Even Further "Out of This World"
   • No More Gas
   • Zipper Banana
   • Papa Gag
   • Pencil Tip
8. "Here's Your Stamp" - Frank Herman ...