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unusual facts about stage magician



Cthulhu's Dark Cults

The Eternal Chinaman: In San Francisco 1920 a stage magician hires his brother to protect him from a Tong-style cult.

Harry Blackstone, Jr.

Blackstone was born Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. in Three Rivers, Michigan, the son of noted stage magician Harry Bouton Blackstone, Sr. (also known as "The Great Blackstone").


see also

Harry Blackstone

Harry Blackstone, Jr. (1934–1997), a popular stage magician and television performer of the late 20th century

Howard Thurston

Thurston is mentioned and appears briefly in Glen David Gold's novel Carter Beats the Devil (ISBN 0-7868-8632-3), concerning fellow stage magician Charles J. Carter and the Golden Age of magic in America.

Käla Mandrake

Käla Mandrake is the granddaughter of the stage magician, Mandrake the Magician.

William Melville

In June 1900 Melville met future stage magician Harry Houdini when he came to Scotland Yard to showcase his abilities as an escapologist.

Zachary Zatara

One Year Later, he is performing as a professional stage magician in Japan with an attractive young Japanese assistant called "Bunny," who he treats with mixed amounts of kindness and condescension.