Criss Angel Mindfreak tricks/illisions, do u know any??

Question

I am a really big Criss Angel fan and I was wondering if anybody new how to do a trick by him and if they are willing to share it with me? I really enjoyed the quarter through can trick, does anybody know how to do that one or any other majic tricks/ Illisions. The first person to tell me a really good trick, gets the 10 points!!!

Thank you soo much!!
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im sorry, I think i explained the question wrong...I wold like to know how to do the majic tricks!! Not things that he has done.

thanks.

Answer 1

The "quarter in the can" trick was created by a young man named Wayne Houchin, and Criss Angel used it with his permission. Like any trick, it takes a lot of practice, in this case it takes quite a bit of sleight-of-hand. Here's how he does it:

When he "slams" the quarter into the bottom of the can, he leaves the coin momentarily hanging there on the "lip" of the bottom of the can as he's holding the can with one hand, and showing off the empty hand he "slammed the coin into the can" with (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/mikejonas/0817061307.jpg ).

When he takes the can back in his other hand (holding it by the bottom), he lets the coin slip back into that hand. In palming the can back and forth between hands, the coin is kept against the side of the can with the thumb/fingers (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/mikejonas/0817061308.jpg ) and gradually brought up to the top of the can. Here's where the sleight-of-hand comes in--one needs to keep the quarter from being seen/noticed as one holds it against the side of the can and slides it up and over the top of the can discreetly (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/mikejonas/0817061309.jpg ). When he lets you hear the coin "clatter inside," that's the coin clattering on top of the can.

When he opens the soda, some more sleight-of-hand keeps the coin hidden and surreptitiously dropped into the can *in the act of opening it* (all the foam helps) (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/mikejonas/0817061310.jpg ) ; notice in the videos below how the person takes a little longer (and is a little more deliberate and careful) in opening the can than a normal person would. Someone who's mastered the trick, like Wayne Houchin himself, can do it as smoothly and unnoticeably as possible.

Wayne Houchin doing the trick himself:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qM8gCEPCN4A

Other people doing the trick:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4J-Fb9b4Em8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vjcHKj6VitI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=65NGvXhvjLc


EDIT: Here's the video BOB W below is describing:
(http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6616406655978150142

Answer 2

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Criss Angel Mindfreak tricks/illisions, do u know any??
I am a really big Criss Angel fan and I was wondering if anybody new how to do a trick by him and if they are willing to share it with me? I really enjoyed the quarter through can trick, does anybody know how to do that one or any other majic tricks/ Illisions. The first person to tell me a really...

Answer 3

While I don't know exactly how Criss Angel does his tricks, I will tell you that most of his tricks are very similar to the tricks that Harry Houdini used to perform years ago. Also, if you pick up any book on how to do card tricks, you will find tricks very similar to the card tricks that Criss Angel does on "Mindfreak".
Another thing to keep in mind when looking for exactly how Criss Angel does his tricks is to keep in mind that Criss modifies very old little-known about tricks that aren't published in today's books on how to do magic, so one would have to look for antique books on magic to find similar tricks to the ones that he does on the show.
Because I'm an amateur magician, I'm not going to tell you exactly how Criss Angel did ANY of his tricks, but I will say that his tricks are almost identical to the old rarely known about tricks, except for the fact that he modernizes them for this day and age.
Another thing to keep in mind about Criss Angel is that almost all of his escape tricks are very similar to the escape tricks that were performed by Harry Houdini years ago, as are some of his non-escape tricks and also that although Harry Houdini was most famous for his escape tricks, he also did other magical illusions too, which are almost unknown. A lot of those non-escape tricks, as well as the escape tricks that Harry Houdini performed hundreds of years ago are the kinds of tricks that Criss Angel performs his hown modified versions of.
In short, if you do extensive research and reading up on Harry Houdini, as well as how very old magic tricks were performed, then watch "Mindfreak", you will have roughly the knowledge of how Criss Angel performs all of his tricks.

Answer 4

I saw a video where he explained how he would levitate on stairs.

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ITS SIMPLE. when criss angel performs his levitation, one of the legs of his pants is custom made so that he can remove his leg without disrupting the pants, making it seem like his leg is still straight down on the floor and doesn't bend (that's y he stands tall when he levitates). what he does is that he stands about a foot away from a table or wall (about 1-2 feet tall) with his back towards the audience. what he does next is pretty simple. He lifts up his foot (the one that can be lifted without moving his pants, by the way only the back of his pants is just another layer of heavy clothing, only the back, that's y it doesn't move when he extends his leg) smoothly and places it on the table (his leg is bent). then he leans his weight onto that foot and once he feels he his foot is placed properly with his weight on it and wont slip, he pushes down straightening that leg and bringing his other leg up onto the table beside his other leg. because the pants were set up so that it looks like his leg is always straight, the audience thinks that he managed to keep his feet together, his legs straight and rise onto this table by some unknown force. the only thing that has any strange properties is his pants, that's it. everything else is just body movement.

Answer 5

WHOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAA dude you can't just go around telling people how to do those tricks! Then everybody will know and it's no fun. I bought the DVD to tell me how to do the quarter through the soda can. And now it's out for free? That's harsh. Anyway, what I did was I split the cost with a friend so we both learned it and it was cheaper.

Don't let the magic secrets out! That totally goes against everything in magic! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I know you totally want to know, but please don't spread the tricks out. It ruins all of the fun.

Answer 6

download limewire and search for "criss angel". there is a video showing how to do his levitations and the quarter through can trick.

Answer 7

I think season 5 will not start for a while right now he is doing a show in vegas called BELIEVE i saw it and i thought it was pretty good

Answer 8

going Thur a wood chipper