101 Psychic Tests

Magic, Mentalism, Mediumship, Feats of Strength, Hypnotism, Mystery!

1983
Written by Al Mann
Work of Al Mann
28 pages (Spiralbound), published by Al Mann Exclusives
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
87 entries
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Al Mann The Iron Scuttle No. 1, steel bucket on head, deck is placed on it and performer takes and divines a card
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Al Mann The Finger Test No. 2, steel bucket on head, performer divines number of fingers spectator holds up
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Al Mann The Dice Test No. 3, steel bucket on head, dice are thrown on bucket and sum divined
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Al Mann The Medium's 3-Book Test No. 4, three selected cards put in three books, name of card, book and first sentence of pages are divined
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Al Mann The Suspended Glass of Water No. 5
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Robert Gysel The Suspended Wand, Cane or Broom No. 6, gimmick
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Al Mann The Suspended Pencil No. 7, on fingertips
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The Animated Pencil No. 8, pencil stands up on hand
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Passing a Pencil Through a Loop of String Half as Long as the Pencil No. 9, pencil with string through coat button hole
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Threading the Needle No. 10, blindfolded, threads needle many times
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Another Method No. 11, blindfolded, threads needle many times
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Al Mann The Shattered Chalice No. 12, glass with water and flowers suddenly shatters
Related to 5
Al Mann Mediumistic Stunts
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Vest Turning No. 13, hands tied, vest turns inside out
Related to 5
Fireworks No. 14, orange peeling squeezed over flame
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Al Mann Card Location No. 15, selection is found by holding it over a flame and little fireworks is seen
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Al Mann The L and D Test No. 16, fireworks and Living/Dead test
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Al Mann Fireballs No. 17, in dark seance room
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Al Mann Ghost Making No. 18, appearing ghost
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Many Ghosts! No. 19, ghosts appear near mouth of bottle
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Fingertip Ghosts No. 20, luminous paint
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Diabolical Eyes No. 21, light shoots from eyes of medium in dark seance room
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Luminous Eyes No. 22, eyes on poster glow in the dark, luminous paint
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Striking a Match Magically! No. 23, flourish
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Al Mann Causing Beutifull Explosions in the Seance Room No. 25, glowing bubbles explode when set on fire
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Cutting the Apple No. 26, apple on palm is hit by knife, apple splits in two but hand is unharmed
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Al Mann Apparitions No. 27, face of ghost appears, gets bigger and smaller and eventually disappears
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Al Mann A Magical Substitution No. 28, for stage or seance room, trunk substitution of two persons
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The Spirit Snooperscope! No. 29, using night vision goggles in a seance room
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'Spirit' Noise Maker No. 30, matchbox makes noise when it's liftet from table
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The Spirit Rapper No. 31
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The Mystery of the Marks No. 32, Xs appear on pieces of paper
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The Spirit Collar No. 33, steal collar escape
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Blood Writing No. 34, blood message appears on arm
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Real Blood Writing No. 35, blood writing appears on arm
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Stigmata! No. 36, hands placed on cardboards, blood imprint appears
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The Mystery of the Colors No. 37, wrapped color crayons are divined by medium
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Time, Predicted! No. 38, with an alarm clock
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Al Mann Cagliostro's Message! No. 39, question locked in box is answered
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The Lappone Move (with pocket slates) No. 40, message appears on tied slates
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Al Mann The Spirit Artist No. 41, two picture cards are placed between slates, picture appears on slate and cannot be removed
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Escaping from a Safe! No. 42
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Al Mann Hypnotizing Animals! Hypnotizing the following animals:
  • No. 43: Rabbit
  • No. 44: A Second Method
  • No. 45: Chicken and Rooster
  • No. 46: Another Method
  • No. 47: Lobster and Crayfish
  • No. 48: Frog
  • No. 49: Chameleon
  • No. 50: Snakes
  • No. 51: Crabs
  • No. 52: Guinea Pig
  • No. 53: Pig
  • No. 54: Pigeons
  • No. 55: In the Act (frogs & putting them on stage)
  • No. 56: With Rabbits
  • No. 57: The Prime Secret
  • No. 58: The Cobra! (see also reference)
Related to 13
Al Mann Brain over Brawn - Incredible Feats of Super Strength
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The Strangulation Test No. 59, rope is pulled around neck of performer
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The Brick Test No. 60, performer breaks brick with hand
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Bending a Bar of Steel! No. 61
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To Tear a Telephone Directory in Half No. 62
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Ripping a Deck of Cards No. 63
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The Nail Act: Driving a Nail into Wooden Plank with Your Bare Hand No. 64
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Driving a Nail through the Wall No. 65
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Bending a Large Thick Nail with Your Bare Hands! No. 66
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Bending a Nail with Your Teeth! No. 67
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Extracting Nails from a Wooden Board with the Fingertips! No. 68
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Pulling a Bus with Your Teeth! No. 69
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Al Mann Note No. 70, on the nail act and Jerry Fulton
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The Anvil Test No. 71, performer lies on bed of nails with anvil on chest, assistant beats on anvil with a hammer
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Breaking a Large Stone on the Chest of the Strongman with a Sledge Hammer as He Lays on a Bed of Nails No. 72
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A Car is Driven over the Body of the Strongman without Injury! No. 73
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Bending a Steel Bar with the Head! No. 74
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Breaking a Heavy Welded-Link Chain with the Chest Muscles! No. 75
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Lifting a Heavy Metal Tank Full of Water! No. 76
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Very Strong Ladies No. 77, several strongman stunts
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If a Young Lady Extends Her Arms and Places Her Hands Flat against the Wall, Half a Dozen Persons Cannot Push Her against the Wall! No. 78
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The Unreachable Matchbox No. 79 chalk line, matchbox cannot be reached
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The Mystery of the Typewriter No. 80 wordlist, selected word is written by spectator on typewriter and divined by performer
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The Mystery of the Oranges No. 81, signed orange is mixed with other oranges in a bag, performer locates the signed one without looking
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The Malayan Thumb Tie No. 82
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The Mango Tree Mystery No. 83, floatable cork method
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Eating Glass No. 84, dangerous method
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Joseph Ovette Direct Mindreading No. 85, with assistant under table
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The Whispering Seashell No. 86, hearing a whisper from a seashell, palpitator gimmick
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X-Ray Vision No. 87, shuffled deck is cut in four piles, performer names the four bottom cards
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The Cards in the Box No. 88, three unknown cards are put in box and divined by performer
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The Test of the Words No. 89, three words from box are selected and written down on pieces of cards, shiner on book
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The Number on the Bullet No. 90, card with numbers put in envelope and prediction marked on a bullet, spectator shoots on envelope with a riffle and hits predicted number
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The Tongues of Hades No. 91, flames are seen in dark seance room
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The Second Hand Miracle No. 92, performer names selected book and chosen word
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The Bug in the Ear No. 93, hypno trick, subject feels bug in ear
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Delicious Soap! No. 94, hypno trick, apparently subject eats a bar of soap
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Spirit Ants No. 95, spectators feel invisible ants, itching powder
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The Spirit Violin No. 96, violin starts to play in dark room
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The Spirit Harmonica No. 97, harmonica plays on its own
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The Spirit Trumpet No. 98, trumpet plays on its own
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The East Indian Bean Trick No. 99, three beans are eaten and reproduced from mouth
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The Grande Entrance No. 100, with Nelson changing grocery paper bag
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Al Mann The AME Spirit Lock No. 101, lock that can be opened with key and with bare hands, construction details
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, November 2016.