18 entries in Mental Magic / Effects / Liar Detection
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tommy Dowd Liars! three poker chips with a different stamps on it are selected, one of three spectators has to lie the other two tell the truth, performer knows who has which chip
Inspired by
  • an idea of Jack Vosburgh's "More than a Trick"
Variations
Aug. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 90)
364
Gerald Kosky To Lie or, Tell the Truth? four rings in a box, two are removed and by asking one question performer knows which rings are selected, one has to lie
1975 131
Jochen Zmeck Sie lügen three chips and girls with different hair color on them, three spectators choose them, divined who has which chip with lie detector presentation
Inspired byRelated to 1979 7
Frank Ross The Truth three objects take by spectators, two spectators lie and one tells the truth, performer knows which one, credit information
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1307
Leslie Anderson Liar... spectator selects group of cards and lies at one card
1981
Magick (Issue 275)
1373
Rudolf Braunmüller Der psychologische Lügendetektor lie detector word association game, no real effect
Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
155
Jack Yates Clue six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds different colored disc, murder game
Variations 1986 51
Reinhard Müller, Jack Vosburgh Die Lügner three spectator take an object each and then switch them, even though only one tells truth, performer locates objects
1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 2)
7
Karl Fulves Witness six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds murderer
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1992 78
Moshe Botwinick Uneasy Lies the Mind: To Tell the Truth audience members write several pieces of information on pieces of paper and they are collected in a box, some are selected and content divined using lie/truth presentation
Jan. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 7)
11
Moshe Botwinick Uneasy Lies the Mind: Post No Lies only effect description, liar routine with message board
Related to Feb. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 8)
5
Moshe Botwinick Uneasy Lies the Mind: Post No Lies - Part 2 only effect description, liar routine with message board
Related to Mar. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 9)
5
Moshe Botwinick Uneasy Lies the Mind: Lie-A-Bill one of five bills is selected by spectator and last digits of serial number remembered, liar routine to find bill then prediction of serial number is shown on business card
Apr. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 10)
5
Karl Fulves Pack of Lies No. 12, three red and black cards, spectators with red cards tell the truth, performer finds out who hides the Ace of Diamonds
Also published here 1995 20
Roy Johnson Tätersuche three cards with "lie" and three with "truth"
  • Die Fünfer-Version
Inspired by 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
122
Wayne Dobson Invisible Lie Detector five cards with items on them, one remembered by spectator, item divined and shown in hand, second repeat phase with different method
2002 8
Mark Gibson Murder Mystery five cards with the words liar, liar, truth, truth, murderer on them are distributed amongst five spectators in envelopes, question "are you the murderer" is used to divine all words
Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
82
Werner Miller Hat Trick spelling lie-detector trick with three cards with colored hats
Inspired by
  • "Il tuo Ferrari" (Werner Miller, 2005, online magazine Visions)
Related to
Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1129