Scamapalooza with Nicholas J. Johnson

If I had to guess what the cardinal rule for card counters was, “Don’t draw attention to yourself” would be way up there.While card counting isn’t illegal, casinos aren’t too keen on having players us...

26 Huhti 202349min

Every other week, I am sent a video of someone playing The Shell Game. Maybe it's a cat finding a single treat under three cups, or maybe it's a magician impressing audiences with hand-carved replica ...

4 Huhti 20231h 2min

There is a popular image of a con artist that doesn’t exist in the real world. It’s an image of well-dressed, suave, fast-talking swindlers who—despite their dodgy dealings—always does the right thing...

21 Maalis 202343min

I have long suspected that Deepak Chopra spouts garbage. Despite being a trained physician, the author and self-help guru’s trademark new-age ramblings have always struck me as little more than pseudo...

7 Maalis 202335min

How does the daughter of a railroad hand become a millionaire in an age when women couldn’t even open a bank account?If you’re Cassie Chadwick, the answer is you pull off one of the most audacious sca...

21 Helmi 202338min

Have you ever thought about how magicians learn their tricks? Not the methods—the smoke and mirrors behind the illusion—but the actual process of learning a new effect. Even magicians don’t think too ...

20 Tammi 20231h 2min

If you know me then you’ll know that my nemesis is Dr Matt Pritchard.For the last few years, this evil genius has been creating impenetrable optical illusions on social media. A toy elephant vanishes ...

10 Tammi 202337min

My kid just performed their first solo magic show. In front of 300 of their peers, they correctly predicted a randomly selected TV show, vanished a bottle of coke and tricked the principal into openin...

3 Tammi 202329min