Escapology Magic

Straight Jacket - £199.99
Skill Rating: Intermediate
Now you can escape just like Houdini! This jacket gives you the extra edge you'll need to make a safe escape each and every time! Made of canvas, with buckles. Has the appearance of an ordinary straight jacket, but is cleverly gimmicked to allow for a quick escape.

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Mail Bag Escape - £65.00
Skill Rating: Easy
The magician is padlocked in a large pre-examined mailbag from which he magically escapes. The bag can be thoroughly examined before and after performance. It is a canvas bag, with metal grommets on top. A solid examined steel bar is passed through these grommets, with padlocks on both ends of the bar, any padlocks can be used. This is a very effective escape act, which may be presented as a complete act, or embellished with additional escape props. For example, the magician could be handcuffed and then placed in the bag, and escape from both bag and handcuffs. Or the bag could be used in conjunction with a Substitution trunk.

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Thumb Cuffs - £10.00
Skill Rating: Easy
The magician has a spectator examine a pair of un-gimmicked double-locked thumb cuffs. The spectator is then locked into the thumb cuffs and is unable to escape. The magician shows that only 2 keys can open the cuffs and free the spectator. The magician gives both keys to another spectator to hold. A volunteer locks the magician's thumb cuffs on. The spectator covers the magician's hand with a cloth (not included). Instantly the magician has escaped! Wait...he's in again...no, he's out! Finally, when the cloth is whisked away, the cuffs have completely vanished!!! Comes with real thumb cuffs, and 2 keys.

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Quick Release Handcuffs - £15.00
Skill Rating: Intermediate
The magician asks two spectators to examine two padlocks that are going to be used to fasten him into a set of old-fashioned handcuffs. These handcuffs have a frame that holds the two hands apart. The spectator then fastens the magician into the handcuffs; however the magician can remove his hands in seconds, and just as quickly replace them to be confirmed as secure, before escaping again.  Great for a comedy routine. Dose not include pad locks

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Houdini on Magic, by Walter Gibson & Morris Young - £10.99
Harry Houdini’s fame is secure as the greatest magician of modern times. Many of his fabulous escapes, indeed, now sound more like legend than history, ye they really happened. He permitted himself to be thrown, manacled, into Hudson River; to be nailed into packing cases and lowered into the ocean; to be suspended by the ankles, straitjacketed, hundreds of feet above the ground – and in every case escaped easily. This book is Houdini’s own accounts of these exploits, supplemented with rare photographs and posters, first-hand material from periodicals and pamphlets, and behind-the-scenes revelations of some of the master’s most prized secrets: how he picked locks, how he sawed a girl in half to become twins, how he walked through a brick wall, how a girl can vanish from a sheet of plate glass without trapdoors, hoists, mirrors or other such apparatus. There are also instructions for performing 44 stage tricks. These are illustrated with diagram sequences that cover every step in performance. Finally, of special interest to many readers are Houdini’s accounts of great magicians of history and of Houdini’s own battles with spiritualists and fraudulent mediums. 155 illustrations, 280 pages, size: 5⅜" x 8½"

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