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Showing posts with label Robert Heller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Heller. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Robert Heller Lecture Notes Available

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  My friends, I have now finished my talk at the 2024 Yankee Gathering on the Life of Robert Heller. It was well received and a really fun ...
Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Notes on Episode 11 The Great Maro

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Here is the cartoon that appeared in the Sphinx Magazine on Maro. I believe the reason he left the 'devilish imps' off his poster...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Continued Clean-up of Robert Heller's Grave

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I just received a note from Tony Selletti about a young man, Ken Biddle, from Philadelaphia who, along with his wife, have begun some add...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

The Magic Detective SHOW New Episode

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Well, after a VERY long absence, the Magic Detective Show is back. If you're new to this, the show is a 5+ minute video blog on magic hi...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Robert Heller's Magnifecent Peacock

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Robert Heller and his Peacock Automaton As fascinated as I am by Heller, I must now admit, I also have an odd fascination for the so-ca...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Heller, Houdini and more

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Photo taken during Houdini's visit to the grave in 1910 My fascination with Robert Heller began with Houdini. Specifically, the ima...
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Friday, February 8, 2013

The Hat of Robert Heller

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A short time ago I had been contacted by an auction house who had acquired a top hat said to belong to a once famous magician. They co...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The Incredible Walnut Street Theatre

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I love old theatres, and in America there is none older than The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. It has been around for 204 years ...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Robert Heller's Nephew, Maybe

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Imagine my surprise to discover a performer who claimed to be the nephew of Robert Heller. I found  him quite by accident. I was looking f...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Episode 2 Magic Detective Show

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Here is Episode 2 now online. Once you watch the episode, head over to the blog article which gives more information about Episode 2. Enjo...
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Episode 2 Additional Information

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For the record, I love searching out the graves of dead magicians. Mainly because it's so darn hard to find the graves of living ones....
Saturday, June 2, 2012

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery-Magic Style

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In today's magic world we have enormous amounts of imitation, which is often more akin to theft and copying than imitation. One recent e...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Houdini's Grave & More

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If you've been following my blog, you know about the October 8th Heller Project to clean up the grave of Robert Heller. Thankfully, ther...
Monday, September 12, 2011

October 8 Heller Project Update

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I just received some photos from the grave area where Robert Heller's tombstone sits. These pictures clearly show the neglect and lack o...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The MAGIC used by Civil War Magicians

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After I completed my series on Magicians of the Civil War era , I noticed that many of them did the same tricks. I wanted to give you some h...

The October 8th Heller Project

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Allah Shaw, Charles Carter and Houdini at the grave of William Henry Davenport Houdini during his life used to visit the graves of magici...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

Upcoming Articles and other stuff

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In the new few days & weeks, I'll be posting a bunch of new stuff. I've got an article coming on the magic used during the Civil...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Happy Birthday Robert Heller!

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Robert Heller Happy 182nd Birthday ! Well, that is IF it's your 182nd birthday. It's been difficult to pin point the exact year of ...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Civil War Era Magicians Part 7

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Ira and William Davenport certainly have that 'Civil War Era' look. They were two brothers from upstate New York. Probably influenc...
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