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Houdini's Diary (Gimmick and Online Instructions)

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Houdini's Diary

This is Wayne's take on the classic Diary Card effect.

As ever, he has routined it to be SUPER-SIMPLE to perform:

NO STACKS - NO ARITHMETIC - NO MEMORIZING - NO CRIBS
NO SLEIGHT OF HAND - ONLY ONE DIARY - INSTANT RESET

Not only is it a strong effect, but the Houdini theme is intriguing and memorable.

You offer to show them the trick Houdini claimed as his favorite card trick!

It involves a vintage diary - and you managed to get hold of one of Houdini's original private diaries.

As a man fascinated by the occult, Houdini liked to write the name of a playing card against every day in the diary, in the belief that particular cards had resonance with certain days of the year.

The spectator calls out any date in the year that means something special to them: a genuine, free choice.

When you spread the deck face down, every card is blue-backed except for one card - which is red-backed AND bears Houdini's signature on the back!

The spectator only now turns to the date and confirms that the cards for that week are all different. For the first time, they tell you the name of the card at that particular date.

The amazing coincidence is that their chosen date was the very one that Houdini's pet dog died; the single red card is now shown to be the very same card.

You'll love the antique diary and photograph Bob Gill designed and Alan Wong produced especially for this effect.

But most of all, you'll love Wayne's very funny comedy presentation that is the making of this routine: one you'll enjoy performing - every time you do it.

Two Steps Away From Chronologue

Bob Cassidy's stroke of genius with his CHRONOLOGUE diary effect was the elimination of a deck of cards. From the audience point of view, only a single card is in play. This is vital. Bringing in an entire deck of cards reduces this to a card trick. Very bad mentalism. Making the prediction an odd card in the deck is even worse. If you have to do this, make it a reversed card, perhaps by Houdini's ghostly hand.

The diary is the best bit

The antique diary here is the best part, although it is obvious that it is a modern printing, so it doesn't look truly antique. One disappointing thing is that the gaffs included have standard rider-backs, but the faces don't have standard court colours, so they won't ideally fit in a standard deck; they're also lower quality than a standard Bicycle card. The gimmicks are also not examinable. It comes with a URL for downloadable instructions, but this is a PDF and not a video. It's a decent trick, but don't set your expectations too high.

Two Steps Away From Chronologue

Bob Cassidy's stroke of genius with his CHRONOLOGUE diary effect was the elimination of a deck of cards. From the audience point of view, only a single card is in play. This is vital. Bringing in an entire deck of cards reduces this to a card trick. Very bad mentalism. Making the prediction an odd card in the deck is even worse. If you have to do this, make it a reversed card, perhaps by Houdini's ghostly hand.

The diary is the best bit

The antique diary here is the best part, although it is obvious that it is a modern printing, so it doesn't look truly antique. One disappointing thing is that the gaffs included have standard rider-backs, but the faces don't have standard court colours, so they won't ideally fit in a standard deck; they're also lower quality than a standard Bicycle card. The gimmicks are also not examinable. It comes with a URL for downloadable instructions, but this is a PDF and not a video. It's a decent trick, but don't set your expectations too high.

Two Steps Away From Chronologue

Bob Cassidy's stroke of genius with his CHRONOLOGUE diary effect was the elimination of a deck of cards. From the audience point of view, only a single card is in play. This is vital. Bringing in an entire deck of cards reduces this to a card trick. Very bad mentalism. Making the prediction an odd card in the deck is even worse. If you have to do this, make it a reversed card, perhaps by Houdini's ghostly hand.

The diary is the best bit

The antique diary here is the best part, although it is obvious that it is a modern printing, so it doesn't look truly antique. One disappointing thing is that the gaffs included have standard rider-backs, but the faces don't have standard court colours, so they won't ideally fit in a standard deck; they're also lower quality than a standard Bicycle card. The gimmicks are also not examinable. It comes with a URL for downloadable instructions, but this is a PDF and not a video. It's a decent trick, but don't set your expectations too high.

Two Steps Away From Chronologue

Bob Cassidy's stroke of genius with his CHRONOLOGUE diary effect was the elimination of a deck of cards. From the audience point of view, only a single card is in play. This is vital. Bringing in an entire deck of cards reduces this to a card trick. Very bad mentalism. Making the prediction an odd card in the deck is even worse. If you have to do this, make it a reversed card, perhaps by Houdini's ghostly hand.

The diary is the best bit

The antique diary here is the best part, although it is obvious that it is a modern printing, so it doesn't look truly antique. One disappointing thing is that the gaffs included have standard rider-backs, but the faces don't have standard court colours, so they won't ideally fit in a standard deck; they're also lower quality than a standard Bicycle card. The gimmicks are also not examinable. It comes with a URL for downloadable instructions, but this is a PDF and not a video. It's a decent trick, but don't set your expectations too high.

Two Steps Away From Chronologue

Bob Cassidy's stroke of genius with his CHRONOLOGUE diary effect was the elimination of a deck of cards. From the audience point of view, only a single card is in play. This is vital. Bringing in an entire deck of cards reduces this to a card trick. Very bad mentalism. Making the prediction an odd card in the deck is even worse. If you have to do this, make it a reversed card, perhaps by Houdini's ghostly hand.

The diary is the best bit

The antique diary here is the best part, although it is obvious that it is a modern printing, so it doesn't look truly antique. One disappointing thing is that the gaffs included have standard rider-backs, but the faces don't have standard court colours, so they won't ideally fit in a standard deck; they're also lower quality than a standard Bicycle card. The gimmicks are also not examinable. It comes with a URL for downloadable instructions, but this is a PDF and not a video. It's a decent trick, but don't set your expectations too high.

Two Steps Away From Chronologue

Bob Cassidy's stroke of genius with his CHRONOLOGUE diary effect was the elimination of a deck of cards. From the audience point of view, only a single card is in play. This is vital. Bringing in an entire deck of cards reduces this to a card trick. Very bad mentalism. Making the prediction an odd card in the deck is even worse. If you have to do this, make it a reversed card, perhaps by Houdini's ghostly hand.

The diary is the best bit

The antique diary here is the best part, although it is obvious that it is a modern printing, so it doesn't look truly antique. One disappointing thing is that the gaffs included have standard rider-backs, but the faces don't have standard court colours, so they won't ideally fit in a standard deck; they're also lower quality than a standard Bicycle card. The gimmicks are also not examinable. It comes with a URL for downloadable instructions, but this is a PDF and not a video. It's a decent trick, but don't set your expectations too high.

Two Steps Away From Chronologue

Bob Cassidy's stroke of genius with his CHRONOLOGUE diary effect was the elimination of a deck of cards. From the audience point of view, only a single card is in play. This is vital. Bringing in an entire deck of cards reduces this to a card trick. Very bad mentalism. Making the prediction an odd card in the deck is even worse. If you have to do this, make it a reversed card, perhaps by Houdini's ghostly hand.

The diary is the best bit

The antique diary here is the best part, although it is obvious that it is a modern printing, so it doesn't look truly antique. One disappointing thing is that the gaffs included have standard rider-backs, but the faces don't have standard court colours, so they won't ideally fit in a standard deck; they're also lower quality than a standard Bicycle card. The gimmicks are also not examinable. It comes with a URL for downloadable instructions, but this is a PDF and not a video. It's a decent trick, but don't set your expectations too high.