How Did He Do That? the Magic of Criss Angel: The Mind Freak

By The Outlaw, published Jun 16, 2006
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I'm sure many of you have heard of the great magician named Houdini who performed death defying actions on camera and in front of people. Well now there is a new Houdini and his name is Criss Angel. He also calls himself "The Mind Freak." 

The other day I was watching the A & E channel and Criss Angel's show. The stunts, when you see them would swear they are real. I was simply in awe when I watched his show and Criss Angel is must see television. He performs his stunts on camera in front of random people on the street and in places he has never been to before. 

Criss Angel not only does stunts that test the limits of physical endurance, but he defies gravity. I have never seen anyone do anything quite like what he has done.

Simple but magical stunts that he does include making a snake or bird appear out of thin air or from a bag or hat. Then there was the stunt which I have no idea how he did it. He went to a random store with a group of people who he introduced himself to randomly on the street. Then he went to the window of the store. He had two guys knock on the glass window to make sure that it was real and Criss Angel also knocked on the window to make sure it was real. The window even came from the store whose store owner was standing right there and who had never met Criss Angel before. 

Then Criss Angel pulls a plastic sheet of paper and tells two guys to hold the plastic sheet of paper over the outside of the window. He goes into the store and is accompanied by the store owner. On the outside of the store window are two milk crates. Criss Angel takes off his shoes and then walks inside the store, with the group of people gathered outside the store ready to see something amazing. And they do. 

Criss Angel somehow goes right through the solid window without breaking the window. While he is in the process of magically going through the window, he tells one of the bystanders to put his hand on the outside of the window near the plastic sheet of paper and he touches the man's hand. 

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LOL Joe...i think your are the naive one people can't accept things they never seen or heard before, so they assume it doesn't exist. its natural human reaction. but Criss Angel might have found a new way to perform magic, it might include illusions, but no camera tricks. the people are random, he wouldnt go out and pay people to be the audience, he'd hav to spend millions. there are other magicians out there that cant even explain how he does those mind blowing thing. Criss is good at figuring out how a normal mind thinks and find ways to go around it. Thats true magic

Posted on 12/23/2007 at 6:12:26 PM

 
He explains how to do levitation tricks and some others. he actually shows you on a video. The augience is not paid, they are just illusions and tricks.

Posted on 11/04/2007 at 6:11:00 PM

 
i was one of the guys on his show .. its no act

Posted on 10/11/2007 at 10:10:00 AM

 
The reason you can't figure out how he does his tricks, is BECAUSE you watch his show...camera cut-aways are everywhere to be seen, and I suppose everyone simply takes his word for it when he says, "you guys have never met before, right?" Jesus. "I've never been here before." Okay...Naive fails to describe what I see here.

Posted on 10/02/2007 at 1:10:00 PM

 
i love watching the show i cant figure out how he does it except one trik the levataion trik i cant explain but go on you tube and look up chriss angel one of the videos explains it and you no its how he does it because hes the one giving the video

Posted on 10/01/2007 at 4:10:00 AM

 
I've never seen the show, only heard of it. I guess I should check it out now.

Posted on 08/21/2007 at 7:08:00 AM

 
I just love Criss Angel. I've seen every stunt you've described, and it's exactly how you said: Gravity defying. Thanks for the great article on Criss!

Posted on 05/08/2007 at 10:05:00 PM

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