Think Stop Trick

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charles T. Jordan The Dealing Dovetail Detection No. 5, card is found after lots of real shuffling
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 25
Charles T. Jordan The Bare-Faced Detection No. 13, card chosen by cutting, found with the faced towards the spectators at all times
Related to 1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 45
Charles T. Jordan The Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 25
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Curious Card Reading card fairly chosen and lost while performer has his back to spectator, it is found, repeat and card is simply named by performer, confederate in audience codes card
 		1928 The L. W. Mindreading Mysteries 2
Eric F. Impey A New Method of Card Location card chosen and replaced, spectator deals cards face-up, performer stops him at selection, key card from different deck
 		1928 Original Card Mysteries 3
Eric F. Impey Stop (Simplified Version)
Inspired by 1928 Original Card Mysteries 7
Theodore Annemann A Card is Found Once More
Related toVariations 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 9
Theodore Annemann The Challenge of the Year long distance location, one-way backs
Related toAlso published here 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 15
Unknown The Moving Finger
1935 Mental Magic with Cards 11
Charles T. Jordan Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 85
Unknown A Count Down Mystery with out-of-hand key card placement
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 87
Unknown Tone Control key card location
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 88
Unknown Melrose card vanishes and reappears with "think stop" procedure, sticky substance on finger
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 108
Unknown Diachylon Stop Trick
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 109
Unknown Diachylon Super Color Change card found with think stop procedure, back changes, sticky card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 110
Theodore Annemann Think Stop one-way backs
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 144
Unknown The Deck That Isn't for insiders, one-way backs with red in one way and black the other
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 145
Theodore Annemann A Card is Found Once More one-way backs
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 147
Theodore Annemann Challenge of the Year long distance location, one-way backs
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 157
Theodore Annemann A Miracle out-of hand selection, one-way back
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 163
Al Baker Think "Stop" wax pellet
Variations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 323
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37) 177
John Northern Hilliard A "Think Stop" Trick
Variations 1938 Greater Magic 239
William H. McCaffrey "Think Stop" one way deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 496
Oscar Weigle The Challenge Blindfold Card Routine genuinely blindfolded
Effect No. 1: think stop
Effect No. 2: performer stops while dealing
Effect No. 3: spectator reads cards and performer detects card by voice
Effect No. 4: performer stops spectator's deal and even names card
Also published here 1939 Do That Again! 43
Hen Fetsch In the Mind performer really blindfolded
  • think stop with one selection
  • think stop with three selections
  • a chosen card is named
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 88) 554
James G. Thompson Jr. Than Which No Whicher one of the kings is chosen, cards dealt and performer says stop when the king is reached
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 26) 107
Professor El-Tab Silent Stob think stop with two cards
 		1945 My Best 82
Hen Fetsch In the Mind reprint
Related to 1945 My Best 84
T. Page Wright, William Larsen The L.W. Stop Mystery spectator thinks of any card in half the deck, all shuffled together and pocketed, spectator removes cards one by one and performer stops him at selection
VariationsAlso published here 1945 My Best 95
Jean Hugard Solomon's Seal six cards stack, presentation with a drawn star, cards are laid on the corners of the star and spectator thinks stop
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 82) 332
Paul Morris Just Think Stop!
May 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 12) 118
J. B. Bobo Stop Card Trick
1947 Watch This One! 33
Paul Curry Two Minutes from Now spectator thinks stop at his selection when performer names the cards, position is predicted too
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 125) 504
Eddie Joseph Heart Throb spectator thinks of number between five and twenty and remembers card at that position, another card is chosen, both found while spectator deals through the deck
Also published here 1947 Heart Throb 2
Unknown Think Stop
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 229
Charles Nyquist, Edward Dart The Stopper Mind Reading Trick No. 117
Related to 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 227
Al Koran Effect No. 2. "Stop - By Power of Thought" performer blindfolded
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 74
Jack Avis All Fair Impromptu Spell mental spelling, imperfect card principle
 		1955 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955) 18
Oscar Weigle Challenge Blindfold Routine genuinely blindfolded
Effect No. 1: think stop
Effect No. 2: performer stops while dealing
Effect No. 3: spectator reads cards and performer detects card by voice
Effect No. 4: performer stops spectator's deal and even names card
Also published here 1956 Top Secrets of Magic 13
James Steranko Fantasy Card Routine Chapter Thirteen
  • Oneway Faces (not pointer cards, but uneven printing)
  • The Division (spectator cuts to a card behind the performer's back and replaces)
  • The Afterthought (selection from in-the-hands spread)
  • The Bisection (two selections by cutting of small packets and remembering bottom cards)
  • The Retention (fake memory demonstration, move-a-card)
  • The Abstraction (one of three cards thought of, OOSOOM)
  • Fantasy Notes
 		1960 Steranko on Cards 93
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 14
1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 24
Harry Lorayne Stop! estimation of place spectator cuts to
Related to 1962 Close-up Card Magic 64
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Perfecz Poker Face performer stops at named card
 		1967 Between Two Minds 33
Eddie Joseph Heart-Throb spectator thinks of number between five and twenty and remembers card at that position, another card is chosen, both found while spectator deals through the deck
Also published here 1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 60
Unknown Think Stop
1972 The Living End 3
Unknown At Second Spectator's Number using the glide
 		1972 The Living End 45
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
 		1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 58
Jerry K. Hartman Irresistible Force packet of cards are dealt through face up singly and spectator says stop when he wants and his card is dealt facedown, spectator sees they are the Diamonds in order, his card is turned up and it is the Joker, see also “Irresistible Prediction” p. 58
Related to 1974 Super Dupes 22
Jerry K. Hartman Irresistible Prediction packet of ten cards, spectator names one as the “open prediction” and packet is shuffled, spectator stops as magician deals through packet and stopped-at card is the prediction, see also “Irresistible Force” p. 22
 		1974 Super Dupes 58
Roger Smith Stop - A Mental Spell spectator thinks stop during spelling
 		1975 Smith's Mini-Lecture Notes No. 1 1
Carlhorst Meier Experiment 1: Die Übertragung eines "Stop" Befehls performer blindfolded, card chosen and lost, performer deals through cards and stops at selection
 		Nov. 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1) 40
Harry Lorayne It's Impossible! automatic placement, position of card predicted, or other ideas:
  • Spell a Name
  • Lie Detector
  • Think Stop
 		1977 The Magic Book 146
Jerry K. Hartman More Than One Way "There's More Than One Way To Spin A Cut."
two decks in reverse order
Inspired byRelated to 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 12) 1184
Unknown Stop Mental
1980 La Baraja Multiefecto 76
Simon Aronson, David Solomon Doublestop two selections, two piles, spectator thinks stop on his selection in one pile and second selection is at same position in other pile
Inspired by
  • "Break Even" (Howard Lyons, Ibidem #4)
Variations 		1982 Sessions 5
Daryl Martinez A Few More Ideas ideas for previous "Magician Fooler"
 		1982 Something for Everyone 2
Unknown Think Stop key card
 		1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 25
Unknown Other Uses - Prearranged Decks
  • Lie Detector
  • Think Stop
  • Gossiping Queen (whispering)
 		1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 34
Thomas Alan Waters Attaploy cards put in breast pocket, with Jack Hughes' Attaboy
 		1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cardiact) 530
Unknown Hornswoggled No. 54, twenty-one cards are removed and a card chosen with a counting procedure
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 78
Stephen Minch Think Stop No. 1, card selected, performer deals face-up through cards, stops at selection, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 9
John Cornelius Eyes Tell No Lies risky
 		1986 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 2) 18
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Stop spectator deals and performer stops him at selection
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 19
Simon Aronson Mix and Match two decks riffle shuffled together and divided into two halves, one chosen from one half, performer shouts stop when the other one is dealt, the cards match
Related to 1990 The Aronson Approach 59
Karrell Fox A Couple of Card Miracles
  • The Perfect Miracle (performer deals blindfolded through deck, stops at selection)
  • Pulse-Stop (performer holds spectator's wrist while going over spread to find selection)
Also published here 1991 Goodies 67
T. Page Wright The Force with outs
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 93
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. Stop Mystery spectator thinks of any card in half the deck, all shuffled together and pocketed, spectator removes cards one by one and performer stops him at selection
Also published here 1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 293
John Northern Hilliard "Think , 'Stop!'" Card Tricks three methods, double backer and tactile key cards
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1211
Basil Horwitz Out of Hand & Out of Sight Experience blindfolded think stop
 		1994 The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 3 69
Simon Aronson Doublestop Simplified two selections, two piles, spectator thinks stop on his selection in one pile and second selection is at same position in other pile
  • Key Method
  • "No Key" Method
Inspired by 1995 Simply Simon 79
Simon Aronson The Trained Deck selection cut into deck, three chosen cards added, selection at this position, repeated, then selected card is spelled by spectator in his head while performer deals, performer stops at selection, Multiple Card Sum Stack
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 123
Karl Fulves A Magical Effect think stop, then in next effect the color of all cards in top third are named
 		1998 Combo 2
Oscar Weigle Eine Blind-Kartenroutine genuinely blindfolded
Also published here 1998 Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 3) 108
Christian Scherer Sensitive Finger five phases blindfold routine with sense of touch presentation
  • 1. finger print, by touch
  • 2. think stop
  • 3. rising card under handkerchief, magnetism presentation
  • 4. card identity divination
  • 5. location of selection
Inspired byRelated to 1999 Sensitive Finger 9
Ellis Stanyon The Margin and Pip Discovery No. 18, "Houdin's Dream", one-way by margin or by one-way faces
  • Improved Version (Think Stop presentation)
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 10
Jerry Mentzer Think Stop Standard key card location, spectator thinks "stop" and magician stops on their selection
 		1999 Cunning Card Miracles 5
Steve Bedwell Stacked Thoughts three selections divined, one found with "think stop" procedure when cards are spread in front of spectator's eyes
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 22
Karrell Fox Foxy "The Perfect Miracle" performer deals blindfolded through deck, stops at selection
Also published here 2000 Card File Two 163
R. Paul Wilson Think Stop
2001 Crash Course in Brain Surgery 6
Justin Higham Spectator's Stop Trick selection glimpsed
 		2001 The Simulation of Miracles 19
Tony Bartolotta Without a Clue No. 80, some cards hidden, card cut to and lost, found by performer
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 120
Al Baker Think
2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Contributions) 519
Al Baker Stop Trick tactile key card
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 740
John Bannon Dead Reckoning floating key
Inspired byVariations 2004 Dear Mr. Fantasy 88
Karl Fulves Stopped Clock spectator and performer remove a card, shuffled back in, performer deals and stops at both cards, domain theory
 		2005 Clockwork 23
Jack Avis A Presentation
2006 Rara Avis 177
Steve Beam, Doug Canning Digging Deeper two selections, silently spelled and spectator think stop
Inspired by
  • Paul Hallas' "Magic" in "Son of Totat"
 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 31
Steve Beam Even Deeper two selections, silently spelled and spectator think stop
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 34
Steve Beam Journey to the Center impromptu version of Digging Deeper
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 35
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
VariationsAlso published here 2007 Chapter One 2
Philip T. Goldstein Spelling the Future think Stop, then card is spelled and leads to a card which performer has predicted
 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 111
Joseph Barry Don't Stop Thinking stop trick at thought-of card, think stop, then spectator stops at performers card
 		2014 Reverie 20
Paul Vigil Think Stop performer counts mentally backwards, spectator says stop, then performer names number which is position of card
 		2014 Classic Fantastic 243
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia A Think-Stop Trick
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 Lecture Notes 2014 22
Patrick G. Redford Stop Poker Tells performer deals through deck face up and, without looking, knows when he has arrived at selection
VariationsAlso published here
  • “Stop Poker Tells" (Patrick G. Redford, Square, 2010, n. p.)
 2014 Applesauce 89
Keith Fields Stop Revelation for Stage presentation idea for "Stop Poker Tells"
Inspired by 2014 Applesauce 97
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia A Think and Stop Card Trick
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 7 Mysteries of Mentalism 43
R. Paul Wilson Think Stop
2017 Just Think 16
Johnny Thompson The Genii Stop Trick spectator thinks of card in half the deck, spectator deals cards one by one after naming his card, performer stops the deal at selection
Inspired by
  • "L. W. Stop Mystery" (Wright & Larson, Genii, Vol. 1 No. 1)
 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 127
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
Also published here 2018 Repertoire 45
Sylvain Juzan Double Stop with two selections, faro, two methods
 		2021 Every Card You Take 67
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