Mark Elsdon

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Al Baker	A Telemirakel	ten cards from shuffled deck tabled in a row, random person called (really assistant how never hung up a previous call and secretly listens) who names four cards, the cards corresponding with the last four digites of the phone number in the ten-card row are those cards	Related to Only the Best Telephone Trick in the World... ...ever, that's all! (Mark Elsdon, 2008) Charles Nyquist (The Sphinx Vol. 41 No. 3, May 1942, p. 53) Also published here A Telemirakel (Al Baker, 2003)	1949	Mental Magic	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Person is called during performance Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Alex Elmsley	Late Night Location	spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, packet returned and deck faro shuffled, selection found, stay stack with duplicates	Related to Hide and Seek (Michael Powers, 2006) KiLocator (Mark Elsdon, 2006) Infinite Improbability (Jonathan Pendragon, 2024) Variations The Elmsley Touch (Paul Swinford, 1971) Late-Night Arising (Jon Racherbaumer, Niberco, 1990) Sudden Sandwich (Jon Racherbaumer, 1990) Spell Found (Doug Canning, 1996) Another Late-Night Session (Bob King, 1998) Another Late-Night Session (Bob King, 2002) Another Late Night Session (Bob King, 2010) Also published here Late Night Location (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	19	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Siamese
Jerry Sadowitz	The Whisperers	four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them	Related to Quietell (Philip T. Goldstein, Jerry Sadowitz, William Zavis, 1984) Quietell Jr. (Philip T. Goldstein, Jerry Sadowitz, 1984) Sottovoce (Philip T. Goldstein, 1984) Variations Whispered (Stephen Tucker, 1983) Whispereaders (Philip T. Goldstein, 1983) Stage Shout (Roy Walton, 1988) Cries and Whispers (John Bannon, Jerry Sadowitz, 1990) Sottovoce (Philip T. Goldstein, 1990) The Secret Merchants (Peter Duffie, 1992) The Defectors (Dave Campbell, 1993) Whisp (Philip T. Goldstein, 1994) A Change of Identity (Jack Avis, 1994) Which and Switch (Jerry K. Hartman, 1995) Boxed Tekel (Mark Elsdon, 2003) The Defectors (Dave Campbell, 2004) A Change of Identity (Identity Crisis) (Jack Avis, 2006) Girl Talk (Shiv Duggal, 2006) No Transfer Whisperers (Michael Powers, 2019)	1982	Alternative Card Magic	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Dr. Dan J. Alessini	Ulta-plus! Close-up Mental Act	multi-phase routine one of several bottle caps is chosen, matching beer is produced from jacket name of person written on paper is burnt and divined by performer chosen zodiac sign appears on boiled egg, inside the shell chosen tune is heard from box, which is later to be shown empty	Variations Bottle Capper (George Kirkendall, 1994) Bottle Capped (Mark Elsdon, 2008)	Aug. 1987	Magick (Issue 394)	1967	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope Bottle / Bottle Caps / Miscellaneous Egg / Message written on Hard-Boiled Egg Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Standard Predictions (one or multiple items) Food / Beer
Steve Draun	The Midnight Shift		Related to The "Graveyard Shift" with Top-Card Cover (Jack Carpenter, Steve Draun, 1992) Variations Graveyard Fan (Bill Malone, 1997) The Pinch Pass (Mark Elsdon, 1997) Also published here The Midnight Shift (Steve Draun, 1987)	1993	Secrets Draun from Underground	37	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Herrmann Style Passes
Mark Elsdon	Cardtoon, Too	deck shown normal, card with stick figure put on deck and it animates when riffled, deck shown normal again		Jan. 1996	Magic (Vol. 5 No. 5)	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Card-Toon
Mark Elsdon	The Pinch Pass	with all-around square-up	Inspired by The Midnight Shift (Steve Draun, 1993)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)	1237	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Herrmann Style Passes
Mark Elsdon	Reel Floating Match	match floats over playing card, invisible thread strings around card		Jan. 1998	Magic (Vol. 7 No. 5)	71	Match & Matchbox / Match / Animation Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Michael Close (reviewer)	The One with the Trivial Pursuit^TM Cards	by Mark Elsdon		Oct. 2001	Magic (Vol. 11 No. 2)	29	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Mark Elsdon	Boxed Tekel	two cards pocketed, the Jokers whisper the names to the performer, Jokers put in case, then pocketed cards shown, then they transpose with the cased Jokers	Inspired by The Whisperers (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982)	2003	Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck	26	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Mark Elsdon	mini bio		2006	England Up Close	148	Articles / Biographical
Mark Elsdon	Station Master	card in envelope is pierced by spectator with a needle, when taken out a whole is seen, map of London is on back of card and location is predicted with underground ticket		2006	England Up Close	148	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Mark Elsdon	KiLocator	fair selection and loosing procedure out of performer's hands, faro	Related to Late Night Location (Alex Elmsley, 1957)	2006	England Up Close	150	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Siamese
David Regal (reviewer)	Chaos 2	by Mark Elsdon		Feb. 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 2)	95	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jason England (reviewer)	Chaos 2	by Mark Elsdon		Apr. 2007	Magic (Vol. 16 No. 8)	43	Reviews / Props & Tricks
David Oliver (reviewer)	The Riser Deck	by Mark Elsdon		Jan. 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)	107	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Mark Elsdon	Bottle Capped	one of several bottle caps is chosen, matching beer is produced from jacket, free choice of cap and switch	Inspired by Ulta-plus! Close-up Mental Act (Dr. Dan J. Alessini, 1987)	2008	Mind Blasters	185	Bottle / Bottle Caps / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Standard Predictions (one or multiple items) Food / Beer
Mark Elsdon	Only the Best Telephone Trick in the World... ...ever, that's all!	object, person, place, ... decided upon and random person from phone book called, the person tells the item, helper is already secretly on the line without ever hanging up	Inspired by Norman Gilbreath routine in The Linking Ring, reference not given Related to A Telemirakel (Al Baker, 1949)	2008	Mind Blasters	187	Propless / Phone Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Person is called during performance
Mark Elsdon	Brainwave²	with two cards chosen by two spectators		2008	Mind Blasters	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Mark Elsdon	Parlour Monte			Jan. 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 1)	76	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Michael Weber, Tim Trono	Remote Coin and Date Divination	penny, dime and quarter borrowed, spectator distributes them in two pockets and hand according to performer's instructions, performer knows where which coin is and also date of coin in spectator's hand, free will Extra (bending addition, lie detector idea) (PDF bonus effect from Dec. 2012)	Inspired by "Sixty Two Pence" (Mark Elsdon, Conversation as Mentalism) Variations Remote Coin Bend (Michael Weber, Tim Trono, 2013)	Dec. 2012	Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 9)	1	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Free Will & Variants
David Oliver (reviewer)	In The Frame	by Mark Elsdon		Feb. 2013	Genii (Vol. 76 No. 2)	93	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Alexander de Cova	Killer-Kiwi	bill in kiwi Für Table-Hopper Die Table-Hopping Sequenz Die Meridian-Technik (Mark Elsdon)	Also published here Killer-Kiwi (Alexander de Cova, 2015)	May 2013	New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 6)	14	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit
Mark Elsdon	Foreword			2014	A Piece Of My Mind	7	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Dustin Stinett (reviewer)	Meridian Technique	by Mark Elsdon		May 2015	Genii (Vol. 78 No. 5)	84	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
David Regal (reviewer)	Last Laugh	by Mark Elsdon		July 2015	Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)	84	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Alexander de Cova	Killer-Kiwi	bill in kiwi Für Table-Hopper Die Table-Hopping Sequenz Die Meridian-Technik (Mark Elsdon)	Inspired by Carl Cloutier's Bill in Kiwi Also published here Killer-Kiwi (Alexander de Cova, 2013)	2015	Burners — Vol. 1	66	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit
Brad Henderson (reviewer)	The Trick that CAN be Explained!	by Mark Elsdon		Nov. 2019	Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)	84	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Brad Henderson (reviewer)	EL3DON	by Mark Elsdon		Jan. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1)	85	Reviews / Props & Tricks

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