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I'm looking for some ideas for tricks to perform on Halloween. What would your three recommended tricks be?

I was thinking of:

1. Levitation effect using an ITR or IT loops and a ghostly story line
2. A card effect using a black deck (tigers or vipers) or a ghost deck that ends using an omni deck
3. A vanish of sorts using a TT

Not too original I know but as I said, I'm a little stuck on ideas that tie in with Halloween.

The Haunted Deck might be an old standby - or other 'ghostly' things (J. Allen has a routine, Ghost, for an animated note. Simple and easy!)

Kati

Banachek has a PK touches routine that involves a ghost touching a blindfolded audience member sitting in a chair across the room, in the same place where you tap another audience member. Its absolutely baffling to most people, and its incredibly easy to perform.

I've got a haunted deck but never really took to it. It may be worth digging it out of the box and giving it another go.

PK touches is another good one - I'd forgotten about that and have this - thanks

In previous years Jim Pace's The Web http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic1396.php&highlight=web has been suggested because of the 'shock' value at the end. As long as you're careful about not selecting volunteers with dicky hearts then it's OK!

I'm just planning to read minds and contact the dead

I'm just planning to read minds and contact the dead

Ah, you're attending a Local Council meeting then?

Mandrake wrote:

I'm just planning to read minds and contact the dead

Ah, you're attending a Local Council meeting then?

I think I'd probably be trying to contact the living if I went to one of those. A mate of mine has to attend them to explain why he's digging up bits of road and says they're infuriatingly tedious, with small-minded idiots playing at power.

they're infuriatingly tedious, with small-minded idiots playing at power.

And they're the good ones! I've been to a few Council Meetings and I can honestly say that watching paint dry or traffic lights change are extreme sports in comparison. Most of the decisions are made behind the scenes well in advance and meetings have no real bearing on the decision making process other than if the meeting confirms the decision in which case it's welcomed!

Anyways, getting away from politics and back to the plot of Halloween........which local councillor would you like to scare the living daylights out of, and what voltage would you use?

Mandrake wrote:Anyways, getting away from politics and back to the plot of Halloween........which local councillor would you like to scare the living daylights out of, and what voltage would you use?

The idiot who decided to force the purchase of the land my dentist had his practice on, sold it to a property developer, then refused planning permission to set up a dental practice nearby. I now have to travel ten miles for a checkup. I think the output from a small substation up the jacksie should just about express my displeasure...

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......which local councillor would you like to scare the living daylights out of, and what voltage would you use?

The one who allowed two of the four roads in to Oxford city centre, one of the three Thames bridges and a whole section of the A34 western bypass be dug up at the same time.

There used to be a device in the science museum in Kensington that shot one million volts in to the air a couple of times a day. Sit on it councillor!!!![/quote]