Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The trouble began with Harry Houdini's beaver-skin top hat. Tim Moore — known in Columbus, Ohio, as Dr. Magic Smile — was a ...

“Wonder is emotional, not just mechanical,” the president of The Magic Circle said. By Victor Mather When David Penn performs onstage, he does what magicians have done for hundreds of years: He makes ...

It is said that magicians never reveal their tricks. Now a secret society is exposing what's hidden up their sleeves in an attempt to draw in new members. Salem, Mass., is where Harry Houdini famously ...

Growing up, Katrina Kroetch didn’t know girls could be magicians. She watched David Copperfield and Criss Angel but never saw a woman in a magic show except as an assistant. When she was 18, she was a ...

At the “magic Olympics,” magicians from around the world compete to be deemed the world’s best. To win, they must fool each other. Every three years magicians from around the world compete in the ...

Magic is one of the oldest forms of entertainment, and much of its enchantment is said to rely on the audience not knowing how the tricks are done. However, while magicians swear to keep their secrets ...

The Magic Circle has readmitted a female magician expelled for tricking her way into the previously all-male institution by disguising herself as a man. “We’re proud to welcome back magician Sophie ...

Magicians have long been masters of mind games, turning our brain’s quirks and blind spots into moments of pure astonishment. But magic isn’t just for show – it’s become a powerful tool in the ...

Macklemore has taken up a new craft. The Grammy-winning rap artist recently told fans he is working on becoming a magician and will even be dropping a first-of-its-kind album that combines his love ...

Call them the wonder boys. They’re in the business of manufacturing the effect. Derek McKee, Franco Pascali and Zach Davidson may look like clean-cut 20-somethings kicking back in an Arts District ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Magic Castle, a private club that offers magic shows and other entertainment, opened in 1963. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles ...

Salem, Mass., is where Harry Houdini famously escaped from a jail cell in 1906, and at least since then, the town has attracted magicians. But lately, enrollment in Salem's historic magic society has ...