A History of The Haunted Key

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Today’s topic: The Haunted Key

1935
Nate Leipzig

1937
Tops Magazine article by Ormond McGill

1942
Edwin Corrie said that he purchased a key in 1942 at Snyder's Magic Shop in Cleveland

1952
Jaks' fingertip handling was published in PHOENIX issue 246 (January 11, 1952), p. 984, with an illustration by Jaks.

1963
John Mulholland's Book of Magic has the “Spooky Key” on page 76

1972
Close up Magic for Beginners by Harry Baron 1972

1973
Van Cleve had it in a set of lecture notes

1979
Body Magic by John Fisher
Describes the fingertip balance and the key turning inside a book

1976
Charles Cameron published the fingertip balance in DEVIL'S DIARY, crediting it to Dr. Jaks

1978
Both versions (palm and tip of middle finger) are included in Martin Gardner's Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic. The fingertip method is attributed to Dr. Jaks
1983
Key to Borley Rectory by Martin Breese
First to use a balanced key
Supreme Magic released The Haunted Key.
This effect was purchased by a US dealer

1986
Spirit Theater by Eugene Burger

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