It’s Saint Patrick’s Day! Heading to the bars tonight? Here’s a trick that’ll blow anybody’s mind. Even if they’re sober. Even if they’re not Irish.

You can let them examine the empty bottle before the trick. Then you make a coin pass right through the glass and into the bottle. Then they can examine the bottle again. It seems impossible, but like all effective scams, there’s a trick to it.

Download the tutorial today and have it well-practiced by tonight.

Coin Through Bottle Trick

Scrud Kelley

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Dear Vin Scelsa,

Me and Razoo Kelley believes that music comes from the soul, so there’s no point in actually to hear it to preciate it.

Playing 'The Sounds of Silence'

Mute-sicians Forever,

me and Razoo Kelley

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Borrow somebody’s ring, get a rubber band and have somebody inspect it and even cut it for you. Then make the ring slowly move upward along the rubber band. It seems to defy the laws of physics, but it’s actually physics that makes it work. The tutorial will explain how anybody can do this anywhere at any time.

My Dad taught me this one. Imagine, kids learning bar tricks in grade school.

Anti-Gravity Ring

Scrud Kelley

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I’m all into exposing scams and in that light I have taken a particular interest in magic tricks - emphasis on TRICKS - because that’s really at the core of every scam. But sometimes I swear there might be a bit of “real” magic in play.