Just like walking through walls, it is always cool when a magician manages to convince us that he can move some part of his body through a solid object. One of the oldest tricks of this type is the hand through the glass trick. First, the magician taps the glass to show you that it is solid.
He may even have a volunteer from the audience check that it is just regular glass. Then a scarf or some other item is put through first and the finale is when the magician puts his whole hand through the seemingly solid glass.
The Statue of Liberty Disappearing
This is definitely a trick that you can’t try at home. Magician David Copperfield blew everyone’s mind in 1983 when he made the 310-foot tall Statue of Liberty disappear.
The trick was broadcast on television as a live special and also took place in front of a live audience. Leaving people around the world wondering, so how did he do it?
Secret Behind the Statue of Liberty Disappearing
Although Copperfield is amazing, he didn’t really magic away the iconic monument, instead, he very cleverly moved the stage. The audience didn’t know it, but they were seated on a rotating platform. Copperfield brought up a giant screen and while it was closed, he turned the stage just a tiny bit.
The real statue was then hidden by one of the posts that were holding up the screen. The lights around it were turned off and the second set of identical lights was turned on out at sea. Viola, a negative space that looks just like the original appeared.
Hand In Glass Trick Revealed
The secret behind this is actually quite simple and you can even do it at home with a little preparation. All you need to do is cut two specially prepared screens.
When the magician is ready to perform the trick, he shifts the real mirror to the back and moves the two fake mirror panels forward, leaving a place where his hand can fit. When he is done, an assistant shifts back the real mirror and he can once again show the audience how solid it is.
Turning $1 into $100
Who wouldn’t want to know how to turn a $1 bill into a $100 bill? Such an ability would certainly help make online shopping a lot more fun, but when a magician does it, the trick is still impressive.
You can clearly see that all they have in their hand is $1 and in seconds that becomes $5, $10 or even $100. We can assure you that if magicians could actually do this, they would most likely not be working on stage at all.