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* '''Gardner's Card Speller''' ([[Martin Gardner]]): [[Joe Berg]], ''[[Here's New Magic]]'' (1937, pp. 3-4).
 
* '''Gardner's Card Speller''' ([[Martin Gardner]]): [[Joe Berg]], ''[[Here's New Magic]]'' (1937, pp. 3-4).
 
** '''Improved Lie Speller''' (Martin Gardner): Martin Gardner, ''[[12 Tricks With a Borrowed Deck]]'' (1940, pp. 22-23).
 
** '''Improved Lie Speller''' (Martin Gardner): Martin Gardner, ''[[12 Tricks With a Borrowed Deck]]'' (1940, pp. 22-23).
** Martin Gardner, '' Martin Gardner's Table Magic'' (1998, pp. 26-27).
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** Martin Gardner, ''[[Martin Gardner's Table Magic]]'' (1998, pp. 26-27).
 
** '''That's The Way They're Done''' ([[Jerry Sorensen]]): [[J. G. Thompson]], ''[[My Best]]'' (1945, pp. 33-34).
 
** '''That's The Way They're Done''' ([[Jerry Sorensen]]): [[J. G. Thompson]], ''[[My Best]]'' (1945, pp. 33-34).
  
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** Bruce Cervon, ''[[The Cervon File]]'' (1988, pp. 29-34)
 
** Bruce Cervon, ''[[The Cervon File]]'' (1988, pp. 29-34)
 
** '''Tele-Spell''' ([[Ken Krenzel]]): ''Pallbearers Review'', Vol. 4 No. 5 (March 1969, p. 247).
 
** '''Tele-Spell''' ([[Ken Krenzel]]): ''Pallbearers Review'', Vol. 4 No. 5 (March 1969, p. 247).
** '''The Card Trick That Has No Explanation''' ([[Steven Youell]]): Steven Youell, ''Weapons of Mass Destruction'' (2004, pp. 5-9).
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** '''The Card Trick That Has No Explanation''' ([[Steven Youell]]): Steven Youell, ''[[Weapons of Mass Destruction]]'' (2004, pp. 5-9).
  
 
* '''The Inconsistent Liar''' ([[Roy Walton]]): Roy Walton, ''[[The Devil's Playthings]]'' (1969, pp. 53-55).
 
* '''The Inconsistent Liar''' ([[Roy Walton]]): Roy Walton, ''[[The Devil's Playthings]]'' (1969, pp. 53-55).
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* '''Lie Detector''' ([[Larry Jennings]]): ''[[Genii 1970 May|Genii]]'', Vol. 34 No. 9 (May 1970, p. 402).
 
* '''Lie Detector''' ([[Larry Jennings]]): ''[[Genii 1970 May|Genii]]'', Vol. 34 No. 9 (May 1970, p. 402).
** Larry Jennings, ''Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolics Lecture Notes'' (1979, pp. 20-21).
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** Larry Jennings, ''[[Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolics Lecture Notes]]'' (1979, pp. 20-21).
 
** [[Mike Maxwell]], ''[[The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings]]'' (1986, pp. 115-117).
 
** [[Mike Maxwell]], ''[[The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings]]'' (1986, pp. 115-117).
  
 
* '''Automatic Lie Speller''' ([[Nick Trost]]): ''[[The New Tops]]'', Vol. 10 Nos. 8-9 (August-September 1970, pp. 52-54).
 
* '''Automatic Lie Speller''' ([[Nick Trost]]): ''[[The New Tops]]'', Vol. 10 Nos. 8-9 (August-September 1970, pp. 52-54).
** Nick Trost, ''Subtle Card Magic, Part Two'' (1976, p. 12).
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** Nick Trost, ''[[Subtle Card Magic, Part Two]]'' (1976, p. 12).
 
** Nick Trost, ''[[The Card Magic of Nick Trost]]'' (1997, pp. 155-158).
 
** Nick Trost, ''[[The Card Magic of Nick Trost]]'' (1997, pp. 155-158).
 
** ''[[M-U-M]]'', Vol. 90 No. 8 (January 2001, pp. 38-39).
 
** ''[[M-U-M]]'', Vol. 90 No. 8 (January 2001, pp. 38-39).
 
** [[Jon Racherbaumer]], ''[[Cardfixes]]'' (1990, pp. 169-172).
 
** [[Jon Racherbaumer]], ''[[Cardfixes]]'' (1990, pp. 169-172).
** [[Tony Griffith]], ''Ultimate Reflections'' (2010).
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** [[Tony Griffith]], ''[[Ultimate Reflections]]'' (2010).
  
 
* '''Liar's Fortune''' ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): ''[[Hierophant|The Hierophant]]'', Nos. 5-6 (Fall-Spring 1970-71)
 
* '''Liar's Fortune''' ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): ''[[Hierophant|The Hierophant]]'', Nos. 5-6 (Fall-Spring 1970-71)
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* '''Random Speller''' ([[Jack Avis]]): ''[[Epilogue]]'', No. 24 (July 1975, p. 3).
 
* '''Random Speller''' ([[Jack Avis]]): ''[[Epilogue]]'', No. 24 (July 1975, p. 3).
  
* '''Would I Lie To You?''' ([[J. C. Wagner]]): J. C. Wagner, ''A Few More Secrets'' (1981).
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* '''Would I Lie To You?''' ([[J. C. Wagner]]): J. C. Wagner, ''[[A Few More Secrets]]'' (1981).
 
** [[Mike Maxwell]], ''[[The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner]]'' (1987, pp. 141-142).
 
** [[Mike Maxwell]], ''[[The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner]]'' (1987, pp. 141-142).
 
** '''Revised Lie Detector''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Olram File|The Olram File]]'', No. 14 (1993 pp. 5-7).
 
** '''Revised Lie Detector''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Olram File|The Olram File]]'', No. 14 (1993 pp. 5-7).
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* '''Tarradiddle''' ([[Peter Duffie]]): Peter Duffie, ''[[Quartet]]'' (1986).
 
* '''Tarradiddle''' ([[Peter Duffie]]): Peter Duffie, ''[[Quartet]]'' (1986).
** Peter Duffie, ''Subtle Miracles'' (2004, pp. 68-74).
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** Peter Duffie, ''[[Subtle Miracles]]'' (2004, pp. 68-74).
  
 
* '''Simplex Lie Speller''' ([[J. C. Wagner]]): [[Mike Maxwell]], ''[[The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner]]'' (1987, pp. 138-140).
 
* '''Simplex Lie Speller''' ([[J. C. Wagner]]): [[Mike Maxwell]], ''[[The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner]]'' (1987, pp. 138-140).

Revision as of 05:36, 13 January 2015

Lie Detector is a classic plot in card magic in which a magician can detect the selected card by having the spectator's purposely miscall it.

First suggested by Vincent Dalban in a letter sent to Theodore Annemann on December 5, 1934. Annemann published in Jinx January 1935 (No. 4) as a posed problem. The original plot as proposed by Dalban:

"The member of the audience shuffles the pack of cards and then, while the performer’s back is turned he deals the cards slowly face up onto the table, each time calling aloud the name of each card as dealt. Occasionally, he deals one card and calls the name of another but whenever he does this the performer pulls him up at once. The performer seems to know when the man is telling a lie."

Publications

Lie Speller

Lie Speller is a variation developed by Martin Gardner in the 1930s in which the spectator answers questions and is allowed to lie or tell the truth as the magician spells out the answer using the cards, the selected card ends up being the last card dealt.

Publications

  • Spell Me (Henry Christ): The Jinx, No. 30 (March 1937, p. 195).
    • The New Spell Me (Henry Christ): The Jinx, No. 37 (October 1937, pp. 249-250).
  • The Best Lie Detector (Marty Kane): Apocalypse, Vol. 16 No. 2 (February 1993, pp. 2173-2174).
    • Quick and Direct (Harry Lorayne): Apocalypse, Vol. 16 No. 3 (March 1993, p. 2187).
    • Untitled variation (Harry Lorayne): Apocalypse, Vol. 18 No. 11 (November 1995, p. 2579).
  • Divided We Lie (Peter Duffie): Peter Duffie, Effortless Card Magic (1997, pp. 48-49).
  • The Lie Detective (Peter Duffie): Peter Duffie, Effortless Card Magic (1997, pp. 50-51).
  • Lie Stebbins (Peter Duffie): Peter Duffie, Effortless Card Magic (1997, pp. 51-53).
  • Lie Stebbins Plus! (Peter Duffie): Peter Duffie, Effortless Card Magic (1997, pp. 54-55).