Skullo-cation

Skullo-cation is a trick by Bill Nord, first sold around 1948. The performer places several cards in the mouth of a small skull key chain. He shakes the skull and all the cards fall to the table, except one. The selected card.

Many of the original advertisements for the trick quoted John Scarne as having said, "Bill Nord's Skullo-cation is the most terrific close-up trick I've seen."

Resources

• Skullo-cation (Bill Nord): Marketed item, 1948, Tannen's.

• The Last Word on Skullo-cation: Bill Nord, 1949, Holden's Magic Shop, 8 pages.

• Jolly Skullocation Dead Name Test (Jolly Ericson): The Linking Ring, Vol. 29 No. 11 (January 1950, pp. 50-51)

• The Jokers (Jack Avis): The Phoenix, No. 242 (Nov. 16, 1951, p. 968).

• Uncle Louie the Gamboleer (John Zlogar): The Linking Ring, Vol. 31 No. 12 (February 1952, pp. 75-77).

• Smoking Skull (Percy Haldeman, Jr.): Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 10 No. 10 (March 1953, p. 1055).

• Super Auto Skullo (Harold G. Beaumont): The Linking Ring, Vol. 36 No. 10 (December 1956, pp. 69-70).

• Skullocation Idea (Peter McDonald): Abracadabra, Vol. 31 No. 799 (May 20, 1961, pp. 297-298).

• Devil Skullocation (Mike Rogers): The Linking Ring, Vol. 43 No. 4 (April 1963, pp. 73-74).

• The Bubble Dog Card: Tony Griffith, An Invitation to Mystery (1969).

• Dexter the Dexterous (Guy Thompson): Magick, No. 1 (1970, pp. 1-2, 4).

• Skullocation: Don Lawton, Lots of Lawton (1971, pp. 84-85).

• Leonard the Lecherous Little Leprechaun (Scott Hestevold): The Linking Ring, Vol. 54 No. 8 (August 1974, pp. 59-60).

• D-D-T! (Ron Bauer): The New Tops, Vol. 22 No. 2 (February 1982, pp. 25-28).

• Skeletini: The Bone-a-fide Magician (Daniel Cros): Marketed item, 1989.

• "Skullo" Handling (Jack Avis): Anthony Brahams, Rara Avis (2006, p. 125).

• IZOD the Educated Alligator (Al Cohen): Genii, Vol. 77 No. 5 (May 2014, p. 15).