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Speaker 1 (00:14):
A magic detective starring the world's greatest living magician, Blackstone.
He tells you the inside story of the Hindu Sword Cabinet,
and right after the story, Blackstone will explain tricks that
you yourself can perform reveal the guarded secrets of the
world's greatest living magician.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Oh, hello, Dan, I'll be with you in a minute.
I just want to finish sticking knives through Rhoda.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
What on earth are you talking about.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
She's in a huge wreck of basket here, Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Hi, Rhoda Blackstone. Those long knives, what are you doing
with them?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Watch, well, you stuck that knife right through the basket.
Now if you've hurt Rode.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Oh isn't he chivalrous Roades? Oh?
Speaker 4 (01:10):
I just pour out hard good.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I don't get it. That knive's gone right straight through
the basket.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
And yet and these knives are going through too, one here,
and one here on the other side, and now this
one down through the center.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
But it's not possible. She can't be in there.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
You're right, it's not possible. Just my spirits in here.
I've been dematerialized.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Get her out of there, Blackstone, And this is getting me.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
The creeps materialize yourself Rhoda ah ah ah, that should
do it. Now I'll draw out the sword one and
the next, and this one and now this and this
all right down over the lip.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Why why, roader? You're you're all right good?
Speaker 5 (01:59):
I am?
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Yeah, that's a pleasure. Oh thanks, that's quite a trick, Blackstone,
It is puzzling. Yeah, how'd you do it?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Oh? That's what the swami Deli wandered?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Swammy Deli?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Who's he?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Is?
Speaker 5 (02:13):
That?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Something that happened while you we run in me a Blackstone?
Speaker 2 (02:15):
No, No, it all happened right here in town. Done.
It's quite an interesting tale. As a matter of fact,
One day young Jeff Milton dropped in the sea road
on me. I could see that he was very pub
You knew my aunt Melicent and my uncle Austin, didn't you,
mister Blackstone? Yes, I was very sorry to hear that
your uncle's death a year or so ago. He was
a fine old gentleman.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Did you know that uncle dabbled in spiritualism? Became quite
a thing with him shortly before he died. I believe
I had heard something about it. Yes, wasn't there a
swamy involved in there? Somewhere where Delhi I think his
name was. Yes, that's the very way. What's the trouble?
If your uncle was still alive, I could understand your
being upset. But he's been gone a year. It's exactly
a year today. He died at midnight. Well, he's been
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coming to see Aunt Mellison, Uncle Austin's widow, and he
has her pretty much in his power. Oh, she does
everything he tells her to. And I'm beginning to understand
your uncle left a pretty sizeable fortune. I believe, not
as much as gossip said he did, but more than
enough to see that Auntie never has to worry during
her lifetime, and Delli wants to get his hands on
it exactly. Uncle Auston told his wife that he'd come
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back and speak to her via Deli, exactly a year
from the moment he died. Aunt He has told Delli
that she'll deed her entire fortune over to him if
he can bring Uncle Austin back and to night's the night. Yes,
and he's still kenny enough to have a very slight
doubt about Delli. But if he can convince her that
her dead husband really does speak exactly on the stroke
of midnight that doubt will be erased. Well, from what
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I've heard of Deli, he can pull a number of
very convincing tricks, and you're afraid your aunt will fall
for one of them. She wants to believe so badly
that she'll almost convince herself in any voice that she hears.
At the stroke of midnight, she'll be sure his uncle's
I think I have an idea how we can stop
our friend road end. I will come out to your
aunt's home about eleven tonight. He never sees anyone except
(04:02):
me in the Swami she's a cripple, you know, stays
in her room. If you can arrange it so that
I can see the Swami, I think that'll be enough.
My assistant is in the basket that I have pierced
with saws. Now she will come out on how Rhoda
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materialize loggy yall, Now, I draw up a sword, this
one and this one, and now this and this Delli,
will you lift the lid of.
Speaker 6 (04:38):
The basket, lift the lead yourself met the Blackstone.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
The girl is in there unharmed, right, how about Rhoder?
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Okay, give me your hand.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Mister Blackstone. I speak to you a moment. Oh, surely,
what do you do? It's five minutes of twelve. That
clock is ten minutes slow. If you can do anything,
to do at fast. And he has the deed all
drawn up, and as soon as she hears uncle's voice,
she'll sign it. I'll work something that was.
Speaker 6 (04:59):
A very interesting, mister Blackstone, but not too simple. Anyone
with any knowledge of matric would know it.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Was a trick. You think so, I know, perhaps you'd
like to get into the basket. If you think it's
a trick, surely you wouldn't be afraid to try it.
Certainly I'm not afraid. I would be glad to enter
your basket. Shall we make an appointment for tomorrow afternoon?
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Oh the guy's afraid, but he's trying to get out
of it.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
That is not right, Miss Brent. I have a very
important engagement with the late Austin Milton that I must
keep at twelve o'clock.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
It's only a quarter of You've got plenty of time,
nor Jim Ruder.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
If the swam is afraid that his magic powers won't.
Speaker 6 (05:29):
Protect that, I will get into your basket now, mister Blackstone.
But make it thick. We haven't much time give me
a hand, please, mister Milton.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Yes, there you are. Now put the lid on. Now, Blackstone,
you had better dematerialize yourself, Tilly. Here is the first sauce.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
Call mister Blackstone. Please, You and I both know that
this is just a trick. Let us dispense with the
magician's petter.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Very well, here's the second sauce. And here's another, and another,
and one through the center and one over here. Are
you all right still, delly? Certainly?
Speaker 6 (06:09):
The first sword went under my knees, the second pass
my arms, the third close to my neck, and so on.
It is a trick, just as I said. Yes, you're right,
it's a trick. Just as you said, I proved my point. Now,
if you be kind enough to remove the swords, I
will go to keep my appointment with Austin Milton.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
It is getting late. Oh I'm afraid I can't do that.
What do you mean?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
You must first repeat the magic words. I can't move
the swords without them. Oh, come now, next Stone, I
have no time for fooling.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
H this is very serious. Repeat the words please, Now
let you go.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Have your fun What are the words?
Speaker 2 (06:40):
I repeat them? Well, now that's funny. I can't remember them.
Let me out of here this minute.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
You can't move for fear of cutting yourself. I won't
take the swords away until you give me the word.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
What are they?
Speaker 6 (06:51):
I can't remember your tongue twisters.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
And neither can I. Isn't that too bad?
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Two minutes to go back your girl.
Speaker 6 (06:57):
Your assistant, she knows the words, Ask her back down.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
It's a funny thing.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
I generally have such a good memory, yet tonight I
just can't remember a thing.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Out of here. I'll get you for this jet us
for what deli You climbed in there of your own volition.
I can't tell you how sorry we are. We can't
remember the words. Let me see now, Perhaps if I
concentrate m here.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Gallia Divisa s oh, no, that's true, you sasy. That's
not the right thing, Oh dear, I have it right
on the tip of my tongue.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
One minute, right.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I am disappointed in you, Rhoda. Here's the poor Swamy
in this telebrapix and we can't help him. This is
too bad.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Oh, young Lochin' bar has come out of the west.
Does that sound right? Back zone?
Speaker 2 (07:40):
No, no, no, that's naughty.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Let me off I tell you, Oh, I know it's
Maggie ky A.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
That's right, Rhoda, that's right. Say the words and you
can get out of Delli. And isn't it a shame?
It's just too late for you to keep that appointment.
Speaker 7 (07:57):
We're so sorry.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
And he didn't get the money.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
No, Don, he didn't aunts medicine, tore up the deed
and would never see him again.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
I've seen mad people in my life, but never anything
like our phony swami friend.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
He was rating, but there was nothing he could do.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
And so another mystery was solved by magic. That's right, Don, Well,
tell us what's the trick this time?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
It's called the Whispering Queen?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
And who is a whispering queen?
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Any queen you want, Rhoda, But first you mus shuffle
is pack of cards?
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Oh wep, here you go. But which queen do we take?
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Well, suppose we let Don name his favorite.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
All right, I'll take the Queen of Space.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Ye, here's the pack.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Good. We look through the pack face up and find
the Queen of Spade. All right, we'll give the Queen
to Don. Now I lay the pack face down and
divide it into three heaps.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
What about the queen like Stone.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Well, then I want Roader to slide the top card
of the middle heap under the table, but keep it
face down.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Roader, you mean, don't let anybody see it.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
That's right. Nobody used to see it except the Queen
of Spade. Now down, take the queen and slide it
gently under the card down the table.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Do you mean I slide the queen face up under
the card that's face down.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
That's right. That's the only way the queen can see
the card. Now draw the queen out again and give
it to me.
Speaker 5 (09:31):
Here you are one queen's place, and the queen is
supposed to know what card is lying face down.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Absolutely. When I hold the queen to my ear, she whispers,
five of clubs. Turn it up, Rota.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
If this card is the five of cobs, og is
the five of.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Club the five of clubs? Because the Queen is always right.
And if you stay around a few minutes, Roda, I'll
be back to tell you Park.
Speaker 5 (09:54):
Oh, you can't count on me to day. And now Blackstone,
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what made the queen whisper?
Speaker 2 (10:19):
She didn't have to whisper, Ohoda, You see, I knew
that card myself, but.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
You couldn't know it was a five of Clubs. I
shoveled the pack.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Before, but you're forgetting one thing. It was after you
shuffle that I asked, done his favorite queen?
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Oh, well, how did that help the tree?
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Very simply? We had to look for the queen, didn't we. Yes,
So I turned the pack face up and started looking
through the cards from the bottom of the peck like this. Yes,
that's the way you did it. And I did something
else done while looking for the Queen. I slid the
top card over to the left like this and saw
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it was the Five of Clubs.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
So you knew the top card was the five of
Clubs in the packpace down.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Yes, And when I cut the pack into three heaps
like this, I put the top heap in the middle.
I told Rhodad to take that heat, and I.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
Took the tap car and heat, thinking had came from
someplace down in.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
A pack, and the card was the five of Clubs.
So all I had to do was pretend the queen
looked at it and whispered the name of the card
to me temple, But did it? I hope you like
that trick, ladies and gentlemen. And until next time, this
is Blackstone, saying good magic and goodbye.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Be with us next time. One of the world's greatest
living magician, Blackstone tells us the story of the Face
of Death and explains more tricks that you yourself can before
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