The William W. Larsen Memorial Library

Annemann’s Practical Mental Effects

Author/Editor: Annemann, Theodore

Foreword
Time Marches On

Chapter 1: Effects with Billets and Pellets
Bert Reese Secrets
Billet Switching
A Question and the Answer
The Al Baker Three Billet Trick (Annemann’s Version)
A Day of Your Life
The Germain Gem (Karl Germain)
Tervil (Orville Meyer)
Mental Hat Pin (Dr. Jaks)
Devil Device (Magnuson)
The OM Billet Switching Box (Otis Manning)
The Ghost of a Chance
Crystal Clear (Otis Manning)

Chapter 2: Publicity Effects
Mindreading Publicity Effect
News Event Prediction
The Unknown Subject
Publicity Stunt
On the Wire
Wired Thought
The Impression Moderne
A Cute Publicity Stunt
Death Flight (Tom Sellers)
Impromptu Vision (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
A Neat Publicity Trick (Nat Scherzer)
Television Compact (Dr. Jaks)
Graphology (L. Vosburgh Lyons)

Chapter 3: Dead or Alive
From Beyond the Grave
Two Papers and a Spectator
More Living Than Dead
Dead or Alive
The Secret (Joseph Dunninger)
Dr. Daley’s Death Divination (Jacob Daley)
The Ghost Hand (Henry Hardin)
Dead (Orville Meyer)
Hades Calling!
Nyctalopia (Paul Curry)
Entity Alone (V. S. Lyons & Bruce Elliott)

Chapter 4: Book Tests
Between the Lines
The Yogi Book Test
The Perfect Book Test
Whim of Tituba
Dice and a Book
The Word on the Page
Monk’s Mystery (Jack Vosburgh)
The Double Ad Test
Symmyst (Orville Meyer)
Behind That Door (Clayton Rawson)
20th Century Newspaper Test (Stuart Robson)
The Jaipur Jinnee (Eddie Clever)
40,000 Words (Sid Lorraine)
Another Dictionary Effect (Otis Manning)
David P. Abbott’s Book Test

Chapter 5: Thought Foretold
Pocket Prophecies
Construction of the Annemann’s Billet Index
The Original Effect
Lady and Gentleman
The Omega Card Propheciy
Orville Meyer’s Twin Prediction
Annemann’s Ballot Box Divination
Tomorrow’s Card (Clayton Rawson)

Chapter 6: Miscellaneous Mental Masterpieces
Sefalaljia (Steward James)
Telethot (Charles Jordan & Annemann)
The Astral Shirt (Annemann & L. E. Duncanson)
Impromptu Frame-Ups
The Phantom Artist (Annemann & Percy Naldrett)
Travel Thought (Hen Fetsch)
Taps! (L. Vosburgh Lyons)
Finger, Finger (Glenn Gravatt & Bruce Elliott)
Lock and Key (Hen Fetsch)
Telepathy on the Cuff (Robert Parrish)
Number Thot (E. G. Ervin)
The New Half and Half (L. Vosburgh Lyons)
Horrors (Stuart Robson)
Black Pin Idea (Stewart James)
Voodoo (Arthur Monroe)
Encore Voodoo (Eddie Clever)
The Krazy Kode (Bert Adams)
Operator Calling (Harris Solomon)
A Divination with Matches (Frederick DeMuth)
Calendar Conjuring (Tom Sellers)
Date Sense (Walter Gibson)
Shades of Sherlock Holems (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
Triumph of the Triumverate (Harry Blackstone)
Prophetic Tissue (Stewart James)
The Ball of Fortune (Stewart James)

Chapter 7: Envelope Necromancy
My Own Swami Test
Triple Coercion
Modernized Reading
Pseudo-Psychometry (Annemann Version)
Modernizing the “One Ahead” Principle (Joseph Dunninger & Annemann)
An Original Faked Envelope
Bluebeard’s Seven Wenches (Bruce Elliott)
Just an Echo (James T. Deacy)
Who Killed Mr. X? (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
The Astral Ad (Ed Wolff)
Reincarnation (Hen Fetsch & Harrison)
Prediction (Sid Lorraine)
Dark Sorcery (Albert Sidney)

Chapter 8: Miracle Slate Routines
The Perfect Club Slate Routine
Extra Sensory Perception
Notaria (Annemann, Al Baker, Jacob Daley)
A Torn Letter
Headline Hunter
Psychic Slate Test
The Gysel Slate
Before Your Eyes (Norman Ashworth)
Walter Gibson’s Method
Phantom Hand (Oscar Weigle, Jr.)
The Ultra Slate Message (Jacob Daley)
The Answer (Jacob Daley)
Never Fail (Jacob Daley)
Ultra Addition (Jacob Daley)
Sacred Script (Gordon R. McKenney)
Tribal Try (Len Sewell)
Duo Telepathy (Robert Parrish)
Slate Immortality (Robert Parrish)
Half and Half (Stewart James)
Numero (Al Baker)
The Super Slates
Gabbatha (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
Ghost Writer (Clayton Rawson)
Nonpareil (Stanley Collins)
My Case (Clarence Hubbard)
The 20th Century Slate Test (Jean Hugard)
The Schoolbag (Peter Warlock)
Knockout (Hen Fetsch)
A Slate and a Number (Orville Meyer)
Ghost Writer (R. M. Jamison)
Thought Rays (L. E. Duncanson)
Fatal Number (Henry Christ)
Familiar Spirit (Kent Arthur)
The Psychic Slate (Herbert Hood)
A Thought Out Thought (Herbert Hood)
Psychic Type (Stanley Collins)
Mixed Mystery (H. C. Mole)
Chalk on Metal Slates Tip

Chapter 9: Money Mentalism
Controlled Currency
A Mentalist with Money
Dollar Bill Switch (L. Vosburgh Lyons)
Mystic Perception (Henry Hardin)
Pay Day (Jack Vosburgh)
Numismatigic (Stewart James)
The Knickel of Kanadah (L. Vosburgh Lyons)
Dates (Charles Jordan)
Duplex Date Reading (Charles Jordan)

Chapter 10: Blindfold Reading
Par-Optic Vision
New Sheet Reading (Annemann & Burling Hull)
The Mystery of the Blackboard
In the Mind (Hen Fetsch)
With Sight Unseen (L. E. Duncanson)
Mephisto Thot (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)

Chapter 11: Mentalism with Cards
Magic vs. Mentalism
A Card to Be Thought About
Mind or Muscle?
Yggdrasil
Secret Order of the Aces
Parallel Thoughts
Volition
Waiting Place for Unknown Thoughts (Stewart James & Annemann)
The Brain Wave Deck (Dai Vernon)
I’ll Read Your Mind (John Crimmins, Jr.)
A Peculiar Happenstance (G. W. Lord & M. D. Overholser)
You and Yours-Me and Mine (Herbert Hood)
Parade of the Lamas (Bruce Elliott)
The Twin Princess (Walter B. Gibson)
Cherchez la Lady (Jack Vosburgh)
Open Minds (Audley Walsh)
Forced Prognostico (Tom Sellers, Val Evans)
The Dream of a Hermit (Dr. Jaks)
Mystic Matching (Dan Bellman)
Mental Rescue (L. Vosburgh Lyons)
Copy Cat (Verne Chesbro & J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
Ghostatic Touch (Hen Fetsch)
The Guidance of Fate (Orville Meyer)
Hypnosthesia (Newton Hall)
Mental Numbers (Vincent Dalban)
As in a Mirror Darkly (Robert Brethen)
New $1000 Test Card Location
Utility Routine (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
Only an Image (Eddie Clever)
Crystal-Viso (Dr. Jaks)
“Before Your Eyes” Business Card (Charles Nyquist)
Controlled Luck (Newton Hall)
A Mental Test Revamped (Herbert Hood)
Diabolical Influence (Harris Solomon)

Chapter 12: Psychic Codes
Weird Wire
Thoughts in the Air
The Eyes Have It (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
A Practical Card Code (Orville Meyer)
A Complete Silent Thought Transmission Act (Charles Jordan)
A New Method of Tabulation (Ralph W. Read)
Moonlight Madness (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
Hit Parade (Orville Meyer)