Pulling a rabbit from a top hat. Teleporting from one cage to another. Finding a coin behind a five-year-old’s ear. Magic has long inspired a sense of awe and wonder, but one portion of the population ...

People's perceptions of magic tricks and why they are effective are often in direct contrast to how magicians feel their performances are being received by their audiences, new research has suggested.

It is said that magicians never reveal their tricks. Now a secret society is exposing what's hidden up their sleeves in an attempt to draw in new members. Salem, Mass., is where Harry Houdini famously ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Joining us on Eyewitness News Saturday Morning were Michael Chaut and Todd Robbins, who have been showcasing their magic for years in Greenwich Village. Their Off-Broadway ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magicians use a lot of psychology to trick you during a performance. (Getty Images) (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The exploits of any ...

Admit it — you still get mindblown every time you come across a street magician performing yet another seemingly impossible trick. And honestly, who doesn't? They always make you scratch your head and ...

Murray Sawchuck, aka Murray the Magician, racked up 65 million YouTube views exposing how simple tricks are done — a cardinal sin among magicians. Now his fate in the Academy of Magical Arts hangs in ...

To help pay for his undergraduate education, Elias Garcia-Pelegrin had an unusual summer job: cruise ship magician. “I was that guy who comes out at dinnertime and does random magic for you,” he says.

Salem, Mass., is where Harry Houdini famously escaped from a jail cell in 1906, and at least since then, the town has attracted magicians. But lately, enrollment in Salem's historic magic society has ...

The exploits of any paranormal detective — from Sherlock Holmes to Scooby-Doo — will tell you that the mysterious and the magical always have an explanation grounded in science. (Take the Victorian ...