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The Greatest Magic Show of all Time was a Lie
Manage episode 429057959 series 2939387
The true story of how Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin is called out of retirement to help quell an uprising in French Colonial Algeria. What happens next is the most famous, high stakes magic performance in history.
What the unbelievable story of Houdin tells us about or desire to believe and the distractions that lead con artists to take advantage.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
30 episoder
Manage episode 429057959 series 2939387
The true story of how Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin is called out of retirement to help quell an uprising in French Colonial Algeria. What happens next is the most famous, high stakes magic performance in history.
What the unbelievable story of Houdin tells us about or desire to believe and the distractions that lead con artists to take advantage.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
30 episoder
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