Weird History
Tragic Magic Tricks That Fatally Backfired
2025 • E17 Mar 22, 2025 11m
Extreme stage magic has more in common with daredevil stuntwork than carefully crafted illusions. Its practitioners walk a metaphorical, and sometimes literal, tightrope to create a thrilling spectacle for the audience. But tempting fate can have disastrous results, and not even magicians are immune to deadly mishaps.