Episode 3 - The War Magician

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Bunkum and Ballyhoo

Patrick W. Reed

16 episodes

5 days ago

A podcast about bullsh*t - join your host, author and professional wrestling historian Patrick W. Reed, as he takes a look back at the lives and lies of some of history's greatest showmen, con artists, grifters, hustlers and bullsh*tters of all kinds, from pro-wrestling to politics, and from sideshows to pseudoscience.

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Episode 3 - The War Magician

Bunkum and Ballyhoo

24 minutes 10 seconds

1 year ago

Episode 3 - The War Magician

Episode 3 of Bunkum & Ballyhoo is a look at the magician Jasper Maskelyne, the claims that his magical prowess was employed in the fields of camouflage and espionage in World War 2, and why looking critically at the mythmaking around a dead old magician is still important in 2024.
Audio Sources:
Jasper Maskelyne for Pathétone - British Pathé
The Mind Of David Berglas - Channel 4
Selected Sources
The War Magician: The True Story of Jasper Maskelyne by David Fisher
Magic: Top Secret by Jasper Maskelyne
White Magic by Jasper Maskelyne
Genii Magazine