Scam School

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2010
2010x1
Blow Hard Scam
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Bottle bet makes 'em look goofy AND win you a free drink We've said it before: you just can't know too many ways to win a free drink. This time, the setup is simple: fold a bottlecap .. show full overview
2010x2
Use Non-Transitive Dice to cheat your friends!
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Math paradox lets you cheat your friends The Setup: First, make yourself a set of "non-transitive dice". These are dice that are completely ungimmicked, but they have a different set .. show full overview
2010x3
Psychic Matchbooks
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3 simple matchbooks for a mental miracle and an easy free drink! Effect: three matchbooks are set in front of the mark. While you turn around (or even leave the room!), he's invited .. show full overview
2010x4
The Hot Seat Card Trick
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This week: a killer card trick, complete with a twist at the end... this card trick works BETTER because it screws up!
2010x5
The Brain-Drain Telepathy Trick
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It's a real-life Vulcan mind-meld!
2010x6
The Birthday Scam and 100th Episode Extravaganza!
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For our 100th episode, we've got a statistical scam that sounds impossible.
2010x7
Dime in Bottle Scam
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Get two puzzles for the price of one!
2010x8
Leverage!
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Use leverage to make your friends look dumb!
2010x9
Heads-Tails Trick! Read Ther Minds Using the Change in Their Pocket!
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Amazing trick reads minds with NO trick coins, NO secret helpers... and no cheating! While you look away, your friend flips over a bunch of coins to a random assortment of heads and .. show full overview
2010x10
The Magician-Killer Card Trick
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Easy trick fools magicians!
2010x11
How to Throw Playing Cards!
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Hurl playing cards 50 feet at a time! Fling them hard enough to break water balloons, or even embed them into aluminum sheeting!
2010x12
Live from Stubbs BBQ in Austin - 2010!
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Check out Brian's live show from Austin, as he opened for Diggnation!
2010x13
Science prank! Will it sink or float?
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Physics scam creates IMPOSSIBLE result!
2010x14
The Monty Hall Paradox!
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Use some sneaky statistics to win free beers off of your friends.
2010x15
LOCK PICKING, Part 1: The Bump Key
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How to pick locks for FREE!
2010x16
The Assassination Mind Reading Trick!
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Use this mental miracle to keep your friends from betraying you...
2010x17
Use Probability to Cheat Your Friends!
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Win free beers by taking advantage of their bad judgment!
2010x18
Pi Day Magic Trick
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How to read minds over Twitter, on the phone, or in person!
2010x19
Look like a card shark with the one-handed cut!
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This week we've got a double punch: not only will this trick make you look like a card-dealing badass, but there's an quick, easy, and (most importantly) impressive card trick to learn with it!
2010x20
How to Turn a Cigarette Into a RAZOR SHARP KNIFE!
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This week we've got an unbelievable stunt that allegedly comes from no less than the Texas State Prison system! Thanks to Chuck Savage who sent in the following:
2010x21
The Triple-Threat Card Trick
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Easy Card Trick Fools 3 people at once!
2010x22
2 ways to scam your friends... with no objects at all!
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Cheat your friends with an unbeatable game!
2010x23
The Cigarette Stump
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This week, it's a super short-and-sweet puzzle that'll stump any smoker.
2010x24
Triple Threat Mind Reading Trick
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EASY new Mind Reading trick from Seth Rover.
2010x25
Predict any game of tic tac toe
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Use MIND CONTROL to force a game of tic tac toe!
2010x26
The Easy Magic Square Cheat
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Be like Rain Man with the Magic Square!
2010x27
You Do As I Do
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Create an unbelievable coincidence!
2010x28
Lucky Cork
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The lucky cork!
2010x29
Get the Girls Phone Number
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Cheap Trick to Scam her Phone Number
2010x30
Sweet Victory
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How to use the sugar packets at your table to drink for free!
2010x31
The BEST Pool Trick Shots, Tips and Scams! - REVEALED!
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This week we've got a boatload of pool hall favorites!
2010x32
Play With Matches
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This week we've got two quick and easy tricks with matches.
2010x33
Pool Hall Tricks (Part 2)
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This week we're back with another collection of pool hall favorites.
2010x34
Marx's Fave
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CHICO MARX'S FAVORITE SCAM! Swindle your friends with this easy rigged contest.
2010x35
Use Misdirection to Pull Off True Sleight of Hand
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Learn this quick and easy disappearing trick to scam yourself into a free beer and amaze your friends!
2010x36
Olive Sniffer
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The Setup: place 2 napkins a decent length apart (even better, have them on different tables!). Grab a brandy snifter and an olive. The Challenge: without touching or moving the .. show full overview
2010x37
Cheat Your Friends At A Fair Coin Toss!
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The Setup: using a totally fair quarter, you and your friend will place bets on which sequence of coin tosses are most likely to come first... while it looks totally fair, you'll have up .. show full overview
2010x38
Over The Wall
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The Setup: grab two straws and an empty beer bottle. On the straws, mark a "no man's land" of about 2-3 inches in the middle. The Rules: Neither you, nor anything else is allowed to .. show full overview
2010x39
How to SWITCH CARDS to Trick Your Friends! - The Card Swipe
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If cards is your game than Card Swap is one for the players. Ever do a card trick and have everyone sweat it out only to discover the way to win is not in the cards at all. Enjoy this .. show full overview
2010x40
Word Play
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Think you are good with words? What if I took a bunch of letters and ripped them away from the alphabet could you still spell words? Let's find out? The Setup: Find any two people at .. show full overview
2010x41
It's Time to Get All Tangled Up!
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No matter where you are, it helps to know a couple of sweet tricks you can do with totally borrowed objects... and this week we've got one on loan from world champion magician Michael .. show full overview
2010x42
How To Spot A Liar
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This week we're joined by an expert in microexpressions, lie detections, and negotiation: Clark Freshman of UC San Francisco. Find out how to tell when someone's lying, when they're .. show full overview
2010x43
Playing with Matches Without Catching on Fire!
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This week we've got two super simple, killer matchstick puzzles! This week we've got two super simple, killer matchstick puzzles: For starters, set up matchsticks to make the roman .. show full overview
2010x44
How To Spot A Liar (Part 2)
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This week we complete our interview with an expert in microexpressions, lie detections, and negotiation: Clark Freshman of UC San Francisco. Find out how to tell when someone's lying, .. show full overview
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Want to Be A Street Performer?
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So by now you've got well over 100 kick-ass tricks you're learned from scam school, and I get a LOT of letters from people asking how to hone their skills as a performer. Everyone's .. show full overview
2010x46
Silly Straws!
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This week, we've got a quick and easy kickass trick that has two straws (or dollar bills... or really any two flexible tube-like objects) penetrating each other.
2010x47
'Couple' of Puzzles
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This week we've got two match puzzles that should leave them stumped! Puzzle 1: You've got two pieces; a bucket filled with a couple of matches, and a "tent" made from the unwrapped .. show full overview
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Two Quick and Dirty Puzzles
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Puzzle 1: draw 9 dots in a 3x3 grid, surrounded by a box. The goal: by drawing just 2 squares, get each dot (rattlesnake) in its own, complete separate "cage" Puzzle 2: Bite the heads .. show full overview
2010x49
Russian Roulette with Vodka!
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This week we've got special guests from PC Gamer magazine and we're learning a *killer* mental trick.
2010x50
The Scoop
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This week we've got a bar room classic-- learn it now so you don't get punked at the bar!! Setup: Pour about a shot of water into a saucer or small plate. The challenge is to use a .. show full overview
2010x51
Bad Ass Origami Magic with Adorian Deck!
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Brian scams YouTube sensation Adorian Deck with his math and origami mastery! The effect: by thinking of a random number and doing some more randomizing, your friend will think of a .. show full overview
2010x52
We Discover the Dark Lord of the Scam!
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This week we've got two easy tricks guaranteed to get a reaction from your friends: WARNING: both of these involve fire, so be CERTAIN to take proper safety precautions! Straw .. show full overview

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