Jan. 25, 2023

Butthole on an Icebox: Magic Show Disasters Part 2

Butthole on an Icebox: Magic Show Disasters Part 2

This week, Melanie is a mama bear and angers the internet, Brianne has advice for would-be criminals, Cody isn't real, Melanie is the little spoon, and we cover problematic magicians.

Content warnings: burn injury, racism, minstrel shows, guns, speculation about the possibility of suicide, death from being hit by a car, children in peril who survive, reptiles, slavery, death from heart attack

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soo
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-chung-ling-soo-the-bullet-trick-that-went-horribly-wrong
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2022/09/chung-ling-soo-magician-who-led-double.html
https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/the-man-behind-the-magician/
https://hyperallergic.com/579526/chung-ling-soo-original-forger-of-magic/
https://www.avclub.com/the-greatest-trick-this-magician-ever-pulled-was-convin-1829157276
https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Karr
https://www.finchmagician.com/blog/when-magic-kills-the-magician#charles-rowan-karr
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6K19D_karr-the-mysterious?guid=e2f635e7-db9c-48bb-b70d-b6ee3a8c0c44
https://listverse.com/2014/02/05/10-people-killed-while-performing-magic-tricks/
https://www.sroystevenson.com/a-final-out
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Herman
https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2442
https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/benjamin-rucker-black-herman-of-harlem/
https://www.magictricks.com/black-herman.html
https://kentakepage.com/benjamin-rucker-aka-black-herman-the-militant-african-american-magician/
https://blackthen.com/benjamin-black-herman-rucker-prominent-black-magician-time/
https://kentakepage.com/benjamin-rucker-aka-black-herman-the-militant-african-american-magician/