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Tonight, the magician known as Dynamo will bury himself alive. No coffin or casket. No coffin or casket. Just five tonnes of soil heaped on top of his body submerged six feet underground.
Steven Frayne (born 17 December 1982), better known by his former stage name Dynamo [2] [a], is a British magician [3] born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. [4]His television show Dynamo: Magician Impossible ran from July 2011 to September 2014, and saw him win the Best Entertainment Programme award at the 2012 and 2013 Broadcast Awards.
Dynamo: Magician Impossible is a fly on the wall documentary series following the life of English magician Steven Frayne, better known as Dynamo. The show is produced by Phil McIntyre Productions and Inner Circle Films for UKTV 's channel Watch and Universal Networks International .
Alan Alan (born Alan Rabinowitz, 30 November 1926 [1] [2] – 4 July 2014) was a British escapologist and magician. [3] He originated tricks that have subsequently become familiar features of the repertoire of other performers and he was honoured by The Magic Circle. [4] Alan achieved fame through a series of stunts staged for the media.
“This event was to be his springboard to fame,” The Amazing Joe’s assistant said.
David Blaine (born David Blaine White; April 4, 1973) [2] [3] is an American magician, mentalist, and endurance performer. [4] [5] Born in New York City, Blaine became interested in magic at a very young age. He gained prominence in 1997, when his first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic, aired on ABC. That year, he also appeared in ...
Due to the fame of his "buried alive" act, many people refused to believe he was really dead, and thus it came about that his assistant, Washington Reeves, charged admission to view Rucker's corpse at the funeral home, bringing a dramatic close to a life spent in showmanship. He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York City.
On Oct. 31, 1990, Fresno magician Joseph “The Amazing Joe” Burrus attempted a daring feat. Following in the footsteps of famed escape artist Harry Houdini, Burrus planned to be buried alive in ...