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Although straitjacket is the most common spelling, strait-jacket or straightjacket are also used. Straitjackets are also called camisoles [1] [2] [3] or strait-waistcoats. [4] The effect of a straitjacket as a restraint makes it of special interest in escapology. The straitjacket is also a staple prop in stage magic.
Straitjackets are still in use in many countries including the USA and Spain [1]. In the USA you need a doctor's prescription in order to obtain a straitjacket. The Posey straitjacket is still used in institutions in various states to restrain patients who could potentially harm themselves or others.
"Straitjacket" (song), a 2023 song by Lena Meyer-Landrut; Los Straitjackets, an American instrumental band; The Straightjackets, band led by Delbert McClinton; Straitjacket Fits, a New Zealand rock band active from 1986-1994 "Straight Jacket", a 2018 single by Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman
In 2012, Lucas Wilson, an illusionist from Canada managed the fastest ever recorded escape from a straitjacket while suspended; he escaped in 8.4 seconds while hanging upside down from his ankles at a height of 1m.
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Dorothy Dietrich (born April 1, 1948 [1]) is an American stage magician and escapologist, best known for performing the bullet catch in her mouth (although Adelaide Herrmann reputedly did this earlier) and the first woman to perform a straitjacket escape while suspended hundreds of feet in the air from a burning rope.
Look carefully, and you'll find the cartouche — the globemaker's signature — and the antipode ( look it up) of where you're standing right now. In the age of Google Earth, watches that ...
Strait Jacket (ストレイト・ジャケット, Sutoreito Jaketto) is a light novel series by Ichirō Sakaki with illustrations by Yō Fujishiro, published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint.