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Sawing A Woman In Half Secret Unveiled
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Sawing a woman in half is one of the more popular magic tricks done by magicians where the audience would gasp in disbelieve and really think that there might be magic afterall. Sorry for the spoiler but one should know how to differentiate truth from illusions. Horace Goldin, a magician who works in the United States was the one who brought the modern version of sawing a woman in half. The left picture shows one version of Goldin’s illusion. There are two other variants available as well at Wikipedia. Source: Wikipedia |
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October 25th, 2006 at 7:17 am
everyone knows how to saw a woman in half, but criss angel did it for real
February 17th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Yeah. anyone who’s still baffled by this lame trick is a half wit.
March 31st, 2007 at 1:05 pm
OK. That trick is super obvious. BUT, Siegfried and roy did it with no box just laying on a table. You see them lay down on a table with no space to hide any extra’s or anything. Then they saw them in half and seperate the 2 sides. Fiqure that one out. SIEGFRIED AND ROY ROCK! I LOVE TIGERS!
May 6th, 2007 at 10:06 am
sure. but how about that video going around where the guy pulls the girl in half on a park bench, and then the footless torso takes off running on its arms while the audience is screaming? i can’t come up with an explanation besides that the whole thing is completely staged and the girl is really a double amputee (the video has her walking like you’d expect somebody her original height to walk though, but if the video was not linear-time, then there could be two girls)
July 26th, 2007 at 8:33 am
yeah, i really want to know how in the world did criss angel saw himself in half!?!?! i mean, how can that be fake? everything was exposed the entire time..so…to me, it seems like there is NO WAY that he could fake that. i REALLY REALLLY want to know!!!
July 28th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
That woman really is a an amputee….. I am not sure if it was disease or what, but she was on Ripleys believe it or not…. she is just a torso, but she actually has kids. The whole thing was staged, but the lady was really like that. You can probably search for both online.
August 7th, 2008 at 11:55 am
when he pulls the girl in half he leans on her bottom half and it caves in under his weight
August 9th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Tonight, on Criss Angel is sawed a man’s arm off and the arm continued to move. There were no tables or boxes. After the man was taken away with blood out of his arm, and the arm still cut off. Did the fan get his arm back or what happened? Criss said this was an illusion, but how? and why didn’t the man get his arm back?
September 13th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I havethe same question regarding the man who had his arm sawed off he was hypnotized or given drugs prior to the show , then they sawed the arm off with blood flowing out and I can even explain how he was able tomove his fingers by using electric stimulators to the nerves that were still functionableafter the arm is removed there are still live nerves so that is my explanation for that since he was brought right away from the cameras and it was never shown how the arm was magically or illusionally put back on I feel he was offered a large amount of money to have that piece of his arm removed on tv and he was promised that he would have it surgically put back on immediatley proceeding the show since they whisped him off so quickly and pple are willing to do anything for money and their few minutes of fame and there are surgeons who could repair that arm back to normal what do thinkabout that answer? just like teh man who had his head cut into to get the car dutof it dont you thin he was pad for that as well ? tha thad to have left a scar on his head I woudn’t be too happy if someone did that to me without being paid well for that scar I would sue someone who did that to me woudlnt you ?Unless well paid prior to the act . I mean think about it
September 24th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I want to know what happened to the man who had his arm cut off by Chris Angel TV Show. I can only guess that it was not able to be reattached. If it was reattached I think Chris Angel would have shown him with his arm attached. I thought it was a horrible thing to do to someone. I think he needs to explain.
October 1st, 2008 at 11:50 pm
I have great respect for Chris Angel’s showmanship and skill to physically articulate the delivery of his illusions. Some, I cannot deduce explanations for. Some illusions, however, are more easily explained. The man having his arm cut off by a jigsaw, for example– the explanation is really quite simple. The unfortunate fellow is really a stooge– a volunteer or paid hand that has been pre-selected by Chris and trained to assist in the delivery of the illusion. In this case, the stooge is an amputee. He may have lost his arm in an industrial accident or in an auto collision. From the appearance of the gentleman, however, he has the look of a military sort– bald, relatively muscular, square jaw, and focused gaze. He could very likely be an ex-marine or army infrantryman who lost his arm to machine gun fire or a grenade or in an ordinance blast. He probably wears a high-quality or even cutting edge experimental prosthetic– being that military service amputees often have first acess to cutting edge prosthetics because many programs for their research and developmecnt are dedicatedly funded by the U.S. military. For this illusion, however, his regular prosthetic was removed and replaced under his loose jacket sleeve with a sophisticated robotic limb– one where the materials, size, and mechanical articulation could match the appearance, skin texture/color, proportions, and simple motions of his natural arm. Such robotic limbs are cutting edge and used frequently in shock television productions and motion pictures. They tend to be radio controlled and can be quite realistically articulated by skilled handlers. The mechanical components of the robotic limb are confined to the hand area– the fingers and the wrist area, while the forearm section is inset with small valves, flow lines, and a small electronically controlled pump. It is also equipped with an inlaid reservoir of simulated blood. Again, all of this is used frequently in television and motion pictures. The base at the pre-determined point of seperation where Chris cuts can be very easily textured and conditioned to resemble cut/torn and traumatized human flesh. The cooperative stooge falls into Chris’ stylishly induced “trance”, and Chris then proceeds to cut the prosthetic arm. The prop’s blood flow mechanism is activated once the flow lines are cut, and it continues to bleed from the electronic pumps in its base section still under the assistant’s sleeve. Note, too, that the blood flow could also be from a simple pressure release valve instead of a miniature pumping system. The fake blood reservoire could be pressurized and, as such, would pump “blood” as soon as or shortly after the flow lines become severed. Both methods are common in contemorary special effects. Once the arm is completely “severed” and Chris has convincingly moved the detached segment of the forearm and hand away from the stooge’s body, the fingers and wrist are moved by remote control according to the commands voiced by Chris. The illusion is complete. The shock and confusion are delivered for the audience. And note: the point of the illusion was to see Chris cut off a man’s arm with a jigsaw– not to see him do so and reattach it. As such, there is no need for Chris to restore the arm for the viewers. This is very convenient since the prop was most probably not designed to accomodate that stage of the illusion. Therefore the illusion as performed is complete. Well done, Chris!
December 7th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Physical laws simply cannot be ignored, existance cannot be without them. We judge reality by the response of our senses. If we see it, smell it, taste it, hear it or touch it, we judge it to be real. What we must believe is that some observations are made under conditions that cannot be trusted (expecially if you see it on TV); sensor imput can be manipulated. Reality is consistant with physical laws, if physical laws appear to have been violated, then what you have observed is unreal.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:22 am
First, I agree that if that was truly dismemberment that first of all there’s no way they can even show that on tv. Second, I find it hard to find somebody trying to talk about physical laws not being able to spell input. Third, Criss Angel rocks.
December 1st, 2009 at 6:00 pm
The way the Criss Angel sawed himself in half is easy. Yes, he was able to pull this off with NO coverings whatsoever. Right? Wrong! There is a, momentarily, obstruction. Pay close attention to the assistant who is putting the strap over his torso, okay? He is blocking the veiw of Criss Angel’s legs and feet! This is Criss Angel’s opportunity to move his legs to the “secret” compartment. His “real” legs are, then, replaced by animitronic legs that are hidden in the “second” compartment. This happens, almost, too fast to notice. Everybody, backstage, with him is a “paid” actor swon to secrecy by the “Magician’s Oath”. And, there you go! I hope y’all are not disappointed!
December 4th, 2010 at 11:43 am
Let’s face it, this is all illusion and Criss Angel is a Master Illusionist. Even he tell’s people that it’s all mind trick’s. If someone is good enough they can brainwash other’s quite easily. Much is the case of hypnotism. What people don’t realize is that while he is speaking the word’s to the person or person’s he’s working with, everyone is hearing the same command’s. This is putting the mind in a state of flux and therefore he’s able to convince people what he does is real. That’s why the show is called Mind Freak…get the picture.. No one’s arm’s are other limb’s are being sawed off.