You will get all 151 issues including all summer and winter extras. Here is the most convenient form of the Jinx to date. A must read not just for mentalists but all magicians. It is a treasure chest of ideas, methods, routines and commentary. They were to be filled with another 'Jinx Extra' that was never completed. Many of the best mentalists consider the Jinx the most important publication. 10, October 1980, page 70).Įvery Jinx file has 48 pages missing as can be seen at the end of #149 and start of #150. In issues #10, 11, 13, and 14 (and probably many others) hidden messages could be found by looking at, usually in reverse order, the first letters of each paragraph, which were printed in larger, heavier type. Originally put out on a monthly basis, it became a weekly publication in October of 1939.Īccording to Dai Vernon in the Genii 1971 March Vernon Touch column, Henry Christ would often help out with editing the Jinx.įor a short period during the lifetime of the Jinx, Ted Annemann went through what was apparently a 'hidden message' phase. Its last issue was December 15, 1941, just before Ted committed suicide. Jinx started in October 1934 and ran for 151 issues. The Jinx was a Magic Periodical edited and published by Ted Annemann, also its major contributor, in Waverly, New York. Cigarettes, Coins, Silks, Matches, Slates, Spirit, Thimbles, Ropes and Ribbons are also Included. Ball Tricks, Bill Tricks, Billet Reading, Book Tests, Brain Tests, Cards and some of the most creative effects and miracles.

The Jinx demanded and received every last bit of magical knowledge and psychological research that only Ted Annemann could give.Įvery variety and type of magic is here. There has never been anything that equals the Jinx Magazine, Ted Annemann's own idea of practical and inventive publication.

Annemann the jinx