Magic Tricks

This effect requires you to be a good storyteller. There are no difficult moves involved (only one move involved, actually--and it's not hard) so the entire presentation relies on your performance and ability to hold an audience. The lack of difficult sleight of hand gives you a lot of freedom to embellish the story presented in the instructions, and that's probably what you'll want to do. The newspaper clipping looks old, but isn't overly graphic so you could do this for a teen audience if you had to. You will need to find your own old-looking wine glass to help with misdirection during the one move involved. It's not required, but it does help add to the atmosphere of the story.

The props are supposed to be antique, but they don't look old at all. The basic design is old, but only the newspaper clipping would really pass a very casual inspection. The only way this could be considered a miracle will be only in your presentation. If you don't get into the spirit of the story (pun intended) you won't sell this as anything more than a trick. If you're willing to get with it, you can have a fun little spooky effect on your hands.