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Mentalist Preston Heller

Mentalist Preston Heller 1

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
– Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio

I’m still trying to figure out how Preston Heller was able to know what I wrote on a paper that I placed in a locked box at the New Ipswich Library.  Preston Heller is a mentalist  and he demonstrated his skill with members of audience.

Locked box containing hand written secrets from the audience as part of a mentalism demonstration
Locked box containing hand written secrets from the audience

Preston predicts which random word will be be found in a book.

Preston Heller
“Tell me when to stop flipping pages”
Preston Heller
Picking a page at random as part of a mentalism demonstration

Before the presentation, Anne drew a picture of a house which she kept hidden at her desk.

Mentalism demonstration
Anne Soini drew a picture prior to the demonstration of a house with the sun on the left side
Preston Heller mentalist
Preston Heller recreated Anne’s picture almost exactly with the chimney in a different location

They randomly chose the song title “Amazing Grace” from a list. Inside the blue box was a music box that played the tune.

Preston Heller
Pick a song from this list

Six volunteers were influenced to pick six logo tiles. On the back of the tiles were numbers which matched a lottery ticket.

Preston Heller
Influenced to pick a tile

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