Eugene Burger
From MagicHistorian
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"Best Magician in Chicago" - Chicago Magazine, Best of Chicago Issue, 2003
His deep understanding of the psychology and philosophy behind the magic have won him international accolades, cover stories in conjuring magazines, and four awards from the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood.
His special presence has led to numerous television appearances in Great Britain, Canada, Belgium, Finland and Japan, and on such highly acclaimed shows as The Art of Magic on PBS and Mysteries of Magic on The Learning Channel. He's been profiled twice on CNN.
When the leading international trade journal Magic magazine compiled its list of the one hundred most influential magicians of the twentieth century, Eugene Burger was included for his ability to "arouse feelings of astonishment, as well as a host of other indescribable sensations."
Eugene Burger has been a prolific writer, performer and inventor. One effect he has written a great deal on is the Haunted Deck. The haunted deck is an effect where the spectator has a free selection of any card. The spectator then puts it back in the deck and it begins to "rise" out of the deck towards the spectator. It is a varation of the rising card deck.
