Tonight Dani and I watched a new show called Mindfreak on A&E. It airs Wednesdays at 10PM. Mindfreak stars the magician Criss Angel, and it's very bizzare.

In the premiere episode, Criss performed a number of street magic tricks, leading up to setting himself on fire for his mom's 70th birthday. In one segment, he had a voodoo doll, which he would burn with a lighter behind someone's back. That person would feel a burning in the corresponding part of their body. Then he let the person get revenge on him by stabbing the doll with a pin. The first time, some stabbed it in the hand, and Criss's hand started bleeding. The second time, someone stabbed it in the head, Criss's nose bled. The third time, they stabbed it in the chest, and blood dripped from Criss's chest. He pulled up his shirt and you could see the blood coming out.

Before he lit himself on fire for the final act, he wore a suit with fire gel, underneath a sweatshirt. As he was on fire, he walked around towards the crowd, and changed direction a few times. At the end, he fell to the ground as his team extinguished the fire. When the smoke cleared, he was standing, holding a fire extingusiher, and dressed like his team members.

In the next episode he did a lot of levitation tricks. It's like David Blaine's trick, but he goes higher and stays up longer. All this is very puzzling to me. I belive in the laws of physics but I can't figure out how he could do that. He also did a trick where he seemed to move cards telekinetically.

Anyway, Mindfreak is a very interesting show. I would love to run into Criss Angel some day in real life.

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