The Metamorphosis is covered in detail, along with variations and a complete treatise on the most modern form of police restraint - The Flex Cuffs.
Also included is a basic television interview that can be used to advantage in promoting your feats of escape.
Partial list of the contents: Costume Changes; the Substitution Trunk; Siegfried and Roy; Hatboxes and Elephant Stands; Houdini's 1910 Stock Escape; and An Essay in
Speculation.
Here is a comparison of the various forms of popular straight jackets and an evaluation of each on their merits for speed, ease and availability.
You should read this book if you now own a straight jacket or if you're thinking about buying one. It is loaded with ideas on various presentations of the escape, and explains the
various gaffs you can work into the jacket you own.
Partial list of the contents: The Secret of the Straight Jacket; Basic Straight Jacket Moves; The Randi Ankle Stocks; Inside a Packing Box; The Burning Rope; and Ron
London's Straight Jacket Routine.
This volume features an escape of John Novak's own devising. The Bohemian Torture Crib is comparable to escapes in Norman Bigelow's Door of Death,
Markini's Electrified Mummy Lid Torture Board, Trudel's Chinese Torture Board, and Abbott's The Ghost Walks, but its inspiration stems from Phalhinha's Australian Torture Crib. Complete in its treatment of this novel effect, this volume also covers Insane Muffs, Buzz Saw Escape, Australian Belt, leather handcuffs
and the presentation of escapes.
Here is a presentation of several variations of the Mail Bag Escape, as well as a brief history of the escape and marketed versions of
the effect. Different presentation ideas are covered. Included are the basic plans for building your own escape cabinet,
cabana hoop cabinet, stock escape, steam cabinet escape box and PVC torture anchor. Additional material includes The Refrigerator Escape, Slave Collar, and Zanadu Death Device,
and much more.
