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	The Sting Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The man is England- born Steven Banachek, a self-proclaimed mentalist, a mix between a magician and a psychologist.
		Banachek is one of a group of three men who once fooled scientists into thinking their group had psychic powers.
		Banachek told the audience that when he was younger his high school cafeteria switched to plastic utensils because he was asked so many times to bend their metals ones.
	www.thesting.org /display_article.asp?id=1553 (762 words)

	Banachek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Banachek has written numerous mentalism books and invented various magic and mentalism effects including the Penn and Teller bullet catch and the original buried alive.
		Banachek has received the APCA (Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities) Entertainer of the year award two years on a row and the College Campus novelty act.
		Banachek is renowned for fooling scientists at Washington University into believing that his supposed psychic abilities were genuine during the Project Alpha hoax in the early 1980s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Banachek (200 words)

	Darton College: News & Events
		Banachek received the most prestigious award for Performer/Entertainer of the Year at the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) in 1998, 1999, and the year 2000 Campus Novelty Act of the Year.
		Banachek is world-renowned as the only performer ever to escape from a glass locked coffin that was buried 9 feet under the earth.
		Banachek's shows at Darton are free and open to the public.
	www.darton.edu /news_n_events/read.php?Index=21 (291 words)

	TjohnE - Banachek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Banachek could tell you but he is not here yet.
		Banachek has opened many a safe by plucking the thoughts out of those who knew the combination.
		Inside, Banachek claims he has placed the predicted headlines for (insert date), when he will be performing at (insert time and location).
	www.tjohne.com /content/banachek.asp?section=2 (401 words)

	Psychokinetic Silverware Gerry & Banachek
		Banachek's metal bending is so amazing and so realistic that he has often been accused of being and doing "the real thing." After studying Banachek's metal bending, the McDonnell Laboratory for Psychic Research proudly announced to the scientific community that they had discovered someone with genuine psychic abilities.
		To kick it off, Banachek goes through the entire routine of 6 bends on Gerry in the order you will learn them (mainly to show us at home what is coming up in the video).
		Banachek is very good with his words, and all the way he (and you will as well) has complete control over what the spectator does and says.
	www.ellusionist.com /order/psychokinetic_silverware_gerry_banachek.htm (1397 words)

	Mentalist showcases his 'sixth sense' - News
		Banachek would walk a certain direction and make some hand gestures to influence his participants, he said.
		In one act Banachek asked the audience to think of two shapes that can fit inside of each other, while saying this he made hand gestures in the shape of a triangle and circle.
		Banachek laid across a chair and had each person whom he thought had a closed blade to try to stab him.
	www.dennews.com /home/news/2006/10/09/News/Mentalist.Showcases.His.sixth.Sense-2337984.shtml (539 words)

	Welcome Weekend 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		With two Japanese and two British specials under his belt, Banachek is considered by most in the business to be the number one thought reader in the world.
		This mentalist makes no claims to psychic powers, in fact, he states that he has no psychic powers, and his talents, which includes revealing people's innermost thoughts and predicting their actions, all stem from simple deductive reasoning, psychological perception and psychological directing of his audiences.
		Banachek is world renown as the only performer ever to escape from a glass locked coffin that was buried 9ft under the earth.
	www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu /orientation/wwsun.htm (248 words)

	Banachek's Psi Series1-4
		Banachek's Psi Series includes four volumes of Banachek's finest effects.
		Meet Banachek in a personal interview and learn how he started in mentalism and how his career developed as he traveled from England to South Africa, ultimately immigrating to the United States.
		Banachek’s previous work by presenting new, additional details and methods on bending silverware.
	www.murphysmagicsupplies.com /catalog/dvd/html/psi_series.html (552 words)

	Psychokinetic Silverware with Gerry and Banachek (DVD)
		Banachek s metal bending is so amazing and so realistic that he has often been accused of being and doing the real thing.
		In fact, after studying Banachek s metal bending the McDonnell Laboratory for Psychic Research proudly announced to the scientific community that they had discovered someone with genuine psychic abilities!
		"Banachek s work with metal bending is the state of the art.
	www.world-of-magic.co.uk /magic.asp?id=248 (475 words)

	MagicBunny.co.uk :: Guest Speakers - Banachek
		A very warm thank you to Banachek for his input so far, to what has been a remarkable week of thoroughly enjoyable discussions.
		Thank you Banachek for taking your time with us and giving the frank and honest answers that you have...You are certainly an amazing man and deserving of all the accolades that you receive from our industry.
		Anyone who didn't read any of your posts are fools; there is something there for everyone, even if their only goal in life is to sell rail passes at the station.
	www.magicbunny.co.uk /guests/banachek/banachek11.php (2870 words)

	Magic Inspirations : Your source for Banachek related products
		Banachek's mind is always at work and you never know when he will release his next idea!
		From the creative minds of Banachek and Gene Protas comes the next generation of the Psychic Calculator.
		Banachek presented Stigmata on The Psi Series DVD Volume 2, but Wayne Houchin takes this "impromptu effect" to a whole new level.
	www.magicinspirations.net (972 words)

	TjohnE - Banachek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Steve Banachek is nothing less than amazing on the stage, as well as to work with accommodating for us.
		His talents are so incredible that he is the only mentalist ever to fool scientists into believing he possessed "Psychic Powers" but to later reveal he was fooling them.
		An attribute to his expert performing abilities, Banachek received the most prestigious award for Performer/Entertainer of the Year at the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) in 1998, 1999, and the year 2000 Campus Novelty Act of the Year.
	www.tjohne.com /content/banachek.asp?section=1 (406 words)

	Visions, The Online Journal of the Art of Magic
		“Banachek, the very successful corporate and college mentalist, was performing and lecturing at [a magic] convention, and had a few items for sale in the dealer's room.
		At this point Banachek has caught up and the maintenence man discovers (my memory is fuzzy at this point) that Heidi and Banachek are married.
		Banachek explains that he is a mentalist, and asks the man to step over to a counter nearby.
	www.xmission.com /~zerowc/sharedthoughts/0204andy.html (475 words)

	Psychological Subtleties - Banachek - Mentalism Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Psychological Subtleties by Banachek Banachek first came to national prominence as one of two teen-age "psychics" validated by the Parapsychology Department at Washington University as part of Randi's "Project Alpha" experiment.
		In this long-awaited new book, Banachek reveals the true secrets of his success: psychological subtleties that transform "mental magic" into "psychic entertainment." Most of the effects require no advance preparation and may be performed at a moment's notice.
		From the introduction by Teller: "BANACHEK IS BRILLIANT at subtle deceptions.
	www.ronjo.com /thestore/prods/bkpsychosubtle.html (195 words)

	DVDs
		This DVD includes Banachek's discussion of his "Buried Alive" escape, his Bullet Catch illusion now used by Penn & Teller, the difference between mentalism and mental magic plus comical anecdotes about blindfold drives.
		In true Banachek style, each move, gesture and psychological subtlety is covered in detail.
		Included is the true story behind Banachek's participation in the Alpha Project, a four-year study that culminated with scientists validating Banachek's "psychic" powers that propelled him into the national spotlight!
	www.tannens.com /cart/cat269.html (1405 words)

	Schreiner University - the latest news
		Banachek to Perform at Schreiner University Feb. 15
		Banachek is the stage name for American mentalist Steven Shaw.
		He is renowned for fooling scientists at Washington University into believing that his supposed psychic abilities were genuine during the Project Alpha hoax in the early 1980s.
	www.schreiner.edu /news/2006/news06_feb7_banachek.html (123 words)

	Banachek's PSI Series - Volume 2 - General Magic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Also, learn the “inside” secrets of what Banachek considers one of the most powerful tools in the mentalist’s arsenal … Pocket Writing.
		This DVD includes Banachek’s discussion of his “Buried Alive” escape, his Bullet Catch illusion now used by Penn and Teller, the difference between mentalism and mental magic plus comical anecdotes about blindfold drives.
		You will also see a television clip of Banachek’s “Buried Alive” escape hosted by William Shatner and TV footage of one of Banachek’s early Blindfold Drives.
	www.ronjo.com /thestore/prods/psiseries2.html (213 words)

	Psychokinetic Time by Banachek
		Banachek`s Psychokinetic Time Trick Do you remember the stunning magic effect that Master Magic Man David Blaine used to open his "Street Magic" TV special?
		In effect, he borrowed a watch from a man sitting in his car and checked the correct time.
		After being long out of print, Banachek has re-released this monumental effect.
	www.world-of-magic.co.uk /magic.asp?id=332 (250 words)

	Society for Secular Humanists in Calgary - The Amazing Meeting 2 Day 2
		Banachek then took a phone book and had the audience volunteer randomly choose a page number, column number, entry, etc. The stage volunteer acted as a referee to ensure no cheating on Banachek's part.
		After announcing the randomly chosen phone number, Banachek walked 20 ft. to the back of the stage (an area he did not approach during the trick) and picked up a paper with the number clearly written on it.
		We were also allowed to view a video of Banachek from his "Alpha kid" days.
	www.calgaryhumanist.ca /tamii2.html (1211 words)

	WWA Variety Acts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Penn & Teller say "Banachek is brilliant...a magical thinker of deep, deep subtlety." and Las Vegas style magazine is quoted as printing "Banachek is an astonishing go see..
		As a tribute to his expert performing abilities Banachek has been awarded the Campus Performer of the year two years in a row, from the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities and the Year 2000 Campus Novelty Act, beating out all other comedians, bands and other novelty acts.
		He has also received the coveted Psychic Entertainers Creativity award for his outstanding original contributions and inventions in the world of Mental entertainment.
	www.williamwareagency.com /banachek.html (282 words)

	Magic Etc - Magic > DVD Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Banachek Psi Series DVD Volume Four - Psychokinesis
		Banachek Psi Series Volume One - Mentalism for the Casual Performer Part 1
		Banachek Psi Series-Volume Two - Mentalism for the Casual Performer Part 2
	gallery.bcentral.com /GID5108914DD407642-MagicDVD-Video.aspx (64 words)

	eBooks.com - Mine eBook
		However, Marc Banachek, Pop's unfriendly--if gorgeous--tenant, insists that she honor his lease.
		After the emotional wringer she had been through the last few months, she'd be wise to keep a safe distance from her taciturn tenant.
		Of course, a man like Banachek would have a woman who would be happy to come in to make him comfortable.
	www.ebooks.com /cj.asp?IID=163715 (6439 words)

	Mental and Spirit Magic
		Banachek's metal bending is so amazing and so realistic that he has often been accused of being and doing "the real thing." In fact, after studying Banachek's metal bending the McDonnell Laboratory for Psychic Research proudly announced to the scientific community that they had discovered someone with genuine psychic abilities!
		The National Inquirer and other media have also heralded Banachek's psychokinetic talents.
		Not only will you get to see how everything looks in performance, you'll also learn the real inside work, the fine points and psychology of metal bending.
	www.tannens.com /cart/cat255.html (605 words)

	Psychological Subtleties
		Banachek also tells you how to construct your own routines so, if the force should fail, then the audience will be none the wiser.
		This is not a big book, and the chapters are often very short, but the effects and forces in it are first class.
		In the past, mentalists would claim genuine powers, or leave it up to their audiences to decide whether they are "the real thing" or not.
	www.magictalk.com /cgi-bin/reviews.cgi?read=492 (521 words)

	Project Alpha
		Randi trained Banachek and Edwards so well that out of 300 applicants they alone were selected as subjects.
		Banachek and Edwards found it easy to switch tags after the objects had been accurately measured, thus producing the illusion that an object handled in the most casual fashion had undergone a deformation (Randi: 1983a).
		Phillips and his lab assistants became convinced the boys had psychic powers but they also thought of their work as exploratory.
	www.skepdic.com /projectalpha.html (1497 words)

	Banachek PSI Series Dvd Set
		Banachek is one of the world's foremost mentalists.
		He is the only mentalist to ever fool scientists into believing that he had genuine psychic powers, only to later reveal that he was fooling them.
		Also, learn the "inside" secrets of what Banachek considers one of the most powerful tools in the mentalist's arsenal, Pocket Writing.
	www.thetrickery.com /?nd=full&key=7542 (606 words)

	The Amaz!ng Adventure: Escape from the Bermuda Triangle
		From there, we'll visit the diving paradise of Cozumel and then on to the private paradise known as Cococay***.
		On board, you'll have meals with James Randi, Michael Shermer, Banachek, engage your fellow travelers at private parties, and enjoy stimulating lectures on skeptical topics (To Be Announced).
		Banachek has stunned crowds at the Amaz!ng Meeting, and is one of Randi's "Alpha Kids."
	www.randi.org /amazingmeeting/cruise/cruise.html (508 words)

	Banachek's Vol 2 PSI Series - Only £27.99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Banachek's Vol 2 PSI Series - Only £27.99
		Banachek's Vol 2 PSI Series - Click here for purchasing information
		This DVD includes Banachek’s discussion of his “Buried Alive” escape, his
	www.emagictricks.co.uk /Banachek_s_Vol_2_PSI_Series.html (204 words)

	The Magic Cafe Forums - HN Review 2: Psychological subtleties - Banachek
		In this case it should be Steve "Banachek" Shaw.
		I always insist now that it just be "Banachek" in any writings or publications.
		There may be 2nd volumne of the mentioned work sometime in the future.
	www.themagiccafe.com /forums/viewtopic.php?topic=30486&forum=110 (497 words)

	Psychophysiological Thought Reading-Banachek
		Nearly a century later, Banachek's book "Psychophysiological Thought Reading" will not only cover more details on the history of muscle reading, but he will teach updated effects using muscle reading as it is performed today by Kreskin, Derren Brown, and of course, Banachek, himself among others.
		Banachek's book also covers Pendulums, Spirit Contact (Ouija Boards, etc.), Table Tilting and Dowsing Rods.
		There are several illustrations in both Burlingame's and Banachek's book, but the new ones are drawn by Earl Oakes.
	www.vikingmagiccompany.com /?html=full&key=624 (276 words)

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