The Above Letter is from me, Rochdale, Greater Manchester based Mind Magician Alex William Smith aka Celebrity Hypnotist Jonathan Royle of www.magicalguru.co.uk
FRAMED = THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AT THE HEART OF RUPERT MURDOCH’S EMPIRE THAT LED TO SCORES OF INNOCENT VICTIMS BEING JAILED
BRITISH MAGICIAN ALEX SMITH aka CELEBRITY HYPNOTIST JONATHAN ROYLE TAKING RUPERT MURDOCH’S NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS TO COURT IN A TRIAL ALONGSIDE DUKE OF SUSSEX PRINCE HARRY SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 2025
NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS FAILS IN ITS BID TO PUSH BACK THE JANUARY 2025 TRIAL WHERE THEY FACE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL ACTIONS FROM DUKE OF SUSSEX PRINCE HARRY, BRITISH MAGICIAN ALEX SMITH aka CELEBRITY HYPNOTIST JONATHAN ROYLE & 40 OTHER CLAIMANTS
The Murdoch newspaper empire is ignoring calls to release documents which show that Mazher “Fake Sheik” Mahmood was corrupt two decades before he was finally brought to book.
After Mahmood was caught lying during the Tulisa Contostavlos trial in 2014, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped three pending cases based on his evidence.
The CPS also carried out a review of 25 of his earlier convictions. These included the actor John Alford and the Magician Alex Smith aka Celebrity Hypnotist Jonathan Royle.
Alford was gaoled for nine months in 1999 after a Mahmood cocaine sting. In the same year Smith was sentenced to six months after a sting involving counterfeit coins. Both insist they were framed.
None of the convictions was quashed. Alford and Smith both failed to persuade the Court of Appeal to overturn their convictions.
But more and more evidence is emerging that Mahmood ran a criminal conspiracy that made it virtually impossible for most of his victims to get a fair trial.
The latest revelations show that police, prosecutors, the judiciary and the News of the World all knew that Mahmood was committing perjury as early as 1994 …
As shown above on 2nd May 2024, Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has written to the head of the Metropolitan Police & Commissioner of New Scotland Yard Sir Mark Rowley requesting a meeting to discuss the Police re-opening their examination into Phone Hacking, Unlawful Information Gathering & Other ILLEGAL activities carried out by and/or under the instruction of Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers.
This coincides with this BBC News Article of 2nd May 2024 within which Gordon Brown States that Police should investigate News UK Phone Hacking Cover Up
An easy to understand overview of exactly what has been covered up and the ways in which is has we believe ILLEGALLY been done is explained in this Podcast Interview with Nick Davies
If you really want to do down the rabbit hole and discover for yourself the deeply disturbing & shocking level of criminality that Murdoch’s Empire appears to have gone to in order to try and keep all these things covered up you really should check out this article from Byline Investigates which also gives links to the “Generic Particulars of Destruction” that are being relied upon by The Duke of Sussex Prince Harry, Myself Magician Alex Smith aka Celebrity Hypnotist Jonathan Royle & 40 others (42 claimants in total) who remain in “Tranche 4” of the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation (MTVIL) scheduled to go to Court Trial in January 2025.
Indeed both Rebekah Brooks & Fake Sheik Mazher Mahmood were both mentioned outside The Royal Courts of Justice when Former MP Dr Evan Harris made a statement after settling his privacy intrusion case against News Group Newspapers as explained at link
You may wonder why I have suddenly posted an image above of the Book “Who Killed Daniel Morgan” by Alastair Morgan & Peter Jukes, well in that regards it is because quite frankly the fact the name of Rupert Murdoch’s Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood was mentioned several times in the “The Daniel Morgan Murder Inquiry Report” located at the link below seems to indicate to me even more good reasons why WE NEED PART TWO OF THE LEVESON INQUIRY REINSTATING URGENTLY
There have undoubtedly been numerous MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE due to the Lies, Dishonesty & Illegal Actions of Rupert Murdoch’s Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood and indeed…
The latest revelations show that police, prosecutors, the judiciary and the News of the World all knew that Mahmood was committing perjury as early as 1994 are exposed here in an excellent article by Paddy French of “Press Gang”
There have been numerous Miscarriages of Justice over at least two decades (1994 – 2014) caused by the Lies, Dishonesty & wholly ILLEGAL actions of Murdoch’s Shadowy Fugure The Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood..
In October 2023 I wrote this OPEN LETTER TO ALL BRITISH MP’S (located at next link below) and I not only emailed it to them but also tagged them on Social Media Platforms as well and not a single MP as yet ever got back to me and replied to this letter, not even when I have emailed them through the Houses of Parliament.
Not only has their been what many would conclude looks like a purposeful cover up of The Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood’s dishonesty, illegal actions and involvement in getting Malicious Prosecutions brought to Court and then innocent people Jailed as a result of his Perjury & Criminal Actions against them, but also there has clearly been a serious lack of disclosure by the Police, Judiciary & Crown Prosecution Service since at least 1994 as fully explained in the article by Paddy French linked to earlier and also mentioned here
At the link above I also provide the proof that Mahmood DRUGGED MY DRINKS to manipulate and frame me as well as him and his team being all parts of the supply chain of the alleged Counterfeit Coins, coins which it appears evidence shows were never actually forensically tested by the CPS as they should of been…
The Full details of my quest for justice to clear my name and also to help other victims of the Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood to do the same are all located on my blog page here
With a General Election Looming and to take place no later than 28th January 2025, we need Leaders of the main Political Parties to Confirm that they will Reinstate Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry as a matter of extreme priority if and when they are elected for the reasons already laid out and for all these reasons as well
Indeed let’s not forget Sir Brian Leveson himself made it clear (despite Lies by MP Matt Hancock claiming otherwise) that he wanted Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry to take place
PART TWO OF LEVESON INQUIRY CANCELLED BY CONSERVATIVES
As can be noted in Sir Brian Leveson’s Letter above not only did he want Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry to take place but also he made it clear the activities of FAKE SHEIKH MAZHER MAHMOOD should also be closely examined during this
The Civil Trial Set for January 2025 in the MTVIL could, were it to actually go ahead cast light on exactly how deep the rabbit hole is of illegal activities and cover up by the Murdoch Organisation.
However as recently occurred with Actor Hugh Grant effectively being forced to settle his claim out of court the track record of News Group Newspapers is one that has cost them well over a Billion Pounds so far to keep people out of court and to stop such evidence being aired in open court & ruled upon by a learned Judge.
Details of how Murdoch’s NGN seem to have used “Part 36” offers to keep people out of court are all explained with videos at this next link
The Full details of my quest for justice to clear my name and also to help other victims of the Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood to do the same are all located on my blog page here
REST IN PEACE TO THE DREAM PILOT HYPNOTIST JONATHAN CHASE
REST IN PEACE – THE DREAM PILOT – JONATHAN CHASE
It’s an extremely sad day for the Hypnosis Industry as news comes in that Legendary Comedy Stage Hypnotist & then Hypnotherapy trainer JONATHAN CHASE has sadly passed away.
Based on his website saying he was 10 in 1965, I gather that means he was just 68 or 69 years old which these days is no age at all…
Whilst it is true (as many in the industry will know) that myself and Jonathan did not see eye to eye on many things, including whether Street Hypnosis is Safe and/or Legal in England (which it most certainly is NOT as proven beyond any reasonable doubt on my Transparency Template Project) I cannot deny that he was a true leader for several decades in the fields of both Entertainment & Therapeutic Hypnosis.
Although we did not see eye to eye, and despite the fact that since the early 90’s (End of 1993 onwards) he would frequently INCORRECTLY publicly hold me up as one of the reasons to blame for Stage Hypnosis almost being banned completely in UK in the 90’s (when in fact it was all down to another Hypnotist called Andrew Vincent and the truth is that I actually helped SAVE Stage Hypnosis) I still had and still have a great deal of respect and admiration for all the things Jonathan achieved during his long & varied career.
Indeed part of what I respected about Jonathan so much was the fact that he was so vocal & forthright with his opinions even if he knew they were not necessarily popular ones, his temper and outspokenness in Hypnosis Forums and Groups were also themselves legendary.
As he stated on his own website, on Ecademy in 2005 he was dubbed the Gordon Ramsay of Hypnotists.
He wrote several extremely informative books on both Stage Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy which are available here
And he was (whilst still with us) a VERY CLOSE CONTENDER for the title of the Hypnosis Trainer who had taught, mentored and/or influenced more working and hugely successful Comedy Stage Hypnotists & Hypnotherapists around the world than any other living Hypnosis Trainer…
I know that the fact I had (and still have) way more truly successful working Stage Hypnotists, Magicians & Mentalists using Hypnosis Within their work and/or Hypnotherapists who I originally taught or ultimately coached & mentored to success around the world than any other living Hypnosis trainer is something that he really hated having pointed out to him.
Indeed I am aware that Jonathan was a great friend for many years to one of my Original Stage Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Mentors The Late & Great Delavar (Gordon Mee) and would often go and stay over at Delavar’s house in Loughborough Leicester.
I’m also aware that Delavar used to enjoy winding him up by bringing up my name, especially when I had recently been on the Television again as I often was in the early to mid 90’s on regular occasions in my former stage name of Alex-Leroy.
Jonathan was also inspirational to many as despite his long term illnesses including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease which ultimately led to him being in a wheel chair he still continued performing as “the Sit down Hypnotist” with great success.
In 1990 he became the first English Hypnotist to perform a full comedy hypnosis show on British Radio for Wolverhampton’s Beacon Radio Midnight line with Ian Perry.
This was a feat he repeated a few months later for Manchester Piccadilly Radio with iconic DJ James Stannage, which he described as a bit like tap dancing on radio.
That show on Manchester Piccadilly Radio is one that I heard and was of great interest to me as I started doing Public Performances of Hypnosis myself in 1990 when I had just turned 15 years of age.
Indeed that Radio Hypnosis show by Jonathan Chase proved inspirational to me and some years later, taking inspiration from Jonathan’s Piccadilly Radio show, I would perform a more adult style comedy Hypnosis Show on Kerrang Radio some excerpts from which can be heard here
Indeed in many ways he was a trail blazer as is illustrated on his own “Career Resume” page of his website here:
In 1992 he became Parliamentary Liaison for the British Council of Professional Stage Hypnotists working alongside people such as Paul McKenna and then MP Sir Gerald Howarth.
It was likely the “Campaign Against Stage Hypnotists” in Circa 1993/1994 and the fact that it was ME that got the vast Majority of Television & Radio interviews around the world about whether Stage Hypnosis should be banned or not (as is illustrated at the next link below) that most likely put me onto his “black list” and forever on saw him pointing the finger at me as the person who almost got Hypnosis Banned which in reality could not be further from the truth as is illustrated at the next link.
In a varied Show Business & Hypnosis career spanning close to Five decades, he successfully Mesmerised, Hypnotised, and Edutained tens of thousands of people live on stage, and his YouTube videos have been watched by over 1.4million viewers.
Born Plain Alex William Smith on 13th August 1975 into a Showbiz Family whilst travelling with Gandey’s Circus.
In the picture below I am being held as a baby by my Father “Tizzy the Clown” whose Autobiography “Strings N Things” can be purchased in PDF Ebook format from https://jonathanroyle.sellfy.store/p/3V4w/ or from Amazon as a real paperback book
I made my performance debut aged 3 and a bit in late 1978 as Flap The Clown alongside my Dad Tizzy the Clown during a run of Christmas Party Shows.
I then made my Circus Debut still aged 3 and a bit in early 1979 on Gandey’s Circus.
In the Picture below I am sat in the Middle chair, on the right hand side looking at me is Alex Lacey the Son of Martin Lacey Senior the Famous Wild Cat Trainer and on the left is my Dad Keith William Smith aka Les-Le-Roy aka TIZZY the Clown.
We are performing the classic “Ghost Gag” Sketch and the ghost is about to appear
In another routine (pictured below the Gandey’s Circus Poster below) I performed with my Dad “The Egg Gag” a version of the “Comedy Western” routine and this involved me being in close proximity to a very loud firing pistol being shot towards me 2 shows each day.
This along with having my ear ripped off by a Puma (again on Gandey’s Circus this time whilst I was playing hide & seek with the other Circus Kids) no doubt contributed to my eventual hearing loss & now hearing aid usage!
Anyhow all of the various “run in” and also feature Clown Gags, Skits and Sketches that I performed over the years with my Dad are included in my book “Tizzy & Flaps Clown Gags & Skits for Circus or Stage” – https://jonathanroyle.sellfy.store/p/JrSw/
Also in Circa 1979/1980 I worked as Flap the Clown alongside my Dad Tizzy on the Golden Mile in Blackpool to attract an “edge” to the Paul Daniels Magic Museum attraction.
The full details of this amazing experience along with some of my other memories of Paul Daniels are located at this Tribute Page located here:
It was as explained more fully at previous link above around this time that I got heavily interested in Magic with one of the first Magic Tricks I performed for my Grandparents being The Nail Through Coin
And here they are wondering how I made the nails penetrate the plastic coin…
As I was developing my Magical Skills I was still performing regularly as a Paid Professional Circus Clown & in my stage name of Flap alongside my Dad Tizzy we performed as “Tizzy & Flap” the Clowns.
Below is a Poster from the “Circus Showtime” shows that we performed in Civic Halls, Theatres and also outdoors at Gala’s & Event Days.
Here I am in between one of our Civic Hall Circus shows
Seems I was chilling out with an Ice Lolly before the next house were let in
And below is the Poster that was used at Christmas for our season of “Christmas Cracker” show performances in various venues
The Media would for years regularly feature me as Britain’s Youngest Paid Circus Clown and indeed in 1983 aged 8 I made my Television Debut as Flap The Clown a short clip of which is located here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk5epaMfvh4
In 1981 when I had just turned Six, The Daily Mirror British National Newspaper ran an article about me as Flap the Clown
This resulted due to them seeing this article in the Manchester Evening News about me
It was around this time I recall us performing on Robert Fossett’s Circus and remember dressed as Flap The Clown I would ride on the back of an elephant as we did the “Circus has arrived in Town” parade to help promote the arrival of the show
By the age of 12 in 1987 I’d started performing a Dove Production Style Magic Act
And also it was not long after that I was also performing Large Scale Stage Illusions at paid shows as well including this Combined “Homicide” and “Sword Cabinet” Illusion among various others many of which I obtained from the now Late Roy Rama.
Obviously this meant I needed an assistant to slice up in illusions and also to bring props on and off the stage for the Dove Production style act
The article above which also resulted in radio interviews and other media coverage did indeed help me to find an assistant to perform with and as the next images show one of the first shows we did was to raise money for a machine to help her sister with Cystic Fibrosis
That Magical Partnership did not last very and for some time during our family “Circus Showtime” shows I had to slice my mum up in the Stage Illusion boxes.
Although I also then started adding in things like the Neck Guillotine Head Chopper, Dagger Head Chest and Knife Through Arm so that I could use audience members as assistants.
I do remember doing a run of shows at Milton Keyne’s Shopping Centre for which we were booked by Colonel Tod Cody who is a direct descendent of William Fredrick Cody aka Buffalo Bill and whilst there one of his assistants kindly assisted me and also posed for the photograph that became a Publicity Photograph I used for some time
As well as Circus, Theatres, Christmas & Birthday Party’s and a whole host of other venues including outdoor Gala’s & Events like The Royal Lancashire Show where whilst performing in the VIP tent one of my Doves when produced flew off, around and above all the guests shitting into their drinks and on them for a good 10 minutes before it decided to fly back down to me!!
We even performed shows quite often on Fairground events for Jan De Koning & Gary Gore Fun Fairs.
Heck we even did a Christmas season of shows (several shows each day) at a Garden Centre in Woodford CheshireThis video from one of those Garden Centre performances from Circa 1987 when I would be of been aged 12 years of age can be seen here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bILf9yUjNaY
It was around the same time roughly that at the time without an assistant I had to go inside the Sword Box Illusion whilst my Dad Stuck the swords through it for a Charity Fund Raising event in a Night-Club as per this video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-0TAjaDd3I
You will notice at start of that video I am performing a Mentalism Mind Reading Book Test Routine before the Sword Cabinet Illusion
It was around 1989 aged 14 when I had on the one hand already become the World’s Youngest Qualified Hypnotherapist & was treating people Successfully as mentioned at link below that we also started doing more “Circus Showtime” shows at large Galas, Out Door Events also as an added attraction at Tourist Attractions around the UK.
We also performed at various Civic Halls & Theatres such as that shown in poster below
Bearing in mind that I was performing in that show both as Flap the Clown doing the “run in gags” & continuity clowning and was also as Alex-Leroy doing my Dove Production Animal Magic Act in one half of the show and my Stage Illusion spot in the other half as well as making a cameo appearance doing some Rope Spinning in the Western Act, as you can see below from the shows programme I was somewhat pivotal in that running order to the show
By 1990 when I was 15 years of age I was doing my own Children’s Birthday Party Magic Shows and also Stand up Comedy Magic performances (which included Fire Eating) for Hotels & Working Men’s Clubs…As the testimonial below shows I was something of an accomplished performer by then
Indeed I recently released a package called “The Royle Road to Family & Kids Show Success” which reveals many of the routines, gags & bits of business that I used for great reactions over the years, many of which my Dad has also been using for decades before that and passed onto me
The above testimonial was from a man called Peter Keefe also known under his stage name Nathan Demdyke the Internationally Renowned Psychic Medium and Clairvoyant and he around that time took me under his wing, taught me the tricks of the trade and before you know it I was appearing at Northwest Civic Halls, Theatres & Hotel Venues with my “Bridges From Beyond” Psychic Show and The international newspaper “Psychic News” had dubbed me as “The New Uri Geller & Doris Stokes rolled into one”
Some of my experiences performing as an apparently “Genuine Psychic” can be seen here
For the Christmas Season 1991 and into early 1992 I found work with Marvin’s Magic & indeed at the time became the Youngest & also most Successful demonstrator that they had ever employed with me passing the audition in mid 1991 just before my 16th Birthday and so they awarded me the contract when I was still 15
Part of the reason I did so well is that I’d been Pitching Magic Tricks & Novelty items like the Magic Twisty Glow Worms (Squiggles) in between shows at the outdoor Gala events I’d been performing at with my family for years.
Which is another reason why my book “The Art of The Perfect Pitch” got such positive rave reviews from Legends of the Pitching World including King of the Svengali Deck Mark Lewis as shown here – https://jonathanroyle.sellfy.store/p/piae/
After Marvin’s who offered me a contract to go to live and work in London for them, a contract I turned down as I did not feel ready to commit to one thing, I was by now doing my Comedy Stage Hypnosis Shows also which I started doing public Hypnosis shows of aged 15 and a bit in 1990 and now wanted to concentrate more fully on alongside my Magic Shows.
It was around this time to keep me occupied by day and also for the legal tax advantages it at the time gave, that I signed up for a Performing Arts Course which is where this picture of me as “Mr Magic” from when we did the Pantomime “Jack and the Beanstalk” comes from
January 1993 when I was still aged just 17 and a bit I made my National Television Debut as a Comedy Stage Hypnotist on Channel 4’s Cult Television Show “The Word” as can be seen here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iiqWcCZQSg
Around this time the focus of my Career became more on Stage Hypnosis Show and Hypnotherapy, however I did and always have kept on performing some Magic Shows and some Psychic Style Mentalism shows alongside my Hypnotic Activities
And I’ve even risked my life doing Under-Water Escapology to help promote a Bottled water company’s launch
A Major Stage Illusion that captured my attention when I was very young and saw Paul Daniels & David Copperfield perform versions of it on Television is known as “The Impaled Illusion” and alongside fellow Magician’s David Arkay & Jamie Allan in around 1990 we devised our own method of performing this which enabled the use of a “See Through” base and which was then used with our permission by shock horror illusionist & musician Ron Dickson of “Nightmare” as per
And here is another picture of “Nightmare” performing our version of The ImpaledWhilst here is a picture of the first original prop we had built upon which is fellow creator David Arkay Impaled upon the Sword
Our Version of this Illusion was then used by Star of Televisions “Secret Cabaret” Horror Illusionist Simon Drake who used it on every show of his UK Theatre Tour in 1991 and also on Iron Maidens “Raising Hell” Farewell tour the final show of which was Televised worldwide as per – https://youtu.be/77MKMlEGtLE?si=0XssG8KCLsvUd5u0&t=365
The Bigger Stories relating to both “The Impaled Illusion” & also the Under Water Escapology Stunt that almost killed me are located on the Paul Daniels Tribute page where other elements of my Magical History are also expanded upon
In the very early 90’s in my Former Stage name Alex-Leroy I had a regular series of Magic Articles published in The Supreme Magic Company’s “Magigram” Magazine and also over the years had many articles published in Magic Magazines such as Repro Magic’s “Club 71”, Goodlife’s Abracadabra & Mentis the Magazine for Mentalists.
Along the way I devised many Original Mind Reading & Mentalism Mind Magic Routines and formulated them into my show “Egg Sausage & Peas” which received positive rave reviews from both the general public and also experienced fellow Magicians & Mentalists as is illustrated by the positive show reviews galore published here
In August 2001, Royle was approached by Chris Massey and Gary Midmer of Mudlark Films Ltd who were based at Bray Film Studios in Windsor – (England).
They commissioned me to devise a bizarre entertainment show featuring my own Hypnotic, Psychic, Magical & Comedy talents, after many months of preparation, filming and editing the end result was my very own European Television Series “Life In The Bus Lane”
You can discover more about this truly unique & Surreal Comedy Variety Show Sitcom Series and see videos of all the Episodes filmed back in 2001 at this link:
And YES it was during that Television Series that my Comedy Drag Queen Hypnotist Alter Ego that “Mesmerelda” made her debut in Amsterdam as well…
Over the years I have also both Lectured at Magic Clubs & Magic Conventions as well as performing on the Gala Show of some as well…
I’ve also exhibited as a Magical Dealer at The Southern England Magic Convention on a number of occasions & The Order of the Magi North-West Dealers day on several events
Indeed as well as Lecturing & also running workshops on Multiple Occasions at The Southern England Magic Convention’s, I am one of the rare few people who have ever given Three Lectures at England’s Third Oldest Magical Society & Club “The Order of the Magi” all of which were among the most attended events they have run in the past decade or so and all of which received rave positive reviews
In 2017 I also ended up being the winner of the Order of the Magi’s Cabaret Competition along with also being the Winner of the Close-Up Magic Competition and also The Best Card Trick Shield at exactly the same time!
Throughout the years whilst still performing Magic & Mentalism on the side lines, the thing I’ve had most Television & Media Exposure with around the world and also the thing that has taken me all around the world to perform has been my Comedy Stage Hypnosis Shows
From the early 90’s in my former stage name of Alex-Leroy to the present day where I am dubbed “The British Bad Boy of Hypnosis” in my now stage name of Jonathan Royle, it is true to say that Controversy has it seems always followed me around, despite the vast majority of it being Fabricated Publicity Stunts and/or outright defamatory lies by the media as is explained in full detail with video clips of Past TV Shows I’ve featured on Here
However my desire to perform Magic & Mentalism which was always their in the background has grown stronger in recent years and I’ve started going to Magical Events & Conventions again..Although to be honest the only reason I ever stopped going to Blackpool Magic Convention is because former Organiser Derek Lever found out who my dad was and then banned me as is explained more fully here
In the above photograph I am standing next to my friend Magician, Illusionist & Singer, The Late Carl De Rome who like me was also banned from Blackpool Magic Convention by Derek Lever for no particular reason as is explained along with details of many other antics by the Late Derek Lever on the Archived Carl De Rome Website page here
The picture above was taken at The Magic Circle’s Stand at Blackpool Magic Convention which is ironic given that they Cancelled the booking for my 2017 Magic Circle Lecture on me as explained at this archived web page here
When I was on Craig Petty’s “Talk Magic” Podcast Interview show I spoke about the whole Magic Circle and Paul Zenon Fiasco and Zenon threatened Legal Action on Craig resulting in a section of the show being edited out as explained here
On Saturday 27th August the video of me being interviewed on Craig Petty’s Magic TV You-Tube Channel went live as Episode 187 and hundreds of people watched it before it was suddenly taken down we think just before Midnight UK Time on Sunday 28th August 2022.
Well now it is back up (but with approx. 10-15 minutes of the original interview removed due to Legal Threats) and can be watched as a video at the above link and also can be listened to at the link below as an Audio Podcast on The Talk Magic Podcast with Craig Petty as Episode 183.
Those who managed to watch the original UNCUT version before it was taken down to avoid causing any potential legal backlash for Craig Petty and his team (all of whom I had and have absolutely no desire to cause any problems or issues and thus was and am more than happy that to be 100% safe & covered they edited a certain bit out) will know that I spoke a little about circumstances that led to my Magic Circle Lecture being cancelled back in 2017.
“Alex has a thoroughbred showbiz pedigree”
The Stage Newspaper – 15th May 1997.
BUTTON UP THE CRITICS
Gazing at photographs of the Spice Girls’ bellybuttons in order to gain psychic knowledge of what lies in store for them, would probably strike many fans as a lucky privilege.
But for Alex Alexander, bellybutton reader to the… stars, and paw reader of the stars’ dogs, it is all in a day’s work.
Alex, who says he was invited to examine the Spice Girls’ navels by a leading tabloid, has a thoroughbred showbiz pedigree.
He grew up with Gandey’s Circus, where his mother did a sharp-shooting act and his father was Tizzy the Clown.
By the age of three and a half, Alex was Flap the Clown, following in his father’s outsize footsteps.
Before long, he was developing a precocious talent as a magician, which, by the time he was nine or ten, had blossomed into an interest in all things paranormal and strange.
“I wanted to be able to duplicate them all,” he explains.
“But the more I read, the more I found that there was something in it.”
Around the age of 12, he cut down on magic and started appearing at psychic fairs.
He also read something about the ancient American Indians believing in energy points called chakras, one of which is almost in line with the navel.
The bellybutton- reading concept, destined to lie dormant for many years, was born.
So does he really believe he is psychic?
“I don’t believe it’s a sixth sense it means you have extra or heightened use of your five senses, so you perceive or see things that other people have shut themselves off from, or conditioned themselves not to see.”
Hmmm. But whatever you make of Alex’s claims to special insight, you have to admire his ability to reinvent himself.
He moved into stage hypnotism, under the name Alex Leroy, and says: “I got quite successful at that, but got targeted by some of the press as someone to hold up and hate.
“I did get involved in the seedier side of the business, doing adult shows.”
The seediness, he explains, involved moments like men giving birth to babies: “But it’s nothing worse than anything you’d see in a Carry On film.”
Anyhow, by this time, he says, “showbusiness was screwing my life up”, so Alex Leroy went the same way as Flap the Clown and, for a period of two to three weeks, he got a job selling BUPA healthcare.
Then came another turning point. He did not want to go back to stage hypnosis too many enemies and as for magic, there was too much competition.
So he resurrected the bellybutton idea, and, so far, so good. “I started doing it as a bit of fun, but it’s turned out to be uncannily accurate.”
He has not read his own navel, however. Psychic he may be, but contortionist he ain’t. ?
Psychic–Alex Alexander Is succeeding as a bellybutton reader after his hypnotism act was targeted by the press.
Picture: Derek Parsons Photography
Years ago Magician & Artist Jay Fortune ran “Radio Magic” an online radio Show for Magicians interviewing some of the biggest names from around the world in the Magical industry…
I was honoured to be asked onto Season 2 of the show and excerpts from that show are in the book “Radio Magic Season 2” by Jay Fortune and can also be seen at this link
I’m also Proud that not only was one of my Feature Mentalism Routines included within the pages of the book “Mental Epic Compendium” by Paul Romhany but that some reviewers mentioned my contribution as being by far one of the best in the book.
Over the years I have had tricks and routines published in many other books by other big names in the industry such as in “Killer Konceptions 2010” by Kenton Knepper
And as well as contributing to other peoples books, I have written forewords for some in the Mentalism & Hypnosis Arena as well as my name and techniques being mentioned by numerous authors in their Magic, Mentalism & Hypnosis related books many of which are mentioned along with other eye opening details about my Career at this link:
It is also true to state that I currently have over 50 Books covering all areas of Magic Tricks, Mentalism, Mind Reading, Psychic Skills, Stage Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy available from Amazon & all Major Book Stores..
I’ve also over the years released hundreds of Magical, Mentalism, Psychic Entertainment, Hypnosis & Related training products & tricks to the industry which are now available from all Major Magic Shops around the world via Murphy’s Magic Supplies
Just some of my many Products that are distributed by Murphy’s Magic Supplies to Magic Dealers all around the world are listed here
Indeed my work moved more over the years in to Hypnosis and as a result I’ve helped many people around the world to change their life’s for the better as illustrated here
With perhaps one of my greatest achievements being that I recently wrote what many have stated they feel is the greatest Self-Help, Self-Hypnosis & Personal Development Book of all time entitled – SHITNOSIS as per:
Referring back to Carl De Rome, he passed away the day after the 2023 Blackpool Magic Convention and so on the final day of this years 2024 Blackpool Magic Convention his family and friends ran a Charity Fund Raising Tribute Show in his memory and to help other Cancer Patients at Blackpool Royal British Legion Club just a few minutes walk from the main Blackpool Magic Convention events
I’d previously in 2023 filmed my “Royle Hypnotist Live in Blackpool” Hypnosis for Magician’s, Mentalists & Hypnotists training set at this venue as per:
I of course appeared at the event with my Comedy Magic Act that I used to perform in the Working Men’s Club’s, Hotels and other venues in the very late 80’s & early 90’s
Above I am opening the Act with my Version of the Five Card Repeat Routinewhilst below a signed borrowed bank note is about to be vanished
And then after much byplay and some other Magical Tricks, that same signed bank note ends up inside the inner most box of seven nested boxes that another audience member has been holding onto for some considerable time before the bank note was even borrowed..
This was pretty much almost identically the same routine that I remember performing back in December 1992 for the Strangeways Prison Officers Christmas Party in the Prison Officers Club at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England.Little did I know that in early 1999 I myself would end up inside Strangeways Prison as an inmate due to becoming victim to the dishonesty, Lies & Wholly Illegal techniques of Rupert Murdoch’s “Fake Sheikh” Journalist Mazher Mahmood
However I got great treatment from the Prison Officers as many of them remembered me from the show I’d done for them some 6 and a bit years earlier.
I almost forgot to mention that in my earlier years I regularly performed Close-Up Magic in Restaurants, Hotels and at Private Events & Parties.You can see me perform some of the Card Tricks I performed live for year in this short video here –
In the picture above is my Daughter Ashleigh when she was much younger and she is holding two different Balloon Models that I had just made her, these being 2 of the many different Balloon items that I used to make and sell in between shows years ago.You can see a video of me making the five balloon Harley Davidson Motor Bike along with a clip of me Juggling which is another thing I used to perform in shows years ago here
NOTE = In truth the above link is just a “comprehensive overview” of my Career to date as to be honest I don’t think it mentions about my experiences working the Alternative Comedy Clubs where I once acted as a Support Act for Lee Evan’s & other Star Names including on the mainstream circuit for Jimmy Cricket & Other notable Comedy names.
However if you’d like to learn the hard won secrets of Stand Up Comedy and adding Comedy to your Magical performances check out my book on the subject here which is also full of laugh producing jokes galore – https://jonathanroyle.sellfy.store/p/qbc6/
It also does not make mention of my time Busking with my Fire Eating, Human Block Head (Hammering a Nail into Face) & Other Side Show Feats & Street Magic and it most certainly does not mention my time’s running a Vintage Children’s Carousel Ride and other Fairground & Sideshow attractions.However time earning money doing all those things happened along the way all the same and overall contributes to making my Career & Life in so many wonderful & bizarre ways quite literally – STRANGER THAN FICTION.
As noted earlier on this page, I have however over the past several decades become more Famous & Infamous Around the World both as a Comedy Stage Hypnotist & also as a Hypnotherapist and NLP Hypnosis Consultant, trainer and adviser.
And in that capacity in 2019 I made a Documentary called “Extreme Danger – Extreme Hypnosis” and subtitled “It’s Time for the Sleep Walking Zombies to Wake Up” exposing how Hypnosis & Brainwashing Techniques are used on all of us by the “Powers that be” from all angles of our daily life’s from the Cradle to the Grave.
You can watch my Documentary Free of Charge on You-Tube Here
During the Covid-19 Pandemic when we were all forced to stay at home, in order to pass the time I started my “Hypnosis Week” podcast and as a result have interviewed some of the biggest names in the Stage Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Self-Help, Magic, Mentalism & Related Industries.
You can watch the video TV Interview Show style versions of the podcasts here
Television Without Frontiers was a Four Part “Performance Art” Style Television Series Project that in late 2018 I was hired to go to Sweden to appear and perform within in as
fully explained at this link:
On the subject of my time spent as Britain’s Biggest Media Prankster these images below are just a few of the numerous Newspaper Articles that appeared when in Circa 2000 aged around 25 I exposed (as best I could given events of 1998/1999) what I had done in my quest to expose the dishonesty of media publications & also Television/Radio Shows lack of regard for the truth
Little did I know that my attempt to expose the dishonesty of Rupert Murdoch’s “Fake Sheikh” Mazher Mahmood as the intended launch trigger of my fuller expose of how little regard for Truth or Honesty the media has would back fire on me so spectacularly as is fully explained along with supporting Court Documents, Evidence & Facts here
But then again I did not discover until a few years ago in 2021 that Mazher Mahmood & his associates had used Illegal Phone Hacking, Phone Tapping & other unlawful information gathering techniques (UIG) on me and so in turn they would always have been 50 steps ahead of me and so it now seems meaning they knew I intended to expose their dishonesty (which at the time I thought just amounted to Lying & Fabricating False evidence) in creating Fake Media Stories for “The News of the World”
On 30th September 2022 I issued Legal Proceedings against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers both in relation to the 1998 “News of the World” Fake Coins Fiasco but also in relation to a 1994 Sun Newspaper article where they also lied about me massively.
Now to lighten the tone and bring this blog page to an end (and just because this Comedy entertainer amuses me so much) here is a video that my Daughter Ashleigh kindly got done for me to celebrate “Father’s Day” which features the Psychic Phenomenon that is none other than Clinton Baptiste –
It also gives me a perfect excuse to mention that my Dad Keith William Smith aka Les-Le-Roy aka Tizzy the Clown is also known around the world in Circus as “The Amazing Etna” for his act which featured Fire-Eating, Bed of Nails, Ladder of Daggers & other Yogi Style FAKIR style Sideshow Stunts.
Here is a short video where I talk about my Dads Former Act, You See me do a Little Fire Eating and I also discuss the truth behind how such apparently amazing acts are achieved –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4z6rTDfYyI
The above image is an article from when my Dad had just turned 15 which appeared in the “Heywood Advertiser” and explained how he’d been experimenting with Fire Eating and other Yogi & Fakir Stunts since the age of 14 making him at the time Britain’s if not the World’s youngest Paid performer of such feats.
As Etna The Fire Bug my Dad was the only Speciality Act in the World to have ever performed Three Consecutive Seasons at The World Famous Belle Vue Circus in Manchester, England.
At least two of those Belle Vue Circus Shows were broadcast in the 1960’s on British BBC Television as well.
His act was also featured in another Television Show in 1965 called “The Circus Comes to Town” as per newspaper article below
He also performed his act on many touring Circus Shows including Gandey’s Circus & Sir Robert Fossett’s as well at Cabaret Venues galore throughout the Country.
I myself have also performed Fire Eating, Bed of Nails & other Yogi Fakir Sideshow Style Stunts & Feats in my performances over the years and indeed I have a PDF Ebook available entitled:
“Fire Eating Made Easy & Other Yogi Stunts Revealed”
Here is a short video where I talk about my Dads Former Act, You See me do a Little Fire Eating and I also discuss the truth behind how such apparently amazing acts are achieved –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4z6rTDfYyI
Here are some of my Dads Early Promotional Photographs for both his “Amazing Etna” act and also for his work as “Tizzy the Clown”
If you’d like to learn more about my Dads wide varied Career in Showbusiness check out this autobiography “Strings N Things” which is available in three formats from
PDF EBOOK & ONLINE VIDEOS & ONLINE PHOTO SCRAPBOOKS
Never one to be outdone, I have done something Yogi & Fakir Style that my Dad to date has never done and that is a Fire Walk which I am pictured doing in the photograph above.
Finally for anyone who may be Crazy enough to be interested in learning more about the first 30 years of my Life (from 13th August 1975 to 13th August 2005) then you can grab a real paperback copy of my autobiography about the first 30 years of my life (I’m now 48 and turn 49 in August 2024) from Amazon
BREAKING NEWS: Sun Publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) Makes Settlement with Phone Hacking Victim Actor Hugh Grant & Also Loses Bid to push back full trial of Legal Challenges scheduled for January 2025
British Magician Alex Smith aka Celebrity Hypnotist Jonathan Royle v NGN News Group Newspaper’s – Claimant Specific Particulars of Claim – Case Number BL-2022-001644 in the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation
This comes in the same week that it was announced in Court That British Actor Hugh Grant has been effectively forced into making an out of court settlement in his claim against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, Publishers of The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and formerly of the now shut down & disgraced for Hacking the Voicemail of Murdered School Girl Milly Dowler “The News of the World”.
Discover How “Part 36” offers are, in the opinion of many being used by Murdoch’s NGN in order to Silence People by making it impossible for them to present all the evidence they have of ILLEGAL activities having been taken against them in an Open Court so that the true level of Dishonesty & Criminality could finally be decided upon by a Judge and then also perhaps lead to the Criminal Prosecution of those individuals involved in such Crimes.
SIENNA MILLER EXPLAINS THE BRITISH LAW FORCING PEOPLE TO SETTLE OUT OF COURT & NOT GET CHANCE FOR JUSTICE IN OPEN COURT
DETAILS OF MY ONGOING NGN CLAIM WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY SEE ME IN COURT IN JANAURY 2025 ALONGSIDE PRINCE HARRY & OTHER VICTIMS OF RUPERT MURDOCH’S FAKE SHEIKH MAZHER MAHMOOD INCLUDING BRITISH POP STAR TULISA CONTOSTAVLOS
In the video above Former MP & Founding Member of “Hacked Off” Dr. Evan Harris talks about the Civil Cases currently being brought against News Group Newspapers which include some by people like myself, Prince Harry & Tulisa Contostavlos who have all been victim to the Lies, Dishonesty & Illegal Actions of Rupert Murdoch’s Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood.
And in the video below you can See Dr. Evan Harris talking more about Mazher Mahmood’s activities when he was effectively forced to settle his own Privacy Intrusion Case against NGN due to them using the “Part 36” offer approach to avoid a Court Hearing yet again.
DETAILS OF MY ONGOING LEGAL CLAIM AGAINST NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS
John Alford reading out a statement outside court after ‘Fake Sheik’ Mazher Mahmood was convicted, calling Mahmood a “manipulator of evidence” and a “serial perjurer” is seen alongside other Fake Sheikh Victims Model & Actress Emma Morgan, Boxer Herbie Hides & British Magician Alex Smith aka Celebrity Hypnotist Jonathan Royle
As well as my own Claimant Specific Particulars of Claim which can be read at the above link, I shall also be relying on the exact same Generic Particulars of destruction that Duke of Sussex Prince Harry & my other 40 fellow claimants (42 of us in total) scheduled for Court in January 2025 will also be relying on and which makes for truly eye opening reading right here
REAMENDED PARTICULARS OF CONCEALMENT & DESTRUCTION
In the video above and also the video below I explain the true background behind how I set out to Expose the Dishonest Techniques of Rupert Murdoch’s Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood in 1998, how it all backfired due to him using Unlawful & Illegal techniques that I had zero knowledge or awareness of at the time & how it became one of many gross miscarriages of justice where innocent people were manipulated and lied about and in some cases ended up serving time (as did I) in Prison when in truth we now know the only real criminals were The Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood, his associates & some would also argue his bosses…
My quest for Truth & Justice for myself and also all other Wrongfully Convicted Victims of The Fake Sheikh continues as explained on my detailed blog page where evidence of him committing many unethical, dishonest & illegal acts including DRUGGING PEOPLE is presented for your perusal
Massive Miscarriages of Justice Caused by Rupert Murdoch’s Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood & Made Worse by Huge Disclosure Failures by the Police and Crown Prosecution Service
MY RANDOM BUT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER RECOLLECTIONS OF A LEGEND
The Paul Daniels Magic Show was first broadcast on British BBC Television from the 9th June 1979 which was exactly 2 months & 4 days away from my 4th birthday and most likely the first time that I witnessed the most amazing and charismatic miracle worker performing his wonders before my eyes.
I was instantly hooked and obsessed with Magic and every penny I was earning as Flap the Clown assisting my showbiz father Les-Le-Roy aka Tizzy the Clown on Gandey’s Circus started to be spent on magic tricks one of the first being the nails through coin trick which I can be seen performing for my grandparents in the photographs above and below.
Little did I know that the next year I would meet Paul Daniels, his mum Nancy & one of his sons Paul Junior, but that is exactly what occurred when I ended up helping my dad “get an edge” and draw a crowd into the Paul Daniels Magic Museum on the Golden Mile in Blackpool during its heyday as “The Las Vegas of the North”
We were presenting a neck guillotine illusion (Lester Lake Style) to stop the crowds passing by and then to entice them into paying the entrance fee to go inside the walk around “museum” of Magical Artifacts & static sideshow style illusions and Paul Daniels Junior was meant to be there with us to push the blade down, my Dad Tizzy the Clown having done the patter over the microphone to attract the crowd and me as Flap the Clown having placed the basket under the persons head once inside the stocks of the illusion and also then me having placed the letter into the basket so the victim, sorry volunteer could read it later!
I say Paul Daniels Junior was meant to push the blade down as 90% or more of the time this did not happen as Paul Junior had disappeared and was later often to be found in a local arcade gambling away all his money.
Unfortunately Paul Senior & Paul Junior had a rocky relationship over many many years despite Paul seniors numerous attempts to help Paul Junior get on the straight and narrow which sadly did not in the long term help.
I well remember Paul Seniors Mother Nancy (Paul Juniors Grandmother) visiting the Paul Daniels Magic Museum one day and asking my Dad Tizzy if he could please teach young Paul a bit of Stage Presence.
My dad responded that even if young Paul stayed out of the arcades for five minutes and actually helped with the head guillotine illusion as he was meant to be doing that what chance did my dad have of teaching him any stage presence, showmanship or stage craft if his own dad the now growing Rapidly Famous Television Magician Paul Daniels could not teach him some?
I also recall that Paul Senior one day visited the museum and kindly spent some time teaching young (by then 5 year old) Flap The Clown (me) how to better perform some of the Magic Tricks I had been buying with my wages from the Magic Shop located inside the Paul Daniels Magic Museum & also from local Magic & Joke Shops on The Golden Mile and I can recall feeling a true sense of wonder and awe that the Famous Magic Man off the telly was taking time to show and teach me some Magic.
In later years I discovered that the first Svengali Deck I ever purchased was from another Legend of the magic world Mark Lewis who it turns out was renting the Magic Concession inside the Paul Daniels Magic Museum at the time.
I know that Paul always spoke very highly of Mark Lewis and his ability to pitch Svengali Decks and other Magical novelties and in later years (1991 Christmas Season) I used elements of Mark Lewis’s Svengali Pitch within the one I developed which helped me become the highest selling demonstrator out of all the stores nationwide (including Hamley’s & Harrods etc in London) selling more than anyone else during the 1991 Christmas season for Marvin’s Magic in my former stage name of Alex-Le-Roy.
Also in 1991, August to be precise just as I turned 16, I released my first ever Magic Book in my former stage name of Alex-Le-Roy Entitled “Original Magic” and the very first signed and numbered copy was purchased by Paul Daniels himself.
It was one of the most exciting & memorable moments of my life to open up the envelope and discover a letter from Paul on his Paul Daniels Letterhead accompanied by a cheque for £20 from his personal account of “Newton Edward Daniels” with a note saying that he would like to purchase a copy of my book having seen my full page advertisement for it in that weeks Abra Magical Weekly Magazine published by Donald Bevan.
One of my regrets looking back on things in life is that I accidentally paid the cheque into the bank along with all the other orders that had come in as I actually intended not to cash it and frame it as a constant reminder of the warm “magical” feeling I got when I opened that envelope and discovered that order for my book from my true Magical Hero that I had watched on Television for years and spoken to on many occasions at Magical Conventions & Showbiz events.
The next time I bumped into Paul at Blackpool Magic Convention I asked him what he thought of my first book and he was extremely kind to not tell me it was mostly rubbish which looking back now I realise it was with the exception of about 3 of the included tricks that later also got republished in Supreme Magic Company’s Magigram Magazine.
I also proudly told him how I’d got the highest sales figure for the 1991 Xmas Season with Marvin’s Magic and it was then he related to me how the best Svengali & Magical Pitch Man he had ever seen other than Ken Brooke was Mark Lewis who Paul also then informed me was likely the person I bought my first Svengali Deck from (something Mark Lewis has since confirmed as fact) at The Magic Museum on The Golden Mile Blackpool.
So in a bizarre inter connecting way Paul Daniels was also indirectly involved with my Success working for Marvin’s Magic & The Excellent Feedback I got from both them and also the Bolton Debenhams Store that I had been pitching inside during Xmas 91 & Early 1992.
Mark Lewis Talks about Paul Daniels with me in this interview –
And I talked about Paul Daniels quite a lot when Craig Petty interviewed me on his Magic TV You-Tube Channel
Over the years I saw Paul perform his polished comedy magic act numerous times and it was without doubt his rendition of the Electric Chairs that captured my attention and imagination the most.
At first I thought it must be down to Hypnosis and mentioned this to my dad who informed me that Paul Daniels used to be managed by the Famous British Theatre Stage Hypnotist Peter Casson and that apparently sometimes when Peter himself was double booked for a certain date for a cabaret venue, that sometimes he would send Paul out to cover the other “Hypnosis” booking and Paul would basically do a much extended version of the Electric Chairs routine we have all come to know and love over the years.
Indeed on one of the occasions when he appeared on Granada Televisions “Wheel Tappers and Shunters Club” Television show Paul performed the Electric Chairs but also included elements like getting their hands stuck to the seat area of the chair (not just the back of it as in later years) and other elements very akin to an old style Hypnosis act.
I just had to know how he did it and so I bought the booklet by Edwin Hooper of the Supreme Magic Company “The Real Secret of the Electric Chairs” and was massively disappointed to find out that apparently pre prepared stooges or instant on stage (off mike) cueing was used to make the people jump out of their chairs as if they had received an electric shock.
But then I saw Paul performing again and watched him like a hawk and I did not spot him verbally cueing anyone at any time…
1996 arrived and the book “Zapped” by Ricki Dunn was released which detailed how to combine Slydini’s Paper Balls over the head routine with the electric chairs in a manner where a gimmicked tissue box was used to cue the onstage volunteers as to when to jump out of their chairs.
Soon later I saw Paul performing live again and before the show got chance to talk with him and mention that I’d read the “Zapped” book so now had an idea how he did it.
Paul, the gentlemen as ever told me to pay special attention that night and I did, witnessing him show the tissue box to be ungimmicked (no flaps) and for some reason showing each tissue more clearly when removed from the box, well more clearly directly to me sat in the front row.
Drat he was not doing it as I thought….
Over the years each and every time I met Paul I would ask him to reveal how he did his electric chairs routine and he would obviously refuse and then change the subject by showing me a trick like the time at The Paul Daniels Magic Shop in Wigan when he took out a pencil and tapped one of the glass display cabinets 3 times and then suddenly 3 more rapping sounds were heard without him moving the pencil off the glass cabinet.
Paul kindly told us all this was Ralph Reads Spirit Tapping Pencil effect and could be found published in The Encyclopaedia of Impromptu Magic by Martin Gardener, My Best by J. G. Thompson Junior, volume four of The Tarbell Course in Magic and also within the pages of a 1935 edition of The Jinx Magic Magazine.
I was shocked when in 2023 Ellusionist released a trick called Heart-Beat by Juan Colas where a pencil is touched to a persons finger and without any apparent movement they apparently end up feeling the performers Heart-Beat.
I was shocked as it instantly brought back memories of Paul and the glass cabinets and the fact that after he’d done the glass cabinet trick, whilst telling us all where we could search to learn the secret he also made me feel three “Pulsating Sensations” occur as he touched the pencil to my hand without any apparent movement.
Immediately I went and searched the resources he mentioned and also found that on page 23 of Annemanns Complete One Man Mental & Psychic Routine book Ralph Reads Rapping Pencil Effect is also mentioned and I quote from that:
“The same effect can be obtained by placing the pencil point down on a spectator’s hand”
And I also noticed that some of the other publications Paul had told us to seek out and study made mention of making the volunteer “feel pulses” and as the dictionary states “pulses” are like heart beats…
Indeed I published a long thread of evidence about this on Facebook Here
Make of that what you will, but I’m sure Paul would of agreed with me that “there is nothing new here” in terms of the “Heart-Beat” effect by Ellusionist & Juan Colas.
Another key point of this memory was that Paul always gave me (and everyone else stood around at the time) amazing advice and three of the keys things I remember him saying to me repeatedly over the years are:
1) The Best Secrets & Tricks are hidden within the pages of books and magazines, invest time in studying them. He particularly highly recommended a study of The Encyclopaedia of Impromptu Magic by Martin Gardener.
2) Even if you want to be a Stage Illusionist or Mentalist, study the basics first, practise all elements of Sleight of Hand with all manner of objects and in the long term it will help you be a far better performer whatever area of the Magical Arts you later concentrate upon.
3) Never just buy a trick and perform it “as sold” and never just follow the suggested routine, instead play around with it, adapt it, alter it and add to it if possible and maybe even come up with a better way of doing it so that it becomes personal & unique to you.
During 2010 whilst appearing on BBC Televisions “Strictly Come Dancing” ballroom dancing competition, Paul performed a show at Manchester’s branch of the World Famous “Comedy Store” and I bought tickets for me, my wife Rachel and my friend (and my Daughters God Father) fellow Magician Stuart “Harrizon” Cassels.
We were not only on the front row but our feet could literally touch the front edge of the stage such was the intimate nature of the performance venue.
Before the show began I went downstairs to use the toilet and bumped into Paul stopping to speak to him for a few minutes before I said “I’ll see you after the show to get a Photo if that’s OK?” and then I started to walk off but suddenly heard a voice saying “I’m over here, I’m over here”
I looked around and there was nobody there except me and my Magical Hero Paul Daniels, I obviously looked puzzled and Paul said “Are you OK young Alex?” to which I replied “Yes its OK I just thought I heard something” to which Paul smiled knowingly and walked off saying “see you after the show”
It was after this show at the Comedy Store that Paul Daniels also gave my wife Rachel the advice to use normal Bridge Sized Cards as that would enable her with her small hands to do card tricks & sleights far more easily than trying to use Poker Sized Bicycle Cards.
As best as I can recall it was around 2013 in I think a Magazine for Children’s Magicians & Family entertainers called “Rubber Chicken” that I read an interview with Paul Daniels where he talked about having learnt Ventriloquism when young and how useful it can be to cue on stage volunteers without moving your lips and without detection…
During the show that night at the Comedy Store, Paul made a big thing of showing me the tissue box up close right in front of my face and making it clear there were no flaps or hidden messages on the box…
When pulling tissues out of the box he purposely kept looking towards me and smiling..
And after the show whilst talking about Peter Casson he brought up the subject of an old manuscript called “The Dr Q Hypnotic Act” by Floyd Gerald Thayer and told me that I may well find it very interesting to get a copy and study it closely.
I assumed at the time that he was giving me this advice as he knew by now I was working extensively (and had been since early 90’s) as a Comedy Stage Hypnotist under my new stage name Jonathan Royle so I took his advice and tracked down a copy.
Well that is when the penny dropped and everything fell into place and I realised that over the years Paul had bit by bit been revealing elements of how he did his Electric Chairs Routine to me in an almost subliminal fashion.
I finally knew exactly how it was all done as I put together the jigsaw pieces of Ricki Dunns “Zapped”, The Supreme Magic Electric Chairs booklet, Paul’s magazine interview mentioning Ventriloquism for cueing and the Psychology and staging behind the “Dr Q’s Hypnotic Act” which combined together with what Paul has said to me verbally and I’d witnessed him perform live numerous times over the years finally made the jigsaw of the full secrets complete and clear to me or at least so I suspected.
Then in June 2014 the moment Paul Daniels announced he had copies of “Bravura” his new DVD set filmed by Luis De Matos available for purchase I bought a set from him immediately (as per photo) and it was one of the most magical & amazing moments of my life to watch Paul deconstruct step by step every element of his legendary act but most of all to see that I had indeed finally worked everything out correctly thanks to the clues and bread crumbs of information that Paul had drip fed me over the years often (as with me hearing a voice) to his own great amusement. On 30th May 2015 I saw Paul perform again, this time at The Hippodrome Theatre in Todmorden which was located next to an Antiquarian book shop that Paul made mention of at the start of his show and also after the show told me to check out their Magic Section upstairs in the shop when I next got the chance.
When I did visit the shop I realised Paul had told me to go in as hidden in a box upstairs among the magic stuff was a signed copy of “Dr Q’s Hypnotic Act” which I of course purchased to add to my collection.
Little did I know that would be the last time I’d personally see Paul perform his show live and boy was he on Razor Sharp form that night!
17th March 2016 was one of the saddest days of my life when I discovered that my Magical Hero Paul Daniels has sadly passed away.
2017 and Brain Tumour Research released a Rabbit in Hat Fundraising badge in his memory of which I bought several and promoted far & wide on Social Media platforms to encourage everyone I knew to buy one.
23rd & 24th November 2022, SAS Auctions presented The Award Winning Paul Daniels Magic & Entertainment Auction and among the items on offer were three Theatre Posters for the Hypnosis Shows of Peter Casson. I wanted to win these as they were in pristine condition, had belonged to Paul Daniels (who was once managed by Peter Casson) and my Dad had introduced Hypnotist Peter Casson to his wife Magda when she had been working with my dad at a Holiday Camp in Newquay and Casson had been putting shows on in the area at the same time.(Pictured above is my Dad Les-Le-Roy performing on Stage with Magda who ended up married to Hypnotist Peter Casson after my Dad had introduced them to each other)
Also Peter Casson as the founder and Chairman of The Federation of Ethical Stage Hypnotists (FESH) had once written to me stating “I understand you started life in showbusiness as a Clown, I have got news for you, you still are one!”
It was his idea of being insulting and no doubt triggered by his jealously that in 1994 he only got asked onto one Television Programme to discuss Hypnosis (BBC’s Kilroy which I appeared alongside him on) whereas I was asked onto dozens & dozens of shows both in England and around the world to discuss my Hypnosis Act & Career in wake of the “Campaign Against Stage Hypnotists” that was running at the time and of which Paul Daniels once reminded me “There’s no such things as bad publicity just so long as they spell your name right”
It all felt inter connected and “personal” so I really wanted to win those 3 posters!
Unfortunately something happened during the day the 3 posters were auctioned and I missed out increasing my pre-placed bid on them so did not win them much to my great disappointment.
However on Christmas Day 2022 I opened a package to discover a copy of the catalogue from the Paul Daniels auction and a book mark placed within it made it open to the page displaying the three Peter Casson posters I had wanted so much.
An inner excitement, anticipation and hopeful realisation dawned on me as I noticed three more large packages inside the giant Christmas gift bag given to me by my Magical Friend and Daughters God Father Stuart “Harrizon” Cassels & his Husband Marcus.
Yes you’ve guessed it each of these 3 packages contained one of the three Peter Casson Hypnosis Show Posters from the Paul Daniels Collection with each having been framed ready for display on my office wall where they are now proudly homed and looked at with great affection & triggering each day of positive happy memories of the time I was lucky enough to spend with Paul Daniels over the years.
I then found out that my friend (Former President of The Order of the Magi) Stuart Cassels had purchased a set of 14 assorted Magical & Mentalism Slates from the Paul Daniels Auction and he wanted me to help him work out what they all were.
That led to a great day of going through videos of old Paul Daniels shows trying to see if Paul had used slates in any effects and if so did he use any of the ones Stuart had bought?
Well we were both amazed and delighted when (as per photo/s) we discovered that the slates used in the Maurice Fogel Style “Houdini Séance” that he presented as part of one of his BBC Television “Halloween Specials” were most certainly among the 14 slates he had purchased.
Well not only did they turn out to have been used in the Maurice Fogel Style Houdini Séance that Paul Daniels had performed on one of his BBC Television Halloween Specials but as the video below illustrates this was the same special where it looked like the final “Iron Maiden” torture chamber Escape had gone wrong apparently tragically killing Paul leading to the BBC Television phone lines being jammed and Paul having to appear live on Television later that same night to assure everybody that he was actually completely OK.
Another thing that sticks well and firmly in my mind was the look on Paul Daniel’s face when I asked him how he had made an Elephant vanish in the middle of a field on one of this BBC Television Shows.
Well actually it was not so much the look on his face when I asked him how it was done, but more the look on his face after he had told me he would not tell me and a young cocky overly confident me replied by saying well I know Bobby Roberts of Robert Brothers Circus personally as I was born and originally brought up on the Circus (Gandey’s Circus is the show my family were travelling & performing with when I was born) and I’ll ask him next time I see him.
Paul stated that Bobby was sworn to strict secrecy and would not tell me how it was done and to a degree he was indeed correct.
It is indeed true to say that the next time Robert Brothers Circus was in town I asked Bobby Roberts who appears in the video above & was the owner of the Elephant how this amazing Magical Illusion was achieved.
And it is also true to state that just as Paul had stated, Bobby was sworn to Secrecy and made it clear that he could not tell me how it was done…
He did however say that there was nothing to stop him telling me how it was NOT done!
And then whilst sat on my parents sofa in our then house on Starkey Street in Heywood, he proceeded to tell me certain ways it was most certainly not done…
The penny then dropped in my mind and based on the ways he told me it was most certainly NOT done I suddenly had a lightbulb moment and realised the ONLY possible way it could have been done.
Now whilst Bobby would neither directly confirm or deny if my moment of inspiration had led to the correct solution or not, I could easily tell by his facial expression and body language that Yes indeed I had hit the nail on the head and worked it out correctly.
The next time I saw Paul, still young and overly confident & cocky me told Paul I’d worked out the Vanishing Elephant, and again whilst he neither confirmed or denied the validity of my solution, it was obvious to me through his facial expressions & body language that I had indeed worked out the ONLY possible way it could have been done.
The Image above shows a Manchester Evening Newspaper Article from early January 1993 when I was just 17 years of age and within which they made mention of my time working for and at The Paul Daniels Magic Museum on The Golden Mile in Blackpool.
I was prompted to write down my Paul Daniels related Memories when on Saturday 6th April 2024 I saw mention on the Magic-Week website that Magician Chris Cross was/is compiling a limited edition book as a Tribute to Paul Daniels and was looking for Photographs, memories and stories from other Magicians.
I did send him most of what is on this page, however I do appreciate that I have rather a lot of personal experiences and memories and as such I expect he will not not likely have room for inclusion of them..
As I understand it Chris is hoping to release his book around FISM 2024 and no doubt it will then soon be available to order from his website – https://www.theenchantedrabbit.com/
I also remember with great Fondness the numerous times over the years that I would bump into Paul at Magic Conventions and then in more recent years also on several occasions whilst he was visiting “The Paul Daniels Magic & Fancy Dress Shop” in Wigan which his son Paul Junior was running for him.
During these times we talked about a great many Magical & Showbiz related subjects including of course how to actually make as much money as possible from performing.
I later discovered that some of the great advice he had so kindly given me over the years when we spoke in person he had also included in his “Paul Daniels Master-Class” which I would recommend all Magicians to study and as a video download is available here –
I well remember on the subject of performance fees, Paul saying that I should always ask for the largest figure of money I could possibly ask for whilst keeping a straight face and also telling me that if I did not get told on a regular basis by at least some of those inquiring to book me that my fees were too expensive for them that it meant I was clearly not charging enough in the first place…
I also remember buying in later years (before I was 10) one of the “Mystery Boxes” like the one shown in the image above to add to my ever growing Magic Collection.
The first picture on the second row on the right hand side of the box is the Nails through Coin trick which as mentioned earlier is one of the first Magic Tricks I ever performed.
And also contained within the set was this Magical Dragon Mirror box Believe it or not I actually used my Paul Daniels Magical Dragon “Mirror Box” to produce a Live Dove from (for the record I added air holes to the secret compartment) and so I actually used this prop on numerous occasions during Live Paid Shows whilst I was still at primary school as illustrated in this video here – https://youtu.be/bILf9yUjNaY?si=69sedIgQDK89dD56&t=759
In 1988 I well remember watching a Television Show called QED with an episode called “The Magic of Memory” being presented by Paul Daniels and which you can watch a video of at this link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw6ChArEsCI
Within this Paul talked about the “Link-Word” system devised by M. M. Gruneberg to make learning a New Foreign Language both Faster and Easier and during the show he performed his legendary “Chop Cup” one cup and one ball routine in Spanish having used the system to learn everything in next to no time.
Shortly after or just around the same time as the QED show, Paul via his “Magic Marketing” company released “The Paul Daniels Magic Language Memory Method” range of Audio Tapes which all used the Link-Word System to teach rapidly & easily and I well remember getting a set of these from fellow Magician Jamie Allan when I was around 14/15 in 1989/90
I also well remember Paul relating to me how he had to threaten legal action on Stage Hypnotist Bentley Evan’s (formerly of Blackpool who then moved to Spain) who ran in the early 90’s The Malaga International Institute of Hypnosis (MIIH) and would so his advertising brochures claimed, for a fee of around fifteen hundred pounds have you stay with him for a week in Malaga and Hypnotize you so that by the end of the week you could speak a foreign language fluently…
It turns out Bentley was just getting people together (several at a time) Hypnotizing Them to be relaxed and suggesting to them that they would easily remember and recall everything that they would then hear whilst under Hypnosis.
It seems he would then just play them the various Audio Tapes from the Paul Daniels Magic Language Memory method over and over again…
Whilst I have no doubt it proved effective as the Link-Word method itself and the tapes were and are brilliant, it was hardly Ethical on Bentley’s part and I gather he stopped doing such once he was contacted by Paul Daniels and firmly put in his place!
Right up to the present time & since watching the VHS Tape pictured above I still often include “The Vanishing Card Case” trick taught on this video and indeed over the years I have witnessed it fool many knowledgeable & experienced Magical Performers.
In performance it looks exactly like you remove a deck of cards from its box and then blow on your hand holding the box which immediately and mysteriously melts away & vanishes.
Having been lucky enough to be personally taught “The Classic Force” by Paul Daniels at an early age and then at a later age to be taught by him personally how to successfully and reliably do the Classic Force whilst holding the cards behind my back towards the volunteer, I can unreservedly recommend the video training which is now sold by Meir Yedid’s Magic Shop here – https://www.mymagic.com/l/close-up-magic/inner-secrets-of-professional-magic-video-paul-daniels
The video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNlN_UTw6M8 indicates that Paul Daniels performed this version of the “Impaled Illusion” on BBC Television in 1984 when at most I would have been 9 years old (post my birthday of August 13th) or 8 years old before that, in any event it seems likely that this would have been the first time I saw a version of the “Impaled” illusion performed and it captured my imagination immediately.
I can well remember over the years speaking to Paul about his and various other versions of this wonderful Illusion.
In later years alongside Fellow Magician’s David Arkay & Jamie Allan we would between us devise our own far more practical way of performing this illusion and one where the Sword was and is elevated off the stage by way of being placed into a stand, but most importantly unlike most versions of this illusion in a See Through Stand where there are obviously no electronics or mechanics involved.
Our version would go on to be used by Ron Dickson in his Horror Illusion & Rock Music Show “Nightmare” as pictured above and also was bought from us and then used by Star of Televisions “Secret Cabaret” Horror Illusionist Simon Drake who used it on every show of his UK Theatre Tour and also on Iron Maidens “Raising Hell” Farewell tour the final show of which was Televised worldwide as per – https://youtu.be/77MKMlEGtLE?si=0XssG8KCLsvUd5u0&t=365
Paul once indicated to me how impressive he thought our version looked when he had seen Simon Drake performing it.
Another thing I recall talking to Paul about was when his son Martin Daniels performed Houdini’s Death Defying Water Torture Cell Escape on his BBC Television Show.
I told him all about how I’d nearly died doing my own version of the stunt to help promote a bottled water company that I had (at the time) a business interest in and as well as telling me how nervous he genuinely was when Martin performed the Escape, he also told me how stupid I was for going through with my attempt in such Icy Cold outdoor Yorkshire conditions as I did.
You can see Paul’s Son Martin Daniels perform his escape here –
The 25th February 2004 (some 20 Years & 2 months ago) was the day that I very nearly died whilst attempting to apparently set a New World Record for an extremely dangerous Houdini Style Under Water Escapology Stunt to help promote the launch of my Late Friend and Business Partner Peter Hill’s new bottled water business Simply Pure Water Ltd in Denby Dale Huddersfield.
Due to a Press Release I had written with the heading DEATH BY DROWNING? Which had been sent to the media to promote the Escape Attempt numerous journalists and news teams had shown up on the day.
As you will learn later the Stunt received tons of Television, Radio and Newspaper Publicity and in turn attracted lots of interest and new customers for my friend Peter Hill’s “Simply Pure Water Ltd” Business.
Indeed anyone who has my “Secrets of Hypnotic Success” Video set as per https://jonathanroyle.sellfy.store/p/a98H/-TRANCER/ can watch those and you will see me explain how the Press Release was worded for maximum impact and attention and also be able to witness video footage of the actual events & Escape attempt that took place on that day in question.
Ultimately the media reported that I escaped from everything and set a New World record in just 38 Seconds…
LUCKILY they did not become aware of and/or report all the cock ups that happened that day which I shall now list below…
UNFORTUNATELTY a series of unforeseen events took place that culminated in me almost dying during the Escapology attempt and these included..
*Firstly the container that had been ordered to be delivered for me to be submerged underwater inside of and then escape from was not delivered and instead they brought something that I could not even fit inside of.
*Given time was running out and we were unable to source a suitable alternative, in desperation I suggested using one of the industrial wheely bins from the industrial estate upon which Simply Pure Water Ltd was situated.
*Sadly we could find only one bin which was easy enough to empty BUT and it’s a massive BUT it smelt like it had been filled with Petrol or some other highly toxic chemical at some point and these fumes did later very nearly make me pass out under water.
*Given by this point the media had started to arrive, we did not have time to fill the bin with a hosepipe and thus get nice warm water, but instead were forced to call the local Fire Brigade and pay them to come and fill up the bin, something they willingly did with ICE COLD FREEZING WATER..
*Add to that it was already an extremely cold and icy day in Yorkshire and to say the conditions were far from ideal would be a massive under statement.
*To add insult to injury, because of all these cock ups and delays, I consequently only ended up with about 15 to 20 minutes to examine and test out all of the Escapology Equipment which I had hired in from Ken Dean (The Great Kondini) and had ZERO CHANCE to actually try escaping from the items whilst under water inside a pitch black wheely bin.
*When it came to doing the Escape I was chained from head to toe and this was interweaved between Leg Irons, Several different Pairs & Styles of Handcuffs including Dungeon Style and more normal Regulation Ratchet Style along with a Neck brace collar and it all locked together with several padlocks.
*For the sake of the media and cameras and to plug Simply Pure Water Ltd, Peter and his colleague then were seen to finish filling up the tank with water poured from the Giant Water Cooler Bottles that the business supplied.
*I was then lifted up and lowered into the FREEZING COLD water inside the wheely bin which was outside on a FREEZING COLD February wet & windy day in Yorkshire.
*As soon as I entered the water the shock of the coldness hit me and I was scared to death to say the least and started trying to think of a way of getting out of doing the stunt without making the business launch look bad.
*As I posed for some pictures for the media and explained that on the count of 3 I would submerge myself and the lid would be closed I had lowered my hands below the water and they were out of sight of the media as I started to try and open the handcuffs without any joy.
*The time came and 1,2,3, I ducked down into the water and the lid was closed at which moment I realized it was both freezing cold and pitch black so I immediately sprang back up and shoved my hands in the air to prove I was still chained up and then made it seem like a purposely done joke by saying in case things did not go to plan could I have my applause now..
*During this time (as I was getting colder and colder and feeling weaker and weaker) I actually managed to get some of the locks and handcuffs undone without the media realizing (as they were below water level and hidden by the bin) and so when I ducked down into the water this time I only had the neck collar, chain, leg irons and a couple of padlocks to get undone..
*HOWEVER the moment I ducked down and the lid was closed I felt my body go into shock and my life genuinely did start to flash before my eyes as I realized that I did not seem able to get the Leg irons open and was having problems with other stuff as well.
*I managed to kneel so I could attempt to lift my head up and get my mouth above water level and into the curved lid of the wheely bin for air but as it was so dark all I managed to do was hit my head on one of the cross bars and was not able to find the bit where I’d be able to grab some air from..
*It seemed like forever and then I suddenly recall thinking either I am going to die in here today as I now felt so weak and cold OR I give up, muster up the strength to stand up and open the lid and be seen as a failure in the eyes of the media.
*After what seemed like forever but based on media reports was only 38 Seconds I just about managed to muster up the strength to climb up and open the lid of the bin..
*LUCKILY for me as I did the chains fell down my body even though I had not managed to open one of the locks and indeed by the time I had opened the lid and lent over the edge of it holding myself up there was just chain around my ankles and feet which I luckily managed to kick and shake off before my legs came into view as I was lifted out of the wheely bin before collapsing to the floor and nearly passing out.
*All in all it was a shambles of a day, BUT and it’s a big BUT.. the media reported it as a SUCCESSFUL New World Record attempt of me doing it successfully in 38 seconds.
*Little did they know that I was supposed to have a different container and warm water in it so I could escape and then stay under water safely for a couple of minutes which I had practiced at length underwater submerging myself in my bath at home on many occasions and which would ultimately have made everything seem more impressive and realistic.
*Little did they know that it was pure luck that the final bits fell off my legs and over my ankles as I was being lifted out of the tank so it looked like I had escaped before standing up.
*But what they did realize was that there was no acting involved when it came to the fact I collapsed and nearly passed out and the fact that the water was freezing cold as was the weather outside in Yorkshire itself.
*I therefore have the utmost respect for those who do such dangerous feats of Escapology but for me that was the last time I’ll ever attempt to Escape from things under water for a bit of publicity.
ULTIMATELY THIS WAS THE MOST STUPID THING I HAVE EVER DONE & NEVER AGAIN WILL I ATTEMPT ANYTHING LIKE IT
YOU CAN WATCH ME DISCUSS THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THIS STUNT & ALSO NEARLY KILL MYSELF HERE
As I say Paul Daniel’s quite correctly told me I was STUPID to have proceeded with the Escape attempt under those Icy Cold Conditions and he was of course 100% right
Another thing that Paul and me ended up having in common was the very real fact that Derek Lever ended up Hating Us and “Banning” us both from Blackpool Magic Convention
The full Story behind how Derek Lever was once great with me and then fell out with me once he found out who my Dad is can be read by those who may be interested at this link
To say that Paul Daniel’s inspiration, advice and performances have been a massive influence over me, my life and career would be a massive understatement.
I can’t thank you enough Paul for the Magic you put into my life.
JONATHAN ROYLE – 6th April 2024
PS: My Magical, Hypnosis & Showbiz Career Resume to Date Can be seen at:
One final thought just jumped into my mind, when I was much younger, (as best as I can recall probably around the age of 12/13 at most) I was having a tooth out at the Dentist and was under put under General Aesthetic so I was knocked out whilst the tooth was extracted.
I don’t remember the tooth being removed as I was out of it at the time, but I do very vaguely remember coming round in a shocked & surprised manner as The Dentist told me that The Very Lovely Debbie McGee was there to see me.
My Dentist knew I was a big Paul Daniels fan & suspected I may have a childhood crush on Debbie (which like many fellow young Magicians I did) and so to wake me up he told me she was there in the Dentists Surgery waiting to see me!
If you look closely you will see my stage name JONATHAN ROYLE on the front of the left hand front cover of the Magic-Seen Magazine that Paul Daniels is holding above.
There is a feature multi page interview about me in that issue and I had large display adverts for my Courses & Products inside the other magazines he is holding as well.
You can read the Full Uncut Magic-Seen Interview with me at this link:
that package includes video training and a Free Copy of my book mentioned earlier “Séance Secrets, Ghost Hunting Tricks & Paranormal Investigation Techniques”
HOWEVER THOSE VIDEOS & TONS OF OTHER STUFF IS HERE
KING OF THE COLD READERS ROYLE REVEALS PARANORMAL, SUPERNATURAL, GHOST HUNTING & BIZARRE MAGICK
FACT = Over the years the Secrets, Techniques and Approaches taught within the pages of the books above and also demonstrated and explained on the video training set linked to have indeed helped me earn a very lucrative income indeed.
ALEX LE ROY. The new uri Geller-Alex Alex Le’Roy ‘Vaudevilla’ Starkey Street, Heywood, Lancs. Ron Baybutt.
As well as the more Conventional Psychic Skills and Readings as detailed above I also featured Uri Geller Style Metal Bending as illustrated in the videos located here
And over the years I have also featured Bizarre Psychic Reading Talents on Television Shows and in the Media Around the world including Dogs Paw Reading aka Palmistry for Dogs…
COLD READING & MENTALISM SECRETS FOR THE PSYCHIC ENTERTAINER
This is the book that first contained full Secrets of my Pawology (Palm Reading for Dogs) along with all the techniques of Navel Gazing aka Psychic Belly Button Reading and other Bizarre Psychic & Paranormal Talents as well…
My case against News Group Newspaper’s for the Dishonest, Unlawful and often wholly Illegal Actions of former News of the World & Sun on Sunday Journalist The Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood & also my claims in relation to senior management both having knowledge of and also authorising such activities was filed in the High Court of London on 30th September 2022 and is part of the “Fourth Tranche” of cases in the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation and my case is listed on the document here
REGISTER OF CURRENT CLAIMS AGAINST RUPERT MURDOCH’S NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS IN TRANCHE 4 CURRENTLY DUE IN COURT DURING JANUARY 2025
THE REGISTER OF CURRENT ACTIVE CLAIMS AGAINT MURDOCH’S NGN IS HERE
As well as my own Claimant Specific Particulars of Claim I shall also be relying on the exact same various “Generic Particulars of Claim” including the “Generic Particulars of Destruction” as those being relied on by The Duke of Sussex Prince Harry & numerous other claimants including other Mazher Mahmood victims such as Tulisa Contostavlos.
Some of these documents are mentioned in the Byline Investigates article and can be downloaded from their website using the links located here
John Alford reading out a statement outside court after ‘Fake Sheik’ Mazher Mahmood was convicted, calling Mahmood a “manipulator of evidence” and a “serial perjurer” alongside other Fake Sheikh Victims Boxer Herbie Hides, Model & Actress Emma Morgan & Magician Alex Smith aka Hypnotist Jonathan Royle
MY CLAIMANT SPECIFIC PARTICULARS OF CLAIM CAN BE VIEWED HERE
BREAKING NEWS 
The Cover Up of which he speaks is more fully explained in the articles that appear within the June 2024 Issue of Prospect Magazine
You may wonder why I have suddenly posted an image above of the Book “Who Killed Daniel Morgan” by Alastair Morgan & Peter Jukes, well in that regards it is because quite frankly the fact the name of Rupert Murdoch’s Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood was mentioned several times in the “The Daniel Morgan Murder Inquiry Report” located at the link below seems to indicate to me even more good reasons why WE NEED PART TWO OF THE LEVESON INQUIRY REINSTATING URGENTLY
The Full details of my quest for justice to clear my name and also to help other victims of the Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood to do the same are all located on my blog page here
The Civil Trial Set for January 2025 in the MTVIL could, were it to actually go ahead cast light on exactly how deep the rabbit hole is of illegal activities and cover up by the Murdoch Organisation.
Details of how Murdoch’s NGN seem to have used “Part 36” offers to keep people out of court are all explained with videos at this next link
Also in Circa 1979/1980 I worked as Flap the Clown alongside my Dad Tizzy on the Golden Mile in Blackpool to attract an “edge” to the Paul Daniels Magic Museum attraction.
This video from one of those Garden Centre performances from Circa 1987 when I would be of been aged 12 years of age can be seen here – 
Bearing in mind that I was performing in that show both as Flap the Clown doing the “run in gags” & continuity clowning and was also as Alex-Leroy doing my Dove Production Animal Magic Act in one half of the show and my Stage Illusion spot in the other half as well as making a cameo appearance doing some Rope Spinning in the Western Act, as you can see below from the shows programme I was somewhat pivotal in that running order to the show
As the testimonial below shows I was something of an accomplished performer by then
For the Christmas Season 1991 and into early 1992 I found work with Marvin’s Magic & indeed at the time became the Youngest & also most Successful demonstrator that they had ever employed with me passing the audition in mid 1991 just before my 16th Birthday and so they awarded me the contract when I was still 15
Part of the reason I did so well is that I’d been Pitching Magic Tricks & Novelty items like the Magic Twisty Glow Worms (Squiggles) in between shows at the outdoor Gala events I’d been performing at with my family for years.
Which is another reason why my book “The Art of The Perfect Pitch” got such positive rave reviews from Legends of the Pitching World including King of the Svengali Deck Mark Lewis as shown here – 
And here is another picture of “Nightmare” performing our version of The Impaled
Whilst here is a picture of the first original prop we had built upon which is fellow creator David Arkay Impaled upon the Sword
In the very early 90’s in my Former Stage name Alex-Leroy I had a regular series of Magic Articles published in The Supreme Magic Company’s “Magigram” Magazine and also over the years had many articles published in Magic Magazines such as Repro Magic’s “Club 71”, Goodlife’s Abracadabra & Mentis the Magazine for Mentalists.
Over the years I have also both Lectured at Magic Clubs & Magic Conventions as well as performing on the Gala Show of some as well…
Review of Royle’s November 2011 Lecture by Jack Griggs
My book of the same name expanding on the topics covered in the Documentary is available from Amazon & all major book stores in large format paperback
Little did I know that the next year I would meet Paul Daniels, his mum Nancy & one of his sons Paul Junior, but that is exactly what occurred when I ended up helping my dad “get an edge” and draw a crowd into the Paul Daniels Magic Museum on the Golden Mile in Blackpool during its heyday as “The Las Vegas of the North”
We were presenting a neck guillotine illusion (Lester Lake Style) to stop the crowds passing by and then to entice them into paying the entrance fee to go inside the walk around “museum” of Magical Artifacts & static sideshow style illusions and Paul Daniels Junior was meant to be there with us to push the blade down, my Dad Tizzy the Clown having done the patter over the microphone to attract the crowd and me as Flap the Clown having placed the basket under the persons head once inside the stocks of the illusion and also then me having placed the letter into the basket so the victim, sorry volunteer could read it later!
I also recall that Paul Senior one day visited the museum and kindly spent some time teaching young (by then 5 year old) Flap The Clown (me) how to better perform some of the Magic Tricks I had been buying with my wages from the Magic Shop located inside the Paul Daniels Magic Museum & also from local Magic & Joke Shops on The Golden Mile and I can recall feeling a true sense of wonder and awe that the Famous Magic Man off the telly was taking time to show and teach me some Magic.
I know that Paul always spoke very highly of Mark Lewis and his ability to pitch Svengali Decks and other Magical novelties and in later years (1991 Christmas Season) I used elements of Mark Lewis’s Svengali Pitch within the one I developed which helped me become the highest selling demonstrator out of all the stores nationwide (including Hamley’s & Harrods etc in London) selling more than anyone else during the 1991 Christmas season for Marvin’s Magic in my former stage name of Alex-Le-Roy.
Also in 1991, August to be precise just as I turned 16, I released my first ever Magic Book in my former stage name of Alex-Le-Roy Entitled “Original Magic” and the very first signed and numbered copy was purchased by Paul Daniels himself.
One of my regrets looking back on things in life is that I accidentally paid the cheque into the bank along with all the other orders that had come in as I actually intended not to cash it and frame it as a constant reminder of the warm “magical” feeling I got when I opened that envelope and discovered that order for my book from my true Magical Hero that I had watched on Television for years and spoken to on many occasions at Magical Conventions & Showbiz events. 
I also proudly told him how I’d got the highest sales figure for the 1991 Xmas Season with Marvin’s Magic and it was then he related to me how the best Svengali & Magical Pitch Man he had ever seen other than Ken Brooke was Mark Lewis who Paul also then informed me was likely the person I bought my first Svengali Deck from (something Mark Lewis has since confirmed as fact) at The Magic Museum on The Golden Mile Blackpool.
Mark Lewis Talks about Paul Daniels with me in this interview –
I just had to know how he did it and so I bought the booklet by Edwin Hooper of the Supreme Magic Company “The Real Secret of the Electric Chairs” and was massively disappointed to find out that apparently pre prepared stooges or instant on stage (off mike) cueing was used to make the people jump out of their chairs as if they had received an electric shock. 
Soon later I saw Paul performing live again and before the show got chance to talk with him and mention that I’d read the “Zapped” book so now had an idea how he did it.
Paul kindly told us all this was Ralph Reads Spirit Tapping Pencil effect and could be found published in The Encyclopaedia of Impromptu Magic by Martin Gardener, My Best by J. G. Thompson Junior, volume four of The Tarbell Course in Magic and also within the pages of a 1935 edition of The Jinx Magic Magazine. 
2) Even if you want to be a Stage Illusionist or Mentalist, study the basics first, practise all elements of Sleight of Hand with all manner of objects and in the long term it will help you be a far better performer whatever area of the Magical Arts you later concentrate upon.
3) Never just buy a trick and perform it “as sold” and never just follow the suggested routine, instead play around with it, adapt it, alter it and add to it if possible and maybe even come up with a better way of doing it so that it becomes personal & unique to you.
During 2010 whilst appearing on BBC Televisions “Strictly Come Dancing” ballroom dancing competition, Paul performed a show at Manchester’s branch of the World Famous “Comedy Store” and I bought tickets for me, my wife Rachel and my friend (and my Daughters God Father) fellow Magician Stuart “Harrizon” Cassels.
During the show that night at the Comedy Store, Paul made a big thing of showing me the tissue box up close right in front of my face and making it clear there were no flaps or hidden messages on the box…
Then in June 2014 the moment Paul Daniels announced he had copies of “Bravura” his new DVD set filmed by Luis De Matos available for purchase I bought a set from him immediately (as per photo) and it was one of the most magical & amazing moments of my life to watch Paul deconstruct step by step every element of his legendary act but most of all to see that I had indeed finally worked everything out correctly thanks to the clues and bread crumbs of information that Paul had drip fed me over the years often (as with me hearing a voice) to his own great amusement. 
Little did I know that would be the last time I’d personally see Paul perform his show live and boy was he on Razor Sharp form that night!
23rd & 24th November 2022, SAS Auctions presented The Award Winning Paul Daniels Magic & Entertainment Auction and among the items on offer were three Theatre Posters for the Hypnosis Shows of Peter Casson.
(Pictured above is my Dad Les-Le-Roy performing on Stage with Magda who ended up married to Hypnotist Peter Casson after my Dad had introduced them to each other) 
It was his idea of being insulting and no doubt triggered by his jealously that in 1994 he only got asked onto one Television Programme to discuss Hypnosis (BBC’s Kilroy which I appeared alongside him on) whereas I was asked onto dozens & dozens of shows both in England and around the world to discuss my Hypnosis Act & Career in wake of the “Campaign Against Stage Hypnotists” that was running at the time and of which Paul Daniels once reminded me “There’s no such things as bad publicity just so long as they spell your name right”
An inner excitement, anticipation and hopeful realisation dawned on me as I noticed three more large packages inside the giant Christmas gift bag given to me by my Magical Friend and Daughters God Father Stuart “Harrizon” Cassels & his Husband Marcus. 
I also remember with great Fondness the numerous times over the years that I would bump into Paul at Magic Conventions and then in more recent years also on several occasions whilst he was visiting “The Paul Daniels Magic & Fancy Dress Shop” in Wigan which his son Paul Junior was running for him.
Believe it or not I actually used my Paul Daniels Magical Dragon “Mirror Box” to produce a Live Dove from (for the record I added air holes to the secret compartment) and so I actually used this prop on numerous occasions during Live Paid Shows whilst I was still at primary school as illustrated in this video here – 
The full Story behind how Derek Lever was once great with me and then fell out with me once he found out who my Dad is can be read by those who may be interested at this link
You can read the Full Uncut Magic-Seen Interview with me at this link:
The Art of Fortune Telling – How to Predict the Future for Fun & Profit 
Séance Secrets, Ghost Hunting Tricks & Paranormal Investigation Techniques 
POETIC PALMISTRY 
And over the years I have also featured Bizarre Psychic Reading Talents on Television Shows and in the Media Around the world including Dogs Paw Reading aka Palmistry for Dogs…
Psychic Belly Button Reading & Navel Gazing Mentalism Cold Reading
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