Jinx by Ted Annemann

Highly regarded by mentalists, the Jinx is considered an essential resource. This publication is a goldmine of techniques, routines, and insightful commentary, making it indispensable for both mentalists and magicians alike.

Experience the most accessible version of the Jinx yet, featuring all 151 issues along with summer and winter extras. Each issue is easily navigable through bookmarks. You’ll also find reproductions of vintage advertisements, a three-part index by J. G. Thompson Jr., and a newly created 30-page index that is alphabetized and covers all issues and extras.

We meticulously digitized this collection, ensuring scans were taken from unbound issues to prevent distortion. Each page has been carefully cleaned for optimal clarity, and advanced OCR technology has been employed to make every page fully text searchable.

Additionally, this disc includes the ebook Popular Card Tricks by Gibson, as Annemann had plans to feature this work in a special Jinx issue.

October 1934 – 1941; 907 pages

1. The Jinx – 1 – October 1934 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Hallucination – originated by Eddie Clever

4. The Supreme East Indian Needle Feat – Annemann

5. Two Papers and a Spectator – Annemann

6. The Mystery of the Blackboard – Paul Rosini

1. The Jinx – 2 – November 1934 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. The Devil’s Four Aces – Theo Annemann

4. The Finders – Orville Wayne Meyer

5. Synthetic Sympathy – Theo Annemann

6. Your Card! – Orville Wayne Meyer

7. Wanted – Questions and Answers – call for questions – Annemann

8. The Demon – Yogi – Goblin Book Test – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 3 – December 1934 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. A Card in Transit! – Lee Gilbert

4. A Real Psychic Card Test – Annemann

5. Dead or Alive? – Annemann

6. The Bending Swizzle Stick – Annemann

7. poem – provided by The Great Lesta

1. The Jinx – 4 – January 1935 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Tip to Night Club Workers – Jean Hugard [par 7]

4. The Master of the Message – Annemann

5. Cigarette Perception – Martin Sunshine

6. Card Box Sympathy – Orville Wayne Meyer

7. One of Those Things – Calvin Cole

8. Something to Work On – letter from Vincent Dalban

9. The Twentieth Century Newspaper Test – Stuart Robson

1. The Jinx – 5 – February 1935 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. The Red and Blue Back Color Change – Annemann

4. With Sight Unseen – L. E. Duncanson

5. The Solution of ‘Something to Work On’ – Charles W. Nyquist

6. The Lie Detective – Stuart Robson

7. A Question and the Answer – Annemann

8. A Neat Publicity Trick – Nat Scherzer

1. The Jinx – 6 – March 1935 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Impromptu Frame Ups – Annemann

4. The Astral Shirt – Annemann

5. The Card That Isn’t! – Russell T. Wise

6. Two Mindreading Publicity Effects – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 7 – April 1935 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Tip to Magicians [par 3-6]

4. The “ELM” Card Change – E. Leslie May

5. The Question for the Month – Annemann

6. A Practical Card Code – Orville Wayne Meyer

7. The New Nightmare Effect – Annemann

8. The Lemon and the Dollar – Conrad Bush

1. The Jinx – 8 – May 1935 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. An Improvement a la Carte – Annemann

4. The Astral Shirt Again! – Dr. L. E. Duncanson

5. Thought Rays – Dr. L. E. Duncanson

6. Tom Bowyer’s Publicity Trick – Tom Bowyer

7. The Jinx Five-Foot Shelf of Magic – Annemann

8. Transient Money – E. D. Wolff

1. The Jinx – 9 – June 1935 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. The Modernized Reading – Annemann

4. The Renovated Sphinx Card Trick – Eddie Clever

5. A Matter of Policy – Annemann

6. Pseudo-Psychometry – Annemann

1. The Jinx – Summer Extra 1935 – 12 pages

2. contents

3. Editor Speaking – Annemann

4. The Jinx Extra Cocktail

5. A Flash Ribbon Restoration – John K. Bays

6. Lies! Lies! Lies! – Henry Christ

7. Slate Immortality- letter from R. H. Parrish

8. Telepathy on the Cuff – R. H. Parrish

9. Horrors!!! – Stuart Robson

10. Just the Same Alike – Annemann

11. With One Hand – Annemann

12. It Goes This Way – Annemann

13. The ‘One of a Bunch’ Force – Orville Meyer

14. The Impression Moderne – Annemann

15. The Ribbon that Made Good – Orville Meyer

16. The Migrating Pasteboard – Annemann

17. The Face Up – Face Down Location – Annemann

18. A Principle in Disguise – Harry Vosburgh

19. From Out of the Air – Annemann

20. The Handkerchief That Flew – Annemann

21. A Daffy Discovery – Annemann

22. A New Method of Tabulation – Ralph W. Read

23. The Unknown Subject – Annemann

24. Par-Optic Vision – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 10 – July 1935 – 4 pages

2. Humdrum the Mystic says

3. comments – Theo Annemann

4. Twentieth Century Cards – Annemann

5. Surprise!! – J. G. Thompson, Jr.

6. The Henry E. Dixie Cigarette Vanish – Henry E. Dixie

7. Extra-Sensory Perception – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 11 – August 1935 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. A Cigarette Rolled by Proxy – Orville Meyer

4. The Fan Location – El Ray

5. A Trick with the Fan Location – Annemann

6. A Card to be Thought About – Annemann

7. A Divination with Matches – Fred DeMuth

8. The Card Unharmed – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 12 – September 1935 – 4 pages

2. Humdrum the Mystic says

3. comments – Theo Annemann

4. Thoughts in General – Annemann

5. The Solitaire King – Annemann

6. Four Aces on the Stage – Annemann

7. Wanted – A Card Routine without cards! – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 13 – October 1935 – 4 pages

2. Humdrum the Mystic says

3. comments – Theo Annemann

4. An Original Tie for Loads – Ottokar Fischer

5. Higher Magic! – Annemann

6. The Super Slates – Anonymous

7. Cards and a Newspaper – Arthur Johnson

8. Aces of Eight!! – Otis Manning

1. The Jinx – 14 – November 1935 – 6 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. A Card in Flight!! – Bobby Hummer

4. Coins, En Route! – Ottokar Fischer – incomplete

5. Magician’s business cards

6. Cauldron – letter from Burling Hull

7. reply to Burling Hull from Theo Annemann

8. A Cute and Quick Location – Annemann

9. Thoughts in the Air – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 15 – December 1935 – 6 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. An Original Faked Envelope with a Publicity Angle – Annemann

4. articles regarding magicians and their doings

5. Magician’s business cards

6. A Different Card Spelling – George C. Hanneman

7. An Original Ball-Dropper – Ottokar Fischer

8. Diabolical Influence – Harris Solomon

1. The Jinx – 16 – January 1936 – 4 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. A Visible Cigarette Vanisher – Lu-Brent

4. Again A Prediction – “Doc” Mifflin

5. The Lucky Number Magic Square – Royal V. Heath

6. Brrr!! (Meaning ‘very cold’) – Otis Manning

7. The Acme Thought Card Pass – Dr. Jacob Daley & Annemann

1. The Jinx – Winter Extra 1935/36 – 10 pages

2. Editor Speaking – Theo Annemann

3. Impromptu Vision – J. G. Thompson, Jr.

4. The Puzzling Speller – Bobby Hummer

5. The Undercover Mystery – Annemann

6. Tobacco Magic – Lu-Brent

7. The Classical Cigarette – Lu-Brent

8. Simplex Torn Card and Balloon – Lu-Brent

9. The Itinerant Dollar – Jacob Steisal

10. The 32 Card Mystery – Audley Walsh

11. The Psychic Knows – Robert Parrish

12. Money in the Pocket – Jack Vosburgh

13. The 20th Century Slate Test – Jean Hugard

14. More Higher Magic – Annemann

15. The Ultra Slate Message – Dr. Jacob Daley

16. Automatic Seconds – Harry J. Smith

17. ”How Did He Know?” – Vincent Dalban

18. A Test of Power – Eddie Clever

19. A Ring in Transit- Eddie Clever

1. The Jinx – 17 – February 1936 – 6 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Cigarettes in the Dark – Annemann

4. The Spectator’s Choice – Stewart Judah

5. Comic Section – parody letter to “Our Associated Dealers” from Burling Hull

6. Finger Exercise! – Otis Manning

7. A Novel Glass Thru Hat – Alvin C. Thompson

8. The Origin and History of the Torn Deck Trick – Julian J. Proskauer

1. The Jinx – 18 – March 1936 – 6 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. The Miracle Speller – Vincent Dalban

4. The Phantom Cigarette – Lu-Brent

5. Improvements to effects in earlier issues

6. Cauldron – letter from Frank Lane

7. Thoughts in General – Annemann

8. Death Fight! – Tom Sellers

1. The Jinx – 19 – April 1936 – 6 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. The Audition of the Age – Charles Nagle

4. Cauldron – Frank Lane correspondence

5. The Scarney Thought Card – John Scarney

6. Another Stop! – Anonymous

7. A Version of the Al Baker Three Billet Trick – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 20 – May 1936 – 8 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Think It Over! – helpful bits of advice – Annemann

4. March of Events – articles regarding magicians and their doings

5. Inflation – Monty Crowe

6. Silver or Copper – Conrad Bush

7. Letter at Hand and Acted Upon – letter from Bruce Elliott

8. From Beyond the Grave – Annemann

9. March of Time Finale Trick – Keith Clark

1. The Jinx – 21 – June 1936 – 8 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Trivia – Theo Annemann

4. Think It Over! – helpful bits of advice – Annemann

5. Notes of the Notables – articles regarding magicians and their doings

6. The Audley Walsh Coincidence – Audley Walsh

7. Prophecy Plus – L. Vosburgh Lyons

8. Triple Coercion – Annemann

9. Money Mentalism – Charles Rosenthal

10. The Spectral Seamstress – Charles T. Jordan

1. The Jinx – 22 – July 1936 – 6 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Trivia – Theo Annemann

4. A Question of Power – L. Vosburgh Lyons

5. The Card Phenomenon – Audley Walsh

6. ”Here’s Your Change—?” – Lu-Brent

1. The Jinx Summer Extra 1936 – 10 pages

2. comments – Theo Annemann

3. Suggested Programs – No. One – A Club Act of Magic – Annemann

4. An Amusing Card Reversal – Lynn Searles

5. A Paradox of Pairs – Dr. Jacob Daley

6. The Annemann Bell Box – Annemann

7. The “So Simple” Force – Lynn Searles

8. Dice and a Book – Annemann

9. ”We Stand Pat” – Lu-Brent

10. Governmental Wizardry – Charles Nagle

11. Trickery! – Annemann

12. On the Wire – Annemann

13. The Novelty Box Selection – Lyman Allen

14. The “Ad Lib” Spelling – Dr. Jacob Daley

15. Bert Reese Secrets – Bert Reese

1. The Jinx – 23 – August 1936 – 6 pages

2. Calendar Conjuring – Tom Sellers

3. comments – Theo Annemann

4. Suggested Programs – No. Two – A Mental Club Act – Annemann

5. ”What the H___!?” – Vincent Lynch

6. Dr. Daley’s Death Divination – Dr. Jacob Daley

7. The Touch That Tells – Anonymous

8. Last Minute News – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 24 – September 1936 – 6 pages

2. Miraskill – Stewart James

3. comments – Theo Annemann

4. Think It Over! – helpful bits of advice – Annemann

5. The Candy King – Stewart James

6. A Mental Test Revamped – Herbert Hood

7. The Reticent Queen – Newton Hall

8. Climax! – Henry Christ

1. The Jinx – 25 – October 1936 – 6 pages

2. Twenty-First Century Silks – Lorne De Blois

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. The Modern Eye-Popper – Dick Madden

5. Numismatigic – Stewart James

6. The Word on the Page – Annemann

7. Cards in the Cases – John Braun & Annemann

1. The Jinx – 26 – November 1936 – 6 pages

2. The Guidance of Fate – Two Mysteries – Orville Meyer

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. Think It Over! – helpful bits of advice – Annemann

5. Only an Image – Eddie Clever

6. Here or There? – R. M. Jamison

7. A William Larsen Program – letter from William Larsen

1. The Jinx – 27 – December 1936 – 4 pages

2. Notaria – Annemann

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. Color Blindness – Sigmund Krumgold

5. Follow Me – Jean Hugard

6. A Mentalist with Money – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 28 – January 1937 – 6 pages

2. A Story of Crime – Annemann

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. Magician’s business cards

5. Improvements to effects in earlier issues

6. The Jinx “Zipper” Cocktail – Ernest K. Schieledge

7. The Secret Order of the Aces – Annemann

8. The Mutilated Card – Russell Prunier

1. The Jinx Winter Extra 1936-1937 – 10 pages

2. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

3. Two Cheating Mysteries – Annemann

4. Multeffect Cards – Val Evans

5. The Impromptu Passing – L. Vosburgh Lyons

6. The Rhummy Master – Unknown

7. The Restless Dozen – Tom Bowyer

8. The Double Ad Test – Annemann

9. The Super Eye Popper – Jess E. Mills

10. He Picks the Right Card – Nancy Page – reprint

11. Les Cartes Par Hasard – Stuart P. Cramer

12. The New Addition Slate Presentation – Dr. Jacob Daley

13. Card on the Wing – variation of the above

14. The Psychic Toothpick – Annemann

15. Parallel Thoughts – Annemann

16. The Lover’s Knots – Audley Walsh

1. The Jinx – 29 – February 1937 – 6 pages

2. Just an Echo – James T. Deacy

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. The New “Miracle” Effect – Orville Meyer

5. Duo Telepathy – Robert H. Parrish

6. One in Fifty-Two – Sidney Margulies

7. The Walk Around Discovery – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 30 – March 1937 – 6 pages

2. Controlled Luck – Newton Hall

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. Modern Magic Programs – A Series

5. Suggested Routines No. Three – A Magical Club Program – Annemann

6. Card Passe-Passe – Oscar H. Paulson

7. Spell Me – Henry J. Christ

8. Your Fortune, Miss! – Audley Walsh

1. The Jinx – 31 – April 1937 – 6 pages

2. The Krazy Kode – Bertram Adams

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. Inside Stuff on Magis – articles regarding magicians and their doings

5. The Krazy Kode – Fu-Chan

6. Modern Magic Programs – A Series

7. Tattle Tale Card – Edward Reese

8. Wired Thought – Annemann

9. Restless Cards – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 32 – May 1937 – 6 pages

2. Before Your Eyes – Norman Ashworth

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. In Regards to “Variety” – Annemann

5. Modern Magic Programs – A Series

6. A Composite Routine – Annemann

7. Between the Lines – Annemann

8. Voodoo – Arthur Monroe

1. The Jinx – 33 – June 1937 – 6 pages

2. Dead Man’s Hand – Henry T. Christ

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. The Jaipur Jinnee – Eddie Clever

5. Magician’s business cards

6. The Mystic Necktie – Joseph H. Fries

7. Dates – Charles T. Jordan

1. The Jinx Summer 1937 Extra – 12 pages

2. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

3. The Phantom Artist

4. Hank the Hermit – Lorne De Blois

5. The Spirit Bracelet – Anonymous

6. Operator Calling – Harris Solomon

7. G-Men – Arthur De Mello

8. Plate and Silk – Byron Churchill

9. Pocketbook Card – Annemann

10. The Oss of Lhasa – Annemann

11. Banana Bill – Edward Reese

12. Four-in-One Silks – Charles T. Jordan

1. The Jinx – 34 – July 1937 – 6 pages

2. Lock and Key – Henry Fetsch

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. Suggested Routines No. Four – A No Card Mystery Act – Annemann

5. Uniflight – Orville Meyer

6. The Gysel Slate – Bob Gysel

7. Feel!! – Stuart Robson

1. The Jinx – 35 – August 1937 – 6 pages

2. The Card Angler – Stuart Robson

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls – Ellis Stanyon

5. The Folk Test – Stewart James

6. Mind or Muscle? – Annemann

7. An Invitation to Lunch with Beer – Val Evans

1. The Jinx – 36 – September 1937 – 6 pages

2. Security – George P. Sanderson

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls – Ellis Stanyon – continued

5. Out of the Ether – Eddie Clever

6. Call Your Hand – Annemann

7. The “Double Steal” – Frank N. Dodd

1. The Jinx – 37 – October 1937 – 6 pages

2. Nyctalopia – Paul Curry

3. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

4. Creation – cartoon by Carl Rose reprinted from The Saturday Evening Post

5. The Rhummy Cheat – Frank Travers

6. The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls – Ellis Stanyon – continued

7. My Own Swami Test – Annemann

8. The New Spell Me – Henry Christ

9. Duplex Date Reading – Charles T. Jordan

1. The Jinx – 38 – November 1937 – 6 pages

2. Ultra Addition – Jacob Daley

3. Suggested Routines No. Five – “No Code” Telepathy – Annemann

4. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

5. The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls – Ellis Stanyon – continued

6. Up and Down – Dai Vernon

7. Dead! – Orville Meyer

8. A Sailor’s Rope – Joseph H. Fries

1. The Jinx – 39 – December 1937 – 6 pages

2. Gambler at Large – Frank Travers

3. Cauldron – letters from Keith Clark & Jean Hugard

4. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

5. The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls – Ellis Stanyon – continued

6. Thimbles No End! – L. E. Duncanson

7. Smoker’s Paradise – Val Evans

8. Locatrik – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 40 – January 1938 – 6 pages

2. Phantom Hand – Oscar Wiegle, Jr.

3. Indetectable – Tom Bowyer

4. Ostracism – Josef Bauer

5. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

6. The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls – Ellis Stanyon – continued

7. The Ultra Find – Annemann

8. For a Dime – Tom Bowyer

9. Preposterous – Martin Gardiner

1. The Jinx Winter Extra 1937-1938 – 10 pages

2. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

3. Martin Gardiner’s Manuscript

1. The Jinx – 41 – February 1938 – 6 pages

2. Date Sense – Walter Gibson

3. Dollar Cut – Dr. E. G. Ervin

4. Power! – Martin Gardiner

5. Equine Matchistry – Harry Stern

6. One Little Word – Albert Sidney

7. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

8. The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls – Ellis Stanyon – continued

9. Give a Number! – Harrison

10. Yggdrasil – Annemann

1. The Jinx – 42 – March 1938 – 6 pages

2. Hat Pin – Jaks of Budapest

3. Compact – Jaks of Budapest

4. Three Chances – Lu Brent

5. Editrivia – Theo Annemann

6. The Stanyon Lessons for the Cups and Balls – Ellis Stanyon – continued

7. A New Force Deck – Charles T. Jordan

8. New Card Math – George Hanneman

9. A Ballade of the Would Be Mage – Charlton Andrews

10. Dark Sorcery – Albert Sidney

1. The Jinx – 43 – April 1938 – 8 pages

2. Who Killed Mr. X? – J. G. Thompson, Jr.