removed from a boy with fake blood at his neck and shoulders, hinting that his limbs and head had been reattached to his torso. According to their account, the rumour that a British couple had witnessed the trick was heard a few weeks later in England. Examples of the trick References Further reading Anonymous. (1904). An Account of the Indian Rope-Climbing Trick. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 11: 299-308. Anonymous. (1919). The Indian-Rope Trick Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 19: 124-127. Barnes, Beverley. (March, 1932). Secrets of East Indian Magic Exposed. Modern Mechanix. Beechom, William. (July, 1946). An Elusive Illusion. Western Mail. Blei, Felix. The Hindu Rope Trick. New York. Clarke, Sydney W. (1919). The Great Indian Rope Trick. The Magic Circular 13: 125-129. Dare, Marcus Paul. (1940). Indian Underworld: A First-Hand Account of Hindu Saints, Sorcerers, and Superstitions. E. P. Dutton & Company. Elliot, Robert Henry. (1934). The Myth of the Mystical East. Wm. Blackwood & Sons. Feilding, Everard. (1932). More Alleged Occurrences of the Rope Trick. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 27: 281-286. Fischer, Ottokar. (1931). Illustrated Magic. The Macmillan Company. Gibson, Walter B. (1927). The Book of Secrets, Miracles Ancient and Modern: With Added Chapters on Easy Magic You Can Do. Personal Arts Company. Goldston, Will. (1935). The Secret of the Indian Rope Trick. Sunday Express, 17 March. Gould, Rupert. (1943). The Stargazer Talks. Geoffrey Boles. Jacolliot, Louis. (1953). Mystics & Magicians of India: An Anthology. Susil Gupta. Parrish, Robert. (1944). For Magicians Only: A Guide to the Art of Mystifying. B. Ackerman Incorporated. Lamont, Peter; Wiseman, Richard. (2001). The Rise and Fall of the Indian Rope Trick. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 65: 175-193. Lamont, Peter. (2005). The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became a History. Abacus. Lang, Andrew. (1891). Marvels of Oriental Conjuring. Longman's Magazine 18: 221-223. Siegel, Lee. (1991). Net of Magic: Wonder and Deception in India. University of Chicago Press. Train, Arthur. (1936).The World's Most Famous Trick. Scribner's Magazine. Wiseman, Richard; Lamont, Peter. (1996). Unravelling the Rope Trick. Nature 383: 212-213. External links BBC video showing rope trick performed in daylight (viewable within UK only) The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: The Grift of the Magi - Teller Indian rope trick - ABC audio clip Magician Muthukad - The Great India Rope Trick, youtube Indian rope trick - The