Banachek is the stage name for a mentalist named Steven Shaw. Banachek has written numerous mentalism books and invented various magic and mentalism effects including the Penn & Teller bullet catch and the original buried alive. Mentalism is an ancient performing art in which the practitioner uses mental acuity, magic principles and/or hypnosis to present the illusion of mind reading, psychokinesis, precognition, clairvoyance or mind control. ...
Banachek is often sought out by various top entertainers around the world as a consultant. Names of such magical entertainers include Penn & Teller, David Blaine, Lance Burton, James Randi and Criss Angel.
Banachek has received the APCA (Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities) Entertainer of the year award two years on a row and the College Campus novelty act. He has also been the recipient of the coverted Psychic Entertainer Association creativity award.
Banachek is renowned for fooling scientists at Washington University into believing that his supposed psychic abilities were genuine during the Project Alpha hoax in the early 1980s. Washington University in St. ... Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. ... Project Alpha was a famous hoax played on the McDonnell Laboratory for Psychical Research, orchestrated by famous magician and skeptic James Randi. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
Born in England, raised in South Africa and Australia, Banachek has been performing since his arrival in the United States in 1976.
Banachek has written numerous mentalism books and invented various magic and mentalism effects including the Penn and Teller bullet catch and the original buried alive.
Banachek has received the APCA (Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities) Entertainer of the year award two years on a row and the College Campus novelty act.
Banachek is renowned for fooling scientists at Washington University into believing that his supposed psychic abilities were genuine during the Project Alpha hoax in the early 1980s.
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