The Secret Behind Historic Magic Tricks

Jim Steinmeyer designs magic tricks that other magicians use. He knows the ins and outs of illusion. He's written several books on the subject and, in one, he claims, "Magicians don’t protect their secrets from the audience, they protect the audience from their secrets." Indeed, the magic is in the presentation, not in knowing how it's done. But over time, that hasn't stopped people from exposing the mechanics of magic tricks!