The Realm of Realism by R M Gauthier

Author:R M Gauthier [Gauthier, R M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780994948991
Published: 2019-12-09T22:00:00+00:00

Aaron arrives home to an empty house, thanking the Lord that his mother is out. He still hasn’t worked out how to explain this to her. A recovery center. It sounds more like an addiction center than a place to help him deal with angels. He goes straight to his room and flops down on his bed. He’ll have to call work, but what excuse will he use? This is all becoming too complicated. Perhaps, he should just cancel.

He’s already missed so much time, but he feels this would be a better option than having another breakdown on stage. His last performance wasn’t exactly drama-free. Luckily, no one really noticed anything amiss because it was subtle. But, what will happen if it’s not so elusive the next time? He’d hate to have a complete breakdown so publicly. He’s not sure his career could recover from something like that.

As Aaron lays on his bed thinking of all the things he’ll have to do, as another thought drifts through his mind. He sits at attention and grabs the wooden box that had been abandoned on the floor long ago. He places it in front of him and opens the lid. He reaches in, pulling out all the papers and spreading them across his bed.

He gives the documents a quick glance, then picks up one and begins reading it. It’s about a magician from the early 1900’s named Sigmund Neuberger who was the highest paid magician of his time. During the opening night of his show, May 9, 1911, a fire broke out during the performance of his trick, “The Lion’s Bride.” Fortunately, Sigmund made it out of the building, but a horse he used in his show was still inside. Being an enthusiastic animal lover, he ran back to rescue the horse. He never emerged from the building.

Aaron places the document aside and grabs another one.

Royden Joseph Gilbert Raison de la Genesta, had a signature trick called “The Milk Can Escape.” In 1930, during his performance and unbeknownst to him, the milk can was dented. This prevented him from being able to maneuver around inside in order to escape resulting in death by drowning.

Aaron drops that paper and picks up the next.

Washington Irving Bishop was a mentalist who collapsed during a performance on May 9, 1889. He suffered from catalepsy which causes someone to fall into a comatose-like state. His family didn’t believe he actually died until the autopsy was performed.

As Aaron read these accounts of magicians, he finds the incidents a little unnerving. He’s never performed most of these tricks, but he can’t say he hasn’t thought of doing at least one of these death-defying feats. He picks up the next article and begins reading.

This article depicts the story of Joseph Burrus known as “Amazing Joe,” who on Halloween night in 1992, attempted Harry Houdini’s buried alive stunt, which killed Houdini almost sixty years prior. Unfortunately, for Amazing Joe the same fate awaited him when the dirt and concrete used to bury his coffin collapsed on top of him and he was crushed to death.

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