Aimo Leikas ~ Finnish Magician

[Seagorath]

From... http://www.casino.org/blog/russian-r...e-game-chance/

...In 1976, such was the case for Finnish magician Aimo Leikas. One of the highlights of his act had been pulling six bullets out of a box that included both live and dummy ammunition, then playing the game on himself. He claimed to use telepathy in order to select only the dummy bullets, which were unmarked. But a stunned crowd saw him kill himself when he pulled the trigger with live ammunition in the next chamber. Leikas had been performing the stunt for about a year with no incidents until that time; apparently his telepathic skills were off-kilter for one day in a â??no-bad-day-allowedâ?� line of work.



I am currently searching for the "video footage"...It does exist from what I've read...

His Finnish Wikipedia...which didn't translate well...

Aimo Leikas

Aimo Leikas (May 12, 1947 Haukivuori - 3 September 1976, Gustav Adolf) was a Finnish performance artist who put hypnoosinumeroita, the illusion of performances, balancing, different from the shackles of vapautumisesityksiä, as well as life-threatening guillotine, hirttäytymis- and Russian roulette presentations.

Leikas passed away at the age of 29 Hartola the occurrence of accident which occurred. Russian roulette with a presentation of an weapon was a technical fault and Leikas shot himself in the ohimoon a horrified audience.

[Rosebud666]

From... http://www.casino.org/blog/russian-r...e-game-chance/

...In 1976, such was the case for Finnish magician Aimo Leikas. One of the highlights of his act had been pulling six bullets out of a box that included both live and dummy ammunition, then playing the game on himself. He claimed to use telepathy in order to select only the dummy bullets, which were unmarked. But a stunned crowd saw him kill himself when he pulled the trigger with live ammunition in the next chamber. Leikas had been performing the stunt for about a year with no incidents until that time; apparently his telepathic skills were off-kilter for one day in a “no-bad-day-allowed” line of work.



I am currently searching for the "video footage"...It does exist from what I've read...

His Finnish Wikipedia...which didn't translate well...

Aimo Leikas

Aimo Leikas (May 12, 1947 Haukivuori - 3 September 1976, Gustav Adolf) was a Finnish performance artist who put hypnoosinumeroita, the illusion of performances, balancing, different from the shackles of vapautumisesityksiä, as well as life-threatening guillotine, hirttäytymis- and Russian roulette presentations.

Leikas passed away at the age of 29 Hartola the occurrence of accident which occurred. Russian roulette with a presentation of an weapon was a technical fault and Leikas shot himself in the ohimoon a horrified audience.

Who translated that? Gunnar the Swedish chef down at Meatballs-R-Us?

[Midnight]

Who translated that? Gunnar the Swedish chef down at Meatballs-R-Us?

LOL You always make me laugh Rosebud!

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

Gunnar hahaha You mean this guy?

[Upset]

Great find, Seagorath. Would love to see the video. I wonder if it will be as hard to find as Chubbuck.

[Seagorath]

Uhhhhhh...No...GOOGLE, smarty pants. Thanks for offering NOTHING to this thread. BOTH of you. <----- (shit eatin' grin)

Who translated that? Gunnar the Swedish chef down at Meatballs-R-Us?

LOL You always make me laugh Rosebud!

[neilmpenny]

I know that as a magician I would suck. However, I would be putting six blanks in the gun.

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

If I was in the crowd this guy would have gotten a standing ovation.... at least from me.

[McMorbid]

Stewart I think it would depend on where I was seated for me.

I must say though that this has to be the dumbest stage trick ever. Well maybe it stands equal to playing with 400 lb predatory cats.

[Rosebud666]

Uhhhhhh...No...GOOGLE, smarty pants. Thanks for offering NOTHING to this thread. BOTH of you. <----- (shit eatin' grin)

Oh, alright, if you force me to, I'll be constructive.

There's a very good (and funny) discussion of the probability theory of Russian Roulette here:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/25...lette-1433634/

It also cites this little gem:
In 2000, a man from Houston, Texas died in a game of Russian roulette where he never had a chance. The man tried to play the game with a semi-automatic pistol – meaning that every time the gun was cocked, a cartridge was automatically inserted into the firing chamber. Given the 100 percent chance that he would have a live round fired when he pulled the trigger, the man was named as a runner-up for a “Darwin Award” in 2000, an award designed to “commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.”

"Probability Theory of Russian Roulette 101" would be a really interesting elective for Freshman business majors. I bet a lot of them would opt out of Statistics 101 for that.

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

Stewart I think it would depend on where I was seated for me.

I must say though that this has to be the dumbest stage trick ever. Well maybe it stands equal to playing with 400 lb predatory cats.

lmao Yeah... I guess you could bring a plastic sheet like at a Gallagher show to avoid the mess. But who'd think ahead that much? Incredibly dumb trick. Right up there with the Cats, running onto a race track and trying to fight a moving car, having people punch you in the stomach as hard as they want etc

hahaha Rosebud... Russian Roulette with a semi auto pistol. And that dude got runner up? I can't even imagine the stupidity of the winner of the Darwin Award that year.

[findadeathaddict]

Great thread Sea!

I know that as a magician I would suck. However, I would be putting six blanks in the gun.

Exactly.

Stewart I think it would depend on where I was seated for me.

I must say though that this has to be the dumbest stage trick ever. Well maybe it stands equal to playing with 400 lb predatory cats.

I agree. Like Neil said, why not use all blank rounds. DUH.

[Marianne78]

From... http://www.casino.org/blog/russian-r...e-game-chance/

...In 1976, such was the case for Finnish magician Aimo Leikas. One of the highlights of his act had been pulling six bullets out of a box that included both live and dummy ammunition, then playing the game on himself. He claimed to use telepathy in order to select only the dummy bullets, which were unmarked. But a stunned crowd saw him kill himself when he pulled the trigger with live ammunition in the next chamber. Leikas had been performing the stunt for about a year with no incidents until that time; apparently his telepathic skills were off-kilter for one day in a â??no-bad-day-allowedâ?� line of work.



I am currently searching for the "video footage"...It does exist from what I've read...

His Finnish Wikipedia...which didn't translate well...

Aimo Leikas

Aimo Leikas (May 12, 1947 Haukivuori - 3 September 1976, Gustav Adolf) was a Finnish performance artist who put hypnoosinumeroita, the illusion of performances, balancing, different from the shackles of vapautumisesityksiä, as well as life-threatening guillotine, hirttäytymis- and Russian roulette presentations.

Leikas passed away at the age of 29 Hartola the occurrence of accident which occurred. Russian roulette with a presentation of an weapon was a technical fault and Leikas shot himself in the ohimoon a horrified audience.

Hope this helps


Aimo Leikas (May 12, 1947, Haukivuori - 3 September 1976, Hartola) was a Finnish performance artist who performed hypnose, illusion, balancing and different kinds of escaping from the shackles acts. As well as life-threatening guillotine, hanging and Russian roulette presentations.

Leikas passed away at the age of 29 in Hartola in an accident. While performing a Russian roulette act there was a technical fault with the weapon and Leikas shot himself in the temple in front of the horrified audience.

[McMorbid]

That does help. Thank you for taking the time.

[Rosebud666]

Hope this helps


Aimo Leikas (May 12, 1947, Haukivuori - 3 September 1976, Hartola) was a Finnish performance artist who performed hypnose, illusion, balancing and different kinds of escaping from the shackles acts. As well as life-threatening guillotine, hanging and Russian roulette presentations.

Leikas passed away at the age of 29 in Hartola in an accident. While performing a Russian roulette act there was a technical fault with the weapon and Leikas shot himself in the temple in front of the horrified audience.

So "ohimoon" = head? Oh not tonight honey, my ohimoon hurts.

[MissZoot]

So did all magicians in the 70's look like Doug Henning?

[Rosebud666]

So did all magicians in the 70's look like Doug Henning?

I thought he looks a little like a Finnish Freddie Prinz, but maybe that's just me.

[MissZoot]

I thought he looks a little like a Finnish Freddie Prinz, but maybe that's just me.

Or maybe it's the manner of death...

[Marianne78]

So "ohimoon" = head? Oh not tonight honey, my ohimoon hurts.

Not quite, "ohimo" is the side of the head, temple. Well I suppose that can hurt too

[bulletnose]

Wow. Sounds like he had a death wish and it came true. What is the finnish word for idiot?

[McMorbid]

It's actually a two word translation. Idiot in Finnish is Aimo Leikas.

[Jason]

video or it didn't happen.

[shipmatekate]

Stewart I think it would depend on where I was seated for me.

I must say though that this has to be the dumbest stage trick ever. Well maybe it stands equal to playing with 400 lb predatory cats.

I don't know why but I nearly peed my pants at that

[Rosebud666]

Now for my next trick, I'm going to make this bullet disappear . . . splat!!!

[Seagorath]

If I was a dick to anybody in this thread earlier ---> My apologies.