8/17/2023 0 Comments Wizard of legend royal flush![]() ![]() Richard, this strongly suggests that your haptic and tactile neural networks - the networks associated with touch - are also resonating with your visual networks. When a part of the brain stops receiving stimulation from its previous input streams, it starts responding to new input streams - in this case, other parts of the brain, including other perceptual, motor, and cognitive parts of the brain. So, why do you have such vivid ‘vision’ even though your eyes are destroyed? The answer is probably due to the fact that your visual neural networks were both intact and highly developed. “Richard, you have had one of the most interesting and all-around admirable lives we’ve encountered. Jon Racherbaumer Writer Author Magician - Met 2007 ACE OF CLUBS: Haptic & Tactile Neural Network He chose martial arts fighting, shark hunting, cliff diving, tightrope Walking, trapeze swinging, and high-stakes, underworld gambling.” “Richard tested his mettle by engaging in risky mental and physical challenges. Richard Drake - Met 1992 10 OF DIAMONDS: Shark Hunting The day was capped off when The Cheat drained a thirty-five-foot putt on the last hole.”ĭr. ![]() All I did was hand him a club, line him up, and he did the rest. Rick shot a 122 on a very difficult course. ‘Oh, crud,’ Rick said, shocked, ‘It’s not blue, is it?’ I said, ‘Rick, do you know what color shirt you have on?’ Some jerk is hitting golf balls at him…he doesn't like it.’ I said, ‘Hey, Cheat, did you hear that guy over the loudspeaker?’ A few swings later he was aiming right at the pro shop, and connecting quite well with line drives, no less! Needless to say, as I made it back toward Rick, I noticed that he had a penchant to turn to the left a few degrees after every swing. “I heard on the loudspeaker, ‘Will the gentleman in the blue shirt please quit hitting golf balls at the pro shop?!’ Holly Crest-Vogel - Met 1959 JACK OF DIAMONDS: Some Jerk I faked like I understood most of his conversation but clearly he was wise beyond his years, and I was just glad he liked talking to me.” Rick seemed like an old soul even as a 16-year-old boy. Rick was very dedicated to his craft even as a teenager. In high school we were in the drama department. “I’ve known Rick since we were five years old. Grand Master Sensei John Murphy - Met 1971 QUEEN OF DIAMONDS: Old Soul “When Rick first started training, I told everybody ‘don’t knock him out don’t injure him.’ But then Rick started hitting people, and he liked it!” Milt Larsen Magic Castle Founder - Met 1975 KING OF DIAMONDS: Fighter ![]() “In my 45 years as the President of the Magic Castle, people repeatedly say of Richard Turner that ‘it is the most astounding act of sheer skill they have ever witnessed.”’ The con then had a triple layer to it… First, Richard conned them in the game…Second, they are told not only did he con them, but he was able to convince them he could see…Third, they were still conned because they believed he could see.”īanachek - Met 2007 ACE OF DIAMONDS: Sheer Skill They could not believe this man could not see. The audience believed that this was a con. The idea for the segment with Richard was that he would come out, perform card cheating techniques at the table, and then we would tell people he was blind, but only after the performance. “The show I co-starred with Richard in was called Conned. Steve Forte, Card Mechanic/Casino Protection Expert - Met 1990 10 OF SPADES: Mentalist The next day when I went into the Aladdin everyone was talking about this guy on TV that brought the house down. It was many years ago on television’s that’s Incredible. “it was at the Aladdin when I was first exposed to Richard Turner’s exemplary sleight of hand. Kim Turner, Beautiful Wife of over three Decades - Met 1990 JACK OF SPADES: That’s Incredible He does it with lack of complaint and a staying power that defies human understanding.” “Rick will sit in the same position, in the same chair, at the same table, working on the same move not for hours, nor days, nor weeks, nor months, but for years! There is an orb of serenity that envelops him physically, mentally, and spiritually when he works at his cards like this. Glen Hansen - Actor Director - Met 1972 QUEEN OF SPADES: For Years He usually accomplished this by wrapping the bedsheet around himself.” We had to help him do little things like put something on before walking outside in the morning and spitting in the garden. “For a time, Rick lived in the living room of our small one-bedroom apartment. Professor Dai Vernon, Richard’s Mentor - Met 1975 KING OF SPADES: Hippy He performs the most difficult moves with the greatest ease. “Having seen countless numbers of card experts execute for over eighty years, I consider Richard Turner to be by far the most skillful. FIRST DECK OF ROYAL FLUSHES ACE OF SPADES: The Mentor ![]()
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