10 Of The Most Deadly Magic Tricks Ever

Check out these death-defying (and sometimes) deadly magic tricks...

1. Catching A Bullet In Your Teeth

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Illusionists Penn and Teller prove they're bullet proof - and make you think they’re in the Matrix.

2. Chinese Water Torture Cell

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Harry Houdini inspired a bit of an odd way to take a bath...

3. Frozen

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David Blaine took musical statues to another level when he was frozen in ice for 63 hours, 42 minutes and 15 seconds.

4. Tornado of Fire

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David Copperfield became the human phoenix when he set himself on fire.

5. Buried Alive

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Joseph Burrus hand-cuffed himself inside a buried coffin for a trick, but the weight of the soil meant he never escaped. That's hide and seek gone terribly wrong...

6. Strait Jacket Escape

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Magician Charles Rowen met a sticky end trapped in his jacket ploughed down by an on-coming car. Not quite Harry Houdini…

7. The Rusty Razor Trick

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Dr Vivian Hemsley swallowed a rusty razor, which sadly led to his death 4 days later. No one wants that kind of sore throat...

8. Escape Trick

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Magician Jeff Rayburn Hooper successfully escaped from shackles in the middle of a lake but never made it back to shore because of high winds… Maybe he should have checked the weather forecast beforehand.

9. Levitating Above The Shard

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Dynamo made R. Kelly’s ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ a reality…

10. Roller Coaster Escape

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They say life is a roller coaster… they NEVER say chain yourself to the track.

For more deadly tricks, watch Killer Magic, Tuesdays 10pm on BBC Three.