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Charles Cameron

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Magician

The Resume

    (October 31, 1927-January 7, 2001)
    Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Called The Godfather of Bizarre Magic
    Nicknames were Daemon and Count Dracula
    Expert in the fields of close up magic and mentalism
    Wrote the books 'Curiosities of Old Edinburgh,' 'Scottish Witches,' 'Handbook of Horror,' 'Witches' Brew,' 'Macabre and Mental Mysteries,' 'Devil's Diary,' 'Castle Dracula Mentalism' and 'Mind Your Magic'
    Past president of The Edinburgh Magic Circle
    Film extra in the movies 'Chariots of Fire (1981),' 'Conquest of the South Pole (1989),' 'Lucia (1998)' and 'Looking After Jo Jo (1998)'
    Died of a stomach aneurysm at age 73

Why he might be annoying:

    He was an accountant who studied psychology but dropped out of college to pursue magic.
    He worked at the Edinburgh Wax Museum, dressing up as Dracula and emerging from a coffin to scare visitors.
    He wrote and delivered daily and weekly horoscopes for a Scottish radio show and a weekly phone-in show on astrology.
    He was a heavy smoker and whiskey drinker.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served with the Royal Air Force in the Middle East during World War II.
    He once infiltrated a séance and then wrote an extensive report about the scams being perpetrated by such con artists.
    He belonged to several magic organizations, such as the International Brotherhood of Sorcerers, and lectured at the Scottish Association of Magical Societies.
    He volunteered to give readings for the blind.
    At an October 1984 convention in Chicago, he was guest lecturer to a group of magicians, psychics, para-normalists and psychologists on the subject of Goetic and Unusual Magic.
    Famed magician Tony Andruzzi deemed him 'the one who started Bizarre Magik.'

Credit: Scar Tactics


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 67.74% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 25 Votes: 68.00% Annoying