Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

But nosis is one of those things most people laugh about when it's discussed as entertainment.

It's fake, they say.

You can't control someone just by swinging a pocket watch in front of their face like a

pendulum.

The people in those Vegas shows must be plants, individuals hire to pretend like they

have no control over their body.

They hop on one foot or bite into an onion like it's an apple, and the audience suplods

because they don't know any better.

But hypnosis is one of those strange places where art and science intersect.

As a therapy tool, hypnosis can be incredibly beneficial to those who need it, but it takes

time.

It can't be induced in the time it takes to put on a short stage show.

Not unless you're Arthur Everton, whose power is a persuasion, we're second to none.

Arthur was a professional hypnotist way back in 1909, often inviting audience members

to come up on stage and be part of his act.

At a performance in Somerville, New Jersey one night, he pulled the audience for a volunteer.

The man who raised his hand was a piano mover and streetcar conductor from Newark, named

Robert Simpson.

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