Have you ever seen a magic trick so mind-blowing you just had to know how it's done?

With tricks ranging from risky bow and arrow stunts to swallowing the seemingly impossible,

the explanations are often as intriguing as the tricks themselves.

So grab your top hat and rabbit as we pull back the curtain on some of the world's most dangerous magic tricks.

You're listening. You're listening to be amazed.

One of the most famous tricks of all time, the water torture escape trick has kept audiences

on the edges of their seats since Harry Houdini debuted it in 1911.

It begins with a magician wearing handcuffs, placing their ankles into a metal square with closing doors,

which the assistant secure shut around the magician's ankles

with padlocks. The contraption is then raised into the air, magician included via attached

chains, then the magician is lowered into a glass tank filled with water. The lid is locked in place

and the magician is left to escape the tank before drowning.

At this point, a curtain is brought around the glass to conceal the mystery of the magician's

escape. After some time, the curtain is partially raised, revealing the magician thrashing around

inside. Just as the onlookers begin to grow uneasy, the curtain drops

revealing the magician proudly standing atop the water tank. So how did they escape? Well,

the magician never reveals his tricks. But I do. For starters, the magician must remain

calm before and during the trick,

lowering his heart rate to make holding his breath easier and reduce the odds of passing out

while upside down. But the real trick lies in the lid to which the magician's feet are secured.

The padlocks securing the door shut are very much real.

But as they're locked in place, the assistant slides out the bolts from the fastening hinges of the lid.

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