Bio-Vlog

My next big thrill is meeting the British card mechanic Fred Robinson. Robinson is one of Vernon’s confidantes, and he developed his exceptional skills while working at an English railroad switching station. While on the clock, he had lots of “down time” to practice sleights, and over time has earned a reputation among insiders for…

Then it’s Miller’s turn to get up close. Charley asks believing this will expose the work, “Can I watch your second and bottom deals from over your shoulder?” “Sure,” I say, trying to sound indifferent. After looking over my shoulder, he views them from every angle-ugly vantage point possible. Charley says impressed, “Due to your…

I’m banging the heavy bag with kicks when my phone rings. I answer it and hear, “Hello.  This is Charlie. This is Charlie. This is Charlie Miller. Do you want to drop by for a session?” I can hardly believe it. This is the day I’ve been waiting for, to sit down with Charley Miller!…

It’s another week performing at the Castle, along with Vernon and Larry Jennings, many of my riverboat and Lamb’s Players friends are also seated in the Castle Theater.  As I demonstrate my poker, black jack and center dealing controls, Vernon, to the amusement of my pals, monopolizes the audience’s participation.  I ask my assistant, “You…

My biggest coup performing nightly aboard the riverboat results from the free publicity I provide to the boat. My performances have become stories to be written about in magazines and newspapers and featured on international TV and radio. As a result, after the first year, my contracts are structured such that I’m paid when I’m…

I’m shaking hands with the exciting guest exiting my show. Professor Vernon walks out of the close-up theater raving, “Richard, what the Hell were you doing in there?” Inside I am flattered as Vernon continues to rave, “I don’t understand it!” Professor continues to marvel, “Richard, what the Hell were you doing?! How did you…

“At my gaming table are Casino dealer Marty Goldstein, TV show creator Paul Wilson, cardman Allan Ackerman and power-lifter and cardman Jason England. Gents, I’d like to hear your history with Richard.” “Jon,” Goldstein says, “I met Turner in the ‘70’s, when I was working as a Black Jack dealer at the Aladdin Hotel &…

My goal is to continue upping the ante, making my show more and more difficult by creating and accomplishing sleights and gambling controls that others say are too ridiculous to even contemplate.  I have been fanatically working on what I think will be the most effective, deceptive way to take a deck of cards legitimately…

You’re probably wondering how a blind guy can deal a pat-hand with pinpoint accuracy. I won’t tell you everything, professional secrets you know, but some of it has to do with my eidetic memory and how part of my visual networks are resonating with my haptic and tactile neural networks – the networks associated with…

to go. However, I realize making it big in la-la-land would be like dropping a glass of water in the ocean, I would be a minnow surrounded by whales. I figure it would be better to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a guppy in the Pacific. The two most high…

So, after contemplating Vernon’s points about exposing gambling artifice rather than tricks is acceptable, I conclude that demonstrating cheating techniques will definitely have an emotional connection and will appeal to all demographics. “Why not?”  Swindlers and cheaters fascinate most people with tantalizing thoughts of larceny, and piles of dollars on top of dollars. There is…

I’m sitting with the Professor. I want to ask him a question that is considered taboo within the magic fraternity. “Professor,” I ask cautiously, “rather than faking a second or center deal using some form of a magic trick, what do you think about performing a gambling act where all of the moves are legitimately…