About this episode

This episode tells the story of David Avadon, a magician known as the 'Desperado Of Deceit'.

Send us Fan Mail NOTE: After this episode, we will have a brief pause due to vacation scheduling and making space for all that DREADED summer fun. I hope you all are doing the same, sweet taphophiles! Check out another great show, Candy is Dandy while we're away! A tombstone at Hollywood Forever Cemetery calls him the “Desperado Of Deceit” and that’s not a metaphor. We’re telling the story of David Avadon, a working magician and exhibition pickpocket who made a career out of taking watc...

People in this episode

Hosts: Courtney Blomquist, Marissa Rivera

Topics covered

• magic
• deceit
• pickpocketing
• history
• taphophilia

Keywords

• David Avadon
• magic
• pickpocket
• Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• taphophiles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Candy is Dandy

Places: Hollywood Forever Cemetery

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