Criss Angel Mindfreak

Criss takes the “Buried Alive” escape to an unprecedented level as he is shackled and placed in a transparent coffin that is buried in ice and snow. Will he escape or succumb to hypothermia, suffocation or the risk of the ground collapsing on top of him? But before he makes his attempt, Criss takes to the streets to perform hist most amazing and mind-boggling mysticism and demonstrations raw in spectator’s faces!

Criss is handcuffed inside a car that's filled with explosives and racing downhill toward a cliff. Will Criss escape in time--or will this road trip end with Criss becoming road kill?

Criss' is known for surprising 1,000s of people over four seasons of MINDFREAK. This time, Criss' crew and celebrity friends attempt to pull one over on Criss and throw a surprise party. With all of Criss' friends and family and guests flying in for the surprise, will it maintain a secret? We are invited behind closed doors to join the festivities for more than 24 hours! This fun filled episode will reveal many spectacular surprises including some never before seen magic & bloopers.

Criss describes unknown personal details and predicts events before they take place with billionaire Sir Richard Branson. Later Criss reads a list of items and attempts to predict what viewers at home are going to personally pick.

Criss is a big kid at heart. As a child Criss loved toys and as an adult Criss still loves toys. In the spirit of this, Criss transforms a toy hummer into a real hummer. He then recreates a highlight of his former NY off-Broadway show where he builds a robot that suddenly comes to life.

At an event in Los Angeles, Criss runs into his good friend Gene Simmons. With a friendly million dollar bet, Criss challenges Gene to witness a feat of Mentalism. In front of a live crowd, Criss turns his back while Gene hides a million dollar check in one of ten wallets. Criss must choose the correct wallet. If he fails, he will lose much more than just the bet.

Criss receives a surprise visit from Playboy's, "The Girls Next Door." He invites them along and stuns them as he performs various unexplainable acts up-close and in your face.

Using his ability to connect with people, Criss attempts to transfer his energy through the TV screen to millions of people at home. Later, he invites a large crowd to witness as he is able to move things with his mind in the middle of the Luxor lobby.

Criss demonstrates the art of close up magic. Experts discuss the history, the techniques, and the fun that goes with this magical genre.

Criss attempts to merge through metal and pass from one oil drum to another.

Criss tries to escape from two straitjackets while shackled and hung upside down above a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

Criss visits New Orleans and uses the city's mysticism and culture to enthrall bystanders.

In a very somber setting Criss is laid to rest on a wooden slab. Spectators watch in horror as they see Criss cremated alive. We also get an insider's peak at Criss' warehouse where an employee accidentally impales Criss with a forklift.

Criss is handcuffed and placed in an 85-gallon drum, which is then secured in a wooden box and hoisted 100 feet above spectators. Once the box reaches its peak, the box is set to automatically release the barrel and contents, regardless if Criss has escaped or not. Criss must escape the handcuffs, barrel, and box before crashing to the ground.

You've seen Criss catch an arrow with his bare hands. In this episode, he attempts to catch a razor-sharp nail traveling at 1400 feet per second with his bare hands.

Criss invites skeptics to be part of a deadly challenge. These skeptics get to lead a blindfolded Criss to four elevator doors, one of which hides an empty shaft. Using mentalism, Criss must predict which three of the four are safe to enter. If he is wrong, he will likely fall to his death.

Criss loads a 9-story condominium outside Miami with explosives and attempts to escape it before it implodes.

Criss will attempt to walk on the world's largest manmade lake, Lake Mead. Criss will walk "on" and "out" more than 200 feet on the largest manmade lake in the world in front of unsuspecting bystanders and boaters.

Criss visits the Nellis Air Force Base where he swallows a ring and then pulls it out through his navel.

This episode will chronicle a day in the life of Criss Angel as he attempts to shoot an episode of Mindfreak. The viewer experiences the mayhem Criss encounters on a daily basis. The climax of will be a Mindfreak crew party, celebrating Criss' mom's recovery from heart surgery.

In the haunted Artisian hotel, Criss interacts with the afterlife and reveals secrets from the spirits. Along with lots of other strange phenomenon, Criss proves that he can walk on the ceiling of the hotel.

Criss is placed in a see-through Plexiglas container that is then sealed in cement and hardened into a block. In front of thousands, Criss is lifted over five stories and given 24 hours to escape before the block crashes to earth. Criss also performs demonstrations on a construction site. He bends a giant nail, moves a hole in a washer, and does some amazing card tricks. Criss loses a bet to his bike shop friends and has to escape from a locked crate before being stabbed to death by giant forklifts.

Criss turns a little girl's Barbie into a real woman and then transforms himself back into a kid. Criss demonstrates tricks for kids from the Make-A-Wish foundation and surprises them all when he dresses as Santa Claus and makes a truck of toys appear out of nowhere.

Criss astounds people as he tries to become a human lie detector. He also freaks out Flava Flav and Jamie Kennedy with his mind-reading. In the finale, Criss will attempt to teleport a group of people from one elevator to another.

Criss spends time with his fans known as "The Loyal" and reads some of their letters. He will also repair a hole in a pair of jeans. Criss will host a Mindfreak trivia game show, where the winner will receive a trip to Barbados. In the finale, Criss will attempt to make a new car appear and give it away to a Loyal fan.

The title says it all. In memory of his uncle, he will be tied in a trunk of a car and will live or meet his uncle. Also he will attempt to restore a watch after he smashes it to pieces. After Criss draws a picture, kids at the arcade get freaked out when it starts talking to them.

Criss heads to a carnival where he makes coins appear from everywhere and completely fools a weight guesser. He attempts to have a woman crawl through him. In the finale, Criss will be tied to the tracks of a roller coaster and will have to escape before it runs him over.

Criss puts his hand through glass to retrieve a bag of chips stuck in a vending machine. Criss travels to a dude ranch where he does some levitations and other amazing acts. Criss will then take part in a right of passage which involves dangerous tricks with fire.

Criss tests his endurance as he attempts to escape mental institution restraints while wrapped tight in sheets, strapped on a gurney, in front of a live audience. Criss also levitates a manhole cover weighing over 100 pounds. For the first time ever, Criss runs into some serious trouble attempting one of Houdini's famous water escapes.

Criss exposes common scams and reveals the secrets of the perpetrators. Included: the methods of psychics. Also: the revelation of a word that supposedly can help people get anything they want.

A chained Criss tries to escape from an explosives-filled car before another car crashes into it. Also: A chopper bike appears out of thin air.

Criss goes door to door as a traveling salesman and keeps pulling unlikely items out of his briefcase. Then Criss will attempt to vanish himself before he gets charged by a Mexican bull.

After hearing that his mother needs emergency heart surgery, he has to get his mind back to his stunt, or he'll be meeting his mother in the hospital if he's lucky. His stunt of the show- escape from being bound and gagged to an ATV going at very high speeds. Can he keep his mind, body, and spirit together, or will he lose it.

Why did the chicken cross the road? He didn't want Criss to make him dissapear. He already made an elephant dissapear. What else is there? Turn a cage handler into a tiger. Make the pachyderm (elephant) reappear. Also he'll take you into Siegfried and Roy's secret garden.

Criss takes some of the most ordinary objects and makes them the center of the most amazing illusions. He puts a beer bottle through an onlooker's stomach and moves his friend's eyebrow to his chin. Criss transforms a little girl into an adult woman and eats his pet mouse, shocking his friend Jamie Kennedy. In the final demonstration of this episode, Criss actually balances on two upright standing screwdrivers, and then proceeds to walk on row of them while barefoot. He is then presented with the prestigious International Magician of the Year Award.

Criss' obsession with cars and motorcycles has been well established in previous episodes, and now Criss has some great, new illusions focused around his favorite hobby. Criss will highlight some of the sickest cars, trucks and bikes in his illusions. He morphs a Bentley into a Lamborghini, builds up to the Lambo vanish starting with high-speed go-karts, and will try to move everyday objects from one area to another while unsuspecting fans look on in awe. The finale comes when for the first time ever, Criss will vanish a moving object. While driving his Lamborghini at a high rate of speed, he defies physics by making it disappear.

Locked in a mailbag, in a truck of explosives, as it races toward the edge of a cliff. Will Criss escape, or die trying? Also, Criss will be showing off on the golf course with skills so good Tiger Wood might even envy him. The day wouldn't be complete without some of Criss' trademark levitation skills.

Criss lies on a bed of broken glass while a steamroller rolls over him. Later, Criss will make a beautiful woman appear from a box of merchandise. He also does some of his street magic, where he bends a quarter using his mouth and makes a card appear in a lit cigar.

Criss Angel's third season starts off with a bang with a one hour premier! First he'll levitate in the Luxor Light. After, he'll be bound by Dog to a chair, and he must escape underwater. Also, he'll show his new penthouse in the Luxor Pyramid.

Criss is shackled, handcuffed and locked in a steel cage and sunk to the ocean floor.

Criss tries to survive an underwater stunt.

During a visit to Vandenberg Air Force Base to pay tribute to U.S. troops, Criss makes a hummer disappear, Tries to guess a card and produces a special guest from an empty duffly bag.

Criss takes it underground in Long Island, New York and shares his passion for motorcycle trick riding with a crew of extreme riders who execute the craziest stunts on two wheels, and sometimes just one. Criss ups the ante when he makes a motorcycle vanish and reappear from nowhere, drives blind and demonstrates a fresh style of riding sure to astonish.

Criss stops his pulse and vital signs in five body locations in front of a certified medical staff and in front of thousands of spectators, and predicts the outcome of a motor speedway race. Criss also waits tables and does close up magic in his favorite hometown diner.

Criss and his team perform an elaborate pickpocket ballet; demonstrate psychic surgery, and reveal the con-artist techniques used by three card monty dealers, card cheats and casino scammers. Criss blows the lid off anyone who uses magic to take advantage of the vulnerable.

A Long Island homecoming has Criss traveling to familar places to try out illusions on the locals, among them are high-school teachers and students.

On Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Criss performs one of his signature demonstrations the fastest Metamorphosis ever attempted in front of thousands of spectators. There are no curtains or covers, just an almost deadly wall of fire. Criss also receives the prestigious “Magician of the Year” Award for the third time!

Criss reads the minds the minds of celebrites including Ice Cube, Vince Neil, Mark McGrath and Robin Leach.

Criss helps a youg magician named Chad with a touching story by letting him have a magic show at his friend Lance Burton's theater.

Criss has been a longtime fan of Evel Kineval, the famous motorcyle legend. In this episode, Criss is going to attempt to perform Kineval's first jump. He trains with Trigger Gunn, a champion aerialist and world record jump holder. The jump will take Criss down a 60-foot long, 20-foot high ramp at 50 mph, assuming his family doesn't stand in his way. Don't miss this episode! Special guests include Trigger Gunn, Carey Hart, Ice Cube.

Get ready for a party out on the town with Criss Angel as they celebrate a cast members birthday, as only Mindfreak can. Criss and his crew put on some incredible stunts and outrageous illusions in some of Sin City's most notable locales.

Criss is suspended and chained in a wooden box full of explosives and must escape before he's slammed by a stunt car.

Criss makes an elephant vanish in public. He also has tricks involving pigeons, monkeys, and cockroaches.

When Criss did a guest spot on Las Vegas, he walked on water for a few seconds. Now he will attempt it in one continious shot as he will walk across an entire pool while people swim under and around him. Criss also brings a mannequin to life and introduces some new fans to his way of magic.

Cutting people in half has been a staple in the magic world throughout its history. Now it's time for Criss to put his own spin on this classic trick. Watch as Criss cuts someone in two without using boxes, covers, or trick clothes of any kind. You won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind demonstration.

Magicians throughout the centuries have included disappearing acts. For this episode, Criss performs his own incredible take on this illusion: to vanish a spectator surrounded 360 degrees by thousands of witnesses, during the day, in the middle of Las Vegas Fremont Street.

Season Two of Mindfreak kicks off with a stunt so amazing, it defies comprehension. Criss floats from one building to another in front of a crowd during the middle of the day. Criss Angel also shows off an amazing light bulb float using kinetic energy, lifts a kid right off the pavement in a parking lot by sticking his hand to the kid's head, and he also harnesses the power of static electricity among a crowd to levitate them off the ground in the middle of a park.

While taking a tour of the Magic Castle, in Los Angeles, through the history of magic, Criss is allowed access to some very elite areas. He will be allowed to see rare Houdini artifacts as well as the private séance room. Then, on the Dicky Barret show on Indie 103.1 in LA, Criss will predict a major news event, and the lottery.

Criss decides to experience the power of C4 in a public setting, Downtown Las Vegas. Having always been intrigued by explosions, Criss asks the help of “Pyro Pete”, an expert in explosives, who’s been utilized by man, including The Rolling Stones, Motley Crue, and AC/DC, among others. For the trick, Criss will be locked in an crate filled with explosives that will be operated by Teller, of Penn and Teller.

One of the most precarious stunts in the series, Criss will lean over the side of the 55th floor of the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas at unbelievable angles. More astounding still, he will walk down the side of the building with no wires or harnesses, and without the benefit of safety netting.

In one of the most extravagant and remarkable feats ever attempted, Criss will live inside an air bubble in a giant, see-through tank, immersed in water. He will have no food, and a very limited air supply. He will remain in the bubble for 24 hours, and at the finish, disappear right before everyone’s eyes.

Some people, when struck by lightening have increased memory skills and mental capabilities. Criss will be venturing to Baraboo, Wisconsin to test out one of the world's largest Tesla Coils. The transformer will generate up to 4 million volts and, for Criss, simulate what it's like to actually be struck by lightening.

When Criss Angel closes his eyes, he sees reality where others might see only darkness. He shows off the ability in an interesting way.

Sometimes in life, people are able to channel enormous amounts of strength through adrenaline. In this episode, Criss decides to see if this strength can be harnessed.

The art of reading thoughts through muscle reflexes.

For a deadly stunt, Criss will be lowered into the ground and have dirt surround him. With little time and oxygen running out, Criss must escape his tomb and claw his way to the surface.

Criss takes on a more obscure form of body manipulation in this episode.

Lying on a nail bed may have been done in the past, but never like this.

Criss pays homage to the Great Houdini by attempting a daring escape. Criss will also make a couple experience deja  vu.

In his second episode, Criss takes on Levitation. He executes amazing manuevers, such as levitating up an escalator while not touching any part of it, and grabbing people off the street and completely levitating them off the ground.

In this episode, Criss takes on people's fear of fire.

Considered to be the most influential name in magic today, Criss Angel built his career by having a visionary approach and groundbreaking material. Now for the first time ever, it�s available to you, in his exclusive Criss Angel Mastermind DVD series (volume two). The explanation of his most talked about demonstration - Self Levitation - as created by Criss Angel (inspired by a Jacob Spinney concept) and performed by Criss Angel on his critically acclaimed A&E television series MINDFREAK. Criss teaches everything you need to know about this modern day miracle; step-by-step instructions on the method, how to construct it (gimmick materials needed can be purchased locally for approximately $ 125) and how to perform it. Levitate up to a chair, on an escalator, in the street, on stage, anywhere! This demonstration can be performed in close proximity to a single spectator or to an audience on stage. Levitations can cost thousands of dollars; now you can create Criss Angel's version for almost nothing!