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Wayne Keyser


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    Episode 190 – Oh! The Drama!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025


    Episode 190 – Oh! The Drama! (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 190 Follow the podcast audio down the page. The pictures and links are (or should be) in turn with the audio. Bobby Reynolds Marshall Brodien TV Magic Cards (it’s really a Svengali Deck) Original Plans PDF just $4 … Continue reading »

    Ep 189 – The Nickel Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025


    Episode 189 – The Nickel Empire (and the way it was) (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 189 Follow the podcast audio down the page. The pictures and links are in turn with the audio. Brill 4-Way Joint Plan – just $5 Easy to build! Includes game plans! Click the … Continue reading »

    Ep 188 – ZZZAP! The Electric Chair Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025


    Episode 188 – ZZZAP! The Electric Chair Act (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 187 Follow the podcast audio down the page. The pictures and links are in turn with the audio. Link to buy the book Natural Born! Circus, Sideshow, and the Art of Being Human Get the Magazine (this … Continue reading »

    Ep 187 – Eric Broomfield, Jellyboy the Clown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025


    Episode 187 – Eric Broomfield, Jellyboy the Clown (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 187 Link to buy the book Memoirs of a Coney Island Clown: Jellyboy’s Sideshow Saga Catalog only pdf https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/7PPVHJ3VVKNKS   Mardi Gras Indians Doubloons Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary My new (and forever) … Continue reading »

    Ep 186 – Ouch That's Sharp!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025


    Episode 186 – Ouch, That’s Sharp! (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 186 Link to buy the book    To the Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing “George the Giant's Strange Museum of Oddities & Wonders.” Welcome | Keeping Bakersfield Strange Since 2018 NO Coney Island Casino Musee … Continue reading »

    Ep 185 – BRIANNA BELLADONNA, SWORD SWALLOWER

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    Episode 185 Sword Swallower Brianna Belladonna (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 185 R.I.P. David “Doc” Rivera (in his Showmen’s Museum) Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary My new (and forever) email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/87MTJFJXMSJRS 24 Games Old and New – just $5 https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/LE76G6VSMHEHC Old Magician’s Notebook just … Continue reading »

    Ep 184 – Afterschool Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024


    Episode 184 – Afterschool Special (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 184 Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary My new (and forever) email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com Bally CD (U.S. orders only) just $11.99 https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/2PRTKJLY4VR9G Blade Box Plan pdf just $4 https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/HHCVDEL6KYEQS Legal Execution Machines pdf just $4 https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ARHFUPGKKAQ74

    Ballycast 183 – Calling the Spirits

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024


    Episode 183 – Calling the Spirits (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 183 Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary My new and forever email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com The Expert Marksman pdf just $4Order pdf with this link just $4 Gibtown Movie on Youtube (Age restricted, follow this link, or … Continue reading »

    Ep 182 – Look Into My Eyes (Stage Hypnotism)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024


    Episode 182 Look Into My Eyes (Stage Hypnosis) (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 182 Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary And this is important, people… My new and forever email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com The Museum of Illusions DC website – moiwashington.com Kari the Mortician visits Colon, Michigan Barnum … Continue reading »

    Ep 181 – What Are You Worth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024


    Episode 181 – What Are You Worth? (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 181 Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary And this is important, people… My new and forever email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com Sideshow Tricks Explained – just $5 emailed to you Order pdf with this link just $5 … Continue reading »

    Ep 180 – Selling Food at the Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024


    Episode 180 – Selling Food at the Fair (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 180 Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary And this is important, people… My new and forever email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com Links to suppliers of wholesale fair foods: Full Catalog from FARE FOODS webstaurantstore.com gmpopcorn.com victorproducts.com/concessions … Continue reading »

    Ep 179 – Naughty Tunes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024


    Episode 179 – Naughty Tunes! (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 179 Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary And this is important, people… My new and forever email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com Ask AI a careful question, you might get a decent answer. Maybe. Gemini (google.com) Links to suppliers of … Continue reading »

    Ep 178 – Wheel of Fortune

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    Episode 178 – Wheel of Fortune (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 178 Sharp Shooting and Quick Draw act pdf file emailed to you just $4 Carny Mitch Candiano on “This Past Weekend” Exploring World’s Largest Abandoned Theme Park – Wonderland Eurasia Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary … Continue reading »

    Ep 177 – Punch and Judy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024


    Episode 177 – Punch and Judy (Right-click and “save as”…) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 177 DIY Swazzle – Voice-Changing Device (youtube.com) Hit a high note: make a swazzle and other simple whistles (youtube.com) Switching from Punch to Judy (youtube.com) Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary My new email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com … Continue reading »

    Episode 176 – SO MANY WONDERS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024


    Episode 176 – So Many Wonders! Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy Above is a Link to their website Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 176 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook The Carny Lingo Dictionary My new email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com My historic DVD now free on Youtube The Carnival’s Been and Gone (youtube.com) … Continue reading »

    Episode 175 – Stop That Noise!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024


    Episode 175 – Stop That Noise! Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 175 http://ballycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/ballycast-175-2024-03-01.mp3 (See if this link works) Follow me on Facebook Click here to email me The Carny Lingo Dictionary My new email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com    

    Episode 174 – Schlitzie, One of Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024


    Episode 174 – Schlitzie, One of Us Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 174 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Click here to email me The Carny Lingo Dictionary My new email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com  

    Episode 173 – The Dark Looking-Glass

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023


    Episode 173 – The Dark Looking-Glass Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 173 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Click here to email me The Carny Lingo Dictionary Playing For Change on Youtube My new email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com Dodgson Alice Pleasance Liddell Alice’s sister Lorina photographed by Dodgson (with parent present)  

    Episode 172 – Bounty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023


    Episode 172 – Bounty Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 172 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Click here to email me The Carny Lingo Dictionary Aaron Brill’s grave My new email – waynekeyser290@gmail.com Link to Youtube channel “Hollywood Graveyard” Hollywood Graveyard – YouTube Link to “Project Gutenberg” Free eBooks | Project … Continue reading »

    Episode 171 – Stayed Too Long at the Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023


    Episode 171 – Stayed Too Long at the Fair Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 171 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook The book is available at https://outsidetalkerpress.bigcartel.com/ 4k Video Downloader free at https://www.4kdownload.com/products/videodownloader-41  Bally CD just $11.99 at https://goodmagic.com/websales/bally/index.htm Arlington, Virginia had a “Luna Park” in 1906 Girl To Gorilla act … Continue reading »

    Episode 170 – Tattoo U.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023


    Episode 170 – Tattoo U. Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 170 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook MY FORMER WEBSITE including carny lingo dictionary See or download the feature film “Carny” Paranormal Cirque Follow above link to schedule and tickets The Carnival’s Been and Gone DVD  JUST $16.49 SHIPPED (U.S. only) … Continue reading »

    Episode 169 – THE FABULOUS LAND OF COCKAIGNE

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    Episode 169 – The Fabulous Land of Cockaigne Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 169 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook MY FORMER WEBSITE including carny lingo dictionary In Paris, the Museum of Carnival Arts Follow this link to the museum’s website for info and reservations Coney Island Museum BALLY, SOUNDS OF … Continue reading »

    Episode 168 – The Gender Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2023


    Episode 168 – The Gender Wars Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 168 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook MY FORMER WEBSITE including carny lingo dictionary From Brill’s Bible of Building Plans comes this recipe for Buttermilk Fudge. 2 cups white sugar, 3/4 cup buttermilk, ½ cup white corn syrup. Cook these … Continue reading »

    Episode 167 – The Bonnie & Clyde Death Car(s)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022


    Episode 167 – The Bonnie & Clyde Death Car(s) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 167 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook MY FORMER WEBSITE including carny lingo dictionary George the Giant action figure. Another shipment and possibly another version and custom “Giant’s Rings” coming! Click HERE to see details From Brill’s Bible … Continue reading »

    Episode 166 – Dear Mr. Fantasy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022


    Episode 166 – Dear Mister Fantasy Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 166 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook MY FORMER WEBSITE including carny lingo dictionary The First Call Paranormal & Oddities Museum Click HERE to see details Bally CD – just $11.99 delivered    

    Episode 165 – A Darker Carnival

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022


    Episode 165 – A Darker Carnival Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 165 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook MY FORMER WEBSITE The First Call Paranormal & Oddities Museum   Bally CD – just $11.99 delivered 4-Way Joint plans available HERE  

    Episode 164 – Tits and Titters

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022


    Episode 164 – Tits and Titters Burlesque baggy-pants comics Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 164 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook MY FORMER WEBSITE CDRom E-book just $11.99 Click here to see more Bally CD – just $11.99 delivered

    Episode 163 – Learning Your Lessons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022


    Episode 163 – Learning Your Lessons Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 163 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook I’m offering a continuing sale on a batch my of BALLY CD’s. They make great gifts. Each CD comes in a sturdy, colorful sleeve and I just found over 100 of them I’d … Continue reading »

    Episode 162 – Helping in Tough Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021


    Episode 162 – Helping in Tough Times Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 162 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook I’m offering a special sale on a batch my of BALLY CD’s. They make great gifts. Each CD comes in a sturdy, colorful sleeve and I just found over 100 of them … Continue reading »

    Episode 161 – Julian Eltinge, Early Drag Superstar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021


    Episode 161 – Julian Eltinge, Early Drag Superstar and Immersive Theater Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 161 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Get the free 4k Video Downloader https://www.4kdownload.com/products/videodownloader/6 CDRom E-book just $11.99 Click here to see more  

    Episode 160 – Blood from Ballycast's Tomb

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021


    Episode 160 – Blood from Ballycast’s Tomb Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 160 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Brill’s Bible (Catalog only) just $5.99 Click here to see more Old-fashioned Dark Ride Click here to see more CDRom E-book just $11.99 Click here to see more  

    Episode 159 – PT Barnum “The Humbugs of the World” Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021


    Episode 159 – PT Barnum’s “The Humbugs of the World” Part 2 Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 159 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Eli Smith and his sled at the White House Lentil Sloppy Joe ½ pound lentils 1 large yellow onion 1 small green pepper (optional) 1 cup catsup … Continue reading »

    Episode 158 – PT Barnum “The Humbugs of the World”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021


    Episode 158 – PT Barnum’s “The Humbugs of the World” Part 1 Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 158 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Bally CD – just $11.99 delivered The “Schlitzie” Cocktail 1 oz. Tequila or whiskey or rye or scotch ¾ oz. Lemon juice ¾ oz. Grenadine 1 oz. … Continue reading »

    Episode 157 – The Blues With Sex On Their Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021


    Episode 157 – The Blues With Sex On Their Mind Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 157 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook R.I.P. William Smith (Conan’s father) Blade Box illusion plans – pdf just $4 Brill’s Bible of Building Plans – a historical gem! pdf just $5.99 Girl to Gorilla illusion … Continue reading »

    Episode 156 – Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2021


    Episode 156 – Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 156 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook The Changeouts website A modern powwow DVD “The Carnival’s Been and Gone” (click here for order page) Youtube channel “William F. Cody Archive” Sharp Shooting, Quick Draw & Combat Shooting act … Continue reading »

    Episode 155 – Wrestling Started in the Carnival

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021


    Episode 155 – Wrestling Started in the Carnival Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 155 (right-click and “save as”…) This month’s guest: Mike Quackenbush Follow me on Facebook Mike’s Youtube channel, “Til We Make It” DVD “The Carnival’s Been and Gone” (click here for order page) Pseudo Hypnotic Act – pdf plans just $4

    Episode 154 – Speaking To (and for) The Spirits

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021


    Episode 154 – Speaking To (and for) The Spirits Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 154 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook (The late) Jim Hand, Episode 081 Tempest Storm biopic on Youtube Order plans from Goodmagic.com just $4 Painters of the Peculiar book Brill’s Bible of Building Plans pdf just $6.99

    Episode 153 – Clouds, Snakes, Sex, but not Bullets

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021


    Episode 153 – Clouds, Snakes, Sex, but not Bullets Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 153 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Reginald Marsh, painter of Coney Island and Burlesque Ferlinghetti – A Coney Island of the Mind Brill Plan – 4-Way Joint – pdf $4 Reich’s original “Cloud Buster” Kate Bush … Continue reading »

    Episode 152 – The Midway Showman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021


    Episode 152 – The Midway Showman Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 152 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook RIP Mark Wilson The Mark Wilson Complete Course in Magic (Amazon link) Sharp Shooting Act Just $4 Delivered by email Bally CD only $6 Delivered in US Scarlett Storm’s Etsy store

    Episode 151 – Talking Carny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021


    Episode 151 – Talking Carny Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 151 (right-click and “save as”…) Carny on Wikipedia Follow me on Facebook Siegfried Roy and tigers Our CD “On the Midway” Just $11.99 Delivered in the U.S. Girl to Gorilla pdf only $6 Razzle Dazzle chart (means whatever the operator says)

    Episode 150 – Malice in Wonderland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021


    Episode 150 – Malice in Wonderland Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 150 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook The Original Al’s (Al Cohen) Magic Shop Jason Suran “Reconnected” Harry Anderson’s Sideshow (1987) Modern Vaudeville Press (Click this Link) Brill Plan “4 Escapes” PDF just $4 emailed to you Dine and experience … Continue reading »

    Episode 149 – Superman’s Favorite Amusement Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020


    Episode 149 – Superman’s Favorite Amusement Park Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 149 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Palisades Park 1951 Beautiful Legs Contest Lucy Darling’s Holiday Show Bally CD – Just $16.49 Delivered in the U.S. The Lee Art – in a way, like a dark carnival My DVD … Continue reading »

    Episode 148 – Randi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020


    Episode 148 – Randi Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 148 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Follyland, with Frankie Sin and Donny Vomit Brandon Hoffman’s Freakshow Game Room Pony Death Ride – New Album “Unthemed” HBO Max – The Witches (it’s awful, but I don’t agree with the reason for the … Continue reading »

    Episode 147 – Barnum, a Very Complex Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020


    Episode 147 – Barnum, a Very Complex Man Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 147 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Worst interview I ever gave, sorry CDRom ebook, just $11.99 incl US Shipping Barnum claimed that his wax effigy of Jeff Davis was wearing this same dress as a disguise Bally … Continue reading »

    Episode 146 – Ooooh! Scary!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020


     Episode 146 – Ooooh! Scary! and the lizardmen are back  Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 145 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook PDF copy plus bonuses, just $6 Other SCARY things: Girl to Gorilla Show (I sell plans for this – see this link) A dark ride is always scary! They should … Continue reading »

    Episode 145 – Which Way to the Next Carnival?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020


     Episode 145 Which Way to the Next Carnival? Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 145 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Family Show Pro booking advice Michael Sean Comerford’s book American Oz The Carnival’s Been and Gone DVD Just 16.49 delivered in USA Bally CD – Just $16.49 Delivered in the U.S.

    Episode 144 – Not-So-Gay Coney Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020


    Episode 144 Not-So-Gay Coney Island Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 144 (right-click and “save as”…) Download Gorky’s full essay (pdf) Follow me on Facebook The Carnival’s Been and Gone DVD Just 16.49 delivered in USA https://www.theshowoffshop.com/ Jonna Jinton – Kulning https://www.youtube.com/user/JonnaJinton/videos https://play.acast.com/s/greatleapyears HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07znN5isiM4fcJGtwJmMVA/videos Brill Plan “Legal Execution Machines” pdf … Continue reading »

    Episode 143 – Gay Coney Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020


       Episode 143 Gay Coney Island Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 143 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook

    Episode 142 – Barnum’s Buffalo Hunt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020


    Episode 142 Barnum’s Buffalo Hunt Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 142 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook My headphones (save your marriage, they’re good and they’re just $16) Huge combo movie/vaudeville “presentation houses”   ORDER FROM GOODMAGIC.COM PDF JUST $5.99  Bally CD – Just $16.49 Delivered in the U.S.

    Episode 141 – The Satanic Rites of Ballycast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020


    Episode 141 The Satanic Rites of Ballycast Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 141 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook Send your “hope for the future” photo to bally@goodmagic.com and I’ll put it on the next podcast webpage (Ain’t I inspirational, gazing hopefully into the future? And a new haircut, too!) or … Continue reading »

    Episode 140 – More “Best of Ballycast” – Lizardman & Minstrel Shows

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020


    Episode 140 More “Best of Ballycast” (Lizardman & Minstrel Shows) Download standard podcast mp3 file – Episode 140 (right-click and “save as”…) Follow me on Facebook THE LOST CITY OF THE LIZARDMEN! My original 2 1/2 hour DVD “The Carnival’s Been & Gone” actual films of the glory days of Coney Island! See Preview: ORDER … Continue reading »

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