Criss Angel Mindfreak
In "Criss Angel Mindfreak," world-renowned mystifier Criss Angel stretches the boundaries of reality and belief as he executes incredible illusions, death-defying escapes, fearless demonstrations and astonishing physical feats.
Genre: Fantasy, Reality-TV
Cast:Criss Angel , Andrew Gerard Henderson , Banachek , Luigi Francis Shorty Rossi , Johnny Thompson , John Farrell , Sandra Gonzalez , J.D. Sarantakos , Dave Baram , Luke Jermay , Mark Cannon , Richard Kaufman , Michael A. Blum , Dimitra Sarantakos , Costa Sarantakos , Lance Burton , Stuart Stone , Penn Jillette
S1.E1 ∙ Burned Alive
It is Criss' mom's 70th birthday so he celebrates by becoming a human candle. Criss also plays with a voodoo doll and disappears from under a garbage can.
S1.E2 ∙ Levitation
The focus is on levitation and Criss not only levitates himself, but also complete strangers in the presence of a crowd.
S1.E3 ∙ Wine Barrel Escape
To honor Houdini, Criss attempts to escape from a water-filled wine barrel while suspended eight stories in the air.
S1.E4 ∙ SUV Nail Bed
Criss does one better than simply laying on a bed of nails as he attempts to take on the added stress of having an SUV drive onto his chest while he is there.
S1.E5 ∙ Body Suspension
Criss engages in a body suspension ritual that has him hanging by hooks through his back from a helicopter.
S1.E6 ∙ Buried Alive
Criss is handcuffed and then buried alive in a coffin under six feet of dirt and must escape.
S1.E7 ∙ Hellstromism
Hellstromism is the art of muscle reading. Criss uses this technique to find a key hidden on a multi-acre car lot.
S1.E8 ∙ Superhuman
Criss believes that with the proper training, superhuman strength is possible. To prove it, he attempts to lift a two-ton taxi.
S1.E9 ∙ Blind
Actress Mandy Moore gives Criss permission to drive her car across Los Angeles completely blind.
S1.E10 ∙ Tesla Strike
Criss wants to experience what it would feel like to be struck by lightning so he sets up an experiment where he will be hit with three million volts of electricity.
S1.E11 ∙ Oasis
Criss attempts to escape from a tube submerged in water in the middle of park in New York.
S1.E12 ∙ Building Walk
Criss attempts to walk down the side of a hotel with no harness and no safety nets.
S1.E13 ∙ C4 Crate
Criss climbs into a wooden box with the equivalent of a stick of dynamite and blows it up.
S1.E14 ∙ Prediction
Criss attempts to show that he can predict the future by sealing up a recorded premonition and listening to it the next day on live radio to see if he was correct.
S1.E15 ∙ Chicken
Criss dares the Amazing Jonathan to a game of chicken with the Amazing Jonathan driving a car and Criss standing in front of a block wall.
S1.E16 ∙ Halloween
Criss goes to the Magic Castle and crashes Joaquin Ayala's performance. He preforms one of his most dangerous stunts by being shackled, handcuffed, and nailed into a pine casket on a conveyor belt leading to an industrial BioChipper.
S1.E17 ∙ Uncut
"Uncut" includes never before seen footage, outtakes and one of the show's most talked about illusions: the trash can uncut and in one continuous shot.
S1.E18 ∙ Up Close
Shows footage shot throughout season 1 but never aired. Also explains the "Surreal Family".
S2.E1 ∙ Building Float
Criss attempts to levitate from the top of one building to another.
S2.E2 ∙ Vanish
Criss performs various illusions where things disappear including a woman in front of a live audience on the street.
S2.E3 ∙ In Two
Criss puts a new spin on the traditional illusion of sawing a person in two.
S2.E4 ∙ Walk on Water
Criss attempts to cross a swimming pool by walking on top of the water while people swim around him.
S2.E5 ∙ Easy Rider
After unveiling the ultimate mindfreak Count's Kustoms Chopper, Criss leads the crew on a wild ride that ends in the hair-raising "Death Trap" exhibition.
S2.E7 ∙ Bike Jump Vanish
After training with motorcycle jump legend, Trigger Gumm, Criss attempts to jump 100 foot, with a twist.
S2.E8 ∙ Chad's Story
The story of a boy who fought cancer and lost his father at an early age inspires Criss to help the boy achieve his dreams.
S2.E9 ∙ Celebrity Minds
Criss uses hypnosis techniques to drop entire crowds of people to the ground before putting an entire restaurant's patrons and staff under his control. His ability to read the minds of some well-known surprise celebrity guests including: Ice Cube, Vince Neil, and Robin Leach will equally astound. This episode is chock full of Mindfreaks.
S2.E10 ∙ Metamorphosis
Criss performs his interpretation of Houdini's metamorphosis illusion. He also tries his attempt at comedy by dressing as a pregnant woman who gives birth to little people.
S2.E11 ∙ Animal Magic
Criss performs for some chimpanzees and then attempts to make an elephant disappear off the street.
S2.E12 ∙ Back to School
Criss returns to his high school to inspire kids to believe in themselves that they can accomplish anything including lifting a car.
S2.E13 ∙ Sucker
A number of scams are explored such as pickpocketing, the shell game, and psychic surgery. Criss attempts to pass into an armored car.
S2.E14 ∙ Prophecy
The art of mentalism is explored as Criss makes a number of predictions including the outcome of a car race.
S2.E15 ∙ Motorcycle Roulette
Criss shares his passion for motorcycle trick-riding with a crew of extreme riders and ups the ante with some of the craziest stunts ever performed on two wheels.
S2.E16 ∙ Military Salute
Criss visits a military base and performs a variety of demonstrations including making a Hummer appear out of thin air.
S2.E17 ∙ Straightjacket Keelhaul
The crew travels to Mexico where Criss attempts a straitjacket escape while being dragged behind a boat.
S2.E18 ∙ Shark Cage Escape
Criss is manacled, locked inside a shark cage, and thrown in the ocean without an air supply.
S2.E19 ∙ Magician of the Year
A feat of mentalism is performed after Criss wins the Magician of the Year award.
S2.E20 ∙ Celebrity Seance
Five celebrity guests spend a night in the eerie Amargosa Hotel while Criss connects with paranormal forces.
S2.E21 ∙ My Secret Cabaret
Bloopers and outtakes are featured when Criss has a cabaret performance at The Magic Castle.
S3.E1 ∙ The Luxor Light
To honor his father's memory, Criss attempts to levitate in the 800-degree light of the Luxor hotel.
S3.E2 ∙ Steamroller
In this episode, Criss lies on a bed of broken glass as a steamroller rolls over his body. Criss will also produce a beautiful woman from a box of merchandise. He performs street magic where he bends a quarter in his mouth and makes a card appear in a lit cigar. Special guest Jason Hervey from The Wonder Years.
S3.E3 ∙ Prisoner Transport Escape
After being locked in a mailbag, Criss will attempt to escape a caged truck filled with explosives as it races towards the edge of a cliff. Then he visits a golf course and shows off some golfing skills that even Tiger Woods would envy. He uses his unique powers on the fairways and putting greens, and shocks a group of golfers by levitating high over the course and the trees.
S3.E4 ∙ Screwed
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.
S3.E5 ∙ Motorhead
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.
S3.E6 ∙ Animal 2
Criss loves animals -- and loves to amaze us with his incredible animal illusions. Last season, Criss made an elephant vanish, and in this episode, he'll try to make the pachyderm reappear. Criss also visits Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden, where he turns a cage handler into a full-sized tiger, and transforms a full-grown dog into a cuddly puppy.
S3.E7 ∙ Quad Drag Escape
Criss prepares to be bound and dragged by an ATV while trying to escape in the Excalibur arena. Distracted by news of his mother's emergency heart surgery, Criss is unable to concentrate and faces the risk of seriously hurting himself.
S3.E8 ∙ Raging Bull
This episode of MINDFREAK revolves around an alter ego of Criss Angel, a Traveling Salesman. Disguised as "Justin Case", Criss goes door-to-door and town-to-town amazing people with his bottomless suitcase, which he surprisingly retrieves items such as a ladder, a broom and a shovel.
S3.E9 ∙ Car Crash Escape
Hang onto your seat, because Criss will be chained to the side of a parked car filled with explosives, and then try to escape before a second speeding car plows into him. Also, he'll make a chopper bike appear from nowhere in the middle of an empty parking lot.
S3.E10 ∙ Sucker 2
In Season 2, Criss introduced viewers to some of the biggest scams ever perpetrated. This season, Criss reveals even more scams as he exposes psychics and divulges their secrets. He also shows techniques that card cheats use and other common scams when he sticks friends with the bill at a restaurant and appears to lose his expensive necklace.
S3.E11 ∙ Drowned
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 Houdini¹s famous water escapes.
S3.E12 ∙ Naked Jail Escape
The greatest and most famous magician ever, Harry Houdini, remains one of Criss Angel's significant influences. Criss pays homage to the master by recreating some of his most incredible escapes and fantastical feats, but with a Mindfreak twist.
S3.E13 ∙ Burning Man
Criss takes Sully from Godsmack¹s watch, and smashes it to bits with a hammer; he then produces that same watch, undamaged, to the relieved Sully. Also, Criss convinces Carrot Top that a trick has gone wrong and mistakenly chops off his finger. The episode culminates as Criss remembers his uncle who drowned as his car slid off the road into a watery ditch. In a tribute to his uncle, Criss is tied and locked in the trunk of a car as it is lowered into a lake. Criss must escape or face the same doom as his uncle.
S3.E14 ∙ Rollercoaster Thru Criss
Magic has always kept the kid in Criss very alive and this episode celebrates just that. Everyone's inner child will enjoy fun illusions like Criss¹ turning a young girl's toy doll into a real woman. Criss Angel himself will physically transform back into a child again on a crowded playground. Criss-mas comes early, when in a truly heartwarming finale, Criss dressed as Santa Criss, makes a crowd of disadvantaged childrens dreams come true. He and his band of elves with Johnny the Rude-Nosed Reindeer, produce a full truck of toys from nothing.
S3.E15 ∙ Underwater Car Escape
Criss takes Sully from Godsmack's watch, and smashes it to bits with a hammer; he then produces that same watch, undamaged, to the relieved Sully. More mayhem in the arcade when Criss draws a picture that starts talking to startled kids. Criss convinces Carrot Top that a trick has gone wrong and mistakenly chops off his finger.
S3.E16 ∙ The Loyal
In this episode Criss surprises and shocks his most fanatical supporters, referred to as "The Loyal". These fans discuss some of the craziest things they've done to meet him. Criss hosts a MINDFREAK style game show testing their knowledge of the MINDFREAK series and sends a lucky winner on a trip to Barbados.
S3.E17 ∙ Mentalism
Mentalism is the use of one's mind to conduct para-psychological activities such as telepathy and mind reading. Criss has certainly been well versed in these areas of psychology and takes his powers out into the public. First, he takes a shot at being a human lie detector, baffling the polygraph technicians, and later connects the thoughts of two playboy bunnies.
S3.E18 ∙ The Kid in Criss
In front of the Luxor Hotel, Criss enables a random bystander to crawl through his body. In this episode, the viewer gets and insider's look into Criss' suite and his model train collection. Criss breaks and restores a restaurant patron's necklace leading up to the finale where we find Criss tied to the tracks of a speeding roller coaster. Will he escape or will the coaster pass right through him?
S3.E19 ∙ Cement Block
Taped live from the heart of New York City's Times Square, Criss Angel is shackled and placed in a see-through plexi glass container that is then sealed in cement and hardened into a block. In front of thousands, Criss is lifted over five stories in the air and given 24 hours to escape before the block crashes to the earth.
S3.E20 ∙ Seance
In this creepy episode, Criss attempts to bridge the world between the living and the dead when he becomes possessed and walks on the ceiling. In the rumored haunted Artisian Hotel, he interacts with the afterlife in front of a shocked group of observers and channels spirits to reveal private information about their lives.
S3.E21 ∙ Mayhem in the Making
The viewer experiences the mayhem Criss encounters on a daily basis. Amateur magicians attempt to sway favor with Criss, showing him their acts and hoping to secure guest spots on an upcoming episode of MINDFREAK. Illusions include Criss turning credit cards to cash, appearing from a table in the middle of a busy restaurant, transforming one girl into another, and smashing a spectator's video camera then restoring it right before their eyes. The climax of this episode will be a MINDFREAK crew party, celebrating Criss' mom's recovery from heart surgery. However, unlike parties in the past, Criss shows up to his mother's room and no body is there. With a quick close and reopening of a door, Criss magically transforms the room from a desolate venue into the hottest party in Vegas!
S3.E22 ∙ Thunderbirds
Criss flies at Mach speed with the Air Force's # 1 elite Thunderbirds and makes 6 fighter jets appear from thin air on the runway.
S3.E23 ∙ H20 Teleportation: Mexico
Summer's here, so join Criss and the crew for a fun beach-filled day in Mexico. At a beach campfire, Criss casts shadows in impossible places. Criss establishes a psychic link with a dolphin, using the mammal to assist him in a card trick. He effortlessly links the beer can tabs of unsuspecting beach-goers and predicts a person¹s card using a sea-shell that hears more then just the ocean waves.
S3.E24 ∙ Mexico Barrel Escape
Inspired by those who attempted to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Criss is suspended hundreds of feet above the ocean in a barrel before being dropped. The barrel crashes to the sea. Will Criss survive?
S3.E25 ∙ Most Memorable Mindfreak Moments
Famous people reveal their Top 10 favorite Mindfreak moments, including the Steamroller, Walk on Water, the Woodchipper, Penetrating a Window, Burned Alive and others.
S3.E26 ∙ Fantasy
Magic adults will enjoy, but still okay for the kids. Criss will make a girl's dream come true as he magically changes her A-cup to a C-cup without any post-surgery recovery time. At the notorious Playboy Club, Criss predicts the mind of some Playboy Bunnies. Later, Criss finds himself at the Adult News Awards where he makes a woman's bra disappear with a single wave of the hand.
S4.E1 ∙ Walk on Lake
Criss is famous for walking on water in a pool. In the Mindfreak style, Criss will now up the ante and attempt to walk on the world's largest manmade lake, Lake Mead. With the inability to shut down a federal park, it's a real example of, "What you see is what you get!
S4.E2 ∙ Building Implosion Escape
As the #1 magician in the world, Criss Angel has done more magic on TV than any other magician in history and continues to up the ante in this one hour action filled special. Broadcast LIVE, Criss must escape from a building before it implodes into a pile of mass wreckage!!!
S4.E3 ∙ Skeptic
Placing several advertisements and postings seeking those who are skeptical of Criss' abilities, Criss invites these skeptics to be part of a deadly challenge. These skeptics get to lead a blindfolded Criss to four elevator doors, one of which is just 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.
S4.E4 ∙ Nail Gun
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. Onlookers include Anthony Michael Hall.
S4.E5 ∙ Barrell Drop
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.
S4.E6 ∙ Cremation
In a very somber setting Criss is laid to rest on a wooden slab. Spectators watch in horror as they see Criss cremated alive. In the past, you may have seen Criss walk through solid objects such as walls and windows. In this episode, Criss astonishes bystanders as he walks through a steel door. We also get an insider's peak at Criss' warehouse where an employee accidentally impales Criss with a forklift.
S4.E7 ∙ Spirits of New Orleans
Criss visits New Orleans and trances bystanders utilizing the mysticism & culture of the city. On a tour of the outskirts, Criss pulls up to a girl hitchhiking who disappear's from the side of the road and instantly reappears in Criss' car. On a stormy night in a Voodoo shop, Criss has a spectator select a word in a book and he predicts that word by writing it on her arm.
S4.E8 ∙ Escape Over Bourbon Street
Acknowledging the devastation from Katrina and admiring the city's ability to overcome such travesty, Criss decides to bring the town together to witness as he attempts to break another record. With thousands on Bourbon Street, Criss is secured in two straight jackets, shackled, and hung upside down above the crowd before attempting to escape.
S4.E9 ∙ Impenetrable
One of Criss' most memorable demonstrations was when he walked through a storefront window. Criss will now attempt to merge through metal. He will be locked in an oil drum with a heavy manhole cover placed on top.
S4.E10 ∙ Close Up
In this episode, Criss demonstrates the intricate and delicate art of close up magic as he stuns audiences. At the casino, even the eye in the sky security staff can't see the speed of his hands. In this entire episode, Criss demonstrates the art of close up magic. Experts discuss the history, the techniques, and the fun that goes with this magical genre.
S4.E11 ∙ Premonition
Using his ability to connect with people, Criss attempts to transfer his energy through the TV screen to millions of people at home.
S4.E12 ∙ In Your Face
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.
S4.E13 ∙ Mindfreaking with the Stars
With Criss' help, Ted Nugent, Elvis Costello, Carrot Top and Anthony Michael Hall all learn the art of MINDFREAK and perform for their fans. Then, at an event in Los Angeles, Criss runs into his good friend Gene Simmons, where a million dollar bet transpires.
S4.E14 ∙ Tronik
Criss is a big kid at heart. As a child Criss loved toys and as an adult Criss still loves toys and in the spirit of this, Criss transforms a toy hummer into a real hummer. In various places around the Luxor, Criss magically makes a child appear on an empty chair. In front of a group of kids, Criss draws a picture that comes to life.
S4.E15 ∙ Billionaire Prediction
In the spirit of "Dancing with the Stars", we see several celebrities give their best performance when performing a trick. The MINDFREAK himself will teach celebrities how to perform tricks with or without revealing them. ZZ Top performs a disappearing knife trick and reveals how to do this MINDFREAK at home.
S4.E16 ∙ 24-Hour Birthday Bash
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?
S4.E17 ∙ Car Wreck Vanish
Criss decides to take a road trip after he and his friend Sully, from the band "Godsmack", are presented some new customized Chopper Bikes. While joking around with Criss, Sully locks himself in a cab. Criss then gets on top of the cab and suddenly appears inside the cab. Stopping by an antique store, Sully admirers a radio which Criss makes vanish.
S4.E18 ∙ Silverton Final Attempt
Criss has always had bad luck when it comes to water stunts and last season he almost faced his doom when an underwater escape went wrong. Against all his fears & frustrations, Criss will now re-attempt to escape being chained in a locked box before drowning in front of hundreds of people. Witness Criss prepare for this stunt with a certified scuba diver. Error is not an option.
S5.E1 ∙ White Death
Criss takes the "Buried Alive" escape attempt to an unprecedented level, adding the extra weight and freezing temperatures of snow and ice.
S5.E2 ∙ Death Field
Criss and his team head to Edwards Air Force Base in California where they take "Mindfreak" to an explosive new level. Criss first learns about the dangers of mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDS) and works with the K-9 bomb detection unit to learn about their remarkable abilities.
S5.E3 ∙ Mass Levitation
Criss Angel has demonstrated he can levitate anywhere: he has levitated more than 500 feet above Las Vegas Boulevard in the light of the Luxor Hotel and Casino; he has floated from one building to another; and he has shown the ability up close and in person on public sidewalks and streets. Now, he takes levitation to new heights by levitating an entire Las Vegas crowd.
S5.E4 ∙ Terminal Velocity
Criss will attempt to accomplish the most impossible and mind-boggling transposition in "Mindfreak" history and perhaps magic history by teleporting himself--in one continuous camera shot--from one location to another. Defying Newton's Law of Gravity, Criss will stand more than 250 feet above the Las Vegas strip, drop an object and be at the bottom in time to catch it.
S5.E5 ∙ Death Crash
Surrounded by cameras at every angle and thousands of spectators on the Las Vegas Strip, Criss Angel will attempt his most death-defying illusion ever with "Death Crash." Five upright coffins--all equipped with interior cameras--will be placed on the Las Vegas Strip and one merciless, speeding car will be employed to smash them to splinters.
S6.E1 ∙ The Grand Canyon Death Jump
In his most amazing and dangerous demonstration to date, Criss attempts to jump the Grand Canyon on a high-performance hybrid motorcycle. He will either miraculously appear inside a locked cage dangling from a helicopter or plummet 4,200 feet to his death.
S6.E2 ∙ Luxor Walk
Criss Angel attempts to defy the laws of gravity and walk up the entire side of the Luxor Hotel and Casino which rises more than 650 feet above the Las Vegas strip and disappear into the incinerating light atop the pyramid in front of thousands of spectators.
S6.E3 ∙ Cement Shoes
An homage to Harry Houdini's most dangerous escape, Criss is chained and shackled with more than 100 feet of chains and more than 20 locks and lowered 90 feet from the side of the London Bridge in the cold, murky water of Lake Havasu, Arizona in front of 12,000 spectators. To make the escape even more impossible and drowning an almost certainty, Criss has his feet embedded in a barrel of cement before being lowered off the bridge and deep into the lake below.
S6.E4 ∙ Smash
At the monumental Grand Canyon Sky Walk, in front of more than one thousand onlookers, Criss is shackled and locked inside a confining solid crate except for holes to view his face and hands at all times. The crate is then hoisted over the edge of the canyon more than 4,200 feet above the Colorado River. Criss reveals his process of escape but if he does not succeed in time, he will fatally crash to the rocky depths below.
S6.E5 ∙ Levitation Vanish
With Criss' chaotic schedule, including his live performance of BeLIEve ten times each week, the taping of his hit TV series and moving into Serenity, his new home, Criss decides to escape the city for the Valley of Fire deep into the Mojave desert. In this remote and mystical place, Criss will attempt to miraculously levitate more than 100 feet up into the sky and then vanish.
S6.E6 ∙ 100 Gone
The Guinness World Records is on hand and sets the test conditions as Criss attempts the largest vanish of people in history at the Luxor Convention Arena. One hundred people are chosen at random and shackled together in front of a crowd of thousands and Criss attempts to make them all disappear - instantaneously!
