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| Criss Angel Believe | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Created by | Criss Angel |
| Directed by | Criss Angel |
| Starring | Criss Angel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 10 + 1 unaired |
| Production | |
| Editors | Ben Le Vine, Chip Brown, David Milhous |
| Running time | 41 minutes (without commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Spike |
| Release | October 8 (2013-10-08) – December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10) |
Criss Angel BeLIEve is a show that aired on Spike. It debuted on October 8, 2013, and is stylized much like Angel's previous show Mindfreak that aired on A&E. The show gives viewers unprecedented access into Angel's "Think Tank" and shows the creative process behind the illusions and demonstrations from conception to execution. It is centered on stunts and street magic acts by magician Criss Angel. Originally, 11 episodes were set to air, but only 10 were shown due to a surgery on Angel that was deemed necessary after he suffered a severe shoulder injury from his "Double Straight Jacket" escape.
Episodes
| No. in series |
Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Cement Grave" | October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) | |
| Criss attempts to become the first person in history to be buried alive in an above-ground cement grave. He gives rapper Ice-T a bloody demonstration with razor blades and also reveals how to make a soda can float. | |||
| 2 | "Blind" | October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15) | |
| Criss takes blind to a whole new level when he walks over five stories above Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas. He attempts a deadly walk across a swinging steel I-beam with a two-foot gap high above a crowd while being completely blindfolded and in total darkness. | |||
| 3 | "Bullet Catch" | October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22) | |
| Criss attempts the well-known bullet catch trick. | |||
| 4 | "Raise the Dead" | October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29) | |
| With much controversy, Criss attempts one of his biggest challenges yet – to bring someone back from the dead. He also makes strangers on the street believe in voodoo and makes his intern lose his head. | |||
| 5 | "Levitate Shaq" | November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05) | |
| When Shaquille O'Neal drops by Criss' Magic Factory to spend time doing magic, both begin a friendly rivalry when Shaq calls Criss out to levitate him. Criss attempts to levitate the amateur magician and former NBA star over 60 feet above his home in Las Vegas. He also teaches an amazing ash-to-palm illusion to strangers. | |||
| 6 | "Alligator Torture Escape" | November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12) | |
| Criss attempts to become the first person to be suspended in a torture device designed by Harry Houdini's rival. He must get out within a certain amount of time to avoid being eaten by alligators. | |||
| 7 | "Lord Of Illusions" | November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19) | |
| Inspired by Clive Barker's twisted 1995 movie Lord of Illusions, Criss attempts to make a prediction of life over death. He will select random spectators in a crowd to release five swords, with the sixth hanging directly over his heart. Criss must make it out of the demonstration alive before the wrong sword is released, leaving him impaled. | |||
| 8 | "Double Straight Jacket" | November 25, 2013 (2013-11-25) | |
| To show that magic is as real as it gets, Criss and his magic team go to Times Square in New York to push the boundaries of escape even further. Criss pays tribute to Houdini by hanging upside down in two straight jackets with a 45-pound plate tied around his neck. He must get out of both straight jackets and release the weight before he slips into unconsciousness and chokes to death. | |||
| 9 | "Elephant Herd Vanish" | December 3, 2013 (2013-12-03) | |
| Criss attempts to become the first magician in history to make 40,000 pounds of elephants vanish in impossible conditions - in the middle of a field. He also visits a toy store and makes a stuffed animal come to life and does some magic with a goldfish to have it appear in an impossible location. | |||
| 10 | "Ship Appearance" | December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10) | |
| Criss invites all his loyal fans on an exuberant vacation with him to Cabo San Lucas. While working on his own vacation by entertaining guests with magic and everyone alike, he attempts the largest-scale appearance ever attempted. | |||
| 11 | "Trinity" | unaired | |
| Criss will attempt one of the deadliest and dangerous demonstrations ever. Involving an escape, a vanish and an appearance, he must accomplish all three within a specific time countdown. Time is worth every second for Criss to get to a safe zone before something detonates inches from him. | |||