The Original Ghost Tube – Classic Production Mystery (by P and L)

The Original Ghost Tube – Classic Production Mystery

The Ghost Tube is one of magic’s most astonishing and poetic illusions. Introduced in Australia in the early 1900s, long before later imitations and the misnamed “Phantom Tube” versions, this is the original concept as it was intended — complete with end rings, allowing the effect to reach its full deceptive potential.

With the Ghost Tube, the magician shows a seemingly empty metal cylinder, freely displaying the inside, outside, and ends. Yet from this empty tube, the magician begins producing silks, ribbons, flowers, streamers, or even doves, as though the tube were a portal to the impossible.

• Authentic Ghost Tube construction with proper end rings
• Perform productions of silks, streamers, flowers, or other lightweight items
• Tube appears empty before and after production
• Suitable for parlor, stage, and cabaret performances
• A timeless illusion capable of great beauty, mystery, and emotional impact
• Does not come with directions.

This piece carries history — created in a small town near Melbourne in 1910 and sadly replicated without credit for decades afterward. We ask performers to treat this effect with the respect it deserves. Presented with care, the Ghost Tube can be one of the most powerful and elegant production pieces in all of magic.