Seasons & Episodes
The Human Chimney
From nowhere, you produce billows of smoke out of your mouth...it's like you've manufactured smoke in your lungs!
The Puzzle
Effect: a hard-as-balls puzzle, that will drive everyone nuts and win you some free booze!
Bang Your Head
Effect: Your friend beats his head on the bar repeatedly, to everyone's delight.
The Mirror
For this effect we've dressed up a straight-up old school bar scam. Here's the simple presentation for the classic "you
How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar
This clever trick uses a pint of beer and two willing thumbs to handcuff your friend (or enemy) to the bar, while you ta
The Lift
Effect: Defying all laws of leverage, you summon a ridiculous amount of strength.
The Race
Effect: Bet your friend that you can drink 2 pints of beer before he can drink two shots of his favorite liquor.
Nim
Effect: Play a game with your friend that you can always win.
The Jack-O-Lantern
Placing a lit match inside your mouth, you do a very convincing impression of a grinning jack-o-lantern...all without bu
Circumference vs. Height
This episode tests your visual perception. Which is more? The circumference of the rim of a pint glass, or the height of
Static Charge Match
Effect: Despite being an insulator, Brian is able to charge a match with static electricity which then causes another ma
Straw Teepee Puzzle
Effect: Amaze fellow bar patrons by picking up two straws using only one other straw.
Cigarette Out On Tongue
This one's like a playground dare gone too far...
Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (1)
Brian opened for the live Diggnation show in New York, and we have it here for those who missed it!
Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (2)
This is the second and final half of Brian's opening act for Diggnation in NY.
Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar
A guaranteed, never fail way to get the hottest girls at the bar to talk with you for at least 20 minutes.
Code Drink
Effect: Surprise your friends by telling them you have X-ray vision
BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle
Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!
The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick
Apply high school physics to amaze your friends and win free drinks.
Quicksilver Matches
It's Magic 101. Can you mimic the master?
Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks
All you need is a match, two pint glasses and a quarter, and you'll be drinking free all night!
Fast and Loose
This game goes by a bunch of names: "fast and loose," "pricking the garter," "the endless chain," "the strap..." The obj
The Ash
Effect: Let an entire cigarette burn without the ash falling.
From the Forums
This week Brian steps out of the bar, and into the Revision3 studios to deliver an episode straight from the Forums!
The Key Card
Effect: This card trick is quite possible responsible for more free beers than any other in history. It's not just a mag
The Equation
A stumper of a puzzle‚ using only 4th grade math.
Cheesy Beer Gags
As you know by now, we here at Scam School pride ourselves on giving you only the very best bar scams. Today we break ou
Mind Control Scam
A brand new illusion that will trick your friends into believing in MIND CONTROL.
Dan Martin's Match Trick
A new take on an old-time match trick
Controlled Cards
We've taught you how to scam, swindle, and steal... but we have yet to give you any actual talent. That all changes in t
How to Predict the Future!
What's better than a card trick? Predicting the FREAKING FUTURE, which is exactly what you'll do in this scam. We call i
The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks!
If you liked the four-quarter puzzle from Episode 2 (appropriately named, "The Puzzle"), you're going to LOVE the 11-Cen
From the Forums - Part 2!
This week Brian is back in the Revision 3 studios another "From the Forums episode"!
It's In the Bank
This week we've got another puzzle with a setup that sounds absolutely impossible.
Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel
We present the atomic bomb of sucker gags: The Funnel!
Are You Dead or Alive?
As a conversation starter, Brian shows you how to use two toothpicks to detect a pulse.
You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim
Memorize a few configs and you'll hold the key to another unbeatable game and loads of free drinks!
A Few Pennies for a Beer!
No matter what the setup, the very best scams are the ones that let the mark think they're on top, only to get punked in
How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose
Remember Brian sticking a 4-inch nail up his nose? This time he shows you how it works!
Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change
This episode, we're turning to the dark side and learning actual CRIME. Remember, the following is for INFORMATIONAL AND
Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)!
A while back, we taught you the importance of using easy, beatable puzzles to keep girls talking to you at the bar. Our
How to Rip a Phonebook in Half!
The tables are turned on Brian, as he is the student learning from the ultimate master of strength!
Another Short Con with a Magic Bill
We've covered a few magic tricks, and we've covered a few street crimes. This episode we're going to combine the two and
How to predict the future using dominoes!
It's true: you can never have too much money, have too many friends, or know too many ways to predict the freaking futur
How to bend a thick nail or wrench with your bare hands!
We're back with another dirty trick, designed to teach you how to FAKE your way into (almost) duplicating the feats of t
Use 6 Coins to get 1 FREE Drink!
Brian introduces a new diabolical coin puzzle to stump your friends.
The trick that fooled Einstein
Watch Brian scam Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley with a few coins, and some algebra!
How to Magically Bend a Horseshoe With Your Bare Hands!
Watch Brian make you think he can use his bare hands to bend a horseshoe and to roll a frying pan!
Easy card trick called The Spelling Bee
It's rare to find a trick that you can actually fool yourself with...and that's exactly what you get with this episode!
Fake Telepathy and Scam School in SPACE!
We made it! 50 episodes of Scam School! YEE-HAW!! You learn fake ESP powers and we show you the Mind Control trick from
Be a Strongman and Learn Four Feats of Strength!
Welcome to graduation! This is your senior year of Strength School, co-hosted by world record holder and supreme bad ass
We give you the power of Telekinesis!
Make everyone believe you can move an object with your freakin' mind!
Brian Live and Direct from Austin and SXSW
Watch Brian open for Diggnation with an unforgettable live show from Austin, TX at Stubb's Bar-B-Q!!
Learn how to eat some balls of fire!
Impress everyone at the next party you attend by learning a simple fire eating trick!
Watch Cali Lewis, Tony Hsieh and Jay Adelson get scammed!
Brian performs some magic tricks in front of some big wig web celebs!
The Vanishing Card Trick
Learn how to make a card vanish and land in the most unlikely location.
Be a Pool Shark!
It's crazy to say it, but we're a year into Scam School, and only now are getting around to addressing one of the bigges
An Easy Mix Match Card Trick
This week, a card effect that requires no dexterity or skill whatsoever, and (best of all), uses only 10 cards out of th
Learn the Kung-Fu Match Trap Scam!
From Scam School fan "Cowboy" in the UK, comes the most insidious, diabolical, GENIUS prank Brian has seen since the qua
Get lucky, ridiculously lucky with two new card tricks!
If you're comfortable with taking a little risk for a chance at a HUGE reward, you're going to love this week's episode.
Three caps, one beverage
This week, we've got a simple puzzle with an impossible-sounding setup.
Crack the Government Conspiracy!
Brian hangs out with the crew from CO-OP and schools them on how to uncover a conspiracy theory!
Scam Your Way Into Anything! (Brian's SXSW Panel) (1)
Get ready to learn how to scam your way into anything, or anyone!
Scam Your Way Into Anything! (Plus Bonus Q and A!) (2)
The second half of Brian's "Scam Your Way Into Anything" panel record from SXSW Interactive!
Break out of police issued handcuffs!
Because sooner or later, every scammer finds himself in a pair of handcuffs.
Two killer close up performances from Brian!
Here it is! Our final SXSW episode, where you'll see Brian scam and be scammed by Digg CEO Jay Adelson and astronaut/ube
The House of Nails Trick
This week a puzzle (involving nails) that stumped Brian!
Always have a winning hand with an easy poker cheat!
An easy trick that lets you cheat your friends at poker!
How to open most padlocks WITHOUT the combination or keys!
No locker or bike is safe once you learn this trick!
We call this one "Through the Table"!
Move a solid object straight through any table!
Always win a virtual version of Rock-Paper-Scissors
Without looking, peeking, or even cheating, the scam artist can tell who will win in a virtual game of rock-paper-scisso
How to get out of Thumbcuffs!
This week -- they're trickier, harder, and sneakier than handcuffs: we escape from thumbcuffs!
Brian vs. Revision3 and the Memory Test!
Think you're smart? Wait until you see the surprising results of the Memory test...
The Ultimate Card Cheat
Cheat at ANY game of cards!
Fine Dining scam!
An impossible riddle with an unbeatable payoff!
The Heist II
Do you remember "The Heist" from episode 21? Well, the sequel is even more unfair than the original!
"31" - the ultimate rigged card game
Use this rigged game to cheat your friends twice in a row!
Cheat at Texas Hold 'Em!
Computer-Generated stack allows your to CHEAT at Texas Hold 'Em!
Pool Hall Scams
2 pool hall scams guaranteed to win you some cash!
Easy Book Test
Read your friends' minds with this easy book test miracle!
Psychic Dice to Punk the Drunk
Easy dice trick lets you read drunk people's minds!
Get Cork'd! Stump The Drunk With An Easy Cork
Cork trick is nearly impossible for them to copy!
Blow Hard Scam
Bottle bet makes 'em look goofy AND win you a free drink
Use Non-Transitive Dice to cheat your friends!
Math paradox lets you cheat your friends
Psychic Matchbooks
3 simple matchbooks for a mental miracle and an easy free drink!
The Hot Seat Card Trick
This week: a killer card trick, complete with a twist at the end... this card trick works BETTER because it screws up!
The Brain-Drain Telepathy Trick
It's a real-life Vulcan mind-meld!
The Birthday Scam and our 100th Episode extravaganza!
For our 100th episode, we've got a statistical scam that sounds impossible.
Dime in Bottle Scam
Get two puzzles for the price of one!
Leverage!
Use leverage to make your friends look dumb!
Heads/Tails Trick! Read Their Minds Using the Change in Their Pocket!
Amazing trick reads minds with NO trick coins, NO secret helpers... and no cheating!
The Magician-Killer Card Trick
Easy trick fools magicians!
How to throw cards like Gambit!
Hurl playing cards 50 feet at a time! Fling them hard enough to break water balloons, or even embed them into aluminum s
Live from Stubbs BBQ in Austin - 2010!
Check out Brian's live show from Austin, as he opened for Diggnation!
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