title: Dismemberment (illusion)
text: # Dismemberment (illusion)
  
  Dismemberment is a stage illusion, designed and patented by the magician Edward M. Massey in 1935.
  
  ## Exposure
  
  The Masked Magician (Val Valentino) performed the Dismemberment and revealed the method in Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed (2008).
  
  