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Declan McManus – Wanted |
No, not the Declan McManus a/k/a Elvis
Costello. The other Declan McManus. The Declan McManus Jackson Hole
authorities are still trying to find.
According to the police, this Declan McManus posed as a magician of
Irish heritage and swindled 237 people out of more than $100,000,
before vanishing last month. The police say he is “a reputed impostor,
fugitive and heartless grifter at work for more than a decade.”
We checked out his web site — really just a sparse Blogger .Com
page — to read more about the magician some call Declan McManus.
According to his own posting under the pseudonym “Spoonbender,” he
is beloved by the hoi-polloi around the world. Most suspect to us was
a quote attributed to our hero Wolfman Jack.
We worked in radio for years and worshipped The Wolfman. We
consider July 1, 1995 a solemn date marking the day Mr. Jack died of a
heart attack.
Continue reading “Have You Seen Declan McManus?” on Today’s Magic News ?
A Tip of the Fez to Jack Straw and Tim Ellis for the lead.
![]() |
Declan McManus – Wanted |
No, not the Declan McManus a/k/a Elvis
Costello. The other Declan McManus. The Declan McManus Jackson Hole
authorities are still trying to find.
According to the police, this Declan McManus posed as a magician of
Irish heritage and swindled 237 people out of more than $100,000,
before vanishing last month. The police say he is “a reputed impostor,
fugitive and heartless grifter at work for more than a decade.”
We checked out his web site — really just a sparse Blogger .Com
page — to read more about the magician some call Declan McManus.
According to his own posting under the pseudonym “Spoonbender,” he
is beloved by the hoi-polloi around the world. Most suspect to us was
a quote attributed to our hero Wolfman Jack.
We worked in radio for years and worshipped The Wolfman. We
consider July 1, 1995 a solemn date marking the day Mr. Jack died of a
heart attack.
Continue reading “Have You Seen Declan McManus?” on Today’s Magic News ?
A Tip of the Fez to Jack Straw and Tim Ellis for the lead.
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