--- title: 'Sawing a Baby in Half and Revealing the Secret' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=O_Auhu9dyx8' video_id: 'O_Auhu9dyx8' date: 2026-07-24 duration_sec: 365 channel: 'Justin Flom' --- # Sawing a Baby in Half and Revealing the Secret > Source: [Sawing a Baby in Half and Revealing the Secret](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O_Auhu9dyx8) ## Summary This video reveals the secrets behind the classic magic trick of sawing a person in half, demonstrated with a baby doll and a child. The magician explains the use of mirrors, hidden compartments, and props to create the illusion. ### Key Points - **Baby Sawing Trick Setup** [00:15] — The magician used a CPR baby doll and a body shell to simulate sawing a baby in half. The baby was placed on a table with a hidden mirror and a box to create the illusion. - **Mirror Illusion Explained** [01:27] — The secret involves a mirror placed at an angle to hide the lower half of the body. The reflection of the surroundings makes it appear as if the legs are missing. - **Making Legs Disappear** [02:09] — The magician demonstrates how a mirror can make legs disappear by reflecting the background. The mirror must be hidden, e.g., behind a table, to be effective. - **Grandma's Role** [03:20] — In the original trick, the magician's grandmother hid under the table to hold the baby's bottom, helping to create the illusion of separation. - **Props and Techniques** [04:01] — A Hobby Lobby box and a cut newspaper are used to improve the illusion. Fishing line and cardboard help position fake legs for the effect. - **Final Demonstration** [05:02] — The magician shows the complete trick with the child, including the sawing motion and the reveal of the secret from behind. ### Conclusion The video thoroughly explains the mechanics of the sawing-in-half illusion, emphasizing the use of mirrors and hidden assistants. It serves as an educational breakdown for magic enthusiasts. ## Transcript tell you every secret behind that viral trick right baby. You were 4 months old when I cut you in two pieces. I want you to watch it. You maybe haven't seen this in a long time. Yeah. The and but I take these Dr. Seuss books. You can even see under the table that there's nothing up, the Dr. Seuss books are going right through your stomach. Holy buckets. And of this [Music] thing. Totally separated. Here's the crazy thing. You woke up at exactly the half, you were sleeping. And then I put you back together. And again, no camera everything. We're going to show everybody the secret. Look at how peaceful you look being cut down. Okay. Do you know the secret? How do you think that's done? I am a robot. So that little baby looked like me, but I wasn't born yet. And that was Okay, so that's not how it was done. We're going to show you the secret right now. Magician never reveals his tricks. And we're going to saw you in half again. The life of a child magician. You're sitting on the table, which is a magic table. You'll see it in a second. That shows exactly how you can cut someone in half. Okay. Have you ever heard the phrase smoking with some smoking mirrors. I'm going to show you all the secret to that trick. And the secret is uh so it's not a robot baby, but we do have some spring-loaded legs. Is a CPR baby doll paramedics use to train on how to save babies. Hold on to your butt. And this is the body shell that you were wearing. Look at how tiny you were. This is four-month old body shell. This is 8-year-old body shell. And we've got some fabric in here. We just have to make your legs disappear. Magicians can make things disappear again using smok and mirrors, doc. Smok and mirrors. And I'm going to show you how right now. Come outside with Let me show you how a real magician does it. The real secret to this trick was making the bottom half of a baby disappear. Now, magicians are good at making things disappear. How? Smoking mirrors. In fact, back up and you'll see exactly how. I got no legs, right? Or at least it looks that way because there's a mirror here. Magic mirror. Don't tell him. Now I have nothing covering the sides of the mirror. So it maybe appears a little bit obvious. But the cool thing is is as the camera can move around, the reflection will match whatever you put in it. Like this. What else can your magic mirror do? Magic mirror. Show him. Mirrors can make some pretty good magic tricks. Like legs running away from a body. You just have to hide that mirror with a table and then have a guy with a skirt off camera in the reflection. In fact, if you hide a mirror behind a table, you can disappear behind a mirror. You can float with a mirror. As long as you line up the reflection, it'll look like cool things are happening. None of this is that deceptive unless you hide the mirror. So, if I were to hide the edges of a mirror just like this, maybe with a coffee table, maybe you could hide an entire lower half of a baby. Actually, it's more than a lower half of a baby. Also, grandma's got to hide under the table and grandma's got to hold the bribe one of the magicians to get her sawed in half. All right, we've got our special sawing and half shirt on with Yeah. Don't fall off the table. Rock hard abs. And check this out. We've got our special hole. It's going to take some finagling. Maybe twist your hips and see if you can get under. Here's the crazy thing. If you start to dip down, you can see the effect start. It's not perfect yet, although you can't see my legs. Come on up. I'm going to show you legs. Come on up. I'm going to show you how we work with mirror world. We took a box. We chopped it in half. Okay. Yep. You almost in. Yeah. Yeah. Magic's hard. You almost in. Yeah. Yeah. Magic's hard. I know. this, it was a little bit easier because grandma was hiding under the table holding your baby bottom. Comfortable? No. Yeah. Should we show everybody what No. Yeah. Should we show everybody what it looks like underneath here? there. And here's how we make it look better. Hobby Lobby box. We set better. Hobby Lobby box. We set that right there. It reflects perfectly. But this is my favorite one. old piece of newspaper. Cut it in half of newspaper. Cut it in half perfectly. We put that right there. And now you end up with a pretty amazing illusion. And part of that is because you see that couch underneath there. That is not that couch. It is that couch. This is some fake legs. Now, when you were a baby, your legs were so small that we could marry at them with little fishing line. We've got this piece of fishing line. We've got this piece of cardboard to give us this flat bottom part. Lay back on the pillow behind you. Oh, we are ready to cut the baby in half. Yay! This is everything. Is it sawing a lady in half? We've got the baby in one piece up top. The camera can dip down and show nothing underneath. It and the camera comes up and over. And when it does, I can take our sleeping hypnotize. hypnotized. That's really good. And hypnotized. That's really good. And then separate that baby. And even better, show you the whole secret. Come around back. Wake up. Take a look around back and see. And that is the secret to sawing a baby in half. Our 8-year-old can now get up out of the table. What girl wouldn't want to spend the rest of her life getting sawed in half?