 Leading magicians perform tricks and escape feats that threaten death or horrific injury should they fail. Robert Gallup escapes from a straitjacket while suspended from burning ropes and plays with scorpions and wolf traps. Melinda "First Lady of Magic" Saxe is tied and shackled in a pit into which snakes are released. Charlotte Pendragon has her husband balance her on a spike and later gets into a basket through which flaming spears are thrust. Mark Kalin tackles "The Tablef of Death". Gary Kurtz plays Russian roulette with sharp knives and Dean Gunnarson does a straitjacket escape while suspended from the Hoover Dam.