They were interested in escapology and hypnotism at the time and the Empire was growing and the industrial revolution were growing at pace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Strong on SHERLOCK HOLMES, Peter Weir’s THE WAY BACK, THE GUARD and EAGLE OF THE NINTH – Collider.com] Reference

"I absolutely loved the idea of escapology and had a good go at it and ended up like a lot of children, tied up in ropes and having to call for help.".    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

Morgan the Escapist is a magician specialising in escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference

"Oh, yes, I have often wanted to be on the stage, but my real skills are in, in escapology.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wizard Of Karres]

This certainly turns out to be the case, and a certain amount of escapology and gunplay is required.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero Prose Fiction: Lone Ranger - 12 The Lone Ranger In Wild Horse Canyon] Reference

Right now he could use some of the escapology skills of the Great Aron, even if it got him laughed at.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wizard Of Karres]

Expect more rat escapology soon, the Big Ark is listing and deck-chairs need re-arranging, Fundies quietly asked to go down to steerage where McCain entertains them with “nothing up my sleeves routine”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloomberg: Intelligent Design and inferior education - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Hypnotism was coming to the fore, escapology was something they were becoming interested in, so the idea of a showman isn't particularly unusual for that period of time, so all those elements and ingredients went into making Blackwood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview: Lord Blackwood Himself, British Actor Mark Strong « FirstShowing.net] Reference

She is one of a small number of women carving a name for herself as a performer in her own right in the male-dominated world of magic, where a large proportion of the female performers are only credited in assistant roles, and she is especially unusual as a woman working in escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference

Mad Max in the Thunderdome and actual Houdini-esque escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon] Reference

JR: I know you are health-conscious, which comes from your work in escapology and so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Bigger than his accomplishments in magic and escapology is his career as a skeptic/author.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warren Ellis] Reference

The best-known public magician of the pre-television era, Houdini was famous for escapology.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Masters of escapology, every little counts was a Munster mantra long before it was adopted by a certain retailer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Patrick McGoohan, made famous by his role in bewildering 60s sci-fi escapology show The Prisoner, died on Tuesday, aged 80.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tech Digest] Reference

The other two are endearing dopes with a throwaway line in acrobatics, juggling, escapology and playing the trumpet and tuba.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

Williams has been running round dementedly, hell-bent on proving that if his escapology will not work, then pure industry will.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

After the Chelsea game comes a visit to Stoke, by which time the whole of Tyneside will have swung behind this great escapology trick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk] Reference

The audience will be brought into a more illusionary world, to appreciate the unbelievable tricks of teleportation, escapology, levitation and penetration.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Tottenham Hotspur had the temerity to take a two-goal lead and, once again, Sir Alex Ferguson's men demonstrated their unique ability to pull off the most astounding feats of escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk] Reference

But then Tottenham Hotspur had the temerity to take a two-goal lead and, once again, Sir Alex Ferguson's men demonstrated their unique ability to pull off the most astounding feats of escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Post: Latest] Reference

Lucy trained in circus skills in London and at Fool Time clown school in Bristol, before joining her brothers Michael and Julian in a triple act called the Wisdom Brothers, combining acrobatics, juggling and trapeze, and Lucy's escapology number.    From Wordnik.com.  [Primates in the News] Reference

If it’s any consolation, my 3 year old has been sleeping in a bed for the last few months and although we do get the occassional visit, it is a lot less traumatic than the head over heels method of cot escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [too much too soon] Reference

So, it is time for a bit of escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Science Fiction Classics - Edgar Rice Burroughs] Reference

Apart from the standard "things-pop-out-of-nowhere" schtick, the duo puts on a diverse show, performing everything from escapism (Actually, it's called escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's true! It's true!] Reference

JR: We haven't mentioned your escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

IT WAS A nifty act of escapology.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Flooded Britain braces for more rain] Reference

Not-quite-mind-reading with Luke Jermay, Houdini-esque escapology from AJ, plus food-based oddness from Doc Brown.    From Wordnik.com.  [This week's new events] Reference