The BEST episodes of Criss Angel Mindfreak

Every episode of Criss Angel Mindfreak ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Criss Angel Mindfreak!

Criss Angel is on a quest to bring magic into our lives through extreme entertainment that he calls "mindfreak." He believes today's magicians are for the most part archaic and out of touch with society. He plans to change that with amazing feats, including being set ablaze for 46 seconds with very little protection and levitating people right on the street to death-defying escapes and even more slight-of-hand acts.

Last Updated: 3/18/2024Network: A&EStatus: Ended
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Building Walk
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10.00
1 votes

#1 - Building Walk

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/28/2005

One of the most precarious stunts in the series, Criss will lean over the side of the 55th floor of the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas at unbelievable angles. More astounding still, he will walk down the side of the building with no wires or harnesses, and without the benefit of safety netting.

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Oasis
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10.00
1 votes

#2 - Oasis

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/2005

In one of the most extravagant and remarkable feats ever attempted, Criss will live inside an air bubble in a giant, see-through tank, immersed in water. He will have no food, and a very limited air supply. He will remain in the bubble for 24 hours, and at the finish, disappear right before everyone's eyes.

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Car Wreck Vanish
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1 votes

#3 - Car Wreck Vanish

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/24/2008

Criss is handcuffed inside a car that's filled with explosives and racing downhill toward a cliff. Will Criss escape in time--or will this road trip end with Criss becoming road kill?

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Impenetrable
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1 votes

#4 - Impenetrable

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/20/2008

Criss attempts to merge through metal and pass from one oil drum to another.

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Skeptic
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2 votes

#5 - Skeptic

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/2008

Criss invites skeptics to be part of a deadly challenge. These skeptics get to lead a blindfolded Criss to four elevator doors, one of which hides an empty shaft. Using mentalism, Criss must predict which three of the four are safe to enter. If he is wrong, he will likely fall to his death.

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Seance
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10.00
2 votes

#6 - Seance

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/30/2007

In the haunted Artisian hotel, Criss interacts with the afterlife and reveals secrets from the spirits. Along with lots of other strange phenomenon, Criss proves that he can walk on the ceiling of the hotel.

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Rollercoaster Thru Criss
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1 votes

#7 - Rollercoaster Thru Criss

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/28/2007

Criss heads to a carnival where he makes coins appear from everywhere and completely fools a weight guesser. He attempts to have a woman crawl through him. In the finale, Criss will be tied to the tracks of a roller coaster and will have to escape before it runs him over.

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The Kid In Criss
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1 votes

#8 - The Kid In Criss

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/25/2007

Criss turns a little girl's Barbie into a real woman and then transforms himself back into a kid. Criss demonstrates tricks for kids from the Make-A-Wish foundation and surprises them all when he dresses as Santa Claus and makes a truck of toys appear out of nowhere.

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Quad Drag Escape
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1 votes

#9 - Quad Drag Escape

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/2007

After hearing that his mother needs emergency heart surgery, he has to get his mind back to his stunt, or he'll be meeting his mother in the hospital if he's lucky. His stunt of the show- escape from being bound and gagged to an ATV going at very high speeds. Can he keep his mind, body, and spirit together, or will he lose it.

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Sucker #2
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1 votes

#10 - Sucker #2

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/31/2007

Criss exposes common scams and reveals the secrets of the perpetrators. Included: the methods of psychics. Also: the revelation of a word that supposedly can help people get anything they want.

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Raging Bull
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10.00
1 votes

#11 - Raging Bull

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/17/2007

Criss goes door to door as a traveling salesman and keeps pulling unlikely items out of his briefcase. Then Criss will attempt to vanish himself before he gets charged by a Mexican bull.

Levitation Vanish
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9.63
35 votes

#12 - Levitation Vanish

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/2010

With Criss' chaotic schedule, including his live performance of Believe ten times each week, the taping of his hit TV series and moving into Serenity, his new home, Criss decides to escape the city for the Valley of fire deep into the Mojave desert. In this remote and mystical place, Criss will attempt to miraculously levitate more than 100 feet (30 m) up into the sky and then vanish.

Shark Cage Escape
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9.03
31 votes

#13 - Shark Cage Escape

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/20/2006

Criss is shackled, handcuffed and locked in a steel cage and sunk to the ocean floor.

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Cremation
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9.00
1 votes

#14 - Cremation

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2008

In a very somber setting Criss is laid to rest on a wooden slab. Spectators watch in horror as they see Criss cremated alive. We also get an insider's peak at Criss' warehouse where an employee accidentally impales Criss with a forklift.

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Premonition
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9.00
1 votes

#15 - Premonition

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/3/2008

Using his ability to connect with people, Criss attempts to transfer his energy through the TV screen to millions of people at home. Later, he invites a large crowd to witness as he is able to move things with his mind in the middle of the Luxor lobby.

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Close Up
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9.00
2 votes

#16 - Close Up

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/27/2008

Criss demonstrates the art of close up magic. Experts discuss the history, the techniques, and the fun that goes with this magical genre.

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Metamorphosis
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9.00
1 votes

#17 - Metamorphosis

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/19/2006

On Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Criss performs one of his signature demonstrations the fastest Metamorphosis ever attempted in front of thousands of spectators. There are no curtains or covers, just an almost deadly wall of fire. Criss also receives the prestigious “Magician of the Year” Award for the third time!

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Walk on Water
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9.00
3 votes

#18 - Walk on Water

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/7/2006

When Criss did a guest spot on Las Vegas, he walked on water for a few seconds. Now he will attempt it in one continious shot as he will walk across an entire pool while people swim under and around him. Criss also brings a mannequin to life and introduces some new fans to his way of magic.

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Building Float
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9.00
6 votes

#19 - Building Float

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/31/2006

Season Two of Mindfreak kicks off with a stunt so amazing, it defies comprehension. Criss floats from one building to another in front of a crowd during the middle of the day. Criss Angel also shows off an amazing light bulb float using kinetic energy, lifts a kid right off the pavement in a parking lot by sticking his hand to the kid's head, and he also harnesses the power of static electricity among a crowd to levitate them off the ground in the middle of a park.

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C4 Crate
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9.00
2 votes

#20 - C4 Crate

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/5/2005

Criss decides to experience the power of C4 in a public setting, Downtown Las Vegas. Having always been intrigued by explosions, Criss asks the help of “Pyro Pete”, an expert in explosives, who’s been utilized by man, including The Rolling Stones, Motley Crue, and AC/DC, among others. For the trick, Criss will be locked in an crate filled with explosives that will be operated by Teller, of Penn and Teller.

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Superhuman
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9.00
3 votes

#21 - Superhuman

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/24/2005

Sometimes in life, people are able to channel enormous amounts of strength through adrenaline. In this episode, Criss decides to see if this strength can be harnessed.

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Vanish
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8.97
37 votes

#22 - Vanish

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2006

Magicians throughout the centuries have included disappearing acts. For this episode, Criss performs his own incredible take on this illusion: to vanish a spectator surrounded 360 degrees by thousands of witnesses, during the day, in the middle of Las Vegas Fremont Street.

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The Grand Canyon Death Jump
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8.86
65 votes

#23 - The Grand Canyon Death Jump

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/4/2010

Criss attempts to jump the Grand Canyon on a high-performance hybrid motorcycle. He will either miraculously appear inside a locked cage dangling from a helicopter or plummet 4,200 feet (1,300 m) to his death.

Hellstromism
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8.80
5 votes

#24 - Hellstromism

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/17/2005

The art of reading thoughts through muscle reflexes.

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In Two
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8.75
4 votes

#25 - In Two

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/7/2006

Cutting people in half has been a staple in the magic world throughout its history. Now it's time for Criss to put his own spin on this classic trick. Watch as Criss cuts someone in two without using boxes, covers, or trick clothes of any kind. You won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind demonstration.

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