[[Carl Owen]] and [[Floyd Thayer]] developed Girl without a Middle, as we know it today, for [[Howard Thurston]] in the 1920s.<ref>Owen Magic Supreme, One Hundred Years of Quality Magic, MUM, November, 20002</ref> Thurston requested it based on an idea suggested by [[Cyril Yettmah]], which required a stage trap.<ref>Magicol No. 30, February 1974</ref>{{Youtube Thumb|T5P5YvxGzhU}}
[[Carl Owen]] and [[Floyd Thayer]] developed Girl without a Middle, as we know it today, for [[Howard Thurston]] in the 1920s.<ref>Owen Magic Supreme, One Hundred Years of Quality Magic, MUM, November, 20002</ref> Thurston requested it based on an idea suggested by [[Cyril Yettmah]], which required a stage trap.<ref>Magicol No. 30, February 1974</ref>{{Youtube Thumb|T5P5YvxGzhU}}
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[[Category:Illusions]]
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The Girl Without A Middle (also known as "The Disembodied Princess" and "No Guts") is an illusion in which the torso of the assistant vanishes. The assistant is locked in a cabinet and with head and legs in full view. After blades are put into place, apparently severing legs and head, the center doors are opened showing the torso has vanished.