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Dr. Carlo was a magician, magic dealer and inventor in Toledo Ohio, who went on to start his own religious organization.
Biography
During the Depression, he teamed up with Winston Freer, traveling from city to city, selling their magical inventions to local magicians.
In 1926 Carlo began doing shows for schools and clubs. He also worked for six years as an entertainer and sales representative of a razor blade company.
Carlo opened a magic shop in 1941 in Toldeo. In conjunction with the establishment, he organized the Society of Toledo Magicians. A few years later, in 1944, he started their official monthly publication called "The Bunny", which he wrote, edited and printed in the back room of his shop. A service provided by Carlo was renting out live animals which he kept in the shop.
Karrell Fox, who dedicated his first book, Kornfidentially Yours (1954) to Carlo, was once a demonstrator for him. A 1943 picture of Fox with Carlo can be seen in Karrell's later book Clever Like a Fox (1976).
In the mid-1950s, Carlo put together a full-evening illusion show, as well as a midnight Spook Show (in which he took on the stage name "Dr. Carlo") that toured for nearly six years.
He was one of the first magicians to tour the country with a telephone promotion setup for his magic, illusion and hypnotic show.
In the 1960s, Carlo began representing himself as a real doctor, at least by implication. He set up his "Hypnotherapy Institute" in which he would would purportedly help clients break bad habits, such as smoking and drinking.