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Geller, a self-described mystifier, believes the bones of victims of the infamous North Berwick witchcraft trials in the 1590s may have ended up there too, transported from the mainland by superstitious authorities.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2022

The self-described "mystifier" and psychic is placing a blown-up image of the "bent spoon" in his recently opened museum in Jaffa, in southern Tel Aviv.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2022

But at this point in his career Mr. Godard is better described as a village mystifier.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2011

With The Black Rider, Wilson reveals that he is not only a high-minded mystifier but a real, low-down entertainer.

From Time Magazine Archive

“What audacious criminal,” asked the magazine L’Illustration, “what mystifier, what manic collector, what insane lover, has committed this abduction?”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day