On January 25, 2012 Harry Maurer presented a scholarly lecture to an enraptured audience of nearly 200 people at the Lone Stat College CyFair which is just north of Houston, Texas. Harry's 50 minute talk was enlightening, insightful, fresh and entertaining. He spoke about Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin and how he squelched a rebellion and prevented a war, Houdini acting as a spy for the British, John Mullholland writing the Deception Manual for the C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency), John Nevil Maskelyne whose "Magic Gang" successfully cloaked tanks, militia and entire cities during World War II, and much, much more.