Escape Artist Michael Griffin Hints At Sabotage On Americas Got Talent, Did Howard Stern Screw Him?

Americas Escape Artist Hints At Sabotage During Stunt On Americas Got Talent

AMERICAS ESCAPE ARTIST MICHAEL GRIFFIN HINTS AT SABOTAGE  ON AMERICAS GOT TALENT, DID HOWARD STERN SCREW HIM? 

HOWARD STERN TIES UP MICHAEL GRIFFIN ON SHOW, SPECULATION OF PRODUCERS SABOTAGE HITS THE WEB HINTS A POSSIBLE REMATCH?

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Columbus, OH- (May 29) 2x Winner of TV’s World Magic Awards, Michael Griffin Escape Artist (http://www.escapeguy.com) appeared on America’s Got Talent Monday night inviting Howard Stern the newest judge to tie him up on stage.  The King of all media admittedly didn’t know knots while bantering with Sharon Osborne. The Boss of Bondage looked at Howard’s handy work and began to shake violently, falling over in his chair, slithering out of the ropes in 26 seconds. He did not escape to the next round and is challenging Americas Got Talent to a live REMATCH.

Speculation of possible sabotage surfaced within hours of the videos hitting the web.  According to Writingshares.com  “I think it’s possible the show sabotaged him on purpose because they want to feature that kid act from St. Louis that was seen in the previews.”  Griffin, remarked later that he wasn’t happy not being allowed to do his more famous signature acts, instead being forced to perform the rope challenge, insisting that if you don’t get tied well by someone the whole thing unravels.  The Escape Artist is not ruling out a “Do Over” match with America’s Got Talent.

About Michael Griffin

Performing astonishing escapes and setting records around the World for over two decades, 2-time World Magic Award Winning Master of Escape, Michael Griffin is considered the Greatest Living Escape Artist. He is the ONLY escape artist to ever survive a hanging on the back of a horse with thirteen-knot Hangman’s Noose in 52 seconds! He has also escaped from a solid steel hermetically sealed airtight casket with a submarine style hatch locking the outside. Griffin has also escaped from handcuffs, ropes, locks, leg irons and chains from a maximum-security jail cell, the ice-covered Ohio River and from the silty bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

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I helped catch a murderer

Just posted this on the linkedin board:

Michael Griffin • I helped catch a murderer.....
On the road while appearing at a mall in Alabama I was offering our challenge of $1,000.00 to anyone who can tie me up with rope preventing my escape. My assistant (wife at the time) came up to me and said Mike there is a scary looking nutjob guy who wants to tie you up, stay away from him he looks dangerous. Well I'm thinking hey this could be good on stage. I went up and met him, yup, he was wierd (kinda talked and looked at me like that kid in christmas story ralphie meets in line to see santa, that says i like santa). I asked this guy do you know how to tie people up? he said oh yes I like to tie people up. I facetiously asked him did you happen to bring any rope? he said yes, i have my rope in the car. I said OK......

So, the time came for him to come up on stage and tie me up, he immediately had me lay down in a hogtie fashion and immediately threw the rope under his foot to pull out slack, he grabbed my arms and started to truss me up so severely and quickly that he could only do so with much practice. I was nervous. I couldnt feel my hands, couldnt feel my feet, every move that I made pulled harder on the ropes around my neck connected to the ankles and hands,,,I thouhgt I was finally beat.

I think I passed out for a few minutes. I remember hearing a lady cry, I realized she was saying go michael go. I got back to work and finally, I dont know how but I got out. What was wierd was the local sheriffs were on stage during the roping up part and one deputy stayed up with me, I had no idea why, I also noticed the rope tie wierdo was gone and one of the sheriffs followed him.

After I got out, the show was cut short. The deputies were all over me asking questions like did you know that guy, have you met, did you set this up? I kept asking why? I dont understand. Then the bombshell.....

The deputies said that over the course of the last school season a couple of coeds had been found dead and tied up exactly like I was, same exact rope and found in trunks of cars. I just went numb, my wife was in shock. The duputies said this was like an old movie in which the badguys ego compels him to reappear and show off.

I heard back from the deputies a few months later, they had caught him and were sure he was their man.......This was one of the wierdest gigs ever