At the lucky age of 13, he became fascinated with escapology.  By 17, he also began to seriously study parapsychology and metaphysics. 

Stephen was performing professionally as an escape artist by the age of 19.  His feature was an escape from an Iron Maiden lined with 125 spikes.

After a year of performing escapes for night clubs and county fairs he returned to higher education to net his Bachelor of Science in Communication-Education. Two of his favorite subjects were educational psychology and philosophy.

By profession a technical writer, Stephen continued to perform semi - professionally as an escape artist and psychic entertainer until the mid-1980s.

During this period he predicted, two weeks before the event, a British Airways helicopter crash, in which 20 passengers lost their lives.  He also predicted the outcome of the closely-contested Bengals vs. 49ers Superbowl a week before the game, including foreseeing Tim Krumrie's devastating leg injury.  These predictions netted him at least one offer to lecture for a "Mind Control" group, and a few queries regarding the stock market.

During the 1980s and 90s, Stephen wrote several articles on escapology for the journals, "Escapism" and "The Escapist Newsletter." He was featured on the cover of an issue of "Escapism," and in Rudy Steffish's book, "Conversations with Harry, Don't Forget to Dance."

In the late 1980s, Stephen joined the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), earning an Award of Arms (and the title of Lord) for his performances of ‘salamandry’ (fire-resistance), and for his research in alchemy and natural philosophy.  Stephen briefly served as the Minister of Science for his local shire (Marche of the Unicorn).

In 1999 he married his lady, Andrea, a gifted tarot reader.  The wedding dress was a Victorian gown in black and burgundy, with shawling of black, spider-web lace. 

Stephen has also performed for Harry Potter book-release parties as a ‘wizard’ after the style of J.K. Rowling’s Hogwarts professors, even carrying a birch wand crafted special for him by Alivan Wandmakers.  For these shows, he was billed as “Dr. Stephen Midnight.”

Between his public demonstrations and his private research and observations, Stephen has concluded that objective reality is a ‘skeletal and elusive thing, concealed under myriad layers of subjective reality.’  To emphasize this point, Mr. Stephen Midnight now demonstrates what he terms ‘Mind Clouding;’ using the power of suggestion and sensory illusion to distort subjects’ perception of reality.

“I do not do the impossible; that would be a paradox.”  Stephen points out, “I instead take my subjects’ preconceived notions of reality and, by manipulating their perceptions to my advantage, blow those preconceived notions right out of the water.”

Stephen's chief inspiration is the late, great Shakespearian actor Orson Welles. Other historical inspirations include Paracelsus, Dr. Walford Bodie M.D.,  Ormond McGill and William H. Brewe.  Mr. Stephen Mollett resides in Southwest Ohio, USA with his wife, Andrea, and their husky-sheltie mix, Belladona.

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