Local magician Leon Mandrake lived in this house in Surrey, B.C. until his death in 1993. The house burned down on Aug. 28. (Google Maps) ...

A lot of people know Mandrake the Magician as a comic book protagonist, but the real Mandrake grew up in New Westminster and raised his family in Surrey. To celebrate Leon Mandrake’s 62-year ...

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When Lon Mandrake was in university he met a nice girl and brought her home to Surrey, B.C., to meet his dad, who, at the time, was practicing making a skull levitate off the living room mantle. When ...

Leon Mandrake, or "Mandrake the Magician", was a famous entertainer in the vaudeville-era and beyond. He died in Surrey, B.C. in 1993. (CBC Archives) ...

The son of the famous late local magician Leon Mandrake says he was saddened to learn his old family house — including its secret rooms and passages — had been destroyed by fire. The home, located on ...