The gentleman in the flat cap
Strange work
since 1998.
Dapper, theatrical and touched by the unexplained. Vince Wilson creates experiences where magic, history, comedy and storytelling become difficult to separate.
About Vince
Performer.
Producer. Storyteller.
Vince is a member of The Magic Circle in London, an author, an award-winning actor and the creator of immersive productions throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
The flat cap seen in his logo is part of his onstage signature. So are tailored clothes, a dry sense of humor and an affection for stories in which history leaves one or two doors inconveniently open.
His work has appeared on CNN, NewsNation, Discovery, Travel Channel, National Geographic and PBS. He is the founder of Poe's Magic Theatre and SpellCast Theatre, and has written extensively about bizarre magic, séance and theatrical storytelling.
Media appearances
A Baltimore story
Home, with a few ghosts.
Baltimore is home. In 2019 Vince founded Poe's Magic Theatre inside the Lord Baltimore Hotel to bring magic back downtown: a stage for the city's magicians and a place of wonder for everyone else. When the hotel closed its doors in 2021, the theatre spent a season at a Holiday Inn, then came home again.
He also runs Poe's Magic Club for working and aspiring magicians, hosts the annual Poe's Magic Conference, co-runs SpellCast Theatre for immersive productions and leads ghost tours of the Lord Baltimore Hotel. From 2022 to 2025 he served on the board of the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum.
His specialties are mentalism, bizarre magic, theatrical séance, paranormal storytelling and a little sideshow. He has performed in Europe, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Orlando and Chicago, and lectured for fellow magicians at The Magic Circle in London and the Chicago Magic Lounge.
In 2026 the International Brotherhood of Magicians gave him its Award of Merit. He has appeared on the cover of The Linking Ring, been featured by the Society of American Magicians, and writes for The History Press, with books on Delmarva's haunted history, Baltimore's most haunted places and the history of magic in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia on the way.