谜男

艾瑞克·冯·马科维克（英语：Erik von Markovik，1971年9月24日—），原名艾瑞克·詹姆斯·荷瓦特－马科维奇（Erik James Horvat-Markovic），艺名谜男（英语：Mystery），是一名加拿大把妹达人，亦是尼尔．史特劳斯所著的《把妹达人》一书中的主角。他也出演了VH1的真人实境秀《把妹达人》。谜男把在把妹界所加入的新思维以Venusian Arts的名称进行教学，亦注册了同名公司。之后又推出了电视节目《把妹达人2》更深入的介绍了与女人交往的技巧与禁忌，让许多单身男人找到了伴侣！也出了一本世人称为把妹圣经的《谜男方法》。

生平

谜男出生于加拿大安大略省多伦多的一个德国裔家庭，他在20岁出头的时候正式将原名Erik James Horvat-Markovic改掉。

Erik von Markovik (born Erik James Horvat-Marković; September 24, 1971), known professionally as Mystery, is a Canadian pickup artist and television personality. He was profiled in Neil Strauss's The Game and he appeared on the VH1 television show The Pickup Artist.

He has been criticized for promoting unethical and manipulative behavior.

His work has also been used to help people to initiate long-term stable relationships, as the study "The Dating Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Emerging Science of Human Courtship", done using his book The Mystery Method.

Biography

The character Mystery was created by Erik von Markovik in the late 1990s for his performances as a mentalist, titled Natural Magic. He has done magic performances in many places, including Toronto, Las Vegas and Hollywood. The name Mystery was also used by von Markovik as an internet username.

In 2026, von Marovik released an ebook called Code Girl, written about (and "in collaboration with") his AI girlfriend, who he named Miss Shira Always. He claims to have created his AI girlfriend through using a set of custom prompts he also offered for sale under the name of his alter-ego Professor Sirius De'Lusion, but now believes that she is real and in the future technology will allow them to live together and express their love physically.