
Join magician Barry Jones and his writer wife Lora as they reveal the methods behind the world’s craziest real-life mysteries. How can a murderer be in two places at once? A diamond teleport itself five miles as if by magic? Or a host of ghostly faces materialise in an ordinary kitchen floor? Prepare to be amazed, as Barry and Lora pull back the curtain to expose the smoke and mirrors behind these bizarre happenings and more. And you’ll also have the chance to participate in a series of brain-bending audio magic tricks along the way!
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6 days ago
16. Lucid Decapitation
6 days ago
6 days ago
In 1793, a young woman meets her end in the jaws of the guillotine. But when her severed head is held up to the crowd, her expression is clearly seen to change by multiple witnesses, as though she is still conscious. Similar accounts follow, of freshly-severed heads blinking and winking, blushing and moving their lips, until there are so many witnesses to this gruesome phenomena, they can’t all be mistaken. But surely they must be, as a head remaining conscious after it has been decapitated sounds far too much like a magic trick. Doesn’t it? In this episode of The Magician’s Wife, Barry and Lora investigate the grisly topic of ‘lucid decapitation’.
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Monday Feb 03, 2025
15. Tarrare, The Human Food Caddy
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
In 18th century Prussia, a man giving off the foulest stench imaginable is found wandering the streets eating anything he can get his hands on. When he is arrested by the authorities, he claims he is a French spy, carrying top secret documents inside a wooden box that he has swallowed. After waiting for nature to take its course, the authorities realise that the strange man is indeed telling the truth. Little do they know the extent of his extraordinary eating habits, from cutlery to rocks, to a much more sinister menu than anyone could have imagined. But who was this outlandish individual and, more importantly, what was causing his behaviour? Join Barry and Lora as they explore the life of the French showman and criminal Tarrare.
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Friday Jan 31, 2025
Robot Wars: a plea to our listeners!
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
A quick update from Barry and Lora... about how the art of deception might be considered too deceptive. If you've enjoyed this show over the past few months, we'd be ever so grateful if you'd take a minute to leave us a nice review. Thank you so much!
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Monday Jan 27, 2025
14. The Tylenol Copycat Killer
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
In the summer of 1986, whilst getting ready for work, a mother suddenly collapses and dies in the bathroom of her home. The headache tablets she took that morning are examined and found to be contaminated with lethal doses of cyanide. Soon, not only have more contaminated bottles been found, but a woman has come forward claiming her husband may have also died from swallowing the same deadly headache pills. Has a pharmaceutical company really manufactured a killer batch of tablets, or is there a little more to this story than meets the eye?
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Monday Jan 20, 2025
13. The Hunt for the Wild Haggis
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Pour yourself a wee dram and join Barry and Lora for this special Burns Night episode, which investigates the infamous Scottish export the haggis, exploring the bizarre and legendary creature that is said to dwell north of the border. But could there be any truth behind the strange little snuffling creature native only to Bonnie Scotland? Plus, Barry makes his magical predictions about events yet to happen in 2025!
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Monday Jan 13, 2025
12. A Psychopath in the Family?
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
On the morning of 30th December, 1978, a series of shocking scenes are discovered at a respectable Colorado home. Two teenagers have been shot in their beds, one of them after a bloody struggle. Their 45 year-old mother is dead, too. She is found in the basement, slumped over her typewriter, having typed up a suicide note. This note, together with a host of other factors, reinforces the belief that the woman shot her own children before turning the gun on herself. But is there more to the story than meets the eye? In this episode Barry and Lora try to work out whether there is a psychopath in the family, sharing a simple psychopath test you can carry out at home.
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Monday Jan 06, 2025
11. The Mysterious Lang Pack
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
In the early part of the 18th century, a bloody and bizarre sequence of events unfolds at a country house in the north-east of England. It all begins when a stranger leaves an innocuous parcel of linens with the servants of the house. But just hours later and the scene is a bloodbath, and the servants quickly realise that the innocent-looking parcel of linens isn’t quite so innocent as it had seemed. In this episode, Barry and Lora investigate the surprising story of the bizarre ‘Lang Pack’.
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Monday Dec 30, 2024
10. The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
One dark autumn day in 1936, two photographers visit a grand house in England to take pictures for a magazine article. What they don’t know is that the image they capture on their camera will go on to become one of the most famous ghost photographs of all time. But just who – or what – is the eerie figure in their picture? Is she really the infamous ghost said to haunt Raynham Hall, or could the photograph actually be nothing more than a brilliant hoax? In this episode, Barry and Lora investigate the chilling haunting known as ‘the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.’
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Join professional TV/stage magician Barry Jones and his wife Lora, a professional writer, to explore some of the world’s craziest mysteries, from true crime to the paranormal. Each fortnightly episode delves into a real-life case and, just like a ”how to” conjuring book, dissects it into two essential components: The Effect— the astonishing spectacle that leaves the public in awe; and The Method— the secret techniques and misdirection that remain concealed from the untrained eye. And not only that, but you, the listener, will be invited to participate in a series of brain-bending audio hallucinations along the way! So prepare to be amazed, as Barry and Lora pull back the curtain to expose the smoke and mirrors behind crimes, hoaxes, the supernatural and much more, unveiling their inner workings.