The Magician’s Wife

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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!

Episodes

Monday Jan 06, 2025

11. The Mysterious Lang Pack

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

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.’

See the original photograph here.

Monday Dec 23, 2024

09. One Sleep ‘Til Christmas

Monday Dec 23, 2024

In the early hours of Christmas morning, a working man is discovered dead in his lodgings, the same man who had been celebrating the festive season with his friends only hours before. The man has been fatally struck on the skull. But could this really be the work of a cold-blooded yuletide murderer? Or could there have been some other reason for this man’s tragic and untimely demise? Join Barry and Lora for a special bonus Christmas episode, during which they discuss the tragic and gruesome death of a New York lamplighter.

Monday Dec 16, 2024

08. The Warminster Thing

Monday Dec 16, 2024

In the early hours of Christmas morning, the residents of a small town in south west England are awoken by a series of inexplicable sounds emanating from the roofs of their houses. Bizarre scrapings and thuddings are coming from the tiles above them, with some people even reporting extraordinary cacophonies, as though their chimneys are being smashed apart with huge and other-worldy force. But just what was going on? Was this a particularly violent visitation from Mr Claus, that most famous Christmas caller of them all? Or could there have been a more logical explanation for these peculiar festive happenings? Join us in this special festive episode as we delve into the case of the Warminster Thing, with added magical sound effects that might not be everything they seem!

Monday Dec 02, 2024

07. How to Teleport a Diamond

Monday Dec 02, 2024

A young boy unearths a beautiful diamond. But, less than an hour later, the diamond has completely, suddenly and, quite inexplicably, vanished. The boy has no idea whether he will ever see it again. And yet, when he returns home that evening, a diamond is awaiting him. The exact same diamond, in fact, that he discovered hours earlier, the exact same diamond that had vanished. This diamond has reappeared, at the very place at which the boy lives, as though it had mysteriously teleported itself there. But surely such a thing couldn’t be possible… could it? In this episode of The Magician’s Wife, Barry and Lora discuss the story of the diamond disappearances on South Africa’s ‘Diamond Coast’.

Monday Nov 18, 2024

06. Psychic Sylvia

Monday Nov 18, 2024

In March 2020 an extraordinary passage of text is shared on one of the world’s biggest social media platforms. The text comes from a book written twelve years earlier, and appears to describe the burgeoning global pandemic in clear and accurate detail. The woman who wrote this book was known for making an astonishing series of sensational psychic claims about everything from hauntings to night stalkers to abducted children. But did she really possess the gift of clairvoyance, or was she simply gifted in self-promotion? Join Barry and Lora as they deconstruct the potential methods of magic and mentalism behind the TV psychic Sylvia Browne - and invite you to grab a deck of playing cards and join them for an incredible magic trick!

Monday Nov 04, 2024

05. The Playing Card Bomb & Listener Emails

Monday Nov 04, 2024

In this episode, Barry and Lora explore the little-known yet fascinating 1930 case of the playing card bomb, as well as sharing some listener thoughts and theories on the mysteries explored in previous episodes.

Email your thoughts and theories on this case to us at: themagicianswifepodcast@gmail.com.

Monday Oct 21, 2024

04. Spring-Heeled Jack

Monday Oct 21, 2024

In the gas-lit, smog-choked streets of nineteenth-century London, reports start to circulate of a tall figure attacking women, swathed in black, claws glinting from every finger, fleeing the scenes of his crimes by clearing walls in a single leap, and emitting a blood-chilling cackle as he makes his escape. But is he supernatural, demonic, an urban legend? Or might there be a more earthly explanation for this classic Victorian terror? Join Barry and Lora as they explore the incredible story of Spring-Heeled Jack.

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.