The Magician’s Wife

A woman vanishes without trace during a live TV talent show, only to reappear the following week… dead. With threats that more women are in danger, can journalist Clare Deyes and expert-in-deception Mara Knight work out who was behind this baffling murder – and how it was done – before it’s too late?

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In the late 1970s, an ordinary American town begins to be plagued by a series of venomous letters. They start by accusing one of the residents of having an affair, but soon escalate into a large-scale campaign of hate. So when a man is imprisoned as the letter-writer, the town breathes a sigh of relief. Yet the letters continue, even with the supposed possessor of the poison pen safely behind bars. But how is this possible? And just who might the real culprit be? Plus, grab a sheet of paper and join Barry in a sinister poison pen letter...

When locals of one of the most isolated villages in Cornwall become concerned for their vicar, they go to his home to investigate, finding the building encircled by barbed wire and fully barricaded. Inside, the vicar lies dead, surrounded by bizarre decor and disturbing slogans scrawled onto the walls – decor and slogans which continue in the village church, where they’re accompanied by a far more chilling sight: peculiar cardboard figures, installed in the pews, as if waiting for a sermon. Could these unsettling entities really be behind the vicar’s death, or is there some other reason for the st...

For this bonus trick, we present to you a brilliant prank you can share with all your friends. An innocent online questionnaire, testing your aptitude to join the secret service, turns out to be a questionnaire that extracts your victim’s most private and personal information. Listen and find out how you can use this questionnaire to fool your friends.

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On a hot August day, police are called to the residence of a man who has been absent from work for the past week. They find his flat empty, except for a large red holdall which has been padlocked from the outside. When they open the bag, a horrifying sight confronts them: the body of the missing man. The man’s death is later declared accidental. But just how could anyone padlock themselves inside a holdall? Furthermore, was the man’s job as a British government codebreaker key to his demise?

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On a hot August day, police are called to the residence of a man who has been absent from work for the past week. They find his flat empty, except for a large red holdall which has been padlocked from the outside. When they open the bag, a horrifying sight confronts them: the body of the missing man. The man’s death is later declared accidental. But just how could anyone padlock themselves inside a holdall? Furthermore, was the man’s job as a British government codebreaker key to his demise?

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In the summer of 1891, an unassuming gentleman walks into the Monte Carlo Casino. He sits down at a roulette table and begins an impossible winning streak, ‘breaking the bank’ ten times over and walking away with a fortune. The world celebrates him as a hero who beat the system. But was this legendary feat a miracle, luck, or was the famous 'Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo' pulling off his greatest con of all? In this episode, Lora and Barry investigate the incredible story of Charles Wells.

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During the midsummer solstice of 2025, a strange grinning face suddenly appears in a field next to the historic monument of Stonehenge. This pattern forms the bizarre likeness of a playing card joker. But it is just the latest in a long line of so-called ‘crop circles’ to have materialised in this ancient landscape, some of which have apparently formed in broad daylight in the space of just forty-five minutes. The question is what in the world – or universe – could have caused them?

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On a damp, dark January day in 1931, a businessman is telephoned by a potential new client, who requests that they meet the following evening. But when the man goes in search of the address he’s been given, he discovers that it doesn’t exist. Furthermore, when he arrives home that night, a truly horrifying scene is awaiting him. His wife has been brutally murdered. And, not only that, but the house has been locked… from the inside. In this episode, Lora and Barry investigate the unsolved muder of Julia Wallace.

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On a damp, dark January day in 1931, a businessman is telephoned by a potential new client, who requests that they meet the following evening. But when the man goes in search of the address he’s been given, he discovers that it doesn’t exist. Furthermore, when he arrives home that night, a truly horrifying scene is awaiting him. His wife has been brutally murdered. And, not only that, but the house has been locked… from the inside. In this episode, Lora and Barry investigate the unsolved muder of Julia Wallace.

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In the early 18th century, a Scottish Earl languishes in an English cell, in one of the most formidable prisons in the country. The man has been condemned to die a traitor’s death, and his wife travels south to see her husband in prison one last time. However, the following morning and the Earl is gone, vanished, even though the women who entered his cell were also seen exiting it, and were carrying nothing with them. But could the answer to the Earl’s disappearance lie in one of the cloaks the women were wearing? Might it not have been...

In a raging South Carolina storm, a man makes a telephone call with disastrous consequences. An intense bolt of lightning hits his phone line, travelling down the man’s body and blowing him across the room. The man is subsequently declared dead. But, against all the odds, this same man regains consciousness, having had a life-altering near death experience. Furthermore, the man now appears to possess an array of truly extraordinary psychic abilities. But just how could this have happened? In this episode, Lora and Barry investigate the claims of Dannion Brinkley.

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Outside a small town in west Texas, a series of supernatural lights are observed. The lights, which seem to materialise from nowhere, behave very strangely: splitting, hovering and receding again before people’s very eyes. Could these eerie illuminations really have their roots in a tragic local legend, or might there be another explanation for the ghostly lights of Anson? Join Lora and Barry as they investigate this strange visual phenomenon.

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In the early 2000s, a man’s outside security camera records a truly unprecedented sight. A completely peculiar, seemingly other-worldly being, consisting solely of a pair of glowing white legs and a tiny head, is waddling across the man’s front yard. The being’s physical appearance is like no other creature ever recorded. But with the man swearing the footage is real, and a second video emerging later which appears to back up his story, just what could it be? Is it an alien, a spirit… or something else? In this eerie episode, Lora and Barry turn their attentio...

In this episode, Barry shares a killer magic trick which you can take part in from the safety of your own home. There’s also a quick update with some exciting bits of upcoming book news!

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In a quiet Los Angeles neighbourhood, a brutal and baffling crime is discovered. A businessman is dead, having been shot three times. The only other person in the house is his wife, but she is trapped in a closet that has been locked from the outside. However, neighbours report hearing strange noises coming from the property, shadows passing before its windows and ghostly scratching emanating from the attic. So was this a robbery gone wrong or a fatal haunting… or might there be another explanation for this very mystifying murder? In this episode, Barry and Lora investigate the strange ca...

In 1153, an extraordinary event occurs in a picturesque English village. Two children suddenly appear... as if by magic. From a distance they look quite ordinary, but they wear unfamiliar clothes, speak an unrecognisable language and, strangest of all, have bright green skin. But just what might be behind the children's bizarre appearance? And, furthermore, where have they come from? Could they really be visitors from a mythical realm, or might there be another explanation? In this episode, Barry and Lora explore the legend of the Green Children of Woolpit.

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In March 1990, two policemen arrive at a Boston art gallery to investigate a disturbance. But by the following morning the gallery is in disarray, and thirteen priceless works of world famous art have seemingly vanished into thin air. Though with no signs of a break in just how was this possible? And, furthermore, despite the value of the works taken, why were so many more valuable pieces of art left behind? Join Barry and Lora as they explore the Gardner Heist, the world’s largest art robbery.

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In 1989 a young mother frantically rushes her baby boy to hospital. The baby is severely ill, and hospital tests suggest he has been poisoned. Although the baby recovers, his mother instantly falls under suspicion, and when the baby suffers from the same symptoms of poisoning just weeks later she is arrested. But, if his mother is indeed guilty, she could only have poisoned her baby in a specific forty-five second window, while not actually in possession of any poison. But how?

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In 1848, Frederic Chopin is giving a piano recital when he is seized by a truly terrifying vision. Hoards of strange, ghostly beings are crawling out of his piano. And it is not the first time he has been haunted by these creatures. Nor will it be the last. But is Chopin really being plagued by the supernatural? Or might there be another explanation for these seemingly other-worldly terrors? In this episode, Barry and Lora examine the frightening hallucinations of this world-famous composer.

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In the 1930s, a young couple travel to an elegant London townhouse to attend an opulent ball. Yet when they arrive at the address they’ve been given and knock on its door, not only is there no answer, but they increasingly come to realise that there is something very strange about the building itself. Indeed, despite its solid walls, pillars and porticoes, it is almost as though the house doesn’t exist at all. In this episode, Barry and Lora examine the strange secrets of Leinster Gardens, London.

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In a respectable corner of south-east Florida, an appalling discovery is made. A man’s body is lying near the boundaries of a gated community, a single gunshot wound to his chest. Moreover, the man’s valuables are missing and there is no murder weapon to be found. All the evidence, in fact, points to a robbery gone wrong. But something about the crime scene just doesn’t add up. Could this man’s death be far more complicated than anyone first suspected? In this episode, Barry and Lora take a look at the methods behind a tragic shooting in Palm...

In the early 1990s, an ordinary American family relocates to a cattle ranch in north-east Utah. But almost immediately after they move in, they are plagued by a plethora of unsettling and downright terrifying phenomena, from lights in the sky to gargantuan wolves to mutilated animals. But are these events really down to the sinister entity from native American lore known as the skinwalker? Or might something else be behind this disturbing series of happenings? Join Barry and Lora as they investigate the secrets of Skinwalker Ranch.

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In 2013, a disturbing piece of CCTV is shared on YouTube, a video which appears to offer conclusive proof of poltergeists. Following the video becoming public, many more people from the same corner of south east England come forward claiming they too have experienced a host of terrifying happenings in the same town. But could the entity responsible really be the man said to have disappeared a century earlier? Or might someone else be behind this series of extremely unsettling occurrences? Join Barry and Lora for an investigation of the eerie Whitstable Poltergeist.

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In this episode, Barry and Lora explore the little-known story of the magical monk of Syon Abbey, as well as inviting you to take part in a unique, interactive card trick. They’ll also be sharing some listener thoughts and theories on the mysteries explored in previous episodes.

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In 1983, a Devonshire farmer claims that dozens of his sheep have been killed, slaughtered by an unknown predator in a highly unusual way. The flesh has been stripped from their bones, seeming to indicate that they have been killed by a big cat. And in the weeks that follow, numerous eyewitnesses come forward stating they have seen it: a large feline, with a coal black pelt and a body rippling with muscle. But could such a cat ever feasibly exist in the sleepy countryside of south west England? Today Barry and Lora investigate the Beast of Exmoor, in a...

In 2015, a photograph of a doll is shared on a Facebook page. Within hours, followers of the page begin reporting a whole host of seemingly inexplicable phenomena. Nausea, headaches, scratches to their skin, recurring nightmares, instances of pet dogs going beserk, and even strokes and heart attacks. But is this doll really possessed by some powerful demonic energy? Or might there be a more earthly explanation for this deluge of extraordinary happenings? In this episode of The Magician’s Wife, Barry and Lora investigate the disturbing doll known as ‘Peggy’.

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In 2015, a photograph of a doll is shared on a Facebook page. Within hours, followers of the page begin reporting a whole host of seemingly inexplicable phenomena. Nausea, headaches, scratches to their skin, recurring nightmares, instances of pet dogs going beserk, and even strokes and heart attacks. But is this doll really possessed by some powerful demonic energy? Or might there be a more earthly explanation for this deluge of extraordinary happenings? In this episode of The Magician’s Wife, Barry and Lora investigate the disturbing doll known as ‘Peggy’.

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On a bitter January day, three men are found to be missing from one of the highest security prisons in the UK, a prison with a reputation as the ‘British Alcatraz’. With seemingly no tools or materials, they have somehow managed to scale two huge perimeter walls. And stranger still is the fact that the men responsible haven’t actually ‘broken out’ of this prison at all. The men responsible have let themselves out, using a key. But with no keys stolen and none of the locks showing any signs of having been picked, how could this be possible? In this we...

In 1988, a Florida housewife makes an utterly astonishing claim. She says that, on a regular basis, large golden patches spontaneously form across the whole of her body, as though she is literally sweating gold. And that is not even the limit of her powers. This same woman is also a talented psychic, who has worked with the police. Moreover, she can make precious objects fall from her eyes and ears, as though they have been conjured. But is she really a gifted psychic, possessing some of the most extraordinary paranormal skills ever recorded? Or might there have been a...

Join Lora and Barry for a very special episode of The Magician’s Wife, to celebrate the launch of Lora’s debut novel The Woman in the Wallpaper. For today’s trick, we invite you to party like it’s 1793. But listen carefully… is everything really what it seems?

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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 T...

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...

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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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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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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...

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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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 Raynh...

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.

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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...

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 epis...

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 be...

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.

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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.

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An unknown man leaps from a plane with $200K in marked cash and is not only never seen again, but is never identified at all, in a case which remains the only unsolved skyjacking in US history. But just how did this man pull off such an extraordinary aerial heist and where did he go? Surely he didn’t just vanish into the thin air of the skies above the Pacific North West? Because that would be impossible. Join Barry and Lora as they discuss the now-legendary case of D.B. Cooper.

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Over a hot summer in 1971, an unassuming house in southern Spain becomes the centre of one of the most sensational paranormal cases ever recorded, as a relentless series of sinister human faces materialises in its ordinary kitchen floor. But was this definite proof of the paranormal or might there have been a more scientific explanation? Join Barry and Lora as they explore the incredible Faces of Belmez, and conduct a unique magical audio experiment.

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In September 1971, a famous London street becomes the scene of one of the most audacious robberies of all time. A robbery which sends shock waves through the entire British establishment — from the police to the secret service — all the way to the royal family itself. A robbery that, by pure chance, is overheard as it is happening. A robbery inspired by one of the most famous detectives ever created. A robbery that seemed utterly impossible to carry out. Welcome to the first episode of The Magician’s Wife, in which Barry and Lora discuss the sensational Baker Street bank robber...

A brand new podcast by professional magician Barry Jones and his mystery writer wife Lora, The Magician's Wife explores a series of fascinating real-life happenings from true crime to the paranormal, and investigates the potential magical methods behind these cases. Also includes brain-bending audio illusions that you, the listener, can experience for yourself!

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