The Magician’s Wife
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!
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 44
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
43. The Spy in the Bag Part II
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 fro…
42. The Spy in the Bag Part I
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 fro…
41. How to Win at Roulette
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 walk…
40. The Stonehenge Joker
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…
39. The Liverpool Locked Room Murder Part II
38. The Liverpool Locked Room Murder Part I
37. The Cloak of Invisibility
36. Lightning Made me Psychic
35. The Ghostly Anson Lights
34. The Fresno Nightcrawler
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 …
33. Kill Me With a Spoon & an Update!
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32. The Ghost in Dolly’s Attic
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 trappe…
31. The Green Children of Woolpit
30. The Gardner Heist
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 hav…
29. The Mystery of the Poisoned Baby
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 u…
28. Chopin and his Ghosts
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…
27. The Leinster Gardens Illusion
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…
26. The Palm Beach Gardens Shooting
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…
25. The Secrets of Skinwalker Ranch
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 t…
24. The Whitstable Poltergeist
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 o…