Episodes

  • 31. The Green Children of Woolpit
    May 19 2025
    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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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 30. The Gardner Heist
    May 12 2025

    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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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • 29. The Mystery of the Poisoned Baby
    May 5 2025

    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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    58 mins
  • 28. Chopin and his Ghosts
    Apr 28 2025

    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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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 27. The Leinster Gardens Illusion
    Apr 21 2025

    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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    1 hr
  • 26. The Palm Beach Gardens Shooting
    Apr 14 2025

    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 Beach Gardens.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 25. The Secrets of Skinwalker Ranch
    Apr 7 2025

    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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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • 24. The Whitstable Poltergeist
    Mar 31 2025

    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.

    Watch the original Whitstable Poltergeist video: https://youtu.be/SCvZf0cdgx0

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

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    1 hr and 19 mins