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 an ordinary cloak at all but a cloak… of invisibility? Join Barry and Lora as they unravel the story of the infamous Nithsdale Cloak.

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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 attention to the Fresno Nightcrawlers.

Watch the original Fresno Nightcrawler video: here

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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 case of Dolly Oesterreich.

See an image of Dolly here

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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.

Watch Lora’s Chopin puppet video mentioned in the episode here (contains spoilers!)

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