The Magician’s Wife

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In the mist-shrouded Highlands of 17th-century Scotland, a farm labourer peers through a hole in a small, white stone. Through this pebble, he claims to see the future. He sees ships sailing across dry land. He sees a day when the people of the Highlands will be outnumbered by sheep. He even foresees a black rain that will bring unimaginable wealth to the city of Aberdeen, three hundred years in the future. Was Coinneach Odhar, the...

In New York 1908, a husband and wife decorate their tree, only to find that a simple scratch from a pine needle carries a lethal curse. Four years earlier, in New Zealand, a family receives a visit from an assassin who has flown invisibly across the country to find them - and he isn’t Father Christmas.

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It is the night of 19th November , 1995. The sky over the small market town of Wem in Shropshire is glowing a violent orange. The historic Town Hall is burning to the ground. But amidst the roaring flames and falling timbers, a local photographer captures something that shouldn't exist. Developing his film, he finds a clear, black-and-white image of a young girl, standing calmly in the heart of the inferno, staring directly at him....

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In 1914, during a desperate retreat at the Battle of Mons, the British army is on the verge of heavy losses. But as the enemy closes in, a strange vision appears between the two armies: a host of shining angels and ghostly bowmen. The German advance inexplicably falters, and the British are saved. The legend of the Angel of Mons is born, becoming a beacon of hope for the nation. But did soldiers really witness a miracle, or was thi...

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 jus...

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: peculi...

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 t...

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 t...

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 ...

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 quest...