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 magic trick!

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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 strange goings-on in Warleggan?

See a photograph of Reverend Frederick Densham with his 'selfie stick' here.

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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.

Click here to create a link to send to a friend/enemy agent: https://nationalsecurity.pages.dev/

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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?

Watch a video of journalist locking herself inside an identical bag here.

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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?

Take the unofficial test to see if you could join MI6 here. Try and cheat like Barry did in the official MI5 test here. Are you a good fit for GCHQ? Are there other spelling errors on their site? Check here. We briefly discuss Jorge Torres, who was zipped inside a suitcase.

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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?

See an image of the Stonehenge Joker here.

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