Death by Magic - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
CAPE TOWN: The Greast Escape
Drummond visits a college of magic just for kids, entertains with a beachside treasure hunt and puts himself in the path of a speeding train.
MIAMI: Head Under Water
After intense training with a retired Navy SEAL, Drummond faces his lifelong aquaphobia and attempts to escape from a car before it floods with water.
DETROIT: Death by Audience
After delighting Motown singers with sleight of hand, Drummond lets his audience make a choice that could bring a car crashing down on his head.
LONDON: Buried Alive
Inspired by the Victorian obsession with taphephobia -- the fear of being buried alive -- Drummond attempts his own escape from a custom-built coffin.
LAS VEGAS: Against the Odds
Drummond works his magic in a tattoo shop, then aims to beat the odds as his audience assists him with a variation on Russian roulette.
INDIA: The Rope Trick
Paying homage to a legendary -- and gruesome -- magic trick, Drummond tries to escape from an iron cage suspended above flaming spikes.
EDINBURGH: Trial by Fire
After recounting a magician's fiery death and the notorious history of witch hunts, Drummond risks being burned alive at the stake.
LOS ANGELES: Daredevil
Drummond re-creates the final, deadly trick of a Niagara Falls daredevil, plummeting in a wooden barrel into a small pool of water.
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