Houdini & Doyle: World of Wonders - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Hold Your Breath
How long could you hold your breath to save your life? Rebecca watches anxiously as magician Lawrence Larouche performs a death defying escape from a water tank in honour of Houdini's famous water torture cell.
Straitjacket
Rebecca is trapped in a straitjacket. But at least she's not suspended 20 feet in the air and upside down! Watch escape artist and Guinness World Record holder Lucas Wilson demonstrate one of Houdini's signature escapes – the suspected straitjacket escape.
Cold Read
Palm readers. Clairvoyants. Do you believe in the power of mind reading? Mentalist Banacheck sits down with Rebecca to perform a powerful demonstration of cold reading techniques still used by illusionists today to fool us into believing they have the power to read our minds.
Séance
Rebecca experiences a spooky séance just like the ones attended by Houdini and Doyle. Illusionist Nicholas Wallace shows Rebecca how mediums from the early 1920's used simple but effective tricks to fool their guests into believing they were communicating with the spirits of the dead.
Psychic Surgery
Mentalist Banachek doesn't use any tools to operate on Rebecca's stomach in this terrifying display of a psychic surgery.
Open Book
Doyle was a prolific writer, having composed nearly 100 works of fiction, non-fiction, essays and even collections of poetry. Helping Rebecca explore the collected works of Doyle is magician Nathan Kranzo, who uses Doyle's works to perform a classic and compelling mind reading illusion.
Needles
Rebecca witnesses first-hand one of Houdini's most shocking and visceral illusions. Rebecca joins entertainer Scott Hammell in the performance of Houdini's infamous Needles trick. This one isn't for the faint of heart.
Ghostly Selfie
Think you can take a picture of a ghost? Rebecca joins mentalist Banachek to look back at spirit photography, a popular practice of the early 20th century publicly debated by Houdini and Doyle. Paul Sergeant, an expert on period cameras, helps Rebecca snap her own ghostly selfie.
Gunshot
Bang! Rebecca takes aim at four ways that Doyle's literary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, was decades ahead of his time. Along with James Reese, President of the Sherlock Holmes society of Toronto, Rebecca explores the forensic techniques that Sherlock used to solve his many mysteries.
Mesmer
Rebecca joins entertainer Scott Hammell to witness first hand the power of suggestion. Scott gives Rebecca the reigns to perform a mesmerizing display of deep hypnosis on their assistant, Amy.
Recently Updated Shows
The Creep Tapes
The Creep Tapes is a collection of video tapes from the secret vault of the world's deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer. Unravel a twisted mind as he lures victims to film his life, only to reveal his deadly intentions.
Dark Matter
Hailed as one of the best sci-fi novels of the decade, Dark Matter is a story about the road not taken. The series follows Jason Dessen, a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.
Bob's Burgers
The series follows Bob who runs Bob's Burgers, with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob has big ideas about burgers, but the rest of the clan falls short on service. Despite the greasy counters and lousy location, the Belchers are determined to make every "Grand Re-Re-Re-opening" a success. Bob's wife, Linda, stands by her man and often does so by bursting into song. Their eldest daughter, 13-year-old Tina has a slight obsession with boys and zombies. Middle child Gene is an aspiring musician with a thirst for life. Louise is the bunny ears-wearing youngest daughter with an off-kilter sense of humor that makes her somewhat of a liability in the kitchen – and with the public.