Magic Trick Gone Wrong Kills Eleven: The Great Lafayette | Fascinating Horror

This short documentary tells the story of the Great Lafayette - a magician whose final trick resulted in the deaths of eleven people...

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*CHAPTERS:* ????
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:44 - The Great Lafayette
► 03:36 - The Death of The Great Lafayette
► 10:34 - The Aftermath

*MUSIC:* ????
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

*SOURCES:* ????
► "Celebrating The Great Lafayette" published by The Festival Theatre. Link: https://www.capitaltheatres.com/about/stories/celebrating-the-great-lafayette
► "Fire/Safety Curtain Research" by Mike Hume, published by Historical Theatre Photos. Link: https://www.historictheatrephotos.com/Research/Fire-Safety-Curtains/
► "The bizarre tale of the blaze that claimed the life of The Great Lafayette not once, but twice, at what is now Edinburgh's Festival Theatre" by Liam Rudden, published by Edinburgh Evening News, April 2020. Link: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/the-bizarre-tale-of-the-blaze-that-claimed-the-life-of-the-great-lafayette-not-once-but-twice-at-what-is-now-edinburghs-festival-theatre-2537215
► "The Great Lafayette and the Sheffield Midgets - May 1911" by Chris Hobbs, published by ChrisHobbs.com, June 2011. Link: https://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield/greatlafayette2.htm
► "Lost Edinburgh: The death of the Great Lafayette" by David McLean, published by The Scotsman, October 2014. Link: https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/lost-edinburgh-the-death-of-the-great-lafayette-1524022
► "The Magical Life and Curious Death of the Great Lafayette" by Miriam Bibby, published by Historic UK. Link: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Great-Lafayette/

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