10/02/2026
THE MURDER OF MADELINE GLASS
An aged leather wallet is placed on the table. Inside are six photographs and a sealed envelope, briefly shown and then set aside in full view.
The performer tells the story of Madeline Glass, murdered in London in 1892. Her body was found near Coram’s Fields. Four men were questioned. None were charged. The case faded from public attention.
For Madeline’s sister, Eleanor, there was no such closure.
Unable to accept how easily the investigation had ended, Eleanor sought out a quiet woman named Clara Wren — known for listening to the bereaved and connecting to the departed. Though often described as a medium, Clara never claimed the title herself.
Two photographs are introduced first: Madeline Glass, and Clara Wren.
The remaining four photographs depict the men questioned by police at the time of the murder. All were released. Nothing was proven.
A simple silver pendant, said to have belonged to Madeline, is introduced — not as a magical object, but as something Clara would hold while 'listening'.
A participant is invited to momentarily take Clara’s place.
Holding the pendant, they are asked not to analyse or reason, but to trust their instincts — to consider the men not as suspects, but as memories. They are asked to place the pendant on the photograph of the man who feels most familiar.
The participant makes a completely free choice.
Only then does the performer return to the wallet, remove the sealed envelope, and open it to reveal a duplicate photograph — matching exactly the one selected by the participant.
The performer concludes by explaining that, weeks later, this man, Edgar Hale, was questioned again. Contradictions were found in his account. A witness placed him near Coram’s Fields at the time of the murder. Faced with what he could no longer deny, he confessed.
A second photograph is included of another medium if the performer does not want to use the Clara Wren storyline connection from The Departed.
Blackpool special price of £40.
