A supernatural quest around London for a missing Shakespeare play with actor Samuel Barnett (Dirk Gently, The History Boys) and Tom Price (Torchwood, My Mate Bought A Toaster). Sam takes Tom on a quest around haunted sites in London, meeting ghosts and unearthing clues as to the location of Shakespeare’s missing last play. Will they find Cardenio before one of them gets a Netflix Show?
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A Christmas UFO Sighting Near Morrisons. After the events of their first investigation, Sam and Tom reunite to explore an unusual account of a UFO encounter from Christmas 2010. When two priests are stopped by strange lights when driving along in their Mini Metro, have they been visited by extraterrestrial life, or is there more than meets the eye? Plus, the pair answer questions sent in by our listeners…
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15 Dec 2025
Episode Six
In order to solve the mystery of Shakespeare’s missing play, Sam takes Tom to a séance. Somewhere in London’s Covent Garden is the answer to a centuries-old mystery. And it’s been waiting to be found all this time. Meanwhile, lurking behind the scenes, a secret society prepares to make a terrible move. Will Tom and Sam survive?
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8 Dec 2025
Episode Five
Sam’s looking for the grave of Lewis Theobald – possibly the greatest literary hoaxer of all time. But what other secrets lurk in the spooky graveyard of St Pancras? And what’s happened to Tom? Sam sets out to uncover the tragic history of Lewis Theobald’s life story – a man betrayed by his friends. And Tom? Tom’s delighted with a promotion.
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1 Dec 2025
Episode Four
Was Shakespeare’s last play really a hoax? Did it ever exist? Tom’s got really into solving the mystery when Sam takes him to the Drury Lane theatre where it was finally put on stage. But if that’s the case – why has no-one heard of it? There’s more to this than meets the eye – and one of our duo is about to get a phone call that will change their friendship forever.
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24 Nov 2025
Episode Three
Looking for Shakespeare’s lost play, Sam takes Tom to a house that was built entirely out of spite. What secrets are hiding in a long-dead woman’s bedroom? In one of London’s missing rivers, they find the ghost of an ancient literary feud. This week’s supernatural walking tour starts in Lincoln’s Inn Fields and ends up on Fleet Street. Tom is wondering if Sam will ever pay for his own coffee.
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17 Nov 2025
Episode Two
A supernatural quest for a missing Shakespeare play. Our walking tour starts off in the ruins of a bookshop by St Paul’s Cathedral, visits Shakespeare’s Globe and ends up in a haunted kitchen at the College of Heraldry. Sam and Tom are on the trail of Cardenio, Shakespeare’s missing lost play, and they’re getting close. Meanwhile, Sam still hasn’t heard back from Netflix and Tom still has to do that self-tape.
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10 Nov 2025
Samuel Barnett's Unknown
Sam takes Tom to the most haunted theatre in London. Who is the ghost in Covent Garden Opera house, and what’s his link to William Shakespeare? As they set out on their walking tour around haunted London landmarks, Sam’s waiting for a call from his agent and Tom wants to do a self-tape.
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2 Nov 2025
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A supernatural quest around London for a missing Shakespeare play with actor Samuel Barnett (Dirk Gently, The History Boys) and Tom Price (Torchwood, My Mate Bought A Toaster). Sam takes Tom on a quest around haunted sites in London, meeting ghosts and unearthing clues as to the location of Shakespeare’s missing last play. Will they find Cardenio before one of them gets a Netflix Show?
Coming Soon!
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