Lost in the Shuffle Documentary FOUR SUITS. FIFTY-TWO CARDS. ONE MURDER MYSTERY. at Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater

In the hands of a skilled magician, a simple, everyday deck of cards transforms into a vessel of wonder and (im)possibility, so it’s little surprise that for almost as long as there have been cards, there have been card tricks.

Seen through the eyes of some of the world’s best sleight-of-hand artists, Lost in the Shuffle is a multi-faceted look at this remarkable 400-year relationship that’s seen these simple playthings provide an endless source of miraculous inspiration for magicians throughout time.

“Will the greatest illusion of all prove to be that an ancient cold-case murder has been hiding under our noses all this time?”

World champion and fourth-generation magician, Shawn Farquhar, has been surrounded by cards for as long as he can remember, but after a trip to France that he wondered why the court cards look the way they do. Of particular interest was the King of Hearts, also known as the “Suicide King” because he appears to be stabbing himself in the head.

Shawn believes there is a much more sinister story, that an actual medieval French king was assassinated at the hand of his own wife. Now Shawn is out to see if his theory’s true - will the greatest illusion of all prove to be that an ancient cold-case murder has been hiding under our noses all this time?