The Fox Sisters and Jeff McBride will appear in back-to-back episodes of the new series, Enigma.

We think it was Winston Churchill who commented on the Soviet Union in 1939, "it is a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."

An independent Canadian television company has produced six one-hour episodes of the series Enigma to explore the unexplainable or mysterious. 

Jeff McBride will be the focus of January 24th's episode appropriately titled "A Magickal Life: Jeff McBride." 

The episode will trace Mr. McBride's life in magic from his early teens through the present.  According to his press release, the show will follow his search for "real magic." 

By his twenties, McBride was opening for rock bands like Cheap Trick, touring with Diana Ross and headlining at The Hilton in Las Vegas.

But at the height of his success, this young illusionist was overcome by the urge to explore new territory.

So began his search for the source of real magic: a journey to the mythological roots of this art form that would lead deep into the worlds of neo-paganism, drum circles and fire rituals.

He would return a changed man. In this documentary, McBride tells of what he learned on his quest, and reveals how even the simplest magician's trick can hold layer upon layer of meaning.

"Magic is about transformation," he says. "It reminds us that everything changes - including ourselves."

We note the irony of Mr. McBride opening for Cheap Trick before he began his search for true magic.    

The documentary will show us Mr. McBride in Vegas, his McBride Master Classes, his work on The World's Greatest Magic Show, and even a quick trip to The Burning Man Festival.

Lance Burton and Eugene Burger provided interviews for the program. 

The show for the week following sounds equally interesting, Spiritualism: The Fox Sisters.

Call us macabre, weird, or even both, but we love learning more about Maggie and Kate Fox.

In 1848, the demonstrated their amazing power to communicate with dead people through the manifestation of rapping sounds.

Few questioned their integrity or motives.  The girls became celebrities, helped to launch the religion of Spiritualism, and deluded the brilliant and naïve among society.

Even when Maggie copped to the fraud, the movement continued.  Even when Houdini demonstrated the precise methods used by the mediums, the believers refused to give up their belief. Today, John Edward carries on the tradition begun by the little girls from Upstate New York. 

- Provided by InsideMagic