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00:04Hi everybody, I'm Sean Farquhar for those that don't know I'm a magician
00:07I've been a magician all my life. My mom says when I was born the doctor slapped me and I said pick a card I
00:13Go by the title of two-time world champion of magic fool us once shame on you
00:19Fool us twice shame on us
00:21I've held the deck of cards in my head pretty much my entire life
00:24But it was only recently that I actually started looking at the designs the symbols aren't random
00:29They're just loaded with so many little clues
00:31There's one king that has a really bad headache and I think it might have something to do with a sword stuck in his head
00:38What would you say if I told you I think?
00:41Hidden in the art of a standard deck of playing cards are the clues to a 500 year old cold-case murder mystery
00:47It's just wow
00:49It's great. Well, you've got my attention. I need to go and learn more about the design in history of playing cards
00:56That's awesome
00:59This is the 525th anniversary the death of a French King King Charles the 8th
01:05The need to visit friends magicians and tell them about my discovery and ask them about their favorite plots. Oh
01:13My god, I just did it
01:15I want to take those plots and put them together and create a routine the four Queens
01:20So we'd be at this boat
01:22That went well
01:24Got less than 24 hours to prepare for the big day and we'll get there
01:28I'm gonna share with you a card trick that I created and you'll be the first people to ever see it King Charles the 8th
01:33He died right here at Chateau on Bois, and I'm gonna tell you the story of his death
01:37It's not the same as you've heard in history. It's better
01:54You