Plot Synopsis

DEATH BY MAGIC is an eight-episode docuseries that follows British magician Drummond Money-Coutts, or DMC for short, as he recreates the stunts where others have failed, in the most extreme magic show ever attempted. To succeed he must avoid the fate that met those who came before him and paid the ultimate price: death by magic. DMC is on a mission to uncover the stories of magicians who died performing the most dangerous stunts ever attempted. He travels the world to track down where the fatal performances took place and to work out exactly what went wrong, sharing his magic with the people he meets along the way. It's a journey that spans four continents and eight cities around the world. His aim is to pay homage to the craft by creating his own updated versions of the stunts that cost these magicians their lives, from being buried alive under tons of wet concrete, to playing a game of Russian roulette, to escaping from a collision with a speeding steam train. In each 35-minute episode, DMC performs a different death-defying trick in a new city, including Cape Town, Miami, Detroit, London, Las Vegas, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, and more. On Friday, November 30, 2018 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, Netflix releasEd the entire eight episode first season of DEATH BY MAGIC.