Barnaby finds connections between a supposedly haunted forest, the traceless disappearances of two couples and a gang of antiquity thieves.Barnaby finds connections between a supposedly haunted forest, the traceless disappearances of two couples and a gang of antiquity thieves.Barnaby finds connections between a supposedly haunted forest, the traceless disappearances of two couples and a gang of antiquity thieves.
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- TriviaAn iron maiden is shown and described as a medieval torture device, but it is now accepted that there was, in fact, no such device--there is no evidence of the existence of iron maidens before the early 19th century. Professor Wolfgang Schild of Bielefeld University in Germany has argued that iron maidens were pieced together from orphaned artifacts in order to create interesting objects intended for commercial exhibition. Several of these 19th-century iron maidens are on display in museums around the world. The 19th-century iron maidens may have been inspired by actual objects, such as the medieval Schandmantel (in English, "coat of shame"), a wearable instrument of punishment made of wood and sheet metal, but without spikes. Inspiration for the iron maiden may also have come from surviving accounts of the execution of Roman consul Marcus Atilius Regulus, in 250 BCE, during the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage. The Carthaginians reportedly "packed [Regulus] into a tight wooden box, spiked with sharp nails on all sides so that he could not lean in any direction without being pierced." Iron maidens also resemble the Apega of Nabis (also known as the Iron Apega), described by the ancient Greek historian Polybius as an ancient torture device similar to the iron maiden invented by Nabis, a king who ruled Sparta as a tyrant from 207 to 192 BCE.
- GoofsWhen LeVanu is being interviewed on the radio, the frequency of the station as advertised on posters in the studio (86.6 MHz) is not the frequency that Jones tunes to (93.5 MHz) when he and Barnaby listen in the car. Also, 86.6 MHz is outside the range 87.5-108.0 MHz that is used by FM radio. Moreover, the posters call it "Causton FM", whereas the announcer calls it "Radio Causton". (A similar thing happens to "Radio Midsomer" in the Season 20 episode "Till Death Do Us Part".)
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DCI Tom Barnaby: I think, Jones, whatever is in those woods, it's time we met it face to face. C'mon.
DS Ben Jones: Do ghosts have faces?
DCI Tom Barnaby: Oh, I think they do, yes. Except the headless ones.
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Could Have Been One of the Best Midsomer Murders
Four people disappears mysteriously with a meal still on the table and water boiling on the stove. The Bermuda Triangle in Midsomer. Add to this a forest haunted by ghosts of monks, a mansion with suits of armour and an iron maiden and you really have the potential for a great episode.
But then the filmmakers go ahead and spoil it all with a ghost hunter so theatrical he is hardly believable even as a phony and a fire and brimstone priest as his adversary. At one point Barnaby comments that he foresees big trouble between them, but apart from a minor skirmish we get nothing of that.
Luckily the solution is up to the usual Midsomer Murders' standard and saves the day. But average is disappointing when the stage was set for excellent.
But then the filmmakers go ahead and spoil it all with a ghost hunter so theatrical he is hardly believable even as a phony and a fire and brimstone priest as his adversary. At one point Barnaby comments that he foresees big trouble between them, but apart from a minor skirmish we get nothing of that.
Luckily the solution is up to the usual Midsomer Murders' standard and saves the day. But average is disappointing when the stage was set for excellent.
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- Carsten-Pedersen
- Jul 6, 2008
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