Law & Order: Criminal Intent

During a dramatic live‑burial trick, the magician completely vanished from the stage, leaving the audience bewildered. Investigators later recovered his body, finding him dead several miles away from the location of his performance, the site where the stunt took place.

is a programme presented in an episode format. It falls under the genre of a single‑episode story, offering a concise, self‑contained narrative rather than an ongoing series. The title itself hints at something disappearing, setting the expectation for an unusual event to unfold. The central incident revolves around a magician who attempts a live‑burial illusion. While the stunt is being performed in front of an audience, the performer vanishes from view. The disappearance is immediate and unexplained, leaving onlookers baffled as the act that should have concluded with a reveal instead ends in a baffling absence. Later, the magician’s body is discovered some distance away from the site of the performance. The corpse is found miles from where the live‑burial trick took place, confirming that the disappearance was not merely a trick gone awry but resulted in a fatal outcome. The location of the find underscores the stark contrast between the intended illusion and the grim reality that follows. In the end, the episode records that the magician, who vanished during his own stunt, was ultimately located dead far from the original venue. The facts remain limited to his disappearance during the act and the subsequent recovery of his body at a remote spot, providing a stark, unsettling conclusion to the story.