Walford Bodie: The curious Scots magician who caused a Glasgow theatre riot
He claimed he could cure the sick and the disabled with his high-voltage brand of magic, but Walford Bodie’s promises were enough to start a riot in Glasgow when 500 students mobbed the Coliseum Theatre to pelt the showman with bombs of piecemeal, flour and rotten eggs. Bodie, known as the Electric Wizard of the […]