Rachel Lawson's The Magicians Podcast

When the Masked Chicken sets out to give Lance Sr. the perfect birthday present, he chooses a plant “no one could kill.” Enter: the cursed blackberry. What begins as a thoughtful gesture turns into a six-year horticultural horror story. Lance’s backyard becomes a battleground—machetes, bonfires, and desperate gardeners all fail to stop the relentless spread. Unbeknownst to him, the Chicken’s true gift was chaos… and a resurrection spell. This episode explores magical mischief, friendship sabotage, and the slow descent into blackberry madness. Featuring flickering hallway lights, passive-aggressive botany, and Jr’s innocent front-door greeting that started it all.