As these violent incidences become more frequent, Professor Zellaby discovers they’re not the first of their kind. Deadly fires are started and the villagers turn on The Children but they have the telepathic ability to force their attackers to harm and kill themselves. Under the guise of learning and development, The Children are observed under his watch but this is when things start to turn spooky.Īltercations begin to happen in the village.

They’re handed over to be cared for by Professor Gordon Zellaby in an institution run by the Ministry of Defence. The Children can also control the minds of the people around them, meaning they soon become too much to handle for the parents of the village. The boys act as one and the girls act as another group entity. The Children, as they become to be known, seem to have a group think pattern. They learn telepathically, meaning as soon as one knows how to do something, they all do. As a result, 61 children are born – all on the same day – and each child has the same golden eyes and white-blonde hair.

Then slowly the villagers realise that every woman of childbearing age in the town has become pregnant. However, after a day passes, the silver object disappears, and everyone wakes up seemingly unaffected. A mysterious silver object sits at the centre of the village. The authorities are notified but no one can enter and no one can explain why it’s happened.

Over the course of 24 hours, every inhabitant of the town falls unconscious. And if you’re planning to watch Sky Original's adaptation of the spooky story then you may be wondering what happens at the end of The Midwich Cuckoos book? Sometime’s it’s better to know what’s ahead of you.Īt the centre of Wyndham's twisted tale is the quiet fictional town of Midwich. So it’s not exactly for the fainthearted. The science-fiction tale deals with parasitic aliens, telepathy, and a small countryside town turned upside down. When John Wyndham first published The Midwich Cuckoos in 1957, it gained a controversial reputation. Spoiler alert for The Midwich Cuckoos book and TV series.

The midwich cuckoos by john wyndham