Twenty Centuries
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Feb 26, 2025•47 min
The Mystery Hour (Nighty Night)
From famed podcaster Rabia Chaudry comes a narrated series of works from award-winning, long-running suspense magazines. Partnering with both Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazines, Rabia dives into stories inspired by the Master of Suspense. Dive head first into the mystery hour.
Episodes
Entwined
Story Author: Brian Tobin "Entwined" was published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine in June 2015. It was also included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2016. Additionally, it can be found in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt high school textbook Literature. The following was in the contributors' notes of Best American Mystery Stories: *“Entwined” was inspired by an episode of This American Life in which the writer Darin Strauss recounted his teenage experience of having struck and killed a...
Feb 19, 2025•37 min
The Pact
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Feb 12, 2025•42 min•Ep. 29
Blindsided
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Feb 05, 2025•40 min•Ep. 28
Lake People
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Jan 29, 2025•45 min•Ep. 27
Death in the Moonlight
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Jan 22, 2025•49 min•Ep. 26
Ghost Negligence
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Jan 16, 2025•36 min•Ep. 25
Drive, Mary
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Jan 08, 2025•43 min•Ep. 24
Holiday Break Episode 02: The Road to Hana
The tropics can be relaxing and beautiful, especially for an exhausted homicide detective needing a break. Unfortunately, murder never takes a break, and what’s beautiful can also be deadly. Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 01, 2025•28 min
Holiday Break Episode 01: A Small Mercy
A storm is brewing, police lights are flashing, and an entire neighborhood is on alert with a killer on the loose in the premiere episode of The Mystery Hour, "A Small Mercy". Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 25, 2024•47 min
The Christmas Club
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Dec 18, 2024•40 min•Ep. 23
A Change of Heart
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Dec 11, 2024•47 min•Ep. 22
Turnabout
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Dec 04, 2024•43 min•Ep. 21
A Stroll to Botany Bay
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Nov 27, 2024•44 min•Ep. 20
The Extremely Pleasant and Most Helpful Lady With Three Ears
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Nov 20, 2024•44 min•Ep. 19
Wait for the Blackout
The foster care system is a double-edged sword, with vulnerable children balancing on the blade. Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 13, 2024•43 min•Ep. 18
The Library of Poisonville
Sometimes the price of progress is so high, it is worth killing for. Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 06, 2024•36 min•Ep. 17
The Little Irene
The world of art is full of beauty…and deception Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 30, 2024•48 min•Ep. 16
Into the Silent Land
A mother’s heart will believe anything but the worst. Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 23, 2024•42 min•Ep. 15
The Void
The quest to escape our bodies and experience another realm is as old as time, despite not knowing what horrors lay on the other side. Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2024•49 min•Ep. 14
Kit's Pad
Killing for crypto is nothing new in the world of crime, but sometimes it’s the least likely person to end up on top. Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 09, 2024•47 min•Ep. 13
On Soi Arab
The stakes are high in the world of international intrigue, where often nothing is as it seems. Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 02, 2024•37 min•Ep. 12
Redbeard
Everyone takes pride in looking like an ancestor - but rarely do we consider that ancestor’s past coming back to haunt us. Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 25, 2024•49 min•Ep. 11
Important Show Update + Variable Winds
There is a very important show update at the top of this week's episode. Beginning next week, Nighty Night will be ending, but The Mystery Hour will be taking its place. With a similar format, and in some ways a return to form from the original season of Nighty Night, the new show will be released weekly on this feed. There is no need to do anything, just stay right here and new episodes will come every week on Wednesdays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 18, 2024•36 min
Spear Carriers
In a world of thespians, it’s hard to know who is conning who Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 11, 2024•40 min•Ep. 9
REWIND: Wax
Tonight's tale teaches us when it comes to dummies...there's way more than meets the eye. Please enjoy: Wax! Written by Jay Richardson Original Airdate: 12/06/2022 Nighty Night is sponsored by Progressive! Quote today at Progressive.com to try the Name Your Price® tool for yourself, and join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 10, 2024•39 min
Backstory
Money and fame built on a house of cards, and lies, must crumble at some point Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 04, 2024•45 min•Ep. 8
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This week, we examine Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem about a strange voyage as told by an ancient mariner to a man on the street. It starts of as amusing, but then grows darker... Nighty Night is sponsored by Progressive! Quote today at Progressive.com to try the Name Your Price® tool for yourself, and join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 03, 2024•35 min
Two Hours West of Nothing
Sometimes sleeping dogs are best left alone - especially when they deserve what’s coming Follow us on Instagram: rabiasquared2 elleryqueenmm alfredhitchcockmm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 28, 2024•44 min•Ep. 7
Nyarlathotep
This week, we encounter H.P. Lovecraft's short tale of malevolent forces beyond our understanding that are at play in the universe and all around us... Nighty Night is sponsored by Progressive! Quote today at Progressive.com to try the Name Your Price® tool for yourself, and join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 27, 2024•14 min