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The Mystery Hour (Nighty Night)

Rabia Chaudrywww.rhapsodyvoices.com
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

The Upper Berth, Part 2

This week we conclude F. Marion Crawford's classic tale of a haunting at sea... 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

Jun 11, 202433 min

The Upper Berth, Part 1

This week we revisit Rabia's deepest nightmares, the deep dark ocean, in part one of perhaps F. Marion Crawford's most famous horror story... Check out our great sponsors! Aura: Get a 14 day trial PLUS a check of your data ALL FOR FREE at Aura.com/trust 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

Jun 04, 202429 min

REWIND: Rot

Tonight's tale is about a woman who was born with what many would consider a gift. She has an incredible sense of smell. But, as you'll quickly learn, what might be one woman's treasure... is another woman's putrid, rotting trash. Please enjoy, ROT. Original Airdate: 9/7/21 Check out our great sponsors! Aura: Get a 14 day trial PLUS a check of your data ALL FOR FREE at Aura.com/trust Quote today at Progressive.com to try the Name Your Price® tool for yourself, and join the over 28 million driver...

May 28, 202444 min

Metzengerstein

This week we revisit the master of horror, Edgar Allen Poe, in a chilling tale about blood feuds... Nighty Nighty 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

May 21, 202432 min

A Holy Terror

This week Rabia leads us through Ambrose Bierce's suspenseful climb to terror... met with multiple plot twists... Nighty Nighty 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

May 14, 202443 min

The Trial For Murder

This week, we encounter Charles Dickens' tale of true justice from beyond the grave in one of the first ghost stories to be widely published... Nighty Nighty 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

May 07, 202437 min

Christopher Came Back

This week, Rabia shares one of her favorites in the E.F. Benson's haunting tale that leaves us guessing who the real victim is... Nighty Nighty 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

Apr 30, 202435 min

The Man and the Snake

In this week's tale we revisit a story by Ambrose Bierce where the protagonist learns the hard way that there's nothing to fear but fear itself... Nighty Nighty 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

Apr 23, 202425 min

Each Man Kills

In this week's episode, we visit Victoria Glad's bone-chilling tale of when love and blood lust intersect... Nighty Nighty 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

Apr 16, 202447 min

The Lurking Fear, Part 2

This week we return to H.P. Lovecraft's The Lurking Fear as it continues to spiral into crescendos of terror until reaching a final horrifying conclusion... Nighty Nighty 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

Apr 09, 202447 min

The Lurking Fear, Part 1

In this week's episode, H.P. Lovecraft leads us into a story full of cosmic horror, human degeneration, and the terror of the unknown... Nighty Nighty 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

Apr 02, 202418 min

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

In this 1973 short work from Ursula K. L Guin, we are forced to consider our own morality and the choices we make in order to enjoy our day to day lives... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 26, 202424 min

Cool Air

This week, Rabia narrates H.P. Lovecraft's widely influential story about how to reach immortality and at what cost... Nighty Nighty 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

Mar 19, 202428 min

The Devil in a Nunnery

Published in 1914, this tale from Francis Oscar Mann poses the question of the wickedness of natural human desire and whether the devil realy resides in us all... Nighty Nighty 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

Mar 12, 202430 min

John Charrington's Wedding

This week, we encounter Edith Nesbit's tragic tale of a love so true, that even death cannot tear the couple apart... Nighty Nighty 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

Mar 05, 202424 min

The Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family

This week, Rabia plunges into the suspenseful world of H.P. Lovecraft and the tainted ancestry of the Jermyn family... Nighty Nighty 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

Feb 27, 202432 min

The Coffin Merchant

This week, Rabia reads the Richard Middleton tale about a man who is given a note informing him that he will soon be in need of a coffin... Factor: Head to FactorMeals.com/nighty50 and use code "nighty50" to get 50% off! 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

Feb 20, 202426 min

The Power of Darkness

This week, Rabia narrates Edith Nesbit's 1905 tale of how "dark" secrets can come back to haunt us... Nighty Night is sponsored by Progressive Insurance. 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

Feb 13, 202439 min

MS Found In a Bottle

Written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1833, the story follows our narrator at sea in the midst of a series of harrowing events... Nighty Night is sponsored by Progressive Insurance. 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

Feb 06, 202434 min

The Shadow in the Corner

This week, Rabia reads Mary Elizabeth Braddon's classic gothic tale about how the shadows that haunt us, whether real or imagined, often have real life consequences... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 30, 202449 min

For the Blood is the Life

This week, Rabia visits Francis Marion Crawford's tale of undying love... and the undead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 23, 202439 min

And The Dead Spake

Rabia reads the E.F. Benson classic about a brilliant neurosurgeon with a cryptic curiousity! Thanks for supporting our sponsors! Progressive Insurance: Quote today at https://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

Jan 16, 202448 min

Miriam

In this Truman Capote classic, Rabia shares an encounter between a lonely widow and a startlingly precocious young girl. Check out our great sponsors! Nighty Night is sponsored by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/nighty to get 10% off your first month! Factor: Head to FactorMeals.com/nighty50 and use code nighty50 to get 50% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 09, 202435 min

Rewind: The Little Hairs

Tonight's tale is about a woman who forgot the golden rule of survival: When it comes to strangers, being polite can be deadly. Please enjoy...The Little Hairs written by Sarah Cailean. Original Airdate: 10/19/2021 Nighty Night is sponsored by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/nighty to get 10% off your first month! Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 02, 202446 min

Rewind: Old Country Road

Tonight's story shows us that when it comes to Killers on the run, you can't trust anyone. Please enjoy...Old Country Road. Tonight's tale was written by Rabia Chaudry. Original Airdate: 1/11/2022 Nighty Night is sponsored by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/nighty to get 10% off your first month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 26, 202333 min

The Confession of Charles Linkworth

This week, Rabia shares E.F. Benson's classic tale of how guilt will not even allow the dead to rest easily... Nighty Night is sponsored by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/nighty to get 10% off your first month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 19, 202343 min

The Black Cat

This week we revisit the master, Edgar Allan Poe, with a story featuring themes of contempt, guilt, and insanity that will chill you to the bone... Check out our holiday sponsors! Factor: Head to FactorMeals.com/nighty50 and use code nighty50 for 50% off! Nighty Night is sponsored by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/nighty to get 10% off your first month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 12, 202334 min

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

First published in 1890 by writer and veteran Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is set during the American Civil War, and is known for its irregular time sequence and twist ending. Nighty Night is sponsored by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/nighty to get 10% off your first month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 05, 202330 min

The Body Snatcher

This week, Rabia shares Robert Louis Stevenson's short story of how there really is no rest for the dead... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 28, 202349 min

The Horla

This week, Rabia shares Guy de Maupassant's haunting tale of a man who comes under the influence of what he believes to be a supernatural dark force... but perhaps this force is just a descent into his own madness. Nighty Night is sponsored by BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/nighty to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 14, 20231 hr 11 min
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