🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery -Chapter 5: ✨ Winning in the Laundry Room; Failing Everywhere Else 💀

Gwen’s first real day of classes at Whisperen Academy goes downhill fast—wrinkled shirt drama, cranky teachers, and one especially grumpy social studies instructor who seems to regret her very existence. But just when it feels like the whole school’s against her, a mysterious voice from the basement window and an unexpected friendship in the laundry room remind Gwen that not everyone at Whisperen is heartless… or entirely ordinary.

A funny, heartfelt story for readers who loved The Enola Holmes Mysteries and A Place to Hang the Moon — where friendship, mystery, and laundry all come with unexpected wrinkles.

Content Advisory: This chapter includes scenes of social anxiety, mild humiliation, and moments of adult condescension toward a child. Gwen experiences exclusion, frustration with authority figures, and loneliness on her first full day at Whisperen Academy.

Tone remains humorous and heartfelt, with kindness and comfort found through friendship in the laundry room.

No graphic content, violence, or strong language.

Tone: Cozy gothic with light humor and emotional depth. Recommended for readers who enjoy mystery, gentle scares, and heartfelt character moments.

Written and Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering by: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on SubstackTheme Music: Curse Of Old - Density & TimeAdditional Music:🎵 Monthaholic - Schwartzy

 💥 Listen if you love:

🎙️ The Magnus Archives

📖 Nancy Drew meets Wednesday

🏫 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

🕯️ Veronica Mars meets Dead Poets Society

🔍 Secrets in Spades — Archive 81 — Welcome to Night Vale — The Amelia Project

📺 Enola Holmes, Wednesday, or Lockwood & Co.

💀 Teen detectives, eerie boarding schools, and Southern wit with a queer twist

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Thanks for Tagging Along with Chapter 5! From epic laundry-room triumphs to academic disasters of equally epic proportions, Gwen’s slowly learning that surviving Whisperen Academy requires more than clean socks and Southern charm.

🎧 The mystery’s creeping closer (and so is whatever’s walking by the lake at dawn…). Catch Gwen’s chaos—and Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter, too—wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and beyond.

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