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- Mysterious and Deadly CrittersEpisode 35: Mysterious and Deadly CrittersKissing BugTo find this deadly mystery and the murderers involved, Victoria looked no further than her backyard.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Join Beach Blanket Books—a Facebook Event. The Fun begins on May 15th and lasts until the Summer Solstice on June 21st. Join in the games and win some prizes. Sign up now so you don't miss a thing!This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds Website________________________________________________________________Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club______________________________________________________________________________________Meet Victoria Hardesty, the host for Episode 35: Mysterious and Deadly CrittersVictoria Hardesty has owned, bred, and shown Arabian Horses for more than 30 years. She and her husband operated their own training facility, serving many young people who loved and showed their own horses. She is the author of numerous articles in horse magazines and was the editor of two Arabian Horse Club newsletters, one of which was given the Communications Award of the Year by the Arabian Horse Association at their national convention. An avid reader from childhood, she read every horse story she could get her hands on. Victoria and her writing partner, Nancy Perez, have written seven novels about Arabian horses. Check out their website at http://www.wonderhorsebooks.com/author-bio and see their books at Victoria Hardesty and Nancy Perez | Bookshelf (authormasterminds.com).17 min
- The Female Robinson Crusoe and Wrangel Island Expedition MysteryEpisode 34: The Female Robinson Crusoe and Wrangel Island Expedition MysteryAda Blackjack’s story reflects the harrowing experiences faced by those who venture into the Arctic and the often-overlooked capabilities and contributions of indigenous peoples to Arctic expeditions. In the annals of Arctic exploration, few tales evoke the blend of mystery and tragedy quite like the Wrangel Island Expedition. The year was 1921, and under the auspices of Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a team was assembled to claim the desolate Wrangel Island._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Join Beach Blanket Books—a Facebook Event. The Fun begins on May 15th and lasts until the Summer Solstice on June 21st. Join in the games and win some prizes. Sign up now so you don't miss a thing!This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds Website________________________________________________________________Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club______________________________________________________________________________________Meet Evan Swensen, your host for Episode 34:The Female Robinson Crusoe and Wrangel Island Expedition MysteryEvan Swensen, book publisher, editor, author, and Author Masterminds charter member along with his wife, Lois, publishes books by authors worldwide. He has been the publisher and editor of Alaska Outdoors magazine and producer of Alaska Outdoors television show and outdoor videos, and host of Alaska Outdoor Radio Magazine. He has been an Alaska resident since 1957.As a pilot, he has logged more than 4,000 hours of flight time in Alaska, in both wheel and float planes. He is a serious recreation hunter and fisherman, equally comfortable casting a flyrod or using bait, or lures. Evan has been published in many national magazines and is the author of five books and publisher of more than 1,000 books by other authors.Evan claims to have the best job in the world; he gets up in the morning, puts on his fishing vest, picks up his fly rod, kisses his wife goodbye, tells her he’s going to work—and she believes him.Author Masterminds: https://authormasterminds.com/evan-swensenAuthor Masterminds One Last Cast book: https://authormasterminds.com/details/XLxrXOne Last Cast on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3H0OzToOne Last Cast short video: https://youtu.be/2wzwWmim-2gAlaska Outdoors https://alaskaoutdoorsmagazine.com.Alaska Outdoors Blog: https://alaskaoutdoorsmagazine.com/blog/Alaska Outdoors Videos: https://bit.ly/37xjUzl21 min
- The Mystery of TimeEpisode 33: The Mystery of TimeThere was a time when we thought we mastered time by clocking it. Nothing could be further from the truth.Fifty years ago, I thought I had mastered time when I strapped on my first Timex windup wristwatch. If I didn’t forget to wind it up every day, I had time under control. How little I understood about time back then.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds Website________________________________________________________________Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club______________________________________________________________________________________Meet Cil Gregoire, your host for Episode 33: The Mystery of TimeCil Gregoire is an Alaska writer who has lived in the state for more than four decades fulfilling her Alaska dream. She has built a log cabin in the woods, commercial fished Bristol Bay and Norton Sound, and lived remotely in the northern Susitna Valley, the primary setting for many of her novels. Possessing a vivid imagination, her fiction specialty is sci-fi/fantasy.Links:Crystalline Aura https://youtu.be/mV-offy2myACrystal Shards https://youtu.be/VkAxmu3Cwawhttps://www.authormasterminds.com/cil-gregoireFacebook: https://bit.ly/3eHhE7k25 min
- Mysterious Sudden Collapse of the Mayan CivilizationEpisode 32: Mysterious Sudden Collapse of the Mayan CivilizationWhat caused the mysterious demise of the Maya? What was the cause that led to the disappearance of one of the greatest civilizations in the history of Mesoamerica? The collapse did not happen all at once; instead, it occurred over time from place to place, between about the late 8th and 925—about ±100 years. Exactly why any of this transpired, though, is a mystery._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds Website________________________________________________________________Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club______________________________________________________________________________________Meet Carl Douglas, your host for Episode 32My pseudonym as an author is Carl Douglass, adopted as a means of telling stories with gripping realism—the truth of which would not bring trouble to my door. My writing of gripping, realistic fiction began after I was obligated to retire from the private practice of neurosurgery due to sudden blindness in my left eye from a retinal detachment which caused loss of stereoscopic vision. I carried with me decades-long knowledge of doctors, hospitals, and institutions of higher learning, including some less than laudatory information. My military experience during the years of the recent unpleasantness in Vietnam also gave me considerable insight. Both of those lengthy experiences provided true grist for the mill of my writing, but neither of them need to connect the stories to the lives of the real people and places where the stories took place. In that sense, I know too much and have no wish to incriminate or to bring harm or embarrassment to real individuals or institutions. My rich and varied life has provided even more fodder to feed my mind and contribute realism to my written work. In my time, I have had to work due to lacking a sugar daddy. I have been a grease monkey, a lumber mill and forest worker, a lifeguard, a slaughterhouse worker, a diener in a morgue, a lab rat, an academic writer, a medical officer in a mental hospital, a naval officer and surgeon, a brig doctor, and a deep diving officer. I have been the husband of one fine wife, the father of four children—one deceased—eleven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. All of them have enriched the depth and breadth of my storytelling.23 min
- Mysteries from the 1990sEpisode 31: Mysteries from the 1990sI'm your host, Victoria Hardesty, and in this episode, I share several mysteries from the 1990s. Welcome aboard!Mysteries include:Who Abucted Amber Hagerman?Who did the Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre?Where did the Oakville Blobs come from?Who killed Yale Senior Suzanna Jovin?Who Sabotaged Amtrak’s Sunset Limited in 1995?What was the Cosford Incident?If it wasn’t O. J. Simpson, who was it?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds Website________________________________________________________________Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club______________________________________________________________________________________Meet Victoria Hardesty, your host for Episode 31: Mysteries from the 1990sVictoria Hardesty has owned, bred, and shown Arabian Horses for more than 30 years. She and her husband operated their own training facility, serving many young people who loved and showed their own horses. She is the author of numerous articles in horse magazines and was the editor of two Arabian Horse Club newsletters, one of which was given the Communications Award of the Year by the Arabian Horse Association at their national convention. An avid reader from childhood, she read every horse story she could get her hands on. Victoria and her writing partner, Nancy Perez, have written seven novels about Arabian horses. Check out their website at http://www.wonderhorsebooks.com/author-bio and see their books at Victoria Hardesty and Nancy Perez | Bookshelf (authormasterminds.com).18 min
- The Doomed Wilcox ExpeditionEpisode 30: The Doomed Wilcox ExpeditionGeorge Mallory once said, “I climb mountains because they are there.” Mallory died climbing Mt. Everest in 1924, and his body wasn’t found for 75 years. George Mallory represents both the passion and the danger for those who climb mountains.On July 18, 1967, a catastrophic snowstorm pummeled Alaska’s Mt. Denali, killing seven of the twelve young men in the Wilcox Expedition attempting to reach the summit. This is still the worst climbing disaster ever to occur in the United States. We will never know what happened at the top of Mt. Denali. Experts can only guess the fate of those seven unlucky climbers.SourcesMy primary source for this newsletter was Denali’s Howl by Andy Hall. If you want to learn more about this tragic event, I highly recommend this book.Hall, Andy. 2014. Denali’s Howl. Plume, the Penguin Group. New York, NY.Manley, Kelley McMillan. 7-2017. Disaster on Denali. 5280.com/ Magazine https://www.5280.com/2017/06/disaster-on-denali/Duke, Kevin. 3-28-2012. Finishing the climb: Babcock finally tells his story of Denali tragedy. Gvnews.com. https://www.gvnews.com/sports/finishing-the-climb-babcock-finally-tells-his-story-of-denali-tragedy/article_d158684c-78f7-11e1-871e-0019bb2963f4.htmlWorrall, Simon. 7-2014. The Denali climb that became one of the deadliest. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/140720-mountain-climbing-denali-mount-mckinley-alaska-national-parks______________________________________________________________________Read about Murder and Mystery in Alaska_________________________________________________________________This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds Website________________________________________________________________Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club______________________________________________________________________________________Meet Robin Barefield, your host for Episode 30Robin Barefield is the author of five Alaska wilderness mystery novels, Big Game, Murder Over Kodiak, The Fisherman’s Daughter, Karluk Bones, and Massacre at Bear Creek Lodge. She has written two nonfiction books, Kodiak Island Wildlife and Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. Sign up to subscribe to her free monthly newsletter on true murder and mystery in Alaska and check out her podcast: Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. Read more about Robin's books at Author Masterminds.36 min
- The Death of Juanita Richardson: Accident, Suicide, or Murder?Episode 29: The Death of Juanita Richardson: Accident, Suicide, or Murder?On June 22, 2006, Juanita Richardson fell to her death. The investigation of her death, and the subsequent trial and conviction of her husband, Thomas Richardson, was not ordinary.Sources:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on appeal from the Western District of Michiganhttps://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?s=MI&d=135150Wife’s plunge sends Thomas Richardson to prison for life. May 20, 2008. The Associated Press https://www.mlive.com/grpress/2008/05/wifes_plunge_sends_thomas_rich.htmlThe Oakland Press / Schoolcraft County jury convicts man in wife’s fatal fall. https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2008/04/17/schoolcraft-county-jury-convicts-man-in-wifes-fatal-fall/Juanita Richardson Murder Case: Where is Thomas Richardson Today? https://spikytv.com/juanita-richardson-murder-case-where-is-thomas-richardson-today/Interview: Natalie Torres, Michigan State Trooper________________________________________________________________________Read about Alaska's Savage River________________________________________________________________________________This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds Website_____________________________________________________Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club_________________________________________________________________________________Meet Valerie Winans, your host for Episode 29Valerie Winans is a graduate of Northwestern Michigan College, a retired state government manager, and a former campground host in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Valerie is the author of three books: Alaska’s Savage River: Inside Denali National Park and Preserve, Road Trip with Remington Beagle: Michigan to Alaska and Back, and A Hero’s Journey: Life Lessons From A Dog And His Friends. A writer of both fiction and non-fiction, her books are written to inform and entertain readers of all ages. She currently resides with her husband in Traverse City, Michigan. More information can be found at www.valeriewinans.com.23 min
- Richard Willoughby and “The City in the Mist”Episode 28: Richard Willoughby and “The City in the Mist”"Did Richard Willoughby really photograph a mirage in the sky, or was he conning the residents of Juneau, Alaska, and the many people who paid dearly for a copy of his photograph?"___________________________________Grab a copy of The Human Face of the Alaska Gold Rush_________________________________________________________________________________This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds Website__________________________________________________________________________Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club________________________________________________________________________________________________Meet Steve Levi, Your Host for Episode 28: Richard Willoughby and "The City in the Mist"23 min
- Ghosts of the DesertEpisode 27: Ghosts of the DesertListen to ghost stories from the California desert.Vallecito Stage StopYaqui Well_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds WebsiteGet to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club______________________________________________________________________________________Meet Victoria Hardesty, your host for Episode 27: Ghosts of the DesertVictoria Hardesty has owned, bred, and shown Arabian Horses for more than 30 years. She and her husband operated their own training facility, serving many young people who loved and showed their own horses. She is the author of numerous articles in horse magazines and was the editor of two Arabian Horse Club newsletters, one of which was given the Communications Award of the Year by the Arabian Horse Association at their national convention. An avid reader from childhood, she read every horse story she could get her hands on. Victoria and her writing partner, Nancy Perez, have written seven novels about Arabian horses. Check out their website at http://www.wonderhorsebooks.com/author-bio and see their books at Victoria Hardesty and Nancy Perez | Bookshelf (authormasterminds.com).18 min
- Christmas Hauntings in EnglandEpisode 26: Christmas Hauntings in EnglandWhen I hear the words ‘ghost’ and ‘Christmas,’ I automatically think about my favorite Christmas story, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens and Scrooge’s nightmare evening of being visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. But did you know other Christmas ghost stories aren’t so full of hope and the spirit of the season? You may not since hauntings are far from most people’s minds during Christmas.Some creepy paranormal occurrences tied to Christmas revolve around certain places that, for one reason or another, become haunted at Christmas time and have been so for a long time. England has several such hauntings. Today, we are traveling across the Pond to the shores of the United Kingdom._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________New Release by Mary Ann PollWelcome to Andalusia Forest, a theme park that once bustled with excitement but now lies abandoned, steeped in mysterious legends and tales of hauntings. This once-beloved destination is still imbued with a captivating allure, a magnet for both treasure seekers and the curious. In this intriguing setting, a tenacious ghost hunter, Chloe Melbourne, teams up with the adventurous Iconoclast trio of Kat, Ken, and Bart. What starts as a straightforward mission to locate a missing friend quickly becomes an exploration of the forest's deeper secrets. No longer home to the whimsical creatures that once danced in the minds of its audience, Andalusia Forest reveals chilling truths hidden in its shadows. Why not embark on this exciting journey? The gates are open for those willing to venture into the unknown. You're invited to discover the enigmatic entities that inhabit these haunting woods. With a balanced blend of whimsy and reality, the tale of Andalusia Forest offers a thrilling yet measured experience. So, take a bold step, and let the answers reveal themselves through your exploration. Andalusia Forest awaits. Will you heed the call?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.Check out the Author Masterminds WebsiteGet to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club________________________________________________________________________________________________Meet Mary Ann Poll, your host for Episode 26: Christmas Hauntings in EnglandMary Ann Poll is the author of five Supernatural Thriller novels, Ravens Cove, Ingress, Gorgon, Dullahan, and Andalusia Forest.Sign up to subscribe for free information about upcoming events at www.maryannpoll.com and check out her podcast Real Ghost Chatter.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________17 min
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Mysterious explores the mysteries in the world around us. Brought to you by authors from a variety of genres, we each tell you about a mystery related to our particular field of expertise. From…
mysterious disappearances and UFOs to the unexplainable behavior of a pig to an unsolved mass murder at sea to a nun who suddenly disappeared. We will explore mysteries in nature, mysterious occurrences in history, and the enigmas of space. Join us and take a closer look at the mysterious world around us.