Mystery Maniacs

🎙️ Episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/25da8fd0

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-cold-cases-midsomer-season-08-binge

Show Notes

This cold case covers our podcast for Season 10 of Midsomer Murders. 

Cold Cases

00:00 Intro

04:14 Episode 52 - "Dance With The Dead" - Food on the Bed, Boobs in a Tree and the Hokey Cokey!

1:16:05 Episode 53 - "The Animal Within" - Light Orgies, Loin Instigations and a Bunny Helmet

2:29:23 Episode 54 - "King's Crystal" - Culley’s Rage and a Teleporting sketchbook 

3:49:09 Episode 55 - "The Axeman Cometh" - Vampires, Exploding Motorcycles, Rug! Fibers! Duh!

5:04:57 Episode 56 - "Death and Dust" - The Patio, Spider-Bryn, and Action Barnaby

6:25:45 Episode 57 - "Picture of Innocence" - Pixel Punks, veggie burgers and Jazzdisco!

7:42:02 Episode 58 - "They Seek Him Here" - Head in a Baggie

8:55:20 Episode 59 - "Death in a Chocolate Box" - Stolen Orange Juice, Fishnets and Level Crossings

Read Along With Us

If you've been listening to the show and want to dive into some actual fiction, this is your week.

Free preview chapters for both of Mark's serial novels are available right now. No credit card, no commitment. Just chapters. Go read them and tell us what you think.

And if you want to keep reading past the previews, the Patreon is open. Five dollars a month gets you one series. Eight gets you both. New chapters every week.

Free chapters - https://markbellauthor.substack.com/

Patreon link - https://patreon.com/markbellauthor

Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

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Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• October 26: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 10/26/26
• October 28: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 10 BINGE
• November 4: November Newsletter
• November 9: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 11/9/26
• November 11: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 11 BINGE

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Mark’s two serial cozy mysteries are almost done, with only five chapters left:

• Early Days & Old Bones: two detectives, a Roman dig, and a murder in the English countryside
• The Missing & The Dead: a professor and her horror-novelist husband solve a dual-timeline campus mystery in Bloomington
• Read Chapters 1–3 free: https://markbellauthor.substack.com/
• Get new chapters weekly ($5 one series, $8 both): https://www.patreon.com/cw/MarkBellAuthor/home

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Connect with the Maniacs:

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Sarah’s twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl

Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

🎙️ Episode:  https://share.transistor.fm/s/2064290b

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-clues-and-reviews-10-26-26

New Mystery Maniacs Clues & Reviews for 10/26/26!

Show Notes

Unsolved Mysteries

• Spring-heeled Jack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring-heeled_Jack
• Göbekli Tepe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe
• Antikythera mechanism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanis
• Voynich manuscript: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript

Stephen Fry’s Johann Gutenberg: Creator Of The First Printing Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-jkS5qOWS8

MARK'S BOOKS
Mark’s two serial cozy mysteries are almost done, with only five chapters left:

• Early Days & Old Bones: two detectives, a Roman dig, and a murder in the English countryside
• The Missing & The Dead: a professor and her horror-novelist husband solve a dual-timeline campus mystery in Bloomington
• Read Chapters 1–3 free: https://markbellauthor.substack.com/
• Get new chapters weekly ($5 one series, $8 both): https://www.patreon.com/cw/MarkBellAuthor/home

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Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

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Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• October 26: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 10/26/26
• October 28: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 10 BINGE
• November 4: November Newsletter
• November 9: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 11/9/26
• November 11: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 11 BINGE

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Connect with the Maniacs:

Rate us on Spotify and Apple!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcast

Twitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacs

Sarah’s twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl

Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

🎙️ Episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a1b09b6c

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-cold-cases-midsomer-season-08-binge

Show Notes

This cold case covers our podcast for Season 9 of Midsomer Murders. 

Cold Cases

00:00 Intro

4:52 Episode 44 - "The House in the Woods" - Mouse Screaming, Suspenseful Beating and Heart Jerky

1:23:38 Episode 45 - "Dead Letters" - A Kangaroo, A Gorilla and La Bamba!

2:42:28 Episode 46 - "Vixen’s Run" -  Monstrous Vegetables, Green Eyes, and Salsa Dancing

3:53:59 Episode 47 - "Down Among the Dead Men" -  Belloq, Hugging Frogs, and a dinghy! 

5:19:46 Episode 48 - "Four Funerals and a Wedding" - The Bonking Braintree from Burma! 

6:33:44 Episode 49 - "Country Matters" - Buttocks, Diving Suze and Fact! 

7:42:36 Episode 50 - "Death in Chorus"-  Misogynistic Shower Door & Soco Fox 

8:55:20 Episode 51 - "Last Year's Model" - Embryonic Feelings, Edwarda, and The Jungle Room  

Read Along With Us

If you've been listening to the show and want to dive into some actual fiction, this is your week.

Free preview chapters for both of Mark's serial novels are available right now. No credit card, no commitment. Just chapters. Go read them and tell us what you think.

And if you want to keep reading past the previews, the Patreon is open. Five dollars a month gets you one series. Eight gets you both. New chapters every week.

Free chapters - https://markbellauthor.substack.com/

Patreon link  - https://patreon.com/markbellauthor

Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

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Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• 
  October 19: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 10/19/26
• October 21: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 10 BINGE
• October 26: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 10/26/26
• October 28: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 11 BINGE
• November 4: November Newsletter

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Connect with the Maniacs:

Rate us on Spotify and Apple!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcast

Twitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacs

Sarah’s twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl

Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

🎙️ Episode:  https://share.transistor.fm/s/6743a778

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-clues-and-reviews-10-12-26

New Mystery Maniacs Clues & Reviews for 10/12/26!

Show Notes

Murdoch on Dragon’s Den

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iouXR_4bEkg

Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

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Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• October 14: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 09 BINGE
• October 19: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 10/19/26
• October 21: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 10 BINGE
• October 26: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 10/26/26
• October 28: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 11 BINGE
• November 4: November Newsletter

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Mark’s Novel Preview Available here: https://www.patreon.com/MarkBellAuthor/posts/start-here-154402574

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Connect with the Maniacs:

Rate us on Spotify and Apple!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcast

Twitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacs

Sarah’s twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl

Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

🎙️ Episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/ef72edd7

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-cold-cases-midsomer-season-08-binge

Show Notes

This cold case covers our podcast for Season 8 of Midsomer Murders. 

Cold Cases

00:00 Intro

3:40 Episode 36 - "Things That Go Bump in the Night" - Ronald’s Saggy Jumblies and Fist Eating!

1:23:25 Episode 37 - "Dead in the Water" -"Dead In The Water" -  A Rat Boat, A Sweet Man and Lobsters!

2:40:59 Episode 38 - "Orchis Fatalis" - Knickers, Passports and Mouse Pee!

4:10:07 Episode 39 - "Bantling Boy" - Ginormous Knobs,   Bloody Hooves and Killer Video Games

5:24:22 Episode 40 - "Second Sight" - Horse Brasses, FrankenMal and Deep-fried Brains!

6:45:20 Episode 41 - "Hidden Depths" - Murder Poetry, Arts and Craft Killer and Shuddering Squirts of Agony!

8:08:58 Episode 42 - "Sauce for the Goose" - Dexter’s Midnight Thong!

9:23:38 Episode 43 - "Midsomer Rhapsody" - Brain-swapping Time Travelers

Read Along With Us

If you've been listening to the show and want to dive into some actual fiction, this is your week.

Free preview chapters for both of Mark's serial novels are available right now. No credit card, no commitment. Just chapters. Go read them and tell us what you think.

And if you want to keep reading past the previews, the Patreon is open. Five dollars a month gets you one series. Eight gets you both. New chapters every week.

Free chapters - https://markbellauthor.substack.com/

Patreon link  - https://patreon.com/markbellauthor

Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

-----------------------------------

Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• October 7: October Newsletter

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Connect with the Maniacs:

Rate us on Spotify and Apple!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcast

Twitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacs

Sarah’s twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl

Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

🎙️ Episode:  https://share.transistor.fm/s/a6d56766

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-clues-and-reviews-10-05-26

New Mystery Maniacs Clues & Reviews for 10/05/26!

Show Notes

🎙️ Episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/42cb6967

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-cold-cases-midsomer-season-07-binge

Show Notes

This cold case covers our podcast for Season 7 of Midsomer Murders. 

Cold Cases

00:00 Intro

10:40 Episode 29 - "The Green Man" - Pause Tom and the Yob Magnets in the Research Dungeon

1:24:10 Episode 30 - "Bad Tidings" - Cactus Jack, You You Cow and 3 Red!

2:41:33 Episode 31 - "The Fisher King" - Barrows, Spear Fishing and Doors Wide Open

3:40:28 Episode 32 - "Sins of Commission" - The Black Lodge, Pants Pub and a Flyswater!

4:52:01 Episode 33 - "The Maid in Splendour" - Bembo, Lorna's Teeth and a Love Shack

5:49:51 Episode 34 - "The Straw Woman" - Vicars on Fire, Country Polka and Elvis?

7:05:08 Episode 35 - "Ghosts of Christmas Past" - Pam, Bonking and a Fungus Cardigan!

Read Along With Us

If you've been listening to the show and want to dive into some actual fiction, this is your week.

Free preview chapters for both of Mark's serial novels are available right now. No credit card, no commitment. Just chapters. Go read them and tell us what you think.

And if you want to keep reading past the previews, the Patreon is open. Five dollars a month gets you one series. Eight gets you both. New chapters every week.

Free chapters - https://markbellauthor.substack.com/

Patreon link  - https://patreon.com/markbellauthor

Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

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Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• September 28: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 09/14/26 
• September 30:  Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 07 BINGE
• October 5: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 09/14/26 
• October 7: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 07 BINGE
• October 7: October Newsletter

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Connect with the Maniacs:

Rate us on Spotify and Apple!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcast

Twitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacs

Sarah’s twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl

Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

🎙️ Episode:  https://share.transistor.fm/s/da38f495

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-clues-and-reviews-9-21-26

New Mystery Maniacs Clues & Reviews for 09/21/26!

Show Notes

Cooper & Fry Books

https://www.stephen-booth.com/Books.htm

Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

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Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• September 23:  Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 06 BINGE
• September 28: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 09/14/26 
• September 30:  Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 07 BINGE
• October 5: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 09/14/26 
• October 7: Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 07 BINGE
• October 7: October Newsletter

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Mark’s Novel Preview Available here: https://www.patreon.com/MarkBellAuthor/posts/start-here-154402574

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Connect with the Maniacs:

Rate us on Spotify and Apple!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcast

Twitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacs

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Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

🎙️ Episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/fd85080a

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-cold-cases-midsomer-season-06-binge

Show Notes

This cold case covers our podcast for Season 6 of Midsomer Murders. 

Cold Cases

00:00 Intro

04:43 Episode 24 - "A Talent for Life" - Bookmobiles, Oysters and Chicken Wings!

1:14:31 Episode 25 - "Death and Dreams" - Majorettes, Dean's cakes, and a serpent horn!

2:20:22 Episode 26 - "Painted in Blood" - Ankles, Fat Suits & Operation Pond Life!

3:30:57 Episode 27 - "A Tale of Two Hamlets" - Satan's Plot Holes, An Armory and Danny's Meatballs

4:45:33 Episode 28 - "Birds of Prey" - Bad Wallpaper, The Wrong Sausages and The Eggman

Read Along With Us

If you've been listening to the show and want to dive into some actual fiction, this is your week.

Free preview chapters for both of Mark's serial novels are available right now. No credit card, no commitment. Just chapters. Go read them and tell us what you think.

And if you want to keep reading past the previews, the Patreon is open. Five dollars a month gets you one series. Eight gets you both. New chapters every week.

Free chapters - https://markbellauthor.substack.com/

Patreon link  - https://patreon.com/markbellauthor

Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

-----------------------------------

Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• September 14: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 09/14/26 
• September 16:  Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 07 BINGE

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NEWSLETTER: Keep up with all things Mystery Maniac through our newsletter!

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Connect with the Maniacs:

Rate us on Spotify and Apple!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcast

Twitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacs

Sarah’s twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl

Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

🎙️ Episode:  https://share.transistor.fm/s/7b2ceb30

📓 Show Notes: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/episodes/mystery-maniacs-clues-and-reviews-9-7-26

New Mystery Maniacs Clues & Reviews for 09/07/26!

Show Notes

The Murder At Worlds End by Ross Montgomery

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-murder-at-worlds-end-ross-montgomery?variant=43756166610978

Simon R Green’s Ismail Jones Books

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Dark-Side-of-the-Road/Simon-R-Green/9781982192211

Thanks again for listening!

Mark & Sarah

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Upcoming Tentative  Schedule

• September 7: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 09/07/26 
• September 9:  Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 06 BINGE
• September 14: Mystery Maniacs - Clues and Reviews 09/14/26 
• September 16:  Mystery Maniacs - Cold Cases - Midsomer Season 07 BINGE

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Connect with the Maniacs:

Rate us on Spotify and Apple!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcast

Twitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacs

Sarah’s twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl

Mark’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter

IG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/

Email - [email protected]

Web - mysterymaniacspodcast.com