PAINT BY MURDERS - a Harrisburg Homicide Mystery

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the third episode of the fourth season.

Paint by Murders – Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries, is an original podcast based on my mystery novels. Season four is based on my novella, A MARKET FOR MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the story.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on

Paint by Murders features the painter, and amateur detective, Keith Reed, his wife Ginger, their crew of neighborhood friends, and the cozy, but sometimes dangerous city of Harrisburg. 

In the last episode, Keith begins his investigation into Richard Roth’s murder at the Market, and he’s filling up his whiteboard with clues to ponder. On Saturday morning, Keith and his friend William chat up a number of vendors at the Market to see what else they can find -and it leads them to the very fishy – and by fishy, I mean suspicious – fish guy, Jack. 

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the second episode of the fourth season.

Paint by Murders – Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries, is an original podcast based on my mystery novels. Season four is based on my novella, A MARKET FOR MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the story.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on

Paint by Murders features the painter, and amateur detective, Keith Reed, his wife Ginger, their crew of neighborhood friends, and the cozy, but sometimes dangerous city of Harrisburg. 

In the last episode, the bludgeoned body of Richard Roth, the Market Master of the Broad Street Market, was found in the Belford’s Bagels stall. Many people had issues with Richard, but Belford had been seen arguing with him the day before and now Belford has been arrested for murder. Ginger’s boss Stephan, and his husband Adam, are old friends of Belford and have asked Keith to do what he can to prove Belford is innocent. With some regret and hesitation, he accepts. 

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the first episode of the fourth season.

Paint by Murders – Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries, is an original podcast based on my mystery novels. Season four picks up where season three ended, and is based on my novella, A MARKET FOR MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the story.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on

Paint by Murders features the painter, and amateur detective, Keith Reed, his wife Ginger, their crew of neighborhood friends, and the cozy, but sometimes dangerous city of Harrisburg. 

If you’ve been enjoying the episodes, please leave a review and share this with your friends.

If you would like more information about the project, of have comments you would like to share, please do so on the social media pages where you found this, or email me at [email protected]

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the fifth and final episode of the third season.

Paint by Murders – Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries, is an original podcast based on my mystery novels. Season three is based on my novella, BOOK CLUBS CAN BE MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the story.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on

Paint by Murders features the painter, and amateur detective, Keith Reed, his wife Ginger, their crew of neighborhood friends, and the cozy, but sometimes dangerous city of Harrisburg. 

In the last episode, Keith hosted the book club at the gallery and finally got to meet all the suspects in person. However, he found that his deductive skills were lacking a bit when he kept on making wrong guesses about who was who as they arrived. Eventually, it was all sorted out and they had a nice evening getting to know each other. At the end of the evening, Keith and Harmony were talking and something she said about Susan helped Keith to figure things out. And now, we find out what that is!

Here's a list of the book club members:

The Midtown Book, Social, and Food Club

William – mid 40s, attorney, single dad, been in the book club almost 10 years, friend – not a suspect.

Linda – early 70s, retired from the state, looks like a retired gym teacher, mystery fan, bourbon fan, original founder of the club, knows her poisons (is that weird?) – was the first one suspicious of Desmond’s death, thinks it was arsenic.

Pearl – mid 60s, retired from the state, widowed 3 times under mysterious circumstances, original founder, next-door neighbor to Linda, no motive?

Claire – late 30s or so, married to Luke, chemical engineer, dated Desmond, loud, club leader? original founder, loves to host elaborate dinner parties, Desmond was killed in her house, across the street from his, she didn’t seem to care that he teased her.

Phoebe – around 50, single, taciturn, sweet, works for state in finance? Disappears at times – “secret agent.”

Susan – mid 40s, not a big reader, lives near William, married to Ted (who hated Desmond for his flirting, but wasn’t at the dinner).

Deanne – early 30s, married, hippy soap maker, didn’t like Desmond, called him out, friends with Claire.

Synthia – mid 50s, married, attractive, newest member of the club, recently moved from Colorado, husband a pharmacist?  lives near Claire and Desmond (Linda thinks she was having an affair with Desmond and killed him).

Harmony – late 50’s, single, quiet, recently retired from corporate job, travels a lot, wealthy?

Desmond – 55, dead, single, British (accent at least), marketing exec., flirted with almost any woman, teased them too, wrote the club’s newsletter, lived across the street from Claire and near Synthia, buys lots of flowers. 

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Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoy the story! And stay tuned for Season 4, coming out in Spring 2025!!

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the fourth episode of the third season.

Paint by Murders – Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries, is an original podcast based on my mystery novels. Season three is based on my novella, BOOK CLUBS CAN BE MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the story.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on

Paint by Murders features the painter, and amateur detective, Keith Reed, his wife Ginger, their crew of neighborhood friends, and the cozy, but sometimes dangerous city of Harrisburg. 

In the last episode, Keith and William took a long walk along the Susquehanna River Walk to talk through who in the book club could be the murderer.  William then invites Keith to join the book club, both to help him solve Desmond’s murder, but also because with him gone they need another guy in the group. Keith agrees and plans to host the club at the gallery. Later on Keith has a very weird dream about Desmond’s murder – the words, all of them, echo in his mind after.

Here's a list of the book club members:

The Midtown Book, Social, and Food Club

William – mid 40s, attorney, single dad, been in the book club almost 10 years, friend – not a suspect.

Linda – early 70s, retired from the state, looks like a retired gym teacher, mystery fan, bourbon fan, original founder of the club, knows her poisons (is that weird?) – was the first one suspicious of Desmond’s death, thinks it was arsenic.

Pearl – mid 60s, retired from the state, widowed 3 times under mysterious circumstances, original founder, next-door neighbor to Linda, no motive?

Claire – late 30s or so, married to Luke, chemical engineer, dated Desmond, loud, club leader? original founder, loves to host elaborate dinner parties, Desmond was killed in her house, across the street from his, she didn’t seem to care that he teased her.

Phoebe – around 50, single, taciturn, sweet, works for state in finance? Disappears at times – “secret agent.”

Susan – mid 40s, not a big reader, lives near William, married to Ted (who hated Desmond for his flirting, but wasn’t at the dinner).

Deanne – early 30s, married, hippy soap maker, didn’t like Desmond, called him out, friends with Claire.

Synthia – mid 50s, married, attractive, newest member of the club, recently moved from Colorado, husband a pharmacist?  lives near Claire and Desmond (Linda thinks she was having an affair with Desmond and killed him).

Harmony – late 50’s, single, quiet, recently retired from corporate job, travels a lot, wealthy?

Desmond – 55, dead, single, British (accent at least), marketing exec., flirted with almost any woman, teased them too, wrote the club’s newsletter, lived across the street from Claire and near Synthia, buys lots of flowers. 

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If you would like more information about the project, of have comments you would like to share, please do so on the social media pages where you found this, or email me at [email protected]

Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoy the story!

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the third episode of the third season.

Paint by Murders – Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries, is an original podcast based on my mystery novels. Season three is based on my novella, BOOK CLUBS CAN BE MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the story.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on

Paint by Murders features the painter, and amateur detective, Keith Reed, his wife Ginger, their crew of neighborhood friends, and the cozy, but sometimes dangerous city of Harrisburg. 

In the last episode, Keith met with William and Linda at The River Room to review who is in the book club, and who could be a murderer. Here's the list:

The Midtown Book, Social, and Food Club

William – mid 40s, attorney, single dad, been in the book club almost 10 years, friend – not a suspect.

Linda – early 70s, retired from the state, looks like a retired gym teacher, mystery fan, bourbon fan, original founder of the club, knows her poisons (is that weird?) – was the first one suspicious of Desmond’s death, thinks it was arsenic.

Pearl – mid 60s, retired from the state, widowed 3 times under mysterious circumstances, original founder, next-door neighbor to Linda, no motive?

Claire – late 30s or so, married to Luke, chemical engineer, dated Desmond, loud, club leader? original founder, loves to host elaborate dinner parties, Desmond was killed in her house, across the street from his, she didn’t seem to care that he teased her.

Phoebe – around 50, single, taciturn, sweet, works for state in finance? Disappears at times – “secret agent.”

Susan – mid 40s, not a big reader, lives near William, married to Ted (who hated Desmond for his flirting, but wasn’t at the dinner).

Deanne – early 30s, married, hippy soap maker, didn’t like Desmond, called him out, friends with Claire.

Synthia – mid 50s, married, attractive, newest member of the club, recently moved from Colorado, husband a pharmacist?  lives near Claire and Desmond (Linda thinks she was having an affair with Desmond and killed him).

Harmony – late 50’s, single, quiet, recently retired from corporate job, travels a lot, wealthy?

Desmond – 55, dead, single, British (accent at least), marketing exec., flirted with almost any woman, teased them too, wrote the club’s newsletter, lived across the street from Claire and near Synthia, buys lots of flowers. 

Michael then reminded Keith that he was not supposed to bring his detective work into the River Room because it was hazardous to the bar. And then Ginger went over the list of flowers Desmond sent to women in the book club and realized that Susan, Deane, Synthia, Phoebe, and Harmony all possibly had motives to kill him. 

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the second episode of the third season.

Paint by Murders – Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries, is an original podcast based on my mystery novels. Season three is based on my novella, BOOK CLUBS CAN BE MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the story.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on

Paint by Murders features the painter, and amateur detective, Keith Reed, his wife Ginger, their crew of neighborhood friends, and the cozy, but sometimes dangerous city of Harrisburg. 

In the last episode, Keith was preparing a gallery exhibit of art inspired by kites when his friend William Hill came by to ask him to investigate the murder of Desmond Lang, who died mysteriously after attending William’s book club meeting. With Ginger’s encouragement, Keith agrees and meets up with William, and fellow book club member Linda at The River Room to review who is in the book club, and who could be a murderer.

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If you would like more information about the project, of have comments you would like to share, please do so on the social media pages where you found this, or email me at [email protected]

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the first episode of the third season.

Paint by Murders – Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries, is an original podcast based on my mystery novels. Season three picks up where season two ended based on my novella, BOOK CLUBS CAN BE MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the story.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on

Paint by Murders features the painter, and amateur detective, Keith Reed, his wife Ginger, their crew of neighborhood friends, and the cozy, but sometimes dangerous city of Harrisburg. 

If you listened to the bonus content of the last episode of season two, then you’ve probably heard the first chapter here already. If you want to skip ahead to chapter 2, it starts at ABOUT 15:30. But I hope you give the whole episode a listen in its entirety. 

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 The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the twelfth and last episode of the second season. Season two is based on my second mystery novel, SLEIGHT OF MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the novel.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on.

In the last episode Heidi, the bird lady, reminded Keith that not just the boys but the girls in private schools also wear neck ties. Keith then went to William Hill’s house where he asked questions of William’s daughter Joanna about her school-mate Olivia. Yes, Oliva wears a tie. Yes, Oliva skateboards. And yes, she can turn violent if you call her Olive.

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Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoy the story!

Oh, and stick around after the music ends for a sneak preview of the third season, BOOK CLUBS CAN BE MURDER

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The Paint by Murders - Harrisburg Homicide Mysteries podcast is an original podcast based on a series of unpublished mystery novels. It is written, hosted, and narrated by M. Travis DiNicola.

This is the eleventh episode of the second season. Season two is based on my second mystery novel, SLEIGHT OF MURDER, and each episode features subsequent installments from the novel.

In this series the Capital city and its art galleries, bars, restaurants, and long-held secrets are featured in these cozy-inspired mysteries that are as unpredictable as the mighty Susquehanna River it sits on.

In the last episode Detective Henry confirmed that there was blood on the tie that was flushed down the toilet at The River Room, but there is no proof that Patricia Pencey was the person who flushed it. Henry also asks Keith some strange questions about skateboards. Ginger and Keith continue to speculate who the killer is and come to the conclusion that it could have been the young Matthew Pencey, but they have no proof. Qwerty then performs the “broken wand” ceremony to honor Tallulah’s life as a magician.

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