Following the conclusion of Season One, creator/writer Diana Renn chats with audio engineer and sound designer Hayden Robinson about storytelling with sound, recording audio drama on your own versus with a production crew, creating Foley sound effects, why sound design is like painting, and more about their collaboration on the full-cast audio drama Rambling Roads Mysteries.

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

Cover art by J. Kotick. 

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

For more information on Creator / Writer Diana Renn, and her books for children and teens, visit her website: https://dianarennbooks.com/

Hayden Robinson is the sound designer of Rambling Roads Mysteries. He serves as an instructor at Western Piedmont Community College (where the show was recorded), teaching in the Film Production program as well as the Animation program. His media experience ranges from indie film production, to news broadcasting, to more recently a TTRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Game) YouTube Channel. Hayden has taken his experiences in these various mediums and brought them to develop immersive and entertaining audio productions. He also does voice acting, and is the golden voice of the episode introductions in Rambling Roads Mysteries. To see AND hear more of Hayden’s work, visit https://monktusk.carrd.co.

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Following the conclusion of Season One, creator/writer Diana Renn chats with lead voice actor and production manager Nora Shalaway Carpenter about the paths that led to their collaboration on the full-cast, seven-episode audio drama Rambling Roads Mysteries.

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

Cover art by J. Kotick. 

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

For more information on Creator / Writer Diana Renn, and her books for children and teens, visit her website: https://dianarennbooks.com/

For more information on Production Manager and Lead Voice Actor Nora Shalaway Carpenter, including her audio book narration and her books for children and teens (including her climate fiction anthology, Onward), visit her website: https://noracarpenterwrites.com/

For more information on the Nature Generation and the Green Earth Book Award (Nora is an award winner for her YA novel Fault Lines, and Diana's middle grade novels Trouble at Turtle Pond and The Owl Prowl Mystery were both Honor Books), and for their lists of award-wining books that inspire environmental stewardship, visit https://natgen.org/programs/green-earth-book-awards/

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Connect with us on Instagram at @ramblingroadsmysteries and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RamblingRoadsMysteries for behind-the-scenes conversations and more! 

Want to read along? Official transcripts for every episode are available on our podcast host page if your podcast app doesn't display them: https://ramblingroadsmysteries.buzzsprout.com

Support the Show!

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A long-hidden secret helps clear a friend’s name and exposes the truth behind the tree-poaching operation. When Evelyn’s discovery puts her in a precarious position, the Rambling Roads tour guides take a revolutionary stand. The mystery is solved, but a confrontation with a Turners Grove power player suggests more trouble to come.  

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

Cover art by J. Kotick. 

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

Follow the Trail

Connect with us on Instagram at @ramblingroadsmysteries and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RamblingRoadsMysteries for behind-the-scenes conversations and more! 

Want to read along? Official transcripts for every episode are available on our podcast host page if your podcast app doesn't display them: https://ramblingroadsmysteries.buzzsprout.com

Support the Show!

Rambling Roads Mysteries is an independent podcast production. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the show, leave a rating or review, and share Rambling Roads Mysteries with a fellow mystery lover.

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A missing maple and a fresh clue help Evelyn—and Detective Wu—link cases of suspicious tree work across Turners Grove. But as Evelyn steps up her investigation, so does someone’s effort to throw her off the trail. When a startling new development draws one of Evelyn’s friends into the police investigation, the search for the truth becomes more urgent than ever.

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

Cover art by J. Kotick.

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

Follow the Trail

Connect with us on Instagram at @ramblingroadsmysteries and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RamblingRoadsMysteries for behind-the-scenes conversations and more! 

Want to read along? Official transcripts for every episode are available on our podcast host page if your podcast app doesn't display them: https://ramblingroadsmysteries.buzzsprout.com

Support the Show!

Rambling Roads Mysteries is an independent podcast production. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the show, leave a rating or review, and share Rambling Roads Mysteries with a fellow mystery lover.

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Dinner at an elegant Turners Grove restaurant leads Evelyn and Laila to uncover an unexpected connection between the Hargraves and one of Turners Grove's most powerful families. As Evelyn grows closer to Jordan, she and the Rambling Roads tour guides devise a scheme to learn who was after the fallen sugar maple, only to discover they've been outmaneuvered. 

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

Cover art by J. Kotick.

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

Follow the Trail

Connect with us on Instagram at @ramblingroadsmysteries and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RamblingRoadsMysteries for behind-the-scenes conversations and more! 

Want to read along? Official transcripts for every episode are available on our podcast host page if your podcast app doesn't display them: https://ramblingroadsmysteries.buzzsprout.com

Support the Show!

Rambling Roads Mysteries is an independent podcast production. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the show, leave a rating or review, and share Rambling Roads Mysteries with a fellow mystery lover.

We welcome donations! Listener support helps cover the costs of producing the show and paves the way for future seasons! https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw2Fi7XG4Go66qgEg00

Fresh clues suggest the suspected timber poaching may be more widespread than Evelyn realized. Undeterred by the Hargraves' sudden defensiveness and Detective Wu's intervention, Evelyn finds a creative way to enlist the Rambling Roads Walking Tours team and keep more eyes on the woods. 

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

Cover art by J. Kotick.

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

Follow the Trail

Connect with us on Instagram at @ramblingroadsmysteries and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RamblingRoadsMysteries for behind-the-scenes conversations and more! 

Want to read along? Official transcripts for every episode are available on our podcast host page if your podcast app doesn't display them: https://ramblingroadsmysteries.buzzsprout.com

Support the Show!

Rambling Roads Mysteries is an independent podcast production. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the show, leave a rating or review, and share Rambling Roads Mysteries with a fellow mystery lover.

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Continuing her investigation into suspected timber poaching, Evelyn joins Theo for a conservation compliance check along Rambling Roads Walking Tours' new route. The discovery of a hidden stash of valuable wood strengthens her suspicions. Jordan worries about her safety, and Avery Treadwell, a Rambling Roads ghost tour guide, shares a chilling local legend. When a massive sugar maple crashes outside Evelyn's house during a storm, a mysterious figure approaches the fallen tree...and her.

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

Follow the Trail

Connect with us on Instagram at @ramblingroadsmysteries and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RamblingRoadsMysteries for behind-the-scenes conversations and more! 

Want to read along? Official transcripts for every episode are available on our podcast host page if your podcast app doesn't display them: https://ramblingroadsmysteries.buzzsprout.com

Support the Show!

Rambling Roads Mysteries is an independent podcast production. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the show, leave a rating or review, and share Rambling Roads Mysteries with a fellow mystery lover.

We welcome donations! Listener support helps cover the costs of producing the show and paves the way for future seasons! https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw2Fi7XG4Go66qgEg00

Ignoring conservation office protocol, Evelyn returns to the Hargrave estate to question its new owners, Alex and Megan, about the late Eleanor Hargrave’s property records, while Jordan helps link the mysterious tree-cutting clues to possible timber poaching. But when a key piece of evidence disappears and a chilling warning appears, Evelyn realizes someone is watching her.

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

Follow the Trail

Connect with us on Instagram at @ramblingroadsmysteries and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RamblingRoadsMysteries for behind-the-scenes conversations and more! 

Want to read along? Official transcripts for every episode are available on our podcast host page if your podcast app doesn't display them: https://ramblingroadsmysteries.buzzsprout.com

Support the Show!

Rambling Roads Mysteries is an independent podcast production. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the show, leave a rating or review, and share Rambling Roads Mysteries with a fellow mystery lover.

We welcome donations! Listener support helps cover the costs of producing the show and paves the way for future seasons! https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw2Fi7XG4Go66qgEg00

Seeking a fresh start in Turners Grove, former journalist and dog walker Evelyn Carlisle takes a job with the local conservation office, where signs of illegal tree cutting on protected land awaken her investigative instincts. After crossing paths with Theo Lambert, an enterprising walking tour guide, and wildlife biologist Jordan Bennett, who shares her concerns, Evelyn suspects someone is illegally cutting valuable trees and covering their tracks.

About Rambling Roads Mysteries

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Credits

Rambling Roads Mysteries was created and written by Diana Renn, with production management by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and sound design by Hayden Robinson. It was recorded at the Western Piedmont Community College Production Studio in Morganton, North Carolina. 

The production incorporates professionally licensed sound effects and music from sources including Monument Studios, Adobe, and CC0 recordings from Freesound.org, all used in accordance with the applicable licenses.

Theme music "HEAP" by Life Span (FineTune Music), licensed through Adobe Stock.

For cast and crew bios, visit our website https://ramblingroadsmysteries.com/

Follow the Trail

Connect with us on Instagram at @ramblingroadsmysteries and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RamblingRoadsMysteries for behind-the-scenes conversations and more! 

Want to read along? Official transcripts for every episode are available on our podcast host page if your podcast app doesn't display them: https://ramblingroadsmysteries.buzzsprout.com

Support the Show!

Rambling Roads Mysteries is an independent podcast production. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the show, leave a rating or review, and share Rambling Roads Mysteries with a fellow mystery lover.

We welcome donations! Listener support helps cover the costs of producing the show and paves the way for future seasons! https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw2Fi7XG4Go66qgEg00

Rambling Roads Mysteries is a full-cast audio drama set in the town of Turners Grove, Massachusetts, where former journalist Evelyn Carlisle teams up with the enterprising guides of Rambling Roads Walking Tours to solve ecological mysteries and conservation crimes. Cozy mystery meets environmental suspense in a series about community, second chances, and protecting the places we love.

Season 1: Out on a Limb (7 episodes). Working at the Turners Grove conservation office was meant to be a fresh start for journalist-turned-dogwalker Evelyn Carlisle. But when an easement inspection on a local estate reveals signs of illegal tree cutting, her investigative instincts are rekindled. As she gathers an unlikely team of allies, she's drawn into a dangerous mystery involving powerful landowners and long-buried secrets.

Premieres July 30, 2026. See you on the trail!