It’s time for us to place our bets with The Croupier as we listen to the series’ only surviving episode, “The Roman,” starring Vincent Price! The story features a husband and wife whose marriage is struggling when they suddenly find themselves lost at sea. Once there, their fate becomes strangely entwined with a mysterious Roman centurion! What does this somber Roman want? Can these disparate story elements come together to form a whole? Which comic book character from the 1980s are we going to name-check this time? Listen for yourself and find out!

We’re paying our first visit to the South African series, High Adventure! This episode, entitled “Keeper of the Tomb,” features a team of scientists who set out to explore the bottom of a pit on a South African farm, where an impossible archeological tomb awaits them. How could this ancient civilization have existed in such an odd location? Once there, what terrible bargain will these explorers make to escape? Would the police really investigate the death of a mummified corpse? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!

This time we’re listening to a chilling installment of Escape entitled “Taboo”! Based on a story by Geoffrey Household, this episode features a man returning to his ancestral homeland in the rural forests of Eastern Europe where he befriends a couple who are also visiting. But their vacation takes a dark turn when some of the villagers go missing and whispers of a werewolf begin to spread. Is there truly a monster in the woods hunting for meat? If so, who is it that is turning into this beast? Can Paul Frees out-William-Conrad William Conrad? Listen for yourself and find out!

We celebrated Halloween season with The Shadow! In this episode, “The Mark of the Bat,” Lamont and Margo investigate a mysterious death, possibly the result of a vampire attack! The victim’s daughter looks to Margo to help her escape from a mad scientist with access to a bat-filled grotto! Can The Shadow bring this criminal to justice? What sort of obstacle will it take to interrupt The Shadow’s relentless pursuit of a criminal? Did this bat’s car really run out of gas? Listen for yourself and find out!

We’ve finally reached the finale of “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” from I Love a Mystery! In these last three episodes, a grave is disturbed and the time to leave this tiny town has come. It’s time to discover what’s actually happening! What is in the coffin that Jack, Doc, and Reggie buried? How has the Maestro achieved all of his apparent miracles? Now that we’ve spent seven episodes on this series, did we like it? Listen for yourself and find out! 

It’s out penultimate episode dedicated to “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” from I Love a Mystery! In parts 11 and 12, a body has been buried and we now know the real crime motivating all these mysteries. For the moment no one can leave this strange little town, but for Jack, Doc, and Reggie, time is running out to find out who is responsible for everything that has happened! Can the Maestro summon girls out of the air? What’s Jumpin’ Dick really up to? How many times can you get hit in the head before it starts to do some real damage? Listen for yourself and find out!

This week, we’ve traveled deep into enigma that is “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” from I Love a Mystery! In parts 9 and 10, Doc and Reggie reunite with Jack after several events that took place sometime between the end of the last episode and the beginning of this one. After reviewing all the facts, Jack leaves his two partners behind so they can keep an eye on the Maestro. Should they do as he asked or follow Jack to keep him safe? How did the Maestro get the supplies to assemble his project? Are people really terrified by beards? Listen for yourself and find out! 

We’re halfway through our ongoing exploration of “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” from I Love a Mystery! In parts 7 and 8 Jack, Reggie, and Doc are searching the Arizona desert at night, despite the sounds of screams, wolves, and gunshots! And we finally get to meet Jumpin’ Dick’s daughter! Is she lying about him or is her father the liar? What does the Maestro have planned for the next night? Will someone finally explain what greasewood is? Listen for yourself and find out!

Our exploration of “Bury Your Dead, Arizona” from I Love a Mystery continues! In parts 5 and 6 Jack, Reggie, and Doc make their way to Dry Gulch Mary’s boarding house and arrange room and board for themselves as well as The Maestro and Nasha! Soon they discover that Mary herself can be very intrusive and the Maestro still plans on calling forth wolves to carry out the curse he placed on the town! Will Doc ever meet his potential bride, Laura? How does Mary keep her prices so low? What important Minneapolis-based trivia vaguely applies to this plot? Listen for yourself and find out!

We continue our journey through “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” from I Love a Mystery! In parts 3 and 4 Jack, Reggie, and Doc are still travelling by box car and undergoing strange and inexplicable experiences, all apparently orchestrated by the strange man known as “The Maestro”! But even as bodies disappear and reappear, things grow even more bizarre when they find themselves abandoned in the middle of a desert! How is The Maestro manifesting these apparent miracles? Can he really curse a whole town? What sort of community only has two women but everyone has a hilarious nickname? Listen for yourself and find out!