The Mystery Hour (Nighty Night)
From famed podcaster Rabia Chaudry comes a narrated series of works from award-winning, long-running suspense magazines. Partnering with both Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazines, Rabia dives into stories inspired by the Master of Suspense. Dive head first into the mystery hour.
Episodes
Swim at Your Own Risk
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The Case of the Cereal Killer
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The Lure of the Crocodile
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No Title No Clout
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So South It Was
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Gannets and Ghouls
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Close Scrutiny
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The Theft of Las Meninas
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Bonus Round
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Green and California Bound
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Thick as Thieves
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Miss Direction
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Homework
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The Long-Term Tenant
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The Seven-Day Itch
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The Duelist
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Go Home
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Better Days
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Protection
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Mary Poppins Didn't Have Tattoos
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Bothering with Details
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Twenty Centuries
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Entwined
Story Author: Brian Tobin
"Entwined" was published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine in June 2015. It was also included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2016. Additionally, it can be found in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt high school textbook Literature.
The following was in the contributors' notes of Best American Mystery Stories:
*“Entwined” was inspired by an episode of This American
The Pact
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Blindsided
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Lake People
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Death in the Moonlight
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Ghost Negligence
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Drive, Mary
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Holiday Break Episode 02: The Road to Hana
The tropics can be relaxing and beautiful, especially for an exhausted homicide detective needing a break. Unfortunately, murder never takes a break, and what’s beautiful can also be deadly.
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Holiday Break Episode 01: A Small Mercy
A storm is brewing, police lights are flashing, and an entire neighborhood is on alert with a killer on the loose in the premiere episode of The Mystery Hour, "A Small Mercy".
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The Christmas Club
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A Change of Heart
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Turnabout
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A Stroll to Botany Bay
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The Extremely Pleasant and Most Helpful Lady With Three Ears
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Wait for the Blackout
The foster care system is a double-edged sword, with vulnerable children balancing on the blade.
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The Library of Poisonville
Sometimes the price of progress is so high, it is worth killing for.
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The Little Irene
The world of art is full of beauty…and deception
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Into the Silent Land
A mother’s heart will believe anything but the worst.
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The Void
The quest to escape our bodies and experience another realm is as old as time, despite not knowing what horrors lay on the other side.
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Kit's Pad
Killing for crypto is nothing new in the world of crime, but sometimes it’s the least likely person to end up on top.
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On Soi Arab
The stakes are high in the world of international intrigue, where often nothing is as it seems.
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Redbeard
Everyone takes pride in looking like an ancestor - but rarely do we consider that ancestor’s past coming back to haunt us.
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Important Show Update + Variable Winds
There is a very important show update at the top of this week's episode. Beginning next week, Nighty Night will be ending, but The Mystery Hour will be taking its place. With a similar format, and in some ways a return to form from the original season of Nighty Night, the new show will be released weekly on this feed. There is no need to do anything, just stay right here and new episodes will come
Spear Carriers
In a world of thespians, it’s hard to know who is conning who
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REWIND: Wax
Tonight's tale teaches us when it comes to dummies...there's way more than meets the eye. Please enjoy: Wax! Written by Jay Richardson Original Airdate: 12/06/2022
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Backstory
Money and fame built on a house of cards, and lies, must crumble at some point
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This week, we examine Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem about a strange voyage as told by an ancient mariner to a man on the street. It starts of as amusing, but then grows darker...
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Two Hours West of Nothing
Sometimes sleeping dogs are best left alone - especially when they deserve what’s coming
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Nyarlathotep
This week, we encounter H.P. Lovecraft's short tale of malevolent forces beyond our understanding that are at play in the universe and all around us...
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Death Will Take the High Line
Millions of people try to escape their pasts and start over in the city that never sleeps. But when hate and death are looking for you, no place is safe.
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Morella
This week we continue to look into Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. In today's episode we are taught lessons about the consequences of obsession, the power of memory and influence, and the dark side of intellectual pursuits...
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A Flash of Headlights
We all know helping a stranger is a good deed, but often forget that it can lead to unintended, and perilous, consequences.
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The Oval Portrait
This week we revisit the master of horror, Edgar Allen Poe, in a very short story about the supernatural and what happens when an obsession turns into tragedy... Nighty Night is sponsored by Progressive! Quote today at Progressive.com to try the Name Your Price® tool for yourself, and join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive.
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Until You’ve Seen Their Shadows
When a serial killer is on the loose, even a physical body cannot contain a spirit bent on justice.
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REWIND: Sunken
Good evening and welcome to Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry: Bedtime Stories To Keep You Awake. Tonight's tale is about a woman who discovers a little too much about her family history. Please enjoy...Sunken.
Tonight's tale was written by Jay Richardson. Original Airdate: 05/03/2022
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How Mary’s Garden Grew
Sweet Mary has a very bitter son-in-law who makes her life hell, but a garden that is a little piece of heaven.
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A Watcher by the Dead
In another tale from Ambrose Bierce, we encounter a prank gone deadly and bravado that did not serve anyone well...
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The Road to Hana
The tropics can be relaxing and beautiful, especially for an exhausted homicide detective needing a break. Unfortunately, murder never takes a break, and what’s beautiful can also be deadly.
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Glámr
This week's story from Sabine Baring-Gould comes to us from 13th century Iceland. In it we learn how a brave man will come to regret his courage for the rest of his life...
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A Small Mercy
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Feathertop, Part 2
This week we return to finish Nathaniel Hawthorne's Feathertop as we find out what happens to our gentleman scarecrow when he ventures out into the big scary world...
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Introducing Mystery Hour!
Rabia Chaudry presents the Mystery Hour featuring the Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazines premieres July 17th wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Feathertop, Part 1
This week we begin our journey into Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1852 story, Feahtertop. It's a dark tale that blends elements of witchcraft, morality, and teaches us a lesson on human vanity...
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The Tapestried Chamber
This week's tale from Sir Walter Scott brings us the assurance that it's okay to be afraid... because even the bravest of heroes are not immune from horror...
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Dracula's Guest
Do you know about the missing chapter from Bram Stoker's Dracula? This week, Rabia shares this lost story and the monster you might be surprised to find in this vampirical tale...
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REWIND: Schrödinger's Beast
Good evening and welcome to Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry: Bedtime Stories To Keep You Awake. Tonight's story gives us an inside look of what it feels like to be a monster living among us. Please enjoy Schrödinger's Beast. Story by Sarah Cailean Original Airdate: 02/08/2022
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The Upper Berth, Part 2
This week we conclude F. Marion Crawford's classic tale of a haunting at sea...
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The Upper Berth, Part 1
This week we revisit Rabia's deepest nightmares, the deep dark ocean, in part one of perhaps F. Marion Crawford's most famous horror story...
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REWIND: Rot
Tonight's tale is about a woman who was born with what many would consider a gift. She has an incredible sense of smell. But, as you'll quickly learn, what might be one woman's treasure... is another woman's putrid, rotting trash. Please enjoy, ROT. Original Airdate: 9/7/21
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Metzengerstein
This week we revisit the master of horror, Edgar Allen Poe, in a chilling tale about blood feuds...
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A Holy Terror
This week Rabia leads us through Ambrose Bierce's suspenseful climb to terror... met with multiple plot twists...
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The Trial For Murder
This week, we encounter Charles Dickens' tale of true justice from beyond the grave in one of the first ghost stories to be widely published...
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Christopher Came Back
This week, Rabia shares one of her favorites in the E.F. Benson's haunting tale that leaves us guessing who the real victim is...
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The Man and the Snake
In this week's tale we revisit a story by Ambrose Bierce where the protagonist learns the hard way that there's nothing to fear but fear itself...
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Each Man Kills
In this week's episode, we visit Victoria Glad's bone-chilling tale of when love and blood lust intersect...
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The Lurking Fear, Part 2
This week we return to H.P. Lovecraft's The Lurking Fear as it continues to spiral into crescendos of terror until reaching a final horrifying conclusion...
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The Lurking Fear, Part 1
In this week's episode, H.P. Lovecraft leads us into a story full of cosmic horror, human degeneration, and the terror of the unknown...
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The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
In this 1973 short work from Ursula K. L Guin, we are forced to consider our own morality and the choices we make in order to enjoy our day to day lives...
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