372 Pages We'll Never Get Back

Get access to the complete 280 Mysteries archive by supporting us on Patreon! patreon.com/372pages We're back to Idaville, the boy detective, Leroy Brown, replete with gangs of roving toughs, girls breaking boys jaws: you know, the usual stuff. But can Mike crack this very, very tough case?

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you'll be the first to learn what we're reading next and get access to a whole archive of stuff we've never released on the free feed! patreon.com/372pages If you've stuck with us this far you must be a fan of the words “kiss” and “heart.” And of the phrase … Continue reading "372 Pages #187 – Ugly Love Ep 4 – No, Cap Does NOT Sport a Thong"

Support the podcast on Patreon! Get every episode a week early, plus access to the 280 Mysteries archive, plus fun stuff like the Choose Your Own Adventure live stream we did last month! patreon.com/372pages To be clear, Dillon is terrible. BUT he's the least like a cardboard cutout of all these dumba**es (which is not … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep #186 – Ugly Love Ep 3 – Dillon = HERO"

Gain access to the entire 280 Mysteries archive, plus get every episode of 372 Pages a week early, when you sign up for our Patreon! http://patreon.com/372pages There's no bunnies or smoking jackets, but there is a frightened playboy. Let's see if Mike can solve the case!

Don't be a Dylan, support the podcast on Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages Follow us on TikTok! Look, Cap is a ghost. Or a specter. Or a haint, or something old-timey, and Tater is clearly either dead or in another realm (full disclosure: that is Mike's guess. Conor has other theories) but no matter what realm we're in, … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep #185 – Ugly Love Ep 2 – Kissing. SO Much Kissing…"

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you get access to the complete 280 archive, every episode a week early, and other fun stuff! https://patreon.com/372pages Join us once again in Batshitcrazytown, USA, aka Idaville, where Encyclopedia Brown is attempting to solve a case that initially appears to be an attempted murder, but fortunately only ends up … Continue reading "280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back #7 – The Case of Cupid's Arrow"

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you get to hear everything before everybody else and get a bunch of stuff we only post there! https://patreon.com/372pages Get the book here (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/4kKujs4 Ah, a fresh author, a fresh book, a new start; meeting new characters, exciting new locat– wait. What? Half the chapters are center … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 184 – Ugly Love Ep 1 – Cap's “V” Points Right to His Bullseye"

Hear the full 280 Mysteries archive on our Patreon: patreon.com/372pages Craig Finn of The Hold Steady joins our little podcast and the results are nothing short of spectacular. His new book and his upcoming tour with Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü are of course discussed (and Mike somehow refrained from telling him the story of … Continue reading "280 Mysteries #35 – The Case of the Mysterious Thief – With Craig Finn"

Support the podcast on Patreon, where they found out what the book was a week ago! https://patreon.com/372pages It's been 32 books, but it's finally time for us to learn what the most popular author on the planet, Colleen Hoover is all about. This book is “Ugly Love” which has about as many reviews on Goodreads … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 183 – Book 33: Ugly Love"

Here's another diabolic mystery concerning Idaville's very own cryptid, the legendary SKUNK APE! It also, for the third time since we started doing these, involves a pilfered string instrument.

Want to know what we're reading next before anybody else? Support the podcast by subscribing on Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages This is our last reading of The Legend of Rah & the Muggles, so obviously, the following things will be resolved, wrapped up, made clear, etc. -The golden key-The box in the cave-Rah and Zyn's parents-Sir Geoffrey-The … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 182 – Muggles #3 – Zyn? You all right, man?"

In our latest foray into Idaville based petty crime, Mike will not be alone in his attempt to solve a mystery. He'll also have to compete with legendary ne'er-do-well Bugs Meany, who has started his own detective agency to compete with Bad Bad Leroy. This episode features one of the more legendary solutions we've encountered … Continue reading "280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back #5 – The Case of Bugs Meany, Detective"

Let's start by confessing that, yes; The Legend of Rah & the Muggles is obviously a children's book. I mean, the nuclear holocaust on page one. The small, deformed, hairless creatures getting dragged away by terrifying rodents. Giant horse ants. Fruit worms. This is kid stuff. Still! That does not deter Mike nor Conor from … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 181 – Muggles #2 – Look, Dr. Dibbs is Obviously Not a Real Doctor…"

Witness Intimidation is all the rage in Idaville, as Mike tries to solve the most insanely diabolical “mystery” the boy detective and your hosts have encountered so far. Sobol, you monster! Support the podcast on Patreon and get access to over 30 more 280 Mysteries! Plus get access to all 372 Episodes a week early … Continue reading "280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back #4 – The Case of the Frightened Witness"

Support the podcast on Patreon where you get every episode a week early plus other assorted nonsense like Mike trying to recap Star Wars and our other podcast 280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back! https://patreon.com/372pages Get the book here: Strange, hairless beings. Weird animals. Aquatic creatures. Caretakers caked with their own filth. And these are … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 180 – The Legend of Rah and the Muggles #1 – Death. War. Destruc — oh, hello, Walter!!"

WOW! Mentions of Garrett P. Serviss, the phrase “a lick and a promise”, balloon clowns, kidnapping and Reverends. Also, find out if Mike improves on his .500 record of solving E. Brown mysteries. If you like 280 Mysteries, please support the 372 Pages Patreon, where you can get immediate access to the whole back catalogue … Continue reading "280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back #3 – The Case of the Balloon Man"

If you supported our Patreon you could've been listening to this a week ago! Join the fun here: patreon.com/372pages In this episode we'll cover the wild backstory of our 32nd book “The Legend of Rah and the Muggles”. You may have heard about the 2001 lawsuit regarding this and the author's other books about “Larry … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 179 – Book 32: The Legend of Rah and the Muggles"

Thanks to everyone who supported the podcast on Patreon in 2024. Hear all 30+ 280 Mysteries, get every new 372 a week early, and other fun stuff if you join us there in 2025! patreon.com/372pages Mike did pretty well in his first attempt to solve an Encyclopedia Brown mystery. But will he be able to … Continue reading "280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back Episode #2 – The Case of Merko's Grandson"

Thanks to everyone who supported the podcast on Patreon this year. Don't miss out on getting every new episode early plus all the other fun stuff we have planned for 2025! https://patreon.com/372pages Ahhh, coziness. Licorice. The sound of ice cream being slopped down while kidnap victims await their fate. Long arms being deftly handled by … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 178 – The Quilting Cruise Ep 4 – A Cozy Gangland Murder"

Over on the 372 Patreon, which you should join now, we've been doing an entire second podcast for a year and a half now called 280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back where we explore the insane world of Idaville and it's world famous boy detective Encyclopedia Brown. We challenge each other, as well as hilarious … Continue reading "280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back – Episode 1: The Case of the Glass of Ginger Ale"

Support the podcast on Patreon where you get every episode a week early and lots of other fun stuff: https://patreon.com/372pages Get the book here https://amzn.to/41qteP7 Redwork is finally explained. As are blackwork, bluework and greenwork. Also (drool alert!) cruise ship food is repeatedly mentioned. I've also heard that The Captain's Dinner happens. And for those … Continue reading "Ep 177 – The Quilting Cruise Ep 3 – Gabe's Delicious Voice"

Support the podcast on Patreon and get to hear all the stuff we talk about on here that isn't available anywhere else, plus get every episode a week early! patreon.com/372pages Get the book here (we may earn a commission from this link) Mike and Conor are back in the CozQuiltPlasVerse (still haven't fully shaken the … Continue reading "Ep 176 – The Quilting Cruise Ep 2"

It's cozy season! It's cruise season! Wait, can it be BOTH?? Get the book here https://amzn.to/4fzHWa1 (affiliate link) If you supported the podcast on Patreon you'd have already been cozy for a week because we post every episode there a week early! Plus we have another ENTIRE PODCAST on there where we try to solve … Continue reading "Ep 175 – Book 31: The Quilting Cruise"

Support the podcast on Patreon where you can hear our latest attempts to solve insane Encyclopedia Brown mysteries with special guests Alex Schmidt, John Hodgman, and David Roth! https://patreon.com/372pages Finally, the most pressing questions are answered: who is Mrs. Juneanne Stackpoole? Will Anselmo be as big a character as we always assumed? What's the latest … Continue reading "Ep 174 – Tek Kill – Ep 4"

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you get every episode early as well as all the other fun stuff we talk about on these eps! https://patreon.com/372pages We have what you all crave: tantalizing new facts about Sid. Also, without noting it we meet what we have to imagine is the 750th character in this relatively … Continue reading "Ep 173 – Tek Kill – Ep 3"

Support the podcast on Patreon. Special guest have started joining us for 280 Mysteries! https://patreon.com/372pages We've kept you waiting long enough: time to find out the moisture level of Sid's facial hair and to name the implement or implements he uses to groom it. Also, our experimental Real or FanFic continues to go swimmingly / … Continue reading "Ep 172 – Tek Kill – Ep 2"

Support the podcast on Patreon so you can hear our recap of the previous 7 books in the series, Encyclopedia Brown mysteries, and all the other stuff we talk about in this episode! http://patreon.com/372pages So many characters! Why? Ok, we've calmed down now. We're back in the Tek-verse. We're happy, I wouldn't hesitate to say, … Continue reading "Ep 171 – Tek Kill – Ep 1"

If you were on Patreon this would be old news because we announced it there a week ago! Support the podcast here: patreon.com/372pages The new book is announced! Since it is one of a series, we bring everyone up to date with excerpts of previous books AND Mike tells another story about his dad (squeamish … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 170 – Book 30 Announcement"

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you can hear us chat with Paul Scheer and find out what our next book is before anybody else! http://patreon.com/372pages Our final episode of Ernest Cline's Bridge to Bat City and it may not surprise you learn that Cline wraps everything up in exactly the way you'd expect him to. … Continue reading "Ep 169 – Bridge to Bat City – Ep 5 – Bat Dance"

Don't be a Muckerno, support the Podcast on Patreon! Get every episode a week early, plus a ton of other bonus stuff that we don't put on the free feed! https://patreon.com/372pages Shocking – truly SHOCKING – news that will shake up the 372 community almost as much as the scandal surrounding our last cozy mystery. … Continue reading "Ep 168 – Bridge to Bat City – Ep 4 – Welcoming"

Support the podcast on Patreon! Get every episode early, plus hear Mike's Bat Story, Conor's Paul Harvey tapes, an entire bonus podcast about Encyclopedia Brown and more! https://patreon.com/372pages Bats can read! Or they can't! But we know they spread mojo which causes people to groove. That's just science. Mike does Real or Fanfic (“does” in … Continue reading "Ep 167 – Bridge to Bat City – Ep 3 – Weird"

Support the podcast on Patreon and get to hear stuff we don't post anywhere else! This week included Mike's dramatic courtroom reading of a Prince song and Conor's epic roast of a 70 year old folk son. http://patreon.com/372pages Witness the exact moment that Cline fully becomes Cline! Also, lots of mean-spirited men in hard hats, … Continue reading "Ep 166 – Bridge to Bat City – Ep 2 – Suddenly"

Support the Patreon to mainline Cline before anyone else! You'll also get to hear our other podcast 280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back on off weeks! https://patreon.com/372pages Ernest Cline, the founder of our feast here at 372 Pages, is back with another book, Bridge to Bat City. A day after its release, Conor and Mike … Continue reading "Ep 165 – Bridge to Bat City – Ep 1 – Yucking the Yums"

Thank you to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! Get every episode a week early, get an entire other podcast you won't find anywhere else, and learn about the next book before anyone else! You'd have to be a real U-ket to miss out! https://patreon.com/372pages We end it. The book, that is. Not the … Continue reading "Ep 164 – Kaileb's Dream – Ep 5 – Monchi"

Support the Patreon and get every episode a week early, plus access to an entire second podcast, contests, and more! http://patreon.com/372pages Look, yes, it's longer than a normal episode. But to answer your question we're less picky about the typos than we have been for the last three episodes!! There is in the middle of … Continue reading "Ep 163 – Kaileb's Dream – Ep 4 – Justly"

Don't be a Monchi, support the podcast with a Patreon subscription! https://patreon.com/372pages Read along with us! Ebook available here. (affiliate link) Hey, hey! Under three hours, a truly compact episode. But the creatures mentioned continue to get stranger and more macabre: Demons, Gryphons, Nryphons, the Balls (Fire and Sylvia), Clam Woman, Man Mom and Almost … Continue reading "Ep 162 – Kaileb's Dream – Ep 3 – Miel"

Support the podcast on Patreon! It's what Sylvia Ball would do. Look, we can explain – there's just so much to cover! Every single sentence, every exchange, every plot advancement brings whole new galaxies of madness. Included in the mighty length of this episode are some Dumb Sentences (along with a new theme!) and see … Continue reading "Ep 161 – Kaileb's Dream – Ep 2 – De Nada"

Support the podcast on Patreon to gain our eternal trust and respect! http://patreon.com/372pages Thus, an epic episode. The, longest, maybe, ever? (just making sure your reading the book…….) True and utter madness, like nothing we've ever read before on 372 Pages. Seriously. It is not hyperbole; this is deranged, and you must read along, if … Continue reading "Ep #160 – Kaileb's Dream – Ep 1: A Beef Stew Amuse Bouche"

Join the 372 Patreon where all the crazy stuff happens! Get every episode a week early, plus our sub-podcast where we try to solve insane Encyclopedia Brown mysteries, and much more! http://patreon.com/372pages Spoiler: frosting is discussed at some length. As are dreams, and if there's anything more exciting than hearing about someone else's dream, I'D … Continue reading "Ep 159 – New Year, New Book! (Book 28: Kaileb's Dream)"

Thanks to everyone who supported the podcast on Patreon this year. We absolutely would not do it if you weren't there for us. Join the fun next year! http://patreon.com/372pages We end the year with absolutely blockbuster news. Seriously, a twist so shocking that no cozy writer could ever conceive of it. We won't spoil it, … Continue reading "Ep 158- A Christmas Killer Affair – Ep 2"

Support the podcast on Patreon! By the time this posts, we'll already have posted the next episode on there! http://patreon.com/372pages Time to check in with Murphy, Carmen, Ophelia, Uncle Kidd, Marisol, Granddaddy, Aunt Lucy, Aunt Lindy, Darbie Grimes, Darbie Grimes' mother, three dead husbands killed in an unknown accident, Simon, Lawrence Galloway, Miquel, Douglas, Judge … Continue reading "Ep 157- A Christmas Killer Affair – Ep 1"

Support the podcast on Patreon where they found out what this book is a week ago! patreon.com/372pages In real time, Mike and Conor select their next book – and we guarantee it will be cozy! Select your hugest, fuzziest slippers (preferably cartoon-based), your giant cup of cocoa, we're talking soup bowl sized with a handle … Continue reading "Ep 156 – Christmas 2023 Cozy announcement!"

Support the podcast on Patreon! We have a video tier now so you can see us mispronounce things in real time! http://patreon.com/372pages An absolutely epic end to an epic book. Let's list them off: giant gorillas, chimpanzees, giant ostriches, gigantic komodo-looking dragons, witch princesses in sheer linen gowns: it's obvious Larry got a little excited … Continue reading "Ep 155 – The Adventures of the Teen Archeologists Ep 4 – Slenderman Gorilla"

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you'll get every episode a week early, extra stuff you can't get anywhere else, contests, and more! http://patreon.com/372pages Incredible – truly incredible – Larry and Denise stuff in this section. The vast majority of this reading could have been submitted as Real or Fanfic and fooled Mike every time. … Continue reading "Ep 154 – The Adventures of the Teen Archeologists Ep 3 – The Blinding Underground Sun"

Join the fun on Patreon, where you get every episode a week early, participate in our discord, and get lots of other stuff you can't get anywhere else. patreon.com/372pages Like jumping into a waterfall and landing in a Nile River of madness, The Adventures of the Teen Archaeologists (Book 1) The Land of the Moepeks … Continue reading "Ep 152 – The Adventures of the Teen Archeologists Ep 2 – The Tri-Moepek Cup"

Join us on Patreon, where every episode comes out a week early and you get to hear all the other bonus stuff we only put on there! And check out “The Naked Clone” a book that Mike & Conor co-authored with Kevin, Bill, and Sean from RiffTrax! Yes, a long episode, but this book more … Continue reading "Ep 152 – The Adventures of the Teen Archeologists Ep 1"

Join the fun on Patreon, where you get every episode a week early and other fun bonus stuff! https://patreon.com/372pages The book is currently unavailable on Amazon, so if you've already read your copy, please pay it forward to another listener! To prepare for what we can only assume is an epic reading of Larry and … Continue reading "Ep 151 – The Adventures of the Teen Archeologists- Intro"

Help us pick the next book! We'll be running a poll on the 372 Patreon: http://patreon.com/372pages The Bark Squad wraps up Dodie Smith's fever nightmare of a sequel in this final episode covering The Starlight Barking. Sirius the Dogstar visits, promising a lifetime of bliss in outer space. Unfortunately, some whiny mangey strays are all … Continue reading "Ep 150 – The Starlight Barking Ep 3 – Roly Poly Does Paris"

Support the podcast on Patreon and get every new episode a week early PLUS access to our entire archive of five years of bonus material: https://patreon.com/372pages We learn a lot of new things in this episode: mostly Mike is terrible at Real or Fanfic! Seriously, all sorts of new rules about physis and metaphysics are … Continue reading "Ep 149 – The Starlight Barking Ep 2 – Sleeping Devils"

Support the podcast on Patreon where you can get every episode a week early as well as other fun stuff like Mike trying to solve the world's most diabolical Encyclopedia Brown mysteries! http://patreon.com/372pages The first full episode of The Starlight Barking goes in, shall we say, some unexpected directions. Lots more talk of pure bloodlines … Continue reading "Episode 148 – The Starlight Barking Ep 1: Dalmatians Be Whooshing"

If you were on Patreon, you'd have known what the new book was a week ago! Join the fun at patreon.com/372pages Let's figure out what the TWENTY-FIFTH book we're going to read together will be, but first, Conor quizzes Mike on some direct to VHS Real or Fanfic. Link to buy Book 25: https://amzn.to/3NQG5S7 Reading … Continue reading "Ep 147 – Book 25: The Starlight Barking"