Mockery Manor

Today we're featuring the award winning fiction podcast How I Died - big thanks to them for sponsoring Mockery Manor.  How I Died follows a coroner with a secret ability to speak to the dead. As bodies start piling up in the morgue, coroner and forensic pathologist Jon Spacer uses his ability to talk to the dead to help the local police solve the case-of-the-week, while also tracking down clues about a mysterious serial killer. It's like an X-Files-y police procedural that's both sinister and smart. How I Died has received nearly four million downloads over three seasons. The series has over 40 episodes already released and available to listen to, with a new season currently in production.You're about to hear the very first episode from their first season. You can find and listen to How I Died on any of your favourite podcast platforms. Our thanks to How I Died for sponsoring Mockery Manor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we would like to introduce a new murder mystery podcast: Who The Fuck Killed My Sister? Who The Fuck Killed My Sister? follows amateur detective and reluctant true crime celebrity, Quinn. The story picks up a year after her sister's unsolved murder when Quinn finally gets her first big lead, which puts a target on her and everyone close to her.  The entire 8-episode first season is available to binge right now on all of the usual podcast platforms, and you can find more info on their website whothefkilled.com Our thanks to Who the Fuck Killed My Sister for their support. And now, sit back, strap in (if you're driving because you shouldn't drive without doing that) and listen to Who The Fuck Killed My Sister Chapter 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Matty Tapes - Episode 3. Christmas 1996. Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman & Laurence Owen Music, Sound Design and Editing by Laurence Owen Laurence Owen - Matty, Dr Zecker, additional voices Lindsay Sharman - Margot, Dr Tallow Beth Eyre - Nurse Debbie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Matty Tapes - Episode 2. Christmas 1991. Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman & Laurence Owen Music, Sound Design and Editing by Laurence Owen Laurence Owen - Matty, Jenkins, Dr Zecker, additional voices Lindsay Sharman - Dr Tallow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Matty Tapes - Episode 1. Christmas 1990. Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman & Laurence Owen Music, Sound Design and Editing by Laurence Owen Laurence Owen - Matty, Jenkins, Dr Zecker, additional voices Lindsay Sharman - Dr Tallow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the second episode of MOCKERY MINIS: TALES FROM THE MANOR. Mockery Minis is a series of narrated stories that delve into the history and wider lore of Mockery Manor - the theme park, the house, and the land. The second episode, In Omnia Paratus, transports the listener back to 1932. Teenage shipping heiress Nancy Rose-Dowling follows her trombonist beau to an obscure country club in the middle of nowhere. What was it called... "Something" Manor...? But it's not long until Nancy catches the eye of the club's enigmatic owner - one Sir Alfred Mockery. Written and directed by Lindsay Sharman Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen Performed by Laurence Owen Read the Transcripts Support Long Cat Media on Ko-fi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pledge to support Mockery Manor: The Murder Mystery Game on Kickstarter! Hello listeners! It's Laurence and Lindsay LongCat here to tell you about our how we're raising funds RIGHT NOW to make “Mockery Manor: the Murder Mystery Game!”  That's right, we're making a game for you to play at home, based in and around Mockery Manor theme park. The game is set in 1989, two years after season 3. It's Halloween Spooky Nights, and a staff member has gone missing. It's up to YOU to find out what happened, and hunt down the culprit. Mockery Manor: the Murder Mystery Game is for one to four players, and has the feel of an escape room – except it's not just one room covered in clues, it's the whole of Mockery Manor theme park! Delivered straight to your living room. (Or lounge for our US listeners) You'll receive an A4 envelope with over 30 pieces of evidence. This includes ephemera from the park, such as a map, a Khyber Fastpass, postcards, a menu from the Unidentified Frying Objects diner, documents stolen from the office of personnel manager Davina Strangelove, a booklet entitled 'Bette Armstrong's Guide to Deduction', and more! There are puzzles aplenty, and clues that connect to one another to form a bigger picture.  And of course, there's an audio aspect! The envelope has a QR code that takes you a state-of-the-art 1998 website, where you can find recordings of staff members and guests. Figure out who sounds suspicious, what they might be hiding, and why.  The 'audio recordings' include a grand finale that you unlock with the correct solution.  A grand finale that's as thrilling as the climactic scenes of our three seasons. We really want to make this game. And we can do it if we reach our Kickstarter goal by December the 12th. You can give as little as £1, or you can pledge £20 and receive the game as a reward.  It all depends on hitting our target - £2300 - by December 12th. So, if you'd like to find out more about the game, and pledge to help make this happen, visit our Kickstarter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long Cat Media presents a new Mockery Manor miniseries... MOCKERY MINIS: TALES FROM THE MANOR Mockery Minis is a series of narrated stories that delve into the history and wider lore of Mockery Manor - the theme park, the house, and the land. The first episode, Misadventure at Mockery Lake, takes the listener back to the notorious UK heatwave of 1976. As with any summer season, the Lakehouse is packed with teenage horndogs, drinking, partying and getting in trouble. What happens when you want to get away from it all? How about a little midnight boating? Written and directed by Lindsay Sharman Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen Performed by Laurence Owen Read the Transcripts Support Long Cat Media on Ko-fi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magenta and Bernard are here to tell you about their OG podcast... Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica. Season 4 is releasing now, and it's very different to previous seasons, so if you've not listened in for a while, you might want to listen to this! Subscribe to Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are excited to bring you another great recommendation: DERELICT. At the bottom of Earth's ocean, a gigantic door has been discovered. To study it, the galaxy's most powerful corporation has built a massive, secret laboratory base around it. Their objective: unlock the secrets of the artifact and discover what it holds inside. But some mysteries should remain buried, and some doors should never be opened. It's such a great show - it's super atmospheric and it feels like it's from the Ridley Scott school of sci-fi, this stately ominous tone and pace that keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. Find Derelict wherever you get your podcasts! Our thanks for Derelict for their support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magenta and Bernard have a new show! It's called WHAM: We Have A Movie, and you can find it wherever you're listening to this. Join Magenta and Bernard as they invent smash hit movies based on popular toys, books, history and more! A podcast for anyone who likes Hollywood tropes. And comedy. And quantum mechanics. And BDSM. Something for everyone, really. From Long Cat Media, the creators of Mockery Manor, The Ballad Of Anne & Mary, Madame Magenta and Magenta Presents. Head over to WHAM and listen now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'd like to introduce you to: The Road Of Shadows. The Road of Shadows is a mystery and suspense audio drama about a man who finds himself on the run in a small town in the mountains, pursued by mysterious creatures that only he can see. It's set in 1984, so if you like the retro vibe of S1 of Mockery Manor, this has some of the same flavour. We're in a small mountain town community, so it's got that wonderful, Twin Peaks / X Files style eeriness that's just always so much fun.  It's a beautifully made show, great music and sound design, and it comes to you from Beyond The Dark Productions, who also make The Strata, a wonderful dystopian sci-fi which you may also enjoy.  There are two full seasons out now, and you can find it wherever you get your podcasts, or, as usual, by tapping the link in the show notes. And now here's episode 1 of The Road of Shadows, called Misty Pines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone, Laurence here, and we've got another recommendation for you! We'd like to introduce you to Josie's Lonely Hearts Club - a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico's 3rd-best romantic advice call-in show. On-air, listeners eavesdrop as Josie squares off against top improvisers and her engineer Frank. Each episode's off-air vignettes chart her journey from melancholy Joanne Holtzinger to nationally syndicated sensation Josie Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. It's a really lovely vibe, this show. The performers slip between the scripted and improvised sections so seamlessly that it all just feels so believable, like it was meant to be. This is a cosy late-night drive time listen if there ever was one.  Season 1 of Josie's Lonely Hearts Club is out in its entirety and Season 2 is releasing weekly right now. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts or by tapping the link in the show notes of this episode. And now here's episode 1 of Josie's Lonely Hearts Club, called: Let's Jam It Up, Sluts!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another recommend from us! Today, we're bringing you World Gone Wrong, a fictional chat show about friendship at the end of the world. Malik and Jamie were roommates when the world ended. Now separated by half the country, literal acid rain, werewolves, aliens, and more, they start a chat podcast to stay in touch and work through the increasing uncertainty of their new apocalyptic reality. Each week, Malik & Jamie will tackle topics like: should I change my office hours to accommodate vampire students? What if the body snatcher that took over my ex is nice? When did the kudzu start humming like that? Malik & Jamie will try to help! Subscribe to World Gone Wrong anywhere you get your podcasts. Malik: Michael Turrentine Jamie: Hilary Williams Written by Jessica Best, directed and edited by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Our theme song is "Falling in Love at the End of the World" by Olivia and the Lovers. Created and produced by Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner. From Audacious Machine Creative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're delighted to be bringing you one of our long-time favourite audio dramas - the wild and wonderful science-fantasy-western Midst. But before that, we sat down with the show's three mysterious creators Xen, Sara and Matt, to have a good old chat about the making of both Midst and Mockery Manor! We've been fans of each others' shows from their very beginnings, and it was such a pleasure to finally meet them. A little about Midst: The small desert planet of Midst spins on the border between two halves of the cosmos: the dazzling Un and the mysterious Fold. Life is simple for most of the planet's inhabitants… until an influential civilization known as the Trust takes an interest in Midst and sparks an unexpected chain of events, intertwining the lives of three complicated antiheroes. Also, unrelated to any of that, Midst's moon is about to fall out of the sky and cause reality to eat itself alive, so that's not great either. Unsolved murders, cult brainwashing, and supernatural darkness all combine to create a clusterfuck of cosmic proportions. As always, you can find Midst wherever you get your podcasts. New Episodes of Midst release every Wednesday on your favorite podcast streaming platform, the Critical Role YouTube Channel, and for subscribers on Midst.co Subscribe to Midst Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are bringing you another great show from the Fable & Folly Network - it's our pleasure to introduce The Land Whale Murders. The Land Whale Murders is set in an alternate 1899, where a pair of bumbling scientists turned private detectives, are hot on the trail of a sticky mystery involving a nefarious candy corporation among the political intrigue of New York City. That's quite a lot to take in in one sentence, so we suggest diving right in.  The Land Whale is a fast and funny podcast series for fans of Monty Python, Blackadder, pulp novels, silver age comic books, and much more. It's a hugely imaginative world. What we're about to play you is actually the first episode of S2, but S1 is out in its entirety, and you can find it, as you would expect, wherever you get podcasts. So here it is, for your delectation - The Land Whale Murders! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're delighted to present The Matty Tapes, a bonus Mockery Manor miniseries! This miniseries won't appear on the main podcast feed until December 2024. Until then, The Matty Tapes are available for £3.99 from our Ko-fi Shop. If you become a monthly supporter, you'll get The Matty Tapes (and many other goodies) for free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we present to you the first episode of Desert Skies, a quirky, comedic, and heartfelt sci-fi podcast about life between this world and the next. If you're a fan of Futurama, Adventure Time, or Rick and Morty, then you'll enjoy Desert Skies too. It's also got quite a bit of that Douglas Adams feel as well - that meeting of the mundane and the fantastical that's so much fun. You can find and listen to the first season of Desert Skies anywhere you listen to podcasts or by clicking the link in the episode notes below. Our thanks to Desert Skies for sponsoring us. And now here's episode 1 - The Flavour Of Life. Subscribe to Desert Skies on your podcast player of choice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season's greetings! And welcome to 'A Midwinter Night's Dream', a Mockery Christmas Special! This one-off drama occurs between seasons 2 and 3, in the winter of 1994.  We made A Midwinter Night's Dream back in 2022, and released it that Christmas for our Ko-Fi patrons, and as a one-off purchase for anyone else. This year we're excited to make it available for you all to enjoy for free.  We're following the same release format for the Christmas special we're making this year. The Matty Tapes will be out in the first week of December 2023, and like last year, our patrons will be able to access it for free, and for everyone else, we're asking for a donation of £3.99. Next year, we'll release The Matty Tapes for free, for everyone!  Why are we doing it this way? Well, in a nutshell, the proceeds from the sale of the Xmas Special helps us to keep making audio dramas! And we have a lot we want to do in 2024, including Magenta and Bernard's Paranormal Investigations and season four of Mockery Manor. In the meantime, sit back with a mug of spiced wine, warm your nutmegs by the fire, and enjoy A Midwinter Night's Dream. Read the transcript Support us on Ko-fi

Buy the Mockery Manor S3 soundtrack album and exclusive art print here! Kiss My Zeitgeist (the culture programme that covers Mockery Manor and no other aspects of culture) is BACK! Lindsay and Laurence sit down to discuss the S3 soundtrack and writing process. What are the hidden meanings behind Clayton's songs? Why are bass guitars such a cool instrument for scoring? Which 19th Century American poet unknowingly contributed to Mockery Manor? Which instrument was Lindsay's voice once described as a "drunk" version of? Find out all this and more. Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi

Hey listeners, Laurence here! We hope you enjoyed the Mockery S3 finale and we'll have more surprises for you very soon. In the meantime, we'd like to introduce another Fable and Folly show that we really love - Dirt: An Audio Drama. Dirt is set in modern day Washington state, and it follows Joseph Elo, a Seattle-based tech celebrity who one day receives a mysterious letter in the mail from his grandfather—who died 30 years ago.The letter contains vague clues about the need to find things that may be hidden in various locations.As Joseph becomes more interested, he struggles to maintain a balance between his newfound obsession and his work responsibilities, and ultimately has to decide what he wants to do with the rest of his life. This is a really interesting story - essentially an earthbound mystery, but with hints of the fantastical as well. To me it feels very literary: something about the first person narration, the slow delve into Joseph's past and all the family lore, the slight sense of the surreal mingling with some really fun comedy moments - it all feels like a novel that you can't put down. It's a long form, slow burn mystery, and the more time you put into it, the more hooked you'll get. And by the end of the first episode, you know you'll have to keep listening to find out where this bizarre treasure hunt is going to lead.  And speaking as a Brit, it really makes me want to go and visit the Pacific northwest.  Tap this link to subscribe to Dirt - An Audio Drama And now, sit back and go and a mad adventure into Dirt - An Audio Drama. This is chapter 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Join Paul in his local radio slot for some listener theories as to who killed Clayton Woodrow, and hear Clay's hymnal love song from 1959, Winds Of Heaven. - Written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Winds Of Heaven written and produced by Laurence Owen, performed by Laurence Owen. Support Long Cat Media on Ko-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CW: This episode contains references to addiction. Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Our sincere thanks to you

CW: This episode contains a character speaking insensitively about another character's cultural heritage. Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: George patches up JJ after she catches a punch from Graham's widow. Bette and Fenwick fail to track down Rick the security guard. Bobby threatens to expose Kirsteen's affair with someone called 'Jacob', and Kirsteen threatens to expose something about Bobby. Finally, Parker tells JJ about the creepy shrine he found at the cottage, but before they can do anything about it, the police arrive to arrest her. ------- Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen featuring Hayley Evenett as JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen as Parker, Clayton and additional voices, John Henry Falle as Fenwick and Bobby D, Christina Bianco as Kirsteen, Luke Capasso as Harry/Jacob, Mark Restuccia as the Police Officer, and Madame Magenta and Bernard as themselves. Consultancy on the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas by Luke Capasso. Mockery Manor is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and our wonderful patrons on Ko-fi. If you'd like to become one of them, and help me and Lindsay keep making podcasts, tap this link, or go to our website.

Join Paul in his local radio slot for a quick interview with local creep, Walter Fleggburgh, and hear Clayton Woodrow III's 1974 hit, Four Spurs. - Written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Four Spurs written and produced by Laurence Owen, performed by Laurence Owen. Support Long Cat Media on Ko-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Anna Lou reveals that she and Bobby argued the night of Clay's murder. For reasons unknown, JJ visits the widow of Graham (her murdered lover). And Parker and Walter's exploration of the gardener's cottage ends in horror. ------- Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen featuring Hayley Evenett as JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen as Parker, Paul and additional voices, John Henry Falle as Fenwick and Bobby, Karim Kronfli as George, Christina Bianco as Kirsteen, and Mark Restuccia as PC Steve. Mockery Manor is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and our wonderful patrons on Ko-fi. If you'd like to become one of them, and help me and Lindsay keep making podcasts, tap this link, or go to our website.

Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Bette and Fenwick reluctantly join forces to crack the case, and discover a hypodermic needle on the Four Spurs mine train tracks. And Harry shows Bette the CCTV from the night of the murder, revealing a mysterious hooded figure entering the mine train not long before the lights went out. ------- Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen featuring Hayley Evenett as Bette and JJ, Kristi Boulton as Anna Lou, James Ducker as Walter, Laurence Owen as Parker and additional voices, Rufus Walker as Charles, Kitty Winter as Mummy. Further additional voices by Lindsay Sharman and John Henry Falle. Mockery Manor is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and our wonderful patrons on Ko-fi. If you'd like to become one of them, and help me and Lindsay keep making podcasts, tap this link, or go to our website.

Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Ex detective Fenwick butts head with police when it emerges that they're likely to rule Clayton's death an accident. Meanwhile, Kirsteen also believes foul play and hires Bette to investigate. Bette and Fenwick clash when they bump into each other in Clayton's bedroom, but are interrupted by a mysterious somebody who enters the room and removes an equally mysterious object. That night, in the forest, JJ clashes with Walter, who's been leading ghoulish true crime tours centred on the events of '89.  ------- Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen featuring Hayley Evenett as Bette, John Henry Falle as Fenwick, Luke Capasso as Harry, and Laurence Owen as Robbo and additional voices. Mockery Manor is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and our wonderful patrons on Ko-fi. If you'd like to become one of them, and help me and Lindsay keep making podcasts, tap this link, or go to our website.

Join Paul in his local radio slot as he goes all the way back to 1952, with the first single from Clayton Woodrow III and his first wife Tammy Jewel - Cactus Lovers - Written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Cactus Lovers written and produced by Laurence Owen, performed by Laurence Owen and Christina Bianco. Support Long Cat Media on Ko-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Read The Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Parker asks JJ about a mysterious letter she recently received, local reporter and DJ Paul confronts Bette about her sister's promotion to manager, and finally... country star Clayton Woodrow performs a new song at the big opening concert... and disaster strikes. ------- Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen Featuring Hayley Evenett as Bette and JJ, Laurence Owen as Parker, Paul, the Constable and Bogan Bay Logan, Christina Bianco as Kirsteen, John Henry Falle as Detective Fenwick and Bobby D, Kristi Boulton as Abilene Doherty, Lindsay Sharman as Henrikson and Bogan Bay Jen, Mark Restuccia as Detective Steve, and James Ducker as Walter Mockery Manor is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and our wonderful patrons on Ko-fi. If you'd like to become one of them, and help me and Lindsay keep making podcasts, tap this link or go to our website

Read The Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Claytonville's resident psychic medium has a vision of a falling man. JJ, Parker and George struggle to finish the park in time for opening day. And Detective Fenwick from Season 1 makes an unwelcome appearance as head of security for the grand opening concert. --- Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen Featuring Hayley Evenett as JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Paul, Clayton and additional voices, Karim Kronfli was George and additional voices, Christina Bianco was Kirsteen and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Sonia and additional voices, Rufus Walker was Freddie, John Henry Falle was Bobby D, Kristi Boulton was Anna Lou, and Madame Magenta and Bernard were themselves. Mockery Manor is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and our wonderful patrons on Ko-fi. If you'd like to support Mockery and help me and Lindsay keep making podcasts, tap the link in the show notes of this episode, tap this link! Thank you

Join Paul in his local radio slot, as he plays the most recent single from Clayton Woodrow III and his wife Kirsteen McFallon - Cold Heart Lake. - Written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Cold Heart Lake written and produced by Laurence Owen, performed by Laurence Owen and Christina Bianco. Support Long Cat Media on Ko-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mockery Manor returns! The year is 1996, and newly minted managers JJ and Parker are preparing to open Claytonville - Mockery Manor's brand new rootin' tootin' cowboy theme park. Will everything be ready before the man himself, Clayton Woodrow III, arrives to perform at the opening ceremony? Read the Transcripts Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen Featuring Hayley Evenett as JJ, Laurence Owen as Parker, the Cowboys on Ice director, and additional voices, Karim Kronfli as George, John Henry Falle as Detective Fenwick, Luke Capasso as Harry, and Madame Magenta and Bernard as themselves. Mockery Manor is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and our wonderful patrons on Ko-fi. If you'd like to support Mockery and help me and Lindsay keep making podcasts, tap the link in the show notes of this episode, tap this link! Thank you

The Bette Tapes is a Mockery Manor miniseries, set between Seasons 2 and 3. With her two-year deadline fast approaching, Bette must crack one final case and repay her debt to Margot before the time runs out. Starring Hayley Evenett as Bette, with Lindsay Sharman as Margot. Additional voices by Laurence Owen. Written by Lindsay Sharman, and directed by Laurence Owen. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Read the Transcript Listen to Long Cat Media's new series, Magenta Presents: GHOSTED www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bette Tapes is a Mockery Manor miniseries, set between Seasons 2 and 3. Bette must put her paid cases on hold after she overhears a conspiracy to murder. Ugh, so annoying. starring Hayley Evenett as Bette, with additional voices by Laurence Owen. Written by Lindsay Sharman, and directed by Laurence Owen. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Read the Transcript Listen to Long Cat Media's new series, Magenta Presents: GHOSTED www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bette Tapes is a Mockery Manor miniseries, set between Seasons 2 and 3. In a desperate hunt for clients, Bette has returned, begrudgingly, to her alma mater - St Candida's School For Young Ladies. This recording documents her first assignment: The Case Of The Dubious Stallion. starring Hayley Evenett as Bette, with additional voices by Laurence Owen, Lindsay Sharman and Kitty Winter. Written by Lindsay Sharman, and directed by Laurence Owen. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Read the Transcript Listen to Long Cat Media's new series, Magenta Presents: GHOSTED www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bette Tapes is a Mockery Manor miniseries, set between Seasons 2 and 3. Fledgling PI Bette Armstrong has set up her detective office at Mockery Manor - with more than a little help from Margot. But it's not as easy as it looks. starring Hayley Evenett as Bette, with additional voices by Laurence Owen. Written by Lindsay Sharman, and directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen, with additional editing by Maddy Searle. Read the Transcript Listen to Long Cat Media's new series, Magenta Presents: GHOSTED www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Magenta Presents on your podcast player of choice! Hey folks, Laurence here... And today we are so excited to introduce OUR new show. We have a new podcast that's just started, it's called MAGENTA PRESENTS. It's a horror anthology series, in the tradition of classic anthology shows like Tales From The Crypt and Elvira, in which Madame Magenta is your horror hostess and guide to the unnatural and the bizarre. And the first story in Magenta Presents is a five-episode miniseries called GHOSTED. A full audio drama, written and directed by Lindsay, with music and sound design by me, and starring Beth Eyre and Lucy Roslyn in the main roles.  Perched on a rain-battered cliff edge is a former lighthouse; now a charming, boutique hotel. Owner and sole occupant Beth has spent months renovating, absorbing its essence into her bones, preparing for her first guest to arrive. But when they do, to Beth's horror, it is a figure from a past she has tried to forget. Keira. Face-to-face for the first time in years, the pair must reckon with old mistakes, old grievances. And something else, besides. Because the lighthouse has a past too. We're going to play you the first episode now, and you can hear the next episode by subscribing to Magenta Presents wherever you get podcasts, you can also go to Long Cat Media .com, or you can tap the link in the show notes of this episode.  And now we really hope you enjoy GHOSTED, episode 1. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Intra Quest here! Read the Transcript Today we'd like to share with you INTRA QUEST, a quirky fantasy adventure that we think you'll really enjoy. INTRA QUEST follows three unlikely adventurers, as they journey across a weird and wonderful world, to face down a primodial evil with the power to possess minds. It's got everything you'd want from a fantasy epic, with great performances from a stellar cast including Roger Clark, the voice of Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2. It's also rendered in immersive 3D audio, which is really quite an experience to listen to, and makes the world feel even more vibrant and real. We got to listen to the first episode, and to us it felt like a forgotten 90s fantasy film that we would have grown up loving – full of heart, and full of action. If it had been a 90s film, the main character would definitely have been played by Nathan Fillion, if you know what I mean. You can find Intra Quest – that's two words, I-N-T-R-A Quest, anywhere you listen to podcasts. Our thanks to Intra Quest for their support. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Midnight Burger here! Today it's our great pleasure to introduce a gorgeous fiction podcast that's taking the indie audio drama world by storm - Midnight Burger.  When Gloria took a waitressing job in a diner outside of Phoenix, she didn't realize she was now an employee of Midnight Burger, a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. Every day Midnight Burger appears somewhere new in the cosmos along with its staff: a galactic drifter, a rogue theoretical physicist, a sentient old-timey radio, and some guy named Caspar. No one knows who built Midnight Burger or how it works, but when it appears, there's always someone around who could really use a cup of coffee. We love Midnight Burger. It's one of the warmest, most thoughtful and sharply written fiction pods around, and it calls to mind all the best parts of the Hitchhiker's Guide and Red Dwarf while still being very much it's own thing. It's no surprise it's become an instant hit, having recently passed a million downloads. We urge you to check out Midnight Burger wherever you get podcasts, or at weopenatsix.com  And now, here's S1 E1 of Midnight Burger, entitled The Transdimensional Haboob! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to the Mockery Manor Christmas Special! Hey everyone, festive greetings from us here at Long Cat Towers! We hope you're having a lovely time wherever you are, and whatever you're up to.  This is just a very quick reminder that the Mockery Manor Christmas Special, A Midwinter Night's Dream, is available now.  You can find all the info about how to get it at longcatmedia.com/christmas It's a double-length standalone story set in the winter of 1994, where Mockery Manor theme park has opened its doors for its first ever winter season. But things are not quite what they seem...  If you're travelling to see family or friends, A Midwinter Night's Dream is the perfect accompaniment for a long drive or train journey. Plus 25% of the profits will go to a charity chosen by our patrons in January.  Once again, go to longcatmedia.com/christmas to hear it.  And now, for your bemusement, here's the blooper reel from Mockery Manor A Midwinter Night's Dream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica on your podcast player of choice! Hayley Evenett (JJ/Bette) introduces another of Long Cat Media's podcasts... MADAME MAGENTA: SONOS MYSTICA Madame Magenta, psychic, medium, and inventor of the ‘drink-along' audiobook, reads her best-selling* books, with support from her adoring husband Bernard. In Magenta is the Warmest Colour, Magenta is forced into a bank heist by the ghost of her ex-husband, and in Madame Magenta & The Arcati Killer, she is pitted against a psychotic murderer hell-bent on destroying the mystic community. She also uses the ancient art of bibliomancy to help solve real problems sent in by you, her Tragic Fans. *dependent on definition of ‘best-seller'. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mockery Manor Christmas Special is here! Visit our website to buy it and listen immediately MOCKERY MANOR: A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM Winter, 1994. Mockery Manor has flung open its doors and invited guests into a winter wonderland! But for Parker, Bette, JJ and Gretchen, this Christmas proves more magical than they ever bargained for... Festive hijinks and magical mayhem at Mockery Manor! Written & Directed by Lindsay Sharman Music, Sound Design and Editing by Laurence Owen Hayley Evenett - JJ, Bette Laurence Owen - Parker, Paul, Luke, the mysterious Lorry Driver, additional voices Lindsay Sharman - Margot, Davina, additional voices James Ducker - Walter Abbie Eastwood - Gretchen, additional voices 25% of profits from this special episode will go to a charity chosen by our patrons in January 2023. If you'd like to become a patron, head to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Merry festives! Laurence & Lindsay x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our pleasure to introduce Give Me Away, another fabulous series from the Fable & Folly Network. Give Me Away is a thrilling and thoughtful sci-fi drama, that imagines: what if there was such a thing as consensual body snatchers, aliens that cohabit in the minds of willing humans. What does sharing a body look like? They call the spaceship that crashed in the Nevada desert “The Ghosthouse” because it screams—the screams of thousands of extraterrestrial political prisoners uploaded into its horrific mainframe. The only way to free them... is to transfer them into the bodies of humans willing to share their minds with an alien second consciousness. But who would volunteer for that? Graham Shapiro, divorced and adrift at age 50, is one of the first to raise his hand. Give Me Away is written by Mac Rogers, the creator of smash hit shows Steal The Stars, LifeAfter and The Message, which between them have been downloaded 10 million, so there's some series audio drama pedigree here. And that really shows in Give Me Away. As you'll hopefully have come to expect with all the podcasts that we share with you, Give Me Away is deftly written, with stunning sound design to put you right in the action, and a wonderful cast of actors. And now it's our pleasure to share with you, Episode 1: Is That Thing Screaming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Download the Apollo app! Hey everyone, Laurence here - just a quick update with a little bit of exciting Mockery Manor news, and give a shout out to another show that we love.  We've been working on a little something before Season 3 starts next year.  Mockery Manor is going to have a Christmas Special! It's a brand new double-length episode, and it's coming out on the 1st of December. It was ridiculously fun to record, and we can't wait to share it with you.  So, how can you hear it? Well... you might have heard us advertising a wonderful app called Apollo - if you haven't, Apollo is a gorgeous new podcast player that's specifically geared towards fiction. And it's so worth checking out - you can find all your favourite audio dramas on there, and discover loads more. It's really easy to use, it's beautiful to look at, and my favourite part is that you can search and browse by genre of fiction. That's something no other podcast app can do. The Apollo team have also curated some really great themed lists to explore - I think our show The Ballad of Anne & Mary is on a list called "Cinematic Epic", which we really like. But there's a new feature on Apollo - you can now support the shows you love by purchasing additional content directly on the app, and then you can listen immediately. Right now you can get bonus episodes of Omen, Sidequesting, Someone Dies In This Elevator, Midnight Burger has bonus content coming soon, loads of great shows. And on the 1st December, we're gonna be releasing our Christmas special on Apollo.  We'll remind you again when it's out, but we really hope that you'll go and download Apollo, and find some new amazing fiction shows to get lost in.  And now finally, we want to re-introduce you to a show that we shared a few months ago: Earth Eclipsed. Earth Eclipsed is a brilliantly exciting and multi-award winning sci-fi series made by the same team that made the Apollo app - annoyingly multi-talented people. It's a wonderful show, and they have a bonus episode out today, for you to buy and listen to on Apollo. You can find the direct link to that bonus episode, along with all the other things I've mentioned, in the show notes of this episode.  So please do download the Apollo app, mark December 1st in your diary for the Mockery Manor Christmas special, and now we'd like to play you the trailer for the brand new bonus episode of Earth Eclipsed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is our absolute pleasure to introduce what we think is one of the best audio dramas we have ever heard: Red Valley. A mystery drama about the limits of experimental science, confronting your own past, present & future, & trying to remember the level select cheat from Sonic 2.  Just an FYI, this episode has some naughtier language than you'd normally find on Mockery Manor, so please be aware if you're listening with little'uns. Subscribe to Red Valley wherever you're listening to this, or by going here. Enjoy! www.redvalleypod.com www.longcatmedia.com www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mockery Manor - Season 3. Coming soon. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buy The Music of Mockery Manor - Season Two here! Welcome to Kiss My Zeitgeist - it's Long Cat Media's new culture programme that might never happen again. Lindsay sits down to ask Laurence about the music of Mockery Manor Season Two, what it's like to write music on laudanum, and why he's had a Tom Jones song stuck in his head for weeks. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices