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   S1 · E24 · 7 Aug 2023 · 47 min

   The Mystery in Room 348

   In September 2010, a quiet, hardworking landman, Greg Fleniken, is found dead in his hotel room. He appears to have suffered traumatic internal injuries which have led to his death. But with no sign of a struggle, no enemies, and no witnesses to any kind of fight, the cops are quickly stumped. Who could have killed this man? And how did they do it? It’s only when the unstoppable Private Investigator, Ken Brennan joins the team that they begin to piece together the events leading up to Greg’s untimely death. What they uncover is the most unlikely, and unlucky, murder in Texan history. A…

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   S1 · E23 · 31 Jul 2023 · 45 min

   Murder on the Moscow Express

   In 1910, a body is found in a first-class compartment of a train at Moscow’s Kursky Railway Station. The man has been stabbed to death, but the motive for the murder isn’t immediately obvious. In his pockets, celebrated Detective Arkady Koshko finds a monogrammed wallet with some money in it, a handkerchief, and a decorated silver cigar case. It’s a baffling crime scene, with more questions than clues. Most investigators would be stumped, but Koshko isn’t like most investigators. Can Russia’s greatest detective get to the bottom of the case, before the killer strikes again? A Noiser…

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   S1 · E22 · 24 Jul 2023 · 48 min

   Not the Crying Sort

   In August 1922, Ivy Giberson is found tied up in her home in Lakehurst, New Jersey, while her husband William lies dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Ivy says two burglars broke in and did it. When crack detective Ellis Parker is brought in to take charge of the investigation, he reassures her that he’ll do everything he can to find her husband’s killer. And that’s just what he does, in record time. But the solution he discovers is not quite what she – or anyone else – was expecting. A Noiser production, written by Roger Morris For ad-free listening, exclusive content, and early access…

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   S1 · E21 · 17 Jul 2023 · 47 min

   The Ballad of Jay J. Armes

   In 1972, while Hollywood legend Marlon Brando is in France filming Last Tango in Paris, his teenage son goes missing, presumed kidnapped. To find the boy, Brando turns to America’s most recognisable and flamboyant Private Eye — Jay J. Armes. This incredible investigator, famous for the fact that he has hooks for hands, has hunted down murderers, kidnappers, robbers, and cheats, and worked for millionaires, celebrities, and dignitaries all over the world. By the time he’s finished with this case, Jay J. Armes will have his name in headlines across the globe, he’ll have almost died in a…

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   S1 · E20 · 10 Jul 2023 · 50 min

   The Crime of the Century

   It’s October 1910. An explosion destroys the Los Angeles Times Building. Twenty people are killed, and many more are badly injured. With a rise in domestic terrorism, bombs have been detonating across the United States, as war between the unions and non-unions rages on. Famed private detective William J Burns is hired to find the arsonists. The New York Times once called him “the only detective of genius whom the country has produced.” What follows is an investigation that takes him across The States, following shady characters with murder on their minds. Will Burns be able to find the…

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   S1 · E18 · 26 Jun 2023 · 41 min

   Hunting the Hunter (Part 2 of 2)

   Sergeant Glenn Flothe of the Alaska State Troopers Homicide Division is on the trail of a serial killer. Flothe’s prime suspect is a successful businessman with a wife and children, living in a well-to-do suburb of Anchorage. Though outwardly respectable, Flothe’s instincts tell him that Robert Hansen has a very dark side indeed. But persuading the DA is another matter. Even when Hansen is accused of kidnapping a sex worker at gunpoint, the authorities take his word against his victims. But Glenn Flothe is convinced she’s telling the truth. And he knows he has to stop Hansen before he kills…

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   S1 · E17 · 19 Jun 2023 · 40 min

   Hunting the Hunter (Part 1 of 2)

   In September 1982, two hunters stumble upon the body of a woman buried in a shallow grave by the Knik River in Alaska. Could her death be connected to a spate of missing person cases in Anchorage? When another body is discovered a year later, crack homicide detective Sergeant Glenn Flothe of the Alaska State Troopers is assigned to investigate. As he digs deeper into the cases, he comes to the inescapable conclusion that there’s a sadistic serial killer on the loose. And it’s down to Sergeant Flothe and his team to stop him. A Noiser production, written by Roger Morris For ad-free listening,…

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   S1 · E16 · 12 Jun 2023 · 48 min

   The Blind Leading the Blind

   It’s April 1955, and an explosion rips through the Meier and Frank Department Store in Portland. The store’s owner, Aaron Frank, is shocked. Even more so when he is handed an extortion letter, promising a bigger blast the following day. The bomber does offer one way out though. He will provide the location of the second explosive device and instructions on how to dismantle it safely. All Aaron Frank has to do is cough up $50,000… Detective Bill Browne is the man tasked with finding the bomber. Tracking him down will take the cops on a bizarre scavenger hunt across the state of Oregon. With…

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   S1 · E15 · 5 Jun 2023 · 46 min

   Manchester's Sherlock Holmes

   In February 1889, wealthy businessman John Fletcher is found unconscious in a Manchester cab and taken to hospital where he is declared dead on arrival. Known to be a heavy drinker, his death is at first put down to alcohol poisoning. But Detective Chief Inspector Jerome Caminada suspects foul play. Who was the young man seen running away from the cab? And what happened to the dead man’s possessions? Using his remarkable powers of deduction, this real-life master detective won’t rest until he finds the answers. A Noiser production, written by Roger Morris For ad-free listening, exclusive…

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    S1 · E14 · 29 May 2023 · 51 min

    Public Enemy Number One

    In May 1978, France’s Public Enemy Number One, Jacques Mesrine, escapes from the maximum-security prison, La Santé, in Paris. This marks the first ever escape from La Santé but it most certainly is not Mesrine's first prison break. In fact, it seems no prison in the world can hold him. Enter celebrated detective Maurice Bouvier. Bouvier knows that catching the prolific robber, violent killer, kidnapper and master of disguise will not be an easy task. After all, he's been playing this cat and mouse game with Mesrine for years. But this time it's different. You see, when the two men last met,…