Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast

The latest episode in our podcast series features a mystery featuring Sherlock Holmes's friend and confidant Dr. John H. Watson. This time around, Dr. Watson travels to coal-mining country in northern Wales to investigate corrupt railroad barons. Please enjoy "The Green Man" by James G. Tipton, from our Sept/Oct 2022 issue.

Find out what happens when a photographer gets wrapped up in a murder case involving a very famous guitar and a sports memorabilia collector. Here is "The Beano" by Floyd Sullivan, from our September/October 2021 issue.

In this episode of the AHMM podcast, Joslyn Chase takes listeners back to Victorian England to tell the thrilling tale of a woman trying to survive Jack the Ripper's 1888 killing spree. "The Wolf and Lamb" originally appeared in our May/June 2020 issue.

"Five Bullet Friday" centers around the murder of Lucy Bell, an overachieving travel agency manager whose co-workers all have secrets that could drive them to kill. But did any of them do it, or did Lucy have some secrets of her own? Find out by listening to Mary Angela Honerman's reading of her exciting story from our July/August 2022 issue.

Edith Maxwell, who also writes under the name Maddie Day, is the Agatha-winning author of the Quaker Midwife Mysteries. Here, she reads her story "Peril in Pasadena" (AHMM Sept/Oct 2022), which features 1920s private eyes Dorothy Henderson and Ruth Skinner in a case involving a woman astronomer. https://edithmaxwell.com

Martin Limón's duo of military detectives George Sueño and Ernie Bascom are on the case again in "Kimchi Kitty." This time, they're trying to solve the disappearance of a Korean country music star.

Susan Breen reads her story from our May/June 2022 issue, "Detective Anne Boelyn," where she brings one of the most iconic figures in English history to life. Also, be sure to check out Breen's Maggie Dove series, featuring the titular Sunday school teacher and private detective from New York's Hudson River Valley.

Kevin Egan draws on his career as a clerk in Manhattan's supreme court for many of his stories, and "Term Life," from our June 2014 issue, is another example of his mastery over crime fiction that thrills and entertains. This time, his recurring character Fox is out to save the life of a local judge.

This episode features Merrilee Robson's tale "Tired of Bath" from the March/April 2022 issue, which imagines what Jane Austen would experience when transported to the current day and tracks two friends—an English teacher and a filmmaker—as they handle the situation. Canadian writer Merrilee Robson is the author of Murder is Uncooperative, and her short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The People’s Friend, Mystery Weekly, Over My Dead Body, Mysteryrat’s Maze podcast, and a number of anthologies. The story is read by our managing editor, Jackie Sherbow. https://merrileerobson.ca

A Chicago cop heads out to the country to investigate the death of Red, an old family friend. When he arrives, he begins to wonder who's really telling the truth about the goings-on around town, especially regarding Red's death. Soon enough, the cop finds that there's something a little off about the town he's visiting. Here is "Inquest" by Michael A. Black, from our March 2004 issue, read by our editorial assistant, Kevin Wheeler.

In this episode of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast, Yorkshire-based author and journalist Pat Black reads us a thrilling murder mystery set in Glasgow, the city he originally hails from. Here is "The Man in the Long Dark Coat," from our May/June 2022 issue.

Enter the world of crime, Oklahoma-style, in the latest episode of our podcast, where author Bret Jones reads his story "Not My First Rodeo," from out March/April 2022 issue.

In our latest podcast episode, we feature Jeff Cohen's "The Question of the Befuddled Judge" from the May/June 2020 issue, read by the author. Jeff Cohen is the author of the humorous Double Feature and Aaron Tucker mystery series. As E.J. Copperman he writes the Haunted Guesthouse mystery series, the Agent to the Paws series, the Mysterious Detective series, and the Samuel Hoenig series. http://www.jeffcohenbooks.com/

Art Taylor reads his Derringer-winning novella from the January/February 2020 issue, which is currently nominated for the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. Taylor's book "The Boy Detective & The Summer of '74 and Other Tales of Suspense" is available from Crippen & Landru. https://arttaylorwriter.com/book/the-boy-detective-the-summer-of-74-and-other-tales-of-suspense/ https://arttaylorwriter.com https://crippenlandru.com

Novelist, short-story writer, and poet James Tipton reads from his series featuring Dr. John Watson in this month's podcast: "The Beast of Easedale Tarn" from the March/April 2021 issue of AHMM.

After a hiatus, our podcast series is back with a tale by Joseph S. Walker from the May/June 2020 issue. The story, which is currently nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story, is read here by the widely published short-story author. https://jsw47408.wixsite.com/website

In this episode, we read Angela Zeman's intriguing, meaningful, and inventive historical story "The First Tale of Roxanne," from the May 2013 issue. http://www.angelazeman.com

In our newest episode, three-time Derringer Award nominee and three-time Agatha Award nominee Elizabeth Zelvin reads her story "A Work in Progress" from the May/June 2019 issue of AHMM. After the reading, she talks about the writing of this story and about the new anthology Me Too Short Stories. http://www.elizabethzelvin.com http://www.metooanthology.net

Just in time for Halloween, our newest podcast episode features Tara Laskowski reading her story "The Monitor"—from our April 2014 issue and reprinted in Terror at the Crossroads—and talking about her new novel, One Night Gone. Recorded at Malice Domestic 2019. http://taralaskowski.com https://www.alfredhitchcockmysterymagazine.com/terror-at-the-crossroads-tales-of-horror-delusion-and-the-unknown/ http://malicedomestic.org

Deborah Lacy, short-story and nonfiction author and editor of Mystery Playground, reads her story "Taking Care" from the May/June 2018 issue and talks a bit about where she finds new authors to read. Recorded at Malice Domestic 2019. http://www.deborahlacy.com http://www.mysteryplayground.net http://malicedomestic.org