{"podcast":{"title":"House of Mystery Radio on NBC","slug":"house-of-mystery-radio-on-nbc-941097","podcast_index_feed_id":941097,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5b7eee3536bf3f4166bc8c11","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5b7eee3536bf3f4166bc8c11/1604165902770-c672866f22f9b75425509ba1ac78e4e8.jpeg","author":"Alan R. Warren","episode_count":1578,"summary":"Many talented people's writings and movies address the deep, dark mysteries of our world — across both Fiction (Horror, Crime, Sci-Fi, Action-Adventure, Romance, LGBT) and Non-Fiction (Crime, History, Science, Paranormal) stories. Please step into the “House of Mystery” 5 nights a week and join us as we go deep into the creative process behind our esteemed guests' works. Past Guests in Non-Fiction have included Marcia Clark (of the O.J. Simpson trial), Robert Kennedy, Jr., Jesse Ventura, Burl Barer, Nancy Grace, Aphrodite Jones, Mark Olshaker, Anne Bremner (on Amanda Knox), F. Lee Bailey, Tom Mesereau (on Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson), Roger Stone (on the JFK Assassination), Dan Abrams, Juan Martinez (on Jodi Arias), Michael Hawley (on Jack the Ripper), and Michael Butterfield (on the Zodiac Killer). Past Guests in Fiction have included Eric Shapiro, George Weir, John Copenhaver, Lee Goldberg, Gregory Ashe, J.D. Horn, Rick Poldark, Greg F. Gifune, Michael Bland, Geoff Symon, Gabriel Rottello, James Polchin, Lev Raphael, and Robert Fieseler. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:20:35.533226+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-mystery-radio-on-nbc-941097"},"episode":{"title":"Alison McBain - The Rose Queen","slug":"alison-mcbain-the-rose-queen","published_at":"2026-06-25T21:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-mystery-radio-on-nbc-941097/alison-mcbain-the-rose-queen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-mystery-radio-on-nbc-941097","url":"https://shows.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio/episodes/alison-mcbain-alternative-war","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5b7eee3536bf3f4166bc8c11/e/6a2225eb14e465e5ce8c1801/media.mp3","summary":"The Rose Queen was a fantasy finalist for 2019 IAN Book of the Year, and also a finalist for the 2019 Literary Classics Book Award. In addition, it was named as one of the best books of 2018 by the reviewer website Bookshine and Readbows. What makes it so intriguing? Perhaps it's because the Beast doesn't always wait for Beauty. Sometimes, Beauty IS the Beast. Princess Mirabella is betrothed to a repulsive old man a year after her mother's death. She refuses the marriage, only to find out her betrothed is a sorcerer as well. He takes his revenge by transforming her into a savage and frightening beast, giving her an ultimatum: she has three years to solve the mystery of her curse—or die. Exiled to her mother's estate to hide the scandal, Mirabella learns that the sorcerer was not alone in keeping secrets. Her grandfather was murdered before Mirabella was born, and her mother's death is looking less and less as if it came from natural causes. The only point in common to all their ruined lives: her father, the king. Faced with a conflict between saving her family and saving her own life, the choices Mirabella makes will change the future of the kingdom—and magic—forever. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Rose Queen was a fantasy finalist for 2019 IAN Book of the Year, and also a finalist for the 2019 Literary Classics Book Award. In addition, it was na…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1555,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/house-of-mystery-radio-on-nbc-941097/episodes/alison-mcbain-the-rose-queen/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-mystery-radio-on-nbc-941097/alison-mcbain-the-rose-queen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}