{"podcast":{"title":"Nocturnal Tales: Mystery Audiobooks and Crime Stories","slug":"nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120","podcast_index_feed_id":7848120,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10caa1704/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.lavertyprod.ie/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44974409/44974409-1765374843006-461a1b5dc3713.jpg","author":"Nicolas and Dora – Nocturnal Tales","episode_count":199,"summary":"Long-form mystery audiobooks for late-night listening. Original Golden Age Murder Mystery-inspired cases, classic-style whodunits, with new detectives like Veronica Lakewood – all told in a cinematic, immersive way with careful historical detail. Settle in, press play, and let the night take over. Our contact info: https://www.lavertyprod.ie/nocturnal-tales contact@lavertyprod.ie","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T18:19:22.474847+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120"},"episode":{"title":"The Corpse at the Costume Ball | A Captain Hastings & Anne Foster Mystery Audiobook","slug":"the-corpse-at-the-costume-ball-a-captain-hastings-anne-foster-mystery-audiobook","published_at":"2026-05-22T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120/the-corpse-at-the-costume-ball-a-captain-hastings-anne-foster-mystery-audiobook","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/12164784197/episodes/The-Corpse-at-the-Costume-Ball--A-Captain-Hastings--Anne-Foster-Mystery-Audiobook-e3jo7le","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4545165247.mp3","summary":"A musketeer, a spaniel, and a murder at the most fashionable charity ball of the season — Captain Hastings is invited to Lady Beatrice Mallory's annual costume ball by the charming Anne Foster and promptly arrives with a borrowed sword, a plumed hat, and Pip the spaniel who was not invited but came anyway; among four hundred guests in masks and finery a man dressed as a harlequin is found dead in the palm room, poisoned, costumed, and posed like a joke no one is laughing at, and with an inspector closing in on the wrong suspect, Anne's sharp eye for detail, a stained glove, a blackmailer's receipts, and Pip's inconvenient talent for finding evidence, Hastings must solve a case built on blackmail, embezzlement, and the desperate lengths a man will go to protect the woman he loves; The Corpse at the Costume Ball is an original Golden Age–style mystery about masks, murder, and the discovery that the most dangerous costume is the one a man wears every day. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERSThis is an original Golden Age–style mystery presented as a respectful homage to classic detective fiction. All characters and events in this story are fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied. 💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTSA poisoned harlequin, a charity ball full of secrets, and a man who killed to protect a reputation already lost. Was Sir Julian right that men like Vale never stop — or was that just the excuse he needed? 🕵️ ───────────────────────────── 📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99 📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchase https://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383 🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF included https://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2 ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — EPUB + PDF included https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales/e/532495 Both…","meta_description":"A musketeer, a spaniel, and a murder at the most fashionable charity ball of the season — Captain Hastings is invited to Lady Beatrice Mallory's annual co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5352,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120/episodes/the-corpse-at-the-costume-ball-a-captain-hastings-anne-foster-mystery-audiobook/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120/the-corpse-at-the-costume-ball-a-captain-hastings-anne-foster-mystery-audiobook.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}