Opening Summer 1989! Mockery Manor Amusement Park opens its doors after extensive refurbishment. Spend a fun-filled family day out with your feline friends Queen Booboos and her hapless pageboy, Mr Crackles. Trousers Meowzers! There's something for everyo

Discover the secrets of Mockery Manor theme park - where childhood never dies... and people disappear. Seasons 1 and 2 of Mockery Manor available now wherever you get podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A sneak preview of the Mockery Manor theme tune, composed by Laurence Owen. Episode 1 of this new narrative mystery series arrives on October 31st, 2019. Strap in!

Despite arriving forty-seven minutes and three days late for her first day of training, 18-year-old JJ is keen to explore Mockery Manor, the peculiar theme park she now calls home. Seasoned staff member Parker shows her around, but after an unnerving trip to Dreamland, JJ is certain that something is very wrong at Mockery Manor... For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ is shown around the park by seasoned employee Parker. While exploring the sinister Dreamland, which records snippets of guests as they explore it, JJ hears a recording that sounds suspiciously like a woman being attacked. Parker says that he and his new girlfriend, JJ's twin sister Bette, are going to break into the park after dark, and JJ decides to tag along. In this episode: JJ is sharing an onsite dormitory with the intimidating Sonia, who is determined to make JJ's life miserable. An after-hours jaunt around the park with Parker and Bette leads to tensions in the group, and Parker reveals that they aren't the only residents of Mockery Manor. The park's founder, Margot Mockery, still lives in the decrepit manor house at the heart of the park... and they're being watched. For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ, Parker and Bette sneak into the park at night to explore. They meet fellow employees Matty, Sonia and Emma, who have snuck in too. Sonia accuses JJ of stealing something from her dorm room, and JJ and Bette have an argumen

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ is caught in the park after hours by Manager Norton, but fools him into thinking she's Bette - her twin sister. Meanwhile Parker investigates a high-pitched scream, and finds a terrified Matty cowering in a supply cupboard, having seen "a big cat". Parker leaves him, laughing, and bumps into Emma, who has Sonia's bracelet in her possession (which everyone thinks JJ has stolen) and he takes it from her. Parker then realises Matty is right: Winnie, a cougar kept by Margot in secret, has escaped. Parker tracks Winnie to the Heart of Darkness ride, and finds her eating the body of Nick, the caretaker. Horrified, Parker calls Jenkins, whose suspicions are now confirmed. People are being murdered in the park... again. In this episode: the park is now open! A frustrated JJ is determined to get some answers... and more blood is shed. For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: Everything is open, but Parker hasn't been seen for days, as he is now living in the Manor house. Emma tells JJ that Parker has Sonia's stolen charm bracelet (despite everyone thinking JJ is the thief), and tells her to make P

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ learns of her family’s involvement with Manor, that her grandmoth...

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ learns of her family’s involvement with Manor, that her grandmother was their cook, and that her aunt Kate died in the same fire that injured Margot and killed the other Mockerys. Meanwhile, Bette has an uncomfortable conve

CW: Violence, descriptions of assault and drugs. Previously on Mockery Manor: Bette makes a dramatic exit from the park, leaving a note publicly shaming JJ. While looking at old photos with his mum, Parker realises that Margot Mockery's friend Janet (who Parker secretly knows to have been murdered) is JJ's aunt. He rushes back to the park with the photo to confront JJ. The pair end up making love instead, but JJ soon realises that it was Janet she heard screaming in the Dreamland recording. Meanwhile, JJ's older ex-boyfriend Graham arrives at the park, and a hitchhiking Bette has suddenly come face to face with Manager Norton. In this episode: JJ deals with Graham's unexpected arrival, and Bette returns to Mockery Manor... For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: After Parker shows her the photograph of Auntie Janet with Margot and the park contractors, JJ realises that Janet was the screaming woman from the Dreamland recording. She runs to call the police, but is distracted by her ex-boyfriend Graham, who has run away from his wife and unexpectedly arrived at the park. Needing a place to stay, JJ escorts Graham to the uninhabited gardener's cottage in the woods. But once he is alone, Graham becomes the third victim of the Mockery Manor murderer. Meanwhile, a terrified and dishevelled Bette reappears in the park. The twins are reunited, and Bette tells JJ that Manager Norton abducted and drugged her. Bette had awoken in the woods to find Norton digging a hole, before she overpowered him, and beat him to death with his shovel. On this episode: JJ concocts a plan to help Bette escape the police, Margot is visited by her estranged mother Dorothy, and Parker ends up in hot water... For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CW: Violence, child abuse descriptions. Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ hatches a plan to help Bette escape the park and evade the police, after learning that she has killed Norton. Bette reveals that she is familiar with the park's underground tunnels, and they decide to hide there until nightfall. However, they meet Parker in the tunnels, and JJ brings him in on the plan - much to Bette's concern. Meanwhile, Margot's mother Dorothy has appeared, and Jenkins explains that Janet (Dorothy's daughter, Margot's sister and the twins' aunt) is the latest in a series of murders at the park, which appear to be connected. Back in the tunnels, Bette recognises Norton with his arm around Janet in the old photo, and Parker agrees to cover for the twins to allow Bette to escape. He lies to the police - but his cover story accidentally incriminates JJ in the recent murder of her ex-boyfriend Graham. In this episode: the police continue to hunt for the twins, tensions rise between JJ, Bette and Parker, and Dorothy tells JJ a story... For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CW: Violence, abuse. Previously on Mockery Manor: with Parker's help, JJ and Bette evade the police and escape the manor. After their arguing comes to a head, Bette storms off, leaving JJ alone and lost. While wandering the tunnels, JJ meets Dorothy: her grandmother. Dorothy leads JJ to Dreamland, where Margot has created disturbing tableaux of her own life story. JJ learns that the woman posing as Margot Mockery is none other than her namesake aunt Kate - previously thought to be dead - and that the real Margot had died in the 1948 fire instead. The penniless Dorothy had seen an opportunity for her daughter, and made the switch. However, mere moments after revealing this, Dorothy is stabbed to death before JJ's eyes... In this episode: JJ comes face to face with the killer. For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: The villain has been unmasked. JJ and Bette make a desperate bid for freedom, but their pursuer is hot on their heels, and he's very, very angry. Like the big green fella on the telly. In this episode... the climax! For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're delighted to tell you about 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

Introducing The Music of Mockery Manor - Season One! Laurence and Lindsay dive into the series soundtrack album, released today! Featuring hit songs from fictitious pop sensations Lydia, Duncan Newgate, Foucault's Pendulum, the Alfred Mockery Orchestra and Trio, and more. It also includes the complete original score: 30+ tracks of creepy 1980s synth-horror goodness. But that's not all! As well as the digital album itself, they've also produced CHART TOPPERS, an 80s pop magazine from within the Mockery Manor universe. It features interviews with all our made-up pop stars, vintage adverts for the park, song lyrics, and more... plus a few hints at Season Two for the eagle-eyed reader... Buy both on Bandcamp: https://longcatmedia.bandcamp.com/ (https://longcatmedia.bandcamp.com) ... or support Laurence and Lindsay monthly on Ko-fi and get them for free: https://www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Follow @MockeryManor and @LongCatMedia on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to keep in touch with us - we love to hear from you!

Hello! While you wait for Mockery Manor Season 2 (which is coming very soon...) you might also enjoy our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad of Anne and Mary), which is out now in its entirety.It's a swashbucklin

Not long to wait until the second season of Mockery Manor! Let us introduce you to Wizzzard Entertainment's second park, in the heart of the Black Forest: Dunkelschloss.Fore more info: www.longcatmedia.comTo support us: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmediaFollow us

Three years have passed since the grisly events of 1989. A lot can happen in three years. At his desk at Mockery Manor, assistant manager Parker receives an unexpected phone call. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, the Lorry Driver and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot, the telephone operator and additional voices, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, the advert voiceover, and the little girl, and Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomas, aka Eurobear. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Three years have passed since the grisly events of Season One, and Mockery Manor’s new assistant manager Parker receives an unexpected phone call from Tokyo. JJ has fallen in with a bad crowd and needs help fleeing Japan. Parker arranges for JJ to travel to Germany and begin working at Dunkelschloss, Mockery Manor's sister park in the Black Forest. At the German park, employee Gretchen tries to remain professional while greeting guests, but her colleague Tomasz (dressed as mascot Eurobear) is behaving suspiciously, ultimately sneaking off to meet with a mysterious stranger. Meanwhile, Dunkelschloss's manager Hilda telephones Jenkins, and both are convinced the other is responsible for the disappearance of a large amount of theme park equipment on its way to Mockery Manor. Finally, a hitchhiking JJ is dumped by a lorry driver in the forest near Dunkelschloss. In a hollow tree, she hides something she cannot take with her, but cannot afford to lose. In this episode: JJ begins her shift at Jack's Giant Land, Jenkins gives Parker a difficult mission, and... Bette. Where has she been for the last three years? Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, the DJ and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda and Margot, Alasdair Beckett-King was Chet, Danil the Russian Gangster and additional voices, and Kenzo Kanayama was Genkai For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit http://longcatmedia.com/ (longcatmedia.com) Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to http://ko-fi.com/longcatmedia (ko-fi.com/longcatmedia) Support this podcast www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously - Flashing back to New Year's Eve 1990, a disillusioned Bette leaves her pilled-up sister partying with strangers on a Thailand beach, and finds herself spilling her emotions to Chet, an American traveller. Chet invites Bette to come with him to the Himalayas to find inner peace, which she does... without JJ. Flashing forward to the present (1992), Hilda teaches JJ to drive the People Cart in the Vegetable Patch, Dunkelschloss's dullest edu-tainment offering. JJ panics at the mention of a ride called the Trousers Meowsers Mega Coaster, and Hilda informs her that they sometimes swap attractions with Mockery Manor. She also reveals that JJ will be staying in the semi-derelict schloss (castle) during her stay. Meanwhile, at Mockery Manor, Jenkins presses Parker to contact JJ and task her with spying on Hilda, whom he suspects is running an "illegal operation" from the German park. To their surprise, Bette then arrives at Mockery Manor and asks whether Margot's offer of a full-time job still stands. Finally, back in Tokyo, shadowy figures are disposing of a body. It seems unlikely that "the girl" is their colleague's killer, but they are determined to find her and retrieve the item she was supposed to deliver - a priceless, stolen Vermeer. In this episode: a desperate Bette is given a mission, while JJ seeks help from an unsavoury contact, settles into her new lodgings, and makes an unlikely friend. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Davina, Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Dodgy Eric, and Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit http://longcatmedia.com/ (longcatmedia.com) Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to http://ko-fi.com/longcatmedia (ko-fi.com/longcatmedia) Support this podcast www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: JJ takes the scenic route to Hilda's office by riding The Elves of Europe and jumping off the boat at the Italy show scene. Using Hilda's phone, JJ contacts Dodgy Eric (her old flame, and generally an unsavoury character), and asks for his help selling her mysterious package - a stolen Vermeer painting - which he agrees to do. She is then escorted by Tomasz to her lodgings in the semi-derelict schloss at the centre of the park, which has no toilets. Meanwhile, Bette unexpectedly arrives at Mockery Manor and tells Margot, Jenkins and Parker that she has had a baby and needs a job. Jenkins presses her into spying on Hilda and the Dunkelschloss operations. Later that evening, JJ meets Gretchen sneaking around the park. They part ways at the toilets in Baba Yaga Land, but Gretchen tells JJ to be careful... She thinks there is something going on in the park. Something dangerous. JJ laughs and says "that's statistically unlikely". In this episode: Tomasz reports to Hilda, the twins are reunited in the Black Forest, and Parker starts an investigation of his own. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Matty, Bodankho and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and The Little Mermaid, Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Danil, and Sooz Kempner was Kelly and the Prison Doctor. Further additional voices by Abbie Eastwood. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne and Mary, visit http://longcatmedia.com/ (longcatmedia.com) Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to http://ko-fi.com/longcatmedia (ko-fi.com/longcatmedia)

Previously: JJ takes the scenic route to Hilda's office by riding The Elves of Europe and jumping off the boat at the Italy show scene. Using Hilda's phone, JJ contacts Dodgy Eric (her old flame, and generally an unsavoury character), and asks for his help selling her mysterious package - a stolen Vermeer painting - which he agrees to do. She is then escorted by Tomasz to her lodgings in the semi-derelict schloss at the centre of the park, which has no toilets. Meanwhile, Bette unexpectedly arrives at Mockery Manor and tells Margot, Jenkins and Parker that she has had a baby and needs a job. Jenkins presses her into spying on Hilda and the Dunkelschloss operations. Later that evening, JJ meets Gretchen sneaking around the park. They part ways at the toilets in Baba Yaga Land, but Gretchen tells JJ to be careful... She thinks there is something going on in the park. Something dangerous. JJ laughs and says "that's statistically unlikely". In this episode: Tomasz reports to Hilda, the twins are reunited in the Black Forest, and Parker starts an investigation of his own. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Matty, Bodankho and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and The Little Mermaid, Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Danil, and Sooz Kempner was Kelly and the Prison Doctor. Further additional voices by Abbie Eastwood. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this, our first of two mid-season bonus episodes, show creators Lindsay and Laurence sit down with lead actor Hayley Evenett (JJ/Bette) for a quick recap of the first four episodes of S2, chatting about the story, characters, music and sound design challenges, and where Hayley thinks we might be heading this season (she genuinely doesn't know). They also invite you to cast your mind back to Season One, and remember a few key details that may or may not be relevant to the plot... We're delighted to have joined the Fable And Folly Network! A family of award-winning independent fiction podcasts all under one roof. For full info, visit www.fableandfolly.com. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com. Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hilda meets with Thomasz on the Little Mermaid Seafoam Rapids and instructs him to get closer to JJ – seduce her if he must. Hilda believes Jenkins sent JJ to Dunkelschloss for a reason, and she wants to know what it is. Elsewhere, JJ is approached by a strange woman – it's Bette, in disguise. Bette gives JJ a letter from Mockery, a spy camera and a listening device, and leaves as quickly as she came. Back in England, Parker is clearly traumatised from the events of three years ago. Kelly tells him he needs 'closure'. Parker is inspired and resolves to talk to someone who can give him answers. JJ reads the letter. It's from Jenkins, who tells her to bug Hilda's phone and take photos of the contents of Dunkelschloss's lorries. Thomasz arrives and JJ asks him to drive her to the village. Elsewhere, Danil and Bohdanko have heard something interesting on the criminal grapevine – a man called Dodgy Eric has been making indiscreet enquiries while trying to sell a Vermeer. Bohdanko is dispatched to Amsterdam to have a word with him. In the final scene, Parker is led into a prison room and comes face-to-face with... Matty. In this episode - JJ demands answers from Bette, Gretchen steps up her investigation, and Parker faces his past demons. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Matty, Bodankho, Giuseppe and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Crusty Bird, Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Dodgy Eric, and Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen. We're delighted that Mockery Manor is now part of the Fable and Folly network! Visit their website for more info: fableandfolly.com For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: JJ went to the Cuckoo Hotel to ask Bette why she'd asked her to spy on Hilda. Mid-conversation, they discover Tomasz spying on them, and it emerges that Hilda had asked him to spy on JJ. Bette becomes convinced the reason is 'industrial espionage'... until Gretchen bursts in to tell them that it's worse than that, and she suspects her friend was killed by Hilda.  Elsewhere, at the high security prison, Parker asks Matty to tell him everything he knows about the man called 'Smithy' who Jenkins offed many years ago. Matty refuses until Parker comes back with info on where Jenkins hid the body. In Amsterdam, gangster Bohdanko questions Dodgy Eric about JJ's whereabouts. In Germany, Hilda makes phonecalls to bring the mysterious Wizzzard 'Committee' together, so they can decide what to do about Jenkins. In this episode: Bette spills her secret, Parker confronts Jenkins, and Davina and Margot have a secret meeting. Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Paul, the Bellhop and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Margot and Davina, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen and the Waitress, and Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info: fableandfolly.com For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Gretchen storms off once she realises that the twins will not help in her search for answers about her missing friend, Gunther. Bette reveals she has a child, and asks JJ to co-operate with Jenkins' plan. JJ refuses, unwilling to tie her fortunes to Mockery Manor. She has a better plan for them both: sell the stolen painting. Thomasz reveals it's worth a lot more than she originally thought - $200 million. Back at Mockery, Parker asks Jenkins where he buried Smithy's body, and Jenkins tells him that Smithy isn't dead. Elsewhere, Margot and Davina meet to discuss Jenkins and some troubling 'accountancy discrepancies'. In this episode: JJ tells Bette what really happened in Tokyo, Parker confronts Matty, Dodgy Eric arrives at Dunkelschloss and Gretchen sings a song. Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Matty, Gunther, Bodhanko and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Margot, Pina and additional voices, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen and additional voices, and Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Dodgy Eric. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info: fableandfolly.com For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: In a flashback, Gretchen performs with her band Frostwald in the Dunkelschloss Battle of the Bands, but bandmate Gunther seems distracted. He tells her that something big is about to happen in the park. He has, of course, since disappeared. In the present day, JJ realises she cannot possibly sell the Vermeer, and breaks down in front of Bette, while Thomaz leaves to find Gretchen. JJ reveals that she arrived to drop off the painting in a Tokyo apartment to find her contact dead, and Russian gangster Bodhanko waiting to kill her, only narrowly escaping herself. Broke as they are, the twins agree they have no choice but to work for Jenkins. Meanwhile, Parker realises that Matty knows nothing about Smithy, and has been toying with him. But something Matty says hits home. Why does Jenkins keep taking the law into his own hands? What kind of man would do that? Desperate to escape, Parker phones the twins and tells them he is coming to Dunkelschloss. In this episode: Bette poses as JJ to spy on Hilda, Thomaz gets roped in to help, and Margot's investigation continues... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Jenkins, Giuseppe, Alex and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Crystal the Go-go Dancer, Margot, Davina and Hilda, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz, and Sooz Kempner was Dorothy Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long Cat Media presents a special episode... We are honoured to introduce In Strange Woods - Chapter 1: A Man Who Cannot Be Saved A new podcast musical from the producer of The Bright Sessions and creators Jeff Luppino-Esposito, Brett Ryback, and Matt Sav. After a tragedy in the Whitetail National Forest, 18-year-old Peregrine Wells seeks out survivalist skills from an enigmatic old recluse. In this fictional documentary musical with an original folk-pop score, listeners will follow producer Brett Ryback as he explores themes of grief, adolescence, and our precarious relationship to the wilderness - all set against a sleepy northern Minnesota town reeling from a loss of innocence it will never get back. Produced by Atypical Artists and created by Jeff Luppino-Esposito, Brett Ryback, and Matt Sav. Subscribe to In Strange Woods: A Musical Podcast CONTENT WARNINGS:​ I​n Strange Woods​ is a musical drama that deals with a myriad of difficult themes, including loss, grief, war, illness, and physical danger. The show has mild language and brief descriptions of death, combat, car accidents, animal attacks, hypothermia, skinning an animal, surviving in the wilderness, and severe weather. Though there are moments of danger and fear, ​In Strange Woods​ is appropriate for teens, though we suggest parents listen to episodes before sharing with children under the age of 13.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Convinced that he is hiding something, Margot searches Jenkins' office. A panicked Davina radios to tell her that Jenkins is heading straight for her. When Jenkins arrives, Margot tells him she has been reminiscing about the days after the Mockery Manor fire. After they share an uncomfortable slow dance, Jenkins asks Margot what she is really doing there. Meanwhile, Bette borrows JJ's spare Dunkelschloss staff uniform so she can investigate in the park unnoticed. They agree to reconvene at the Schloss later that night. JJ does not yet know that Gretchen has escorted an injured Dodgy Eric to her room. Dressed as Eurobear, Thomaz escorts Giuseppe (manager of another Wizzzard Entertainment attraction) to Hilda's office in the Elves of Europe ride. While Thomaz waits outside, he is startled by Bette, who has followed them in. Exasperated, Thomaz insists that Bette steps inside the Eurobear suit with him, so as to avoid Hilda's security cameras. Together in the suit, they listen at Hilda's door. She says that "The Committee" will be here soon, and that there will be a reckoning. In this episode: Bette continues investigating, Parker makes his way to Dunkelschloss, JJ falls back into old bad habits, and Gretchen makes a discovery... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Ring Ring Ring Banana Phone and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Margot, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz and Dodgy Eric, and Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Crammed together in the same Eurobear costume, Thomaz and Bette have been eavesdropping outside Hilda's office as she speaks to her associate Giuseppe. They hear her mention "The Committee" before Thomaz helps Bette escape via an Elves of Europe boat. He tells her that he regularly escorts mysterious visitors to Hilda's office, and then to hidden rooms in the castle. Bette swears she's going to find those rooms. Meanwhile, Gretchen, having escorted a wounded Eric to JJ's room, finds one of these secret rooms - behind a bookcase deep in the crumbling castle. JJ finds Eric convalescing in her bed after being attacked by Bohdanko - the same gangster who nearly killed her in Tokyo. She is horrified that he got as far as finding Eric in Amsterdam, but Eric assures her he didn't tell Bohdanko anything that could lead him to her. But that's not all - Eric has found a buyer for the Vermeer, and JJ reluctantly agrees to go ahead with the sale. Meanwhile, Parker hitches a lift to Dunkelschloss with a slightly unsettling lorry driver, who has noticed a huge increase in the number of Wizzzard Entertainment trucks on the road... In this episode: Parker and Bette have a revelation at Dunkelschloss, Gretchen thrusts JJ deeper into the mystery, and trouble comes to town... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Giuseppe, Antoine and Bohdanko, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Lindsay Sharman was Margot and the Turnstile Operator, and Sooz Kempner was Ingrid. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Parker bumps into Bette at the entrance to Dunkelschloss. They hide from Hilda by running into The Little Mermaid's Underwater Cave System, which, they notice, has the exact same layout as Mockery Manor's Dreamland. Parker tells Bette his suspicions - that Jenkins might had his dad killed, and that he is running some sort of shady business with Hilda. Bette explains that she eavesdropped on Hilda's meeting with "some Italian guy who wouldn't shut up about Beluga whales". Parker recognises that to be Giuseppe, and it all clicks: Wizzzard Entertainment is running a Europe-wide smuggling ring... and Hilda is going to dispose of Jenkins. Meanwhile, in the schloss, Gretchen has stumbled across a hidden room, where Giuseppe and two other Wizzzard park managers are chatting. They don't know why Hilda has called them all to a meeting, but Giuseppe says he is planning to retire. They discover Gretchen listening, and she runs off to tell JJ what she heard. Of course, JJ doesn't want to know - much to Gretchen's frustration. With Dodgy Eric (currently unconscious on JJ's bed) having found her a buyer for the Vermeer, JJ says she just wants to sell her painting, grab Bette, and get out of there. An irate Bette bursts in, accompanied by Parker, and demands that JJ abandons her plan to sell the painting. But before JJ can make up her mind, a sinister figure arrives, gun in hand. Bohdanko - the Russian gangster who tailed her from Japan, and beat up Eric for information in Amsterdam - has come to collect his prize. Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Bohdanko and Parker, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Lindsay Sharman was Margot, and Alasdair Beckett-King was Dodgy Eric. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Oh no! At the schloss, JJ, Bette, Gretchen and Parker are held at gunpoint by Bohdanko, the Russian gangster who has been chasing JJ across Europe in search of the stolen Vermeer. While Bohdanko demands that JJ take him to the painting, Gretchen tries to throw him off the scent. He is not so easily duped, and they are both taken hostage. Bette and Parker are left tied up in JJ's room, but they are rescued by Dodgy Eric, who has been playing dead on the bed for some time. Parker runs off to call the police, while Bette takes Eric's gun and goes in search of JJ and Gretchen. Meanwhile, JJ and Gretchen try and stall for time with an ever-more-dangerous Bohdanko. After several failed attempts to lose him, Bohdanko's phone rings. It becomes clear that he has double-crossed his boss, and is planning to steal the Vermeer for himself. In a desperate attempt to lose him, JJ and Gretchen lead Bohdanko to Wizzzard Entertainment's hidden rooms in the schloss. But when they get there, JJ realises they are not alone. She hides behind a sofa, and calls for Gretchen to do the same. Suddenly, Bohdanko is shot by an unknown someone... In this episode: Parker learns some shocking truths, JJ and Bette face the music, and Hilda assembles the Committee... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Giuseppe, Antoine and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Margot, Hilda and Davina, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Alasdair Beckett-King was Thomaz, and John Henry Falle was Spanish Dave and Vincent Price. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Bodankho's shooter is revealed to be Hilda, accompanied by Thomaz (her reluctant henchman). Hilda is convinced that Gretchen and Bohdanko are working for Jenkins, so Thomaz is tasked with taking Gretchen as hostage to the Committee meeting at The Palace of Koschei The Deathless. But JJ, hiding behind a sofa, evades capture. Meanwhile, Parker frantically searches the park for a phone, and runs into Jenkins and his silent muscle, "Max". It emerges that Jenkins has a crack team of trained operatives scattered throughout the park. As they approach Koschei the Deathless, Parker notices that the ride building is a replica of the Mockery Manor house. Jenkins reveals that he and Hilda were stationed at the Schloss during the war, and that the pair went on to design the theme park together. But Hilda has betrayed him. And not only that, Jenkins says... Hilda was responsible for the murder of Parker's father. Armed with Eric's gun, Bette bursts into the Schloss' secret rooms to find JJ standing over Bohdanko's body. Together, they briefly consider fleeing, before finally resolving to go and rescue Gretchen. Over at Koschei, the Committee members are welcomed by Hilda. They will ride the "egg buggies" through the attraction and disembark at the Masquerade Ball for a buffet reception. But among the Committee members are two surprising guests - Margot and Davina. In this episode: JJ and Bette take a ride on Koschei the Deathless... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Davina, John Henry Falle was the Pluto, Spanish Dave, The Head Waiter and Vincent Price, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz and Donald, Laurence Owen was Giuseppe and additional voices, and Sooz Kempner was Animatronic Dorothy Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before we get to the Mockery Manor finale, we're excited to introduce you to another excellent, multi-award-winning series: Earth Eclipsed. Set in the distant future, the story follows a brilliant neuroscientist on the brink of a galaxy-changing discovery that will save millions of lives - who has her work cut short when she’s kidnapped by a renegade miner.  Earth Eclipsed is a production of the Lunar Company - and if that sounds familiar, it's because they're also the team behind Apollo, the amazing podcast app dedicated purely to fiction. They know their stuff.  We love Earth Eclipsed for its snappy writing, tasty sound design and super lush music - but just to warn you in case their are kiddies around: there are two f-bombs in this episode. stick your headphones on: it’ll sound better anyway.  Subscribe to Earth Eclipsed here Check out the beautiful, interactive Earth Eclipsed website, and the Apollo app - both brought to you by The Lunar Company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: as the Committee arrives at Koschei the Deathless for Hilda's meeting, JJ and Bette sneak in via a side entrance to try and rescue Gretchen. They stumble into the ride, and find themselves in a creepy but familiar kitchen, occupied by an animatronic witch. To her horror, JJ realises that the witch is modelled on Dorothy - Margot's mother, and the twins' grandmother. JJ recalls the Dreamland dollhouse, shown to her by Dorothy moments before she was murdered by Matty. This kitchen is identical to that of the dollhouse. It's Mockery Manor. The twins hop on a passing Egg Buggy, and discover that each room is a distorted, nightmarish reflection of the rooms of Mockery Manor. As they near the grand ballroom, the twins hop out of the Buggy to stay unnoticed. They are shocked to see Margot and Davina among the Committee members. Why are they there? And who's looking after baby Freddie? Meanwhile, Hilda is losing communication with her security unit as they are each taken out by Jenkins' men. "We're under attack" she radios to the others. "Retreat to Koschei and seal it. No-one gets in, no-one gets out. And if you see anyone you don't recognise... execute on sight." In this episode: Party time. Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Davina, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Giuseppe, Antoine and additional voices, John Henry Falle was Spanish Dave, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: War! After negotiations with Hilda prove fruitless, Jenkins launches a full-scale offensive on the Committee. He tells them that the exits to Koschei the Deathless are all sealed, and his men have the ride surrounded. But Jenkins has a problem. Margot is here. Jenkins goes into the fray to retrieve Margot and escape before the final phase of his plan - explosives. As he leaves the control room, Jenkins gives Parker a message to read on the tannoy if he does not return with Margot. It will help her escape, but it's something only she would understand. Meanwhile - JJ, Bette, Gretchen, Thomaz and Davina are all still trapped in the building. Watching on the monitors, Parker is horrified to see the twins looking at one of Jenkins' bombs. Speaking into the tannoy, he cries out to them. But before he can be understood... ka-boom. In this episode: More ka-boom... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Davina, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Giuseppe, Antoine and additional voices, John Henry Falle was Spanish Dave, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our pleasure to introduce Ghosthoney's Dream Machine, an immersive and gently chaotic comedic docu-style mystery podcast. Ghosthoney’s Dream Machine Recap - How We Got Here. A lot has happened in 20 episodes of this little podcast, so in this episode, your host Ghosthoney recaps the past few months in anticipation of the Season 2 premiere on June 30.  Subscribe to Ghosthoney's Dream Machine on your favourite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to tell you once again about 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

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

It's... the Blooper Reel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long Cat Media presents a special episode... We are honoured to introduce The Amelia Project - Episode 8: Luke Dougal. The Amelia Project is a secret organisation offering a very special service: faking its clients' deaths. Its eccentric clientele includes cult leaders, criminals and politicians all desperate to disappear and start over... but for how long can the secrecy last? With the help of his indispensable assistant Alvina, The Amelia Project's Interviewer needs only a 20 minute consultation to help any troubled client disappear into a new and exotic life. His solutions are delivered with a flourish of ingenuity, style, and a mug of finest cocoa. But you don't get to be this good without attracting some unwanted attention… Subscribe to The Amelia Project! 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

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

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.  Purchase the Earth Eclipsed Bonus Episode on Apollo 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'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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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 she soon finds 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

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. 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. 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

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 <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 <3 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 <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: 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. <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. <3 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. <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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. <3 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 <3 Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: With JJ in police custody, Bette knows the clock is ticking to clear her name. Magenta reveals that George moved the date of the Clayton concert to a night with no moon. And finally, over a fine whiskey, Harry and Bobby D lock horns - and Bobby collapses. ------- 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, Kristi Boulton as Abilene, John Henry Falle as Fenwick, and Bernard as himself. 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. <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Our sincere thanks to you <3 Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Time is running out as the evidence against JJ mounts. JJ, Bette and Parker gather in the parlour at the Four Spurs Saloon to try and figure out whodunnit. JJ is alarmed to hear someone has been in her room and stolen the letter from Mrs Wainscoat that lured her to the mine train on the night of the murder. Parker tells them how Clay's stalker Abilene gained access to the VIP lounge because of a Mockery security pass. Bette reveals that Abilene's son Brian is the spitting image of a young Clay. Fenwick reveals that Bobby has collapsed, and Harry has been arrested for poisoning him! And that Harry's real name is Jacob, and he used to be a private investigator who was hired for a job ten years ago... that involved infiltrating Clay's inner circle. Hoo-boy, that's a whole heap of revelations! Finally, Bette tells the others to gather the suspects for a Poirot-style showdown. ------- 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 and Paul, John Henry Falle as Fenwick and Bobby D, Christina Bianco as Kirsteen, Karim Kronfli as George, Luke Capasso as Jacob, Kristi Boulton as Anna Lou, and Madame Magenta as herself. 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. <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Our sincere thanks to you <3 Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Bette sent each of the suspects a letter and brought them all to the parlour of the Four Spurs Saloon for a Poirot-style showdown. Sure enough, the currently-comatose Bobby is revealed as the man behind Clayton's many illegitimate kids. Twenty-some years ago, Bobby sold Clay's sperm without the country star's knowledge. What an asshole! One of those kids is revealed to be Clay's assistant, Anna Lou! Not only that, but Anna Lou's mother turns out to be Clay's stalker Abilene, the woman who invaded the VIP lounge on the night of the murder. That's right, folks, Abilene had bought some of Clay's purloined sperm to create her kids! Now, with those kids all grown up, Bette reveals that Abilene had recently been receiving love letters from someone purporting to be Clayton. Golly gosh! As for Jacob - formerly Harry - he claims to have come to the park with the sole purpose of getting his revenge on Bobby for running him out of town all those years ago... but Jacob done changed his mind and let bygones be bygones. And just as Bette was about to reveal who really poisoned Bobby, JJ burst through the doors and confessed! ------- 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 and additional voices, John Henry Falle as Fenwick, Christina Bianco as Kirsteen, Karim Kronfli as George, Luke Capasso as Jacob, Kristi Boulton as Anna Lou and Abilene, James Ducker as Walter, and Madame Magenta as herself. 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. <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Our sincere thanks to you <3 Read the Transcripts "Means. Motive. Opportunity. Evidence" It's the last episode of S3! Strap in! ------- 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, Jenkins, and additional voices, John Henry Falle as Fenwick, Christina Bianco as Kirsteen, Karim Kronfli as George, Luke Capasso as Jacob, Kristi Boulton as Anna Lou and Abilene, James Ducker as Walter, Rufus Walker as Freddie, Madame Magenta and Bernard as themselves... and special guest Beth Eyre. 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. <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 <3 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 <3 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

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 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