James Speelman

The Hale Mysteries Podcast — A Literary Mystery Audio Drama

Fiction EN ↓ 3 episodes

The Hale Mysteries Podcast is an audio drama thriller in an alternate America where Catholicism is driven underground and truth is regulated by paperwork. At St. Eadred College, art historian Dr. Benedict P. Hale follows quiet clues — missing records, altered catalogs, forbidden histories never destroyed, only moved. With Integrity issuing “courtesy” notices, Hale must protect the truth without becoming part of the official record. A Father Brown–inspired mystery series about conscience, faith, and the quiet cost of telling the truth when the system demands silence.

Author

James Speelman

Category

Fiction

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Latest episode

Feb 4, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 2: The Catalog of Ashes — For the Record 04.02.2026

A hidden ledger meant to vanish resurfaces — and with it, proof that destruction can be procedural. In Ashcombe, records don’t burn. They’re corrected. When Dr. Benedict Hale traces the quiet logic behind a catalog designed to erase without spectacle, he discovers that the danger lies less in what the ledger contains than in how quietly it can ruin the people who encounter it. As Integrity pressur...

Episode 1: Ex Libris — A Forbidden Book Sparks a Quiet Academic Mystery 29.01.2026

St. Eadred College sits on the edge of Ashcombe, where salt air, marsh fog, and old limestone make the campus feel older than its paperwork — and where a quiet  mystery  can hide in plain sight. By day, it presents itself as a model institution — aligned with the American Church’s reasonable public faith. By night, it reveals something else: corridors, thresholds, and catalogs of what was lost. Wh...

Season One Trailer — The Hidden Chapel Archive 29.01.2026

Season One of  The Hale Mysteries Podcast  is a slow-burn, scripted mystery set in the fictional New England town of Ashcombe. Art historian Dr. Benedict P. Hale navigates the quiet pressures of St. Eadred College — missing books, altered catalogs, and records that do not want to be found. With his graduate assistant Clara Keane, Fr. Gus Navarro, and an unerring terrier named Dominic, Hale uncover...

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