Decoder Ring Theatre
Decoder Ring Theatre presents new stories and characters inspired by the classic broadcasts of the Golden Age of Radio. The crimebusting exploits of The Red Panda - Canada's Greatest Superhero! The mystery of that hardest-boiled of detectives, Black Jack Justice... all this and more in full-length, full-cast recordings.
Chapter 2 of a new Justice and Dixon story, written and read by Gregg Taylor.
Sabien in nature is deeply unnatural. Whatever else may be going on here, let us not forget that, my friends. This “fishing” is mighty fishy.
Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to show your support!
December 1939. Archangel’s forces are showing their hand, with grim plans for the man in the mask and his allies. Can the Red Panda succeed without his most Trusted Agent?
An all-new audiobook treatment of a 2-part Red Panda short story, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden. New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
December 1939. Brave, loyal and true, the Agents of the Red Panda hold high the lamp of justice when darkness falls. But this latest Christmas caper is positively explosive!
An all-new audiobook treatment of part 1 of a 2-part Red Panda short story, written and read by Gregg Taylor. New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
Chapter 2 of a new Justice and Dixon story, written by Gregg Taylor and read by Andrea Lyons.
December is not an easy month to deal with, friends. Especially when big, stupid jerks who happen to be your partner are much jollier than thou. What’s a girl detective to do?
Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to show your support!
Chapter 1 of a new Justice and Dixon story, read and written by Gregg Taylor.
December is the cruelest month, my friends. At least it is if you make your living on the spoils of human misery, like any good detective.
Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to show your support!
November 1939. What is more puzzling, the mysterious powers of the villain called The Blink, or the fact that our heroes appear to have already caught him… except not really?
An all-new audiobook treatment of a 2-part Red Panda short story, read by Gregg Taylor. New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
November 1939. The city is plagued by a criminal who can move faster than the eye can follow. Can things get worse, or is it possible that they already did?
An all-new audiobook treatment of a 2-part Red Panda short story, read by Gregg Taylor. New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
The task of protecting Michael Patrick Mulligan O’Day has become much simpler since he was murdered. Can things get much worse? Yes, yes they can.
New content is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to show your support!
A new Justice and Dixon story, read by Andrea Lyons and written by Gregg Taylor
"From the moment I laid eyes on Michael Patrick Mulligan O’Day, I knew that I would shoot him. It was just a question of where, when and how many times. Perhaps that is a tad glib. I apologize for that. You may say that the only shot worth taking is center-mass, and you wouldn’t be wrong. It is the high-percentage shot, the one least likely to afford your target a chance to take a shot of their own; Miss Dixon understands all of that, my dear ones, really she does...."
October 1939. The search for the escaped prisoners continues, but is the Poet really behind this breakout – or even the deadliest game in the hunt?
An all-new audiobook treatment of a 2-part Red Panda short story, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden. New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
October 1939. A mysterious stranger disappears after an attack on the Don Jail itself. Is he a figure of menace, or an innocent victim who happens to be chained to the pompous pirate of the pen - The Poet?
An all-new audiobook treatment of a 2-part Red Panda short story, read by Gregg Taylor. New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, Girl Detective make their return to Decoder Ring Theatre with part 2 of this all-new story, read by Andrea Lyons. Help keep new cases of your favorite gumshoes coming - visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor today!
His and Hers gumshoes return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this first of a new set of two-part audiobook mysteries read by Gregg Taylor and Andrea Lyons.
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Season 16 powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
This week: The thrilling conclusion of Red Panda Chronicles 01 – Ignition Point, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden! New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
Our 16th season of storytelling podcasts begins the way the first one did - with all-new, two-fisted pulp adventures of those masked marvels, The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel!
September 1939 - the world spins further into war, while our heroes resume their own private war with crime - but can the two things really be separate any more?
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Season 16 powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to support the creation of new stories.
In which our intrepid content creator and chief bottle-washer distributes the dish on our 16th season of storytelling podcasts! And hopefully explains himself in a fashion that does not require eleven thousand individual emails and/or tweets! Can he do it? Tune in and find out!
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: The Complete Book in one big file. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 15, in which all is well that ends well. Or is it? (Yes, it is). Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 14, in which there is something of a twist. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 13, in which things are found and lost again. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 12, in which the game is afoot. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 11, in which carefully planned plans are re-planned, or possibly just planned over again. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 10, in which clients are just the worst. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 9, in the lair of the Shiny Slug. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 8, in which things get a little more complicated. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 7, in which the wonders of the modern age are marvelled at. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 6, in which a client comes a-calling. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 5, in which household drama is keenly observed. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 4, in which the fatted calf is significantly overcooked. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 3, in which our hero restores her lair to its former grandeur. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 2, in which awkward introductions are made awkwardly. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Your favorite middle-school private detective returns with an all-new adventure.
A Private Eye has to take the cases she can get, and sometimes that means your clients are just the worst. Or even worse than that, your older brother.
This week: Chapter 1, in which old friends come calling and noses are lightly rearranged. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: The Whole Book in one Big File!
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Seventeen – the Heroic Conclusion!
Next Week: The whole book as one big file!
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Sixteen – Which someone gets their comeuppance… but who?
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Fifteen – In which a dramatic entrance is made.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Fourteen – Which our Hero gets an unexpected workout
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Thirteen – Which is as unlucky as it sounds
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Twelve – in which things get worse at least three times.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Eleven: In which Galactic Armadas are always so awkward.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Ten – In which unwanted guests are encouraged to be somewhere else entirely.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Nine – In which team jackets are not ordered.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Eight – In which unwelcome guests are entertained and a certain number of feelings are hurt
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Seven – In which things get increasingly improbable
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Six - Another perfect day at Thraxis 8 Security Station
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Five – In which space battles make strange bedfellows.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Four – In which things get better and then worse, and then kind of move in a sideways direction and spin around for a while.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Three – In which minds are expanded and galactic felonies are performed.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter Two – In which Bix Banderson is born from an understandable mistake and several small lies.
The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:
An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.
Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!
This week: Chapter One – In which, after all of that build-up, Gregg does almost all of the talking
A special super-secret almost forgotten bonus feature thingie, Starring Clarissa Dernederlanden, Brian Vaughan and Ryan Sero
The complete first adventure of Abagail Branagan in one big file!
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 15, in which curtain calls are taken. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 14, in which the suspects are gathered in the library, but not really. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 13, in which the noose tightens. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 12, in which fences are mended. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 11, in which a “talk” is had. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 10, in which the wide world is explored and found to be mostly horrible. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 9, in which suspicious suspects are suspected. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 8, in which things go from bad to worst. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 7, in which sleuthing happens from the stairs. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 6, in which suspicious characters are suspected. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 5, in which an orderly search is conducted. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 4, in which assistance arrives from an unexpected source. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 3, in which the client chair is filled at last. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 2, in which detecting is a dish best served cold. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
Spend your summer vacation with a middle-grade mystery sure to delight detectives of all ages.
Abagail Branagan is sure that something is rotten on Beechnut Street. Now if only she can get a chance to prove it.
Has she really lived her whole life in the most boring place on Earth? Is it just the pile of her dad’s old mystery books that has made her dead certain that there are a million stories in the naked suburbs, just waiting for a tough-as-nails investigator like her? Stay tuned and find out!
This week: Chapter 1, in which the Beechnut Street Detective Agency is founded. Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden, written by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 1, in which the stage is set and stupidity abounds. Read by Andrea Lyons.
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 11, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 10, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 9, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 8, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 7, read by Gregg Taylor
Chapter 1 of a new Justice and Dixon story, read by Andrea Lyons and written by Gregg Taylor.
The first thing you need to know about Nelson is he was a bit of an idiot. The second thing… nope, turns out that was it.
Decoder Ring Theatre Season 16 is powered by Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/GreggTaylor to show your support!
A programming update about what's new and soon-to-be new on Decoder Ring Theatre, and a special peek at a the first of some commentary tracks of DRT classic episodes, and where they will be found in future.
The Complete Audiobook in one file, for those who like it that way.
“I KNOW WHAT YOU DID”
The writer of the mysterious letter could have been talking about any number of misdeeds, some large, some small, some frankly unsuitable for print. When it comes to deeply unqualified guardians of the moral high ground, it would be tough to find many that equaled Black Jack Justice and his erstwhile partner, Trixie Dixon, girl detective. But they will learn the hard way just how serious the sender was, and that in the end, only Dead Men Run.
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 30, in which journeys end at lovers meeting, except not really. At all. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 29, In which just desserts are served, and also drinks. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 28, In which the end seems to be approaching rather faster than expected. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 27 In which the whole truth and nothing but the truth is scrupulously avoided. Read by Andrea Lyons.
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 26 In which social calls are paid and the most interesting people are met. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 25. In which the most important meal of the day is discussed. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 24, in which heroes are found in the darndest places. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 23, in which false idols are worshiped. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 22, in which dinner is served. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 21, in which the fourth estate pays a call, and a certain amount of sense is made. Read by Andrea Lyons.
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 20, in which the differences between being on the run and running for one’s life are explored in some detail. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 19, in which neither tea nor cookies are consumed. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 18, in which the past is not quite as forgotten as it may have seemed. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 17, in which a reunion of sorts allows for the meat of the matter to be danced around. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 16, in which circuitous routes are taken and the hunted does a little light hunting. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, chapter 15, which may also feature a beloved secondary character who shall remain Freddy. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 14, in which ground is gone to and allies are counted on the fingers of one hand. With a few fingers left over. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 13, In which the best, cheapest legal minds are consulted, for a modest fee. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 12. in which things seem to be as bad as they can possibly be, and then heroically manage to get much worse. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 11, in offices are searched and awkward alliances are formed. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 10, in which scrambled brains are even less appealing than they sound. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 9, in which nocturnal callers are much less exciting than they sound at first. Read by Andrea Lyons.
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 8, in which the meat of the matter is at last arrived at, and then largely danced around. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 7, in which the forces of law and order assert themselves, as one does. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 6, in which there is simply testosterone everywhere. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 5, in which certain persons may be rolled up like a carpet and thrown in the trunk of a car. Read by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 4, in which morals are compromised, but not in a fun way. Read by Gregg Taylor
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 3, in which a clock is punched, and surprisingly few other things are. Red by Andrea Lyons
His and hers hard-boiled detectives return to Decoder Ring Theatre in this audiobook adaptation of their second book-length adventure!
This week, Chapter 2, in which minor acts of arson are performed and an introduction is made. Read by Gregg Taylor
A short fireside chat with Decoder Ring Theatre ringleader Gregg Taylor, in which your questions about what's next are mostly answered. So much better than sending him three thousand individual emails!
The complete adventure novel in one file!
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 30 & 31, Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden and Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 29, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 28, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 27, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 26, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 25, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 24 read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 23 Read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 22, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 21, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 20, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 19, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 18, Read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 17, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 16 read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 15, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 14, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 13, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 12, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 6, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 5, read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 4, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week, chapter 3 read by Gregg Taylor
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
This week: Chapter 2, read by Clarissa Dernederlanden
The heroes of the Red Panda Adventures return in this full-length adventure novel by Gregg Taylor.
A desperate call for help from half a world away brings our masked man of mystery far from the urban jungle he is sworn to protect. With his mentor in mortal peril, the Red Panda must battle both ancient powers and modern terrors, just to have a chance to fight for his life within… The Pyramid of Peril!
This book is available in print and e-book formats. Please see https://decoderringtheatre.com/books/pyramid-of-peril/ for more.
Personally, I like a nice folder full of properly titled files, but a lot of people have asked me if I could release the just-completed Black Jack Justice audio novel in one file... and this is one of those occasions where "giving the people what they want" is actually pretty darned easy! So here, for your dining and dancing pleasure, is nearly five hours of the sweet, sweet voices of Jack and Trixie, telling their story from the start.
We're taking the rest of August 2017 off from releases, after a very busy season, but watch this space after Labor Day!
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which an understanding is reached and a story begins. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which a number of lines are crossed. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which a deal is made with a local devil. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which gunplay aids in successful job interviews. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which parking garages provide a dramatic set-piece. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which local perverts are intimidated. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week In which deathtraps are studiously avoided. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which breakfast is had and shots are fired. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which the police are ruthlessly teased by our Miss Dixon. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which giving up and going home seems entirely possible. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which dive bars provide excellent sources of exposition. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which our heroes’ quest takes them to the wilds of Riverton. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which clients are rudely interrupted. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which Trixie plays naughty librarian, but not really. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which Lieutenant Sabien is both loud and sarcastic. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which poor arsonists are found to be excellent murderers. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which Freddie the Finger makes his heroic entrance. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which the world’s oldest profession chimes in. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which the Fourth Estate is both caffeinated and questioned. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which drinks are had and an uneasy truce is reached. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which Trixie is out-Trixied by her own attorney. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which Lieutenant Sabien serves neither tea, nor cookies. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week - In which Trixie’s bushwhack is thwarted by the idiocy of others. Narration by Andrea Lyons
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week -In which Jack visits One Police Plaza voluntarily. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week: In which Trixie makes tracks and plans a small deathtrap. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week: In which Jack makes friends and influences people. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week: In which Trixie both breaks and enters. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week: In which Jack Justice looks busy. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week: In which Trixie Dixon entertains a domestic tragedy. Narration by Andrea Lyons.
Decoder Ring Theatre’s beloved his-and-hers private detectives return in a hard-boiled audio adventure in 30 chapters. The case that started it all - very first meeting between Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, girl detective! Read by Christopher Mott and Andrea Lyons.
Can’t stand to wait a week for the next chapter? This story is available in both paperback and e-book editions. Find out more here: http://decoderringtheatre.com/books/black-jack-justice/
This week: In which Jack takes a very simple job. Narration by Christopher Mott.
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics ! Our first story arc, available via podcast for the first time! Mask of the Red Panda pt 3 of 3 The thrilling conclusion of this debut story arc! The Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel now know all of the players, but can they call the tune in time to prevent the power of the sun itself from falling into mortal hands? Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics ! Our first story arc, available via podcast for the first time! Mask of the Red Panda pt 2 of 3 With his city set to become a battleground between otherworldly forces seeking unspeakable power, the Red Panda battles to gain the upper hand. An occasionally mad scientist, a utility belt full of anti-magic tech and the ever-present sassy sidekick -- will it be enough to thwart the growing menace? Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics ! Our first story arc, available via podcast for the first time! Mask of the Red Panda pt 1 of 3 Racketeers, gangsters, the occasional power-mad supervillain-- all have fallen before the iron resolve of the city's masked protectors. But when forces with powers from beyond this world threaten to bring their war to the streets of Depression-era Toronto, can even the Red Panda prevent disaster? Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics ! "Zero Squadron part 2 of 2!" The "Night of the Red Panda" arc comes to a jaw-dropping, barnstorming, zeppelin-stealing conclusion that packs more punch than a swarm full of robots, which we also have, just for good measure! Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! "Zero Squadron pt 1 of 2"! A missing British airship has our heroes take to the skies in search of the dastardly devils behind this aerial atrocity. Will they be enough to bring the crew home safely, or will they need high-flying help from the mysterious "Zero Squadron"? Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! "Monkey See, Monkey Do pt 2 of 2"! The Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel face a city gone mad... quite literally! When the mind of one of their deadliest enemies is broadcast to hundreds of citizens of Toronto, the Terrific Twosome of Toronto are up to their armpits in sinister simians! Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! "Monkey See, Monkey Do pt 1 of 2" Modern science has long sought to unleash the untapped potential of the human mind. But what if the mind in question already had mental powers? And maybe a penchant for lower primates and an obsession with proving himself the one true nemesis of the city's masked champion? Things get messy in a hurry when it's a game of Monkey See, Monkey Do! Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! "Dance of the Dead pt 2 of 2" August Fenwick is trapped by the villainous Professor Zombie, who waits to kill the city's masked champions. Will he be forced to choose between his secrets and the safety of the citizens he is sworn to protect? Not if the Flying Squirrel has anything to say about it! Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! "Dance of the Dead pt. 1 of 2" When August Fenwick takes in a charity ball, he finds himself swarmed by the reanimated dead without a bright red domino mask or plucky sidekick in sight! But can Kit Baxter really be far behind? Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! "Rhyme Spree pt 2 of 2" With the city under the spell of the metrical malfeasance of The Poet, the Terrific Twosome of Toronto must find the key to his larcenous literature before the citizenry succumbs to the sinister sonnets! Now with extra alliteration! Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! "Rhyme Spree pt 1 of 2" That pernicious pirate of the pen, The Poet, has the city in the thrall of a romantic rhapsody with a crime campaign based in villainous verse. Can the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel deduce his mysterious motives in time? Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! "One Tin Soldier part 2 of 2" The sinister Captain Clockwork stands on the verge of rebuilding his army of mechanical monsters. Can the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel prevent another Android Apocalypse from being unleashed? Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
Saturday Morning Adventure with Red Panda Comics! This issue: "One Tin Soldier part 1 of 2" Three seemingly impossible murders have struck within hours, and all clues point to an old foe who is safely under lock and key... or is he? Video Comic adaptations of Gregg Taylor and Dean Kotz’s series from Monkeybrain Comics, available through Comixology
A look back at eleven seasons of audio drama goodness with the gang from Decoder Ring Theatre, complete with laughs, hijinks and clips from the vault, and a look ahead at the all-new delights of Season Twelve. If you are a DRT fan, you can’t miss this one!
You beat the bad guys, you save the world, you get the girl, you live happily ever after, and you can't help but think that you remember every moment of it. But what if you don't? And what will be revealed when the time comes to play Remember When?
The more things change, the more they stay the same, my friends. Except sometimes the most unimaginable changes happen under the guise of the ordinary, everyday things that pop up on a regular day. Or in this case, on Date Night.
The Red Panda's former agents get in on the game of "remember when", as they uncover a relic used in one of their very first cases. Will the Red Panda thwart a cruel scheme that is terrifying the city, or is it clear sailing for The Radio Robberies?
Sometimes a bet comes with such terrible odds that there isn't much point in placing it. Sometimes it's a sure thing, usually because someone has made it so, often by cheating on a massive scale. Those are the times that tend to kill you dead, my friends, they really are. When you can't help but win, everybody loses. Or do they?
The news scoop of today needs a little help from the mad scientist cabal of yesterday as everybody favorite associate editor reaches into the case files of a certain masked man of mystery. Will the city's new champion be scooped by a certain girl reporter? It all depends upon the Power of the Mind.
Celebrate the arbitrary milestone of seventy delightful episodes with Lord and Lady Flatfoot! Once again our intrepid heroes are thrust into a situation that falls well short of their customary bailiwick, is well and truly outside of their comfort zone and for which they are deeply, deeply unqualified. It’s enough to give a person Chess Pains!
Peace and prosperity are back at long last, and the city has a new protector to help keep it that way. There’s only one thing that could go wrong: the impending arrival of an armada from beyond the stars to enslave mankind. If August Fenwick is to help protect the Earth, he may need some help from the case files of his old friend in the red mask to recall the Harbinger of Doom!
There are certain things in life that feel fixed… immutable, as if they had never changed and they never would. But the world outside the window changes every day, and a great war is being fought, without a single shot being fired. In times like these, even the Northern Star can change his stripes... or something.
From the secret case files of the Red Panda, and a most unlikely source, comes the most thrilling Christmas adventure of the Terrific Twosome of Toronto's crime-fighting career. No matter how little holiday spirit you might have had, no one could resist when... 'Twas the Night Before!
It has been observed more than once that life isn't fair, even if the mass of humanity cannot possibly be as deserving of a thumb on the scales of fate as they think that they are. Still, it is just possible that from time to time the universe does conspire to heap misfortune on the narrow shoulders of one poor specimen, and turn that benighted soul into... The Born Loser!
A new era begins in the telling of the Terrific Twosome of Toronto's exploits. Join us for the first trip into heroic history as we explore the untold tale of... the Tower of Terror!
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Your private detective and your fairy godmother have very different roles. Chief amongst the differences is the fact that “making your dreams come true” is not often the gumshoe’s lot in life. But wouldn’t it be nice if, just once, someone would do something about theirs? Even if it means that someone is a… Dead Duck?
The journey of a thousand miles began with a single step into the shadows of darkness and desperation. Will it end in a blaze of glory or the brilliance of the limelight? Is this truly The Final Problem?
Sometimes miracles happen, and sometimes they don't. And sorting out which is which and when and why can be a heckuva job for even the most hard-boiled of private eyes. Secrets and lies won't bring a sailor home from the sea... or will they?
When you've always been the life of the party, it can be hard to slip away. And when the party in question is the never-ending battle between good and evil, it can be nearly impossible. With their friends and allies taking their final bows, and with a super-powered protégée waiting in the wings, will our heroes stay for an encore, or will they take their Exit, Stage Left?
The jaunty angle at which our girl detective chooses to wear her hat does occasionally come with a price, and every once in a great while, that price encompasses something which she actually notices and just possibly cares about. It is entirely possible that this might be the story of one of those times.
Since the end of the war, the formerly allied nations have been engaged in a mad scramble to control Germany's captured mad scientists. Ever wonder what happened to the Wizards? The Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel race to stop disaster at the hands of... The Pentacle!
People have a lot to say about good intentions. Opinions vary. Some say they are the chains that bind us, some say they are the graces that separate us from the animals. But the one thing that everyone can agree on is that when you find yourself up to your knees in them, you're probably travelling The Road to Hell.
Times change so quickly, it can be difficult to keep track. Is that the youngest spotter in your crime-fighting network beside you, or is it a cub reporter, or a war hero... or has he become something different... something more? Sometimes you need another perspective to tell. Sometimes the only clue is the ringing of the Chimes at Midnight!
There's nothing worse for a bodyguard than when the body that you're guarding suddenly goes missing. Unless the body in question is thousands of years old and disinclined to travel under its own power. Then it is a little bit worse. It really is.
An electronic brain the size of a Studebaker, a mechnical titan the size of a skyscraper and a secret that is bigger than either of them. Is the most perilous problem really the Red Panda's "ghost" puzzle, or is it The Mind Of Terror?
The most powerful man in town wants Jack and Trixie off the job they're working on, and he means right now, brother. Just one problem. They're pretty unemployed, even by their standards. This is going to get socially awkward, and then possibly dead, isn't it?
Peace and prosperity has been restored, and the nation's fighting men are finding their roles in the Toronto of tomorrow. But it isn't as easy for some as it is for others. Some choose a vocation of crime, some long to cover it and one seems to have become... a Ghost.
Sometimes the problems that bring people to the grey-green doors of the mighty world headquarters of Justice and Dixon are not as big as they might imagine. Sometimes they are simple people, befuddled by a problem outside of their experience, and assuming a degree of complexity that does not otherwise exist. Those are good days. This isnt one of them.
Decoder Ring Theatre is proud to present Mark Time Show Time, a Showcase series celebrating scripts originally written for live performance by Great Northern Audio, in conjunction with the awards ceremony of the Mark Time and Ogle Awards.
This Week: The Learning Curve or the Rise of Francis
What does it take to jump-start an economy? Why, consumers! So what do politicians do to jump-start an economy? They create millions of new consumers by emancipating creatures and monsters, real and fictional. But is the public ready to accept creature-made entertainment features? They're politicians, what do they care?
A new world is about to be born.
But before it can be born... something will have to die, at the hands of The Gadget.
Decoder Ring Theatre is proud to present Mark Time Show Time, a Showcase series celebrating scripts originally written for live performance by Great Northern Audio, in conjunction with the awards ceremony of the Mark Time and Ogle Awards.
This Week: Dialogue With Martian Trombone
The Ramon Raquello Orchestra was supposed to get their big break that night in 1938, on Orson Welles' Mercury Theater show, but they kept getting cut off. The rest of that program became famous. Still is. But what happened to the band? We join them many years later, at a reunion of the band, and it seems that they can't seem to escape the influence of the Martians.
VE Day - Victory In Europe! A momentous day for history, and a time long-remembered by the free peoples of the world, emerging from the shadows of our darkest hour. But from the margins of this red-letter day come a brace of tales untold. New foes, old friends and more as the Radiogram News Picture Corporation presents: VE Day!
Decoder Ring Theatre is proud to present Mark Time Show Time, a Showcase series celebrating scripts originally written for live performance by Great Northern Audio, in conjunction with the awards ceremony of the Mark Time and Ogle Awards.
This Week: Jewels of the 11th Generation
Treasure hunters board a 300-year-old generation starship - The Professor Irwin Corey - in search of legendary jewels. As usual, they find pirates, adventures, adorable children and plenty of squeaky toys.
The war may be in its dying days, but the deadly secrets of one of the Red Panda's greatest enemies are still on the table. If they should fall into the wrong hands, the peace that is won may be a fate even worse than the war itself. The Terrific Twosome of Toronto will run a terrifying race against time into the depth of the Amazon jungle to find... The Brood.
Decoder Ring Theatre is proud to present Mark Time Show Time, a Showcase series celebrating scripts originally written for live performance by Great Northern Audio, in conjunction with the awards ceremony of the Mark Time and Ogle Awards.
This Week: The Saving of the World
The rogue comet, Skippy, is headed right for Big City. The mayor is looking for a Super Hero to save the city. Most of them seem to be busy, or indisposed at the moment. Super Pal is discussed, but doesn't seem to be their first choice. We learn more about Big City’s Mightiest Champion in this superhero mockumentary.
A world at war is a chaotic thing, but the prospect of peace does little to solve it. The enemy of my enemy may be my friend, but what if that friend is one of the world's most vile monsters? What will those friendships mean to the future? And will they spell certain doom for... The Unknown Soldier?
Decoder Ring Theatre is proud to present Mark Time Show Time, a Showcase series celebrating scripts originally written for live performance by Great Northern Audio, in conjunction with the awards ceremony of the Mark Time and Ogle Awards.
This Week: The Velveteen Submission
The classic boy-meets-girl-meets-her Space Pirate father-meets... well, everyone else on an doomed Interstellar Lighthouse. Doomed? Yes, the lighthouse is about to be obliterated by an approaching space cruiser unless someone can do something. A hot bath is suggested.
Terror rules the skies as a swarm of rocket-clad pirates descend upon Toronto, pulling a string of impossible crimes like a pack of murderous magpies. Can the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel free the air from these villainous vultures, or is the city destined to fall to the… Reign of the Rocketmen?
Decoder Ring Theatre is proud to present Mark Time Show Time, a Showcase series celebrating scripts originally written for live performance by Great Northern Audio, in conjunction with the awards ceremony of the Mark Time and Ogle Awards.
This Week: Peter Galaxy, Interstellar Envoy
They used to be big stars on the radio, Peter Galaxy and his sidekick, Dr, Simon. Now they're just two retired actors playing cards on the front porch and riding herd over their grandchildren. But can these two old-timers find work for 300 billion illegal aliens?
Some heroes wear masks, some work shrouded in mystery and menace and others still fight the good fight against the armies of darkness. And others... others get rotated home and sent out on the Bond Drive. But even they still have a role to play, and events set the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel in motion on the word of... The Conquering Hero!
They say that a little learning is a dangerous thing, my friends, but in all fairness, they don't usually mean the life-and-limb variety. But when a would-be writer of hard-boiled fiction hires a certain team of his and hers private detectives to help his prose ring true, he had better drink deep or think twice about the whole "Pierian spring" business.
The long game of Professor Zombie's forces is about to burst forth upon Toronto with a terrible fury. With the ranks of his allies diminished by the war, can even the Red Panda cheat death on a scale this massive? Can the city's masked marvels prevent the fall, or is the city doomed to become the capital of an... Empire of Death?
There are many days when the life of a private detective is not nearly as interesting as you might imagine. The clock ticks, the sun makes its way resolutely across the sky and not much else happens. And on other days, the door bursts open and opportunity strides in, reeking of after-shave and waving an action-packed expense account about like he owned the place. And when that happens, best buckle up, friends, 'cause this is The Big Time!
Professor Zombie's all-out war on the city continues to rage, and if Toronto's masked protectors are to have a chance of defeating her, they must begin to understand what has brought about the change in one of their oldest foes. But when the veil is lifted on some of the darkest secrets of the Allied war effort, will even the Red Panda be able to solve... The Chimera Protocol?
Is it still a Christmas Card if it comes gift-wrapped in noir and hard-boiled as a three-hour egg? Yeah, we think so too. Pour yourself an egg nog and see if Jack and Trixie make it... Home for the Holidays!
The masked protectors of Toronto celebrate 100 episodes as only they can - fighting to thwart a plot of unimaginable horror! But with Professor Zombie's rage reaching a fevered pitch, it may take the unlikeliest of team-ups to save both the city and Christmas at the same time!
A man may smile and smile and be a villain... and then disappear, leaving nothing behind but the memory of that smile. Which might not be a problem, unless his confirmation of your paper-thin story were all that stood between you and stylish prison stripes.
As Professor Zombie's scorched earth campaign against the city rages, the Red Panda fights an uphill battle to save his city from willfully choosing its own destruction. Will our heroes discover the dark secret behind this terrible plot in time, or will they lose the... Knight's Gambit?
There are only two things that are certain in this life, my friends. One is that very little is as it appears, an observation which includes but is not limited to the itemized list of expenses for which you have recently been charged. The other certainty is that it will cost you the princely sum of thirty-nine, ninety-five a day to discover item "A". Oh yeah, also Death and Taxes.
A daring crime, striking at the very heart of public trust... is it a page from the playbook of a foe thought long gone? If so, what about the lone witness, who is not quite as he seems? The horrifying truth to one of the most sinister mysteries of the Red Panda's career may lay within... The Locked Room
A little lost lamb in the big, bad city is hardly a new theme for our intrepid investigators. But with a couple of hundred pounds of strapping small-town lawman distracting the heck out of the Girl Detective, it looks like it's down to Ol' Square-Jaw to keep the Home Fires burning.
As the tides of war begin to shift in favor of the Allies, all is far from quiet on the Home Front. A new boss of bosses has taken control of the city and declared war upon the Red Panda and his allies! Can this mysterious menace be found and foiled? How can even the Terrific Twosome of Toronto hope to battle... The Phantom?
David Crogan - smuggler, trader and all-around Lothario - must do battle with one of the ocean's most terrifying creatures!
Remember, look for the Crogan graphic novels at a bookstore near you, and visit www.croganadventures.com !
The waiting is almost over at last. The preperations have been made, the plans laid, and the allied nations stand ready to strike a blow for freedom on a scale never before seen in human history. One piece remains on the chessboard that can doom it all, and only one man has the power to stand against it. But will it take everything he has and more to stop Hitler's God of War and bring about The End of the Beginning?
A tale of mystery and intrigue in the desert sands as Legionnaire Peter Crogan sets out to solve the puzzle of his friend's sudden and suspicious death.
When the poster boy for duality gone wrong returns with old scores to settle, the entire city is in his crosshairs! There's only one man who could stop him, and for once, he doesn't wear a bright red mask or leap off rooftops in the company of redheaded squirrels. Who will emerge victorious in this... Power Struggle?
The adventures through history continue with Chris Schweizer's Crogan Adventures!
Circus performer Daniel Crogan and Captain Yatri of the tramp steamer Marietta find themselves on an island rumored to be home of giant, man-eating reptiles. Can they escape from The Island Lost To Time?
He may be the most powerful man in any allied nation. So why has Mister Amazing been left on the sidelines for this long? Is there a terrible secret that has held him back, and can he overcome it to become a true hero at last? The Red Panda must find out as he trains... The Rookie.
The thrilling radio adaptation of Chris Schweizer's Eisner-nominated graphic novel series continues with The Kimberley Pit!
Recovering from grievous injuries, diamond miner and ne'er-do-well Joseph Crogan must escort a trio of sisters across the dangerous African landscape to find their missing stepfather.
If the war has taught us anything to this point, it's that the Ratzis are not renown for their sportsmanship. But an inescapable deathtrap carved into the very living rock of a mountainside seems like overkill doesn't it? Even if your targets are masked heroes with more lives than a bag of cats. If the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel are to have any hope of escape, it will be because The Doctor Is In!
More radio adventures with Chris Schweizer's famous family!
Amidst the spoils of battle, privateer Catfoot Crogan discovers something that will thrust him and his crew headfirst into the clutches of his most dangerous adversary.
What could be better than a two-fisted avenger of justice in a smart suit and a nice hat? How about TWO two-fisted avengers of... well, you get the idea. But will even an all-star team-up be enough to stop a team of Nazi spoilsports from unleashing a climactic climate catastrophe? Find out when you get... Two For One!
From the pages of the award-winning graphic novel series comes Chris Schweizer's The Crogan Adventures! Join us as we follow a line of heroes, villains, grifters and rogues - one extraordinary family's journey through history! This episode, gunfighter Pyjama Ben Crogan has stared down death and danger with a quick draw and a fine moustache... but he has never faced an opponent quite like The Heart of Mabel Cottonshot!
Muscle and brawn are all very well and good, but sooner or later, it always comes down to the big brains, doesn't it? With the fate of the massed Allied troops in England hanging in the balance, a motley crew of brilliant madmen are launched at Hitler's latest superweapon on a high-speed collision course with destiny! Will guns and bombs win this war, or will it be... The Lab Rats!
They say that familiarity breeds contempt, and history suggests that's pretty true. But what about a Girl Detective on her own in the big, bad city? What's the end result of that equation? When Trixie Dixon is ready to find out she can always ask The Empty Desk.
An artifact stolen in the nearly-forgotten past may hold a secret badly needed for the Allied war effort. With the help of an old friend, the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel may have the key to unlock this puzzle, but first they must run the gauntlet of... The Honoured Dead!
Really, if you think about it, we are all just waiting to die. From the moment of birth, in a perpetual holding pattern to shuffle off this mortal coil sooner or later. Most of the time it doesn't bear thinking about. But then the wait suddenly becomes a whole lot less theoretical than it used to be.
The tempest of war has carried many of the Red Panda's allies far from the field of his private war for justice. But even after so many years of seeing the best, boldest and brightest torn away, some wounds are impossible to bear. How far will the Flying Squirrel go to save... The Lost Sheep?
There are certain immutable laws that govern the universe, and to put them to the test is a waste of time. To employ the firm of Justice and Dixon to do so on your behalf will cost you the sum of $39.99 a day and leave you sadder, but wiser, than you were when you came in the door.
These days even the arrival of old friends almost always seems to mean trouble. They never seem to show up without news of some new doomsday menace, hurtling through the sky at terrible speed. Will the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel catch The Last Flight of the Valkyrie?
It is said by some that good things come to those who wait. It’s an interesting idea, and like most interesting ideas, it’s sufficiently vague as to be effectively meaningless. We all wait, therefore we each see ourselves as the potential recipient of the aforementioned good things. And we find this good, so the adage becomes a truism. Thing is, as comforting as it is, it ain’t quite true.
The city is held in a grip of terror as ordinary men and women go missing in a series of freakish electrical storms. Is it an occult menace? A Nazi plot against the city? Or is there something even more bizzare behind the attack of... The Missing Links!
They say that you can have too much of a good thing, my fiends, and that is certainly true. There are few things in the world so wonderful that custom cannot stale their infinite variety. And when it comes to the subject of Hawthornes... well, perhaps Two Is Too Many!
And who, pray tell, decided that our man in the red mask was ideally suited to play den mother to the next generation of our nation's crime-fighters? Was it his impressive resume? His natural charm? Or the fact that there was nobody else left? In any case, bad luck is in the cards when there are... Thirteen at Table!
The unpredictable life of a private detective is a fine thing. But like all good things, it is at least partly an illusion. There are only so many reasons that a person knocks on the grey-green door that reads “Justice and Dixon, Private Investigations”, and they usually fall within a fairly limited range. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule.
Men of vision cannot live their lives in the present, they must always think of the future. But how can the Terrific Twosome of Toronto fight a force out to "win the peace" while war still wages overseas? Will even the Red Panda be able to find... Blue Skies?
This week, our final Marvellous Box opens to reveal a secret from beyond the stars. Is it a gift? A curse? Or nothing more than we make of it? Nothing can be certain when we find that Aliens Are Like Mirages.
The Season Seven Finale of The Red Panda Adventures! August Fenwick and the rest of Parker's Rangers strike at the very core of the Nazis' otherwordly power in Europe, but are any of them ready for what they might find? Can they possibly break the stranglehold of power and clear the way for an Allied invasion? Who will survive when the Red Panda faces off with ... The Black Heart?
Aren't unexpected visitors the worst? They show up out of nowhere and turn your whole world upside-down. Funny thing is, sometimes you miss them when they're gone. This week, Tim Prasil's Marvellous Boxes looks back at some guests that turned history on its ear. Join us and spend some time... Remembering the Martians.
We can all use a little guidance at the best of times. A sense that there are greater forces at work, and that they have a plan. But for Parker’s Rangers, the only plan seems to be directing them back into dangers they thought they had left behind. And they won’t much like the messages they hear…. from the Voice From Above!
This week, author Tim Prasil's "Marvellous Box" contains the ultimate gift: the do-over. Admit it, if you were allowed one, it wouldn't take you long to decide how to spend it. But what if you could have a do-over for your do-over? And if you didn't like how that played out, could you do that one over too? Would you ever get around to living your life, or would you just be... Plotting for Perfection?
Lt. August Fenwick hasn't been doing that badly, for a useless fop dropped in the middle of a battlefield. Together with the rest of Parker's Rangers he has become an important pawn in the long game of Allied Command in occupied Europe. Some days he has almost come to believe that he understands the world and his place in it. Almost. But can any of that survive a trip to the Island of the Damned?
Author Tim Prasil's "Marvellous Boxes" has taken us to new worlds of the imagination, but this week we see that we might not be as ready as we think to visit them in real life. Months into an isolation test designed to test gear for an eventual mission to Mars, a crew faces equipment failures, shortages and a mysteriously shrinking population. Would they be equal to the task if they were suddenly... Facing Cydonia?
A war is made of many battles, some vast in scope, encompassing borders and armies and forces beyond the comprehension of ordinary men. But perhaps the most vital battles are won and lost within, and if that battle cannot be won, Parker's Rangers won't be making it out of... Thunder Valley!
The second installment of author Tim Prasil's all-new athology series continues our tour of new worlds of the imagination. This week, a reminder that history is written by the victor, and that the strangest gladitorial arenas are often the ones that appear the most civilized. What will happen when we hear... Frozen Words Thawed?
Trapped in Berlin, with winter coming fast, its easy to feel like the war is no bigger than a half a dozen people and the dangerous path they walk. But with the skies of Europe full of mysterious Nazi planes unlike anything the world has ever seen, the Allies' best hope might be a rag-tag band of escapees, and a mysterious secret agent. Can they act in time to stop... Murder From The Skies?
The first in a six-part series from author Tim Prasil, presenting all-new anthology tales that take us on a tour of endless worlds of the imagination. This week, a remarkable new invention gives a chance for last goodbyes... but is that a blessing, or a curse? One family finds out as they meet... A Demon Once Removed.
Even after a decade of fighting the never-ending battle between good and evil, the fog of war sometimes becomes impossibly thick. The loss and grief of a world torn apart at the seams becomes impenetrable, and evey moment becomes a new battlefield, a new fight against impossible odds. At times like these, even a hero can be left... Flying Blind.
They say that no good deed goes unpunished, my friends, and that is even true for good deeds only undertaken following the application of thirty-nine ninety-nine a day, plus expenses. But when that punishment takes the form of a certain bungling-but-loveable police sergeant, can our heroes ever help to solve... The Mark Two Caper?
If an unspeakable, nameless horror from beyond this world were suddenly nowhere to be found, that couldn't possibly be a bad thing, could it? Unless of course, one wanted to get particular about it and wonder... if it isn't where it was supposed to be, just where the heck is it? If they are to find out, the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel must face... The Darkness Beyond!
A sudden storm, a secluded manor house full of would-be heirs and the sudden arrival of detectives from the city as if by chance. How exactly did our hard-boiled heroes find themselves this far outside their usual genre? And how will they solve a mystery that's To The Manor Born?
A seemingly impossible crime, left unfinished just before the moment of triumph. On the floor, a single clue, a sheet of paper left blank and unsigned. Can this be a token that one of the Red Panda's deadliest enemies has returned? And if so, why did the villain shy away from the coup de grace? And who is the sinister face behind the Case of the Missing Muse?
The sporting life isn't for everyone, my friends. For some, one's athletic pursuits are best not spoken of in polite company, and almost always involve shoes, liquor, tight slacks or handguns. Or all of the above. But when the Girl Detective stumbles on to the Pro Bowling circuit, the result is anything but... A Simple Case of Black and White!
Even while the world is being pulled apart at the seams, there is still a city that needs her champions. Criminals are creatures of opportunity, and never let a little thing like a world at war slow them down. Thwarting evil, protecting the innocent and maybe, just maybe, saving one trusted agent along the way. For the man in the mask, it’s all part of… The Milk Run!
They say that time heals all wounds. That's a nice thought, and it just might be true. Maybe. But not today. Sometimes all it takes is a brace of old friends down on their luck and a monster that turned out to be less dead than he was supposed to be, and those wounds feel just as fresh as ever. But will it be enough to get ol' Square-Jaw in on... The Score?
The badlands of the city have long been a wilderness to which the faint of heart do not travel. Those condemned by circumstance to live within their borders step lively, watch their backs, and take nothing for granted. But now those unlucky citizens are disappearing at an alarming rate; sinking into the night without apparent cause. Can the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel stem the tide, or is Toronto doomed to become a... City of the Dead?
There are all kind of luck in this world. Good luck, bad luck... the luck you make, the luck you were just born with... and then there is good old-fashioned dumb luck, and it's leading practitioner, Freddie "The Finger" Hawthorne. But when Freddie's luck crosses the line between dumb and just plain stupid, somebody's bound to answer with lead. And if everybody lives through it, it'll be Some Kinda Lucky!
Foiled but not vanquished, the villainous Nightshade and her crew of mercenaries have gone to ground, hiding while they rebuild and preparing to loose new terrors on the city in the name of their Nazi paymasters. Can Kit Baxter lead the fight as the Flying Squirrel? Will John Archer's grief and rage prevent him from wearing the mask of the Red Panda? The answers lie within... The Trojan Horse!
Matt Dawson was a smooth character, all right. At least half as smooth as he seemed to think he was. But why a lawyer from one of the city's top firms chose to darken the door of a certain his and hers detective agency was a whole other matter. But one thing was for certain; you come out to play in the noon-day sun, and you're gonna get burned, baby.
From the darkness of defeat and despair, the last, lingering embers of hope spring to life. A blaze of justice born of passion begins once again to flicker and finally to burst into a roaring flame. And Phoenix-like, a hero emerges... From the Ashes!
Our Summer of Slick comes to an end with a perplexing problem of personal peril! Someone is gunning for the big man in local public radio, which can only mean one thing: Someone has some time on his hands! How will our Great Gumshoe handle the Perils of Public Radio?
Your standard-issue tough-taling, hard-as-nails private eye doesn't get to solve a lot of murders. Those tend to go to the cops, and even Metropolisville's Finest notice a little thing like unrequested help from their old pal Slick Bracer. But when the murder hasn't quite happened yet, and a big fat fee is one the table, just about anything is possible... including Slick taking... The Giant Nap!
Take one hard-boiled, poorly cliched private eye, add a mysterious missing artifact and stir in six or seven of history's most culturally insesitive accents since Hogan's Heroes went off the air and you have the recepie for mystery, mayhem and a sweeping apology from our legal department. Here for your dining and dancing pleasure.... the mystery of The Ruby Tooth!
He has always been a lone wolf... a solitary coyote... or at least an only puppy. But today, Slick Bracer, PI is getting himself a partner! Will double the dick mean double the trouble? Will the citizens of Metropolisville be safe at last? Or will the newest cast member have a life expectancy of a red-shirted extra on Star Trek? Would it give you a hint if we mentioned this is the Mystery of Some Murdered Guy?
Metropolisville's most manly man of mystery takes of a crazed dognapping ring, an even more crazed client, a police detective who is also... um... crazed and a secretary who is also at least slightly crazed. I sense a theme. A funky theme, with some horns and a lot of bass. Get your bad selves ready for The Case of the Kidnapped Canine!
Get ready for the Summer of Slick, as Decoder Ring Theatre proudly presents a full set of Erik Deckers' Slick Bracer, starring Peter Nicol as Slick! Action thrills! Mysterious chills! And the DRT ensemble having fun trying to bust up poor Peter in the middle of his lines. Good times! This week: one dead restaurateur and five or six desperately unlikely suspects somehow adds up to.... A Four Star Murder!
Which is more deadly, the battle you thought was lost, or the fight you thought you had won? In the chaos of war, only one thing is certain... There Will Be Rain Tonight!
For years now, the country has been haunted by an enemy as elusive as any ghost. The head of a network working to weaken our war effort and prepared to devestate our defences at a stroke when the opportunity presents itself for their Nazi masters to strike. He has been held in check by our heroes, but with their own network depleted and diminished, how much longer can they continue the fight? If the end is to come, it must come now - and it will take... All The King's Men!
There are some situations that you just can't prepare for. You can be the cleverest mystery man on the block, there will still be days that you just never saw coming. Those are the moments that cry out for a firey horse with the speed of lighht, a cloud of dust and a hearty... well, you know...
A newspaper is a powerful tool. The voice of the people, a beacon of truth in dark times and a reflexion of all that we would like to be as a city, a nation, a people. But if you happen to be the unseen hand behind Nazi fifth-column efforts, you just might get a little sick and tired of a certain crusading daily. And if you did, what choice would you have but to... Stop The Presses!
Let's see... the Nazis have decimated the Council of Mages in the Occult War and swarmed over half of Europe. They have squadrons of telepathically controlled dinosaurs and fantastic technology derived from dark magic. And their man inside Canada has run the country's masked heroes ragged trying to keep up. And it turns out that the only thing stopping things from getting a whole lot worse are a few... Small Wonders!
Through the mists of time, from an age almost forgotten, comes a lost blade once wielded by a man who held much of the civilized world under his power. Three thousand years later, a different tyrant has similar dreams. Can the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel keep such a powerful talisman out of his hands? Can even a disciple of an old friend defend them from the... Sword of the Sun King?
They say that if a person is lucky at cards, it stands to follow that they must also be unlucky at love. But it doesn't take much research to prove that it's possible to be both. The stakes are in the story - see your two bickering heirs and raise you one missing will - and around this table The Sky's The Limit!
There are always more than one side to every story. And when you're dealing with a newspaper magnate, a missing heiress, a kidnapping with no ransom and an angry fishmonger, sometimes there are more sides than story. No simple matter for your average gumshoe, but just another day at the office for... Man's Best Friend.
"The one that got away" is a fine kind of tale for some. Fishermen, for example, seem to thrive on the subject. But in the detective business, where things seem to exist in a perpetually unfinished state, there are those cases that just won't stay in the drawer. The ones that never sat quite right. If only you had been a little stronger, a little smarter.... and sometimes they can weigh a man down, threaten to drag him under as they hang about his neck. It's sink or swim time, and who will win, the flatfoot or... The Albatross?
They say that there are no small parts, my friends, only small actors. I've never been entirely clear on exactly what that means, or if the folks that coined the phrase intended it to be as insulting as it is. But one thing is for sure, those thin character sketches that populate the margins are usually kept there for a reason. But when left to their own devices, they tend to play familiar games. Games like... Cops and Robbers!
There are few things that cry out for introspection quite like the passing of one year into the next. A time when the rustle of lost illusions crackles underfoot, like a handful of dead leaves in the wind. When past, present and future come together for a single moment to blow a raspberry at you in the shaving mirror. A time when even the handful of thing you might have been sure of shift underfoot, and send you sliding down the slipperly slope to nowhere in particular. And when that moment comes, even the most hard-boiled of gumshoes can spare a moment for... Auld Lang Syne
When everybody's favorite junior boy detective drops by, its usually good for a twist of a certain tail, and our Square-Jawed hero kind of enjoys that, kind of like a mean kid who pulls the wings off flies. But even a bird-dog job courtesy of the Gentleman Detective is tough to smile at when it comes wrapped in... Hush Money!
A mysterious monster is tearing through the landscape, destroying anything that gets in its way, and headed straight for Toronto! And nothing the Home Team can throw at this unstoppable object seems equal to the task of playing immovable force. Where did this terrible creation come from? Can anything stop it? And just why was the Red Panda the last choice to stop the... Barbarian at the Gates?
Time for a night on the town - West Coast Style! When the Flying Squirrel trails a sabotage ring to Vancouver, can a run in with the local masked hero be far behind? And when the Grey Fox turns out to be a heroine with a chip on her shoulder and a nasty temper, the stage is set for one heck of a... Girls' Night Out!
The Red Panda has faced many dangers in the service of his country, and few seem greater than being forced to share a sandbox with other superheroes. The masked marvel has never been known to work and play well with others, but is that the only reason he has been kept away from the entire Home Team, or is there something more sinister at work? Trust seems like such a simple thing, but sometimes it can be positively.... Rocket Science!
They say that crime knows no loyaties, and there is no honour among thieves. Certainly, for a nation at war, any attack upon the forces of law and order may be seen as an act of treason. But what if crime were a nation onto itself? A force of nature, bound only by its own harsh rules? Could even the Red Panda prevent the reign of... The King Of Crime?
There may not be an ideal time to learn that one of the Red Panda's deadliest foes has escaped custody, but this certainly isn't it. The Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel may only have hours to prevent the Mistress of the Undead from departing for Berlin and if they fail, can an invasion of the dead be far behind? And all of that before they even deal with ... The Home Team!
More than a year has passed since the Occult War was lost, and little has gone well for those who stand against the forces of darkness. Many nations are now in Nazi hands, and the shadow of occupation hangs heavily over the remaining free people of Europe. Closer to home, saboteurs and traitors now lurk in the shadows which once sheltered criminal scum, and only one man can stand against them. The Red Panda may have lost much of his army of justice, but he still has an iron will, the strength of ten and most of all... The Nose For News!
All good things must come to an end, my friends, and so our summer stroll down memory lane comes to a close with this final episode. And it just wouldn't be a finale without a big finish, would it? So call the neighbors and wake the kids... tell the arts council to make with the grant money already... it's the full-on, hard-boiled, gender-inverted Black Jack Justice starring Clarissa Dernederlanden as Jack and Scotty Moyle as Trixie Dixon, girl detective.
Holy cats, Decoder Ringers, two "Red Panda" Play It Agains in a row? It's almost like we're saving a Black Jack for the summer's big finale in a couple of weeks... But in the meantime, what could be better than an old-school creepy mystery with the cast stood on its head? Kevin Robinson as the Red Panda! Andrea Lyons as the Flying Squirrel! Chris Mott as a Newsie! Get ready for Death Danced at Midnight as we.... Play It Again!
We continue our summer stroll down memory lane with danger and daring-do courtesy of Steven Burley sitting in as the Red Panda with Hero van Harten as the Flying Squirrel in a little season two Red Panda Adventure we like to call... The Sweet Tooth!
Fun in the sun as we play "what might have been" with a favorite episode of Black Jack Justice, this time featuring the dream team of Freddie the Finger and the Flying Squirrel.... Yes folks, its Peter Nicol as Jack and Clarissa Dernederlanden as Trixie Dixon, girl detective, so buckle up!
Our Summer Showcase of what-might-have-been continues and we play a little game of turnabout is fair play as Smilin' Chris Mott dons the red domino mask of Canada's Greatest Superhero, with Julie Florio joining him as plucky sidekick/driver extraordinaire!
The first in our series of Summer Delights featuring favorite scripts as selected by you, the listener! The only caveat to these tales so nice we told 'em twice is that no one, and I mean no one, can play the same part the second time around. So marvel at the path not taken with Julie Cogger as Trixie Dixon and Gregg Taylor as Jack Justice as we.... Play It Again!
For years now, the self-appointed guardians of the unearthly powers that remain in this world have fought a running battle, trying to hold back the forces of darkness as personified by Nazi Germany. While the world has slept, a great Occult War has been fought all around us. Now it is over.
We lost.
Only one thing can now prevent that loss from being total, and a thousand years of darkness from descending upon the Earth like a plague. Will even the Red Panda be left standing after The Great Fall?
A series of mysterious accidents is plauging the business interests of a certain wealthy former gad-about. Is it mere coincidence, or is Fenwick Industries being targeted? And when both the city's mystery men and a secret government agent get involved, will the cure be worse than the disease? How many must pay for the... Sins of the Father?
Two impossibly rare jewels, each the twin of the other and locked in an ancient curse... kept as far apart as possible for years. But now one of the Eyes of Doom has fallen prey to a master thief, and the second is under the protection of a certain masked mystery man. Is it their own terrible destiny that draws these artifacts together, or is it something still more sinister? Can even the Red Panda hope to escape the power of... The Eyes of the Idol?
Sun, sand, the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean... What could be more relaxing than an extended tropical vacation? With pleasure craft mysteriously disappearing from the waters around a sinister and seemingly deserted island, just about everything. Can even our vacationing man of mystery and his fearless fighting female resist... The Song of the Siren?
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Our mysterious masked marvel has spent many years protecting the citizens of Toronto from the worst of the worst. A man makes a lot of enemies that way, and every one of them has had long days and nights in a prison cell to consider their next move. Can even the Red Panda be prepared for... A Dish Best Served Cold?
Life isn't always easy for a Police Detective. Especially with Chief O'Mally breathing down his neck about a kidnapping ring. But at least Andy Parker's second job, as a trusted agent of The Red Panda will allow him to pawn off a nice, impossible robbery on the Terrific Twosome of Toronto. Or at least it would... if the two worst cases in town weren't one and the same!
They say a man meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it. Which means that whatever you do, and whatever the result might be, your fortune cookie can smile at you and say "see? I told you so." For some folks that road may lead to a destiny of great importance or heroic meaning. For others, it might lead to a face-down posture in a puddle somewhere. I suppose no one can tell. Except the cookie, and it ain't talkin'.
A certain hack writer who shall remain Shakespeare is of the opinion that the quality of mercy is not strained. He obviously doesn't ride the bus past the stylish world headquarters of Justice and Dixon all that often, 'cause around here both the quality and quantity of mercy are strained beyond any reasonable breaking point, and old friends are no exception.
A client who seems a little too eager to pony up his retainer, the feds sniffing around like the wolf at the door and witnesses who keep blossoming into corpses. It's almost enough to make a certain police Lieutenant seem like a welcome sight. Almost.
When a snoop-and-peep that paid turned into a murder case that almost certainly didn't, it meant one thing: Jack suddenly got interested. For the Girl Detective, it's just one more reason to strangle the big lug... but even a clock that's stopped is right twice a day... isn't it?
It has been remarked more than once that there's always a calm just before the storm. Certified meteorological phenomenon or old wives saw, it was still true as often as it wasn't. And if that storm was destined to wash away Marilou Arden, it looked like it just might take a certain pair of gumshoes with her.
It is a season not to be trusted, my friends. It can dress up sadness as nostalgia, tackiness as whimsy and grey-green slush as "Christmas snow"... but it didn't seem like all the holiday spirit in the world was going to do the little man in the red suit and even redder puddle of his own blood much good, now was it?
The struggle against dark times has been a long and bitter one, and the fight to not give in to that darkness is constant. A rash of inexplicable disappearances cause the police to conclude that the citizens of the city are losing that unequal struggle. But can it really be a rash of suicides, or is there something much deeper, much darker behind this? And will even the Red Panda be able to resist when... Terror Walks The Night?
The newspapers trumpet murder and mayhem almost every day, and there's more than enough to keep the Terrific Twosome of Toronto busy in their own hometown. So why are they racing off to the Big Apple in spite of their own strict "no meddling" policy? Can even the Red Panda bring the guilty to justice when... Murder Wears a Mask?
A stranger awakes in an alley with no memory, no clue who he is and only a dim impression of his mission. All around, shadowy forces are closing in. Who is he? Does he hold the missing piece of the puzzle the Red Panda needs to save the city? Will the carefully laid plans of justice run off the rails or will it all go... Just Like Clockwork!
Scientific scerets are being stolen by a sinister superfiend with a mind for mazes and the morals of a monster. But when the Terrific Twosome of Toronto are made an offer of "help" that they can't refuse, will they ever best the mighty will of... The Puzzle Master?
A forgotten foe from our masked marvel's past returns, exhibiting astonishing new powers. Is this the opening overture of a new concerto of crime, or is there more than meets the eye to the... Flight of the Bumblebee!
A nice, quiet honeymoon was probably too much to ask, wasn't it? But after a string of adventures, our crime-fighters are finally headed for home. And if they happen to be carrying a mysterious amulet the Nazis would kill to recover, that's just all in a day's work. But when murder strikes mid-air, the Red Panda must find a killer who strikes with deadly... Nightshade!
Are there any two phrases in the English language that offer as much delight at "mildly dystopian" and "not-too-distant future"? If there are, they can only be "career criminal" and "one last big score". And yet for all those comfortable tropes, expect the unexpected from... Shinkei!
From Tim Prasil, author of "Magic of the Movies" and "The Crasher", our showcase presents this thoughtful and engaging tale. What makes a mind? Is it the ability to calculate? To learn? Or without the power of the imagination is there something missing essential to life itself? And if we suddenly found ourselves able to create such a life.... what would we say to it? We present for your consideration... Thinking In Ternary.
Our pals from International Falls, Minnesota sit in with the band this week as the first of two Spotlight episodes we'll be bringing you this summer shines on the good folks from Icebox Radio Theatre. Beat the heat with this tale that is Chilling in more ways than one. The Icebox Radio Theatre production of Thing On The Ice!
Phil Bledsoe's iconic hero Blaze Bing, Rodeo King was brought to us just two weeks ago. But behind evey tale of heroes is another story. Sometimes darker, sometimes sadder, but always unexpected. This week we bring you just such a tale with Tales of the Rodeo King!
Thrill once again to the thunder of hoofbeats and the roar of blazing six-guns as the Decoder Ring Theatre Summer showcase presents the first in a pair of Western Adventure tales from the imagination of Phil Bledsoe! This week, we present tale of the old west right out of the golden age of radio drama with Blaze Bing, Rodeo King!
The Knightmare races to Carol Lane's rescue as the top-secret Nazi shock troops of the Murder Legion strike at the reception at the Griffiths Observatory. Can The Knightmare elude the vengeful Lt. McGrath and escape the attacks of fantastic weapons developed in Hitler's evil laboratories? Tune in and find out!
From New Pulp Media Baron Bill Cunningham comes this thrilling tale of adventure in 1940's Hollywood!
Since the dawn of time, mankind has been protected by the shadow warrior known only as The Knightmare. The Master of Fear, he uses his uncanny powers in the defense of justice. But can even The Knightmare resist the sinister powers of Hitler's elite super-soliders... the Murder Legion?
As the big day approaches, strange things are afoot in the city. Our heroes are being sighted in places that their mild-mannered secret identities have no memory of ever being. Old friends and old enemies alike will clash in pursuit of... Operation: Cold Feet!
For years now, a shadowy organization has targeted the city and its citizens. Time after time the Terrific Twosome has defeated their most diabolical efforts and time after time the Syndicate has risen from the ashes, changed its stripes and begun it's campaign of terror anew. Who would have thought that the worst thing they could possibly do was give up? Will anything be left standing after we enter.... The Endgame?
Three members of the Sanitarium Board of Directors have met an untimely end, each apparently at the hands of a different super-powered villain. But since all three supposed killers were under lock and key, there must be more to the Madhouse Murders than meets the eye. Can the Red Panda stop the spread of... The Crimson Death?
When an emergency message arrives from an old friend from half a world away, the Terrific Twosome of Toronto race against time to reach the savage beauty of the Amazon. But will they reach the downed aviator in time, or are they destined to share his doom in the Jungle of Terror?
Even the self-professed World's Greatest Criminal Mastermind can get a little predictable. The Genie has hatched plots, capers and fiendish plans in his day, and The Red Panda has outsmarted him every time. But if he ever cut loose and went on an honest-to-goodness crime spree, would there be anything or anyone that could stand in his way... except perhaps himself?
A darkened street, a cry for help and a courageous rescue by... by a super-powered flying man in a bright yellow cape? This can't be good. Will a certain two-fisted mystery man learn to share his city with high-powered interlopers, or is a showdown at hand? What will happen when the city comes to worship... The Golden Idol?
The life of a private detective is one that tends to keep a fella behind the times. After all, if you're sitting on top of the world, you rarely find yourself in need of a pair of low-rent gumshoes. Sometimes a little nostalgia isn't a bad thing... and sometimes the line between reality and anything-but is paper thin. Those are the days that leave a fella asking... Now Who's The Dummy?
Two solid days of surveillance can take it out of anybody. Two nights without sleep and things don't make a lot of sense. But when Trixie Dixon, Girl Detective starts mixing her metaphors with Trixia Dixon, Lady Consulting Detective Extraordinaire... well that can't be good, can it?
If there's one thing worse than not having one of your best sources at your beck and call, it's never having him again because he went and got dead. With a client yapping at their heels, a word from Mike Rogers, crime reporter for the gazette, could make all the difference. But when the newshound pulls a disappearing act, Jack and Trixie can only hope that it's a case of... No News is Good News
The life of a detective has its ups and downs to be sure. Some might even argue that the downs held a pretty strong grip on the majority. But every so often a client like Midge Crocker opened the door and made it all worthwhile. A girl who was equal parts helpless doe-eyed bunny rabbit and hard, practiced liar. Now all Jack and Trixie had to do was figure out if the too-good to be true story was just that, or if they really were after... The Family Jewels
Private detecting isn't the sort of game where you can pick your battles. Jack and Trixie have done all kinds of things for all kinds of people, and most of the time you just hope for the best. But when a mystery man is perpared to drop a nice, fat retainer in their laps to drop a client that they never had, it looks like our heroes have finally caught that nice soft case everybody always talks about. But it couldn't really be that simple... could it?
With the city in the grips of a heat wave, things are bound to get a little screwy. But no matter what air-conditioned hidey-hole a gumshoe ducks into, the place is lousy with crouching jade kittens and raincoated would-be girl detectives. It's bound to end badly for someone when Jack and Trixie start A Midsummer Night's Noir! - With special guest star Mary Jo Pehl!
When the Decoder Ring Theatre Gang gets together to finally record that oft-requested crossover episode between The Red Panda Adventures and Black Jack Justice, there's only one thing that can stop Audio Drama history from being made - A Family Christmas Special breaking out! From all of us, to all of you, with best wishes for the Holiday Season, we present A Very Decoder Ring Christmas!
The agents who serve The Red Panda are our masked heroes' eyes and ears. They are the many hands that make their great work light. They are men who hold high the lamp of justice when darkness falls. But what happens when your most Trusted Agent... isn't? Only one man has truly has that answer, and he is.... The Boy In Blue!
Side by side, the Terrific Twosome of Toronto have faced danger and dastadly daring-do of every shape and size. But when the walls that hold back The Red Panda's greatest foes come tumbling down, can even that Fearless Fighting Female the Flying Squirrel save her partner from the... Trial By Terror?
Once again the cold tendrils of dark powers reach forth into our world. Our heroes have stood the test before, and made such preparations as they may... but with a full-scale dimensional breach in progress, can even the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel turn back... The Gathering Storm?
Ah, a romantic evening on the town... dinner and dancing at the swanky Casa Loma. Could anything be finer? Could an evening be more perfect? Could anything ever possibly be that simple? With an eccentric millionaire in the house, about to sign away the family fortune and disinherit a roomful of angry relations, there's almost sure to be... Murder In The Castle!
A train station full of terrified hostages... An old enemy returned to spread chaos and destruction... Who would have guessed that the day could only get worse? But with the powers of darkness creeping ever nearer, will our heroes be in time to discover the secrets of ... The Mask of Death?
Time after time, threats from without have battered the city. Gangsters, racketeers and power mad-supervillains, and always our masked heroes have been equal to the task. But when the city turns upon itself; when its own citizens threaten to become the means of its destruction, can even the Red Panda turn the tide against... The Third Wave?
A dreaded foe... an unfathomable prize... a damsel in distress... seems like everything a Commander could ask for. But with the future itself on the line, can even the combined might of the entire Far Reach Fleet stand against the powers at... The End of the Universe?
For a Far Reach Commander, the mysteries and wonders of the Galaxy are home sweet home, the dangers of the darkest places in the big black are business as usual. But nothing that Commander Deck Gibson has ever encountered can prepare him for what waits... at The End of the Universe!
When Deck took on the mantle of Far Reach Commander, he stepped into a universe of wonder those within Earth's isolationist borders could scarcely imagine. But there are still greater mysteries out there in the void, new wonders and new terrors alike, as Deck Gibson is about to find out as he encounters.... The Plutonium Man!
A Far Reach Commander is a man without limits, a man for whom the boarders and petty territories carved out of space mean nothing... only that open expanse of sky. But even those who serve Control, the mysterious mistress of the Far Reach Fleet must still answer to a higher power; something Commander Deck Gibson will some to realize when his past returns to haunt him once again... before The Court of Eternity!
Responding to a faint distress call brings Deck to a frozen wasteland of a planet. With bone-chilling temperatures and blinding blizzards, surely nothing could have survived in such an environment... Or could it? Isoloated from the Far Reach One, far from help, far from hope, Deck will find the answer to this and more questions during... Two Days on the Tundra of Terror!
This week: Deck is held prisoner after a Quasar Corps ambush and arrested as a traitor against Earth! Will his training as a Far Reach Commander save him, or will the last sight our hero ever sees be... The Room With No View!
In his own city, The Red Panda calls the shots - and he doesn't tolerate any interloping from other masked do-gooders that aren't soft and Squirrel-shaped. But when an investigation leads the Terrific Twosome of Toronto all the way to New York City; already teeming with huddled masses of mystery men, superheroes and masked vigilantes, a lot can happen on... The Field Trip!
A sudden rash of petty crime is spreading like wildfire, bleeding the city white a few dollars at a time. Is it really possible that these robberies are being carried out by an army of children? What elemental force could possibly have driven these innocents into a life of crime? And will even The Red Panda be able to oppose the might... of The Rat Lord?
The day they carried Sam Merk out of the courtroom, he swore he'd never serve the life sentence he'd been given. He promised that the judge, the jury... everyone that had had put him behind bars would suffer a voodoo curse until he was freed. Of course, no one took him very seriously; until his victims started dropping like flies. Now The Red Panda may have only hours to crack the mystery... of The Empty Box!
A string of industrial accidents is plaguing the city, each more serious than the last. Little by little fear spreads, public confidence erodes and the economic engines of the city grind to a halt. Is this simple coincidence? A conspiricy of terror? Or are there forces still more sinister at work? The Red Panda must find out, or fall before the power of... Barton's Charm!
With that Pompous Pirate of the Pen known only as The Poet on the loose, it was only a matter of time before clues in couplet form started sprouting up all over the city, each promising new crime more fiendish than the last. But Baxter's Law says "When the Goony-birds start changing their tune, there's usually something else goin' on." Will The Red Panda find the key to the villainous verse in time? Or will the city and it's masked protectors fall before... The Terrible Two?
Return with us now to the thrill-packed exploits of the masked protectors of 1930's Toronto as they hunt down one of their oldest and most diabolical foes! But with mechanical walking bombs appearing all over the city, it looks like the world's greatest criminal mastermind just became the least of their problems - to say nothing of the unkown threat of the mysterious... Red Squirrel!
They say that music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. But like just about everything "they" say, truth is in the eye of the beholder. When Jack and Trixie spend a little time in the company of musicians, the experience is neither particularly charming or remotely soothing. But at least thirty-five dollars a day hath charms to soothe the savage landlord.
Everywhere you looked, there were goods to be gotten, and the getting often fell to Black Jack and Trixie. But there were consequences to be paid that often had nothing to do with the princely sum of thirty-five dollars a day, plus expenses. When it looks like their client may have stormed off half-cocked to do who-knows-what, it's up to our his-and-her shamuses... (shamuses?... Shami?... Whatever...) to reach deep for the ever-elusive happy ending.
It sounded like a nice, simple job. Two sisters, estranged long ago over a man who was long gone. An apology... a reunion... the restoration of family ties in a cold and cynical world... Yes sir, it all sounded too good to be true. But Jack and Trixie know when it comes to family, nothing is ever quite that simple.
It wouldn't be quite right to say that Trixie had a soft spot in her heart for old Button-Down Theo. But she had a soft spot in her head for him anyway. After all, anyone who can make private detecting seem dull as dishwater must have some hidden talents. But when Theo gets himself in hot water, will the Girl Detective be able to persuade ol' Square Jaw to intervene? And if so, just who exactly is footing the bill.
"Law stands mute in the midst of arms" they say. Well, that proves one thing anyway; old man Cicero never met Police Lieutenant Victor Sabien. He'd never stood mute a day in his life. And with ol' Square Jaw and the Girl Detective working at cross purposes through his office... to say nothing of the dynamic duo of Sgt Nelson and Freddie the Finger Hawthorne underfoot... well, can you blame the poor guy?
"...But to me, it was as if the city had emptied out at the word of Jack Justice's return. As well they might. As well they might..."
Yes, Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, Girl Detective return for all-new hardboiled adventure and mystery. But with Jack out to settle a score, and Trixie trying to close the books on a murder that's still unsolved at least partly due to the efforts of our intrepid private eyes, it's anyone's guess if they'll both wind up on a slab, if Lt. Sabien'll run them both in, or if ol' square jaw will finally get some... Payback!
Yes, kids, there's a man in red on the rooftops, but it ain't St Nick! In this very special slice of two-fisted pulp justice with all the trimmings, we tip our fedoras to the great Will Eisner and the classic Christmas stories he wrote for his much-loved Mystery Man "The Spirit", and in so doing, turn 1930's Toronto on its ear! Please enjoy, with our best wishes... Tis The Season!
When a string of petty extortionists hits our heroes too close to home, it's a sure bet that fists are gonna fly. But these "little fish" think themselves safe from both the police and the city's masked heroes, and they just might be right! Is an alliance with the underworld the answer? Who will win the day, the Red Panda's army of agents or... The Calaghan Mob?
If you play the game long enough, it is only a matter of time before others know your moves as well as you know theirs. But when just such an old foe joins forces with a new organization, the game is rigged against The Red Panda before it begins. When they begin taking pieces off the board, will our heroes risk everything to get them back? Will will either of them survive... The Opening Gambit?
And now, from headlines around the world and here at home, join us as the Radiogram News Picture Corporation presents: News On Parade!
Sometimes there's more to the story than a headline, as we find out as we follow our heroes on three short adventures that take us behind the scenes and show us that there's more to current events than meets the eye! With special guest star Jack Ward of The Sonic Society!
A blinding snowstorm, a manor house cut off from the outside world, a desperate, violent act... A perfect recipe for danger? Perhaps. But those strangers who just came in the door, are they really newlyweds John and Jane Morris, or has a certain masked duo come calling? And will even The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel be enough to prevent... A Midwinter's Murder?
A pyromaniac is preying on the slums and tenement buildings of the city, bringing danger and misery to the lives of the some of its most vunerable citizens. The police are searching in vain for the firebug who holds the city in a grip of terror. But if a certain masked duo is right, there may be more to this arson spree than meets the eye. Can even the Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel withstand the flames of... Brimstone Alley?
Metropolisville is more than just a wheelbarrow full of consonants and vowels rubbing up against each other in ways that are dark and dangerous, and hard to pronounce. There are a million stories in this naked city, and at the heart of most of the stranger ones lies Slick Bracer, P.I.! Decoder Ring Theatre is now proud to present Eric Deckers' hard-hitting hero in Slick Bracer and the Giant Nap!
"I don't know how long I sat there... reading the name on the door over and over until my scrambled brain could make sense of it... Drake Finn Investigations..."
Detective Drake Finn is like a lot of hard-boiled, down at the mouth kind of private eyes. Except he lives in a dark and dangerous future where who the Ominframe says you are is exactly who you are and always will be. Until an access protocol that can change all of that is put on the table. Then all bets are off... and a tough guy who's just been poured a sparkling glass of brain damage doesn't have half a chance... does he?
And now, our Showcase presents another adventure with Matt Wallace's Deck Gibson: Far Reach Commander! Years ago Deck left Earth's isolationist Quasar Corps behind him. He traded in his old life, keeping Earth "safe" from a Galaxy of wonder, for the command chair of the Far Reach One. It was not a decision he ever paused to regret. He assumed the Quasar Corps had long forgotten him. He was wrong.
When Far Reach Control intercepts a distress call from members of a mysterious race, there is little time to spare. Only the pilot of the Far Reach 1, the only member of Earth's feared Quasar Corps ever to fly under an alien flag, is close enough to assist. Can Commander Deck Gibson leave the past behind and protect the galaxy of wonder into which he has been thrust?
And now, our Showcase presents The Crasher another chilling tale of suspense from a world just beyond the borders of our own. A young writer looking for a fresh start and a clean slate finds himself in the quiet town of Halfway. The perfect place to finish his novel and get his career back on track. But sometimes life has other plans for us. Another masterful script by Magic of the Movies author Tim Prasil
This week, the Summer Showcase is proud to present The Magic of the Movies by Tim Prasil. A tale of suspense told late at night around a Hollywood bar... A tale of fame and fortune lost, and a terrible secret found. The sad ramblings of a forgotten man? You be the judge...
A symposium in the city has the world's greatest scientific minds together under one roof. A fine opportunity to advance mankind's knowledge - and perhaps a target too tempting to resist! But with that masked mystery man The Red Panda, the fearless fighting female The Flying Squirrel and their army of agents on the case, the conference is safe from any threat in the world. But what about... The World Next Door?
When you put on a mask and fight for what's right, secrets are your stock and trade. They protect you, and those around you, from those that would seek to end your quest for justice. But when those secrets are compromised, the shield can become a sword in the hands of a vengeful enemy. What will happen when that moment comes for our heroes? When the mask slips, just a little? And what fury will come crashing through The Hidden Door?
Dark forces are gathering. Powers that have long slept are stirring once more; a coming storm of otherworldly evil. So our heroes have been warned. But can any warning prepare The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel for the unknowable? Or will the Terrific Twosome of Toronto fall before The Black Hand?
An incognito visit to a traveling circus? Well, even masked heroes get the occasional evening off... or do they? When members of a high-flying family of acrobats find themselves accused of a crime, The Red Panda has even more reason than normal to clear their names and see justice served. After all, even masked heroes take a girl home to meet Mama once in a while... don't they?
Sometimes crime is so easy to spot. The thug in the alleyway, the mugger on the street... And other times the strangest little things can turn out to be the most sinister. Say... five hundred pounds of bananas that vanish into thin air. Or a load of plastic coconuts. Crimes on a theme? A new menace taking shape? Or is it a simple case of... Monkeyshines?
In hard times, people stick together. They help one another as best they can with the little they have. And always they cling to the one thing that keeps them going: Hope. But there are monsters in the darkness. Men made beasts who use that hope as a lure to prey upon those who have little else left. When creatures such as this begin to ply their vile trade in Toronto, they will pay a price for their treachery. For in this city, Justice is served freely, and by the Red-Gauntleted fistful!
Friends can sometimes be a pain in the you-know-where, but you'd sure be sunk without 'em. When Freddie the Finger has a deal turn south on him, it's only natural that he turn to his ol' pal Jackie. But with the Girl Detective still miffed over an unpaid bill, things get a little complicated. To say nothing of the corpse, or the strong possibility of more just like it. Yes sir, friends can be real Mixed Blessings at times...
Jack and Trixie's new client is a truly impressive side of beef, if the girl detective does say so herself. A prizefighter on his way to the top, until some shady types decide it might be best if he were to lose his next match... or else. Now its up to our heroes to find out who's in back of the scheme and if this is a fight they can win... or will they all get their tickets punched for the Palookaville Express?
To say that Jack and Trixie were surprised to get a call from Braithwaites, the biggest spit-and-polish detective agency in town, was putting it mildly. But to be invited to dine with the Gentleman Detective himself at his Club? That's just downright shocking - or at least very very suspicious. But if Big Larry Braithwaite thinks he can con Jack Justice into taking a train wreck of a case off his hands by stuffing our hero so full of prime rib that he can't see straight... well... yeah, that'll probably work.
They say that every dog will have his day, and that might be true - but there are always consequences to be faced afterwards. Jack and Trixie could swear to that; after seventeen consecutive divorce cases they're starting to go a little squirrely. What they really need is an honest to goodness puzzle to walk through the door. A little murder, a little mayhem... maybe a nice kidnapping just to break up the monotony. Be careful what you wish for...
Jack's been slumming it in sunny Florida, enjoying the fresh air and sunshine all in the name of thirty-five dollars a day (plus expenses). Trixie's been in their palatial offices, enjoying the No Jack. Five days later they're flush, reunited and on a divorce case... all's right with the world, right? Wrong. If everything's sunny, who's the crazy on the rooftop with the high-powered rifle, and why is he gunning for our gumshoes? Looks like they'll have to find out in a hurry... or they and the client Jack was standing in for are all about to learn... The Trouble With Doubles!
Is Jack and Trixie's new client dragon lady or ingenue? In either case, can they get their paws on a ten thousand dollar marker held by a shady underworld type before her wedding march turns funeral dirge? If so, can they do it without strangling each other? And just for an extra kick, can they pull all of this off while paying loving tribute to one of the greatest detective shows in old-time radio?!? Find out as they crack the case of The Purloined Format Caper!
Because you asked for it! And we thought it sounded like fun!
You've followed their thrilling exploits for a season and a half of Red Panda Adventures. You've been very good. You've earned a little backstory. This week we flash back to some of the earliest days of a certain wealthy young gad-about's exploits as a masked man of mystery and show you The Very First Meeting between The Red Panda and Kit Baxter, who later became the fearless flying female known as The Flying Squirrel!
Dark forces are gathering on the horizon. Powers that have long slept and now awaken to a new world, ripe for the plucking. Ancient secrets are whispered that, were they spoken aloud, would threaten all that lives... Kind of a tall order for a masked mystery man and his trusty sidekick. But when a friend's life is at stake, The Red Panda must turn to a mysterious figure from his past to help him seal... Merlin's Tomb!
Cynthia Muldoon, daughter of one of the city's finest families, has disappeared. Has she been kidnapped, as her family fears? Or run off with some young man, as the police suspect? And what, if anything, does any of this have to do with a chocolate shop that Kit Baxter seems preoccupied with? If the Red Panda is to find the answers, first he'll need to pull The Sweet Tooth
In the margins of every adventure story there are stories untold and heroes unsung. This episode we step into the spaces between the comic-book panels for a very special story. If you've ever wondered about The Red Panda's oft-mentioned, never-seen "agents"... or if you've ever simply stared out over the rooftops of your city and dreamed of being a hero; you won't want to miss a moment of When Darkness Falls!
What could be finer than a peaceful Sunday morning? Just about anything if your name happens to be Kit Baxter and your hobbies include fighting injustice, protecting the innocent and gliding over the city as The Flying Squirrel. But getting the city's mighty champion out of the garden and away from the newspaper is another matter entirely. If there's to be any excitement, The Red Panda will have to find it in The Sunday Supplement!
A mysterious stranger dies in the street in front of the fashionable Club Macaw. Were his claims of membership simply the sad ravings of yet another victim of hard times, or is there something far more sinister at work? Could he truly have been the son a wealthy house, long thought dead? Can even The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel succeed in a struggle with The Hand of Fate?
Our DVD-Extras/special features episode, celebrating our first full season of all-new audio adventure and mystery! If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the Decoder Ring Mansion, how these shows are made or just what everybody's "real" voice sounds like, then this is the one for you! Interviews with our cast, outtakes, rare tracks, a deleted scene, answers to your Frequently Asked Questions and more. And it's entirely possible that there's a fabulous prize to be won in our first-ever Decoder Ring Theatre Triva Challenge! Enjoy!
Every man has his ghosts. Old square-jaw didn't figure he had any right to expect to be the exception. But sometimes the past takes on flesh and looks you in the eye... and things can never be quite the same afterwards. When that moment comes for Jack and Trixie, will it bring down the whole house of cards, coffee and gaudy metaphors; or will it re-introduce those most contradictory concepts - Justice and the Happy Ending?
They say all's fair in love and war, and Jack and Trixie are about to put that to the test. When Jack finds a drowned rat of a piano player who's both struck by love and several dozen gangsters, love and war don't seem like such different concepts anymore. It's a mad charge into the lion's den, all in the name of romance. Even the hard-boiled have their soft spots.
Jack may not know much about art, but he knows what he likes... and what he doesn't. He doesn't much like Nick Franklin's looks, or his self-satisfied grin or his manicured fingernails. What he does like is a client that can afford a fat insurance policy and a couple of gumshoes to go with it. But can Jack and Trixie fit in with the arty set enough to protect Franklin's latest "discovery"? Where will they stand when the Hammer of Justice falls?
It was the end of an uncharacteristic flurry of activity at the mighty world headquarters of Jack Justice Investigations. Trixie was crossing the final i's and dotting the final t's when she looked up and realized Jack was nowhere to be found. And he'd taken their old snitch Freddie the Finger Hawthorne with him into the ether. Sometimes a gal's just got to look a gift horse in the mouth , and if she ever wants to see ol' square jaw sashay in the front door again, this is one of those times. But can she and her "new partner" keep away from each other's throats long enough to turn up her old one, or is this the beginning of life with No Justice?
It was the third straight day of rain that did it. People had been cooped up for days, riding out the storm, and Black Jack is sure that a flurry of human misery, or as he likes to call it - rent money is on its way. But when he turns out to be more right than either he or Trixie could have guessed, they find themselves on an island in the middle of the city, with the water rising fast. An island of the "gaudy, hard-boiled metaphor" variety, admittedly; but sometimes that's the way it goes.
Mordecai Brasseau had been nothing but bad luck for Jack Justice Investigations since the first time he walked through the door. A nice man, but a jinx - quite possibly the unluckiest man in the world. Each time Jack and Trixie took on a case for him, they swore it would be the last. Sooner or later they had to be right... and the registered letter inviting them to the reading of Mordecai's will suggested that time had finally come.... Or, maybe not.
What does one do when one has seen it all? Done it all? Been to every corner of the former Empire and hunted every quarry known to man? Where does the mighty hunter turn for a challenge? Col. Barker Whistance-Smith, late of his Majesty's service, turns to the wilds of the urban jungle, and his quarry is the new breed of Mystery Man. But when he sets his sights upon The Red Panda, will he learn the folly of hunting The Deadliest Game?
"Simon Radford released this morning. Apparently cured. Thought you should know." So reads the terse note from The Red Panda's agent. But can a maniac like Radford, who once terrorized the city as the villainous Electric Eel ever be truly reformed? And if so, who is behind the reign of terror that sweeps across the city? Can our heroes crack this case while struggling with their own... Duality?
A cargo ship, hopelessly lost in the fog... from out of the darkness comes an eerie glow, bringing with it an impossible spectre from the past - and disaster! Again and again the terrifying scene is played out, until the city can bear the attacks no more. Our heroes take to the water to bring this menace to an end - but can even The Red Panda solve the mystery of The Ghost Ship?
An ancient killer stalks the city through shadows and fog. Each night brings new terrors, new victims. With each new dawn there are more questions, more outrage... and the lingering dread of the darkness to come. Who dares to hunt the hunter? To bring the light of justice to a metropolis under siege? The city cries out for its champions; but can even the Terrific Twosome of Toronto, The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel, withstand the fury of... The Shadow Hunter?
Beaton Hall, an idyllic resort not far from the city, an oasis from the cares of the world... or a spider's web of danger and death! When the guests of Beaton Hall begin to meet with a series of unfortunate accidents, the press decides the old family manor must be cursed. The City's Greatest Champion suspects murder rather than misfortune. Can The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel defeat this deadly game, or will they become the final victims of The Curse of Beaton Hall?
Someone is on a spree of high-profile robberies throughout the city. Someone wearing a very familiar bright red mask! Can it be true? Has the city's champion turned traitor to the cause of law and order? Can even Kit Baxter, The Flying Squirrel save her friend and mentor once the call has gone out - Red Panda: Dead Or Alive!
It wasn't much of a holiday by most people's standards... just a turn around the park in the sunshine... but boy oh boy, how the work piles up at Jack Justice Investigations. Piles up right in the middle of the floor in a still-fresh pool of blood. Now all Jack and Trixie have to do with the rest of the day is figure out who the triggerman was and why the corpse had a thousand dollars in an envelope with their names on it. And if they can manage it, solving the case before the law puts them away for it wouldn't be a bad idea either.
If it sounds too good to be true, it's all in a day's work at Jack Justice Investigations. When one of the city's most high-powered lawyers wants to buy the agency, Lock Stock and Barrel, Jack and Trixie have just twenty-four hours to figure out what the catch is and torpedo the best offer they've ever had!
When Jack and Trixie are hired to solve a seven year old murder, they figure it's a fool's errand. But if this case is so cold, why all the heat from upstairs to lay off? Will they finally run into that brick wall that has their names on it... or will they deliver Justice Delayed?
Sometimes the answer's right in front of your eyes. Sometimes you're so busy with what you think you saw, you can't be bothered to stop and look again. When Jack and Trixie pay the bills with a little "Peeping Tom" routine, they don't expect the commandments being broken to include the biggest "Thou Shalt Not" of 'em all. But then again, sometimes Justice Is Blind!
When Jack and Trixie are hired to protect a society dame's diamonds at a charity ball, it looks like they've finally caught that elusive nice, simple case. But when the guest list includes not one, not two but three notorious thieves, things get complicated in a heckuva hurry. Times like that a guy's lucky to manage Justice For Some!
Decoder Ring Theatre is proud to present the first episode of hardboiled pulp detective action with Black Jack Justice! This week, Jack and his partner Trixie Dixon, girl detective learn lost love letters and a mysterious client add up to more than meets the eye. It's up to them to dish out Justice Served Cold
Will Holland was sentenced to die for his crimes. That should have been the end of the story... but one year later, the jurors that condemned him are sharing his fate one by one. With the aid of a new ally, The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel must learn how Death Danced At Midnight!
Someone's been collecting old debts... and leaving a trail of corpses in his wake. But the city's most feared gang leader isn't going gentle into that good night - and he's found himself an unlikely ally. But will The Red Panda learn that not even he can stop payment of The Devil's Due?
A ruthless protection syndicate is shaking down the citizens and shopkeepers of the city. But when our heroes move to intervene, they learn there may be more to this racket than meets the eye. Can even The Red Panda escape the clutches of The Golden Claw?
They say the hand is quicker than the eye... but when a baffling jewel robbery proves that someone's hands are quicker than a hundred eyes, the Red Panda is on the case! And when the culprit adds murder to their crimes, the hunt is on in earnest... and it's Rabbit Season!
What do superheroes do when they dont have a case? Why they go out looking for trouble of course! They'll find more than they bargained for when The Red Pandas new sidekick Kit Baxter, The Flying Squirrel joins her partner on her very first Night Patrol!
This week: A stolen sapphire, a mysterious murder and purloined plans add up to Amazing Adventure as The Red Panda and his trusty sidekick Kit Baxter, The Flying Squirrel race against time to decipher The Riddle Of The Sphinx!
When we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.
So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 6
When we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.
So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 5
When we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.
So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 4
When we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.
So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 3
When we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.
So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 2
When we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.
So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 1
