S5E7 Dead Man's Switch

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you in the heart of a mystery. Some episodes are original stories, others will be classics that helped shape the mystery genre we know today. All are structured to challenge you to beat the detective to the solution. These are arrangements, which means instead of word-for-word readings, you get a performance meant to be heard. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes.This is Season 5, Move It or Lose It. This season contains original stories paying homage to the vehicles that propel mysteries forward. A train was the setting for Agatha Christie’s famed Murder on the Orient Express. A river boat then took center stage on Death on the Nile. Cars have been prominently featured in American crime stories with the glory of the get-a-way vehicle. Then there are the heists from carriages to trains to armored trucks. For Episode 7, an old school locomotive is the featured vehicle. This is Dead Man’s Switch by Erica ObeySupport our show by subscribing, telling a mystery lover about us, and giving us a five-star review. And mystery readers, check out our print and e-books.A Word Before Dying E-Book (all outlets); Trade Paperback (Amazon Only)Move It or Lose It: e-book and Trade paperback available 3/21/2023ABOUT Erica ObeyErica Obey is the author of The Brooklyn North Murder, the first full-length Watson & Doyle mystery, as well as five other novels set in the Hudson Valley, including the award-winning The Curse of the Braddock Brides. Erica is the Past President of the MWA-NY chapter, and a frequent reviewer and judge. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and published academic work on female folklorists before she decided she’d rather be writing the stories herself. Come visit her at http://www.ericaobey.com where she blogs about life in the Hudson Valley then and now.MORE from Erica ObeyIf you enjoyed this Watson & Doyle, why not check out their first full-length adventure, The Brooklyn North Murder by Erica Obey, now available on-line and in bookstores everywhere.DELIBERATIONErica has given us a hopped up, locked room mystery to solve. Here are the suspects Watson, Byrne and Doyle have to work with in Reggie Styles’ murder:Natasha Blinsky, the little dancer who couldn’tMarty Fry, the coke head acting as the courier. His prop attache case was found at the scene.Spenser Ffolkes, the struggling young actor who is still strugglingJeb Comey, our gun loving actor whose prop was loaded with live roundsMiss Lacey, an upright citizen and proprietress of the shop from which the garters cameHere is a summary of the clues we have:Reggie was found in an empty train car, alone and dead beneath the rabbit headThe train was observed by Watson and Byrne, no one entered or left the trainThe train moved forward, suddenly stopped, then came the gunshotA box of broken garters from Miss Lacy’s shop was found strewn around the engineer’s cab.An old-style pistol used as a prop had been loaded with live roundsAll the actors were being blackmailed. All believed the dead man was behind it.Miss Lacy suspects the dead man was using the Fun Rail to commit insurance fraud. So, how did Reggie Styles die?WRAP UPThat wraps this episode of Mysteries to Die For. Please do support our show by subscribing, telling a mystery lover about us, and giving us a five-star review. Check out our website TGWolff.com/Podcast for links to this season’s authors.Mysteries to Die For is hosted by TG Wolff and Jack Wolff. Dead Man’s Switch was written by Erica Obey. Music and production are by Jack Wolff. Episode art is by TG Wolff.