The Black Ribbon of Kilnaree Castle | A Captain Arthur & Anne Foster Mystery Audiobook

📌 Patreon — every new case first, ad-free and early ($2.99/month) https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales 🌐 Website — every story we've ever made, free to listen. No paywall, no account, no password. https://nocturnaltalespodcast.com Ireland, the third of May, nineteen twenty-nine. A romantic weekend, our narrator has supposed, begins when two people leave their work behind. His error lay in believing that work respects railway timetables. Captain Arthur, Anne Foster and a spaniel of settled opinions take the morning train out of Dublin for Waterford, bound for a small residential hotel in a grey tower above a bend of the Clodiagh, some miles beyond Portlaw. In an inside pocket, examined four times since Dublin, there is a small square case bought on Grafton Street. The proper moment requires privacy, tolerable weather and the absence of railway crockery. None of these is yet available, and the rain has begun before they cross the bridge. Kilnaree also has a ghost. A lady with a black ribbon at her wrist, whom the hotel has lately discovered is very good for business. The Black Ribbon of Kilnaree Castle is an original Golden Age-style mystery about a house that sells its own haunting, and what that is worth to somebody who arrives with other intentions. The legend behind it is real, and one of the best-documented ghost stories in Ireland. We set out what is actually recorded about it in a factual epilogue at the close. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS An original mystery written by Nocturnal Tales, inspired by the spirit of the great Golden Age crime writers. Plot, characters and text are entirely our own; Kilnaree Castle and everybody in it are fictional. The story draws on a real Irish tradition, the Black Ribbon of Lady Beresford, first recorded in the seventeenth century, discussed factually in the closing epilogue. No affiliation is implied. 💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS A caretaker wrote a pamphlet because a hotel needed visitors, and gave his lady a bell she never had. Then a real bell, walled up for a century, rang three times by accident. How long did you hold on to the ghost? 🕵️ 🕒 CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction 02:26 - A Weekend Without Work 14:53 - The Lady of the Ribbon 29:38 - What the Ghost Left Behind 41:18 - The Passage That Was Closed 55:43 - A Living Man in the Gallery 1:09:15 - The Hand Behind the Ghost 1:23:18 - Epilogue 1:38:31 - Closing 📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99 📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchase https://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383 🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF included https://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2 ❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS 📌 Patreon — every new case first, ad-free and early https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales 🌐 Website — every story, free, no account needed https://nocturnaltalespodcast.com 📺 Rumble — free, supports us with ad revenue https://rumble.com/c/c-7820714 ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time support https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales 💛 PayPal — one-time tip https://paypal.me/nocturnaltalesprod 🎧 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848 🧾 CREDITS Written by Nocturnal Tales. Narrated by Nocturnal Tales. 🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDS golden age mystery audiobook, irish country house mystery, haunted castle mystery, ireland 1929 mystery, captain arthur mystery, anne foster mystery, ghost hoax mystery, black ribbon lady beresford, irish big house history, full length mystery audiobook, classic detective story audiobook, original golden age mystery, vintage detective fiction 🏷️ HASHTAGS #NocturnalTales #GoldenAgeMystery #IrishMystery #HauntedCastle #ClassicMystery #FullAudiobook #Whodunnit #DetectiveFiction