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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2026 · 41 MIN

The Coin of Dionysius by Ernest Bramah | The Midnight Archive — Classic Detective Audiobook

from Nocturnal Tales: Mystery Audiobooks and Crime Stories · host Nicolas and Dora – Nocturnal Tales

📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content (tiers from $2.99/month)https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTalesTonight the Archive opens on a detective unlike any other: a man who solves his cases entirely without sight. On a wet night, a struggling inquiry agent named Louis Carlyle needs one thing before morning — an ancient Greek silver coin authenticated, a genuine coin of Dionysius, because an arrest depends on whether it is real or a forgery; he takes it to the finest numismatist he can find, and discovers that the expert is an old friend he has not seen in twenty years, a man who has since gone completely blind: Max Carrados. And the blind man takes the small silver coin between his fingers and reads from it a crime that no one with eyes had seen. This is "The Coin of Dionysius," the very first Max Carrados story — George Orwell counted the Carrados tales among the only detective stories since Poe worth re-reading, and this is where it all begins — presented complete and unabridged, exactly as Ernest Bramah wrote it, from the Midnight Archive, Nocturnal Tales' library of the classic detective stories that built the genre.ℹ️ FOR LISTENERSThis is a complete, unabridged reading of The Coin of Dionysius by Ernest Bramah, first published in 1914 and now in the public domain. Every word is the author's own. Part of The Midnight Archive: three nights of classics every week, alongside four original Nocturnal Tales mysteries.🗳️ YOU CHOOSE WHAT'S NEXTThe Archive is deep — more Max Carrados? Sherlock Holmes? Father Brown? Lady Molly? Arsène Lupin? Violet Strange? Vote in the poll attached to this episode, or tell us in the comments which classic you want to hear by lamplight.💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTSA blind detective reads a forgery by touch alone — noticing what everyone with working eyes looked straight past. What can you understand better with your eyes closed than open? 🕵️📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchasehttps://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF includedhttps://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — EPUB + PDF includedhttps://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales/e/532495❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus contenthttps://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales📺 Rumble — free, supports us with ad revenuehttps://rumble.com/c/c-7820714❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time supporthttps://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales💛 PayPal — one-time tiphttps://paypal.me/nocturnaltalesprod🎧 Spotify — follow the showhttps://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEseXIMbMt2NTI7oHy🎧 Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848🧾 CREDITSStory by Ernest Bramah (public domain). Narrated and produced by Nocturnal Tales.🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDSernest bramah audiobook, max carrados audiobook, the coin of dionysius audiobook, blind detective mystery, louis carlyle, coin forgery mystery, first max carrados story, edwardian mystery audiobook, classic detective story audiobook, public domain audiobook, full-length classic audiobook, unabridged classic mystery

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