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EPISODE · Aug 7, 2026 · 1H 4M

The Mystery of the Locked Mail Van | A Belgian Detective Mystery 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/NocturnalTalesIn the spring of 1924, the Andalucía Express departs Madrid for an overnight journey towards Seville. Near the rear of the train, two armed postal clerks guard a locked mail van containing a leather case said to be worth nearly a million pesetas.When the emergency cord is pulled in open country, the van is found bolted from within. One clerk lies dead, the other gravely wounded, and the valuable case has vanished. A passenger has disappeared, his glove lies beside the bodies, and an injured railway inspector claims that a mysterious man jumped from the moving train.But the evidence soon becomes stranger. A warning appears on the outside of a rain-soaked window. A photograph is taken from beyond the moving train. The dead clerk’s body disappears from a sealed carriage—and the missing leather case returns in its place.With every clue apparently identifying a different culprit, the investigation must determine who was truly aboard the Andalucía Express, who was already dead before it departed, and how a living man vanished from a railway van locked on both sides.This is a fast-moving Nocturnal Tales railway mystery of false identities, manufactured evidence and murder aboard one of Spain’s great night trains.ℹ️ FOR LISTENERSThis is a complete original mystery written for Nocturnal Tales. The story is followed by a historical epilogue examining the real 1924 Andalucía Express murders that inspired it.🗳️ YOU CHOOSE WHAT'S NEXTShould our next mystery take place aboard another train, at sea, or inside an isolated country house? Vote in the poll attached to this episode or tell us in the comments.💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTSWhich clue would have convinced you most—the glove beside the bodies, the military button, or the photograph taken from outside the train? 🕵️❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus contenthttps://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales❤️ 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🧾 CREDITSWritten, narrated and produced by Nocturnal Tales.Original mystery fiction. © All rights reserved—no reproduction or adaptation permitted.🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDSthe mystery of the locked mail van, locked mail van mystery, andalucia express mystery, spanish train murder, locked railway carriage mystery, railway mystery audiobook, historical detective story, golden age style mystery, full mystery audiobook, madrid to seville train, 1920s mystery story, impossible crime audiobook, original detective fiction, nocturnal tales mystery

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