Art Frat Rejects Write a Murder Mystery
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThree Columbia University alums take turns writing chapters of a crime novel without planning, conferring, or revising. What ensues is the raucous, riveting, and ridiculous tale of Moletown and the traveling carnival that descends upon its domain one fateful summer.
When a teenage girl is found dead in her bedroom, a serrated blade through her heart, a studly police officer, adolescent computer science genius, self-proclaimed wine mom, and a slew of other indelible characters are spurred on to uncover a conspiracy that may just shake their Pacific Northwestern hometown to its core.
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Episodes
S1E8 • Case Files No. 2: The Case of the Moletown Vine Videos
May 15, 2021 12:15 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBJoin Veronica, Sophia, and Huber in the second Case Files episode of Art Frat Rejects Write a Murder Mystery: Season 1. In Case Files, we break down the plot of the murder mystery so far, discuss the literary and medical aspects of the story, read fan mail and answer listener questions, vote on the best acting, writing, and crowbarred contributions of the cycle, and just have fun. Case Files come after every third chapter (or cycle) and are available as audio podcasts wherever you listen no...
S1E7 • The Raid on West Moletown (Chapter 6)
May 08, 2021 15:25 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MB[SPOILERS] We race down Utility Way with Golpini, Elaine, and Matthews in a high-stakes chase towards Vanderlyle Asylum. Golphini has received an anonymous phone call from a weird robot voice, informing him that Signor Romanzo is squatting at Vanderlyle Asylum. The inspector, deputy, and pooch race to the scene and apprehend the perp, hauling him back to the precinct, where he's interrogated, but speaks little. However, things take a turn when Golphini shows his captive a photo of a woman wi...
S1E6 • Josephine
May 01, 2021 09:16 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MB[SPOILERS] We open on Wendy Willoughby in her daughter, Clara's, bed mourning her premature death. Signor Romanzo shows up and we learn that he has the power to materialise like a hologram before certain individuals he has control over. We also, more shockingly, learn that Wendy herself used to be part of the House of Wonders! Romanzo reveals that he does not think Clara is actually dead, and that he needs to find a crystal of Californium to find Clara and harness the full might of his mysti...
S1E6 • Josephine (Chapter 5)
May 01, 2021 09:16 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MB[SPOILERS] We open on Wendy Willoughby in her daughter, Clara's, bed mourning her premature death. Signor Romanzo shows up and we learn that he has the power to materialise like a hologram before certain individuals he has control over. We also, more shockingly, learn that Wendy herself used to be part of the House of Wonders! Romanzo reveals that he does not think Clara is actually dead, and that he needs to find a crystal of Californium to find Clara and harness the full might of his mysti...
S1E5 •Golphini's Pursuit (Chapter 4)
April 24, 2021 16:42 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MB[SPOILERS] Moletown's Chief of Police ain't happy with Golphini’s progress on the Willoughby case, but little does he know that Golphini has Romanzo’s notebook, a potential piece of bigshot evidence. At the precinct, we meet Officer Matthews, Golphini's whiny deputy. He's meant to have a Brooklyn accent but it comes out as Southern. (Huber's fault). Golphini attempts to ask Wilhelmina out on another date, thinking the first was a success. He genuinely likes her but needs to also use her for ...
S1E4 • Case Files No. 1: The Case of the Pop Culture Threesomes
April 17, 2021 06:56 - 55 minutes - 42.5 MBJoin Veronica, Sophia, and Huber in the inaugural Case Files episode of Art Frat Rejects Write a Murder Mystery: Season 1. In Case Files, we break down the plot of the murder mystery so far, discuss the literary and medical aspects of the story, read fan mail and answer listener questions, vote on the best acting, writing, and crowbarred contributions of the cycle, and just have fun. Case Files come after every third chapter (or cycle) and are available as audio podcasts wherever you listen...
S1E3 • The Exodus at Vanderlyle Asylum (Chapter 3)
April 10, 2021 12:57 - 37 minutes - 52 MB[SPOILERS] We open with a blast from the past by visiting Wilhelmina before she was a fortuneteller for Signor Romanzo's traveling carnival. As a lowly orphan at Vanderlyle Asylum, she meets and befriends eventual murder victim, Clara Willoughby during a Thanksgiving donation drop-off. The girls bond over their mutual love for the beach. Back in the narrative present, Wilhelmina pays a visit to the Willoughby residence, where she learns from a reporter that her friend was stabbed to death. M...
S1E2 • Ruby Red (Chapter 2)
April 03, 2021 04:40 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MB[SPOILERS] We open on Wilhelmina at her day job as the head of the computer science department at Clairmont University. After leaving work, Signor Romanzo teleports into her car and tells her to look for a red Moleskine journal. Once she gets to the carnival, Inspector Golphini's there to question her, and we learn that they are romantically involved. She can't find the journal among Signor Romanzo’s possessions. Six weeks later (Huber loves a time jump), a woman named Ruby Red suffocates th...
S1E1 • Welcome to Moletown (Chapter 1)
March 27, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MB[SPOILERS] We open on an eerie traveling circus and fairground called Signor Romanzo’s House of Wonders. Signor Romanzo is in his caravan making dinner and he sings a Romanian song his dead mum taught him. He’s preoccupied because the BDSM — Board of the District of Suburban Moletown — is writing angry letters asking that the carnival leave town. A bunch of other carnival people get introduced but we’ll talk about them later. The most important one is Wilhelmina who is a fortune-telling chil...
Season 1 • Official Trailer
March 20, 2021 07:33 - 3 minutes - 4.76 MBArt Frat Rejects Write a Murder Mystery is a weekly story podcast in which three college friends take turns writing chapters of a crime novel. They can't confer, they can't edit, and they can't plan. What ensues is the raucous, riveting, and ridiculous tale of Moletown and the traveling carnival that descends upon its domain one fateful summer. When a teenage girl is found dead in her bedroom, a serrated blade through her heart, a studly police officer, adolescent computer science genius, sel...