We are excited to bring you another great recommendation: DERELICT. At the bottom of Earth's ocean, a gigantic door has been discovered. To study it, the galaxy's most powerful corporation has built a massive, secret laboratory base around it. Their objective: unlock the secrets of the artifact and discover what it holds inside. But some mysteries should remain buried, and some doors should never be opened. It's such a great show - it's super atmospheric and it feels like it's from the Ridley Scott school of sci-fi, this stately ominous tone and pace that keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. Find Derelict wherever you get your podcasts! Our thanks for Derelict for their support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'd like to introduce you to: The Road Of Shadows. The Road of Shadows is a mystery and suspense audio drama about a man who finds himself on the run in a small town in the mountains, pursued by mysterious creatures that only he can see. It's set in 1984, so if you like the retro vibe of S1 of Mockery Manor, this has some of the same flavour. We're in a small mountain town community, so it's got that wonderful, Twin Peaks / X Files style eeriness that's just always so much fun.  It's a beautifully made show, great music and sound design, and it comes to you from Beyond The Dark Productions, who also make The Strata, a wonderful dystopian sci-fi which you may also enjoy.  There are two full seasons out now, and you can find it wherever you get your podcasts, or, as usual, by tapping the link in the show notes. And now here's episode 1 of The Road of Shadows, called Misty Pines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone, Laurence here, and we've got another recommendation for you! We'd like to introduce you to Josie's Lonely Hearts Club - a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico’s 3rd-best romantic advice call-in show. On-air, listeners eavesdrop as Josie squares off against top improvisers and her engineer Frank. Each episode’s off-air vignettes chart her journey from melancholy Joanne Holtzinger to nationally syndicated sensation Josie Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. It's a really lovely vibe, this show. The performers slip between the scripted and improvised sections so seamlessly that it all just feels so believable, like it was meant to be. This is a cosy late-night drive time listen if there ever was one.  Season 1 of Josie's Lonely Hearts Club is out in its entirety and Season 2 is releasing weekly right now. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts or by tapping the link in the show notes of this episode. And now here's episode 1 of Josie's Lonely Hearts Club, called: Let's Jam It Up, Sluts!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another recommend from us! Today, we're bringing you World Gone Wrong, a fictional chat show about friendship at the end of the world. Malik and Jamie were roommates when the world ended. Now separated by half the country, literal acid rain, werewolves, aliens, and more, they start a chat podcast to stay in touch and work through the increasing uncertainty of their new apocalyptic reality. Each week, Malik & Jamie will tackle topics like: should I change my office hours to accommodate vampire students? What if the body snatcher that took over my ex is nice? When did the kudzu start humming like that? Malik & Jamie will try to help! Subscribe to World Gone Wrong anywhere you get your podcasts. Malik: Michael Turrentine Jamie: Hilary Williams Written by Jessica Best, directed and edited by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Our theme song is "Falling in Love at the End of the World" by Olivia and the Lovers. Created and produced by Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner. From Audacious Machine Creative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're delighted to be bringing you one of our long-time favourite audio dramas - the wild and wonderful science-fantasy-western Midst. But before that, we sat down with the show's three mysterious creators Xen, Sara and Matt, to have a good old chat about the making of both Midst and Mockery Manor! We've been fans of each others' shows from their very beginnings, and it was such a pleasure to finally meet them. A little about Midst: The small desert planet of Midst spins on the border between two halves of the cosmos: the dazzling Un and the mysterious Fold. Life is simple for most of the planet’s inhabitants… until an influential civilization known as the Trust takes an interest in Midst and sparks an unexpected chain of events, intertwining the lives of three complicated antiheroes. Also, unrelated to any of that, Midst’s moon is about to fall out of the sky and cause reality to eat itself alive, so that’s not great either. Unsolved murders, cult brainwashing, and supernatural darkness all combine to create a clusterfuck of cosmic proportions. As always, you can find Midst wherever you get your podcasts. New Episodes of Midst release every Wednesday on your favorite podcast streaming platform, the Critical Role YouTube Channel, and for subscribers on Midst.co Subscribe to Midst Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are bringing you another great show from the Fable & Folly Network - it's our pleasure to introduce The Land Whale Murders. The Land Whale Murders is set in an alternate 1899, where a pair of bumbling scientists turned private detectives, are hot on the trail of a sticky mystery involving a nefarious candy corporation among the political intrigue of New York City. That's quite a lot to take in in one sentence, so we suggest diving right in.  The Land Whale is a fast and funny podcast series for fans of Monty Python, Blackadder, pulp novels, silver age comic books, and much more. It's a hugely imaginative world. What we're about to play you is actually the first episode of S2, but S1 is out in its entirety, and you can find it, as you would expect, wherever you get podcasts. So here it is, for your delectation - The Land Whale Murders! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we present to you the first episode of Desert Skies, a quirky, comedic, and heartfelt sci-fi podcast about life between this world and the next. If you're a fan of Futurama, Adventure Time, or Rick and Morty, then you'll enjoy Desert Skies too. It's also got quite a bit of that Douglas Adams feel as well - that meeting of the mundane and the fantastical that's so much fun. You can find and listen to the first season of Desert Skies anywhere you listen to podcasts or by clicking the link in the episode notes below. Our thanks to Desert Skies for sponsoring us. And now here's episode 1 - The Flavour Of Life. Subscribe to Desert Skies on your podcast player of choice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey listeners, Laurence here! We hope you enjoyed the Mockery S3 finale and we'll have more surprises for you very soon. In the meantime, we'd like to introduce another Fable and Folly show that we really love - Dirt: An Audio Drama. Dirt is set in modern day Washington state, and it follows Joseph Elo, a Seattle-based tech celebrity who one day receives a mysterious letter in the mail from his grandfather—who died 30 years ago.The letter contains vague clues about the need to find things that may be hidden in various locations.As Joseph becomes more interested, he struggles to maintain a balance between his newfound obsession and his work responsibilities, and ultimately has to decide what he wants to do with the rest of his life. This is a really interesting story - essentially an earthbound mystery, but with hints of the fantastical as well. To me it feels very literary: something about the first person narration, the slow delve into Joseph's past and all the family lore, the slight sense of the surreal mingling with some really fun comedy moments - it all feels like a novel that you can't put down. It's a long form, slow burn mystery, and the more time you put into it, the more hooked you'll get. And by the end of the first episode, you know you'll have to keep listening to find out where this bizarre treasure hunt is going to lead.  And speaking as a Brit, it really makes me want to go and visit the Pacific northwest.  Tap this link to subscribe to Dirt - An Audio Drama And now, sit back and go and a mad adventure into Dirt - An Audio Drama. This is chapter 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paul in his local radio slot for some listener theories as to who killed Clayton Woodrow, and hear Clay's hymnal love song from 1959, Winds Of Heaven. - Written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Winds Of Heaven written and produced by Laurence Owen, performed by Laurence Owen. Support Long Cat Media on Ko-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bette Tapes is a Mockery Manor miniseries, set between Seasons 2 and 3. With her two-year deadline fast approaching, Bette must crack one final case and repay her debt to Margot before the time runs out. Starring Hayley Evenett as Bette, with Lindsay Sharman as Margot. Additional voices by Laurence Owen. Written by Lindsay Sharman, and directed by Laurence Owen. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Read the Transcript Listen to Long Cat Media's new series, Magenta Presents: GHOSTED www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bette Tapes is a Mockery Manor miniseries, set between Seasons 2 and 3. Bette must put her paid cases on hold after she overhears a conspiracy to murder. Ugh, so annoying. starring Hayley Evenett as Bette, with additional voices by Laurence Owen. Written by Lindsay Sharman, and directed by Laurence Owen. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Read the Transcript Listen to Long Cat Media's new series, Magenta Presents: GHOSTED www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bette Tapes is a Mockery Manor miniseries, set between Seasons 2 and 3. In a desperate hunt for clients, Bette has returned, begrudgingly, to her alma mater - St Candida's School For Young Ladies. This recording documents her first assignment: The Case Of The Dubious Stallion. starring Hayley Evenett as Bette, with additional voices by Laurence Owen, Lindsay Sharman and Kitty Winter. Written by Lindsay Sharman, and directed by Laurence Owen. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Read the Transcript Listen to Long Cat Media's new series, Magenta Presents: GHOSTED www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bette Tapes is a Mockery Manor miniseries, set between Seasons 2 and 3. Fledgling PI Bette Armstrong has set up her detective office at Mockery Manor - with more than a little help from Margot. But she soon finds it's not as easy as it looks. starring Hayley Evenett as Bette, with additional voices by Laurence Owen. Written by Lindsay Sharman, and directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen, with additional editing by Maddy Searle. Read the Transcript Listen to Long Cat Media's new series, Magenta Presents: GHOSTED www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Magenta Presents on your podcast player of choice! Hey folks, Laurence here... And today we are so excited to introduce OUR new show. We have a new podcast that's just started, it's called MAGENTA PRESENTS. It's a horror anthology series, in the tradition of classic anthology shows like Tales From The Crypt and Elvira, in which Madame Magenta is your horror hostess and guide to the unnatural and the bizarre. And the first story in Magenta Presents is a five-episode miniseries called GHOSTED. A full audio drama, written and directed by Lindsay, with music and sound design by me, and starring Beth Eyre and Lucy Roslyn in the main roles.  Perched on a rain-battered cliff edge is a former lighthouse; now a charming, boutique hotel. Owner and sole occupant Beth has spent months renovating, absorbing its essence into her bones, preparing for her first guest to arrive. But when they do, to Beth's horror, it is a figure from a past she has tried to forget. Keira. Face-to-face for the first time in years, the pair must reckon with old mistakes, old grievances. And something else, besides. Because the lighthouse has a past too. We're going to play you the first episode now, and you can hear the next episode by subscribing to Magenta Presents wherever you get podcasts, you can also go to Long Cat Media .com, or you can tap the link in the show notes of this episode.  And now we really hope you enjoy GHOSTED, episode 1. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Midnight Burger here! Today it’s our great pleasure to introduce a gorgeous fiction podcast that’s taking the indie audio drama world by storm - Midnight Burger.  When Gloria took a waitressing job in a diner outside of Phoenix, she didn't realize she was now an employee of Midnight Burger, a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. Every day Midnight Burger appears somewhere new in the cosmos along with its staff: a galactic drifter, a rogue theoretical physicist, a sentient old-timey radio, and some guy named Caspar. No one knows who built Midnight Burger or how it works, but when it appears, there's always someone around who could really use a cup of coffee. We love Midnight Burger. It’s one of the warmest, most thoughtful and sharply written fiction pods around, and it calls to mind all the best parts of the Hitchhiker’s Guide and Red Dwarf while still being very much it’s own thing. It’s no surprise it’s become an instant hit, having recently passed a million downloads. We urge you to check out Midnight Burger wherever you get podcasts, or at weopenatsix.com  And now, here’s S1 E1 of Midnight Burger, entitled The Transdimensional Haboob! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica on your podcast player of choice! Hayley Evenett (JJ/Bette) introduces another of Long Cat Media's podcasts... MADAME MAGENTA: SONOS MYSTICA Madame Magenta, psychic, medium, and inventor of the ‘drink-along’ audiobook, reads her best-selling* books, with support from her adoring husband Bernard. In Magenta is the Warmest Colour, Magenta is forced into a bank heist by the ghost of her ex-husband, and in Madame Magenta & The Arcati Killer, she is pitted against a psychotic murderer hell-bent on destroying the mystic community. She also uses the ancient art of bibliomancy to help solve real problems sent in by you, her Tragic Fans. *dependent on definition of ‘best-seller’. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mockery Manor Christmas Special is here! Visit our website to buy it and listen immediately MOCKERY MANOR: A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM Winter, 1994. Mockery Manor has flung open its doors and invited guests into a winter wonderland! But for Parker, Bette, JJ and Gretchen, this Christmas proves more magical than they ever bargained for... Festive hijinks and magical mayhem at Mockery Manor! Written & Directed by Lindsay Sharman Music, Sound Design and Editing by Laurence Owen Hayley Evenett - JJ, Bette Laurence Owen - Parker, Paul, Luke, the mysterious Lorry Driver, additional voices Lindsay Sharman - Margot, Davina, additional voices James Ducker - Walter Abbie Eastwood - Gretchen, additional voices 25% of profits from this special episode will go to a charity chosen by our patrons in January 2023. If you'd like to become a patron, head to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Merry festives! Laurence & Lindsay x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is our absolute pleasure to introduce what we think is one of the best audio dramas we have ever heard: Red Valley. A mystery drama about the limits of experimental science, confronting your own past, present & future, & trying to remember the level select cheat from Sonic 2.  Just an FYI, this episode has some naughtier language than you'd normally find on Mockery Manor, so please be aware if you're listening with little'uns. Subscribe to Red Valley wherever you're listening to this, or by going here. Enjoy! www.redvalleypod.com www.longcatmedia.com www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mockery Manor - Season 3. Coming soon. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buy The Music of Mockery Manor - Season Two here! Welcome to Kiss My Zeitgeist - it's Long Cat Media's new culture programme that might never happen again. Lindsay sits down to ask Laurence about the music of Mockery Manor Season Two, what it's like to write music on laudanum, and why he's had a Tom Jones song stuck in his head for weeks. www.longcatmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: War! After negotiations with Hilda prove fruitless, Jenkins launches a full-scale offensive on the Committee. He tells them that the exits to Koschei the Deathless are all sealed, and his men have the ride surrounded. But Jenkins has a problem. Margot is here. Jenkins goes into the fray to retrieve Margot and escape before the final phase of his plan - explosives. As he leaves the control room, Jenkins gives Parker a message to read on the tannoy if he does not return with Margot. It will help her escape, but it's something only she would understand. Meanwhile - JJ, Bette, Gretchen, Thomaz and Davina are all still trapped in the building. Watching on the monitors, Parker is horrified to see the twins looking at one of Jenkins' bombs. Speaking into the tannoy, he cries out to them. But before he can be understood... ka-boom. In this episode: More ka-boom... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Davina, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Giuseppe, Antoine and additional voices, John Henry Falle was Spanish Dave, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: as the Committee arrives at Koschei the Deathless for Hilda's meeting, JJ and Bette sneak in via a side entrance to try and rescue Gretchen. They stumble into the ride, and find themselves in a creepy but familiar kitchen, occupied by an animatronic witch. To her horror, JJ realises that the witch is modelled on Dorothy - Margot's mother, and the twins' grandmother. JJ recalls the Dreamland dollhouse, shown to her by Dorothy moments before she was murdered by Matty. This kitchen is identical to that of the dollhouse. It's Mockery Manor. The twins hop on a passing Egg Buggy, and discover that each room is a distorted, nightmarish reflection of the rooms of Mockery Manor. As they near the grand ballroom, the twins hop out of the Buggy to stay unnoticed. They are shocked to see Margot and Davina among the Committee members. Why are they there? And who's looking after baby Freddie? Meanwhile, Hilda is losing communication with her security unit as they are each taken out by Jenkins' men. "We're under attack" she radios to the others. "Retreat to Koschei and seal it. No-one gets in, no-one gets out. And if you see anyone you don't recognise... execute on sight." In this episode: Party time. Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Davina, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Giuseppe, Antoine and additional voices, John Henry Falle was Spanish Dave, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Bodankho's shooter is revealed to be Hilda, accompanied by Thomaz (her reluctant henchman). Hilda is convinced that Gretchen and Bohdanko are working for Jenkins, so Thomaz is tasked with taking Gretchen as hostage to the Committee meeting at The Palace of Koschei The Deathless. But JJ, hiding behind a sofa, evades capture. Meanwhile, Parker frantically searches the park for a phone, and runs into Jenkins and his silent muscle, "Max". It emerges that Jenkins has a crack team of trained operatives scattered throughout the park. As they approach Koschei the Deathless, Parker notices that the ride building is a replica of the Mockery Manor house. Jenkins reveals that he and Hilda were stationed at the Schloss during the war, and that the pair went on to design the theme park together. But Hilda has betrayed him. And not only that, Jenkins says... Hilda was responsible for the murder of Parker's father. Armed with Eric's gun, Bette bursts into the Schloss' secret rooms to find JJ standing over Bohdanko's body. Together, they briefly consider fleeing, before finally resolving to go and rescue Gretchen. Over at Koschei, the Committee members are welcomed by Hilda. They will ride the "egg buggies" through the attraction and disembark at the Masquerade Ball for a buffet reception. But among the Committee members are two surprising guests - Margot and Davina. In this episode: JJ and Bette take a ride on Koschei the Deathless... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Davina, John Henry Falle was the Pluto, Spanish Dave, The Head Waiter and Vincent Price, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz and Donald, Laurence Owen was Giuseppe and additional voices, and Sooz Kempner was Animatronic Dorothy Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Oh no! At the schloss, JJ, Bette, Gretchen and Parker are held at gunpoint by Bohdanko, the Russian gangster who has been chasing JJ across Europe in search of the stolen Vermeer. While Bohdanko demands that JJ take him to the painting, Gretchen tries to throw him off the scent. He is not so easily duped, and they are both taken hostage. Bette and Parker are left tied up in JJ's room, but they are rescued by Dodgy Eric, who has been playing dead on the bed for some time. Parker runs off to call the police, while Bette takes Eric's gun and goes in search of JJ and Gretchen. Meanwhile, JJ and Gretchen try and stall for time with an ever-more-dangerous Bohdanko. After several failed attempts to lose him, Bohdanko's phone rings. It becomes clear that he has double-crossed his boss, and is planning to steal the Vermeer for himself. In a desperate attempt to lose him, JJ and Gretchen lead Bohdanko to Wizzzard Entertainment's hidden rooms in the schloss. But when they get there, JJ realises they are not alone. She hides behind a sofa, and calls for Gretchen to do the same. Suddenly, Bohdanko is shot by an unknown someone... In this episode: Parker learns some shocking truths, JJ and Bette face the music, and Hilda assembles the Committee... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Giuseppe, Antoine and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Margot, Hilda and Davina, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Alasdair Beckett-King was Thomaz, and John Henry Falle was Spanish Dave and Vincent Price. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Parker bumps into Bette at the entrance to Dunkelschloss. They hide from Hilda by running into The Little Mermaid's Underwater Cave System, which, they notice, has the exact same layout as Mockery Manor's Dreamland. Parker tells Bette his suspicions - that Jenkins might had his dad killed, and that he is running some sort of shady business with Hilda. Bette explains that she eavesdropped on Hilda's meeting with "some Italian guy who wouldn't shut up about Beluga whales". Parker recognises that to be Giuseppe, and it all clicks: Wizzzard Entertainment is running a Europe-wide smuggling ring... and Hilda is going to dispose of Jenkins. Meanwhile, in the schloss, Gretchen has stumbled across a hidden room, where Giuseppe and two other Wizzzard park managers are chatting. They don't know why Hilda has called them all to a meeting, but Giuseppe says he is planning to retire. They discover Gretchen listening, and she runs off to tell JJ what she heard. Of course, JJ doesn't want to know - much to Gretchen's frustration. With Dodgy Eric (currently unconscious on JJ's bed) having found her a buyer for the Vermeer, JJ says she just wants to sell her painting, grab Bette, and get out of there. An irate Bette bursts in, accompanied by Parker, and demands that JJ abandons her plan to sell the painting. But before JJ can make up her mind, a sinister figure arrives, gun in hand. Bohdanko - the Russian gangster who tailed her from Japan, and beat up Eric for information in Amsterdam - has come to collect his prize. Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, The Ballad of Anne & Mary? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Bohdanko and Parker, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Lindsay Sharman was Margot, and Alasdair Beckett-King was Dodgy Eric. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A little news announcement from Lindsay & Laurence, followed by the Mockery Manor Blooper Reel! We had a lot of fun putting that together. The bad news! The last few episodes of S2 are going to be a few days late, but don't worry - they're coming. We just need a little more time, for reasons we explain. The good news! Season 3 is officially happening! It's coming in late 2022, and it's funded by Arts Council England, which means it can all be recorded in one go, and you won't have to wait three weeks for each episode to drop. Please do keep up to date with us @LongCatMedia and @MockeryManor on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. And check out all the amazing shows on the Fable & Folly Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Crammed together in the same Eurobear costume, Thomaz and Bette have been eavesdropping outside Hilda's office as she speaks to her associate Giuseppe. They hear her mention "The Committee" before Thomaz helps Bette escape via an Elves of Europe boat. He tells her that he regularly escorts mysterious visitors to Hilda's office, and then to hidden rooms in the castle. Bette swears she's going to find those rooms. Meanwhile, Gretchen, having escorted a wounded Eric to JJ's room, finds one of these secret rooms - behind a bookcase deep in the crumbling castle. JJ finds Eric convalescing in her bed after being attacked by Bohdanko - the same gangster who nearly killed her in Tokyo. She is horrified that he got as far as finding Eric in Amsterdam, but Eric assures her he didn't tell Bohdanko anything that could lead him to her. But that's not all - Eric has found a buyer for the Vermeer, and JJ reluctantly agrees to go ahead with the sale. Meanwhile, Parker hitches a lift to Dunkelschloss with a slightly unsettling lorry driver, who has noticed a huge increase in the number of Wizzzard Entertainment trucks on the road... In this episode: Parker and Bette have a revelation at Dunkelschloss, Gretchen thrusts JJ deeper into the mystery, and trouble comes to town... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Want to browse the Long Cat Media shop? Head on down here! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Giuseppe, Antoine and Bohdanko, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, Lindsay Sharman was Margot and the Turnstile Operator, and Sooz Kempner was Ingrid. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Convinced that he is hiding something, Margot searches Jenkins' office. A panicked Davina radios to tell her that Jenkins is heading straight for her. When Jenkins arrives, Margot tells him she has been reminiscing about the days after the Mockery Manor fire. After they share an uncomfortable slow dance, Jenkins asks Margot what she is really doing there. Meanwhile, Bette borrows JJ's spare Dunkelschloss staff uniform so she can investigate in the park unnoticed. They agree to reconvene at the Schloss later that night. JJ does not yet know that Gretchen has escorted an injured Dodgy Eric to her room. Dressed as Eurobear, Thomaz escorts Giuseppe (manager of another Wizzzard Entertainment attraction) to Hilda's office in the Elves of Europe ride. While Thomaz waits outside, he is startled by Bette, who has followed them in. Exasperated, Thomaz insists that Bette steps inside the Eurobear suit with him, so as to avoid Hilda's security cameras. Together in the suit, they listen at Hilda's door. She says that "The Committee" will be here soon, and that there will be a reckoning. In this episode: Bette continues investigating, Parker makes his way to Dunkelschloss, JJ falls back into old bad habits, and Gretchen makes a discovery... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Ring Ring Ring Banana Phone and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Margot, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz and Dodgy Eric, and Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: In a flashback, Gretchen performs with her band Frostwald in the Dunkelschloss Battle of the Bands, but bandmate Gunther seems distracted. He tells her that something big is about to happen in the park. He has, of course, since disappeared. In the present day, JJ realises she cannot possibly sell the Vermeer, and breaks down in front of Bette, while Thomaz leaves to find Gretchen. JJ reveals that she arrived to drop off the painting in a Tokyo apartment to find her contact dead, and Russian gangster Bodhanko waiting to kill her, only narrowly escaping herself. Broke as they are, the twins agree they have no choice but to work for Jenkins. Meanwhile, Parker realises that Matty knows nothing about Smithy, and has been toying with him. But something Matty says hits home. Why does Jenkins keep taking the law into his own hands? What kind of man would do that? Desperate to escape, Parker phones the twins and tells them he is coming to Dunkelschloss. In this episode: Bette poses as JJ to spy on Hilda, Thomaz gets roped in to help, and Margot's investigation continues... Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Jenkins, Giuseppe, Alex and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Crystal the Go-go Dancer, Margot, Davina and Hilda, Alasdair Beckett King was Thomaz, and Sooz Kempner was Dorothy Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info. For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Gretchen storms off once she realises that the twins will not help in her search for answers about her missing friend, Gunther. Bette reveals she has a child, and asks JJ to co-operate with Jenkins' plan. JJ refuses, unwilling to tie her fortunes to Mockery Manor. She has a better plan for them both: sell the stolen painting. Thomasz reveals it's worth a lot more than she originally thought - $200 million. Back at Mockery, Parker asks Jenkins where he buried Smithy's body, and Jenkins tells him that Smithy isn't dead. Elsewhere, Margot and Davina meet to discuss Jenkins and some troubling 'accountancy discrepancies'. In this episode: JJ tells Bette what really happened in Tokyo, Parker confronts Matty, Dodgy Eric arrives at Dunkelschloss and Gretchen sings a song. Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Matty, Gunther, Bodhanko and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Margot, Pina and additional voices, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen and additional voices, and Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Dodgy Eric. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info: fableandfolly.com For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long Cat Media presents a special episode... We are honoured to introduce The Amelia Project - Episode 8: Luke Dougal. The Amelia Project is a secret organisation offering a very special service: faking its clients' deaths. Its eccentric clientele includes cult leaders, criminals and politicians all desperate to disappear and start over... but for how long can the secrecy last? With the help of his indispensable assistant Alvina, The Amelia Project's Interviewer needs only a 20 minute consultation to help any troubled client disappear into a new and exotic life. His solutions are delivered with a flourish of ingenuity, style, and a mug of finest cocoa. But you don't get to be this good without attracting some unwanted attention… Subscribe to The Amelia Project! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: JJ went to the Cuckoo Hotel to ask Bette why she'd asked her to spy on Hilda. Mid-conversation, they discover Tomasz spying on them, and it emerges that Hilda had asked him to spy on JJ. Bette becomes convinced the reason is 'industrial espionage'... until Gretchen bursts in to tell them that it's worse than that, and she suspects her friend was killed by Hilda.  Elsewhere, at the high security prison, Parker asks Matty to tell him everything he knows about the man called 'Smithy' who Jenkins offed many years ago. Matty refuses until Parker comes back with info on where Jenkins hid the body. In Amsterdam, gangster Bohdanko questions Dodgy Eric about JJ's whereabouts. In Germany, Hilda makes phonecalls to bring the mysterious Wizzzard 'Committee' together, so they can decide what to do about Jenkins. In this episode: Bette spills her secret, Parker confronts Jenkins, and Davina and Margot have a secret meeting. Want to check out Laurence & Lindsay's other podcast, Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica? Click this link! Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Paul, the Bellhop and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Margot and Davina, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen and the Waitress, and Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz. Mockery Manor is part of the Fable and Folly network. Visit their website for more info: fableandfolly.com For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hilda meets with Thomasz on the Little Mermaid Seafoam Rapids and instructs him to get closer to JJ – seduce her if he must. Hilda believes Jenkins sent JJ to Dunkelschloss for a reason, and she wants to know what it is. Elsewhere, JJ is approached by a strange woman – it's Bette, in disguise. Bette gives JJ a letter from Mockery, a spy camera and a listening device, and leaves as quickly as she came. Back in England, Parker is clearly traumatised from the events of three years ago. Kelly tells him he needs 'closure'. Parker is inspired and resolves to talk to someone who can give him answers. JJ reads the letter. It's from Jenkins, who tells her to bug Hilda's phone and take photos of the contents of Dunkelschloss's lorries. Thomasz arrives and JJ asks him to drive her to the village. Elsewhere, Danil and Bohdanko have heard something interesting on the criminal grapevine – a man called Dodgy Eric has been making indiscreet enquiries while trying to sell a Vermeer. Bohdanko is dispatched to Amsterdam to have a word with him. In the final scene, Parker is led into a prison room and comes face-to-face with... Matty. In this episode - JJ demands answers from Bette, Gretchen steps up her investigation, and Parker faces his past demons. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Matty, Bodankho, Giuseppe and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Crusty Bird, Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Dodgy Eric, and Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen. We're delighted that Mockery Manor is now part of the Fable and Folly network! Visit their website for more info: fableandfolly.com For transcripts and more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this, our first of two mid-season bonus episodes, show creators Lindsay and Laurence sit down with lead actor Hayley Evenett (JJ/Bette) for a quick recap of the first four episodes of S2, chatting about the story, characters, music and sound design challenges, and where Hayley thinks we might be heading this season (she genuinely doesn't know). They also invite you to cast your mind back to Season One, and remember a few key details that may or may not be relevant to the plot... We're delighted to have joined the Fable And Folly Network! A family of award-winning independent fiction podcasts all under one roof. For full info, visit www.fableandfolly.com. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com. Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: JJ takes the scenic route to Hilda's office by riding The Elves of Europe and jumping off the boat at the Italy show scene. Using Hilda's phone, JJ contacts Dodgy Eric (her old flame, and generally an unsavoury character), and asks for his help selling her mysterious package - a stolen Vermeer painting - which he agrees to do. She is then escorted by Tomasz to her lodgings in the semi-derelict schloss at the centre of the park, which has no toilets. Meanwhile, Bette unexpectedly arrives at Mockery Manor and tells Margot, Jenkins and Parker that she has had a baby and needs a job. Jenkins presses her into spying on Hilda and the Dunkelschloss operations. Later that evening, JJ meets Gretchen sneaking around the park. They part ways at the toilets in Baba Yaga Land, but Gretchen tells JJ to be careful... She thinks there is something going on in the park. Something dangerous. JJ laughs and says "that's statistically unlikely". In this episode: Tomasz reports to Hilda, the twins are reunited in the Black Forest, and Parker starts an investigation of his own. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, Matty, Bodankho and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and The Little Mermaid, Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Danil, and Sooz Kempner was Kelly and the Prison Doctor. Further additional voices by Abbie Eastwood. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously - Flashing back to New Year's Eve 1990, a disillusioned Bette leaves her pilled-up sister partying with strangers on a Thailand beach, and finds herself spilling her emotions to Chet, an American traveller. Chet invites Bette to come with him to the Himalayas to find inner peace, which she does... without JJ. Flashing forward to the present (1992), Hilda teaches JJ to drive the People Cart in the Vegetable Patch, Dunkelschloss's dullest edu-tainment offering. JJ panics at the mention of a ride called the Trousers Meowsers Mega Coaster, and Hilda informs her that they sometimes swap attractions with Mockery Manor. She also reveals that JJ will be staying in the semi-derelict schloss (castle) during her stay. Meanwhile, at Mockery Manor, Jenkins presses Parker to contact JJ and task her with spying on Hilda, whom he suspects is running an "illegal operation" from the German park. To their surprise, Bette then arrives at Mockery Manor and asks whether Margot's offer of a full-time job still stands. Finally, back in Tokyo, shadowy figures are disposing of a body. It seems unlikely that "the girl" is their colleague's killer, but they are determined to find her and retrieve the item she was supposed to deliver - a priceless, stolen Vermeer. In this episode: a desperate Bette is given a mission, while JJ seeks help from an unsavoury contact, settles into her new lodgings, and makes an unlikely friend. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot and Davina, Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomasz and Dodgy Eric, and Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit http://longcatmedia.com/ (longcatmedia.com) Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to http://ko-fi.com/longcatmedia (ko-fi.com/longcatmedia) Support this podcast www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously: Three years have passed since the grisly events of Season One, and Mockery Manor’s new assistant manager Parker receives an unexpected phone call from Tokyo. JJ has fallen in with a bad crowd and needs help fleeing Japan. Parker arranges for JJ to travel to Germany and begin working at Dunkelschloss, Mockery Manor's sister park in the Black Forest. At the German park, employee Gretchen tries to remain professional while greeting guests, but her colleague Tomasz (dressed as mascot Eurobear) is behaving suspiciously, ultimately sneaking off to meet with a mysterious stranger. Meanwhile, Dunkelschloss's manager Hilda telephones Jenkins, and both are convinced the other is responsible for the disappearance of a large amount of theme park equipment on its way to Mockery Manor. Finally, a hitchhiking JJ is dumped by a lorry driver in the forest near Dunkelschloss. In a hollow tree, she hides something she cannot take with her, but cannot afford to lose. In this episode: JJ begins her shift at Jack's Giant Land, Jenkins gives Parker a difficult mission, and... Bette. Where has she been for the last three years? Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ and Bette, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, the DJ and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda and Margot, Alasdair Beckett-King was Chet, Danil the Russian Gangster and additional voices, and Kenzo Kanayama was Genkai For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit http://longcatmedia.com/ (longcatmedia.com) Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to http://ko-fi.com/longcatmedia (ko-fi.com/longcatmedia) Support this podcast www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three years have passed since the grisly events of 1989. A lot can happen in three years. At his desk at Mockery Manor, assistant manager Parker receives an unexpected phone call. Mockery Manor is written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen. Hayley Evenett was JJ, Laurence Owen was Parker, Jenkins, the Lorry Driver and additional voices, Lindsay Sharman was Hilda, Margot, the telephone operator and additional voices, Abbie Eastwood was Gretchen, the advert voiceover, and the little girl, and Alasdair Beckett-King was Tomas, aka Eurobear. For more information about Mockery Manor, and our two other podcasts Madame Magenta and The Ballad of Anne & Mary, visit www.longcatmedia.com Or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MockeryManor and also @LongCatMedia This podcast is supported by our wonderful Ko-fi patrons. If you'd like to support the show and help us keep going, visit our website, or go to ko-fi.com/longcatmedia www.fableandfolly.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not long to wait until the second season of Mockery Manor! Let us introduce you to Wizzzard Entertainment's second park, in the heart of the Black Forest: Dunkelschloss. Fore more info: www.longcatmedia.com To support us: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Follow us @MockeryManor on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! While you wait for Mockery Manor Season 2 (which is coming very soon...) you might also enjoy our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad of Anne & Mary), which is out now in its entirety. It's a swashbuckling epic adventure series based on the lives of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two of the most famous pirates from the Golden age of piracy. The five-episode series is as fully immersive as you'd expect from us - packed with music, and with an amazing cast including musical sensation Christina Bianco, musical comedian and Twitter legend Sooz Kempner (who also plays Dorothy in Mockery Manor), Karl Queensborough, who plays Hamilton in ACTUAL Hamilton on the West End, and many more. You can find https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad of Anne & Mary) wherever you get podcasts. And now, here's the first ten minutes of episode 1! Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: The villain has been unmasked. JJ and Bette make a desperate bid for freedom, but their pursuer is hot on their heels, and he's very, very angry. Like the big green fella on the telly. In this episode... the climax! For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CW: Violence, abuse. Previously on Mockery Manor: with Parker's help, JJ and Bette evade the police and escape the manor. After their arguing comes to a head, Bette storms off, leaving JJ alone and lost. While wandering the tunnels, JJ meets Dorothy: her grandmother. Dorothy leads JJ to Dreamland, where Margot has created disturbing tableaux of her own life story. JJ learns that the woman posing as Margot Mockery is none other than her namesake aunt Kate - previously thought to be dead - and that the real Margot had died in the 1948 fire instead. The penniless Dorothy had seen an opportunity for her daughter, and made the switch. However, mere moments after revealing this, Dorothy is stabbed to death before JJ's eyes... In this episode: JJ comes face to face with the killer. For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CW: Violence, child abuse descriptions. Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ hatches a plan to help Bette escape the park and evade the police, after learning that she has killed Norton. Bette reveals that she is familiar with the park's underground tunnels, and they decide to hide there until nightfall. However, they meet Parker in the tunnels, and JJ brings him in on the plan - much to Bette's concern. Meanwhile, Margot's mother Dorothy has appeared, and Jenkins explains that Janet (Dorothy's daughter, Margot's sister and the twins' aunt) is the latest in a series of murders at the park, which appear to be connected. Back in the tunnels, Bette recognises Norton with his arm around Janet in the old photo, and Parker agrees to cover for the twins to allow Bette to escape. He lies to the police - but his cover story accidentally incriminates JJ in the recent murder of her ex-boyfriend Graham. In this episode: the police continue to hunt for the twins, tensions rise between JJ, Bette and Parker, and Dorothy tells JJ a story... For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: After Parker shows her the photograph of Auntie Janet with Margot and the park contractors, JJ realises that Janet was the screaming woman from the Dreamland recording. She runs to call the police, but is distracted by her ex-boyfriend Graham, who has run away from his wife and unexpectedly arrived at the park. Needing a place to stay, JJ escorts Graham to the uninhabited gardener's cottage in the woods. But once he is alone, Graham becomes the third victim of the Mockery Manor murderer. Meanwhile, a terrified and dishevelled Bette reappears in the park. The twins are reunited, and Bette tells JJ that Manager Norton abducted and drugged her. Bette had awoken in the woods to find Norton digging a hole, before she overpowered him, and beat him to death with his shovel. On this episode: JJ concocts a plan to help Bette escape the police, Margot is visited by her estranged mother Dorothy, and Parker ends up in hot water... For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CW: Violence, descriptions of assault and drugs. Previously on Mockery Manor: Bette makes a dramatic exit from the park, leaving a note publicly shaming JJ. While looking at old photos with his mum, Parker realises that Margot Mockery's friend Janet (who Parker secretly knows to have been murdered) is JJ's aunt. He rushes back to the park with the photo to confront JJ. The pair end up making love instead, but JJ soon realises that it was Janet she heard screaming in the Dreamland recording. Meanwhile, JJ's older ex-boyfriend Graham arrives at the park, and a hitchhiking Bette has suddenly come face to face with Manager Norton. In this episode: JJ deals with Graham's unexpected arrival, and Bette returns to Mockery Manor... For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ learns of her family’s involvement with Manor, that her grandmother was their cook, and that her aunt Kate died in the same fire that injured Margot and killed the other Mockerys. Meanwhile, Bette has an uncomfortable conversation with Manager ‘Pervster’ Norton, then catches Matty and Davina doing their deed in a car. Bette deduces that JJ pretended to be her in order to escape punishment for being in the park at night, and swears JJ will pay for it. In this episode: Margot has a nightmare, Matty has a terrible day, JJ and Parker clear the air, and an unexpected visitor arrives at Mockery Manor. Follow us @MockeryManor and @LongCatMedia on all the socials. For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: Everything is open, but Parker hasn't been seen for days, as he is now living in the Manor house. Emma tells JJ that Parker has Sonia's stolen charm bracelet (despite everyone thinking JJ is the thief), and tells her to make Parker give it back. Furious, JJ sneaks into the Manor to find Parker. He tells her that he is now head of security, and has been keeping an eye on everyone while dressed as Mr Crackles. In costume, he gives JJ the bracelet during the parade. JJ is shocked to discover a tag belonging to her Auntie Janet's dog Harvey attached to the bracelet. At that moment, Sonia, who is dressed as Queen Booboos, falls hard from the top of a parade float. In this episode: JJ learns that she may be at Mockery Manor for a reason, and Bette is pushed to breaking point. Follow @MockeryManor and @LongCatMedia on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for more info. If you'd like to support the show, please leave some nice words about us on iTunes/Apple Podcasts - it really helps! For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ is caught in the park after hours by Manager Norton, but fools him into thinking she's Bette - her twin sister. Meanwhile Parker investigates a high-pitched scream, and finds a terrified Matty cowering in a supply cupboard, having seen "a big cat". Parker leaves him, laughing, and bumps into Emma, who has Sonia's bracelet in her possession (which everyone thinks JJ has stolen) and he takes it from her. Parker then realises Matty is right: Winnie, a cougar kept by Margot in secret, has escaped. Parker tracks Winnie to the Heart of Darkness ride, and finds her eating the body of Nick, the caretaker. Horrified, Parker calls Jenkins, whose suspicions are now confirmed. People are being murdered in the park... again. In this episode: the park is now open! A frustrated JJ is determined to get some answers... and more blood is shed. For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ, Parker and Bette sneak into the park at night to explore. They meet fellow employees Matty, Sonia and Emma, who have snuck in too. Sonia accuses JJ of stealing something from her dorm room, and JJ and Bette have an argument. Meanwhile, Parker explains that Margot Mockery, the park's founder, still lives in the manor house. Margot and her associate are keeping a watchful eye on the kids via their security cameras. Parker hears a scream and runs off to investigate. In this episode: JJ dupes Manager Norton with some quick thinking, and Parker is forced on a strange mission. For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previously on Mockery Manor: JJ is shown around the park by seasoned employee Parker. While exploring the sinister Dreamland, which records snippets of guests as they explore it, JJ hears a recording that sounds suspiciously like a woman being attacked. Parker says that he and his new girlfriend, JJ's twin sister Bette, are going to break into the park after dark, and JJ decides to tag along. In this episode: JJ is sharing an onsite dormitory with the intimidating Sonia, who is determined to make JJ's life miserable. An after-hours jaunt around the park with Parker and Bette leads to tensions in the group, and Parker reveals that they aren't the only residents of Mockery Manor. The park's founder, Margot Mockery, still lives in the decrepit manor house at the heart of the park... and they're being watched. For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite arriving forty-seven minutes and three days late for her first day of training, 18-year-old JJ is keen to explore Mockery Manor, the peculiar theme park she now calls home. Seasoned staff member Parker shows her around, but after an unnerving trip to Dreamland, JJ is certain that something is very wrong at Mockery Manor... For full info and credits, visit www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-manor Enjoying the series? You can support Lindsay and Laurence! Visit our Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/longcatmedia Also, check out our other series, https://www.longcatmedia.com/the-ballad-of-anne-mary (The Ballad Of Anne & Mary) - a swashbuckling adventure epic about two of history's most enduring pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The original 1958 televised newsreel from Mockery Manor's opening day. Find out about the park's opening day lands - The Village, Fancyland, Empireland and Dreamland. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Opening Summer 1989! Mockery Manor Amusement Park opens its doors after extensive refurbishment. Spend a fun-filled family day out with your feline friends Queen Booboos and her hapless pageboy, Mr Crackles. Trousers Meowzers! There's something for everyone at Mockery Manor - where childhood never dies... it just goes on and on. Support this podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices