Boarding School Murder Mystery

Boarding School Murder Mystery is a middle grade fiction podcast about courage, curiosity, and the secrets that hide in plain sight. When thirteen-year-old Gwen boards a train from Mississippi to Canada, she dreams of starting fresh at an elite lakeside academy. But Whisperen Lake Academy isn’t what it seems. Teachers vanish. Rumors twist. And somewhere in the shadows, a mystery waits for someone brave enough to uncover it. Told through diary entries and immersive narration, this cozy, eerie series blends coming-of-age heart with classic mystery suspense—perfect for listeners who grew up loving Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy, or A Series of Unfortunate Events. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or a nostalgic grown-up who never stopped loving middle grade adventures, this story is for you. ✨ Listen if you love: Middle grade mysteries & spooky adventures Heartfelt coming-of-age stories Boarding school secrets & dark academia vibes Queer-inclusive, family-friendly storytelling Cozy, imaginative fiction podcasts gloryfink.substack.com

  1. 1d ago

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery, Season 2, Episode 3 — Chapter 15: I Did Not Destroy A Man’s Life (Despite What Everyone Says)

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery, Season 2, Episode 3 — Chapter 15: I Did Not Destroy A Man's Life (Despite What Everyone Says) A dead teacher. A police investigation. A scandal spreading faster than the truth. Whisperen Academy has a new favorite pastime: discussing Mr. Fardoon's supposed crimes, most of which appear to have been invented before breakfast. Unfortunately, everyone seems convinced that thirteen-year-old Gwen is responsible for ruining his life. As the rumors multiply, Gwen discovers that being right about a murder doesn't mean everyone will thank you—and that the most interesting evidence sometimes turns up in the least respectable places. Will Gwen finally learn to mind her own business? Has anyone at this school actually met her? 🔎 In This Episode — Spoiler-Free ☕ Breakfast with a side of scandal! Mr. Fardoon has apparently committed half the crimes in the Canadian Criminal Code, according to Whisperen Academy's exceptionally unreliable rumor mill. 💔 The price of asking questions. Gwen discovers that being right doesn't necessarily mean nobody gets hurt. 📓 A most peculiar paper trail. An ordinary maintenance notebook raises some extraordinary questions about what people remember—and what they actually witnessed. 🕵️ Friends don't let friends investigate alone. Lavell, Katie, Moonshine, and Sima discover that supporting Gwen occasionally requires questioning their own definitions of civilized behavior. 🗑️ One girl's rubbish is another girl's evidence. Gwen has a new idea. Her friends are horrified. Whisperen Academy may never recover. ⚠️ Content Advisory: Discussion of a suspicious death and murder investigation, police questioning, school bullying and gossip, and a distressed child confronting someone she blames. Brief discussion of potentially hazardous rubbish. No graphic violence. 🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts Spotify • Apple Podcasts • YouTube • and beyond  https://linktr.ee/glorywritestheblues  And if you want more audio fiction from Glory Fink: 🤠 Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter 😇 The Trouble with Angels https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels 🧚 Those D*mn Brownies https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/those-dmn-brownies 💛 Help This Mystery Find Its People If Gwen's latest predicament entertained you: ❤️ Tap the heart button to show the story some love! 💬 Leave a comment: When does a rumor become more dangerous than the truth? And have you ever watched an innocent misunderstanding turn into a full-blown scandal? 📤 Share this episode with somebody who enjoys boarding-school mysteries, clever young detectives, dark academia, eccentric adults, and thirteen-year-old girls who possess absolutely no talent for minding their own business. 💛 Become a Financial Booster Paid subscriptions and tips directly support writing time, audio production, and the continued investigation of whatever on earth is wrong with Whisperen Academy. ☕ Become a paid subscriber to Gloryous Magazine or toss a few coins into the coffee fund: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/glorywritestheblues Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Glory-Fink CashApp: https://cash.app/$unicorncouncil Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, curious, and asking questions somebody probably wishes it wouldn't. 🎙️ Chapter 15 Credits Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack 🎵 Music Theme Music:Curse of Old — Density & Time Additional Background Music: Shadowstep — The Mini Vandals Perfect Strangers Things — Ezra Lipp Curse of the Witches — Jimena Contreras ✨ Read/Listen If You Love 🕵️ Boarding-school mysteries with suspiciously well-mannered adults 📓 Clever young detectives who take notes and ask inconvenient questions ☕ Diary-style storytelling with an abundance of sarcasm 🏫 Dark academia with institutional secrets and ridiculous school rules 🔎 Cozy mysteries with an eerie edge and actual consequences 📼 1990s nostalgia, handwritten records, and old-fashioned rumor mills ❤️ Found family, loyal friends, and complicated moral questions 🧩 Clues hidden in ordinary conversations and seemingly insignificant paperwork 😂 Characters who respond to a potential murder investigation with wildly inappropriate humor 📚 Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy, and A Series of Unfortunate Events 💛 Coming-of-age stories where learning to understand people is just as important as solving the mystery 🗑️ Amateur detectives whose investigative methods would absolutely horrify the school administration 📬 Follow the Investigation Subscribe to Gloryous Magazine for new chapters, audio episodes, and further evidence that Whisperen Academy is a perfectly respectable educational institution where absolutely nothing suspicious ever happens. Except, apparently, all the time. 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/ 📚 New to Whisperen Academy? Start Here! Thirteen-year-old Gwen came to Canada hoping for a fresh start at an elite boarding school. Instead, she found suspicious adults, unexpected friendships, a missing teacher, and a murder mystery that absolutely nobody seems to appreciate her investigating. New to the mystery? Start with Chapter 1: Ticket to Trouble! 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/p/boarding-school-murder-mystery-part Already following Gwen's adventures? Catch up on any chapters you've missed! 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery Because at Whisperen Academy, missing even one chapter could mean missing a very important clue. 🔎 ☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter's Café — cozy chaos + behind the scenes: https://coffeebunny.substack.com Find Glory Fink / @Glory Writes The Blues on: 🌤️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gloryfink.bsky.social 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glorywritestheblues/ 📹 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/GloryWritestheBlues 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/GloryWritesTheBlues 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glorywritestheblues/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@glorywritestheblues 🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.com/@glorywritestheblues 🔎 Until Next Time… At Whisperen Academy, everyone knows where the bodies are buried. Unfortunately, nobody seems to know where the paperwork went. And Gwen is beginning to suspect the answers might be in the rubbish. 🗑️🔎 Get full access to Gloryous Magazine at gloryfink.substack.com/subscribe

  2. Oct 14

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery, Season 2, Episode 2 — Chapter 14: Even When I’m Right, I’m Still Whisperen Wrong (In Detention)

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery — Chapter 14: Even When I’m Right, I’m Still Whisperen Wrong (In Detention) Officer Suarez has returned to Whisperen Academy, and his questions about one very foggy Friday morning are becoming suspiciously specific. Meanwhile, Gwen is attempting a revolutionary new approach to detective work: thinking before speaking. Headmistress Bullock is not enjoying any of this. But when the truth starts making itself inconvenient, will anyone at Whisperen Academy admit that a thirteen-year-old might have a point? 🔎 In This Episode — Spoiler-Free 🕵️ Gwen discovers that detective work apparently involves an alarming amount of grammar. 🧠 An important lesson in the difference between what you know, what you suspect, and what you wonder. 🌫️ A fog-covered lakeshore, a missing skiff, and questions nobody seems particularly eager to answer. 📰 Gwen's friends discover that school gossip isn't necessarily the most reliable source of information. 🙄 And Headmistress Bullock demonstrates that being right and getting out of detention are apparently two completely unrelated things. ⚠️ Content Advisory: Non-graphic discussion of a teacher's death and suspected foul play, references to alcohol, and institutional intimidation of a minor. 🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts Spotify • Apple Podcasts • YouTube • and beyond https://linktr.ee/glorywritestheblues And if you want more audio fiction from Glory Fink: 🤠 Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter 😇 The Trouble with Angels https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels 🧚 Those D*mn Brownies https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/those-dmn-brownies 💛 Help This Mystery Find Its People If Gwen's latest predicament entertained you: ❤️ Tap the heart button to show some love. 💬 Leave a comment: Have you ever been told you were wrong for how you questioned something—even when your questions turned out to be perfectly reasonable? 📤 Share this episode with somebody who enjoys boarding-school mysteries, clever young detectives, dark academia, strange adults, and suspicious amounts of paperwork. 💛 Become a Financial Booster Paid subscriptions and tips directly support writing time, audio production, and the continued investigation of whatever on earth is wrong with Whisperen Academy. ☕ Become a paid subscriber to Gloryous Magazine or toss a few coins into the coffee fund: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/glorywritestheblues Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Glory-Fink CashApp: https://cash.app/$unicorncouncil Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, curious, and asking questions somebody probably wishes we wouldn't 🎙️ Chapter 14 Credits Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack 🎵 Music Theme Music:Curse of Old — Density & Time Additional Background Music: "Whose Chopper Is This_" — Ezra Lipp Yacoby — Schwartzy ✨ Read/Listen If You Love Boarding-school mysteries Clever young amateur detectives Diary-style storytelling Cozy mysteries with an eerie edge Dark academia without losing the humor Suspicious administrators and institutional secrets Found family and unexpected adult allies Precocious protagonists who ask entirely too many questions Small clues that become very large problems Nancy Drew Harriet the Spy A Series of Unfortunate Events Coming-of-age stories where curiosity is both a gift and a liability Mysteries where the adults insist everything is perfectly reasonable 📬 Follow the Investigation Subscribe to Gloryous Magazine for new chapters, audio episodes, and assorted evidence that Whisperen Academy is definitely behaving normally and there is absolutely nothing to investigate. 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/ 📚 New to Boarding School Murder Mystery? 🕵️ New reader? Start with Chapter 1: Ticket to Trouble 🎧 Already following Gwen's adventures? Browse all chapters and podcast episodes At Whisperen Academy, even finding your place in the world can turn into a criminal investigation. 😏 ☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter's Café — cozy chaos + behind the scenes: https://coffeebunny.substack.com Find Glory Fink / @Glory Writes The Blues on: 🌤️ Bluesky • 📸 Instagram • 📹 YouTube • 🎮 Twitch 📘 Facebook • 🎵 TikTok • @ Threads 🔎 Until Next Time… Keep your eyes open, kid. At Whisperen Academy, trouble's got impeccable manners... Get full access to Gloryous Magazine at gloryfink.substack.com/subscribe

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery, Season 2, Episode 2 — Chapter 14: Even When I’m Right, I’m Still Whisperen Wrong (In Detention)
  3. Oct 7

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery — Season 2, Episode 1 — Chapter 13: Why Is This School Such a Dick Magnet?

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery Season 2, Episode 1— Chapter 13: Why Is This School Such a Dick Magnet? Apparently asking inconvenient questions about a dead teacher has consequences. While the rest of Whisperen heads into town for a perfectly ordinary Saturday, Gwen begins her month of detention—where punishment turns into basketball, suspiciously helpful adults take an extremely long walk, and a private telephone offers her something Whisperen hasn’t: options. But once Gwen begins separating what she knows from what she suspects, she starts noticing something even more unsettling. Maybe the problem isn’t Canada. Maybe it’s Whisperen. 🔎 In This Episode — Spoiler-Free Gwen discovers that detention can apparently involve sporting-goods bureaucracy and accidental basketball competence. Being excluded from ordinary life hits harder than she expected. Two suspiciously helpful grandparents demonstrate the fine art of helping a teenager without technically helping a teenager. Gwen finally calls the mysterious Claire—and learns a new way to think about evidence, theories, and questions. Fresh coffee, friendship, and scientific inquiry lead Gwen toward a troubling new theory about Whisperen Academy. Just when the weekend seems almost survivable, somebody returns to campus who really shouldn’t need to be there. 📚 Previously in Part One Gwen came to Canada hoping an elite boarding school would give her a fresh start. Instead, her Social Studies teacher disappeared. His body was recovered from Whisperen Lake, and police declared his death an accident—even though he hated water, reportedly didn’t drink, and the evidence surrounding his boat made increasingly little sense. When Gwen kept asking questions, Whisperen Academy responded with a month of detention and warnings that her enrollment—and ability to remain in Canada as a student—could be reviewed. Now Gwen has been told to keep quiet. She is trying. Sort of. ⚠️ Content Advisory:References to bullying and past sexualized harassment of a minor, institutional intimidation, threats involving school enrollment and immigration status, anxiety, crying, discussion of a suspicious death/murder investigation, and emotionally coercive adult authority. 🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts Spotify • Apple Podcasts • YouTube • and beyond And if you want more audio fiction from Glory Fink: 🤠 Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunterhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter 😇 The Trouble with Angelshttps://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels 🧚 Those D*mn Brownieshttps://gloryfink.substack.com/s/those-dmn-brownies 💛 Help This Mystery Find Its People If Gwen's latest predicament entertained you: ❤️ Tap the heart button 💬 Leave a comment: Which adult would you trust most if you were Gwen right now—the Bubbelehs, Claire, Officer Suarez, Raine, Mrs. Hematti… or somebody else entirely? 📤 Share this episode with somebody who enjoys boarding-school mysteries, clever young detectives, dark academia, strange adults, suspicious institutions, and entirely too much paperwork. 💛 Become a Financial Booster Paid subscriptions and tips directly support writing time, audio production, and the continued investigation of whatever on earth is wrong with Whisperen Academy. ☕ Become a paid subscriber to Gloryous Magazine or toss a few coins into the coffee fund: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/glorywritestheblues Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Glory-Fink CashApp: https://cash.app/$unicorncouncil Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, curious, and asking questions somebody probably wishes it wouldn't. 🎙️ Chapter 13 Credits Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack 🎵 Music Theme Music: Curse of Old — Density & Time Additional Background Music: Monthaholic — Schwartzy Radar — The Grey Room Read or Listen if You Love: Boarding-school mysteries Clever young amateur detectives Diary-style storytelling Cozy mystery with an eerie edge Dark academia without losing the humor Suspicious administrators and institutional secrets Found family and unexpected adult allies Young protagonists who ask entirely too many questions Secret telephone calls and quiet acts of resistance Adults who know exactly how to help without admitting they are helping Small clues that become very large problems Nancy Drew Harriet the Spy A Series of Unfortunate Events Coming-of-age stories where curiosity is both a gift and a liability Mysteries where the adults insist everything is perfectly reasonable 📬 Follow the Investigation Subscribe to Gloryous Magazine for new chapters, audio episodes, and assorted evidence that Whisperen Academy is definitely behaving normally and there is absolutely nothing to investigate. 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/ ✅ New Here? Start at the Beginning Chapter 1: Ticket to Troublehttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/boarding-school-murder-mystery-part  Thirteen-year-old Gwen leaves Mississippi for an elite boarding school in Canada hoping for a fresh start. Whisperen Academy has other plans. 📚 Catch Up on Boarding School Murder Mystery Read or listen to the complete series archive: 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery Previously in Part One Gwen came to Canada looking for a fresh start. Instead, a teacher disappeared, a body surfaced, an accidental death raised far too many questions, and Gwen learned that Whisperen Academy takes a remarkably dim view of thirteen-year-olds who notice inconsistencies. Catch up with Part One here:https://gloryfink.substack.com/p/boarding-school-murder-mystery-part  ☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café — cozy chaos + behind the scenes: https://coffeebunny.substack.com Find Glory Fink / @Glory Writes The Blues on:  🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch 📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads 🔎 Until Next Time… FACT: Officer Suarez came back. FACT: The case was supposedly closed. SUSPICION: Something has changed. Keep your notes close. Chapter 14 has new developments. Get full access to Gloryous Magazine at gloryfink.substack.com/subscribe

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery — Season 2, Episode 1 — Chapter 13: Why Is This School Such a Dick Magnet?
  4. 12/31/2025

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery — Chapter 12 (80% Off Christmas Special expires Jan 2026)

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery - Chapter 12: A Perfectly Reasonable Punishment: Detention and Deportation Threats Gwen’s big mouth finally catches up to her—right in the middle of class. 😳 Whisperen doesn’t punish her like a kid… it processes her like paperwork. A month of detention. A “documentation review.” And a threat so polite it could ruin her life. But Officer Suarez quietly confirms she’s not crazy—and someone leaves a secret number under her pillow with three words that change everything: “Ask for Claire.” 👀📞 ⚠️ Content Advisory: This chapter includes Institutional intimidation, threats tied to immigration/documentation status, detention/disciplinary control, anxiety, and references to a missing person/suspected death (off-page). Catch Gwen’s chaos (and Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter, too!) wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and beyond. Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack Theme Music: Curse Of Old - Density & Time Additional Music: 🎵 Curse of the Witches - Jimena Contreras 🎵 Monthaholic - Schwartzy 🎵 Radar - The Grey Room Density & Time 🎵 Whose Chopper Is This - Ezra Lipp 💥 Listen If You Love 🎙️ The Magnus Archives 📖 Nancy Drew meets Wednesday 🏫 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 🕯️ Veronica Mars meets Dead Poets Society 🔍 Secrets in Spades — Archive 81 — Welcome to Night Vale — The Amelia Project 📺 Enola Holmes, Wednesday, or Lockwood & Co. 💀 Teen detectives, eerie boarding schools, and Southern wit with a queer twist Thanks for Tagging Along with Gwen in Chapter 12! If you’ve ever tried to keep your life together with nothing but caffeine, sarcasm, and a prayer: ❤️ Tap the heart button 💬 Leave a comment—Gwen will absolutely overthink it while trying to fall asleep ☕ Toss a coin in the snack fund (haunted loonies welcome):   → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough. 📚 Stay tuned for The Trouble with Angels at Gloryous Magazine: 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com ☕ Stay Connected with the Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café Subscribe for cozy chaos, creative magic, and behind-the-scenes updates: Subscribe here https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web  Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky  📸 Instagram  📹 YouTube  🎮 Twitch 📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads Get full access to Gloryous Magazine at gloryfink.substack.com/subscribe

  5. 12/24/2025

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery — Chapter 11 (80% OFF Christmas Special expires: Jan 2026)

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery - Chapter 10: Something Is Amiss at Whisperen Academy Whisperen Academy offered everyone a neat little conclusion and expected the whole school to move on. 📎😌 Gwen didn’t. The official story felt too convenient, the details didn’t sit right, and the adults seemed way too eager to smooth everything over. By lunchtime, the same talking points were everywhere, and Lavell warned Gwen to be careful—because at Whisperen, asking questions can get you labeled a problem faster than it gets you answers. Gwen ended the day determined to stay quiet in public… and pay closer attention in private. 🔍🦊 ⚠️ Content Advisory: This chapter includes themes of death and an “accidental death” ruling, references to a possible body in a lake, police involvement, and institutional silencing/cover-up dynamics. It also contains mentions of alcohol (a whiskey bottle) and mild emotional distress/anxiety. Catch Gwen’s chaos (and Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter, too!) wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and beyond. Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack Theme Music: Curse Of Old - Density & Time Additional Music: 🎵 A Single Step - Density & Time 💥 Listen If You Love 🎙️ The Magnus Archives 📖 Nancy Drew meets Wednesday 🏫 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 🕯️ Veronica Mars meets Dead Poets Society 🔍 Secrets in Spades — Archive 81 — Welcome to Night Vale — The Amelia Project 📺 Enola Holmes, Wednesday, or Lockwood & Co. 💀 Teen detectives, eerie boarding schools, and Southern wit with a queer twist Thanks for Tagging Along with Gwen in Chapter 10! If you’ve ever tried to keep your life together with nothing but caffeine, sarcasm, and a prayer: ❤️ Tap the heart button 💬 Leave a comment—Gwen will absolutely overthink it while trying to fall asleep ☕ Toss a coin in the snack fund (haunted loonies welcome):   → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough. 📚 Stay tuned for Coming Soon in Chapter 10: Something is Amiss at Whisperen Academy at Gloryous Magazine: 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com ☕ Stay Connected with the Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café Subscribe for cozy chaos, creative magic, and behind-the-scenes updates: Subscribe here https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web  Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky  📸 Instagram  📹 YouTube  🎮 Twitch 📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads Get full access to Gloryous Magazine at gloryfink.substack.com/subscribe

  6. 12/17/2025

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery — (Part 10) (80% off Christmas Special)

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery - Chapter 10: Something Is Amiss at Whisperen Academy At Whisperen Academy, rumors spread faster than truth. Fingerprints vanish. Whispers multiply. And what should have been impossible becomes quietly… accepted. A missing man leaves behind questions no one seems eager to answer. An unfinished audit disappears with him. And every authority figure insists there is nothing to worry about. But Gwen listens. Gwen asks questions. And Gwen begins to realize that silence, too, can be carefully arranged.  Because at Whisperen Academy, the most dangerous thing isn’t what’s said aloud— It’s what everyone agrees not to notice. Cue ominous music. ⚠️ Content Advisory: This chapter contains themes of a suspicious death, missing evidence, alcohol use, and institutional secrecy. While non-graphic, it explores unease and being dismissed by authority figures. Catch Gwen’s chaos (and Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter, too!) wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and beyond. Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack Theme Music: Curse Of Old - Density & Time Additional Music: 🎵 Standoff - Density & Time 💥 Listen If You Love 🎙️ The Magnus Archives 📖 Nancy Drew meets Wednesday 🏫 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 🕯️ Veronica Mars meets Dead Poets Society 🔍 Secrets in Spades — Archive 81 — Welcome to Night Vale — The Amelia Project 📺 Enola Holmes, Wednesday, or Lockwood & Co. 💀 Teen detectives, eerie boarding schools, and Southern wit with a queer twist Thanks for Tagging Along with Gwen in Chapter 10! If you’ve ever tried to keep your life together with nothing but caffeine, sarcasm, and a prayer: ❤️ Tap the heart button 💬 Leave a comment—Gwen will absolutely overthink it while trying to fall asleep ☕ Toss a coin in the snack fund (haunted loonies welcome):   → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough. 📚 Stay tuned for Coming Soon in Chapter 10: Something is Amiss at Whisperen Academy at Gloryous Magazine: 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com ☕ Stay Connected with the Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café Subscribe for cozy chaos, creative magic, and behind-the-scenes updates: Subscribe here https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web  Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky  📸 Instagram  📹 YouTube  🎮 Twitch 📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads Get full access to Gloryous Magazine at gloryfink.substack.com/subscribe

  7. 12/10/2025

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery — (Part 9)

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery - Chapter 9: Werewolves, Wendigos, Whatever: Tales of the Alberta Highway This week, Gwen’s “normal” school day turns into a crash course in Canadian wilderness horror. A bizarre new Health class leads to an EMT’s gruesome backwoods tale… which somehow becomes less disturbing than Raine’s casual story about seasonal highway cleanup work in Alberta. What starts as abandoned cars and trash pickup spirals into missing coworkers, creepy voices calling from the trees, and creatures that might—might—stand up on two legs and imitate your mother’s voice from the forest at dawn. 😨🌲👤 Now Gwen has an entirely new problem: If the monsters are real… how is she ever supposed to sleep again? ⚠️ Content Advisory: Reader discretion is advised. This chapter includes discussions of alcoholism, a detailed EMT story involving suicide and frozen remains, references to blood and body recovery, mentions of dead bodies found in vehicles, the use of firearms, and supernatural horror elements such as predatory creatures and unexplained disappearances. Themes of fear, danger, and survival in remote wilderness settings are present throughout. Catch Gwen’s chaos (and Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter, too!) wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and beyond. Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack Theme Music: Curse Of Old - Density & Time Additional Music: 🎵 Standoff - Density & Time 🎵 A Single Step - Density & Time 💥 Listen If You Love 🎙️ The Magnus Archives 📖 Nancy Drew meets Wednesday 🏫 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 🕯️ Veronica Mars meets Dead Poets Society 🔍 Secrets in Spades — Archive 81 — Welcome to Night Vale — The Amelia Project 📺 Enola Holmes, Wednesday, or Lockwood & Co. 💀 Teen detectives, eerie boarding schools, and Southern wit with a queer twist Thanks for Tagging Along with Gwen in Chapter 9! If you’ve ever tried to keep your life together with nothing but caffeine, sarcasm, and a prayer: ❤️ Tap the heart button 💬 Leave a comment—Gwen will absolutely overthink it while trying to fall asleep ☕ Toss a coin in the snack fund (haunted loonies welcome):   → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough. 📚 Stay tuned for Coming Soon in Chapter 10: Something is Amiss at Whisperen Academy at Gloryous Magazine: 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com ☕ Stay Connected with the Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café Subscribe for cozy chaos, creative magic, and behind-the-scenes updates: Subscribe here https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web  Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky  📸 Instagram  📹 YouTube  🎮 Twitch 📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads Get full access to Gloryous Magazine at gloryfink.substack.com/subscribe

  8. 12/03/2025

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery — Part 8

    🎧 Boarding School Murder Mystery - Chapter 8: Where Are the Mounties When You Need Them? When the fog finally lifts over Whisperen Lake, everyone expects sunlight—not a mysterious wooden skiff drifting alone in open water. By lunchtime, half the school is pressed against the cafeteria windows, whispering about missing teacher Mr. Grunfeld… and the boat he would never have set foot in. Local police arrive first, then the provincial officers with bigger trucks, bigger boats, and the kind of equipment that makes everyone’s stomach drop. Rumors churn. Teachers pretend nothing is wrong. Students watch every move from classroom windows. And the more Gwen learns—the water-phobic teacher, the whiskey bottle he’d never drink, the skiff bobbing where he’d never go—the more the pieces refuse to fit. Something is wrong at Whisperen Lake. And whatever the fog was hiding? It’s starting to surface. Content Advisory: This chapter includes themes of a missing teacher, references to alcohol, and descriptions of a body recovery at a lake. Please read with care. Catch Gwen’s chaos (and Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter, too!) wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and beyond. Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack Theme Music: Curse Of Old - Density & Time Additional Music: 🎵 Whose Chopper Is This_ - Ezra Lipp 🎵 Shadowstep - The Mini Vandals 🎵 A Single Step - Density & Time 💥 Listen If You Love 🎙️ The Magnus Archives 📖 Nancy Drew meets Wednesday 🏫 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 🕯️ Veronica Mars meets Dead Poets Society 🔍 Secrets in Spades — Archive 81 — Welcome to Night Vale — The Amelia Project 📺 Enola Holmes, Wednesday, or Lockwood & Co. 💀 Teen detectives, eerie boarding schools, and Southern wit with a queer twist Thanks for Tagging Along with Gwen in Chapter 8! If you’ve ever tried to keep your life together with nothing but caffeine, sarcasm, and a prayer: ❤️ Tap the heart button 💬 Leave a comment—Gwen will absolutely overthink it while trying to fall asleep ☕ Toss a coin in the snack fund (haunted loonies welcome):   → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough. 📚 Stay tuned for Chapter 8: Where Are the Mounties When You Need Them? at Gloryous Magazine: 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com ☕ Stay Connected with the Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café Subscribe for cozy chaos, creative magic, and behind-the-scenes updates: Subscribe here https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web  Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky  📸 Instagram  📹 YouTube  🎮 Twitch 📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads Get full access to Gloryous Magazine at gloryfink.substack.com/subscribe

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Boarding School Murder Mystery is a middle grade fiction podcast about courage, curiosity, and the secrets that hide in plain sight. When thirteen-year-old Gwen boards a train from Mississippi to Canada, she dreams of starting fresh at an elite lakeside academy. But Whisperen Lake Academy isn’t what it seems. Teachers vanish. Rumors twist. And somewhere in the shadows, a mystery waits for someone brave enough to uncover it. Told through diary entries and immersive narration, this cozy, eerie series blends coming-of-age heart with classic mystery suspense—perfect for listeners who grew up loving Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy, or A Series of Unfortunate Events. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or a nostalgic grown-up who never stopped loving middle grade adventures, this story is for you. ✨ Listen if you love: Middle grade mysteries & spooky adventures Heartfelt coming-of-age stories Boarding school secrets & dark academia vibes Queer-inclusive, family-friendly storytelling Cozy, imaginative fiction podcasts gloryfink.substack.com

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