The Ghost Catchers

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By: Minerva Sweeney Wren

Death isn't quite forever. There is more to Marjorie than the House of Nod, the bizarre cult she's grown up in, but they won't let her leave. It's 1940, she is sixteen, and she is determined to find a life of her own. When something goes terribly wrong, Marjorie realizes there is more to the world of ghosts than she ever could have imagined. New episode on the 13th and 30th of every month.

Chapter Sixty-Two: Here We Are Now, The Impossible Ones
#62
Yesterday at 9:51 PM

Today's episode includes: the elevator at long last again. 

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Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP.

Darren Curtis wrote the intro mu...


Chapter Sixty-One: Oh, To Be An Infernal Din!
#61
10/13/2025

Today's episode includes: a story about a lost friend and an announcement from the depths of my weird little soul. 

This was a very important episode for me to post - I ended up recording in my kitchen closet so I could cry if I wanted to (and I did - muahaha), but that made the quality a bit foggy. I hope it's discernable, and thank you for bearing with humble quality for this strange and important episode. :)

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Chapter Sixty: The Red Thread Portrait, Accompanied by a Curtsy of Rat
#60
09/30/2025

Today's episode includes: a boy in a hospital waiting for a girl in a mirror, as well as potentially the end of all things. 

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Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague ma...


Chapter Fifty-Nine: All's Better that Begins with Mystic Rats
#59
09/13/2025

Today's episode includes: a faucet gushing with periwinkle magic and a truly horrifying spool of thread.

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Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP.


Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Death and Resurrection of Cornelius the Unworthy
#58
08/30/2025

Today's episode includes: THE ELEVATOR.

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Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP.

Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him!


Chapter Fifty-Seven: Skin and Other Parts for Sale
#57
08/13/2025

Today's episode includes: carts with noses and quite dangerous pickle flavored soda. 

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Chapter Fifty-Six: The Cathedral of Sighs
#56
07/30/2025

Today's episode includes: gargoyles with paper tongues and a hand you really don't want to meet. 

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Behind the Scenes of Oddsbodskins Galorium
07/29/2025

CHEERS.


Chapter Fifty-Five: Here at the Beginning of Now
#55
07/13/2025

Today's episode includes: invisible visions in the sand, sand in Cornelius's hair, and the beginning of a desperately-longed-for con. 

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Chapter Fifty-Four: Dressed for a Hospital Dance
#54
06/30/2025

Today's episode includes: everything. Plus, at the very end, a blooper where I start laughing because on the inside, I'm twirling. 

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Chapter Fifty-Three: Joker
#53
06/13/2025

Today's episode includes: Marjorie's story on stage, and a bit of something out of nothing. 

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Chapter Fifty-Two: The Bones
#52
05/30/2025

Today's episode includes: hell, unexpectedly pleasant. 

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Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Pl...


Chapter Fifty-One: Green Growing Web
#51
05/13/2025

Today's episode includes: Anik's art anchor, a kind of carnival, and changes in the old Winston place. 

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Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MU...


Tea at the Library: Writing Your Own Stories
05/07/2025

Hello my dears! Just a bonus episode today from your librarian Grandma, where I chat about how you can use storytelling to connect with yourself. 


Chapter Fifty: Down Depths of Ink
#50
04/30/2025

Today's episode includes: the bottom of the well, magic in water, and the summoning of a ghastly house. 

I am so freaking proud of Marjorie in this episode. 

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Chapter Forty-Nine: The Uncatchable Diary
#49
04/13/2025

Today's episode includes: well, a uncatchable diary!

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Darren Curtis wrote the intro m...


Chapter Forty-Eight: The Lives of Other People
#48
03/30/2025

Today's episode includes: the summoned object and the end of the story of the Ace of Spades. 

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My mad-scientist tinkering continues - I am getting closer to better audio but in this session I was thwarted by pipes! Sorry for the up-and-down rumbles from my tiny apartment. ^_^

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Chapter Forty-Seven: The Luck of the Damned
#47
03/13/2025

Today's episode includes: a button? Why a button? Good grief, the mystery of this button! This button is the linchpin of today's episode. Listen in eerie suspense as this button becomes relevant to five separate (and perhaps unexpected) characters. Hehe.

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Chapter Forty-Six: The Cobweb Queen Takes a Bow
#46
02/28/2025

Today's episode includes: an eerie girl with a hole in the middle, that strange room of antiques, and perhaps a wish?

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Chapter Forty-Five: Who Said That?
#45
02/13/2025

Today's episode includes: the caves, Rosie, and awakening upside-down. 

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Darren Curtis wrote th...


Chapter Forty-Four: Oddsbodskins Galorium Underwater
#44
01/30/2025

Today's episode includes: insight on the four of spades and water magic. 

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Da...


Chapter Forty-Three: In The Hopeless Hospital Ward
#43
01/13/2025

Today's episode includes: a dark hospital like an endless human mind and orbs that hum. 

Favorite blooper of this episode: when I pronounce "gem" like "gym" and it sounds like Marjorie has a gym in her pocket. Teehee.

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Chapter Forty-Two: The Ties That Bind
#42
12/30/2024

Today's episode includes: a tank of water, linoleum, salting potatoes? and the Wish Granter of Mim. 

Apologies for the slightly watery sound quality today, my friends: I am still trying better techniques and didn't have time to rerecord a gain-adjustment experiment before the 30th! 

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Chapter Forty-One: The Carnival Within
#41
12/13/2024

Today's episode includes: Leery Lury, the caves, Makani, and a terribly dangerous choice. 

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...


Chapter Forty: Rain and Hollows Meet
#40
11/30/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie learns more about the eerie lights. 

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Da...


Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Lights Are Not For Breakfast
#39
11/13/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, a dragon tells tales of the sea.

I highly recommend: https://www.haipazazaphezuta.com/

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Chapter Thirty-Eight: Life Lights in the Jungle, Dead Lights in the Theater
#38
10/30/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie chats with an old friend about being too weird (among other things). 

New Etsy shop! Adorable little fairy houses and McGillicuddy and Murder's Pawn Shop eyes that glow in the dark! https://www.etsy.com/shop/MagicofMinerva

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Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Return of the Underground World
#37
10/13/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, the show continues, something goes wrong with the lights (again), and Leery Lury begins to manifest. 

Apologies for the weird audio quality today, my friends! I was mad-scientisting it up and a couple of things caught on fire. But I'm LEARNING THINGS! Next time will be better. Unless something else catches on fire. Which it might. 

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Chapter Thirty-Six: Who Owns The Rights To The Carnival?
#36
09/30/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie sees what's gone wrong in the diseased theater. 

You all are the best.  

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Chapter Thirty-Five: What Was That Sound, O Bellalumi?
#35
09/13/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, the ash-ghost reveals some disquieting magic of her own. 

You all are the best.  

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Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thin...


Chapter Thirty-Four: But What Happened To Hell?
#34
08/30/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, the ghost duel begins. 

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Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP.

Darren Curtis wrote th...


Chapter Thirty-Three: I Will Get Back What Was Taken From Me
#33
08/13/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie learns that the theatrical adventure may be doomed, and it begins. 

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Chapter Thirty-Two: The Show Must Go On with No Wrong Turns
#32
07/30/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, the stage is set for a performance that may last forever.

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Chapter Thirty-One: Mrs. Yivvins and the Cursed Corn Kernels
#31
07/13/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, the cursed corn kernels work their terrifying magic.

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Chapter Thirty: Ellie's Warning
#30
06/30/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie worries that the ashy ghost is, in fact, making people disappear. 

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Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Four of Spades
#29
06/13/2024

Today on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie says No a few times and Yes once. 

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Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Bloody End of a High-Heeled Shoe
#28
05/30/2024

This month on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie sees an apparition on the cusp of death. 

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Chapter Twenty-Seven: Ashes Come Before a Fall
#27
05/13/2024

This month on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie finds herself meeting ghosts she would rather not meet. In a haunted theater, no less.

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Chapter Twenty-Six: Oddsbodikins Galorium
#26
04/30/2024

This month on The Marjorie Radio Show, Marjorie enters the movie house and finds strangeness. 

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Behind the Scenes of Moorland House!
04/20/2024

Behind the Scenes! Scenes! Behind them!

Please enjoy this bonus episode of merry scrambled thoughts about the last two years of making THE GHOST CATCHERS. :)