RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_190e858a-cbe1-42c8-9cbe-a6eea264b1ae -- Rendered At Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:18:18 +0000 Loose Ends https://redcircle.com/shows/loose-ends en-US All rights reserved. Mysteries that don't tie up the way you expected. Side Quest Originals A mystery fiction podcast for listeners who like the cases that don't make the news. AI-narrated standalone seasons. New episodes every Tuesday. 190e858a-cbe1-42c8-9cbe-a6eea264b1ae Every case has loose ends. This podcast is about the ones nobody else pulls on — the witness who walked away, the file that closed too fast, the thing the detective never wrote down.

Loose Ends is a mystery fiction podcast where each season is a complete case. Detectives, PIs, journalists, amateur sleuths — the lead changes per season. The questions don't.

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]]> episodic no Side Quest Originals dana@i2ihype.com false full The Call After Sign-Off The Call After Sign-Off Side Quest Originals Six months after the Calder investigation, Mara Voss receives the private backup of a Bellwether radio host's final broadcast. The public recording ends at 12:41 a.m. This one continues—and the next caller identifies herself as June Aster, a girl who officially died eight years before the tape was made.

]]> <p>Six months after the Calder investigation, Mara Voss receives the private backup of a Bellwether radio host&#39;s final broadcast. The public recording ends at 12:41 a.m. This one continues—and the next caller identifies herself as June Aster, a girl who officially died eight years before the tape was made.</p> ba31ef8e-8152-4961-821d-f1891112c5df https://sidequestoriginals.com Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:00:25 +0000 397 false full Checkout Checkout Side Quest Originals Gideon Vale returns to Bellwether with the last piece of the ledger's story—and a voice that survived the fire. In the hidden room where Calder once controlled witnesses, his heroic version of 1998 finally meets the evidence. Mara must decide how to make the record honest without turning the people her father saved into collateral damage.

]]> <p>Gideon Vale returns to Bellwether with the last piece of the ledger&#39;s story—and a voice that survived the fire. In the hidden room where Calder once controlled witnesses, his heroic version of 1998 finally meets the evidence. Mara must decide how to make the record honest without turning the people her father saved into collateral damage.</p> d5c4d339-6b72-4bc7-b0ab-4b57143e05b3 https://sidequestoriginals.com Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000 557 false full The Name Written Twice The Name Written Twice Side Quest Originals Daniel Voss signed the ledger twice on the night of the fire. The first time, he was moving a witness. The second, he was going back for the truth. As Mara follows her father's final route, Ruth Bell reveals the call she erased and the deputy whose death was hidden inside the Ashdown casualty count.

]]> <p>Daniel Voss signed the ledger twice on the night of the fire. The first time, he was moving a witness. The second, he was going back for the truth. As Mara follows her father&#39;s final route, Ruth Bell reveals the call she erased and the deputy whose death was hidden inside the Ashdown casualty count.</p> b366596d-507f-4128-9895-e521f3f02094 https://sidequestoriginals.com Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:00:14 +0000 526 false full Eleven Minutes Eleven Minutes Side Quest Originals A motel clock that ran eleven minutes slow should not matter twenty-eight years later. But when Mara compares Gideon's entries with the fire dispatch log, the official timeline comes apart. Someone reached the mill before the alarm. Someone left the Lantern after the fire had already begun. And Sheriff Calder has spent decades making sure nobody compares the two clocks.

]]> <p>A motel clock that ran eleven minutes slow should not matter twenty-eight years later. But when Mara compares Gideon&#39;s entries with the fire dispatch log, the official timeline comes apart. Someone reached the mill before the alarm. Someone left the Lantern after the fire had already begun. And Sheriff Calder has spent decades making sure nobody compares the two clocks.</p> 027efd8a-df50-4d53-b37e-7070ee3cfa37 https://sidequestoriginals.com Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:00:41 +0000 572 false full Room Twelve Room Twelve Side Quest Originals The Lantern Motor Lodge had eleven rooms—or so every public plan claims. Mara and Eli return to the condemned property and find the room the county erased. Behind its false wall waits a key, a blood-dark stain, and a message from Gideon addressed to whoever finally decided to look.

]]> <p>The Lantern Motor Lodge had eleven rooms—or so every public plan claims. Mara and Eli return to the condemned property and find the room the county erased. Behind its false wall waits a key, a blood-dark stain, and a message from Gideon addressed to whoever finally decided to look.</p> 15dbfef3-28f7-4d93-af4b-d6a6450d9a06 https://sidequestoriginals.com Sun, 11 Oct 2026 04:00:33 +0000 577 false full Guests Who Never Stayed Guests Who Never Stayed Side Quest Originals Six names in the Lantern ledger belong to people who officially never stayed there. With former detective Eli Navarro's help, Mara discovers the motel was part of an off-the-books witness network run by Bellwether's most celebrated sheriff. One guest was hidden. Another disappeared. And every protected name carries Gideon Vale's private red mark.

]]> <p>Six names in the Lantern ledger belong to people who officially never stayed there. With former detective Eli Navarro&#39;s help, Mara discovers the motel was part of an off-the-books witness network run by Bellwether&#39;s most celebrated sheriff. One guest was hidden. Another disappeared. And every protected name carries Gideon Vale&#39;s private red mark.</p> bd961cb3-4f9d-49e5-9e61-2766afcc7044 https://sidequestoriginals.com Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:00:34 +0000 562 false full The Box With No Case Number The Box With No Case Number Side Quest Originals When Bellwether Gazette archivist Mara Voss receives a courthouse box with no case number, she expects another bundle of records nobody wants. Instead, she finds the missing ledger of the Lantern Motor Lodge—and her late father's name written on the night of the Ashdown Mill fire. The official story made Daniel Voss a hero. The ledger suggests he was somewhere he swore he had never been.

]]> <p>When Bellwether Gazette archivist Mara Voss receives a courthouse box with no case number, she expects another bundle of records nobody wants. Instead, she finds the missing ledger of the Lantern Motor Lodge—and her late father&#39;s name written on the night of the Ashdown Mill fire. The official story made Daniel Voss a hero. The ledger suggests he was somewhere he swore he had never been.</p> 35860ed4-dea0-4c21-b3bf-9970d36bf09b https://sidequestoriginals.com Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:25 +0000 623 false