Doctor Thorndyke: The Mandarin's Pearl & The Echo of a Mutiny | 2 Classic Cases (2h33)

📌 Patreon — every new case first, ad-free and early ($2.99/month) https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales 🌐 Website — every story we've ever made, free to listen. No paywall, no account, no password. https://nocturnaltalespodcast.com Another long evening with Doctor Thorndyke, the forensic detective — two cases, and two very different ways of telling a mystery. If you are meeting him for the first time: Doctor John Thorndyke is a medical jurist — a barrister and a physician at once — and the first great forensic detective. He works from his chambers in the Temple with a microscope, a camera and a green research case, and his friend Doctor Jervis tells the story. The Mandarin's Pearl. An evening by the fire with the old lawyer Mr Brodribb, and a young client who believes he is being haunted by a murdered Chinese mandarin. The Echo of a Mutiny. One of Freeman's famous inverted stories: you see the crime first, exactly as it happens, and then watch Thorndyke work it out. A lighthouse on the Girdler sands in the Thames estuary, two keepers alone together, and a past that one of them had hoped never to meet again. 📖 The Mandarin's Pearl is from John Thorndyke's Cases (1909); The Echo of a Mutiny is from The Singing Bone (1912). Presented complete and unabridged — every word as R. Austin Freeman wrote it. Some descriptions reflect the prejudices of their time. 🌙 THE MIDNIGHT ARCHIVE × NOCTURNAL TALES The classic detective stories that built the genre, read word for word. Subscribe and keep your lamps low. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS A complete, unabridged reading of two stories by R. Austin Freeman, now in the public domain. Every word is the author's own. Narration and production © Nocturnal Tales. 💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS Tonight's second case shows you the crime first. Do you prefer watching Thorndyke catch a culprit you already know — or the classic puzzle? 🕵️ 🕒 CHAPTERS 0:00 - Introduction 2:03 - The Mandarin's Pearl — Part One 46:13 - The Mandarin's Pearl — Part Two 1:09:39 - Interlude 1:10:15 - The Echo of a Mutiny — Part One 1:46:01 - The Echo of a Mutiny — Part Two 📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99 📌 Patreon (included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time) — https://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383 🛒 Gumroad (EPUB + PDF) — https://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2 ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee (EPUB + PDF) — https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales/e/532495 ❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS 📌 Patreon (every new case first, ad-free and early - $2.99/month) https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales 🌐 Website (every story, free, no account needed) https://nocturnaltalespodcast.com 📺 Rumble (free, and supports us with ad revenue) https://rumble.com/c/c-7820714 ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee (one-time support) https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales 💛 PayPal (one-time support) https://paypal.me/nocturnaltalesprod 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEseXIMbMt2NTI7oHy 🎧 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848 📚 Children's Book (Amazon) — Sherlock Paws and the Diamond of the Nile https://amzn.to/3MRzLNq 🧾 CREDITS Narrated and produced by Nocturnal Tales. #NocturnalTales #MidnightArchive #DrThorndyke #AustinFreeman #ForensicDetective #ClassicMystery #FullAudiobook #Unabridged #DetectiveFiction #PublicDomain #2HourAudiobook