Category: Mystery

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Still Fallen: The Delicious, Open World Mystique of Fallen London

By Khee Hoon Chan • June 5th, 2020

Failbetter Games’ impeccable prose has kept this browser game alive for a decade now.

Coffee and Other Afterlife Necessities – The Story of The Valley of the Kings

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • June 11th, 2019

In this episode Robin takes you on an adventure through Egypt’s infamous Valley of the Kings.

Fire in the Sky – The Story of the Halley’s Comet Panic of 1910

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • May 14th, 2019

The comet is coming! The comet is coming!

Crooked Construction – The Story of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • April 16th, 2019

Why DOES the tower of Pisa lean?

Resort of the Dead- The Story of Hart Island

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • January 1st, 2019

Notorious Narratives investigates the haunted history of the Bronx’s Hart Island.

The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans: Marie Laveau

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • December 11th, 2018

Like the Bobby Bare song says, “Down in Louisiana, where the black trees grow, lives a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau.”

Whose Head Is That Anyway? The Story of Easter Island

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • December 4th, 2018

Notorious Narratives plumbs the mysteries of the moai.

Strange Eats: The Story of the Buckland Family

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • November 20th, 2018

Turkey for Thanksgiving every year? Not if you’re trying to eat every animal on earth!

The London Beer Flood

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • November 14th, 2018

This week, we learn that there is no such thing as a good flood. Even a beer flood.

Dark Horse: The Story of Candidate Yetta Bronstein

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • November 6th, 2018

On this Election Day, Notorious Narratives brings you the tale of the imaginary Jewish housewife who ran for president in 1964.

Outstanding Human Specimens: The Story of P.T. Barnum’s Freakshow

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • October 23rd, 2018

Gabba gabba hey, Notorious Narratives visits the freak show.

The Mysterious Bermuda Triangle

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • October 16th, 2018

Notorious Narratives sails into the Bermuda Triangle.

The Vampire Panic of New England

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • October 9th, 2018

Sink your teeth into the New England vampire panic in the new episode of Notorious Narratives.

Rookie of the Year

The Running Matt

By Matt Marrone • September 25th, 2018

Matt Marrone muses where he’d escape to if faced with the dilemma of Stephen King’s The Running Man.

Choreomania

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • September 18th, 2018

Dance, dance, dance until you collapse, collapse, collapse.

The Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • September 11th, 2018

This week’s Notorious Narratives exhumes the mystery of the Blood Countess.

Episode 1: The Catacombs of Paris

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • September 4th, 2018

Deep beneath the beautiful and historic streets of Paris lies the Empire of Death.

Episode 2: Shanghai Tunnels of Portland

By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • September 4th, 2018

Beneath the city streets of Portland, Oregon, lies a secret system of tunnels that led from many of the most notorious brothels and bars to the waterfront…

Office of the General Counsel Episode 17 – 1 is the Loneliest Number

By Team Unwinnable • June 9th, 2017

Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.

A Normal Lost Phone: A Coming-of-Age Tale For the Digital Age

By Khee Hoon Chan • January 24th, 2017

“A Normal Lost Phone is an immersive experience because it does feel like you’re snooping about in an abandoned phone most times.”

The Downloadable Turnabout

By Jose Cardoso • January 6th, 2017

How should the Phoenix Wright DLC episodes fit into the main story?

Cing’s Chase for a Second Chance

By Jose Cardoso • December 23rd, 2016

Does the ex-Cing developer deliver on a new mystery title?

Who is Eleven’s Papa? A Stranger Things Theory

By Megan Condis • August 29th, 2016

There are a lot of questions to be answered in the wake of Season 1. Who is Eleven’s papa? Can Steve’s hair get any taller?

Hack the Planet: Mainlining Demo

By Megan Condis • June 7th, 2016

Wouldn’t it be great if Hollywood was right, and hacking was actually just rollerblading and drinking soda all day?

Unearthly Remains Episode 1: The Time Traveler

By Team Unwinnable • April 6th, 2016

Discover the mysteries of the universe with Unearthly Remains!

The Night Manager: Applying to be a Spy

By Declan Taggart • March 18th, 2016

Now, Mr. The Night Manager, perhaps you can tell us how you are qualified to be a spy?

Columbo Reviews Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders

By Declan Taggart • February 23rd, 2016

Columbo plays as Hercule Poirot in the new Agatha Christie game. He loved the book. But what about the game?

Hands on the Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders Moustache and Puzzles Simulator

By Declan Taggart • January 29th, 2016

No one has ever glared at Jane Marple through eyes narrowed with suspicion and hate and thought: I bet she did it, the cold-blooded animal.

It’s Time to Forgive Constantine

By Amanda Hudgins • November 23rd, 2015

Keenu’s Constantine is turning 10 years old, maybe it’s time to finally time to forgive the film for its one major gripe. Even God forgave him, can’t you?

Regression: A Scene from a Career in Decline

By Declan Taggart • November 6th, 2015

Regression is so much like a TV movie. Every time I look at the cinema screen, I’m surprised. I think: Wow. Why’s this TV so big? And how did it get into our living room?

In 1998, someone gave Roland Emmerich $130,000,000 to make a Godzilla movie. This was not because Emmerich was a fan of the storied Japanese Kaiju film franchise, but rather was down to the fact that he had earned a reputation for producing popcorn spectacles in less time and with smaller budgets than other directors.

Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely

By Cara Ellison, Jenn Frank and Stu Horvath • August 6th, 2012

Unwinnable’s Pulp Book Club returns with Cara Ellison, Jenn Frank and Stu Horvath digging into Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely. Read the book? Join the discussion!

Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest

By Cara Ellison, Brian Taylor and Stu Horvath • July 2nd, 2012

Cara Ellison leads gumshoe Brian Taylor and flatfoot Stu Horvath in a discussion of Dashiell Hammett’s hardboiled classic, Red Harvest. Got something to say about it? Join in the fray!