Art Frat Rejects Write a Murder Mystery

[SPOILERS] We open on an eerie traveling circus and fairground called Signor Romanzo’s House of Wonders. Signor Romanzo is in his caravan making dinner and he sings a Romanian song his dead mum taught him. He’s preoccupied because the BDSM — Board of the District of Suburban Moletown — is writing angry letters asking that the carnival leave town. A bunch of other carnival people get introduced but we’ll talk about them later. The most important one is Wilhelmina who is a fortune-telling child. We cut to Wendy, the BDSM president. She’s venting to her friend Alicia Allotoza about her husband’s affair and the negative influence of the carnival. They decide to picket the carnival so go to her daughter Clara’s room to get craft tools for signs. They find the teenager stabbed dead. Back at the House of Wonders, Inspector Golphini, a Moletown police officer, and his German shepherd, Elaine try to arrest Signor Romanzo for Clara’s murder. Alas, Signor Romanzo escapes as if by magic.Crowbarred contributions (aka ding ding dings):Speech: I saw it coming like a train in the nightPhrase: Sweet cinnamon cucumber bunsCreditsPerformers: Sophia Hotung, Huber Rodriguez-Tejada, Veronica Grace TaleonAuthor: Sophia HotungTheme music: Bubamara by the Bubamara Brass BandIntro voiceover: Adam SpencerWebsite • Instagram • Facebook • Twitter • Contact

[SPOILERS] We open on Wilhelmina at her day job as the head of the computer science department at Clairmont University. After leaving work, Signor Romanzo teleports into her car and tells her to look for a red Moleskine journal. Once she gets to the carnival, Inspector Golphini's there to question her, and we learn that they are romantically involved. She can't find the journal among Signor Romanzo’s possessions. Six weeks later (Huber loves a time jump), a woman named Ruby Red suffocates the Chief of Surgery at Moletown Memorial Hospital, Christopher Kandel, and takes a folder labeled “Clara” from his house (as well as his Rolex!) We learn that she and Wilhelmina are in cahoots.Crowbarred contributions (aka ding ding dings)Speech: Grab the saltines and prune juicePhrase: Singing fairy lightsCreditsPerformers: Sophia Hotung, Huber Rodriguez-Tejada, Veronica Grace TaleonAuthor: Huber Rodriguez-TejadaTheme music: Bubamara by the Bubamara Brass BandIntro voiceover: Adam SpencerWebsite • Instagram • Facebook • Twitter • Contact

[SPOILERS] We open with a blast from the past by visiting Wilhelmina before she was a fortuneteller for Signor Romanzo's traveling carnival. As a lowly orphan at Vanderlyle Asylum, she meets and befriends eventual murder victim, Clara Willoughby during a Thanksgiving donation drop-off. The girls bond over their mutual love for the beach. Back in the narrative present, Wilhelmina pays a visit to the Willoughby residence, where she learns from a reporter that her friend was stabbed to death. Meanwhile, at present-day Vanderlyle Asylum, Lysander Day-Avett, a home renovations TV host, endeavours to make an offer on the crumbling edifice.Crowbarred contributions (aka ding ding dings)Speech: You can’t bake a cake if the batter’s with the devilPhrase: Swagged up ovariesCreditsPerformers: Sophia Hotung, Huber Rodriguez-Tejada, Veronica Grace TaleonAuthor: Veronica Grace TaleonTheme music: Bubamara by the Bubamara Brass BandIntro voiceover: Adam SpencerWebsite • Instagram • Facebook • Twitter • Contact

Join Veronica, Sophia, and Huber in the inaugural Case Files episode of Art Frat Rejects Write a Murder Mystery: Season 1. In Case Files, we break down the plot of the murder mystery so far, discuss the literary and medical aspects of the story, read fan mail and answer listener questions, vote on the best acting, writing, and crowbarred contributions of the cycle, and just have fun.Case Files come after every third chapter (or cycle) and are available as audio podcasts wherever you listen normally and on YouTube as videos.Timestamps:Intros and Talismans (Talismen?): 2:08​Explaining the Plot So Far: 5:07​To the Proprietor: Fan Mail with Sophia: 17:24​Best Crowbar Vote: 21:07​VGT Tips: Creative Writing Tips with Veronica: 26:43​Best Acting Vote: 30:50​Paging Dr Rod: Medical Insights with Huber: 33:20​Mystery Guest Star Cameo: 34:32​Best Writing Vote: 37:14​Surprise Fun: 42:50​artfratrejects.cominstagram.com/artfratrejectsfacebook.com/artfratrejectstwitter.com/artfratrejectsartfratrejects@gmail.comMusic: 'Bubamara' by Bubamara Brass Band

[SPOILERS] Moletown's Chief of Police ain't happy with Golphini’s progress on the Willoughby case, but little does he know that Golphini has Romanzo’s notebook, a potential piece of bigshot evidence. At the precinct, we meet Officer Matthews, Golphini's whiny deputy. He's meant to have a Brooklyn accent but it comes out as Southern. (Huber's fault). Golphini attempts to ask Wilhelmina out on another date, thinking the first was a success. He genuinely likes her but needs to also use her for the case. When she turns him down, Golphini devises a Plan B to get more info out from her. He ventures to the carnival and has his fortune read by Madame Goirée, Wilhelmina’s fortune-telling alter ego. However, what she says does not bode well for the inspector.Crowbarred contributions (aka ding ding dings)Speech: I’d rather have orange chicken than…Phrase: Haughty pink tandem bicyclesCreditsPerformers: Sophia Hotung, Huber Rodriguez-Tejada, Veronica Grace TaleonAuthor: Sophia HotungTheme music: Bubamara by the Bubamara Brass BandIntro voiceover: Adam SpencerWebsite • Instagram • Facebook • Twitter • Contact

[SPOILERS] We open on Wendy Willoughby in her daughter, Clara's, bed mourning her premature death. Signor Romanzo shows up and we learn that he has the power to materialise like a hologram before certain individuals he has control over. We also, more shockingly, learn that Wendy herself used to be part of the House of Wonders! Romanzo reveals that he does not think Clara is actually dead, and that he needs to find a crystal of Californium to find Clara and harness the full might of his mystical powers. Once romanzo disappears, Wendy finds a series of letters written by Clara, impersonating Wendy... or rather Wendy's old name — Josephine. Dazed and in shock, Wendy makes her way over to Alicia’s house for a BDSM meeting. However, when faced with no sympathy or condolences, she freaks out and curses out the other ladies in attendance. The chapter ends with her storming out of the house, destroying Alicia's flowerbeds, and heading for the beach that keeps being referenced for some mysterious reason...Crowbarred contributions (aka ding ding dings)Speech: I walk around like everything is fine, but deep down in my shoe I know my sock is sliding off.Phrase: Cringe syringeCreditsPerformers: Sophia Hotung, Huber Rodriguez-Tejada, Veronica Grace TaleonAuthor: Huber Rodriguez-TejadaTheme music: Bubamara by the Bubamara Brass BandIntro voiceover: Adam Spencer