ZSM Midnight Mini Drop: The Jigsaw Puzzle by J.B. Stamper

Episode 60: The Fast, The Furry, and The Fugitive - Season 1, Episode 18

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2111035/fan_mail/new] Season 3 of Zachsolved Mysteries has arrived! Prepare your ear-butts, we have a season opener so dynamic with mysteries you may develop a temporary palsy!  This week we find ourselves in the fast lane…for MURDER, with the mysterious death of a racing legend and his bejeweled bride. Then we follow the true saga of a square-jawed career criminal who can escape the police, but not our hearts. We found out you can trap a thirst, but you can’t trap a Sas-QUATCH! Oh, and there’s also something very sad, so we do briefly put our asses away before pivoting briskly into ZSM Theatre, where things are somehow even less appropriate. All this and more on EPISODE 60 of ZACHSOLVED MYSTERIES!  ZSM is back: We’re sorry, and you’re welcome.   Music and additional effects sourced from Fesliyan, Pixabay and Freesound (public domain/CC0).  💙 Mental Health Matters 💙 It’s okay to not be okay. If you’re struggling, you’re not alone, and help is available. 📞 U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 📞 Canada Talk Suicide Service: 1-833-456-4566 📞 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (U.S. & Canada) 📞 International Resources: findahelpline.com [https://findahelpline.com] Please take care of yourselves, and if you need support, don’t hesitate to reach out. 💙

A Very Special "All in the Family" Episode: From our Patreon bonus Rob Reiner tribute!

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2111035/fan_mail/new] What you’re hearing today is a ZSM Theatre scene: Stephanie writes a script and Zach goes in completely cold, having never read it – and somehow nails it anyway. This clip is a “lost” episode of All in the Family - an unaired, deeply inappropriate, oddly heartfelt episode that absolutely should not exist… but somehow does.  This is from our latest Patreon bonus, a full-on variety spectacular honoring Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — the partnership behind some of the most iconic, uniting, and deeply felt films of the last forty years (and yes, one movie Roger Ebert truly, profoundly hate-hate-hated). From this lost All in the Family episode, to a documentary-style meditation on love across Reiner’s filmography, to a Castle Rock morning show calmly smiling through the apocalypse, we pulled out every stop. Can love survive tiny Stonehenge failures, fire swamps, friendships, hobbling, and everything that comes after happily ever after? Tune in to find out! Not yet a Patreon? Check the link in our bio or head over to www.patreon.com/zsmpodcast [http://www.patreon.com/zsmpodcast]. Not yet ready to go to 11? You can unlock the full episode via that same link for a one-time donation of $3.  This episode was made for our patrons — the people we’d run across a city for, because when you want to spend the rest of your life making something meaningful for someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. We love you. And… as you wish. 💛 Music and additional effects sourced from Fesliyan, Pixabay and Freesound (public domain/CC0).  💙 Mental Health Matters 💙 It’s okay to not be okay. If you’re struggling, you’re not alone, and help is available. 📞 U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 📞 Canada Talk Suicide Service: 1-833-456-4566 📞 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (U.S. & Canada) 📞 International Resources: findahelpline.com [https://findahelpline.com] Please take care of yourselves, and if you need support, don’t hesitate to reach out. 💙

ZSM Midnight Mini Drop: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Stetson (Gilman)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2111035/fan_mail/new] In a quiet room meant for rest, a woman begins to see something behind the pattern — something alive, something watching, something waiting… What starts as confinement becomes revelation in this haunting classic of psychological horror and feminist rebellion. Turn down the lights, and look closer… Fresh from ZSM HQ — because it’s always midnight somewhere. Music for this episode has been sourced from Pixabay, mostly from the very talented GregorQuendel: https://pixabay.com/users/gregorquendel-19912121/ (public domain/CC0) Music and additional effects sourced from Fesliyan, Pixabay and Freesound (public domain/CC0).  💙 Mental Health Matters 💙 It’s okay to not be okay. If you’re struggling, you’re not alone, and help is available. 📞 U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 📞 Canada Talk Suicide Service: 1-833-456-4566 📞 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (U.S. & Canada) 📞 International Resources: findahelpline.com [https://findahelpline.com] Please take care of yourselves, and if you need support, don’t hesitate to reach out. 💙

Previously Patreon Only! ZSM's 2024 Halloween Spooooooktacular

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2111035/fan_mail/new] The crypt doors creak open once more as Stephanie and Zach resurrect last year’s Patreon-only Halloween Spooktacular for the main feed—slightly abridged, freshly exhumed, and scrubbed of its cursed (read: licensed) tunes. Join us for a chaotic séance of devil stories, urban legends, absurd games, and true-crime tangents that should’ve stayed buried. Neither host knew what the other was bringing, which—as usual—turned out to be both the best and worst idea imaginable. Expect laughter, chills, questionable accents, and the lingering sense that the podcast is coming from inside the house.  **Originally a Patreon-exclusive episode; this version has been lightly trimmed and re-stitched for the mortal realm** Music and additional effects sourced from Fesliyan, Pixabay and Freesound (public domain/CC0).  💙 Mental Health Matters 💙 It’s okay to not be okay. If you’re struggling, you’re not alone, and help is available. 📞 U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 📞 Canada Talk Suicide Service: 1-833-456-4566 📞 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (U.S. & Canada) 📞 International Resources: findahelpline.com [https://findahelpline.com] Please take care of yourselves, and if you need support, don’t hesitate to reach out. 💙

ZSM Midnight Mini Drop: The Jigsaw Puzzle by J.B. Stamper

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2111035/fan_mail/new] For the next installment in our Midnight Mini series, Stephanie reads another J.B. Stamper classic, The Jigsaw Puzzle: A quiet night. An old puzzle. A picture that wasn’t meant to be finished. Turn down the lights, and piece this one together - if you dare... Stephanie’s sharing her childhood nightmare fuel - so now it’s yours too, congrats! Music and additional effects sourced from Fesliyan, Pixabay and Freesound (public domain/CC0).  💙 Mental Health Matters 💙 It’s okay to not be okay. If you’re struggling, you’re not alone, and help is available. 📞 U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 📞 Canada Talk Suicide Service: 1-833-456-4566 📞 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (U.S. & Canada) 📞 International Resources: findahelpline.com [https://findahelpline.com] Please take care of yourselves, and if you need support, don’t hesitate to reach out. 💙