372 Pages We'll Never Get Back

Be the first to find out what we’re reading next by supporting the podcast on Patreon! patreon.com/372pages As any hero would say, without looking back at the smoking ruins / nearly dead enemy / exploding spaceship, “It’s over. It’s finally over.” It’s true: you can remove your hands from in front of your eyes and … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-204-mayor-of-noobtown-ep-4-hero-work-from-mike-and-conor" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages – #204 – Mayor of Noobtown Ep 4 – Hero Work from Mike and Conor!"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you get every episode a week early and a ton of other stuff that’s only available for supporters! https://patreon.com/372pages Just one more reading of distinguished publisher Harper Collins’ soon-to-be runaway smash best seller The Mayor of Noobtown (featuring, so far, Jim, Shart, AltaVista, JoeBob, Ted Goblin and Jerry Wolf)! … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-203-mayor-of-noobtown-ep-3-chalk-full-of-seriously-gourds" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages – #203 – Mayor of Noobtown Ep 3 – Chalk Full of, seriously, GOURDS!"</span></a></p>

There’s a whole bunch more of these only on our Patreon! Go check it out: https://patreon.com/372pages Conor v. Donald J. Sobol. Two men enter. Only one will leave.

Level up in: Supporting the podcast on Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages If you are reading along – and we’re gonna go ahead and assume you’re reading along – you’ll know that Conor and Mike are going discuss character sheets at great length. You could listen to an entire series of podcasts about character sheets and still not … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-202-mayor-of-noobtown-ep-2-raise-a-glass-of-shadow-god-blood" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages – Ep 202 – Mayor of Noobtown Ep 2 – Raise a Glass of Shadow God Blood!"</span></a></p>

Listen to the entire 280 Mysteries archive and take part in fun exclusives like our Choose Your Own Adventure livestream with John Hodgman, only on the 372 Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages Can Conor crack the case of The Dwarf’s Beard? If you don’t say yes Sally is gonna sock you one real good!!

Don’t wanna be a NOOB? Then support the podcast on Patreon! Get every episode a week early plus other stuff we don’t post anywhere else! https://patreon.com/372pages Ah, literature. Set your mind on higher things. Assuming that doo-doo and wee-wee are higher things. ‘Cause there’s a lot of it in a scant few chapters. And speaking … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-201-mayor-of-noobtown-ep-1-hope-you-like-numbers-1-and-2" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages – Ep 201 – Mayor of Noobtown Ep 1 – Hope You Like Numbers 1 and 2!"</span></a></p>

Listen to the entire 280 Mysteries archive and get every episode of the podcast a week early, only on our Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages It’s like we’ve always said here at 372 Pages, it’s about time someone took a real hard look at Wagon Masters! I don’t trust them. Never have. And this Encyclopedia Brown mystery really … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-ep-19-the-case-of-the-wagon-master" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries Ep 19 – The Case of the Wagon Master"</span></a></p>

Is there a genre we at 372 Pages have not covered? Oh, yes. Yes there is. Join us as we dive into the wildly popular world of LitRPG and our latest book The Mayor of Noobtown Buy the book here Assignment: Read thru Chapter 7

Listen to the whole 280 Mysteries archive, that’s over 40 episodes, on our Patreon! patreon.com/372pages Mike and Conor almost wanted to recuse themselves from this particular Encyclopedia Brown mystery because they both have stolen a LOT of Confederate stamps. Like, a lot. The Feds, Interpol, many organizations are seeking them out. Still, they came out … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-ep-18-the-case-of-the-stolen-confederate-stamps" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries Ep 18 – The Case of the Stolen Confederate Stamps"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon and be the first to find out what we’re reading next! patreon.com/372pages How still we see thee DIE! Above thy CREEP (ahem Sharnek) and dreamless sleep the silent Scrumptious Scotch BARS go by. Yet in thy dark streets DIE-eth the everlasting FIGHT (with the suspect); the hopes and fears of … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-199-owl-be-home-for-christmas-ep-2-o-little-town-of-death-lehem" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #199 – Owl Be Home for Christmas – Ep 2 – O Little Town of DEATH-lehem!"</span></a></p>

Thanks to everyone who supported the podcast on Patreon this year. Join the fun and get a whole bunch of stuff you can’t hear anywhere else: https://patreon.com/372pages Ok, let’s tally up the cozy: Christmas beanies. Hot chocolate. Candy canes. Matching sweaters with cute doggo. Sentient owl. Butts. Poop. Murdered senior — all right, look! Maybe … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-198-owl-be-home-for-christmas-ep-1-julius-pringle-put-cherries-in-his-wifes-christmas-cake-obviously" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #198 – Owl Be Home for Christmas – Ep 1 – Julius Pringle Put Cherries in His Wife’s Christmas Cake, Obviously!!"</span></a></p>

Obviously you’re all thinking, “Donald Sobel wrote an Encyclopedia Brown Mystery about the 1993 Georgia Satellites song?! Weird. But very intriguing!” Sadly, no. This was written eight years prior to its release. The solution is utter madness.

We went over some of the thousands and thousands of cozy mysteries out there before deciding on OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS as our 2025 cozy. Revisit the contenders! Assignment: Read thru Chapter 8

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you can hear our latest 280 Mysteries with special guest Dan Deacon, and be the first to learn what book is next! https://patreon.com/372pages This is it, the final episode of Dan Brown’s Deception Point, a book so dumb it raises (lowers?) the level at which a 372 book can … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-196-deception-point-ep-4-corky-coats-himself-in-his-own-what" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #196 – Deception Point Ep 4 – Corky Coats Himself in His Own WHAT?!*"</span></a></p>

Pigs are stolen. Gooses killed, gutted, de-feathered, roasted over spits and eaten by drifters. And, evidently, dogs are wounded. Idaville’s an odd place. Can Mike crack the case?! Listen to the complete 280 Mysteries archive on our Patreon! patreon.com/372pages

Support the podcast on Patreon where you get every episode a week early, plus access to every 280 Mysteries episode! https://patreon.com/372pages Find out how this book compares to the works of Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf and Rush. And while you’re at it, follow the exploits of Hot Sexton and her father Senator Sexton Sedgewick. Does triple … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-195-deception-point-ep-3-conor-admits-to-performing-rocket-man" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #195 – Deception Point Ep 3 – Conor Admits to Performing Rocket Man!"</span></a></p>

Listen to the complete 280 Mysteries archive, including our brand new episode with Joel McHale, only on the 372 Pages Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages Watch goose* is a thing, everyone. Seriously. We don’t like it anymore than you do, but it’s a thing. Mike tries to crack the case. *”Guard goose” would also be an accepted term.

Support the podcast on Patreon where you can hear our latest 280 Mysteries episode with special guest JOEL MCHALE! patreon.com/372pages Courvoisier-sipping senator Sedgewick Sexton; the hideous, grotesque, smoke-spewing, long-limbed inhuman creature Marjorie Tench; and Deltas One, Two and Three are just a few of the characters discussed in this episode. So much happens. So many … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-194-deception-point-ep-2-ice-bullets-snifters-and-puggish-smiles" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #194 – Deception Point Ep 2 – Ice Bullets, Snifters and Puggish Smiles!"</span></a></p>

Listen to the entire 280 Mysteries archive on our patreon! patreon.com/372pages For once, once, it’s a hitchhiker that’s hungry and not a damn hippo! Anyway, Conor throws Donald J. Sobel’s mystery at Mike and Mike attempts to hit it out of the park. Does he succeed? You’ll have to listen.

Support the podcast on Patreon and get every episode a week free plus all the other stuff we don’t post anywhere else! patreon.com/372pages Dan Brown is back! The author of Digital Fortress (and, okay, if I have to mention it, The Da Vinci Code) is typing up words and phrases and clauses as fast as … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-193-deception-point-ep-1-save-your-meal-of-horse-till-after-you-read-about-m-tench" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #193 – Deception Point Ep 1 – Save Your Meal of Horse Till AFTER You Read About M. Tench"</span></a></p>

We announced this book a week ago on our Patreon! Join in on the fun and support the podcast at patreon.com/372pages We kick off another voyage into the microchapter world of Dan Brown! Plus we’ll hear all about a recent humiliation Mike suffered on the tennis court and read some listener emails. Get Deception Point … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-192-book-35-deception-point-by-dan-brown" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #192 – Book #35: Deception Point by Dan Brown!"</span></a></p>

Check out our Patreon to be the first to find out our next book and to hear the entire 280 Mysteries archives, including the episodes we just released with Bridget and Lauren! patreon.com/372pages In this ep, Conor attempts once again to unravel the many strange threads of Donald J. Sobel. This one involves Melvin Pugh, … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-ep-13-the-case-of-the-foot-warmers" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries Ep 13 – The Case of the Foot Warmers"</span></a></p>

Join the Jackals and support the podcast on Patreon! Find out the next book before everyone else and hear the 280 Mysteries we recorded with Bridget Nelson! patreon.com/372pages Yes, all the things we in America know so well and love so much come together (much like dodgems) in one final episode! This episode has it … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-191-night-of-the-crabs-ep-3-limpet-mines-potholers-mills-bombs-and-constitutionals" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #191 – Night of the Crabs Ep 3 – Limpet Mines, Potholers, Mills Bombs and Constitutionals!"</span></a></p>

It’s Conor’s turn to solve the mystery, and Mike has picked out a fiendish one. There are five clues this time, and in a series where even the sole clue a mystery hinges on likely doesn’t make a lot of sense, this means we’re in for a wild ride! Support the podcast on Patreon to … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-ep-12-the-case-of-the-five-clues" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries Ep 12 – The Case of the Five Clues"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon and hear stuff you can’t get anywhere else like Mike & Conor’s read thru of the CLASSIC 80s Choose Your Own Adventure book “You Are A Shark” patreon.com/372pages Read along with us, get the book here If you’re even vaguely considering listening to this particular episode, please consider this: a … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-190-night-of-the-crabs-ep-2-if-youre-gonna-do-that-anywhere-do-it-in-the-spiky-grass" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #190 – Night of the Crabs Ep 2 – If You’re Gonna Do That Anywhere, Do it in the Spiky Grass!"</span></a></p>

Get access to the complete 280 Mysteries archive on our Patreon: patreon.com/372pages Yes, the smartest man we’ve ever met – and we’ve met dozens of men – joins us in an attempt to outwit Idaville’s greatest boy detective. See if Jeopardy host Ken Jennings can assist Mike with The Case of the Carousel Horse! Pre-order … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-well-never-get-back-ep-37-the-case-of-the-carousel-horse-w-ken-jennings" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries We’ll Never Get Back Ep 37 – The Case of the Carousel Horse – W/ Ken Jennings"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon and get every episode early, plus exclusive episodes like our 280 Mysteries episode with Jeopardy host Ken Jennings! https://patreon.com/372pages Get the book here Rejoice with Conor and Mike as they read through a new book that was not written by Colleen Hoover!! This one features a pipe-smoking botanist, bathing costumes, … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-189-night-of-the-crabs-ep-1-grandpa-no" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #189 – Night of the Crabs Ep 1 – Grandpa NO!"</span></a></p>

We just announced our next 372 Pages book on our Patreon! Find out what it is, and get access to the complete 280 Mysteries archive, by supporting the podcast! patreon.com/372pages Two prize winning pigs have gone missing in Idaville, and our intrepid Boy Detective suspects a brand new gang. How many gangs are operating in … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-ep-11-the-case-of-the-stolen-pigs" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries – Ep 11 – The Case of the Stolen Pigs"</span></a></p>

Get access to the complete 280 Mysteries archive, including the episode we just recorded with Jeopardy host Ken Jennings, on the 372 Patreon: patreon.com/372pages Sally is once again pounding Bugs’ face into oblivion, Encyclopedia is still sucking in the gasoline fumes from his makeshift cash register, and people in Idaville are still doin’ some crimes! … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-well-never-get-back-10-the-case-the-bird-watcher" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries We’ll Never Get Back Ep 10 – The Case of the Bird Watcher"</span></a></p>

Be the first to find out what our next book is going to be, join the 372 Patreon and get access to every episode a week early, and a ton of other exclusive stuff you’ll only find there! patreon.com/372pages All good things must come to an end. Also, Ugly Love must come to an end, … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-188-ugly-love-ep-5-this-is-brads-world-now" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #188 – Ugly Love Ep 5 – This is Brad’s World Now"</span></a></p>

Get access to the complete 280 Mysteries archive by supporting us on Patreon! patreon.com/372pages We’re back to Idaville, the boy detective, Leroy Brown, replete with gangs of roving toughs, girls breaking boys jaws: you know, the usual stuff. But can Mike crack this very, very tough case?

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you’ll be the first to learn what we’re reading next and get access to a whole archive of stuff we’ve never released on the free feed! patreon.com/372pages If you’ve stuck with us this far you must be a fan of the words “kiss” and “heart.” And of the phrase … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-187-ugly-love-ep-4-no-cap-does-not-sport-a-thong" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages #187 – Ugly Love Ep 4 – No, Cap Does NOT Sport a Thong"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon! Get every episode a week early, plus access to the 280 Mysteries archive, plus fun stuff like the Choose Your Own Adventure live stream we did last month! patreon.com/372pages To be clear, Dillon is terrible. BUT he’s the least like a cardboard cutout of all these dumbasses (which is not … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-186-ugly-love-ep-3-dillon-hero" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages Ep #186 – Ugly Love Ep 3 – Dillon = HERO"</span></a></p>

Gain access to the entire 280 Mysteries archive, plus get every episode of 372 Pages a week early, when you sign up for our Patreon! http://patreon.com/372pages There’s no bunnies or smoking jackets, but there is a frightened playboy. Let’s see if Mike can solve the case!

Don’t be a Dylan, support the podcast on Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages Follow us on TikTok! Look, Cap is a ghost. Or a specter. Or a haint, or something old-timey, and Tater is clearly either dead or in another realm (full disclosure: that is Mike’s guess. Conor has other theories) but no matter what realm we’re in, … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-185-ugly-love-ep-2-kissing-so-much-kissing" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages Ep #185 – Ugly Love Ep 2 – Kissing. SO Much Kissing…"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you get access to the complete 280 archive, every episode a week early, and other fun stuff! https://patreon.com/372pages Join us once again in Batshitcrazytown, USA, aka Idaville, where Encyclopedia Brown is attempting to solve a case that initially appears to be an attempted murder, but fortunately only ends up … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-well-never-get-back-7-the-case-of-cupids-arrow" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries We’ll Never Get Back #7 – The Case of Cupid’s Arrow"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon, where you get to hear everything before everybody else and get a bunch of stuff we only post there! https://patreon.com/372pages Get the book here (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/4kKujs4 Ah, a fresh author, a fresh book, a new start; meeting new characters, exciting new locat– wait. What? Half the chapters are center … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-184-ugly-love-ep-1-caps-v-points-right-to-his-bullseye" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages Ep 184 – Ugly Love Ep 1 – Cap’s “V” Points Right to His Bullseye"</span></a></p>

Hear the full 280 Mysteries archive on our Patreon: patreon.com/372pages Craig Finn of The Hold Steady joins our little podcast and the results are nothing short of spectacular. His new book and his upcoming tour with Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü are of course discussed (and Mike somehow refrained from telling him the story of … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-35-the-case-of-the-mysterious-thief-with-craig-finn" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries #35 – The Case of the Mysterious Thief – With Craig Finn"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon, where they found out what the book was a week ago! https://patreon.com/372pages It’s been 32 books, but it’s finally time for us to learn what the most popular author on the planet, Colleen Hoover is all about. This book is “Ugly Love” which has about as many reviews on Goodreads … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-183-book-33-ugly-love" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages Ep 183 – Book 33: Ugly Love"</span></a></p>

Here’s another diabolic mystery concerning Idaville’s very own cryptid, the legendary SKUNK APE! It also, for the third time since we started doing these, involves a pilfered string instrument.

Want to know what we’re reading next before anybody else? Support the podcast by subscribing on Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages This is our last reading of The Legend of Rah & the Muggles, so obviously, the following things will be resolved, wrapped up, made clear, etc. -The golden key-The box in the cave-Rah and Zyn’s parents-Sir Geoffrey-The … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-182-muggles-3-zyn-you-all-right-man" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages Ep 182 – Muggles #3 – Zyn? You all right, man?"</span></a></p>

In our latest foray into Idaville based petty crime, Mike will not be alone in his attempt to solve a mystery. He’ll also have to compete with legendary ne’er-do-well Bugs Meany, who has started his own detective agency to compete with Bad Bad Leroy. This episode features one of the more legendary solutions we’ve encountered … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-well-never-get-back-5-the-case-of-bugs-meany-detective" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries We’ll Never Get Back #5 – The Case of Bugs Meany, Detective"</span></a></p>

Let’s start by confessing that, yes; The Legend of Rah & the Muggles is obviously a children’s book. I mean, the nuclear holocaust on page one. The small, deformed, hairless creatures getting dragged away by terrifying rodents. Giant horse ants. Fruit worms. This is kid stuff. Still! That does not deter Mike nor Conor from … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-181-muggles-2-look-dr-dibbs-is-obviously-not-a-real-doctor" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages Ep 181 – Muggles #2 – Look, Dr. Dibbs is Obviously Not a Real Doctor…"</span></a></p>

Witness Intimidation is all the rage in Idaville, as Mike tries to solve the most insanely diabolical “mystery” the boy detective and your hosts have encountered so far. Sobol, you monster! Support the podcast on Patreon and get access to over 30 more 280 Mysteries! Plus get access to all 372 Episodes a week early … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-well-never-get-back-4-the-case-of-the-frightened-witness" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries We’ll Never Get Back #4 – The Case of the Frightened Witness"</span></a></p>

Support the podcast on Patreon where you get every episode a week early plus other assorted nonsense like Mike trying to recap Star Wars and our other podcast 280 Mysteries We’ll Never Get Back! https://patreon.com/372pages Get the book here: Strange, hairless beings. Weird animals. Aquatic creatures. Caretakers caked with their own filth. And these are … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/372-pages-ep-180-the-legend-of-rah-and-the-muggles-1-death-war-destruc-oh-hello-walter" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "372 Pages Ep 180 – The Legend of Rah and the Muggles #1 – Death. War. Destruc — oh, hello, Walter!!"</span></a></p>

WOW! Mentions of Garrett P. Serviss, the phrase “a lick and a promise”, balloon clowns, kidnapping and Reverends. Also, find out if Mike improves on his .500 record of solving E. Brown mysteries. If you like 280 Mysteries, please support the 372 Pages Patreon, where you can get immediate access to the whole back catalogue … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://372pages.com/280-mysteries-well-never-get-back-3-the-case-of-the-balloon-man" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "280 Mysteries We’ll Never Get Back #3 – The Case of the Balloon Man"</span></a></p>