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And now, our Showcase presents The Crasher another chilling tale of suspense from a world just beyond the borders of our own. A young writer looking for a fresh start and a clean slate finds himself in the quiet town of Halfway. The perfect place to finish his novel and get his career back on track. But sometimes life has other plans for us. Another masterful script by Magic of the Movies author Tim Prasil

This week, the Summer Showcase is proud to present The Magic of the Movies by Tim Prasil. A tale of suspense told late at night around a Hollywood bar... A tale of fame and fortune lost, and a terrible secret found. The sad ramblings of a forgotten man? You be the judge...

A symposium in the city has the world's greatest scientific minds together under one roof. A fine opportunity to advance mankind's knowledge - and perhaps a target too tempting to resist! But with that masked mystery man The Red Panda, the fearless fighting female The Flying Squirrel and their army of agents on the case, the conference is safe from any threat in the world. But what about... The World Next Door?

When you put on a mask and fight for what's right, secrets are your stock and trade. They protect you, and those around you, from those that would seek to end your quest for justice. But when those secrets are compromised, the shield can become a sword in the hands of a vengeful enemy. What will happen when that moment comes for our heroes? When the mask slips, just a little? And what fury will come crashing through The Hidden Door?

Dark forces are gathering. Powers that have long slept are stirring once more; a coming storm of otherworldly evil. So our heroes have been warned. But can any warning prepare The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel for the unknowable? Or will the Terrific Twosome of Toronto fall before The Black Hand?

An incognito visit to a traveling circus? Well, even masked heroes get the occasional evening off... or do they? When members of a high-flying family of acrobats find themselves accused of a crime, The Red Panda has even more reason than normal to clear their names and see justice served. After all, even masked heroes take a girl home to meet Mama once in a while... don't they?

Sometimes crime is so easy to spot. The thug in the alleyway, the mugger on the street... And other times the strangest little things can turn out to be the most sinister. Say... five hundred pounds of bananas that vanish into thin air. Or a load of plastic coconuts. Crimes on a theme? A new menace taking shape? Or is it a simple case of... Monkeyshines?

In hard times, people stick together. They help one another as best they can with the little they have. And always they cling to the one thing that keeps them going: Hope. But there are monsters in the darkness. Men made beasts who use that hope as a lure to prey upon those who have little else left. When creatures such as this begin to ply their vile trade in Toronto, they will pay a price for their treachery. For in this city, Justice is served freely, and by the Red-Gauntleted fistful!

Friends can sometimes be a pain in the you-know-where, but you'd sure be sunk without 'em. When Freddie the Finger has a deal turn south on him, it's only natural that he turn to his ol' pal Jackie. But with the Girl Detective still miffed over an unpaid bill, things get a little complicated. To say nothing of the corpse, or the strong possibility of more just like it. Yes sir, friends can be real Mixed Blessings at times...

Jack and Trixie's new client is a truly impressive side of beef, if the girl detective does say so herself. A prizefighter on his way to the top, until some shady types decide it might be best if he were to lose his next match... or else. Now its up to our heroes to find out who's in back of the scheme and if this is a fight they can win... or will they all get their tickets punched for the Palookaville Express?

To say that Jack and Trixie were surprised to get a call from Braithwaites, the biggest spit-and-polish detective agency in town, was putting it mildly. But to be invited to dine with the Gentleman Detective himself at his Club? That's just downright shocking - or at least very very suspicious. But if Big Larry Braithwaite thinks he can con Jack Justice into taking a train wreck of a case off his hands by stuffing our hero so full of prime rib that he can't see straight... well... yeah, that'll probably work.

They say that every dog will have his day, and that might be true - but there are always consequences to be faced afterwards. Jack and Trixie could swear to that; after seventeen consecutive divorce cases they're starting to go a little squirrely. What they really need is an honest to goodness puzzle to walk through the door. A little murder, a little mayhem... maybe a nice kidnapping just to break up the monotony. Be careful what you wish for...

Jack's been slumming it in sunny Florida, enjoying the fresh air and sunshine all in the name of thirty-five dollars a day (plus expenses). Trixie's been in their palatial offices, enjoying the No Jack. Five days later they're flush, reunited and on a divorce case... all's right with the world, right? Wrong. If everything's sunny, who's the crazy on the rooftop with the high-powered rifle, and why is he gunning for our gumshoes? Looks like they'll have to find out in a hurry... or they and the client Jack was standing in for are all about to learn... The Trouble With Doubles!

Is Jack and Trixie's new client dragon lady or ingenue? In either case, can they get their paws on a ten thousand dollar marker held by a shady underworld type before her wedding march turns funeral dirge? If so, can they do it without strangling each other? And just for an extra kick, can they pull all of this off while paying loving tribute to one of the greatest detective shows in old-time radio?!? Find out as they crack the case of The Purloined Format Caper!

Because you asked for it! And we thought it sounded like fun! You've followed their thrilling exploits for a season and a half of Red Panda Adventures. You've been very good. You've earned a little backstory. This week we flash back to some of the earliest days of a certain wealthy young gad-about's exploits as a masked man of mystery and show you The Very First Meeting between The Red Panda and Kit Baxter, who later became the fearless flying female known as The Flying Squirrel!

Dark forces are gathering on the horizon. Powers that have long slept and now awaken to a new world, ripe for the plucking. Ancient secrets are whispered that, were they spoken aloud, would threaten all that lives... Kind of a tall order for a masked mystery man and his trusty sidekick. But when a friend's life is at stake, The Red Panda must turn to a mysterious figure from his past to help him seal... Merlin's Tomb!

Cynthia Muldoon, daughter of one of the city's finest families, has disappeared. Has she been kidnapped, as her family fears? Or run off with some young man, as the police suspect? And what, if anything, does any of this have to do with a chocolate shop that Kit Baxter seems preoccupied with? If the Red Panda is to find the answers, first he'll need to pull The Sweet Tooth

In the margins of every adventure story there are stories untold and heroes unsung. This episode we step into the spaces between the comic-book panels for a very special story. If you've ever wondered about The Red Panda's oft-mentioned, never-seen "agents"... or if you've ever simply stared out over the rooftops of your city and dreamed of being a hero; you won't want to miss a moment of When Darkness Falls!

What could be finer than a peaceful Sunday morning? Just about anything if your name happens to be Kit Baxter and your hobbies include fighting injustice, protecting the innocent and gliding over the city as The Flying Squirrel. But getting the city's mighty champion out of the garden and away from the newspaper is another matter entirely. If there's to be any excitement, The Red Panda will have to find it in The Sunday Supplement!

A mysterious stranger dies in the street in front of the fashionable Club Macaw. Were his claims of membership simply the sad ravings of yet another victim of hard times, or is there something far more sinister at work? Could he truly have been the son a wealthy house, long thought dead? Can even The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel succeed in a struggle with The Hand of Fate?

Our DVD-Extras/special features episode, celebrating our first full season of all-new audio adventure and mystery! If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the Decoder Ring Mansion, how these shows are made or just what everybody's "real" voice sounds like, then this is the one for you! Interviews with our cast, outtakes, rare tracks, a deleted scene, answers to your Frequently Asked Questions and more. And it's entirely possible that there's a fabulous prize to be won in our first-ever Decoder Ring Theatre Triva Challenge! Enjoy!

Every man has his ghosts. Old square-jaw didn't figure he had any right to expect to be the exception. But sometimes the past takes on flesh and looks you in the eye... and things can never be quite the same afterwards. When that moment comes for Jack and Trixie, will it bring down the whole house of cards, coffee and gaudy metaphors; or will it re-introduce those most contradictory concepts - Justice and the Happy Ending?

They say all's fair in love and war, and Jack and Trixie are about to put that to the test. When Jack finds a drowned rat of a piano player who's both struck by love and several dozen gangsters, love and war don't seem like such different concepts anymore. It's a mad charge into the lion's den, all in the name of romance. Even the hard-boiled have their soft spots.

Jack may not know much about art, but he knows what he likes... and what he doesn't. He doesn't much like Nick Franklin's looks, or his self-satisfied grin or his manicured fingernails. What he does like is a client that can afford a fat insurance policy and a couple of gumshoes to go with it. But can Jack and Trixie fit in with the arty set enough to protect Franklin's latest "discovery"? Where will they stand when the Hammer of Justice falls?

It was the end of an uncharacteristic flurry of activity at the mighty world headquarters of Jack Justice Investigations. Trixie was crossing the final i's and dotting the final t's when she looked up and realized Jack was nowhere to be found. And he'd taken their old snitch Freddie the Finger Hawthorne with him into the ether. Sometimes a gal's just got to look a gift horse in the mouth , and if she ever wants to see ol' square jaw sashay in the front door again, this is one of those times. But can she and her "new partner" keep away from each other's throats long enough to turn up her old one, or is this the beginning of life with No Justice?

It was the third straight day of rain that did it. People had been cooped up for days, riding out the storm, and Black Jack is sure that a flurry of human misery, or as he likes to call it - rent money is on its way. But when he turns out to be more right than either he or Trixie could have guessed, they find themselves on an island in the middle of the city, with the water rising fast. An island of the "gaudy, hard-boiled metaphor" variety, admittedly; but sometimes that's the way it goes.

Mordecai Brasseau had been nothing but bad luck for Jack Justice Investigations since the first time he walked through the door. A nice man, but a jinx - quite possibly the unluckiest man in the world. Each time Jack and Trixie took on a case for him, they swore it would be the last. Sooner or later they had to be right... and the registered letter inviting them to the reading of Mordecai's will suggested that time had finally come.... Or, maybe not.

What does one do when one has seen it all? Done it all? Been to every corner of the former Empire and hunted every quarry known to man? Where does the mighty hunter turn for a challenge? Col. Barker Whistance-Smith, late of his Majesty's service, turns to the wilds of the urban jungle, and his quarry is the new breed of Mystery Man. But when he sets his sights upon The Red Panda, will he learn the folly of hunting The Deadliest Game?

"Simon Radford released this morning. Apparently cured. Thought you should know." So reads the terse note from The Red Panda's agent. But can a maniac like Radford, who once terrorized the city as the villainous Electric Eel ever be truly reformed? And if so, who is behind the reign of terror that sweeps across the city? Can our heroes crack this case while struggling with their own... Duality?

A cargo ship, hopelessly lost in the fog... from out of the darkness comes an eerie glow, bringing with it an impossible spectre from the past - and disaster! Again and again the terrifying scene is played out, until the city can bear the attacks no more. Our heroes take to the water to bring this menace to an end - but can even The Red Panda solve the mystery of The Ghost Ship?

An ancient killer stalks the city through shadows and fog. Each night brings new terrors, new victims. With each new dawn there are more questions, more outrage... and the lingering dread of the darkness to come. Who dares to hunt the hunter? To bring the light of justice to a metropolis under siege? The city cries out for its champions; but can even the Terrific Twosome of Toronto, The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel, withstand the fury of... The Shadow Hunter?

Beaton Hall, an idyllic resort not far from the city, an oasis from the cares of the world... or a spider's web of danger and death! When the guests of Beaton Hall begin to meet with a series of unfortunate accidents, the press decides the old family manor must be cursed. The City's Greatest Champion suspects murder rather than misfortune. Can The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel defeat this deadly game, or will they become the final victims of The Curse of Beaton Hall?

Someone is on a spree of high-profile robberies throughout the city. Someone wearing a very familiar bright red mask! Can it be true? Has the city's champion turned traitor to the cause of law and order? Can even Kit Baxter, The Flying Squirrel save her friend and mentor once the call has gone out - Red Panda: Dead Or Alive!

It wasn't much of a holiday by most people's standards... just a turn around the park in the sunshine... but boy oh boy, how the work piles up at Jack Justice Investigations. Piles up right in the middle of the floor in a still-fresh pool of blood. Now all Jack and Trixie have to do with the rest of the day is figure out who the triggerman was and why the corpse had a thousand dollars in an envelope with their names on it. And if they can manage it, solving the case before the law puts them away for it wouldn't be a bad idea either.

If it sounds too good to be true, it's all in a day's work at Jack Justice Investigations. When one of the city's most high-powered lawyers wants to buy the agency, Lock Stock and Barrel, Jack and Trixie have just twenty-four hours to figure out what the catch is and torpedo the best offer they've ever had!

When Jack and Trixie are hired to solve a seven year old murder, they figure it's a fool's errand. But if this case is so cold, why all the heat from upstairs to lay off? Will they finally run into that brick wall that has their names on it... or will they deliver Justice Delayed?

Sometimes the answer's right in front of your eyes. Sometimes you're so busy with what you think you saw, you can't be bothered to stop and look again. When Jack and Trixie pay the bills with a little "Peeping Tom" routine, they don't expect the commandments being broken to include the biggest "Thou Shalt Not" of 'em all. But then again, sometimes Justice Is Blind!

When Jack and Trixie are hired to protect a society dame's diamonds at a charity ball, it looks like they've finally caught that elusive nice, simple case. But when the guest list includes not one, not two but three notorious thieves, things get complicated in a heckuva hurry. Times like that a guy's lucky to manage Justice For Some!

Decoder Ring Theatre is proud to present the first episode of hardboiled pulp detective action with Black Jack Justice! This week, Jack and his partner Trixie Dixon, girl detective learn lost love letters and a mysterious client add up to more than meets the eye. It's up to them to dish out Justice Served Cold

Will Holland was sentenced to die for his crimes. That should have been the end of the story... but one year later, the jurors that condemned him are sharing his fate one by one. With the aid of a new ally, The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel must learn how Death Danced At Midnight!

Someone's been collecting old debts... and leaving a trail of corpses in his wake. But the city's most feared gang leader isn't going gentle into that good night - and he's found himself an unlikely ally. But will The Red Panda learn that not even he can stop payment of The Devil's Due?

A ruthless protection syndicate is shaking down the citizens and shopkeepers of the city. But when our heroes move to intervene, they learn there may be more to this racket than meets the eye. Can even The Red Panda escape the clutches of The Golden Claw?

They say the hand is quicker than the eye... but when a baffling jewel robbery proves that someone's hands are quicker than a hundred eyes, the Red Panda is on the case! And when the culprit adds murder to their crimes, the hunt is on in earnest... and it's Rabbit Season!

What do superheroes do when they dont have a case? Why they go out looking for trouble of course! They'll find more than they bargained for when The Red Pandas new sidekick Kit Baxter, The Flying Squirrel joins her partner on her very first Night Patrol!

This week: A stolen sapphire, a mysterious murder and purloined plans add up to Amazing Adventure as The Red Panda and his trusty sidekick Kit Baxter, The Flying Squirrel race against time to decipher The Riddle Of The Sphinx!

Five (or maybe six) years before the current Decoder Ring Theatre podcast shows began, we recorded these very different style "Red Panda" shows as a pilot project for traditional radio broadcast. They were the genesis for what we're doing now, but they are almost completely different from the "re-booted" universe of The Red Panda AdventuresWhen we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 6

Five (or maybe six) years before the current Decoder Ring Theatre podcast shows began, we recorded these very different style "Red Panda" shows as a pilot project for traditional radio broadcast. They were the genesis for what we're doing now, but they are almost completely different from the "re-booted" universe of The Red Panda AdventuresWhen we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 5

Five (or maybe six) years before the current Decoder Ring Theatre podcast shows began, we recorded these very different style "Red Panda" shows as a pilot project for traditional radio broadcast. They were the genesis for what we're doing now, but they are almost completely different from the "re-booted" universe of The Red Panda AdventuresWhen we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 4

Five (or maybe six) years before the current Decoder Ring Theatre podcast shows began, we recorded these very different style "Red Panda" shows as a pilot project for traditional radio broadcast. They were the genesis for what we're doing now, but they are almost completely different from the "re-booted" universe of The Red Panda AdventuresWhen we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 3

Five (or maybe six) years before the current Decoder Ring Theatre podcast shows began, we recorded these very different style "Red Panda" shows as a pilot project for traditional radio broadcast. They were the genesis for what we're doing now, but they are almost completely different from the "re-booted" universe of The Red Panda AdventuresWhen we started running these podcasts, I broke the ice with these shows as our first six podcast episodes. With more people discovering our shows every day... well, these ones are getting harder and harder to explain... especially to people who never visit this page directly.So to end the confusion once and for all, a full year and thousands of downloads later, I'm taking these off the feed. But you can still get them if you want them. Just direct download from the link in each post (PC users, you'll want to right-click and choose "save target as..."). Here's the link: "Original" Red Panda ep. 2