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DS Billings Mysteries

DS Billings Mysteries

Olivier Bosman

Detective Sergeant John Billings has risen swiftly through the ranks to become one of Scotland Yard's youngest detectives, but in his private life he struggles with the demons of loneliness and morphine addiction. In these full length mysteries he will lead you on a thrilling journey into the darkest recesses of Victorian society.

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DS Billings Mysteries - Something Sinister 7

Something Sinister 7

DS Billings Mysteries

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11/30/24 • 24 min

On the 21st of November 1890, Julius Dunne-Smythe – a wealthy coffee manufacturer – his wife, his sister in law and his butler creep quietly out of their home in the middle of the night, sneak into a carriage and drive off, never to be seen again.


When a few weeks later Dunne-Smythe’s business partner discovers some discrepancies in the company’s book keeping, Dunne-Smythe is suspected of embezzling the company and running away. The case is swiftly handed over to Detective Sergeant John Billings of Scotland Yard.


As Billings delves deeper into the case, he finds that all the clues to the mysterious disappearance lead back to one man; the enigmatic German butler who had recently been employed by Dunne-Smythe. The butler appears to have had a disproportionate amount of influence on the family. After looking into the butler’s past, Billings discovers a dark and disturbing secret which may well put the lives of Dunne-Smythe and his relatives in danger. What initially seemed like a simple case of theft, now looks like something far more sinister.


CAST


Billings - David Ault

Clarkson - Bob Lawrence

Flynt - Ivan Wilkinson

Miss Carew - Sally Swift

Madam Bovlatska - Frances Broudie - Oldridge

Willy Guntz - Aubrey Parsons

Mrs Dunne-Smythe - Sarah Bowers

Mr Dunne-Smythe - Karim Kronfli

Mrs Appleby - Tanya Rich


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DS Billings Mysteries - Something Sinister 5

Something Sinister 5

DS Billings Mysteries

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11/16/24 • 41 min

On the 21st of November 1890, Julius Dunne-Smythe – a wealthy coffee manufacturer – his wife, his sister in law and his butler creep quietly out of their home in the middle of the night, sneak into a carriage and drive off, never to be seen again.


When a few weeks later Dunne-Smythe’s business partner discovers some discrepancies in the company’s book keeping, Dunne-Smythe is suspected of embezzling the company and running away. The case is swiftly handed over to Detective Sergeant John Billings of Scotland Yard.


As Billings delves deeper into the case, he finds that all the clues to the mysterious disappearance lead back to one man; the enigmatic German butler who had recently been employed by Dunne-Smythe. The butler appears to have had a disproportionate amount of influence on the family. After looking into the butler’s past, Billings discovers a dark and disturbing secret which may well put the lives of Dunne-Smythe and his relatives in danger. What initially seemed like a simple case of theft, now looks like something far more sinister.


CAST


Billings - David Ault

Clarkson - Bob Lawrence

Flynt - Ivan Wilkinson

Eugene - Luke Mulloy

Dexter Thornbull - Micahel Everhard

Desk Sergeant - Tim Keogh

Sister Martha - Sarah Bowers

Archibald Drumgoole - Ian Swann

Charles Drumgoole - Tim Keogh

Alice - Nicky Patrick

Mrs Plymdale - Flloyd Kennedy

Mrs Appleby - Tanya Rich


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DS Billings Mysteries - Death Takes a Lover 7

Death Takes a Lover 7

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09/10/24 • 21 min

***Warning: contains scenes which some listeners might find upsetting***


The year is 1888


Detective Sergeant John Billings has been sent to a remote house in the Yorkshire Moors to investigate the suspicious death of Roger Thornton, a young man who seemed to have everything to live for.


He gets a frosty reception from the lady of the house and her rag-tag collection of domestic staff who try to put him off the scent, but as Billings delves deeper into their lives, he uncovers hidden passions, bitter rivalries and a truth so dark and sinister, it will shock you to the core.


Fusing Gothic romanticism and fin-de-siecle melodrama, 'Death Takes A Lover' is a chilling entry into a world which some may not want to enter, but if you do, don't say you haven't been warned...


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DS Billings Mysteries - Something Sinister 4

Something Sinister 4

DS Billings Mysteries

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11/09/24 • 32 min

On the 21st of November 1890, Julius Dunne-Smythe – a wealthy coffee manufacturer – his wife, his sister in law and his butler creep quietly out of their home in the middle of the night, sneak into a carriage and drive off, never to be seen again.


When a few weeks later Dunne-Smythe’s business partner discovers some discrepancies in the company’s book keeping, Dunne-Smythe is suspected of embezzling the company and running away. The case is swiftly handed over to Detective Sergeant John Billings of Scotland Yard.


As Billings delves deeper into the case, he finds that all the clues to the mysterious disappearance lead back to one man; the enigmatic German butler who had recently been employed by Dunne-Smythe. The butler appears to have had a disproportionate amount of influence on the family. After looking into the butler’s past, Billings discovers a dark and disturbing secret which may well put the lives of Dunne-Smythe and his relatives in danger. What initially seemed like a simple case of theft, now looks like something far more sinister.


CAST


Mrs Appleby - Tanya Rich

Billings - David Ault

Clarkson - Bob Lawrence

Dexter Thorbull - Michael Everhard

Jean-Luc De Brusselaere - Stefan Sattler

Clarence McAllister - Cody Sloan


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DS Billings Mysteries - Something Sinister 6

Something Sinister 6

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11/23/24 • 34 min

On the 21st of November 1890, Julius Dunne-Smythe – a wealthy coffee manufacturer – his wife, his sister in law and his butler creep quietly out of their home in the middle of the night, sneak into a carriage and drive off, never to be seen again.


When a few weeks later Dunne-Smythe’s business partner discovers some discrepancies in the company’s book keeping, Dunne-Smythe is suspected of embezzling the company and running away. The case is swiftly handed over to Detective Sergeant John Billings of Scotland Yard.


As Billings delves deeper into the case, he finds that all the clues to the mysterious disappearance lead back to one man; the enigmatic German butler who had recently been employed by Dunne-Smythe. The butler appears to have had a disproportionate amount of influence on the family. After looking into the butler’s past, Billings discovers a dark and disturbing secret which may well put the lives of Dunne-Smythe and his relatives in danger. What initially seemed like a simple case of theft, now looks like something far more sinister.


CAST


Flynt - Ivan Wilkinson

Billings - David Ault

Clarkson - Bob Lawrence

Rhineland Police - Stefan Sattler

Ferdinand Guntermann - Ian Swann

Margarethe Obert -Sharon Grunwald

Dexter Thornbull - Michael Everhard

Nicky the Model - Cody Sloan

Mrs Appleby - Tanya Rich

Allardyce - Ian Swann

PC Philips - Tim Keogh


Madam Bovlatska - Frances Broudie-Oldridge

Jeremiah Rook - Luke Mulloy

McMurphy - Karim Kronfli


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DS Billings Mysteries - Death Takes a Lover 2

Death Takes a Lover 2

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09/10/24 • 11 min

***Warning: contains scenes which some listeners might find upsetting***


The year is 1888


​Detective Sergeant John Billings has been sent to a remote house in the Yorkshire Moors to investigate the suspicious death of Roger Thornton, a young man who seemed to have everything to live for.


He gets a frosty reception from the lady of the house and her rag-tag collection of domestic staff who try to put him off the scent, but as Billings delves deeper into their lives, he uncovers hidden passions, bitter rivalries and a truth so dark and sinister, it will shock you to the core.


Fusing Gothic romanticism and fin-de-siecle melodrama, 'Death Takes A Lover' is a chilling entry into a world which some may not want to enter, but if you do, don't say you haven't been warned...


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DS Billings Mysteries - Death Takes a Lover 6

Death Takes a Lover 6

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09/10/24 • 11 min

***Warning: contains scenes which some listeners might find upsetting***


The year is 1888


Detective Sergeant John Billings has been sent to a remote house in the Yorkshire Moors to investigate the suspicious death of Roger Thornton, a young man who seemed to have everything to live for.


He gets a frosty reception from the lady of the house and her rag-tag collection of domestic staff who try to put him off the scent, but as Billings delves deeper into their lives, he uncovers hidden passions, bitter rivalries and a truth so dark and sinister, it will shock you to the core.


Fusing Gothic romanticism and fin-de-siecle melodrama, 'Death Takes A Lover' is a chilling entry into a world which some may not want to enter, but if you do, don't say you haven't been warned...


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DS Billings Mysteries - Death Takes a Lover 5

Death Takes a Lover 5

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09/10/24 • 16 min

***Warning: contains scenes which some listeners might find upsetting***


The year is 1888


Detective Sergeant John Billings has been sent to a remote house in the Yorkshire Moors to investigate the suspicious death of Roger Thornton, a young man who seemed to have everything to live for.


He gets a frosty reception from the lady of the house and her rag-tag collection of domestic staff who try to put him off the scent, but as Billings delves deeper into their lives, he uncovers hidden passions, bitter rivalries and a truth so dark and sinister, it will shock you to the core.


Fusing Gothic romanticism and fin-de-siecle melodrama, 'Death Takes A Lover' is a chilling entry into a world which some may not want to enter, but if you do, don't say you haven't been warned...


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DS Billings Mysteries - The Ornamental Hermit 9

The Ornamental Hermit 9

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09/16/24 • 35 min

The year is 1890. Detective Sergeant John Billings is an honest and hard working man who has risen swiftly through the ranks to become one of Scotland Yard's youngest detectives. But in his private life he struggles with the demons of loneliness and morphine addiction.


While Scotland Yard is in the midst of foiling a Russian counterfeiting operation, Billings is asked to investigate the cold blooded murder of Lord Palmer. The main suspect is a rough looking vagrant called Brendan Lochrane who was employed by Lord Palmer to live as an 'ornamental hermit' in a grotto in his estate. When Billings visits Lochrane in his holding cell, he is moved by the look in the man's eyes. This is not the 'Wild Man' the press have made him out to be. Lochrane is mute, docile and unresponsive. A gut feeling leads Billings to suspect that the man is being framed. But who is framing him? And why?


Billings travels the length and breadth of Britain investigating the case. As he pieces together the fragments of Lochrane's extraordinary life, he slowly finds himself becoming embroiled in a web of corruption and deceit which goes right to the heart of Scotland Yard.


'The Ornamental Hermit' is a thrilling mystery which leads the listener on a colourful journey into Victorian England.


CAST

David Ault as Billings

Shaun Medum as Desk Sergeant/Clerk/Oswald Crooke

Karim Kronfli as McMurphy/Jonas Cranson

Matt Sykes as Sebastian

Mike Young as Barnabas Crooke

Aubrey Parsons as Lord Palmer

Sarah Bowers as the Nurse/Mrs Clarkson/Jimmy

Anthony Hewson as Jacobs

Tanya Rich as Mrs Jacobs/Mrs Appleby

Laura Mirsky as Mrs Forester

Bob Lawrence as Clarkson


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DS Billings Mysteries - Something Sinister 3

Something Sinister 3

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11/03/24 • 19 min

On the 21st of November 1890, Julius Dunne-Smythe – a wealthy coffee manufacturer – his wife, his sister in law and his butler creep quietly out of their home in the middle of the night, sneak into a carriage and drive off, never to be seen again.


When a few weeks later Dunne-Smythe’s business partner discovers some discrepancies in the company’s book keeping, Dunne-Smythe is suspected of embezzling the company and running away. The case is swiftly handed over to Detective Sergeant John Billings of Scotland Yard.


As Billings delves deeper into the case, he finds that all the clues to the mysterious disappearance lead back to one man; the enigmatic German butler who had recently been employed by Dunne-Smythe. The butler appears to have had a disproportionate amount of influence on the family. After looking into the butler’s past, Billings discovers a dark and disturbing secret which may well put the lives of Dunne-Smythe and his relatives in danger. What initially seemed like a simple case of theft, now looks like something far more sinister.


CAST


Clarkson - Bob Lawrence

Billings - David Ault

Flynt - Ivan Wilkinson

Madam Bovlatska - Frances Broudie-Oldridge

Jeremiah Rook - Luke Mulloy

McMurphy - Karim Kronfli


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FAQ

How many episodes does DS Billings Mysteries have?

DS Billings Mysteries currently has 23 episodes available.

What topics does DS Billings Mysteries cover?

The podcast is about Lgbt, Mystery, Fiction, History, Gothic, Podcasts, Gay, Detective, Crime and Noir.

What is the most popular episode on DS Billings Mysteries?

The episode title 'Something Sinister 6' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on DS Billings Mysteries?

The average episode length on DS Billings Mysteries is 27 minutes.

How often are episodes of DS Billings Mysteries released?

Episodes of DS Billings Mysteries are typically released every 23 hours.

When was the first episode of DS Billings Mysteries?

The first episode of DS Billings Mysteries was released on Sep 10, 2024.

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