Violet's Shadow: A MURDER MYSTERY

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ASTRA AWARDS Best Scripted Podcast 2025 Nominee. Featured by Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Pocketcasts. AESTHETICA Film Festival Official Selection 2025.

SYNOPSIS:

Season 2: (coming soon) A group of college friends debates hypothetical motives for murder during a game of truth or dare in an opulent gilded age estate. A week later, one of them is killed, and another goes to jail for the crime. When the remaining friends return to the estate for a wedding 8 years later, their unresolved pasts and secrets unravel. Everyone’s a suspect in this 10 episode Agatha Christie style mystery.

Season 1: (out now) Eight digital nomads arrive at a Victorian-Era mansion on an island off the coast of Ireland. When one of them is killed, it looks like a bitter love triangle could be the motive.

You can find out more at gretacraig.com or follow me on Instagram @greta_media.

CREDITS (Season 1):

WRITTEN, DIRECTED, PRODUCED and NARRATED by Greta Craig (Confessions of a New Grad).

STARRING: Nic Westaway, Katya Khozroshyna, Greta Craig, Mitchell Sviatko, Noelle Pion, Sean Finnerty, Forrest Anthony, Eoin Ward, Anatolii Fau, Amy Walsh, Casey James, Andy Magee, Julia Chien

SOUNDTRACK: Featuring music by Dexter Britain, Jonny Southard, Kisnou, Featherland, CJ-0, Alesever Lake, and RORE. Please see episode notes for track lists. *Licensed by Musicbed and Soundstripe.

MIXING and MASTERING by Kaj Falch-Nielson

ARTWORK by Zavodina Polina Markovna

SCRIPT EDITOR: Justine Wentzell-Chang

SOUND DESIGN by Greta Craig

RECORDED at Blue Light Studio

*Special thanks to the CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS for funding the production of Season 1*

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Recent Episodes

AUG 7, 2025

CASTING CALL for New Mystery + New Fantasy Series + S2 Synopsis

Please go to gretacraig.com/apply to view the casting calls.

MUSIC: "Vineyards" by Jonny Southard (rights obtained via Musicbed)

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1 MIN

MAY 27, 2025

Season 2 Update

You can follow me on Instagram @greta_media or listen to my other series, Confessions of a New Grad, while you wait... My website is gretacraig.com. Hope you enjoyed Season 1 and and thanks again for all your support!

Music: "The Diary" by CJ-O. Rights obtained via Soundstripe.

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2 MIN

MAY 26, 2025

SUSPECT: The Detective (BTS with Eoin Ward)

*SPOILERS* Don't listen till you've finished Ep 9. Here's my interview with Eoin Ward, who plays The Detective. Here's Eoin's Backstage and Instagram. I'm currently writing a NEW MYSTERY FOR SEASON 2! If you're looking for more fiction to binge in the meantime, check out my other series, Confessions of a New Grad (which is a prequel to this one!). You can also follow me on Instagram @greta_media.

Music in the clip is "The Diary" by CJ-O. Rights for this and the sound effects obtained via soundstripe.

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78 MIN

MAY 19, 2025

SUSPECT: Gary (BTS with Andy Magee)

**SPOILERS** Don't listen until you've finished Ep 9. Here's my interview with Andy Magee, who plays Gary and the Docent. Enjoy! Here's Andy's Website and Instagram. I'm currently writing a NEW MYSTERY FOR SEASON 2! If you're looking for more fiction to binge in the meantime, check out my other series, Confessions of a New Grad (which is a prequel to this one!). You can also follow me on Instagram @greta_media.

The other show Andy mentioned is The Nameless Chronicles. Andy and and Forrest (who plays Bart in our show) are the episodes called "Burning Honor" & "Astute In Ones Studies".

Music used in the clip is "Farewell" by Dexter Britain. Rights for use purchased through Musicbed. Sound effects licensed through Soundstripe.

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76 MIN

MAY 12, 2025

SUSPECT: Grace (BTS with Casey James)

**SPOILERS** DON'T LISTEN UNTIL YOU'VE finished the end of Ep 9!!!!! Here's my interview with Casey! You can follow her on Instagram @caseyjamesvoice or @redraventalent. I'm currently writing a NEW MYSTERY FOR SEASON 2! If you're looking for more fiction to binge in the meantime, check out my other series, Confessions of a New Grad (which is a prequel to this one!). You can also follow me on Instagram @greta_media.

MUSIC in the clip is "Vineywards" by Jonny Southard (rights obtained via Musicbed). Sound effects used are from Soundstripe.

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101 MIN