Phoebe Reads a Mystery is a podcast created by Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer, producers of Criminal and This is Love. The podcast began airing in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge opens the first episode by saying, “One thing that’s been making me feel a little more at ease has been reading fiction." Initially billed as "Phoebe reads a chapter a day from a mystery novel," Judge has also read classics that are not mysteries, such as Little Women.
Critical reception
Phoebe Reads a Mystery was included on Elle and Oprah Daily lists of the best podcasts of 2020, as well as on The Gentleman’s Journal’s list of the best podcasts to listen to during lockdown. The podcast has also been recommended on several lists of shows to fall asleep to, including The New York Times’ “6 Podcasts That Will Read You a Bedtime Story.”
Episodes Title Author Date of first episode Number of episodes The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie 2020-03-21 13 The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle 2020-04-05 15 The Moonstone Wilkie Collins 2020-04-02 41 The Murder on the Links Agatha Christie 2020-06-01 22 The Leavenworth Case Anna Katharine Green 2020-06-23 32 Dracula Bram Stoker 2020-08-01 27 Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 2020-09-02 45 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 2020-10-19 19 The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie 2020-11-09 25 The Turn of the Screw Henry James 2020-12-07 16 Twas the Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore 2020-12-24 1 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne 2021-01-08 31 The Trail of the Serpent Mary Elizabeth Braddon 2021-02-14 34 Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 2021-03-23 33 The Woman in White Wilkie Collins 2021-04-28 62 Frankenstein Mary Shelley 2021-07-05 26 Something New P. G. Wodehouse 2021-08-06 14 Arsène Lupin Maurice Leblanc 2021-09-13 23 The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice Wilkie Collins 2021-10-11 20 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 2021-11-06 25 Little Women Louisa May Alcott 2021-12-05 52 The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton 2022-01-28 34 Moby Dick Herman Melville 2022-03-07 68 The Valley of Fear Arthur Conan Doyle 2022-05-23 20 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 2023-10-16 7 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 2023-07-31 20 Lady Molly of Scotland Yard Baroness Orczy 2024-10-28 12 The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Andersen 2025-06-18 1 The Story of the Three Little Pigs 2025-06-18 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter 2025-06-18 1 Winnie-the-Pooh A.A. Milne 2025-07-07 10 Jack and The Beanstalk 2025-09-18 1Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen2025-11-1218 References