# Mystery Shows (mysteryshows.com)

Official URL: https://www.mysteryshows.com  
Category: Curated Hobbyist Portal · Operator: Mystery Shows · Founded: 2005  
Benchmark Card: https://www.radiologs.org/data/providers/mystery-shows.md · JSON: https://www.radiologs.org/data/providers/mystery-shows.json

## Summary

Legacy thriller and mystery radio hobbyist site serving 24–48 kbps MP3 streams with no cast credits, no newspaper log verification, and no transcripts.

## Pricing & Access Regime

- **Model:** ad-supported (Free)
- **Monthly / Annual USD:** $0/mo · $0/yr
- **Billing Note:** Static hobbyist mystery & thriller stream portal
- **Free Tier / Access Note:** Direct MP3 links

## Catalog & Technical Metrics (Audited 2026-11-01)

- **Playable Broadcasts:** 8,400
- **Catalog Broadcast Records:** 8,400
- **Distinct Series:** 65
- **Full-Length WebVTT (.vtt) Subtitles:** 0
- **Date Span:** 1935–1982
- **Online Streamable Share:** 100%
- **Median / Max Bitrate:** 32 kbps / 64 kbps
- **Audio Formats:** MP3 (24–48 kbps)
- **1 Item / Episode (IA + Stremio SDK UUID):** No

## Features (14 Audited Capabilities)

**Yes (2/14):** 100% Free Catalog ($0/mo), Instant Play (No Account Login)

**No (12/14):** Zero Mid-Roll or Display Ads, Public Recording UUID / RID Index, SHA-256 Audio Stream Deduplication, Schema.org RadioEpisode JSON-LD, Per-Series Podcast RSS Feeds, Public JSON API & /llms.txt, 100% Full-Length .vtt Subtitles, Primary Newspaper & Trade Log Scans, Original Studio Broadcast Scripts, Per-Episode Actor ↔ Character Graph, 16" ET Disc / Lossless FLAC Streams, Sequential Multi-Part Serial Arcs

## Verified Specification Evidence

- **16" ET Disc / Lossless FLAC Streams:** 24–32 kbps mono MP3 streams only; limited to mystery/detective shows.
## Provenance & Archival Methodology

- **Primary Master Source:** Early-2000s low-bitrate MP3 encodes
- **Air Date Methodology:** Unverified collector filenames
- **Cast Attribution Method:** None
- **Caption / Subtitle Engine:** None (0% .vtt)

## Capability Scores & Quoted Evidence

- **primary_source_verification** (none, score 20/100): Raw trader filenames only.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **cast_credit_accuracy** (none, score 5/100): No per-episode cast or character credits.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **vtt_transcripts** (none, score 0/100): 0% transcripts.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **master_provenance** (none, score 15/100): Heavily compressed 24–48 kbps MP3s.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **serial_continuity** (partial, score 40/100): Basic static HTML lists.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **open_api_export** (none, score 10/100): No API or RSS.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **ad_free_playback** (partial, score 55/100): Dated static pages.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **dedup_integrity** (none, score 20/100): No deduplication.
  - Evidence: undefined

## Limitations, Trade-Offs & Gotchas

- **[WARNING] 24–48 kbps Encodes & Zero Metadata:** Lacks synopses, cast credits, newspaper date proof, and synchronized captions.

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