{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Midnight Mystery Archive","title":"Echo 1953: The Real Cold Case Behind My First Novel — and Why I Wrote It","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fe604755\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":922,"description":"In 1953, 14-year-old Evelyn Hartley vanished from La Crosse, Wisconsin and was never found. This podcast covered her case early on and it became the seed for my first novel, Echo 1953 (Book One of The Hollis Files Mystery Series), out July 27, 2026.\n\nThis episode is the story behind the book: the real case that inspired it, the husband-and-wife investigators at its center, and months spent writing a novel and producing the Amy Bradley series side by side.\n\nARC reader spots open — email midnightmysteryarchive@gmail.com.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JhFVuE-xAb0ydWIP0tTwyNSjGGXUQr64w-4hdQP9SN0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MzEz/MzBkYjc5OGViYTdk/ZjhjMTZmZDJhMDc1/OGU3NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}