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The Orchard

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The Orchard

By: Mike Jones, Mike Cowap
Narrated by: Eric Bana, Gary Sweet, Magda Szubanski
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Winner in the Best Podcast Fiction category at the 2022 Banff Rockie Awards.

Please note: contains strong language and adult content.

At the edge of an old orchard, on the grounds of an exclusive private girls’ school, a teenage boy is found dead. Was it murder, suicide, or something else?

Disaffected police detective and struggling single parent, Adam Durwood, is assigned to investigate, but the closer he looks the more the facts don’t add up. At the centre of the mystery are three beguiling and manipulative teenagers who seem to know much more than they should, and are slowly drawing Adam into a web he can’t see....

Blending crime drama and supernatural mystery, The Orchard is a ground-breaking Audible Original series immersing audiences in a haunting tale of memory, myth and unnatural forces.

Written by Mike Jones and Mike Cowap and produced by Princess Pictures.

Performed by Eric Bana, Gary Sweet, Magda Szubanski, Olivia Deeble, Lisa-Marie Shaw and Ashleigh-Rose Nicholson.

©2021 Princess Pictures Digital Pty Ltd (P)2021 Audible Australia Pty Ltd. Crime Thrillers Supernatural Thriller & Suspense
Episodes
  • Ep 1: Memories of Others

    Ep 1: Memories of Others
    Sep 7 2021

    Teenager Thomas Royale meets three girls in an orchard on the grounds of a remote private girls’ school. The next morning his cold, naked body is discovered with head wounds and a broken neck. Detective Adam Durwood is reluctant to take the case having promised to quit the force to repair his fractured relationship with his 12-year-old daughter, Lily.
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    16 mins
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  • Ep 2: Chasing Figments

    Ep 2: Chasing Figments
    Sep 7 2021

    Adam must interview the teenage girls who were rehearsing for the school play, Macbeth, with Thomas before he died but meets resistance from the school principal. The delivery driver who found the corpse is equally reluctant to meet Adam as he struggles to cope with what he saw. Adam’s daughter Lily’s strange behaviour attracts the attention of the school bullies.
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    18 mins
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  • Ep 3: Knots and Feathers and Thorns

    Ep 3: Knots and Feathers and Thorns
    Sep 7 2021

    The school’s superiors continue to frustrate Adam’s attempts to interview the three girls, but he tracks down Eva Tatiana, the girls’ enigmatic and protective teacher, and grills her for some insight into the impregnable dynamics of the private girls’ school. Lily, meanwhile, ventures into the apple orchard where she has a haunting encounter.
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    20 mins
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Really nice sound quality, good actors preformens and suspenseful scenario. I do enjoy it a lot!

Rally good production

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The story carries you and opens up really well. I was hooked. The characters or really good. Good story.

Really enjoy it

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really enjoyed this one, great to listen to around Halloween. I loved and would recommend.

Hooked on this story

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Best I've ever experienced on audible. Well done!
Great acting. Story a bit weird!

Amazing sound production

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Certainly draws the listener in from the get go. I wasn't sure about last couple of episodes but no spoilers here 😉 I suspect there will be another season. Great performances from Eric Bana and all the cast

Gripping and we'll performed

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