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Meet Our Host!

 

Bill Peschel is a former journalist who shares a Pulitzer Prize with the staff of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. He is also a mystery fan who runs the Wimsey Annotations at www.PlanetPeschel.com

Peschel was born in Warren, Ohio, grew up in Charlotte, N.C., and graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He lives with his family and animal menagerie in Hershey, where the air really does smell like chocolate.

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Bill Peschel

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the great authors our podcast has hosted.

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   Presents...   

Welcome to Our Podcast!

Mechanicsburg Mystery Presents… is a monthly conversation with mystery and thriller authors hosted by author and publisher Bill Peschel.

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 A Conversation with Sarah Ickes 

September 2025

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Ickes

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Episode 44

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Episode #44:

A Conversation with Sarah Ickes (September 2, 2025) As we take a fantasy

detour from traditional mysteries, Author Sarah Ickes introduces us to the

Olde Realm in her Action/Adventure book, “Written Wings.” We get to

meet Vectra Tillerman, a powerful guardian who leads two siblings on an

adventure to find their kidnapped brother. In a place where Ancient

Greeks enter your dreams, mythical creatures are all around, and others

give chase for the end reward, will the kids discover the truth about

their parents? Also discussed is the larger world that Sarah is building

with her stories; which all started with her mystery series featuring

Murial Robertson in America 1880s. And did you know that she is an

artist as well?

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2020

Eliot
Pattison

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Episode 1

Robert
Forte

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Episode 4

Past Podcasts:

2021

Vicki
Delany

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Episode 6

Greer
Macallister

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Episode 7

Sherry
Knowlton

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Episode 8

Sophie
Hannah

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Episode 9

2021

Ellen
Crosby

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Episode 10

Charles
Fergus

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Episode 11

Misty
Simon

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Episode 12

Cordelia
Francis Biddle

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Episode 13

2021 - 2022

Steve
Zettler

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Episode 14

John
Gilstrap

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Episode 15

Otto
Penzler

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Episode 16

Mauren

Jennings

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Episode 17

2022

Korina
Moss

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Episode 19

Gigi
Pandian

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Episode 20

Catriona
McPherson

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Episode 21

2022 - 2023

Karen
Odden

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Episode 23

Connie
Di Marco

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Episode 24

Martin
Edwards

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Episode 25

2023 - 2024

Nicole
Asselin

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Episode 26

Mindy
Quigley

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Episode 27

Victoria
Dowd

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Episode 28

Tom
Mead (Pt. 1)

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Episode 29

2024

Laurie R.
King

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Episode 30

Joyce
Tremel

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Episode 31

Ruth J.
Hartman

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Episode 32

Tom
Mead (Pt. 2)

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Episode 33

2024 - 2025

Katherine
Ramsland

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Episode 34

Wendy
Neugent

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Episode 35

Kemper
Donovan

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Episode 36

Heather
Weidner

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Episode 37

2025

Rosanne Limoncelli

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Episode 38

S.J.
Bennett

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Episode 39

Libby
Klein

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Episode 40

Elizabeth C.
Bunce

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Episode 41

2025

Tj
O'Connor

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Episode 42

Radha
Vatsal

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Episode 43

Sarah
Ickes

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Episode 44

TBD
 

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Episode 45

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