The Cases of Mystery Lane: Death Is Listening
Movie Details:
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English, Spanish, Sanskrit |
| Genres | Comedy, Crime, Mystery |
| Release date | September 13, 2024 |
| Running time | 1hr 24min |
| Age rating | TV-PG |
| Starring | Aimee Garcia Paul Campbell Matt Hamilton Meghan Heffern |
| Directed by | Mike Rohl |
| Written by | Joel Dovev Margaux Froley |
| Produced by | Mandy Spencer-Phillips |
| Cinematography by | Jesse D.E. Young |
| Edited by | Braden Oberson |
| Music by | Mario Vaira |
| Production Design by | Heather Coutts |
| Art Direction by | Katie Hillier |
| Set Decoration by | Rusty Ross |
| Costume Design by | Vladimir Markovich |
| Production Company | Two 4 The Money Media Hallmark Media |
| Distributor | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (United States, 2024) (TV) W Network (Canada, 2024) (TV) |
Cast & Characters:
- Aimee Garcia as Birdie Case
- Paul Campbell as Alden Case
- Matt Hamilton as Newton
- Meghan Heffern as Kristen
- Samantha Ferris as Laurel St. James
- Lillian Doucet-Roche as Katie
- Brandi Alexander as Wintress
- Adrian Hough as Nigel
- Peter Benson as Pat
- Kate Gajdosik as Jeanette
- Reese Alexander as Chief Ford
- Nels Lennarson as Peter St. James
- Jacqueline Samuda as Eleonore
- Philip Granger as Thumbs
- Jon Bryant as Exterminator
- Austin Beattie as Studio Assistant
- Paul Ferancik as Sci-Fi Nerd
- Kari Staten as Front Desk Lady
- Brent Stait as Maxwell Kovack
- Eileen Wright as Elderly Wife
- Dean Redman as FBI Agent 1
- Robert Arthur as Stuart Michael Williams
- Tamara Daroshin as Victim (M.G.)
- Christian Dominguez as 1994 Killer
Storyline:
Birdie and Alden Case seem to have gotten over their many differences, which almost led to divorce, to find a new passion in their marriage, the primary source of that passion being their common interest in private investigation work, they still enrolled in the private investigator course at the community college. They run into Birdie’s high school “friend” Kristen Duckburn and become socially acquainted with an adversary, Kristen’s new boyfriend Tom, who just happens to be Police Officer Tom “Air Quotes” Newton. While Tom states in no uncertain terms that he will never ask them to be involved in any of his investigations, he eats his words when he does ask for the Cases’ assistance with his latest case, the murder of true-crime author and podcaster Laurel St. James, a client of Kristen’s family’s publishing house. She was murdered just as she was about to record her latest podcast in which she was about to name the Roxdale Killer, a decades-old serial-murderer cold case. Tom wants the Cases’ help because they understand the “nerdspeak” of many of the suspects, who include the others who have access to the recording studio, such as voice-over artist Pat; Birdie’s less-than-Zen yoga instructor Wintress; and Katie Hiller, who is trying to get her own true-crime podcast going. Birdie, Alden, and Tom’s assumption is that the murderer is the one Lauren was about to name as the Roxdale Killer. What factors into what happens in the investigation is the Cases concurrently trying to trap a mouse in their house, and Alden’s phobia to the critters.