Today’s episode is based on the mystery short story “The Dauphin’s Doll” by Ellery Queen.

Who doesn’t love a gentleman thief? The kind of coldhearted, calculating criminal that really just wants to bruise your ego and prove to everyone that they’re the smartest person in the room—even when going toe to toe with some of history’s greatest investigative minds. 

What’s not to love.

And for five years, Comus was the name on every investigator’s mind. Particularly the young Ellery Queen. And for those five years, it seemed as though Comus would never be caught.

But all of that was about to change with the death of 78-year-old Cytherea Ypson. And Comus would find his five year string of successful heists brought low by a doll and a Christmas charity for orphans.

Reader, I Murdered Him is a true crime podcast for book lovers. Every week we’ll do a deep dive into a murder, cult, serial killer, or other noteworthy crime, but with a twist. The crimes on Reader, I Murdered Him aren’t ripped from the headlines. They’re ripped from the pages of newly released, noteworthy backlist, or timeless classic mystery, thriller, and horror novels.

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