Second podcast in BRXSTOL’s immersive mystery drops, live presentation set for late March

Bristol native C.T. O'Brien will return to present a special program at Bristol Public Library on Saturday, March 20. | C.T. O'Brien photo

Posted By: David Fortier March 11, 2024

The second of three podcasts dealing with an interactive adventure by Bristol’s C.T. O’Brien has been posted on the BRXSTOL website.

The second episode, “The Offer–Chapter II,” picks up with the two main characters, Joseph Ives and John Birge, planning their next steps as they forage a partnership to produce clocks in early Bristol.

A third chapter, “The Secret Ending,” will be presented in a living storytelling event at the Bristol Library on Saturday, March 30, from 1 to 3 p.m.

“I hoped to get it all done by April 2024,” O’Brien said in an earlier email, “but the story continues to develop. The good news is that there will be lots more to come in 2024, and maybe 2025, than I originally planned for, and of course, the big secret reveal at the end.”

O’Brien kicked off the interactive immersive adventure mystery at the Bristol Historical Society late last year, when he introduced the characters involved in the search, including Bristol clockmaker Joseph Ives, who at the end of the presentation was waiting to be bailed out of debtor’s prison in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The adventure ends with a gathering of participants at a location in Bristol, O’Brien said, where they will learn the final clues to solve the mystery. The idea is for participants to take part in the search for an answer to the mystery by familiarizing themselves with podcasts and information on the website.

The website has the teaser, trailer and both podcasts, “The Offer” chapters one and two, as well as primary sources for all of the research O’Brien uses to develop his storyline. The storyline is a combination of O’Brien’s research and some speculation that adds fictional elements.

The podcast is available here: https://www.brxstol.com/podcast.

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