Happy Medium: the Adventures of Melancholy Helen Polly
An autistic, reluctant sleuth who also happens to be a medium lives in a converted school bus with her massive talking dog and a dead drag queen. This is fine. Helen Polly and her duo of spirited misfits navigate her nomadic life in a purple (or is it mauve?) skoolie while solving paranormal mysteries and evading a private investigator hired by her controlling mother. Content warning for coarse language and mature themes. Created by Jay Hazen. Visit happymediumpod.com to learn more. And there's also our Linktree.
Episodes
If you're a fan of the paranormal and of mysteries, you won't want to miss this audio drama coming this winter from JHP Fiction.
Join Helen Polly, an autistic traveler in her elusive purple (or is it violet?) skoolie, as she roams the U.S., solving ghostly murders with the help of a drag queen spirit, her massive dog, and a little smoke. Pursued by a private investigator hired by her controlling mother, Helen lights up—literally an...
Helen, Dee Dee, and Gunter make their way into Memphis, meeting a friendly deputy and a young dead woman along the way.
Content warning for coarse language and mature themes.
Written and directed by Jay Hazen.
Music by Lance Conrad and Jay Hazen.
Season 1 Cast
- Jay Hazen as Dee Dee, Pankey, Cleaver Steve, and additional voices
- Lynne Hazen as Helen Polly
- John Kennard as Gunter and additional voices
- Janna Fletcher as Donna an...
Helen "meditates" in Cleaver Steve's lot while Gunter and Dee Dee open up to the wet ghost, reveal her name, and begin forming a puzzle.
Content warning for coarse language and mature themes.
Written and directed by Jay Hazen.
Music by Lance Conrad and Jay Hazen.
Season 1 Cast
- Jay Hazen as Dee Dee, Pankey, Cleaver Steve, and additional voices
- Lynne Hazen as Helen Polly
- John Kennard as Gunter and additional voices
- Janna...
*We at JHP Fiction dedicate this episode to the citizens of the Los Angeles area enduring the horrendous fires ravaging their area (January 2025). You are in our thoughts.
Howser does some investigating of his own. Helen and the gang arrive at the hotel but run into a zealous security guard.
Be advised: This show contains coarse language and mature themes. It was written by an Army/Navy veteran, after all.
Written and directe...
Introducing "Who's the Ass?" from our friends over at Spiked Eggs! Desperate for cash, a miller and his daughter turn to the Internet to pump up the sale price for their tired, old donkey. They instantly become an online sensation, yet trouble awaits them on their way to market. An angry mob of animal rights advocates is hot on their heels. A slippery politician, hell-bent on cashing in on the hoopla, races to intercept them. And ...
New sh*t comes to light after Helen interviews Donna for a "podcast" and Emily shares some details Donna didn't.
Content warning for coarse language and mature themes.Written and directed by Jay Hazen. Music by Lance Conrad and Jay Hazen.
Season 1 Cast
- Jay Hazen as Dee Dee, Pankey, Cleaver Steve, and additional voices
- Lynne Hazen as Helen Polly
- John Kennard as Gunter and additional voices
- Janna Fletcher as Donna and additiona...
Helen does some late-night recon and finds a clue. Harper learns the finer points of scaring. Helen and Gunter meet a mysterious, grizzled dude in the pool room.
Content warning for coarse language and mature themes.
Written and directed by Jay Hazen.
Music by Lance Conrad and Jay Hazen. "In the Pines" performed by Lead Belly. "Joe Lewis Blues" by Carl Martin. "Karalika 3" by hal.2k.
Season 1 Cast
- Jay Hazen as Dee Dee...
After Helen and the gang make a startling discovery while reviewing the bank's security footage, they decide to head back to Cleaver Steve's.
Be advised: This show contains coarse language and mature themes.
Written and directed by Jay Hazen.
Music by Lance Conrad and Jay Hazen. The Cabbie's music, "e2set.mp3" by Bang Corrupt.
Season 1 Cast
- Jay Hazen as Dee Dee, Pankey, Cleaver Steve, and additional voices
- Lynne Hazen as ...
In this penultimate episode, Helen, now stuck in the butcher shop, has a heart-to-heart with Lucy while Dee Dee, Gunter, and Harper try to figure out how to get in and save her. Howser and Pankey have a heated exchange outside the hotel.
* This episode supports the Veteran's Community Project by way of Podcasthon.
Content warning for coarse language and mature themes.
Written and directed by Jay Hazen.
Music by Lance Conrad...
Pankey is tempted to call it quits. Close to freezing, Helen tries to talk sense to a gun-wielding Donna while the rest of the gang attempts to break through the shadow barrier. Steve and Pankey have words over the skoolie. Lucy "rekindles" her relationship with Steve.
Will Harper cross over, and will her murder finally be solved entirely? Will Lucy's demise be in vain? Listen to the butcher shop showdown in this extended final cha...
On her cross-country escape from California, Helen’s car trouble leads her to a quirky used car dealership in West Virginia, where she encounters a sketchy couple, a mysterious pile of cash, and some restless spirits—including a drag queen haunting a school bus.
This three-part prequel is coming soon to your favorite podcatcher!
Before the road trips and ghost hunts, there was the school bus, a dead drag queen, and a very questionable dealership. “When Helen Met Dee Dee” reveals how Melancholy Helen Polly found her wheels, her haunted companions, and her first big mystery away from home.
Produced by JHP Fiction. Created and written by Jay Hazen.
Starring Lynne Hazen as Helen, John W Scoggins as Auto Shop Supervisor, Janna Fletcher as Jewell, Kristina Molin...
Before the road trips and ghost hunts, there was the school bus, a dead drag queen, and a very questionable dealership. “When Helen Met Dee Dee” reveals how Melancholy Helen Polly found her wheels, her haunted companions, and her first big mystery away from home.
Produced by JHP Fiction. Created and written by Jay Hazen.
Starring Lynne Hazen as Helen, John Kennard as Oleg, Janna Fletcher as Jewell, Kristina Molina as Jovana, Skyler...
Hey, Happy Medium: The Adventures of Melancholy Helen Polly listeners!
Our Season Two finale drops worldwide this Friday, October 17th — but you can hear it right now on Patreon!
Join us at patreon.com/JHPFiction for early access to future content, like gag reels, cast interviews, and more behind-the-scenes fun.
Your support means the world — especially to our creator and disabled veteran producer, Jay, who makes these stories p...
Before the road trips and ghost hunts, there was the school bus, a dead drag queen, and a very questionable dealership. “When Helen Met Dee Dee” reveals how Melancholy Helen Polly found her wheels, her haunted companions, and her first big mystery away from home.
Produced by JHP Fiction. Created and written by Jay Hazen.
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