If you love Hallmark’s cozy whodunnits, sharp sleuths, and slow-burn romances, you’ve found your new favorite podcast. Hallmark Mysteries and More is the only podcast dedicated entirely to Hallmark’s beloved mystery movies and series, including fan-favorites like Mystery 101, Aurora Teagarden, Curious Caterer, The Cases of Mystery Lane, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, and beyond.
Hosted by real-life mystery buffs Andrea Claasaen and Eric Rutin, each episode delivers smart, funny, and passionate deep dives into new releases and classic Hallmark mysteries. Expect honest reviews, character breakdowns, fan theories, behind-the-scenes trivia, and the kind of banter that feels like you’re sleuthing with friends.
🎥 Plus, we bring you exclusive interviews with Hallmark stars, directors, writers, and producers, giving fans rare access to the creative minds behind the mysteries.
Whether you’re a longtime Sleuther or brand-new to the genre, Hallmark Mysteries and More is your weekly escape into the warm, suspenseful world of Hallmark mysteries.
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Eric and Andrea review Forgotten Holiday, the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas movie starring Janel Parrish and Daniel Lissing. Eric thinks it will be hard to beat as the best movie of the year. Andrea started at three stars and, by the end of the conversation, had talked herself down to two and a half.
What You'll Hear:
• Mystery news: Curious Caterer is coming back in 2027, and Hannah Swensen is headed to Malta with Victor Webster along for the trip
• A Winter Wonderlanes follow-up, where 69% of poll voters landed on one star, plus whether a zero-star rating is ever on the table
• Why Andrea loved the first twelve minutes and then couldn't get past a family asking Kathryn to re-date Rob after she ran from his proposal
• Why Eric calls it well written and authentic, from the meet cute and the cookie-making scene to the Ingrid Michaelson "Winter Song" moment
• The slow vs. slow burn argument, a charity invitation that looked made in Canva, and Andrea's real-life gala auction story
• Standout scenes: Gabrielle Rose as Rob's mom and the Christmas Eve pancake talk with Kathryn's dad
• Amnesia movie recommendations, including Falling for Vermont, Single on the 25th, and the 2013 Hallmark Hall of Fame drama Remember Sunday
• Trivia on Daniel Lissing's surfing, Janel Parrish's third-place Masked Singer run, and how rare localized amnesia actually is
• Audience poll results for Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story and Mr. & Mrs. Christmas, plus an early verdict on The Nights Before Christmas
Chapters:
0:00 - Remember It or Forget It?
0:29 - Mystery News: Curious Caterer Returns, Hannah Swensen Goes to Malta
3:27 - Winter Wonderlanes Follow-Up: The 69% One-Star Poll
5:53 - Forgotten Holiday: Janel Parrish & Daniel Lissing
6:20 - Andrea's Take: Great Start, Then a Premise Problem
9:41 - Eric's Take: A Contender for Best Movie of the Year
15:00 - What Didn't Work: Slow vs. Slow Burn and a Canva Invitation
18:36 - Andrea's Gala Story: Who Bids $25,000?
20:56 - Standout Scenes: Gabrielle Rose and the Christmas Eve Pancakes
23:35 - The Romance: Fire Before the Accident, Rebuilt After
26:48 - Amnesia Movies to Watch Next
31:24 - Trivia: Daniel Lissing, Janel Parrish, and Localized Amnesia
33:24 - Poll Results: A Bears Love Story vs. Mr. & Mrs. Christmas
34:45 - Coming Up: What If Christmas and The Nights Before Christmas
36:03 - Slow Starts and Last Year's Ratings
Eric thinks Forgotten Holiday is one of the best of the year, and Andrea is breaking up with it. Where did you land on Kathryn re-dating Rob: romantic, or a little too much like using him?
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Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story brought Hallmark's NFL franchise to Chicago, and Eric and Andrea are back on the football field to decide whether it scored. Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley won them both over, but the heavy Bears branding kept pulling them out of the story. Before kickoff, they also give a quick verdict on Mr. & Mrs. Christmas with Brendan Penny and Pascale Hutton, and it is not a generous one.
What You'll Hear:
• Why Mr. & Mrs. Christmas landed at two stars for Andrea, and why Pascale Hutton's storyline should have been the main one
• Andrea's three star rating (up from two and a half) and the wave of oddly identical Instagram comments that followed it
• The One Tree Hill connection with Robert Buckley and Barbara Alyn Woods, plus cameos from Marilu Henner and Tamera Mowry-Housley
• Why Eric calls this the best of the three Holiday Touchdown movies, starting with a meet-cute over a book at a bar
• Grandmother math that does not add up, and an entire city still reading print newspapers
• A split decision on the Santa and a Secret Santa who cannot keep a secret
• Football romance picks beyond Hallmark: Heaven Can Wait and Jerry Maguire
• Trivia on Barbara Alyn Woods' acting daughters, Marsha Mason's herbal medicine business, the real 1971 Bears vs. Vikings game in the scrapbook, and the Holiday Touchdown curse
• Instagram poll results for 'Tis the Season for Setups and a look at next weekend's Winter Wonderlanes, Forgotten Holiday, and What If Christmas
Chapters:
0:00 - Touchdown or Fumble? The Opening Verdict
0:35 - Mr. & Mrs. Christmas: Why It Missed
Tis the Season for Setups Review | 2026 Hallmark Christmas Movie
Countdown to Christmas 2026 is officially here, and Eric and Andrea kick off eight weeks and 34 movies with 'Tis the Season for Setups, starring Victor Webster, Amanda Schull and Barbara Niven. Andrea gives it three and a half stars, Eric calls it a strong, solid opener, and both agree this is the best Victor has been in years. The one sticking point? Whether the back half moves fast enough.
What You'll Hear:
• Why Andrea thinks Hallmark is missing a huge opportunity by not slipping a real mystery into Countdown to Christmas
• The Hallmark+ math that has Andrea paying more for the Timberwolves than for every Hallmark movie of the year
• Victor Webster as a free-spirited snowboarder, and what director Jeff Beesley told Eric about his performance
• Amanda Schull's slow, believable thaw, plus Andrea's case that Hallmark is underusing her (see: One Tree Hill)
• An escape room, karaoke, a real snowdrift and Barbara Niven playing a pre-Dolores Dolores
• Eric's gripe about acts seven and eight, and his strong feelings about the name Ridge
• The early kiss that broke a Hallmark rule, and the snowshoe scene that made Andrea miss Minnesota winters
• Recommendations: Coyote Creek Christmas, Holiday Hearts and Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen
• Trivia on Amanda Schull's San Francisco Ballet past and Victor's sneaky Love Blossoms callback
Chapters:
0:00 - Countdown to Christmas 2026 Kicks Off
0:55 - Why Hallmark Needs a Christmas Mystery
2:10 - Hallmark+ vs. Paying $20 for the Timberwolves
The Spirit of Halloween takes A Christmas Carol, trades December for October, and hands Meghan Ory three ghosts and a firm grudge against Halloween. Eric and Andrea both landed on 4.5 stars for this Hallmark movie, and Eric went a step further, calling it one of the top three Hallmark movies of the year. The only real split is over which moment made it: Andrea says the ghosts, Eric says the ending.
What You'll Hear:
• Why a story everyone already knows still plays fresh as a Halloween movie, and how it skips the usual mid-movie lull
• Meghan Ory carrying the whole film, and why Eric says this is the first time he has seen her go from good to great
• Three ghosts with three completely different energies, including the "small old man from Up" line that made Andrea laugh out loud
• Andrea's late realization about who played the Ghost of Halloween Future (Lachlan Quarmby)
• A cheating scene Hallmark almost never puts on screen, and why Andrea thinks it worked
• The gripes: a storyline that hit a little close to home for a solo parent, an end-credits song even Siri could not identify, and one snarky party line
• Why Eric thinks the dance party finale is one of the best endings Hallmark has done in a while
• What to watch next: A Nashville Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Ghost of Christmas Always
• Trivia on Meghan Ory and Lachlan Quarmby, writer Nicole Baxter's track record, and how viewers voted on A Night to Remember
Chapters:
0:00 - Trick or Treat? Halloween Back When Parents Checked Nothing
1:02 - Welcome, and the Halloween Movie Hallmark Missed Last Week
Previewing Countdown to Christmas with Hallmark Jenny Blog
Hallmark's 2026 Countdown to Christmas has 34 new movies, and Jenny Forwark, Hallmark's former Chief Fan Officer, is back for her annual visit to help Eric and Andrea pick the five they are most looking forward to. Three lists, fifteen slots, and only two movies managed to land on more than one of them. Along the way, everyone also names the movies they are dreading, the pairings they can't wait to see, and one sleeper hit apiece.
What You'll Hear:
• Why Eric's age-gap rule knocked Eight Nights for Love out of his top five, and why Andrea isn't buying it
• Jenny's case for Christmas Delivered with Autumn Reeser and Wes Brown, despite its Thanksgiving Day slot
• Rachael Leigh Cook playing twins in Double Booked for the Holidays, the one movie two of the three couldn't resist
• Eric's behind-the-scenes word from the sets of Noelle Nomads and Save the Date for Christmas
• Amy Acker and Luke Macfarlane in My Christmas Cowboy: Eric calls it fire, Andrea is nervous about another Western
• Three different number ones: The Nights Before Christmas, The Christmas Eve Feast, and A Season of Promises
• The least anticipated list, from Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story to Winter Wonderlanes and The Snowflake Effect
• Sleeper picks What If Christmas, An Angel in My Stocking, and Barking All the Way (and its scene-stealing dog, Twizzler)
• The end-of-season banger streak, the loss of Finding Mr. Christmas, and high hopes for Mistletoe Murders season 3
Chapters:
0:00 - Jenny Forwark Returns for the Annual Preview
Eric and Andrea review A Knight to Remember, Hallmark's October rom-com where museum conservator Emily (Julie Gonzalo) kisses the statue of a 1400s English knight and accidentally brings Sir Griffin (James Trevena) to life in Chicago. Andrea gives it 2 stars and found it slow going. Eric lands at 2.5, calling it corny, light Hallmark fun with two leads who were better than the script. Neither of them is calling it memorable, but they don't agree on how forgettable it is.
What You'll Hear:
• Why both hosts think James Trevena has the comedic timing to keep landing Hallmark leads, even if a 1400s knight wasn't the role to show it off
• The Chris McNally cameo at the archery contest, opposite his real-life wife Julie Gonzalo, that Andrea completely missed
• The tone problem: an ex-boyfriend FBI subplot that stalled whatever whimsy the movie managed to build
• Andrea's case for more magic and more fish-out-of-water chaos than one quick joke about indoor plumbing
• Whether Emily and Griffin worked as a couple, or felt more like a woman taking on a 600-year-old project
• Similar watches: 2023's Made for Each Other, 1987's Mannequin and Making Mr. Right, and Life-Size with Tyra Banks and Lindsay Lohan
• Trivia on two Southern Hemisphere-born leads starring in a movie set in Chicago
• Instagram poll results for Garage Sale and Pumpkin Regatta
• News on Private Eyes West Coast coming to Hallmark+ and a first look at next week's The Spirit of Halloween with Meghan Ory
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro: A Knight to Remember
0:23 - Private Eyes West Coast Lands on Hallmark+
1:32 - Coming Up: Christmas Movie Preview with Jenny
Eric and Andrea kick off mystery month with Good Witch: Curse from a Rose, the 2019 Halloween movie that turned out to be the final Good Witch film. Andrea gives it a full five stars, and Eric makes the case that the whole franchise is still the bar for Hallmark series. The only real dispute is whether Middleton's official population would survive a census.
What You'll Hear:
• Andrea's five-star verdict, and why a town of 3,017 people should not look that big from the air
• The pumpkin regatta neither host remembered, and why Cassie feels a lot like Andrea
• Why Eric thinks Good Witch set the standard, from Cassie and Sam's chemistry to Hallmark paying for two American leads
• The franchise timeline from 2008 to 2021, and how Curse from a Rose became the last movie
• What didn't land: no Grace, a softer Nick, and a cast too big for everyone to get a turn
• Eric's complaint about the mummy marathon and bowling events that never made it on screen
• Cassie and Sam's first married Halloween, plus Martha's surprisingly wise line about love
• Trivia: the Middleton monster cameo, a truck that changes color mid-scene, and what Catherine Bell planned to do before acting
• What to watch next: Kentucky Roses and Acorn's Queens of Mystery
Chapters:
0:00 - Mystery Month Starts in Middleton
1:07 - The Recap: Cassie's College Roommate Comes to Town
1:46 - Andrea's Five-Star Verdict (and a Census Problem)
4:31 - Andrea's Inner Cassie and the Pumpkin Regatta
Eric and Andrea review Pumpkin Regatta Romance, the Hallmark Channel fall movie starring Mishael Morgan and Corey Sevier, where two feuding dads, a pumpkin farm, and a boat shop all collide over a town race run in hollowed-out giant pumpkins. Yes, that is a real thing. Andrea gives it 4.5 stars, Eric lands a shade below, and both agree this is exactly the comfort food movie people mean when they say they miss old school Hallmark.
What You'll Hear:
• Andrea's farm-life reality check on chasing a tractor across a field (and a cow manure story nobody saw coming)
• Whether pumpkin regattas are real (they are, with races in Maine and Oregon)
• Why Ethan's mom Frankie and both dads make this a rare Hallmark movie with genuinely supportive parents
• The great Mr. and Mrs. debate: do you still call your friends' parents by their first names?
• The one gripe: how does Nadine not know Lola in a town this small?
• Rob Stewart (Sam Bishop on The Way Home) as a grumpy dad with range, and Eric finally placing Sharron Matthews from Frankie Drake Mysteries
• The Nadine and Ethan romance, including the dad interruption that stopped a kiss cold
• Two fall recommendations from the archives: Pumpkin Pie Wars (2016) and Harvest Moon (2015)
• Mishael Morgan trivia: her history-making Daytime Emmy win for The Young and the Restless
Chapters:
0:00 - Is This Hallmark's Wildest Premise Yet?
0:23 - Hallmark Preview Episode With Jenny Coming Soon
0:49 - Pumpkin Regatta Romance Recap and Andrea's Rating
2:32 - Tractors, Farm Life, and a Cow Manure Story
Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder Takes the Stage Review | Watch It or Skip It
Garage Sale Mysteries is back after six years, and Eric and Andrea review Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder Takes the Stage, with Lori Loughlin returning as Jennifer Shannon. Andrea has been waiting for this one for a long time. Eric has spent years saying only one Garage Sale movie was any good. So did the new one change his mind, or did Andrea finally have to admit the series has its limits?
What You'll Hear:
• Andrea's five out of five, which she more or less decided before the opening credits
• Eric's surprisingly generous verdict, plus his reenactment of Jen investigating the dark room alone
• The little details superfans will catch, like the missing corner and the new diner
• How the true crime book club's Lizzie Borden reenactment gave the mystery a full, workable murder board
• Why Eric thinks this one finally delivered real suspects and real red herrings
• Steve Bacic's behind-the-scenes take on how quickly the cast fell back into rhythm
• How the movie worked around Hannah's limited screen time
• Real Lizzie Borden trivia, including what the famous playground rhyme gets wrong
• Hallmark and Chill picks from Murder, She Wrote, Mystery 101, Picture Perfect Mysteries, and Aurora Teagarden
Chapters:
0:00 - Can Garage Sale Mysteries Finally Win Eric Over?
2:00 - That Lizzie Borden Netflix Series (Andrea Lasted 14 Minutes)
4:10 - Practical Magic 2 and a Hunter King Lookalike
Eric and Andrea sit down with Dating the Delaneys, the 2022 Hallmark movie that reunites Rachel Boston and Paul Campbell ahead of their new pairing in Return to Santa this November. Three generations of Delaney women are dating at once, and Eric and Andrea do not agree on how well any of it holds up.
What You'll Hear:
• The 2026 Countdown to Christmas casting news, including why Eric is bracing himself for Rachel Boston and Paul Campbell's next movie together
• Andrea's rewatch verdict (a steep drop from the four stars she gave it back in 2022) versus Eric's defense of the movie, scene by scene
• Why the fake dating trope between Maggie and Michael works, and how their shared grief ties the romance together
• Emma's teenage dating storyline, the world's biggest slice of cake, and the software engineer date that had Eric howling
• Devon's wingwoman energy, the Make It Bake It Cake It subplot, and that pecan pie fall moment
• The grandma storyline and why three generations of romance actually landed for Eric
• What to watch next if you liked this one, including The Way Home and the upcoming Return to Santa
• A bowling scorecard continuity error, Rachel Boston's real-life chef husband, and other trivia
0:00 - Intro and the Rachel Boston/Paul Campbell Reunion
1:45 - 2026 Countdown to Christmas Casting Talk
5:15 - Behind the Scenes: Recording Three Movies and an AC Saga
7:30 - Dating the Delaneys: Synopsis and Star Ratings
9:15 - What Andrea Liked
12:30 - What Eric Liked
3:30 - Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story Recap and Cast
4:35 - Andrea's Rating and the One Tree Hill Connection
6:15 - Those Suspiciously Identical Instagram Comments
8:10 - Eric's Take: Best of the Three Holiday Touchdowns?
11:10 - Grandma's Age and a Town Full of Newspapers
13:15 - Too Much NFL, Boundaries, and the Santa Debate
16:05 - Standouts: Jody and Ron, Plus Marilu Henner
19:00 - The Romance: Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley
20:20 - If You Liked It: Heaven Can Wait and Jerry Maguire
21:45 - Trivia: Barbara Alyn Woods and Her Acting Daughters
23:40 - Marsha Mason, a 1971 Bears Game, and the Curse
26:10 - Poll Results: 'Tis the Season for Setups
27:15 - Next Week: Winter Wonderlanes, Forgotten Holiday, What If Christmas
Andrea landed on three stars, and Eric liked it more than the Chiefs and Bills movies while wishing the NFL would take a back seat. Did the Bears branding pull you out of the story, or was it part of the fun?
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5:06 - 'Tis the Season for Setups: Andrea's 3.5 Stars
8:54 - Eric's Take and the Jeff Beesley Text
10:33 - Escape Rooms, Karaoke and a Snowdrift
12:11 - What Didn't Work: Backup Plans and a Slow Act 7
16:04 - Standout Scenes: Snowshoes and an Early Kiss
18:29 - The Romance: Two Opposites-Attract Couples
20:16 - If You Liked This, Watch These
22:15 - Trivia: Ballet, One Tree Hill and Love Blossoms
24:08 - Next Week: What If Christmas & Forgotten Holiday
25:50 - Andrea's Ayurveda Hallmark Movie Quiz
Did 'Tis the Season for Setups ease you into Christmas the way Andrea says it should, or did acts seven and eight lose you too? And is Ridge really the worst Hallmark name ever?
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2:23 - The Spirit of Halloween: Plot, Cast and Andrea's Rating
3:43 - Meghan Ory Carries It (Plus a Murder in a Small Town Detour)
5:17 - The Small Old Man From Up and the Ghosts Arrive
6:11 - Eric's Verdict: A Top 3 Hallmark Movie of the Year
7:24 - Three Ghosts, Three Energies, and the Lachlan Quarmby Reveal
9:55 - The Cheating Scene Hallmark Never Shows
10:45 - The Gripes: Solo Parenting, a Mystery Song and One Snarky Line
13:36 - Standout Moments: The Ghosts vs. the Dance Party Finale
15:41 - The Romance: Meghan Ory and Kevin McGarry
17:23 - What to Watch Next: Three Christmas Carol Picks
18:46 - Trivia: Meghan Ory's Black Belt and Lachlan Quarmby's D&D
19:36 - Writer Nicole Baxter's Hit List
20:38 - Viewer Poll Results: A Night to Remember
21:02 - Next Week: 'Tis the Season for Setups and Holiday Touchdown
Eric and Andrea agreed on the rating but not the highlight. Was it the three ghosts or the dance party finale that sold you on The Spirit of Halloween?
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2:56 - The Recap: A Kiss Brings a Statue to Life
3:08 - Andrea's 2 Stars and James Trevena as Griffin
5:06 - Eric's 2.5 Stars: Leads Better Than the Script
7:04 - The Chris McNally Cameo Andrea Missed
8:10 - What Didn't Work: Too Serious, Not Enough Magic
10:52 - Standout Characters
13:29 - The Romance: Did Emily and Griffin Work?
15:21 - If You Liked This: Made for Each Other
16:02 - 1987 Throwbacks and Life-Size
17:55 - Trivia: Two Southern Hemisphere Leads
19:24 - Instagram Polls: Garage Sale and Pumpkin Regatta
20:47 - Next Week: The Spirit of Halloween
Andrea wanted Griffin to be far more lost in the modern world. Which piece of 21st century life should a knight from the 1400s have struggled with on screen, and did this one land closer to 2 stars or 2.5 for you?
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9:18 - The Last Good Witch Movie and a 13-Year Run
11:25 - What Didn't Work: No Grace and a Different Nick
13:50 - Where Was the Mummy Marathon?
14:53 - Standout Character: Cassie vs. the Whole Ensemble
16:49 - The Romance: Cassie and Sam, Tom and Martha
19:32 - What to Watch Next
20:37 - Trivia: Bessie, a Color-Changing Truck and Catherine Bell
22:26 - IMDb Rating and Coming Up Next
Andrea wants Hallmark to bring Good Witch back every Halloween. If they did, who gets the next movie built around them: Cassie and Sam again, Martha, Abigail, or someone else from Middleton?
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20:27 - Up Next: A Night to Remember and Good Witch
Andrea says 4.5 stars and Eric says a shade below. Where do you land on Pumpkin Regatta Romance, and did you know pumpkin regattas were real before you watched it?
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16:00 - What Andrea Didn't Like
18:30 - What Eric Didn't Like: The Cringe Software Engineer
20:00 - The Romance: Three Generations of Delaney Women
23:00 - Similar Watches: The Way Home and Return to Santa
24:15 - IMDb Score and Trivia
25:45 - Next Week's Review and the Sister, Sister Debate
Andrea gave this one four stars back in 2022. On the rewatch she landed closer to 1.5. Eric didn't budge an inch. Where do you land on Dating the Delaneys, and is the fake dating trope still working for you in 2026?
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