Produced, written, directed and edited by Yhane Washington Smith
Thank you to The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.
This is our final season of "Harlem Queen" the audio drama.
What happens next? A play? A movie? A spinoff?
Read all about it in my newsletter harlemqueen.substack.com
Check out my other shows:
*The Courtship of Mona Mae
*1972 - The Chisholm Trail and the Davis Trial
* Dancers on the Shore
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TRAILER for "Auricle"!
10.12.2025 | 3 Min.
Hi! We are ready to drop new episodes of "Harlem Queen" about our very gangster and philanthropic Madame Stephanie St. Clair during the Harlem Renaissance. In the meantime, check out the promo to a show that I listen to for inspiration titled "Auricle"! Help us make more episodes of "Harlem Queen" by becoming a patron!: https://www.patreon.com/harlemqueen AND/OR subscribe to my newsletter!: https://harlemqueen.substack.com/ Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S5 Ep4 - Final Series Episode
09.12.2025 | 19 Min.
In this final episode of the series, Stephanie makes her return and even convinces Anita not to give up her territory. Dutch Schultz is finally shot dead. Michelle comes to a conclusion, which sets us up for our spin-off series, "Crown Beauty".
This episodes features:
Gabrielle Adkins
Isabelle Kerby-McGowan
Nina Smith
Ian Bell
Jimmy Mehiel
Denese Longsworth
Karen Chmielnicki
Sound designed by Colin Thomas
Original theme music by Jason Moran
Produced, written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith
Thank you to The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.
What's next for "Harlem Queen" read my short and sweet newsletter and find out: https://harlemqueen.substack.com/
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Crime Adjacent - Tommy
28.10.2025 | 34 Min.
Tommy Coulet left home at 9 p.m. on Dec. 23, 1995 and would never return. His body was discovered the next morning in a known lovers’ lane spot on the western edge of Ridgewood just off Interstate 80.
Investigators wouldn’t know it at the time, but Tommy Coulet would be the first known victim of the most prolific serial killer in American history.
This is the story of how it all began.
Crime Adjacent is the never-ending true crime story told weekly. New episodes every Wednesday.
Find behind the scenes details or join our true crime and criminal profiling reading group at our Patreon page -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent -- hope to see you there!
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S5 EP2 - The Great Escape
16.10.2025 | 14 Min.
Stephanie makes her great escape from prison.
This episode features:
Marie - Francoise Theodore
Gabrielle Adkins
Journey Brown-Saintel
Luke Slattery
Thank you:
Emilio Smith
Tom Smith
Collin Thomas
Sound designed by Collin Thomas
Produced, written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith
Thank you to The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.
We are taking "Harlem Queen" to the stage! Join us on our journey! subscribe to: https://substack.com/@harlemqueen?
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Harlem Queen is an award-winning Black historical fiction audio drama based on the true story of Madame Stephanie St. Clair, the bold, brilliant "Numbers Queen" who built a Harlem empire during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Written, produced, and directed by Yhane Washington Smith, an A'Leila Bundles Scholar at Columbia University, this five-season series brings Madame St. Clair's world to vivid life through original music, meticulous sound design, and a full cast of characters. Jazzy, glamorous, and unflinching about what it meant to be a Black woman in America in the 1920s.
As featured on ABC's primetime documentary The Story of Soaps. History this rich deserves to be heard.
You can follow on Instagram: @Yhane.Writes,
our web site: YhaneWashingtonSmith.com,
email: HarlemQueenAudioDrama@gmail.com.
or our newsletter: https://harlemqueen.substack.com/
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