Candy Claus, Private Eye

About Candy Claus, Private Eye

Santa's bastard daughter solves hardboiled Christmas crimes on the North Pole in this half-hour audio comedy. Candy is a death-metal-loving, peppermint-schnapps-swilling PI trying to solve the North Pole's first murder in 500 years without learning the true meaning of Christmas. A sendup of toxic positivity and prodigal homecomings, the show introduces characters like SANTA BLOB (a deformed snowman built as a surrogate Santa Claus), MOPPET (a gingerbread man baker conscripted as a pathologist) and GUMDROP THE WINTER SQUID (a Krampus-esque calamari committing unspeakable acts on the seafloor).

Publisher

Ella Gale

Category

comedy · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Nov 2023

Latest episode

6 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 21 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Candy Claus Presents: Who The F**K Killed My Sister?

   Candy Claus, Private Eye, interviews Quinn Reynolds about her sister's murder investigation and the ensuing feuds with media, law enforcement, and conspiracy theorists.

2. 

   26 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Candy Claus, Private Eye live in NYC April 9!

   Merry Christmas listeners! Candy Claus is coming to NYC as part of the YALL Comedy Fest on Thursday, April 9 in the 5-7 block. We will be doing a live recording of a brand new episode titled "Red and Green is the New Black." Come to enjoy live foley and your Candy Claus faves, and check out the other shows in the YALL lineup. You can get in with a festival or day pass, and tickets for our individual block are available here.

3. 

   2 Jan 2026

   Sack Religious (season 2 finale)

   Season 2, episode 6 (season finale). Candy and Minty secure Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. Written and directed by Ella Gale. Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells Post sound by Chapter Four. Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee Candy: Aly Dixon Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari Santa: Kyle Kinane Narrator: Sam Trout Herman: Brad Beideman Jen (aka Pokey): Emily Maya-Mills Baxter: Will Hines Steve (aka Bingo): Brad Einstein Nib: James Hare Finnish father: Miska Kajanus Finnish child: Katie Stone Additional voice work by the cast Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero and Zachary Spiezer Dialogue editing: Dillon Magrann-Wells Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Tom Gardner Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang Thanks so much to everyone who listened this season. Merry Christmas and happy New Years!

Inside a recent episode

Candy Claus Presents: Who The F**K Killed My Sister?

Published 6 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It looks like a random field. I'm not positive, but it's probably part of this rundown looking farm. Maybe they want to buy some fresh eggs or something. They took separate cars and were there from about midnight until almost 2 a.m. That's a long time for late night egg shopping. What really makes this noteworthy is what Gregory just told me. Which was... I shouldn't. You are so much like your sister, always using secrets to hold power over people. That's not fair. Wouldn't this be easier if you had a true partner in your investigation? Maybe. But that's not how I work. Maybe that's the problem. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

103 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

155 ratings

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