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    Shedunnit

    Unravelling the mysteries behind classic detective stories

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    The Hay Poisoner Apr 15, 2020
    Show notes

    All the best murder mysteries start with a scone laced with arsenic.

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thehaypoisoner.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.

    Books and sources:

    —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

    —A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

    —Exhumation of a Murder by Robin Odell

    —Dead Not Buried by Martin Beales

    —Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles

    —The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley

    —Detection Unlimited by Georgette Heyer

    —Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie

    —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —Bernard Spilsbury: His Life and Cases by Douglas E Browne and EV Tullett

    To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thehaypoisonertranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    The Dispenser Apr 01, 2020
    Show notes

    There’s a reason why Agatha Christie knew so much about poisons.

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thedispenser.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.

    Books and sources:

    —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

    —A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

    —"In a Dispensary" by Agatha Christie from the collection The Road of Dreams

    —Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan

    —An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

    —Guardian Obituary: Rosalind Hicks by Janet Morgan

    —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

    —Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

    —"Dame Agatha's Dispensary" by Eunice Bonow Bardell in Pharmacy in History, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1984)To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thedispensertranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    Happily Ever After Mar 18, 2020
    Show notes

    What would Peter Wimsey be without Harriet Vane?

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/happilyeverafter.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.

    Books and sources:

    —"Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories" by SS Van Dine

    —Ronald Knox’s Decalogue

    —Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr

    —The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

    —The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

    —N or M? by Agatha Christie

    —By The Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie

    —Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie

    —The Big Four by Agatha Christie

    —"The Capture of Cerberus" from The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie

    —Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh

    —Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh

    —Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh

    —Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh

    —Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham

    —Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham

    —The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham

    —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —"Romance and the Literary Detective: The Legacy of Dorothy Sayers" by Cushing Street

    —Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —The Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton

    —Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #1)

    —Thrones, Dominations by Jill Paton Walsh

    —The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh

    To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/happilyeveraftertranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    All At Sea Mar 04, 2020
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    What could be a better place for a murder than a boat, out at sea?

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/allatsea.

    Get a copy of my book, The Way to the Sea, from Blackwell’s here or request it at your local bookshop or library.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.

    Books and sources:

    —Several of the short stories I mentioned are collected in Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves from the British Library

    —And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

    —Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh

    —Nine – And Death Makes Ten by Carter Dickson

    —The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

    —"Four Friends and Death" by Christopher St John Sprigg

    —"Man Overboard" by Edmund Crispin

    —"The Blood Stained Pavement" by Agatha Christie

    —Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

    —The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson

    —"Bullion!" by William Hope Hodgson

    —"The Thimble River Mystery" by Josephine Bell

    —The Floating Admiral by the Detection Club

    —Fatal Venture by Freeman Wills Crofts

    To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/allatseatranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    The Pale Horse Feb 19, 2020
    Show notes

    How Agatha Christie’s spooky story inspired real life murderers and detectives.

    A friendly warning: there are major spoilers for The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie in this episode.

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thepalehorse.

    Special thanks today to my guests Kathryn Harkup and Sarah Phelps. Kathryn’s book is A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie and she’s on Twitter @RotwangsRobot. Sarah’s adaptation of The Pale Horse is available in the UK on BBC iPlayer and in the US on Amazon Prime from 13 March. She’s on Twitter @PhelpsieSarah. Also, I’m indebted to Nick Hilton of Podot Pods for his recording assistance.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.

    Books and sources:

    —The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

    —Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh

    —"How Agatha Christie mystery The Pale Horse may have inspired a murderer" by Kathryn Harkup for the Guardian

    —A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

    To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thepalehorsetranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    The Great Gladys Feb 06, 2020
    Show notes

    On Philip Larkin, a reptilian sleuth with a mellifluous voice, and a small amount of witchcraft.

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thegreatgladys.

    Special thanks today to my guest Lee Randall. You can follow her on Twitter @randallwrites and read her writing about Gladys Mitchell here.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.

    Books and sources:

    —"Rediscovering Gladys Mitchell" by Lee Randall on Bookslut

    —"Open that window, Miss Menzies" by Patricia Craig in the London Review of Books

    —Philip Larkin on Gladys Mitchell in the Observer

    —On the Philip Larkin Collection in the British Library

    —Interview with Gladys Mitchell by B.A. Pike in the Armchair Detective, October 1976

    —Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

    —Brought to Book: Philip Larkin and His Bibliographer by B.C. Bloomfield

    —Here Lies Gloria Mundy by Gladys Mitchell

    —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell

    —When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell

    —Printer's Error by Gladys Mitchell

    —Brazen Tongue by Gladys Mitchell

    —Sleuth's Alchemy by Gladys Mitchell

    —Nest of Vipers by Gladys Mitchell

    —Here Comes a Chopper by Gladys Mitchell

    —Hangman's Curfew by Gladys Mitchell

    —Spotted Hemlock by Gladys Mitchell

    —Watson's Choice by Gladys Mitchell

    —The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop by Gladys Mitchell

    To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thegreatgladystranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    Teaching Sleuthing Jan 22, 2020
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    Detective fiction has always been regarded as a lesser kind of literature. So how do you teach it in a university?

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/teachingsleuthing.

    Special thanks today to my guest Dr Victoria Stewart. You can follow her on Twitter @verbivorial and order her book Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age here.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.

    Books and sources:

    —"Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" by Edmund Wilson

    —"The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allen Poe

    —The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

    —The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

    —Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by E.W.Hornung

    —Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles

    —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

    —The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

    —The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —"The Case of Agatha Christie" by John Lanchester in the London Review of BooksTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/teachingsleuthingstranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    Victorian Pioneers Jan 08, 2020
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    Decades before Miss Marple, there were Victorian lady sleuths taking on the world with their bloomers and their bicycles.

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/victorianpioneers.

    Special thanks today to my guest Olivia Rutigliano. You can follow her on Twitter @oldrutigliano and reader her recent article for Lapham’s Quarterly “The Lady Is A Detective” here.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.

    Books and sources:

    —The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime edited by Michael Sims

    —The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories edited by Michael SimsTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/victorianpioneersstranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    Let It Snow Dec 11, 2019
    Show notes

    Snow is a very powerful tool for a detective novelist. It can create a sinister atmosphere, keep suspects and murderer stormbound, and preserve the footprints of anyone who dares to escape. What could be more seasonal or festive than that?

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/letitsnow.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Give the gift of membership at shedunnitbookclub.com/gift.

    Books and sources:

    —Murder on the Orient Express (1934) by Agatha Christie

    —Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938) by Agatha Christie

    —Mystery in White (1937) by J. Jefferson Farjeon

    —Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries (2015) edited by Martin Edwards

    —The Sittaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie

    —The Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —"The Erymanthian Boar" in The Labours of Hercules (1947) by Agatha Christie

    —An English Murder (1951) by Cyril Hare

    —Death and the Dancing Footman (1942) by Ngaio Marsh

    —Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950) by Agatha Christie

    —Stairway to Murder (1959) by Osmington Mills

    —There Came Both Mist and Snow (1940) by Michael Innes

    —The Sad Variety (1964) by Nicholas Blake

    —Blood Upon the Snow (1944) by Hilda Lawrence

    —The Slype (1927) by by Russell Thorndike

    — Hangman's Holiday (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers

    —Groaning Spinney / Murder in the Snow (1950) by Gladys Mitchell

    —The Case of the Abominable Snowman (1941) by Nicholas Blake

    —1222 (2011) by Anne Holt

    —The Snowman (2007) by Jo Nesbo

    —Whiteout (2011) by Ragnar Jonasson

    To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/letitsnowtranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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    Competent Women Nov 27, 2019
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    Anne Bedingfield, Emily Trefusis, Lucy Eyelesbarrow: why is it that Agatha Christie’s adventurous, highly competent young women never get to become recurring sleuths?

    Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/competentwomen.

    Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Give the gift of membership at shedunnitbookclub.com/gift.

    Books and sources:

    —Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran

    —The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne

    —An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

    —The Secret Adversary (1922) by Agatha Christie

    —The Man in the Brown Suit (1924) by Agatha Christie

    —The Sittaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie

    —The Secret of Chimneys (1925) by Agatha Christie

    —The Seven Dials Mystery (1929) by Agatha Christie

    —The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie

    —Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie

    —They Came to Baghdad (1951) by Agatha Christie

    —4.50 From Paddington (1957) by Agatha Christie

    To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

    The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.

    Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/competentwomentranscript.

    Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

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