Episodes

  • Don't Kid a Kidder - Episode 113

    Don't Kid a Kidder - Episode 113
    Sep 15 2024

    For two bits per day plus expenses, you can hire Billy Narrator, boy detective to solve your mysteries. Where’s my missing cat? Does Georgia like me? Where’d that corpse come from? Listen to find out!

    Don’t Kid a Kidder, episode 113 of This Gun in My Hand, was popped off by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy Rob’s books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What’s the best toy in the backyard or the schoolyard? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. The Clutching Hand was a 1936 cliffhanger serial. Band of the Hand was a 1986 action film executive produced by Michael Mann.
    https://archive.org/details/clutching_hand_ep1

    2. A few of Francis’ lines were shamelessly stolen from my memory of “Pinch Singer,” a 1936 Little Rascals short of which, sadly, I can’t find a free version on the web.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinch_Singer

    Credits:
    The opening and middle transitional music clips were from public domain film The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Sound Effect Title: G39-09-Boxing Fight Bell.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/438626/

    Sound Effect Title: 22lr Caliber Rifle Shots and Reloading
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/717133/

    Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire
    By GoodSoundForYou
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

    Sound Effect Title: TUBE POP.wav
    By sandyrb
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/102540/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of an ad from Mechanix Illustrated, presumed to be public domain.
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  • It Was a Dark and Stormy Reading of the Will - Episode 112

    It Was a Dark and Stormy Reading of the Will - Episode 112
    Sep 8 2024
    Will a mansion full of monsters and ghouls scare Falk Zildjian away from doing his duty? Will hearts be torn out or tamed? Is there anyone here besides us chickens? Listen to find out!It Was a Dark and Stormy Reading of the Will, episode 112 of This Gun in My Hand, was carried out according to the final instructions of Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What ensures that I get good deals at thrift stores? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Watching The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966), The Bat (1959) or House on Haunted Hill (1959) will not necessarily prepare you for this episode, but it’d be a good excuse to put off listening to this episode.The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UyPC24qfI4The Bat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3OM8jbBJQHouse on Haunted Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsnw-RNGKFY2. This Gun in My Hand is perpetually set in 1939. Patsy Kelly’s next movie after 1939 was released in October 1940, The Hit Parade of 1941, also known as Romance and Rhythm. Her reputation was enough to get her listed on the posters for this film, and pictured on some of them.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Parade_of_1941#/media/File:Hit_Parade_of_1941.jpg3. The audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, real organizations, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, organizations, places and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.4. Clacton-on-Sea is east and a little north of London, but it’s not in what they consider East London.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music Title: Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I’m in Love With You)Music by Leo Friedman, lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson, 1910.Performed by Carter’s Orchestra, 1924.License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/carters-orchestra-let-me-call-you-sweetheart-brunswick-3541-bSound Effect Title: R30-28-Classic Thunder Clap.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/486273/ Sound Effect Title: S23-19 Thunder claps; variation edit of Universal’s “Castle Thunder”.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/675991/ Sound Effect Title: G46-06-Treble-Heavy Thunder Crack.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438743/ Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/Sound Effect Title: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/Sound Effect Title: bus coach ext pull up brake air release idle.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454420/Sound Effect Title: Bus Closing DoorLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/am7/sounds/520753/Sound Effect Title: DoorKnockerVarious.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/136544/Sound Effect Title: Creaking door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/333929/ Sound Effect Title: Creaking Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/709418/ Sound Effect Title: Slam door.MP3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/SoundsForHim/sounds/395653/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawerLicense: Public Domainhttp://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.htmlSound Effect Title: Glass Bottle Breaking License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/607910/Sound Effect Title: S10-19 Falling wooden beam; big interior crash; house collapses; long.wav by craigsmithLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/675967/ Sound Effect Title: Foley_Footsteps_ShedWoodenFloor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/523273/ Sound Effect Title: 175bpm_classical_running_freak.wavBy giacomelliLicense: Creative Commons Sampling+https://freesound.org/s/95763/ Sound Effect Title: TUBE POP.wavBy sandyrbLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/102540/Sound Effect Title: R27-20-Small Crowd Gasps.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480774/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of the public domain comic book This Magazine is Haunted, Number 9, February 1953. Artist might be Sheldon Moldoff.
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  • Cut Down in His Prime - Episode 111

    Cut Down in His Prime - Episode 111
    Aug 22 2024

    Falk misses! Who is The Loner? What are you, some kind of Rambling Man? A Wanderer? You find a dead body there, fella? Every day you find another body? Listen to find out!

    This episode was Cut Down in His Prime, episode 111 of This Gun in My Hand, found on the side of a dusty road and dusted off by Rob Northrup. Like all other episodes, this one is available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Why are so many people alone in this town? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. I think it still counts as illegal breaking and/or entering if a door is unlocked, maybe even if the door is ajar. Or maybe that’s vampire rules, entering without an invitation. While we’re debunking legal myths, you can ask an undercover cop if they’re a cop, they are not required by law to tell you. And declaring yourself a “sovereign citizen” is not One Weird Trick to convince cops or prosecutors that their laws don’t apply to you.

    Credits:
    The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Sound Effect Title: S31-16 Tommy gun busts; machine gun.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675603/

    Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire
    By GoodSoundForYou
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

    Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel
    By Joozz
    https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/

    Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wav
    By malupeeters
    https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/

    Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#

    Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#

    Sound Effect Title: Door knocking
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/altfuture/sounds/174640/

    Sound Effect Title: Body fall in grass CLOSE.mp3
    By J.Zazvurek
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/73583/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of the paperback novel Road Kid by Howard Pease, published in 1953, and I hope the cover is public domain. Artist unknown.
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  • This Gun Is My Hand - Episode 110

    This Gun Is My Hand - Episode 110
    Aug 11 2024

    After talking to a shady booker for a shortwave station, Falk’s body doesn’t seem to work like it used to. Will Falk’s gun still fire? When did he take off his shirt? Who won the story seed contest? Listen to find out!

    This Gun Is My Hand, episode 110 of This Gun in My Hand, was ushered into this world by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How can you tell I’ve grown attached to firearms? This Gun is My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. I was confusing Roger Corman (born 1926) with David Cronenberg (born 1943). Corman would have been 14 in 1939. Cronenberg would have been a smile on his mother’s lips and a twinkle in his father’s eye.
    2. Ms. Harriet’s lullaby is derived from The Creed of a United States Marine, aka The Rifleman’s Creed.
    https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Frequently-Requested-Topics/Marines-Rifle-Creed/
    3. You might appreciate this episode more after watching twelve seasons of the delightful BBC series Call the Midwife. Sadly my local library doesn’t have season thirteen yet so I can’t vouch for that one.

    Credits:
    The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Sound Effect Title: NOISE-PINK-10VU.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/mutantra/sounds/571176/

    Sound Effect Title: Police Radio Chatter.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/320351/

    Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)
    By Carmelomike
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/

    Sound Effect Title: Slam door.MP3
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/SoundsForHim/sounds/395653/

    Sound Effect Title: 220531 Fly buzzing in window, short, R-07
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/717567/

    Sound Effect Title: Fly at Window
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/573240/

    Sound Effect Title: Pouring Soup in a Metal Pan - Quick,Short,Gross
    by Hitrison
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/251410/

    Sound Effect Title: Squishing.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/485484/

    Sound Effect Title: Burp 8
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/399761/

    Sound Effect Title: Broken Egg Squelch
    By d.n.audio.uk
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/s/461049/

    Sound Effect Title: Crying newborn baby child 2.WAV
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/211528/

    Sound Effect Title: 1911 Pistol Cocking
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/J.Anthracite/sounds/465488/

    Sound Effect Title: Glock 19 Handgun Pistol Slide Cocking Sounds
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393734/

    Sound Effect Title: AR15 M4 Gun Hardware Magazine Movement Sounds
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393732/

    The image accompanying this episode is a combination of the following public domain artworks:
    1. The cover of New Detective magazine, Volume 8, Number 4 (July 1946). Not sure of the artist.
    2. The cover of Argosy Weekly, Volume 230, Number 6 (July 2, 1932), art by Robert Graef.
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  • They Can't All Be Bangers - Episode 109

    They Can't All Be Bangers - Episode 109
    Aug 3 2024
    How will Falk track down a grave robbing killer with special guest star Patsy Kelly in tow and his narrator on strike? Listen to find out!They Can’t All Be Bangers, episode 109 of This Gun in My Hand, was banged together by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I produce consistent bangers? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Anecdote time! My uncle had a sheep named Hajji which butted me to the ground when I was 8 or 10. I don’t know if that’s standard behavior for sheep or if his was just a jerk. Probably named after the hero of the 1954 movie The Adventures of Hajji Baba.https://youtu.be/VUzig-jpMRU?si=MM5i0B0hWPB2VX8G2. I was reminded of the “transplanted body part with mind of its own” trope when listening to an episode of the old time radio show Murder at Midnight, episode titled “The Dead Hand,” originally broadcast on September 16, 1946.https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Murder_at_Midnight_Singles/Murder%20at%20Midnight%2046xxxx%20%28001%29%20The%20Dead%20Hand.mp33. The audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, real cartoonists or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music Title for “Astral Police” bit: Streets of ValenciaComposed and performed by John BartmannLicense: Public Domainhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/softly-boldly-with-a-piano/streets-of-valencia/Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wavBy malupeetersLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Collision.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gbnelso/sounds/684443/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: storm door slam 01.wavBy volivieriLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/161190/Sound Effect Title: R01-05-Sheep Bleating.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479648/Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: R12-43-Old Car Horns.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479995/Sound Effect Title: land.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/kfatehi/sounds/363922/Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/Sound Effect Title: R10-56-Footsteps on Metal Staircase.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480641/Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#Sound Effect Title: Car_Stop_Breaks_Screech_Engine-Rev_by-monnie101.mp4.WAVLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/monnie101/sounds/58150/Sound Effect Title: audi a4 b8 20tdi update engine set1 idle acceleration early gear shifting mono.wavBy SoundholderLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Soundholder/sounds/425397/Sound Effect Title: R03-19-Old Auto Tire Skid.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/481668/Sound Effect Title: 220517 metal garbage can banging falling crashingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/717566/Sound Effect Title: Door knockingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/altfuture/sounds/174640/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book Web of Evil, Number 17 (August 1954), penciled by Charles Nicholas.
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  • Zildjian's Away to Shropshire - Episode 108

    Zildjian's Away to Shropshire - Episode 108
    Jul 18 2024

    In gratitude for his assistance, Lord and Lady Pelennor invite Falk to visit their estate. Is there no end to their generosity? Is there no escape? Is chili better than rashers for your supper? Listen to find out!

    Zildjian’s Away to Shropshire, episode 108 of This Gun in My Hand, was lorded over by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I resolve the endless yearning between two hearts and bring them together? With This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. This episode is a spin-off from the fake commercial “Henley’s Away to Shropshire” in episode 73, and partly inspired by season one of Sanditon.

    2. Another example of rich or middle class Brits taking strange children into their homes is Wuthering Heights. I’m aware of the fan theory that Heathcliff is an illegitimate son of Mr. Earnshaw, which explains why Earnshaw would favor the boy over his own children. But the cover story Earnshaw apparently expects everyone to believe is that he adopted a kid off the street at random. As Eighteenth Century Brits were wont to do, I guess?

    3. Lord Pelennor uses the word “arse,” so it’s not cussing by American standards even though they pronounce it exactly the same way as that other word. Not going to mark this episode as having “explicit language.”

    Credits:
    The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Song Title: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
    Composed by Henry Purcell, 1692.
    Performed by Carl Pini, John Tunnell, Anthony Pini and Harold Lester.
    License: Public Domain
    https://musopen.org/music/11140-the-fairy-queen-z629/

    Song Title: Consolation, Songs Without Words, Op. 30, No. 3, Adagio non troppo (E major)
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    Performed by Anonymous
    License: Public Domain
    https://musopen.org/music/348-songs-without-words-op-30/

    Sound Effect Title: Outdoor ambience near a forest with birdsong (Midlands, England)
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/727609/

    Sound Effect Title: R22-05-Two Horses on Dirt Road.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479790/

    Sound Effect Title: G52-10-Horse and Buggy.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437081/

    Sound Effect Title: 20070918.galloping.horse.wave
    By dobroide
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/41180/

    Sound Effect Title: S01-01_Horse trots in on hard dirt; stops; trotting out.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675422/?

    Sound Effect Title: Horse-drawn carriage - Approach and stop.wav
    By Sirderf
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/333680/

    Sound Effect Title: stomp01.wav
    By JanKoehl
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/85600/

    Sound Effect Title: G38-03-Horse Gallops Through Leaves.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/437096/

    Sound Effect Title: horse snort breathe eat recording
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/531429/

    Sound Effect Title: Horse Whinny 1.wav
    By GoodListener
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/s/322445/

    Sound Effect Title: Fist banging on wood surface.wav
    By 221339
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/655133/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated #1, August 1950, in public domain, pencils and inks by Jim Lavery.
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  • No Large Bills - Episode 107

    No Large Bills - Episode 107
    Jul 6 2024

    How will Falk and his special guest star cope without a narrator? How many wall angles does this polygon have? You do everything a child says? Listen to find out!

    No Large Bills, episode 107 of This Gun in My Hand, was created from dues paid by one person, Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What keeps me from paying ransom with large bills? Being broke. And also – This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. Enjoy ZaSu Pitts in
    The Crooked Circle (1932)
    https://youtu.be/mH--iCfpMqk?si=gnz_vRf7OqVu5eYM
    So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)
    https://youtu.be/yv4HtlLmgeg?si=mWRSID-fboPfAp76

    2. During my experience of the 1980s, Thursday night at 8 o’clock was time for Michigan Outdoors on your local PBS station, one of my dad’s favorite shows. Astro Police were inspired by the announcer on the radio series Space Patrol (1952-1955), and their activities were inspired by the Dead Kennedys song “Police Truck” (1980) and the rather problematic James Caan and Alan Arkin film which set the standard for buddy cop movies, Freebie and the Bean (1974).

    3. Wikipedia says bungalows are single story. I just throw out architectural terms that sound legit. What’s ranch style? What’s Tudor? What’s a “cornice?” I have no idea.

    4. Actual old time radio dramas name-checked in this episode: Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy; The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen. Not actual old time radio shows: Little Orphan Ayn; Father Clogin; InfoMars with Alex Johansen; Astro Police.

    Credits:
    The opening and middle theme music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950); the music used in the Astro Police ad was from Chapter ten of Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars (1938); and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all three films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Sound Effect Title: Striking a Match, Burning, Extinguishing
    By nebulousflynn
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/221554/

    Sound Effect Title: Whoosh02.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/kingsrow/sounds/181578/

    Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/

    Sound Effect Title: Deep Space Ship Effect
    By hykenfreak
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/214663/

    Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wav
    License: Public domain
    https://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/#

    Sound Effect Title: Victorian Twist Doorbell 01
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/Dionysuspsi/sounds/464230/

    Song Title: Sassy Jazzy
    By LaFaena
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
    https://freemusicarchive.org/music/lafaena/not-shift-free-will/sassy-jazzy/

    Sound Effect Title: knock-window-glass.aiff
    By stereostereo
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/124536/

    Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawer
    License: Public Domain
    http://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.html

    Sound Effect Title: Glass Bottle Breaking
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/607910/

    Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire
    By GoodSoundForYou
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

    Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the front of a 1928 two dollar bill, and both sides of a 1928 one dollar bill.
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  • Murder at the Job Fair for Dicks - Episode 106

    Murder at the Job Fair for Dicks - Episode 106
    Jun 20 2024

    Which detective was murdered at the job fair for dicks? How many dicks will it take to detect who did it? Do you have any experience gunning down striking miners or railroad workers? Listen to find out!

    Murder at the Job Fair for Dicks, episode 106 of This Gun in My Hand, was headhunted by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What do I use to practice my skills of detection? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. One of my favorite old time radio shows is Pete Kelly’s Blues, a 1951 series starring Jack Webb as a hardboiled cornet player in a Dixieland jazz band who solves mysteries in 1920s Kansas City. Only six episodes are thought to survive.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Kelly%27s_Blues_(radio_series)

    2. Eccentric Houseboat Detective was inspired by John D. MacDonald’s character Travis McGee in The Deep Blue Good-by. Not inspired by eccentric sailboat detectives Sonny Crocket or Quincy or Adam West’s character in The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969).

    3. Anachronism: the Knights Templar were arrested for heresy by order of King Phillip IV on October 12th, 1307, but you can tell this episode is set in summer because no one is described as wearing coats as they would be in Parabellum City in October.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_of_the_Knights_Templar

    Credits:
    The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950); the ad music for Eccentric Houseboat Detective was from D.O.A. (1949); and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pub
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/

    Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/

    Sound Effect Title: ancient conference Room Door.wav
    by mcweigert
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/696482/

    Sound Effect Title: tug boat horn - sound effect.wav
    By komal22moiz
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/s/380825/

    Sound Effect Title: Lake Waves 1.wav
    By Benboncan
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/s/67883/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Black Book Detective, Volume 5, Number 4 (July 1936), painted by Norman Saunders.
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