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ShedunnitA Christmas FeastMake sure nobody has tampered with your turkey…
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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées by Agatha Christie— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes— "Stuffing" by Edgar Wallace, collected in Silent Nights— Murder After Christmas by Rupert Lat...
2025-12-1023 min
Spy StoryErskine Childers: From Author to RevolutionaryErskine Childers: From Author to RevolutionaryThis episode chronicles Childers' dramatic transformation from British establishment figure to Irish revolutionary martyr. By 1913, his political evolution from imperialist to Irish nationalist was complete, leading him to conceive the audacious Howth gun-running operation of July 1914. Using his yacht Asgard, Childers and his American wife Molly smuggled 1,900 German rifles and 49,000 rounds of ammunition to Irish Volunteers, demonstrating how his fictional expertise in coastal operations translated into real-world revolutionary activity.The episode explores the apparent contradiction of Childers serving Britain with distinction during World War I despite his gun-running activities...
2025-11-1709 min
Spy StoryErskine Childers: The Man Who Created the Modern Spy NovelErskine Childers: The Man Who Created the Modern Spy NovelThis episode explores the early life and literary career of Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922), whose novel "The Riddle of the Sands" (1903) essentially created the modern spy thriller genre. Born to an English father and Irish mother, Childers was orphaned at six and raised by relatives in County Wicklow, Ireland, developing the deep attachment to Ireland that would later shape his political destiny.After a privileged education at Haileybury College and Trinity College, Cambridge, Childers entered the British Civil Service as a parliamentary clerk. His service...
2025-11-1310 min
Better KnownSally SmithSally Smith discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Sally Smith spent all her working life as a barrister and later KC in the Inner Temple. After writing a biography of the Edwardian barrister Sir Edward Marshall Hall KC, she retired from the bar to write full time. A Case of Mice and Murder, her first novel, was inspired by the historic surroundings of the Inner Temple in which she still lives and works and was the first in a series starring the reluctant sleuth Sir Gabriel Ward KC. A Case of Mice and...
2025-07-2028 min
The CollectiveGrand Final Matchday | Isuzu UTE A-League Grand Final Day 2025Join Julian Marcus, Jude Dolan, Alex Molchanoff, Robbie Feldmann, Neal Symons, James Worth, Michael Thompson & Katie Lambeski for Grand Final Matchday LIVE from AAMI Park ahead of the 2025 Grand Final between Melbourne City & Melbourne Victory. Including the 2024/25 season in review.
2025-06-023h 10
Gépész ( hangoskönyv )Kriminovellák a Rakéta Regényújságból 18A 20 évet megélt nagysikerű Rakéta regényújságban megjelentbűnügyi történetek közül válogatok!1. Tonita S. Gardner - Balesetek 00:00:002. Shirley Jackson - Ez csak természetes 00:07:513. Shirley Jackson - Eladósorban 00:19:524. Ray Bradbury - Gyerekszoba 00:29:585. Julian Symons - Útban Dover felé 01:04:29
2025-04-111h 34
ShedunnitFather ChristmasThe magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.Mentioned in this episode:— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes— "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées— "The Necklace of Pearls" by Dorothy L Sayers, collected in Silent Nights— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie— Crime at Christmas by C.H.B. Kitchin— Portrait of a Murderer by...
2024-12-1123 min
ShedunnitThe Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)Martin Edwards joins Caroline to revisit this iconic example of golden age detective fiction.No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 11:06. After that, expect full spoilers.A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.Join the Shedunnit Book Club for two extra Shedunnit episodes a month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join....
2024-10-0239 min
ShedunnitThe Mystery of A.A. MilneWhy didn’t the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh write more detective fiction?My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit my website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.Join the Shedunnit Book Club for two extra Shedunnit episodes a month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/joinMentioned in this episode:— When We Were Very Young by AA Milne— Winnie-the-Pooh by AA Milne— The House At Pooh Corner by AA Milne
2024-05-2236 min
Talk Media‘When Journalism Goes Where The Law Will Not’, ’10 Million Reasons It’s Not Racism’ and ‘A Right Royal Mess’ / with Chris MullinThis week, the boys are really happy to have the company of Chris Mullin - journalist responsible for exposing the false convictions of the Birmingham Six , author and ex-labour MP.
At the end a question from Jim Hunter.
Recommendations:
Chris Mullin Books:
Error of Judgement,
Didn’t You Used to be Chris Mullin,
A Very British Coup,
Secret State and
Walk on Part
and Many More…
https://www.waterstones.com/author/chris-mullin/77471
Film:
The Investigation Insid...
2024-03-1306 min
Past Present FutureHistory of Ideas 5: George OrwellEpisode 5 in our series on the great essays is about George Orwell. His wartime essay ‘The Lion and the Unicorn’ (1941) is about what it does – and doesn’t – mean to be English. How did the English manage to resist fascism? How are the English going to defeat fascism? These were two different questions with two very different answers: hypocrisy and socialism. David takes the story from there to Brexit and back again.For more on Orwell from the LRB:Samuel Hynes on Orwell and politics‘He was not, in fact, really a political thinke...
2023-12-2953 minShedunnitThe Pimlico Poisoning MysteryHow Adelaide Bartlett got away with murder.The 2023 Shedunnit Pledge Drive and we're already three quarters of the way to our goal! Help ensure the future of the podcast and get your hands on some exclusive audio perks by becoming a Shedunnit member now at shedunnitshow.com/pledgedrive.Mentioned in this episode:— The Anatomy of Murder by the Detection Club— Sweet Adalaide by Julian SymonsAdditional books consulted:— The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett, both 1886 and 1927 editions— Victorian Murderesses by Mary S. Hartman— Molecules of Murder...
2023-11-0133 min
Past Present FutureHistory of Ideas: George OrwellThis week David discusses George Orwell’s ‘The Lion and the Unicorn’ (1941), his great wartime essay about what it does – and doesn’t – mean to be English. How did the English manage to resist fascism? How are the English going to defeat fascism? These were two different questions with two very different answers: hypocrisy and socialism. David takes the story from there to Brexit and back again.For more on Orwell from the LRB:Samuel Hynes on Orwell and politics‘He was not, in fact, really a political thinker at all: he had no ideology, h...
2023-08-0354 min
Agathas Memories108 - The Scoop / Der Knüller (Gemeinschafts-Radioprojekt, 1931)Das zweite Radioprojekt des Detection-Club - anstrengend und erfolgreich
„The Scoop“ (ausgestrahlt von Januar bis April 1931, jeweils samstags. Veröffentlicht in der darauffolgenden Woche in The Listener.
Agatha Christie schrieb die folgenden Episoden und sprach sie auch ein:
Episode 2: Ausgestrahlt am 17.1.1931, 21.25-21.40, veröffentlicht am 21.1.1931
Episode 4 (The Weapon): Ausgestrahlt am 31.1.1931, veröffentlicht am 4.2.1931.
In Buchform im Sammelband „The Scoop & Behind the Screen“, 1983 (UK, Gollancz) und 1984 (US, HarperRow). Ich verwende die US-amerikanische Ausgabe. Die Ausgabe enthält auch ein Vorwort des damaligen Präsidenten des Detection Clubs, Julian Symons, das sich leider weniger auf die Radioprojekte als auf die G...
2023-07-2620 minAgathas Memories104 - Something is Missing / Irgendetwas fehlt (Radioprojekt, 1930)Der Detection Club macht sich an ein Cross-Media Projekt - und Agatha Christie ist dabei
„Something is Missing“ (ausgestrahlt am 14. Juni 1930, 21.25-21.40 Uhr; veröffentlicht in The Listener am 18. Juni 1930. In Buchform im Sammelband „The Scoop & Behind the Screen“, 1983 (UK, Gollancz) und 1984 (US, HarperRow). Ich verwende die US-amerikanische Ausgabe. Die Ausgabe enthält auch ein Vorwort des damaligen Präsidenten des Detection Club, Julian Symons, das sich leider weniger auf die Radioprojekte als auf die Geschichte des Detection Clubs allgemein bezieht. Andererseits enthält der Anhang des Buches jede Menge Interessantes über die Einsendungen zum Preisausschreiben. Eine deutsche Ausgabe ist mir nicht...
2023-05-2219 min
Connect to Complete Audiobooks in High QualityAudiobook: Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries by Martin EdwardsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/674327 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries
Author: Martin Edwards
Narrator: Neville Watchurst, Kris Dyer, David Monteath, Mark Meadows, Regina Reagan, John Telfer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes
Release date: April 1, 2023
Genres: Police & Detective
Publisher's Summary: Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection reveal the dark side to theatre and performing arts: a world of backstage dealings, where unscrupulous actors risk everything to land a starring role, costumed figures lead to...
2023-04-0211h 14
AFTN Soccer ShowEpisode 522 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Wunderbar! with special guests Julian Gressel, Fabian Herbers, Easton Ongaro, Katie Collar, Jesse Symons, and Will Cromack)We're back with another jam-packed episode of the AFTN Soccer Show for your listening pleasure as we talk Vancouver Whitecaps, MLS, and League1 BC.
And we've come over a little German for this episode (we apologised to Hans) with a Deutsche theme running throughout with our chats and our musical selections this week.
We kick things off by looking at the Whitecaps battling point earned in Nashville on Saturday night. It was another slow start and strong finish. Will this be enough to get them into the playoffs and how many points are they likely...
2022-08-032h 11
ShedunnitA Second Century of WhodunnitsReading my way through the last hundred years, from the 1920s to the 2020s, one mystery at a time.My previous attempt at this reading project can be found in the episode A Century of Whodunnits.Books mentioned:— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles— Laurels are Poison by Gladys Mitchell— The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey— The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons— Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh— A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine— Fac...
2022-02-2329 min
ShedunnitThe Tichborne ClaimantThe golden age of detective fiction was obsessed with identity. The reason why? An extremely melodramatic Victorian legal case involving shipwreck, Shetland ponies and a tangled aristocratic inheritance.Please be aware that there may be spoilers for the following books in this episode.Books referenced:— The Claimant by Michael Gilbert— Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert— Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert— The Murder at Road Hill House episode with Robin Stevens— The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale— Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
2022-01-2633 min
ShedunnitA Century of WhodunnitsReading through the twentieth century, one murder mystery at a time.Find more information about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/century.The ten books I talk about are:— The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1905)— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley (1913)— The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts (1920)— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers (1934)— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (1943)— Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert (1952)— From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell (1964)— Death of an Expert Witness by...
2021-05-0529 min
Listen to Best Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseThe Progress of a Crime by Julian SymonsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Progress of a Crime Author: Julian Symons Narrator: Kris Dyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: The murder, a brutal stabbing, definitely took place on Guy Fawkes night. It was definitely by the bonfire on the village green. There were definitely a number of witnesses to a row between a group of Teddy Boys. And yet, was it definitely clear to anybody exactly what they had seen? In the writhing, violent shadows, it seems as if the truth may have...
2021-04-0103 min
Get Premium Audiobook Collection on Any DeviceHomage to Catalonia: Penguin Modern Classics (Authored by George Orwell)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487912 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Homage to Catalonia: Penguin Modern Classics
Author: George Orwell
Narrator: Rory Alexander
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Release date: January 7, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil...
2021-01-077h 54Stream Complete Audiobook Collection TodayHomage to Catalonia: Penguin Modern Classics | George OrwellPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487912 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Homage to Catalonia: Penguin Modern Classics
Author: George Orwell
Narrator: Rory Alexander
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Release date: January 7, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish...
2021-01-077h 54
Stream Popular Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MilitaryHomage to Catalonia: Penguin Modern Classics by George OrwellPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homage to Catalonia: Penguin Modern Classics Author: George Orwell Narrator: Rory Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he...
2021-01-0705 min
ShedunnitCui Bono?It's not who, or how, but why.Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/cuibono.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:—Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers—Heir Presumptive by Henry Wade—The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers—The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox—The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Ca...
2020-05-2719 min
ShedunnitOff The RailsThere’s something so linear and definite about a train journey — it can only take you from A to B, with no possible deviations. Except when murder intervenes, and throws everything off the rails.Find links to all the books mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/offtherails.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/membership.Books and sources:—The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle—"The Fallow Fields of Fiction" by Arnold Bennett in T...
2019-10-0227 min
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseDover One by Joyce PorterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dover One Author: Joyce Porter Narrator: Sam Devereaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 26, 2019 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: For its own very good reasons, Scotland Yard sends Dover off to remote Creedshire to investigate the disappearance of a young housemaid, Juliet Rugg. Though there's every cause to assume that she has been murdered - she gave her favours freely and may even have stooped to a bit of blackmail - no body is to be found. Weighing in at sixteen stone, she couldn't be hard...
2019-09-2603 min
I Hear of Sherlock EverywhereEpisode 173: Another Case of Identity“Male costume is nothing new to me” [SCAN] It isn't every day you run into someone who crashed an invitation-only event 45 years ago. When you add to the mix that the event was all-male and the interloper was a female—well, now we have the beginning of a good story. For years it remained a mystery, which is just fine with Rosemary Herbert, our guest for this episode and the very same person who pulled off the caper. It's the perfect genre, as Rosemary has been involved in the world of mystery fiction for nearly her entire life. Her literary connect...
2019-07-301h 11
I Hear of Sherlock EverywhereAnother Case of Identity"Male costume is nothing new to me" [SCAN] It isn't every day you run into someone who crashed an invitation-only event 45 years ago. When you add to the mix that the event was all-male and the interloper was a female—well, now we have the beginning of a good story. For years it remained a mystery, which is just fine with Rosemary Herbert, our guest for this episode and the very same person who pulled off the caper. It's the perfect genre, as Rosemary has been involved in...
2019-07-301h 11
Listen to Best Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseThe Colour of Murder by Julian SymonsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Colour of Murder Author: Julian Symons Narrator: Peter Wickham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 1, 2019 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: John Wilkins meets a beautiful, irresistible girl, and his world is turned upside down. Looking at his wife, and thinking of the girl, everything turns red before his eyes – the colour of murder. But did he really commit the heinous crime he was accused of? Told innovatively in two parts: the psychiatric assessment of Wilkins and the trial for suspected murder on the Brighton seafront, th...
2019-04-0103 min
Listen to Best Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseThe Belting Inheritance by Julian SymonsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Belting Inheritance Author: Julian Symons Narrator: David Thorpe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 1, 2019 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting, claiming to be the missing David Wainwright who was not killed after all, but held captive for years in a Russian prison camp. With Lady Wainwright's health fading, her inheritance is at stake, and the family is torn...
2019-03-0103 min
Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAgatha Christie Close Up: A radio investigation into the Queen of Crime by Agatha ChristiePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agatha Christie Close Up: A radio investigation into the Queen of Crime Author: Agatha Christie Narrator: Margaret Lockwood, Richard Attenborough, Agatha Christie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A fascinating collection of archive radio programmes focusing on the life and work of crime fiction's grande dame and featuring Agatha Christie in her own words. Dame Agatha Christie published 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections in her lifetime, but to the public she remained an...
2016-11-1705 min
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985Julian SymonsRoy Plomley's castaway is writer Julian Symons.Favourite track: The Quarry by W. H. Auden
Book: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Couch
1982-05-1533 min