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On this episode Chris And Stu talk to the always delightful and interesting Carla Valentine and as its Halloween we go in on monsters and their origins!!It's a cracker of a natter!!!Come send us a tweet or insta message!BECOME A PATRON AND PICK YOUR OWN TOP 5HARDCORE LISTING ON TWITTER HARDCORE LISTING ON INSTACOME LEAVE US A ROTTEN 5 STAR REVIEW ON FACEBOOK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The supernatural and the rational come together in the murder mystery. Thank you to my returning guest, Carla Valentine, for joining me. She is a trained mortuary technician and the technical curator at Barts Pathology Museum in London. She's also the author of Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie. This episode marks the beginning of the 2023 Shedunnit Pledge Drive! 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 Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe — The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins — The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle — Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie — The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace — The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie — The Halloween Murders by John Newton Chance — Wraiths and Changelings by Gladys Mitchell — Calendar of Crime by Ellery Queen — The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham — The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr — The Red Widow Murders by John Dickson Carr — Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer — When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell — Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie — The Unicorn Murders by John Dickson Carr — A Corpse at Camp Two by Glyn Carr — He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr — The Spirit Murder Mystery by Robin Forsythe — Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham Related Shedunnit episodes: — Knock Knock — Murder Isn't Easy — The Golden Age Autopsy NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. 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. 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/spookysleuthingtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Step inside the mortuary. Thanks to my guest, Carla Valentine, for joining me. Her book, Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie, has lots more on this subject, as does her previous appearance on Shedunnit, Murder Isn't Easy. Mentioned in the episode: — Murder Isn't Easy by Carla Valentine — The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie — The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie — 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie — Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers — "The Lernean Hydra" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Labours of Hercules — Notable Trials books (Shedunnit episode on the subject linked below) — One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie Related Shedunnit episodes: — Murder Isn't Easy — Notable Trials NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. 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, 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/thegoldenageautopsytranscript Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Agatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, and nearly every story she ever wrote involves one—or, more commonly, several—dead bodies. And the cause of death, the motives behind violent crimes, the clues that inevitably are left behind, and the people who put the pieces together to solve the mystery invite the reader to analyze the evidence and race to find the answer before the detective does. Nearly every step of the way, Christie outlines the nuts and bolts of early 20th-century crime detection, relying on physical evidence to tell the real story behind the facades humans erect to escape detection.Christie wouldn't have talked of "forensics" as it is understood today—most of her work predates the modern developments of forensics science—but in each tale she harnesses the power of human observation, ingenuity, and scientific developments of the era. A fascinating, science-based deep dive, The Science of Murder examines the use of fingerprints, firearms, handwriting, blood spatter analysis, toxicology, and more in Christie's beloved works.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio.
In this episode, we're delving deep into the science of one of the best-selling fiction writers of all times: Agatha Christie. We look for evidence of her pioneering forensic writing with Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie, the second book by pathology technician and medical historian Carla Valentine. At a time when there was no internet and the word ‘forensics' didn't even exist yet, Christie managed to stay up to date with the latest scientific advances as well as real-life cases — all of which inspired her clever plots and twisting tales. Together with special guests Raychelle Burks and Kathryn Harkup (both huge Christie fans) we consider Christie's knack for science communication as well as her problematic selection of stereotyped characters.
How much did Agatha Christie really know about dead bodies? Thanks to my guest for this episode, Carla Valentine. She is a trained mortuary technician and the technical curator at Barts Pathology Museum in London. She's also the author of Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie. I'm doing a festive livestream on December 15th at 6pm GMT just for members of the Shedunnit Book Club. If you'd like to join, visit shedunnitbookclub.com/join. There are no major plot spoilers in this episode, although there is some discussion of the death in Hercule Poirot's Christmas. Books referenced: — The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie — The Tuesday Night Club aka The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie — Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie — Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie Thanks to today's sponsor: — Girlfriend Collective. Get $25 off your $100+ purchase of sustainable, ethically made activewear at girlfriend.com/shedunnit. — Milk Bar. Get $10 off any order of $50 or more when you go to milkbarstore.com/shedunnit. — Dear Holmes, a mail-based Victorian mystery game. To give this as a gift or to join for yourself, visit dearholmes.com and enter promo code Shedunnit to get $5 off your first order. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/murderisnteasytranscript. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, 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. Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.
Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are by Daniel Mays, Al Murray, Carla Valentine and Pearl Mackie for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Self Esteem and Gruff Rhys.
This weeks chat features Chris and Stu chatting about the Top 5 Things made out of human body parts with Mortuary technician, podcaster and all round ledge Carla ValentineHARDCORE LISTING:BECOME A PATRON AND PICK YOUR OWN TOP 5HARDCORE LISTING ON TWITTER HARDCORE LISTING ON INSTACOME LEAVE US A ROTTEN 5 STAR REVIEW ON FACEBOOKSPONSORS:LOVE BEERBANG BOOM CREATIVESTORE:www.podcastmerch.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A special bonus episode for you featuring the delectable Carla Valentine, a bona fide qualified Anatomical Pathology Technician, author and founder of Morticulture.Join us as we chat about detecting poisons in corpses, the life of a mortician, deadly plants and even deadlier cocktails. Find out about Carla's work at https://www.carlavalentine.co.uk/ and follow her on Instagram @carlavalentineuk and on Twitter @pastmortems Buy all the lovely things from https://www.carlavalentine.co.uk/morticulture and follow @morticult.Listen to Mortem on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p082bzcp Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosts: Emrys and Katie Guest: DavidIn our Twenty-First episode we meet David, who loves horror movies and also thinks horror movies are stupid. We're legally an adult in podcast years, we live in a tiny home, we have fun with aluminium, we learn to knit, Johns Carpenter an Hughes have a movie baby, we learn that sex makes babies, we question the electrical outlets around the swimming pool, we enjoy the spooky scary soundtrack, we learn not to cut open our actor until the last take, we ask shouldn't they be wearing masks, we question the motivation, we fail the sexy lamp test, we check we're dead and we also discuss the movies It Follows and The Autopsy of Jane Doe.MoviesIt Follows (2014) Time stamp: 22:46Written & Directed by: David Robert MitchellWhere to watch:US: Stream on RokuUK: Stream on BBC iPlayer, ShudderBuy & Rent from Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google, YouTubeThe Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) Time Stamp: 42:10Directed by: André ØvredalWritten by: Ian GoldbergWhere to watch:US: Stream on Netflix, SlingUK: Buy & Rent from Apple, Amazon, Google, YouTube, MicrosoftSPOILER WARNING: We will discuss the plot of these movies in full, so if you haven't seen them, pause this podcast, watch them, then come right on back. We also discuss the following:Films - Young Frankenstein, Frankenstein, The Wolfman, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Paranormal Activity, The Babadook, The Strangers, The Exorcist, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Lighthouse, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Ghostbusters, Jaws, Psycho.TV Shows: The Adams Family, Little Britain, Stranger Things, Law & Order.Book: Past Mortems by Carla Valentine.Podcast: Smut & SensibilityInstagram: @curatorsofhorror Email: curatorsofhorror@gmail.com Produced and Edited by: Emrys Recorded remotely using: SquadCast Opening Music: Tiffany Hern Closing Music: Spooky Scherzo by Sam Fonteyn
In the mortuary, Carla Valentine has been asked to remove a crucial clue from Mrs Thompson's body. A section of her damaged skull. Because there could be more to these fatal injuries than meets the eye. And to see them in all their minutiae, could reveal that the devil truly is in the detail. Enter engineer Professor Mark Williams. This episode includes references to death, violence and dissection, which some listeners may find distressing. Our victim is fictional, but the science and the scientists are very real. A Whistledown production for BBC Sounds. Presenter: Carla Valentine George the Pathologist: Matt Addis The Voice: Jude Akuwudike Producer: Kate Holland Co-Producer and Sound Designer: Steve Bond Executive Producer: Deborah Dudgeon Writer: Nina Millns Script Editor: David K. Barnes Original Music: Aaron May Vocals: Alyssa Production Team: Nina Kruse, Mend Mariwany
Sin-eaters appear in Welsh records back to the 1680s. Though there is some dispute as to whether the custom was genuine, or misinterpreted by an over-zealous scholar. Were they real, or a neat snippet of folklore? Let's find out in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore. See the images on the blog post here: http://www.icysedgwick.com/sin-eaters/ Get your guide to protecting your home with folklore here: http://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore Find out more about what happens to the body after death in Carla Valentine's Past Mortems: https://amzn.to/2OZjbub Become a Patron for bonus content at https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Enjoyed this episode? Buy Icy a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Tweet Icy at https://twitter.com/IcySedgwick Follow Icy on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/icysedgwick
Like so many stories, it all starts with a body. And, in this case, a mortician who can't leave a puzzle unanswered. Carla Valentine invites us through the doors of the mortuary. And, with each cut, she pieces together the last moments of this person's life. The body is burnt beyond recognition. She'll have to go to the scene of the crime to discover the full story. Because fire doesn't destroy everything, as Fire Investigator Emma Wilson demonstrates. So who is the burning man? This episode includes references to death, suicide and dissection, which some listeners may find distressing. Our victim is fictional, but the science and the scientists are very real. A Whistledown Production for BBC Sounds. Presenter: Carla Valentine George the Pathologist: Matt Addis The Voice: Jude Akuwudike Producer: Deborah Dudgeon Co-Producer and Sound Designer: Steve Bond Writer: Nina Millns Script Editor: David K. Barnes Original Music: Aaron May with vocals by Alyssa Production Team: Kate Holland, Nina Kruse, Mend Mariwany
A curious mortician. Determined forensic scientists. And one suspicious death. Welcome to Carla Valentine's mortuary. A chilled, white, windowless room, where you cross the threshold into the world of the dead. From the first cut, to the final stitch, Carla examines how each body got to her slab. But it's forensic science that joins the dots, as we venture to the scene of the crime and join the scientists on the frontline. Each case, told over three episodes, tells the story of one body, through the sciences you may have never heard in detail before. The victim is fictional. But the science is real. And the investigations they describe, really happened. A Whistledown production for BBC Sounds.
Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles are joined by comedian Marcus Brigstocke, who reveals why he has a red painted head and blue horns for his first character-driven stand up show. Jodi Ann Bickley explains why she writes lovely letters to strangers in need – about 4,000 so far. After 65 years working at Waterloo Station, Don Buckley is thought to be Britain’s longest-serving railway worker. He enjoys helping people around the station and is so popular with passengers that one of them, Bernadette Porteous, wrote to tell us all about him. JP Devlin has been to meet him. Dan Aylward travelled to Lesotho as an economic advisor and ‘accidentally’ set up its national rugby squad. Carla Valentine’s interest in death and mystery began in childhood with reading Agatha Christie novels. She describes her role as a Mortician and Technical Curator at Bart’s Pathology Museum in London, where she looks after some 5,000 artefacts. The American Jazz singer and saxophonist Curtis Stigers chooses his Inheritance Tracks: Rikki Don’t Lose That Number by Steely Dan and Something To Love by Jason Isbell. Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Eleanor Garland
We had so much fun at our recent Live recording having cheery chats about death, we ran out of time. So, here is a special Bonus Show with some more Grief chat from Dolly, Ahir + Gráinne, plus some questions from the Griefcast audience.Cariad talks to award-winning journalist Dolly Alderton (The High Low, Everything I Know About Love), stand up Ahir Shah (Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee) + comedian and writer Gráinne Maguire (The Now Show, Question Time) in this special live episode, recorded at the Barts Pathology Musuem as part of their Funeral March season. As ever they discuss grief, wakes + finding a good Medium.The event was part of Funeral March, hosted by Carla Valentine, also known as Chick and the Dead, author of Past Mortems about her life as a Anatomical Pathology Technician.You can tweet the show @thegriefcast, follow us on instagram @thegriefcast or email us thegriefcast@gmail.com because you are not alone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Cariad talks to award-winning journalist Dolly Alderton (The High Low, Everything I Know About Love), stand up Ahir Shah (Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee) + comedian and writer Gráinne Maguire (The Now Show, Question Time) in this special live episode, recorded at the Barts Pathology Musuem as part of their Funeral March season. As ever they discuss grief, wakes + finding a good Medium.The event was part of Funeral March, hosted by Carla Valentine, also known as Chick and the Dead, author of Past Mortems about her life as a Anatomical Pathology Technician. You can tweet the show @thegriefcast, follow us on instagram @thegriefcast or email us thegriefcast@gmail.com because you are not alone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Many museums around the world hold human bodies and body parts. Egyptian mummies draw huge crowds curious about our ancient past and specimens in medical museums allow us to imagine our own bodies from the inside. Many of these museum objects have become highly contested. Whilst some people may look at them and see artefacts or tools for knowledge, for others, human remains remain human. Shivaani Kohok explores why storing and displaying human remains in museums is so contentious. Many human remains in medical museums were obtained without the consent of the people they were removed from: curators like Carla Valentine of the Barts Pathology Museum in London argue that they should be preserved because they tell a story of the history of medicine, and may still be useful for scientific study. Bob Weatherall has been campaigning for decades to get museums to return remains of Aboriginal Australians to their communities of origin so they can be respectfully laid to rest. Chip Colwell, curator of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, explains how museums in America have reacted to calls for the repatriation of Native American human remains. Alice Dreger, historian and philosopher of anatomy, believes that museums should consider whether some repatriation claims could result in a loss of scientific learning. J Nathan Bazzel donated his hip bones to a museum after they were surgically removed. (Photo: Barts Museum, Credit: Carla Valentine, Courtesy of Pathology Museum at Queen Mary University London)
Carla Valentine is trailblazer in the Death Industry. She is an author (Past Mortems), blogger, creator of the only Death Industry networking/dating website Dead Meet, former pathologist, and current Technical Curator of the most famous Pathology Museum in the world: St. Batholomew’s! There she is in charge of preserving and categorizing 5,000 specimens of human […]
Pathology technician Carla Valentine always knew she wanted to work with corpses. In childhood, she conducted funerals for roadkill. These days, she is curator of the St Bart’s Museum of Pathology, and a passionate advocate for more discussion about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut. In this interview with Olly, she reveals how to prepare for an autopsy, how to get a sense of how a person lived from examining their remains, and how to create that ‘look of gentle repose’ so important to grieving families. You’ll discover when rigor mortis starts, how identify the difference between primary and secondary flaccidity, and you'll learn about alkaline hydrolysis (‘the new cremation’) and the American trend for being embalmed sitting up.For this week’s Lifehack, Sasha Morgan from Peckham-based arts educational charity Bold Everywhere reveals her top tips to run a successful meeting: know your objectives, invite the right people, and assemble your allies before the meeting even commences. The Lifehack is supported by our friends at Squarespace.com - if you want to build yourself a beautiful website, there is no better port of call. There’s a two-week free trial, and then use our offer code ‘MANN’ to get 10% off your first year’s subscription.Meanwhile, in The Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart’s quest to become a true trends insider continues. This week, he inches ever-closer to being able to *touch a Nando’s black card*, and learns why TV presenter Emma Willis will NEVER be allowed such an honour. He also considers the trends for brand disloyalty and dockless bike sharing. If you think you can help Ollie with his mission, contact him on Twitter @Ollieep. And, down the Foxhole, Alix Fox reveals why when it comes to condoms, there are such things as ‘teat-less wonders’. She also explains what spermatorrhea is, why she’s created a new sexual term, ‘ledging’, and why - despite detesting the book - she has a certain fondness for the 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' toy crossovers. The Foxhole is sponsored by our friends at mycondom.com. They stock all you need for a legendary night in the sack - or many more to come. Remember to use our discount code ‘FOXHOLE’ to receive an astonishing 15% off! If you have a question of sex for a future edition, do get in touch via the Feedback form on our website, MODERNMANN.CO.UK. That’s also where to head to buy us a beer, subscribe to the podcast or send us an idea for the show. Finally, our song of the week is Machine, by The Horrors - out now. It’s a bit acid rock. We like it a lot. See You Next Tuesday! Presenter: Olly Mann. Contributors: Ollie Peart, Alix Fox. Producer: Matt Hill. Theme Music: 'Skies Over Cairo' by Django Django. Graphic Design: Jenny Mann Design. Copyright: Olly Mann / Rethink Audio 2017. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe delves into the world of transhumanism, a movement whose aim is to use technology to transform the human condition. The writer Mark O'Connell has explored this world of cyborgs, utopians and the futurists looking to live forever. Raymond Tallis seeks to wrest the mysteries of time away from the scientists in his reflections on the nature of transience and mortality. Laura Tunbridge listens to the late works of Beethoven, Schumann and Mahler to ask whether intimations of mortality shape these pieces, while the mortician Carla Valentine uncovers what the dead reveal about their past life. Producer: Katy Hickman.
Welcome welcome welcome to episode 55 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast. This week’s guest is qualified Anatomical Pathology Technologist Carla Valentine. Carla and Pip discuss everything from the cultural and scientific links between sex and death to observations on the culture of mortality and so much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Carla Valentine is the technical curator of the Bart's Pathology Museum, founded in Smithfield London in the nineteenth century to conserve and document human specimens. Surrounded by death, whether restoring what are called 'pots' of remains, carrying out autopsies, excavating plague graves, or running a dating night for those working in the death industries, Carla shares with us the olfactory worlds of death and decay in an utterly captivating and sensitive way, from the funeral parlour-inspired scents of her personal perfume collection, to smells that most of us, fortunately, will never encounter. Contains content that is unsuitable for those aged under 18. Music by Kai Engel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.