Podcasts about edgar alan poe

La literatura te puede conquistar golpeándote y removiéndote. Samanta Schweblin , con 'El buen mal'  (Seix Barral), te da directo a la cabeza y al estomago, te hace salir de la falsa realidad y acercarte a ese mal que todos llevamos dentro a través de seis cuentos brutales. De obligada lectura, como cuando estábamos en el colegio. Y es que además de regalarnos esta maravilla de su puño y letra,  nos ha donado otros dos libros imprescindibles, le primero tocho porque es una recopilación, la que hizo la premio Nobel Alice Munro de sus propios relatos bajo el título 'Todo queda en casa' editado por Lumen. Y la segunda donación de Samanta otro clásico contemporáneo  'El gran cuaderno', de Agota Kristof  (Libros del Asteroide) . La actualidad literaria llevó a Antonio Martínez Asensio a donar dos libros de Francisco Ibáñez por la celebración el 15 de enero del primer Día oficial del creador de Mortadelo y Filemón o la 13 Rue del Percebe. Las donaciones fueron  'Mortadelo y Filemón. París 2024' y  'Ibáñez. El maestro de la historieta', ambos en Bruguera. También registró nuestro bibliotecario , por motivos de actualidad,  'El mundo después de Gaza" de Pankak Mishra (Galaxia Gutemberg).  Las novedades de la semana que trae Pepe Rubio fueron  'Una belleza terrible" de Edurne Portela y José Ovejero (Galaxia Gutemberg) y 'Cuentos completos' de Edgar Alan Poe (Páginas de Espuma).  Pascual Donate rescato del abandono el libro 'Historia de la Física cuántica' de José Manuel Sánchez Ron (Editorial Crítica) .  En el mes de la mujer del programa 'Un libro una hora' Antonio Martínez Asensio nos cuenta 'La mujer nueva' de Carmen Laforet (Austral) . Y terminamos con las donaciones de los oyentes que esta semana fueron 'Como luchar contra un dictador' de María Ressa (Península) y 'Apostillas a el nombre de la rosa' de Umberto Eco (Lumen).

Edgar Alan Poe was the master of the horror story, and there was one actor who specialized in bringing these stories to the movie screen... on THIS DAY, October 25th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week: the 2nd in a newer series called “In The Shadow Of…”, where we compare obscure bands to a mainstream act. This is not about copycats or copybats, but more so about artists that have similar vibes to a band who has become synonymous with Gothtober; the one and only TYPE O NEGATIVE! Join us as we discover other bands who were influenced and inspired by TYPE O's gothic metal greatness.What's this InObscuria thing? We're a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This is not a statement about bands trying to copy one another, but more that they have a shared sound and vision. It's been said that there is no originality left in rock n' roll and also been stated that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. As always, we hope we turn you onto something new!Songs this week include:A Pale Horse Named Death – “Shallow Grave” from Lay My Soul To Waste (2013)Frown – “Last Summer Days” from Lunar Brightshine And Fiery Splendour (2003)Unto Others – “Double Negative” from Mana (2019)Marble Orchard – “Liar's Tongue” from Building Monuments To Misery (2023)Seventh Void – “Slow Decent” from Heaven Is Gone (2009)Orphans Of Dusk – “Spleen” from Spleen (2023)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://x.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/inobscuria/og-shopCheck out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Jason Smith & Mike Harmon chat with Pete Fiutak on all his College Football predictions. Plus, the guys wonder about the Patriots mutiny and Davante Adams using Edgar Alan Poe in a tweet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's show kicks off our annual celebration of Gothtober in a grand way! Your favorite fiends welcome local Atlanta goth legend Matt Spatial from Now After Nothing who provides us with some tunes that show a true appreciation of the grim and ghastly! That's right, everything turns grey as they once again explore the dark and ethereal world of Goth Rock…What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection, an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. Robert is forced to test his endurance and provide feedback, as he has no idea what he will be subjected to every week. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.Songs this week include:Bauhaus – “Sanity Assassin” from Sanity Assassin - Single (1983)Astari Nite – “Tongue Tied Galore” from Resolution Of Happiness (2024)Switchblade Symphony – “Bad Trash” from Serpentine Gallery (1995)Curse Mackey – “Lacerations” from Immoral Emporium (2022)Al1ce – “Wide Awake” from The Thirteenth Hour (2018)Now After Nothing – “Fixation Fantasy” from Artificial Ambivalence (2024)If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=u

Final de este relato del maestro Edgar Alan Poe.

El asesino de las mujeres en la calle Morgue.

El maestro del misterio y del terror.

Sigue este cuento de Edgar Alan Poe.

El maestro del cuento de horror y de misterio

Kriminalliteratur, Folge 3 von 3: Jochen Stüsser-Simpson

We review two Edgar Alan Poe featured tales, 'Nevermore' and 'The True and Indisputable Facts in the Matter of the Ram's Skull' The post Episode 578 – Once Upon a Midnight Dreary appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.

El tema del doble en éste cuento de Edgar Alan Poe.

Un cuento de Edgar Alan Poe con el tema del otro.

Bienvenid@s al Foro de la Historia, hoy hablaremos de Edgar Alan Poe el Enigmático, con Eduardo Caamaño, lo haremos a través de la siguiente biografía. Link: https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-edgar-allan-poe/9788411318556/14310866 Foro de la Historia: https://forodelahistoria.com/ Twitter: @Forodhistoria Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Foro-de-la-Historia

Esta semana en el podcast sobre series de TV "Seriemaniac" analizamos sin spoilers la última serie de Mike Flanagan con Netflix, ahora que ha decidido cambiarse a Amazon Prime Video "La caída de la casa Usher", una serie de terror inspirada en relatos de Edgar Alan Poe sobre el poder de la industria farmacéutica. Además, otras noticias de interés sobre el mundo de las series como los estrenos de Fargo, Slow Horses o la renovación de Fundación para una tercera temporada. Como siempre, las preguntas de los oyentes. Podcast oficial del Blog sobre series de televisión Seriemaniac.com cuyo programa de radio se puede escuchar en directo, todos los martes a las 12:00 en RadioBetis.com o en el 96.8 FM.

BIENVENIDOS A FAN KINGDOM La Caída de la Casa Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher – 2023). Si quieres saber todo lo que esconde esta serie, no te pierdas este episodio de Fan Kingdom. Analizamos la maravillosa serie que Mike Flanagan nos ha dejado en la plataforma de Netflix. Una serie fantástica basada en las historias y cuentos de Edgar Alan Poe. Una serie que podríamos catalogar de terror gótico, que gira entorno a una familia acaudalada, que trataran temas de adicción, vicios, donde poco a poco irán muriendo toda la estirpe Usher, a manos de una misteriosa mujer llamada Verna / Raven. SUSCRÍBETE A NUESTRO CANAL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSmna6Kzqq9hTg8oRd1xSPg?sub_confirmation=1 En el episodio de hoy participan: Serafo @ElOtroGeek Tío Gamyi (Víctor) @fankingdom Valkam (Miguel Ángel) @fankingdom Episodio editado por: Valkam (Miguel Ángel) @fankingdom SUSCRÍBETE A NUESTRO CANAL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSmna6Kzqq9hTg8oRd1xSPg?sub_confirmation=1 Volvemos a los directos para analizar y dar nuestras personales opiniones sobre la nueva temporada de 30 Monedas. La serie de Alex de la Iglesia más internacional que esta revolucionando las plataformas de streaming y las redes sociales. *Si te gusta el programa dale al "Me gusta", ya que con esto ayudarás a darnos más visibilidad. También puedes dejar tu comentario, o ponerte en contacto con nosotros a través del correo electrónico info@fankingdom.es No olvides visitar la web, allí podréis escuchar todos los episodios y encontrar más información relacionada con los temas que tratamos. Nos podéis encontrar también en: WEB: https://fankingdom.es/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FanKingdom_ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fankingdom_... IVOOX: https://go.ivoox.com/sq/856671 SPOTIFY: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast... YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSmna6Kzqq9hTg8oRd1xSPg CANAL DE WHASSAPP: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va7NufR6LwHlqgPiWW2H Gracias por seguirnos. #podcast #usher #netflix #edgarallenpoe #miedo #gótico #poe #elcuervo #theraven #carlagugino --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/miguel-angel30/message

Votre prochaine lecture se trouve peut-être dans cette liste. Les références utilisées : « L'Alchimiste » de Paolo Coelho ; « L'Assassin royal » de Robin Hobb ; Voltaire ; « Le Monde du Fleuve » de Philip José Farmer ; Edgar Alan Poe ; « Les Merveilleuses aventures de Kalon » d'Asp Explorer que vous pouvez lire gratuirement ici : http://mapage.noos.fr/aspexpl/kalonbrw.htm 3 moyens de nous soutenir : Vous abonner est le meilleur moyen de nous rejoindre ! Vous pouvez partager ce podcast sur Insta en taguant @florence_georgeon et nous retrouver sur Youtube à 6e de couverture (cela nous fera très plaisir). Vous pouvez laisser une chouette évaluation sur la plateforme de podcast de votre choix.

It's time for one of those huge episodes. Well, it's a three parter anyways. 1963 was not the most ground breaking year for horror movies, well, as far as the big hitter films are concerned anyways. The highs are really high & the lows are few & far between. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1963? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and over 4 hours of running time split over 3 episodes. This is 1963, A Year In Horror.0.00 - Introduction 15.56 - The Worst 6 Horror Movies from 196322.33 - Sci-Fi Corner31.36 - Twice Told Tales40.26 - Kiss of the Vampire46.29 - The Haunted Palace 

Jamie shares some information about upcoming podcast episodes.  She'll be taking a 2 month break and will return with new episodes January 2024.  And she reads Poe's short story The TellTale Heart for Halloween.Support the show! Become a Lurk Patron!Vote for us in the Paranormality Magazine's Top 10 Paranormal Podcast List!To see photos we discussed in this episode, please follow us on our Social Media platforms:Lurk on FacebookLurk on TwitterLurk on InstagramWe have a new Facebook Group join in the discussion! Lurk Podcast Facebook GroupWe are also now found on YouTube- Lurk on YouTubeBackground Music Royalty and Copyright Free MusicIntro and Outro music purchased through  AudioJungle with Music Broadcast License (1 Million) Support the show

Olhe para os lados e confirme se há rachaduras na sua casa porque hoje você vai entrar pro mundo de A Queda da Casa de Usher, série de sucesso da Netflix que reúne os principais contos de Edgar Alan Poe. Para analisar a série comparando com os contos originais, Amanda Barreiro e Senhor Basso  se encontram e debatem no episódio de hoje. Será que a série agradou a todes? A resposta é não e os motivos são bem racionais... Deixe o seu corvo de lado e cuidado para que a queda da casa de Usher não recaia sobre você! Quer saber mais? Vem ouvir! Mais um beijo pra gente! Quer receber um beijo nosso no próximo quadro "Momento do beijo"? É só nos deixar um salve em qualquer rede social ou um comentário no post. Estamos loucas para te beijar! ;) Ficha técnica Apresentação: Amanda Barreiro e Senhor Basso Pauta: Amanda Barreiro  Produção: Domenica Mendes Assistente: Leonardo Tremeschin Edição: Ace Barros Agradecimentos Especiais Esse episódio foi produzido graças a Airechu, Aline Bergamo, Allan Felipe Fenelon, Amauri Silva, Caio Amaro, Camila Vieira, Carol Vidal, Carolina Soares Mendes, Clecius Alexandre Duran, Daiane Silva Souza, Guilherme De Biasi, Igor Bajo, Janaína Fontes Vieira, Lucas Domingos, Lu Bento, Luiz Henrique Soares, Marina Jardim, Marina Kondratovich, Moacir de Souza Filho, Nilda e Ricardo Brunoro. Segue a gente, a gente é legal!  

This week's show kicks off our annual celebration of Gothtober! Your favorite fiends provide a true appreciation of the grim and ghastly as they don all-black garb, guy-liner, and a healthy dose of black no. 1 on their mop tops. That's right, everything turns grey as they once again explore the dark and ethereal world of Goth Rock…What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection, an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. Robert is forced to test his endurance and provide feedback, as he has no idea what he will be subjected to every week. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.Songs this week include:Now After Nothing – “Sick Fix” from Sick Fix - Single (2023)Marble Orchard – “We Who Were Born To Suffer” from Building Monuments To Misery (2023) The Damned – “Bad Weather Girl” from Darkadelic (2023)Wailin Storms – “In The Heart Of The Sea” from The Silver Snake Unfolds (2022)Unto Others – “Out In The Graveyard” from I Believe In Halloween (2021)De Arma – “Illusions Of Love” from Strayed In The Shadows (2021)The Swear – “Love Moves On” from Love Moves On - single (2014)If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=u

Entrée en matière de la saison 4 où on parle d'Edgar Alan Poe, de Bill Murray mais pas de Bruce Willis

In this episode of STBYM's The Artifact, Robert discusses various gadget canes, from Benjamin Franklin's walking stick to Edgar Alan Poe's cane sword… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ESSE EPISÓDIO CONTÉM SPOLIERS. Edgar Alan Poe uma vez escreveu,(..) “Profeta, ou o que quer que sejas! Ave ou demônio que negrejas! Profeta sempre, escuta: Ou venhas tu do inferno. Onde reside o mal eterno, Ou simplesmente náufrago escapado Venhas do temporal que te há lançado Nesta casa onde o Horror, o Horror profundo tem os seus lares triunfais, Dize-me: existe acaso um bálsamo no mundo?” E o corvo disse: “Nunca mais”. A entrevista de hoje é sobre um livro que fala de uma criatura onde reside o mal eterno, que não temos certeza sobre de onde vem, mas temos certeza do tamanho do horror profundo que cairá sobre nós quando esta nos devorar.  Eu estou falando do livro “Devorado pelo Vazio” do autor Gogun; Eu sou a Ray e vocês estão ouvindo o Sobre a Escrita. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/entre-sumarios/message

The CBS Radio Workshop was a series that was truly "experimental" radio. Existing purely for the indulgence of creative radio people at CBS, the Workshop took risks delving into the odd, with stories that often did not comply with tried-and-true narrative structures. Keith Scott brings us such a story on the fringe, starring John Dehner as Edgar Alan Poe, and Daws Butler as Toby Dammit. The recording of Daws Butler is used with the kind permission of Brian Kistler. His tribute to Daws Butler: https://waltertetley.com/daws-butler-the-nicest-kindest-man-of-all/ Keith Scott's website: https://www.keithscott.com.au/ Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age: https://www.keithscott.com.au/shop Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we're also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romantic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MK8MVCY4DVBAM8ZK39WD

Hoy hablamos con Oscar Fábregas sobre uno de esos personajes que han cambiado el concepto de las historias de Misterio y de la imaginación, como fue Edgar Alan Poe. Cover: Juan Carlos Márquez Correo de Contacto: laruedadelmisterio2010@gmail.com © La Rueda del Misterio

1976 widmen sich The Alan Parsons Project auf ihrem Album "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" den düsteren Texten des amerikanischen Autors Edgar Alan Poe. Beim Album "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" trifft Literatur auf Pop- und Rockmusik – Hochkultur auf Popkultur. Was absurd klingt, war aber in den 70er Jahren keine Seltenheit. Viele klassisch ausgebildete Musiker wandten sich mit ihrem Backround der Pop- und Rockmusik zu. Der Progressive Rock hat an vielen Stellen versucht klassische Hochkultur abzubilden. Um diese Hochkultur auch musikalisch angemessen wiederzugeben, hat eine normale Band nicht ausgereicht. So haben sich The Alan Parsons Project noch etwas Unterstützung dazugeholt. Über 40 verschiedene Musiker waren an der Produktion des Albums beteiligt, unter anderem auch John Miles. Die Idee, die Texte von Edgar Alan Poe zu vertonen stammt nicht von Alan Parsons selbst, sondern von seinem Kollegen Eric Woolfson. Der kam spannenderweise über einen Marketing-Workshop auf die Idee zu dem Album. Der Leiter dieses Workshops brachte Eric Woolfson auf die Idee zu dem Album, weil er erzählte, dass jedes Buch und jeder Film, der die Inhalte von Edgar Alan Poe verarbeitet hatte Gewinn erzielt hat – ein gutes Vorzeichen auch für ein Album zu den Werken des Schriftstellers – und auch hier sollte der Leiter des Marketing-Workshops recht behalten. "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" war Alan Parsons Startschuss für eine unglaubliche Musikerkarriere. Vor allem in Deutschland kam die Musik von Alan Parsons richtig gut an. Alan Parsons hat viele Alben veröffentlicht, am erfolgreichsten war er allerdings bei uns in Deutschland. Mit vier verschiedenen Platten hat er es bei uns an die Spitze der Charts geschafft. __________ Über diese Songs vom Album “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” wird im Podcast gesprochen 03:43 Mins – “The Raven” 07:08 Mins – “The Tell-Tale Heart” 12:09 Mins – “The Cask of Amontillado”  13:56 Mins – “(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether” 15:54 Mins – “The Fall of the House of Usher” 19:55 Mins – “To One in Paradise” __________ Über diese Songs wird außerdem im Podcast gesprochen 05:48 Mins – “Music” von John Miles 05:53 Mins – “Fire” von Arthur Brown __________ Shownotes: Review zu "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" bei Allmusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000116700 Rezension zu "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" auf den babyblauen Seiten: https://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/album_63.html Youtube-Kanal von The Alan Parsons Project: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOANtcwoFl_Hm02fMWVIgGg Interview mit Alan Parsons: https://www.inthestudio.net/online-only-interviews/alan-parsons-project-tales-mystery-and-imagination/ __________ Ihr wollt mehr Podcasts wie diesen? Abonniert die SWR1 Meilensteine! Fragen, Kritik, Anregungen? Schreibt uns an: meilensteine@swr.de

Thanks for stopping by and giving a listen. We're talking about Edgar Alan Poe and his death on this episode. Poe's death is still a mystery. There are several theories surrounding it including rabies. The circumstances leading up to his death are mysterious. How did he end up on the street in someone else's ragged clothes, unconscious? He was taken to the local hospital where he lingered for four days. Unfortunately, we can't rely on his attending physicians notes because of the lack of inconsistencies. The man's story changed in each telling. Not a good thing in a physician. After his death Poe has been sighted at several places in Baltimore, the Bronx and other places he visited. Poe has been known to get around in his afterlife. Cocktail: The Black Raven, recipe on FaceBook and Twitter ( @nighttrainhj) Sponsor: Music Explorers in Chesterfield, VA. Find them on Facebook and Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paige-johnson86/message

Thanks for stopping by and giving a listen. We're talking about Edgar Alan Poe and his death on this episode. Poe's death is still a mystery. There are several theories surrounding it including rabies. The circumstances leading up to his death are mysterious. How did he end up on the street in someone else's ragged clothes, unconscious? He was taken to the local hospital where he lingered for four days. Unfortunately, we can't rely on his attending physicians notes because of the lack of inconsistencies. The man's story changed in each telling. Not a good thing in a physician. After his death Poe has been sighted at several places in Baltimore, the Bronx and other places he visited. Poe has been known to get around in his afterlife. Cocktail: The Black Raven, recipe on FaceBook and Twitter ( @nighttrainhj) Sponsor: Music Explorers in Chesterfield, VA. Find them on Facebook and Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paige-johnson86/message

It's time for a new episode of What's New to Netflix Instant!? and while February may be the shortest month of the year, that didn't stop Netflix from releasing a whole bevy of new movies and shows coming in February 2023. Then we watch as John Travolta takes a subway car hostage and it's all up to Denzel Washington to stop him in Tony Scott's action thriller, The Taking of Pelham 123 from 2009. Next, we witness a grizzly murder that only Christian Bale and Harry Melling, in an excellent performance as Edgar Alan Poe, can solve in The Pale Blue Eye from 2022. And last, we see the true story of a homeless vagrant turned viral celebrity getting convicted of murder in The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker from 2023. All of this plus movies you shouldn't take your friends to, singing crocodiles, Floribama, the new You, video games on Netflix, everything you ever wanted to know about golf, shark cages, alien astronauts, attractive teens stuck on an island, and what it's like when all the reality dating shows collide into one hot mess. got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflix@gmail.com

Segunda y ultima parte de la macabra historia de Edgar Alan Poe acerca de un sujeto y su casero

#TheLastofUS #Marvel #Series #Peliculas Ustedes han votado y es momento de dar a conocer las mejores series y películas del 2022. ¿Habrá ganado la que votaste? ¿Cuáles fueron las sorpresas del año? ¿Y cuál los ha decepcionado más? No se pierdan los premios TU CHOW a lo mejor del 2022. Se estrenó The Last of Us, una serie basada en un videojuego post apocalíptico en el que un hombre que perdió la esperanza con la muerte de su hija tiene que proteger a una chica no solo de los zombies sino de los humanos que tratan de matarla. Un gran comienzo para lo que promete ser una gran serie. Los Crímenes de la Academia, una película en la vemos como un joven Edgar Alan Poe ayuda a un detective a resolver asesinatos que se han dado en la academia militar más importante en los Estados Unidos. Una película que vale la pena ver. Willow llega a su fin en un capítulo en el que las tentaciones abundan, una pelea entre hermanos se desata y un miembro del equipo parece que ha muerto. Pero este solo es el principio de una aventura que llevará a nuestros héroes a enfrentarse al Wyrm.

This is a Movie Review Episode of A Brothers' Creed Podcast. We talk about the movie The Pale Blue Eye. This Netflix show released on January 6th 2023 stars Christian Bale as a private investigator and Harry Melling as Edgar Alan Poe. It is a murder mystery set in the 1830s with lots of twists and turns. Ethan and Jared give their 1 to 10 star rankings across 5 different rating categories and an overall ranking within the first 5 minutes of the episode. This initial review is a non-spoiler review of the show, then there is a spoiler portion where we talk about our thoughts on the movie and why we ranked each category like we did.   What upcoming movies do you want us to review? Follow us on Instagram @a.brothers.creed Follow us on YouTube Follow us on TikTok @a.brothers.creed

Trick Or Treat! For Halloween, we`ll be talking about the chilling Edgar Alan Poe remix "What Moves The Dead", by T. Kingfisher! Content Warnings For This Book: *Discriminatory language *Transphobia *Suicide *Animal Death *Body Horror Cover Art: Drawn by Amber Wiltgen Theme/Break Music: The Grand Entrance , by astrofreq on Pixabay Intro/Outro Music: Meadow Grass (Moody Ambient Cello) , by Dream-Protocol on Pixabay Incidental Music: Beilstone , by Andreas-Woll-Music on Pixabay Follow Us Online: twitter.com/bndpod facebook.com/booknerddiaries anchor.fm/bndpod instagram.com/bndpod bndpod.wordpress.com The Book Nerd`s Books & Beyond Club Private Facebook Group The Book Nerd Diaries Discord Server Support Us: Subscribe to our Patreon at patreon/com/bndpod, to get perks like early ad-free episodes, two bonus episodes a month, scripts, notes, our Discord, and our monthly newsletter! You can also leave us a one-time donation of any amount, at ko-fi/com/bndpod. If you leave a (SFW) message for a loved one, or some good news you`d like to share with your donation, we`ll read it out during the next episode!

Understanding the Bible Made Easy Book- https://amzn.to/3ItWpoFClick the link to receive two free audiobooks from Audible: https://amzn.to/3uoIVVoFollow and Connect: https://linktr.ee/mysterytheater A syndicated, supernatural/fantasy 30-minute series called The Weird Circle ran from 1943 to 1945. 78 episodes were produced. The stories by renowned authors of the two genres, like Robert Lewis Stevenson, Victor Hugo, Edgar Alan Poe, and even Charles Dickens, were the show's strongest point. The majority of the tales date back to the Victorian era or before. Mystery Theater Old Time Radio PodcastWe bring you the best radio plays and programs of mystery, intrigue, and comedy from the Golden Age of Radio. And along the way, we will share some history and information about the programs, cast, writers, and more.*Support the channel**Merch:*Social media:*Follow me on Instagram:*Follow me on Facebook:https://linktr.ee/mysterytheaterSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mystery-theater-old-time-radio-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Understanding the Bible Made Easy Book- https://amzn.to/3ItWpoFClick the link to receive two free audiobooks from Audible: https://amzn.to/3uoIVVoFollow and Connect: https://linktr.ee/mysterytheater A syndicated, supernatural/fantasy 30-minute series called The Weird Circle ran from 1943 to 1945. 78 episodes were produced. The stories by renowned authors of the two genres, like Robert Lewis Stevenson, Victor Hugo, Edgar Alan Poe, and even Charles Dickens, were the show's strongest point. The majority of the tales date back to the Victorian era or before. Mystery Theater Old Time Radio PodcastWe bring you the best radio plays and programs of mystery, intrigue, and comedy from the Golden Age of Radio. And along the way, we will share some history and information about the programs, cast, writers, and more.*Support the channel**Merch:*Social media:*Follow me on Instagram:*Follow me on Facebook:https://linktr.ee/mysterytheaterSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mystery-theater-old-time-radio-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Understanding the Bible Made Easy Book- https://amzn.to/3ItWpoFClick the link to receive two free audiobooks from Audible: https://amzn.to/3uoIVVoFollow and Connect: https://linktr.ee/mysterytheaterA syndicated, supernatural/fantasy 30-minute series called The Weird Circle ran from 1943 to 1945. 78 episodes were produced. The stories by renowned authors of the two genres, like Robert Lewis Stevenson, Victor Hugo, Edgar Alan Poe, and even Charles Dickens, were the show's strongest point. The majority of the tales date back to the Victorian era or before. Mystery Theater Old Time Radio PodcastWe bring you the best radio plays and programs of mystery, intrigue, and comedy from the Golden Age of Radio. And along the way, we will share some history and information about the programs, cast, writers, and more.*Support the channel**Merch:*Social media:*Follow me on Instagram:*Follow me on Facebook:https://linktr.ee/mysterytheaterSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mystery-theater-old-time-radio-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week's Jerusalem Lights podcast celebrates the restart of the yearly cycle of weekly Torah readings this Shabbat, with the first portion of B'reishith, the Book of Genesis. Exploring the remarkable confluence of Torah knowledge and scientific discovery, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman's fascinating discussion touches upon everything from the elusive mystery of G-d's name, to the Torah's view on pre-historic man (were there people before Adam?) Our hosts' amazing and animated discussion moves swiftly from the age of the universe, to the pagan origins of Halloween, to little-known aspects of the lives of literary giants Edgar Alan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle…and Conan Doyle's unlikely relationship with the famed illusionist Harry Houdini. An amazing kick-off for the new year of 5783! ____ Rabbi Chaim Richman Jerusalem Lights | Torah for Everyone Please support the work of Jerusalem Lights, a USA recognized 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit organization to enable these productions to continue and grow: Paypal: infojerusalemlights@gmail.com or: https://paypal.me/JerusalemLights?loc... In the USA: Jerusalem Lights Inc. Post Office Box 16886 Lubbock Texas 79490 In Israel: Tel. 972 54 7000395 Mail: PO Box 23808, Jerusalem Israel Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.rabbirichman.com

Understanding the Bible Made Easy Book- https://amzn.to/3ItWpoFClick the link to receive two free audiobooks from Audible: https://amzn.to/3uoIVVoFollow and Connect: https://linktr.ee/mysterytheater A syndicated, supernatural/fantasy 30-minute series called The Weird Circle ran from 1943 to 1945. 78 episodes were produced. The stories by renowned authors of the two genres, like Robert Lewis Stevenson, Victor Hugo, Edgar Alan Poe, and even Charles Dickens, were the show's strongest point. The majority of the tales date back to the Victorian era or before. Mystery Theater Old Time Radio PodcastWe bring you the best radio plays and programs of mystery, intrigue, and comedy from the Golden Age of Radio. And along the way, we will share some history and information about the programs, cast, writers, and more.*Support the channel**Merch:*Social media:*Follow me on Instagram:*Follow me on Facebook:https://linktr.ee/mysterytheater Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mystery-theater-old-time-radio-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your favorite cannibal headhunters are back for another Gothtober episode. This week, their voracious appetites are craving monster-sized sustenance. You are officially invited to the dinner party to enjoy some Head Bangers & Mash. Come peruse our monstrous menu of rock n' punk n' metal!What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. Robert is forced to test his endurance and provide feedback, as he has no idea what he will be subjected to every week. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.Songs this week include:Roky Erickson & The Aliens - “Night Of The Vampire” from The Evil One (1981)Iced Earth - “Frankenstein” from Horror Show (2001)The Damned - “Citadel Zombies” from Strawberries (1982)The Swear - “Ghost Signs” from Gold And Hymns And Hell (2013)Stone Gods - “Burn The Witch” from Burn The Witch (2008)Ghost - “Mummy Dust” from Meliora (2015)Pentagram - “Sign Of The Wolf (Pentagram)” from Relentless (1985)If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=u

Films:  The Tell Tale Heart (2020) FACT OR FICTION: The Norfolk Sea Creature (2021) Now or Never (2022) The Implant (2022) This week, Jared and Dan watched several short films! A classic Edgar Alan Poe adaptation, a documentary about a sea monster, consequences of climate change, and a futuristic story about implanted monitors from friend of the show: JV Torres! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and leave us a 5 star review! Please consider joining our Patreon! www.patreon.com/indiefilmreview Twitter: @IndieFilmPod Instagram: @IndieFilmReviewPod email: theindiefilmreview@gmail.com

Gothtober is finally here! Your two favorite wraiths show their appreciation of the grim and ghastly as they don all-black garb, guy-liner, and a healthy dose of black no. 1 on their mop tops. This time the ghosts and goblins get heavy… That's right, everything turns grey as they, explore the dark and doomy world of Goth Metal!!!What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. Robert is forced to test his endurance and provide feedback, as he has no idea what he will be subjected to every week. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.Songs this week include:Pardise Lost – “The Last Time” from Draconian Times (1995)Bloody Hammers – “Catastrophe” from Lovely Sort Of Death (2016)A Pale Horse Named Death – “Cast Out From The Sky” from Internum In Terra (2021)Cemetary – “Drowning Out The World” from Phantasma (2005)Anathema – “Fragile Dreams” from Alternative 4 (1998)Dead Venus – “Bird Of Paradise” from Bird Of Paradise (2019)My Dying Bride – “A Sea To Suffer In” from The Angel And The Dark River (1996)If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=u

There are plenty of books that offer advice about how to get or keep love in your life. But what about the stories we've all heard of people who do absolutely crazy things in the name of love, things that are the complete opposite of the sober advice offered by self-help books? In CRAZY LITTLE THING: Why Love and Sex Drive Us Mad, publishing in December by Viva Editions, Liz Langley interviewed dozens of people on the extreme edges of love and desire, as well as the experts who are uncovering new scientific information that urges us to ask: how much of our behavior is really our choice? Psychologists, academics and analysts of culture continue to offer us better understanding of ourselves in love and other areas, but neurologists and other specialists, armed with the brain scan, have taken the game to a higher level. Reaching across science, literature and newspaper headlines to illuminate the irrational things people do in the name of love, Langley reveals mental disorders, paraphilias, God and extraterrestrial conspiracies. Edgar Alan Poe's wife succumbed to tuberculosis when she was just 25 and forevermore his work was populated by sweet young women who died too young, often from wasting diseases. Nadine and Bob had both devoted their lives to the church, a nun and priest who never considered any other life until they met one another. And though turning toward each other seemed irrational, their love turned out to be their true commitment to spirituality. When his wife died in 2003, Le Van, a 55 year-old father of seven, at first slept on top of her grave. When his kids found out and prevented him from visiting the graveyard, he brought her home and slept beside her there. Langley goes on to explain recent breakthroughs in brain science for general readers. This book isn't a how-to. It's more of a guess-what. CRAZY LITTLE THING is a pop romp that begins to make sense of the burbling, boiling soup of endorphins, hormones and neurotransmitters that spill from our brains to make us do insane things in the name of love. Liz Langley is a columnist for SexIs magazine and her writing has appeared in/on Salon.com, Jezebel, Alternet, Details, Glamour, Bust, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, Carnal Nation and Gene Simmon's Tongue. She's regularly blogs for MyPleasure.com and has been a columnist for the Toronto Sun, the Orlando Weekly and the Orlando Sentinel and has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Press Association and Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Her work appears in BEST SEX WRITING 2008 (Cleis Press)******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

क्या कभी किसी के दिल की धड़कने सुन आपकी धड़कनें रुक गयी , सुनिए एडगर एलान पो की लिखी थ्रिलर रचना ' दिल की आवाज़' में | Have your heartbeat has skipped listening to someone's else heartbeat? Listen to the hindi translation of the thriller story 'The Tell-Tale Heart' , Dil Ki Awaaz by Edgar Alan Poe.

While this is a re-release of the Edgar Alan Poe Episode, there is about 12 min 40 seconds of added material in the beginning.  Jamie managed a trip to the cemetery where Poe is buried and recorded some EVP.  So listen to her tell you about that experience then listen to the older episode for a recap on the life and ghosts of Edgar Alan Poe.To see photos we discussed in this episode, please follow us on our Social Media platforms:Lurk on FacebookLurk on TwitterLurk on InstagramWe have a new Facebook Group join in the discussion! Lurk Podcast Facebook GroupWe are also now found on YouTube- Lurk on YouTubeWe've got Merch!Get Lurk MerchResourcesEdgar Allan Poe National Historic Site- PhiladelphiaEdgar Allan Poe House and Museum BaltimoreThe Poe Museum- RichmondWestminster Hall and Burying Ground BaltimoreSupport the show

Edgar Alan Poe fue un escritor, poeta, y crítico literario estadounidense. Poe es mejor conocido por su poesía y cuentos, particularmente sus cuentos sobre lo misterioso y lo macabro. Es ampliamente considerado como una figura central del romanticismo en los Estados Unidos y de la literatura estadounidense. Poe fue uno de los primeros practicantes del cuento corto del país y considerado el inventor del género de ficción detectivesca, así como un contribuyente significativo al género emergente de la ciencia ficción. Sus obras influyeron en la literatura de todo el mundo, y hoy nos alimentaremos con sus palabras: Tengo fe en los tontos; mis amigos lo llaman confianza en sí mismo.

It's been unusually dark, cold, and grey here in Atlanta, GA for the past few days, so the boys thought it best to bring on a guest who is an authority on all things grim and ghastly. They donned all-black garb, guy-liner, and a healthy dose of black no. 1 on their mop tops and welcomed Mr. Brent Zius and his coffin full of goodies to the firehouse. Brent schools us on the dark and ethereal world of Goth Rock…What is it we do here at InObscuria? In most shows Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week is different as our guest, Brent Zius, provides the playlist for your 2 rock n' roll grave robbers to react to. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.Don't forget to check out Brent's latest project album: Angelspit Vs. Ice Planet 9000 – Sequence 1: Glass Jar on Bandcamp here!Songs this week include:Ash Code – “Fear” from Fear EP (2021)The Bolshoi – “Away” from Friends (1986) Kill Shelter – “As Trees Do Fall” from Damage (2018)Pink Turns Blue – “I Coldly Stare Out” from If Two Worlds Kiss (1987)Long Night – “East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon” from Barren Land (2018)Play Dead – “Isabel” from The Promised Land (1984)Delphine Coma – “We Never Sleep” from Leaving The Scene (2018)Angelspit Vs. Ice Planet 9000 – “The Great Empty” from Sequence 1: Glass Jar (2022) Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Agatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 1 - Meet The Author That Made The Whodunit What It Is Today!   I'm Christy Shriver, and we're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I'm Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  For the next two episodes, we are going to discuss an author who for me flies under the radar when we think of literary icons.  When you look at the lists of the world's greatest writers and/or novels, she's never on then.  Yet, she has sold more books than any other novelist in the world- bar none.  Her books collectively in terms of sales rank only after The Holy Bible and the works of William Shakespeare, totally over 2.3 billion copies sold.  Those kinds of numbers we only talk about when we're talking about Amazon, Google or the National Debt of entire countries.      HA! So true.    She is also the author of the single longest running play ever to play in London's West End.  The name of that play, The Mousetrap,  opened in London's West End in 1952 and ran continuously until 16 March 2020, when all stage performances were discontinued due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Performances of The Mousetrap restarted on March 17, 2021, as soon as state restrictions were lifted.  In case, you haven't figured out who we're talking about yet, today we're discussing the Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie.    It really and truly is impressive how enormous of a body of work that Mrs. Christie has AND how influential her work has become.  For clarification, why do we say Dame Agatha Christie.     Of course, Dame is the feminine equivalent of Sir, it's a honorific title, in her case, she received an Order of Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1971 from Queen Elizabeth II.   Oh wow, that sounds very impressive however, at the same time, people, far less successful- non-recipients of Commander titles from Queen Elizabeth I might add, scoff at her and her work.  Many claim she's not to be taken seriously, her work isn't sophisticated, it's clichéd, yada-yada-yada…They say this in spite of all the big numbers.  Garry, beyond the big 2.3 billion in sales, quantify for us in other ways what the data reveals about Dame Christie.     Sure, first there's the amount of works she produced.  She famously wrote 66 detective novels, 14 collections of short stories (that's 150 short stories) as well as over 30 plays.  The most famous, we already mentioned, The Mousetrap.  But there are other numbers to consider, beyond just how much she produced.  Because of the long running status of The Mousetrap, her name has been in the newspapers of the West End every day without fail with the exception of 2020 since 1952 (btw, just in case you are doing the math on the performances, that number is over 25,000 of the Mousetrap- and that is just in London's West End). .   She tried to retire at the age of 75, but her books were selling so well, she said she'd give it five more years.  She actually wrote until one year before her death at age 86.   Less famously she wrote six semi-autobiographical, bitter-sweet novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.   Interestingly enough, it took 20 years for the world to uncover the identity of Mary Westmacott as being the detective icon Agatha Christie.      That is a funny fact to me, I guess she thought it would ruin her reputation to write sappy books?.  I haven't read them, but her daughter Rosalind Hicks had this to say about her mother's romantic books. "They are not ‘love stories' in the general sense of the term, and they certainly have no happy endings. They are, I believe, about love in some of its most powerful and destructive forms."  They were moderately successful in their own right , even without her name of the cover, and Christie was said to be proud of that accomplishment, but obviously romance wasn't her forte.   Beyond just the quantity of work she produced, the amount of it we've consumed as a planet is also incredible.  Today her books are translated in over 100 languages, 48 million, at least have watched her movies, including I might add the one that is out right now, Death on the Nile Here's a. numbers fun-fact, in 1948 she became. the first crime writer to have 100,000 copies of ten of her titles published by Penguin on the same day in what is called - A Penguin Million   Oh wow- I guess that's like going platinum of something in the music industry.   I'd say that's a platinum in a day- usually the term going platinum refers to selling a million over the course of a life time- a single day is crazy..  In terms of dollars, I tried to find a good figure, but I don't really know.  At the time of her death, it's estimated she was worth $600 million, but she had incorporated her work in a business, of course, which of course lives on chaired and managed by Agatha Christie's great grandson James Prichard.    To me, it's an amazing resume, and I'm not a literary person, so obviously I'm looking at this differently, but I don't see how anyone could realistically contest that she's a good writer.  It sounds laughable in the face of so much success- if that's not good writing, how could we possibly measure it?  HA!  It shows how much you know- you'd make a perfectly horrible literary snob.  Everyone who's anyone knows, you can't go by the views of the lowly general population aka, the box-office!!!    Oh, well there is that.  But, just for those of us, who don't know, in all seriousness how can you explain her success away?  Well, no one is going to do that.  Obviously, but it does boil down to how you define your fiction.  In one sense, we can divide fiction into two broad categories- there's literary fiction and commercial fiction.  Obviously, commercial fiction is written to be sold.  It's the reason there are more Marvel movies than I can count on both my hands and toes.  They sell well and are enjoyable to consue.  It's why there are multiple versions of basically the same Spiderman movie, or double-digit sequels to Star Wars.  Now, there is nothing wrong with any of that that- we love it.  Every bit of that is fun and defines the culture of the world in some sense.   But there is a sense, and this is the English teacher nerd, that some of us find those pieces unsatisfying over the long term- and not worth teaching as a work of art in school.  There are many books we just don't care to read more than once.  There are many movies and songs we feel the same way about.  They are good but not considered of literary merit because there is no enduring quality to them.  On the flip side, there are other books that speak to man's condition., that expresses universal truths, that reflect something about the world that resonates inside of us- which is why we can read, watch or listen to them over and over again and still love it.  I would suggest that The Scarlet Letter or Hamlet are examples of that.  When we read them agin, we find something else that perhaps we didn't see before, of even if we did see it beflre, it satisfies something eternal inside of us to hear it once again.  The knock on Agatha Christie is that they say she's full-on commercial fiction and there is just nothing universally true about what she has to say.  The critique is that her characters are flat and underdeveloped, even the main ones.   The main character in our book is Hercule Poirot but her other main reoccurring character is a woman named Miss Marple – both are sort of shallow, honestly, featureless except for maybe being kind of annoying.  Christie investigates crime, but she doesn't really seem all that interested in any of the existential or moral questions surrounding crime-  like what social causes lead people to these actions.  She doesn't explore any social, psychological or moral issues of any kind in any real obvious way?   And do you agree with that?  Well, honestly, a little.  You can't deny that the characters are flat, and, it's absolutely true, she doesn't get into any deep discussions about the nature of man.  But having acknowledged that, I cannot discount the numbers, and so I feel compelled to think about it more deeply.   Well, and just to add to the confusion, we've been poking fun at the hoi polloi here, but from what I read, Christie is popular primarily with higher educated audiences.  She is a preferred writer of the world's academic elites.    I know, and she has been since she started writing a far more accomplished litearary critic than myself was a ardent fan of Agatha Christie, the Nobel Prize winner, TS Eliot.  Eliot actually loved all crime fiction, especially Agatha Christie.  He even wrote about it from a critical standpoint.  For TS Eliot, good crime fiction had to follow five basic rules.  Let me read these to you:  (1) The story must not rely upon elaborate and incredible disguises.  (2) The character and motives of the criminal should be normal. In the ideal detective story we should feel that we have a sporting chance to solve the mystery ourselves; if the criminal is highly abnormal an irrational element is introduced which offends us.  (3) The story must not rely either upon occult phenomena, or, what comes to the same thing, upon mysterious and preposterous discoveries made by lonely scientists.  (4) Elaborate and bizarre machinery is an irrelevance.  (5) The detective should be highly intelligent but not superhuman. We should be able to follow his inferences and almost, but not quite, make them with him.    I think I must agree with the Nobel- prize winner.  We do intuitively feel that way about a good crime novel.  So, taking Elliot's list as the standard or rubric for crime novels, should that have different standards than other books or rather- No insight to life or theme necessary?  Oh, I don't know about that.  I think anything that lasts 100 years, as does the book we're going to discuss- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,  it turns 100 in June of 2026, - anything people are reading for that long-  must be saying something.  So the mystery the mystery novel is what resonates with our souls in these works?  HA!  A little irony.   Yes, but before we get into the nitty, gritty about what makes this book great, oh and make no mistake, it IS considered great. The 2013  The Crime Writers Association claimed The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to be the greatest crime novel of all times- so there you go for a shout out- I haven't read enough crime novels to contest them.- but before we talk about this particular book- let's talk about Christie' life, for just a bit, and bring us up to speed on how this book came about.  She has a bit of a mystery embedded in her life story as well.  Indeed- but I will say, one thing I do enjoy about the books is that, at least the ones I've read, are often set in this very English very Victorian setting.  There's some fun in that.  True, you can't say that Christie didn't write about what she knew.  She was born in Torquay in 1890..  Torquay is a seaside town on the Southeastern side of the UIK.  I saw one article that called it the. English Riviera.  It's a resort town, and once even Elizabeth Barrett Browning was sent there to help recover her health.  Her family was an upper-middle class family,  In other words, they were financially well-enough but not limitlessly wealthy.  One interesting to note is that that family did not approve of her learning and didn't want her to read until she was eight.  It seems the general attitude of the time is that smart girls had trouble finding reliable husbands that wanted them (I'm not going to speak to that thought).  Oh dear, I would like to say that I find smart women immeasurably attractive.    Well, thank you, darling.  In her case, there was no holding even little Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller (that's her maiden name), back.  Apparently, she just picked it up on her own, and eventually her nurse had to confess that Agatha had taught herself to read.  HA!  Oh my, there's a rebel.  Well, did they relinquish ahd let her go to school at that point.  Well, it depends on what you mean by school.  When she turned 15, they sent her to Paris to attend finishing school.  I probably could have used that kind of support myself, honestly.  At Mrs. Dryden's finishing school she studied singing and piano playing.  This is what Christie herself said about it years later, “I am hazy now as to how long I remained at Miss Dryden's – a year, perhaps eighteen months, I do not think as long as two years.”    So, not reading Voltaire or Flaubert.   Well, maybe she did, but not because she was forced to.  But, reading was not her only rebellious streak.  In 1914, Agatha met, fell in love with and became engaged  on Christmas Eve to the man of her dreams,  A very handsome war pilot named Archie Christie.  Unfortunately, this was not the match her mother had in mind for her.    What was wrong with him?  Well, not his looks or personality,  He seemed to have that covered.  His problem was that He had no money.  But they married and a few months later Rosalind, her only daughter was born.  During WW1 Archie went off to war.  Agatha stayed home, trained and worked as a nurse at the local Red Cross hospital in Torquay- and let me add here, this is where she got her start learning so much about drugs- something she became very knowledgeable of and used successfully during her entire career.  In 56 of her novels there are over 200 references to specific, individual drugs.    So, can we expect that a large number of her characters will get poisoned?  No, not necessarily,although that IS a thing.  The most commonly dispensed drugs by Mrs. Christie were sedatives.  As you might expect, if someone is always being murdered, you may need to have a supply on hand to calm down or even put to sleep your cast of suspects.  But there are pain relievers, stimulants, blood pressure medicines, barbituates and even antidotes to other poisons.      Of course, our book, The Murder of Roger Ackrod has three drugs: liniment for a knee problem, tonic as a stimulant and of course, veronal which is the cause of a lethal overdose early in the story.    Yes, so after the war,  In 1920, after six rejections, her first real novel finally got published for $25 (pounds),- not a big risk on the part of the publisher. The title of that book was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and it introduced the world to a 5'4 Belgian refugee who would charm and annoy readers for over 100 years, Hercule Poirot.  It did well, but her breakthrough novel would be her third novel.  It came out in the summer of 1926.  It became a best seller and launched her into a stardom from which she would never return, which is remarkable, but honestly, it's not the most interesting to happen to her that year.   I'm not sure how you top becoming a best seller.  I know, right, but it can be bested!  So, the story goes that the year 1926, in general, starts out a little rough.  Agatha's mother, who was very dependent on her daughter, died in April- and this was devastating for Agatha.  But, while she was at her mother's estate with their seven year old daughter, Rosalind, Archie revealed that he had fallen in love with another woman by the name of Nancy Neele, and he wanted a divorce.  Agatha said no.  She was deeply in love with him, and she wasn't willing to give him up.  Well on December 3 of that same year, Archie informed Agatha that he did not want to be married to her and he wasn't going to be married to her.  To somewhat reinforce this idea, he told her he was going off for the weekend with Ms. Neele.- which he did.  Apparently, Agatha did not receive this news well..and this is where the mystery begins…..and it does sound quite a bit like a story she would write.  So at 9:45pm, we know that Agatha left the house in her car after having written three letters- one to her secretary Charlotte Fisher, one to Archie and one to Archie's brother Campbell.   So far, I feel like I listening to an explanation by Piorot.    Exactly, and here is where it gets very strange.  Agatha does not return home.  In fact, she will be missing for 11 days.  The next day they find her car crashed in a tree above a local quarry with the head lights still on.  Her fur coat was in the car as well as  a small suitcase and an expired driver's license.  There was no blood anywhere in the car.   There were no skid marks on the road like you might have expected if she had been driving too fast and there had been an accident.  Finally the gearshift was in neutral, the way it would be if you had been pushing the car and not driving it.   It makes no sense, but Agatha was gone.    Well, the world went nuts.  Numbers very but possibly up to a 1000 police officers were dispatched on four countinents looking for her.  15,000 volunteers, fans, amateur detectives and so forth, joined the hunt. They used airplanes and diving equipment.  Even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle joined in- remember that's Sherlock Holmes.  He took Christie's glove to his medium for a consultation to see if she could find her.    I'm guessing no.  No.  She wasn't in the afterlife. Everyone around the world was looking for this mystery writer.  When Archie got back from his weekend activity- which quite likely was an engagement party a friend threw for him and Nancy, he found a very different world- than just the unpleasantness of fighting again with Agatha; , now he was a potential murder suspect.  He also found his letter, which curiously he and burned immediately- to this day,  no one has any idea what she wrote in that letter.  His brother, Campbell, got his later, and strangely again, his letter was postmarked on Saturday AFTER Agatha went missing,  This does sound like Hercule Poirot and I'm starting to need to employ my little gray cells just to keep up.    Exactly, what secret did Campbell carry that also caused him to dispose of his letter as well.  Everything seemed to indicate that Archie had murdered her.  The police dragged the ponds, searched everywhere, it was in every newspaper on earth… until on December 14th, two musicians report seeing Mrs. Christie at a luxury spa called the Harrogate Hydro.  She had checked into the hotel days before under the name, get this- Mrs. Theresa Neele (Archie's girlfriend's last name).  This honestly sounds exactly like something she would right.  Was she play-acting?.  We will never know, this mystery, I'm sorry to say, is unsolved.  Christie had told the people at the spa that she had arrived from South Africa. She played pool, she danced, she read mystery novels in the hotel library.  She seemed undisturbed.  And here's an even stranger turn of events, Archie covered for his wife afer she was busted.  She was immediately accused of abusing an entire country's police resources over a publicity stunt, but Archie helped dispel this criticism.   He called in two doctors, they interview Agatha, and arrived at the conclusion that Agatha Christie suffered an episode of temporary amnesia.  She stress of her mother's death, the success of new book and the divorce from her husband led to a nervous breakdown.  The only thing she ever admitted to was havin been in a car crash, but even that is suspect since although she said she bruised her head, no one ever saw any bruises.  Well, after the bitterness of paying all those police overtime, can we say, all's well that ends well.?  For Agatha, yes, but not Archie.  The scandal sold gobs of books, and basically cemented her celebrity, but it also portrayed Archie as a terrible person.  How terrible for a man to do such a thing to his wife and cause the Queen of Crime to have a nervous breakdown.  He got to be the world's biggest schmuck.  Nancy Neele's family were so embarrassed they sent her on an around the world trip for ten months trying to get her away from Archie.  It didn't work though.  Archie and Nancy did get married two years later.  But so did, Agatha.  And her second marriage was to a man who adored her.  They were amazingly compatible and had a wonderful marriage.  He was an archeologist, and they spent time all over the world- hence the setting of several of her books including Murder on the Orient Express.    So, do you buy Agatha had amnesia.  Personally, not at all.  I think she got angry, ran off and then things got crazy.  I did read that she was shocked at how the story blew up.  She never imagined that that many police would come looking for her. Do you think it was legit?  It does seem a little far-fetched.  And to be the world's most famous detective novelist- I'd say, there's room to doubt.  But I'm keeping an open-mind- isn't that what Hercule Poirot would tell us to do.  The question I have is what were in those letters she left Archie and Campbell.  We need Hercule Poirot, as he would remind us, nothing is ever concealed to him..  He would have gotten to the bottom of it..    Oh, no doubt- so are we ready to meet Hercule Poirot and open the Murder of Roger Ackroyd?.   I think so, so let me make an important disclaimer- we are NOT going to spoil the book this episode by telling you who the murderer is, but we will next episode.  So, if you are starting the book now and are listening to this in real time, you have one week…. But you do have a week.  This week we are going to look at the book from the perspective of understanding how Christie was adhering very cleverly to the conventions of what we call a “formal detective. Novel” - otherwise known as the “whodunit”.  Edgar Alan Poe is credited of creating the detective story,  but of course most of us think of Sir Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and his side-kick Watson as being kind of the iconic example of what this looks like. Agatha Christie basically follows their pattern but takes it from the short story to the longer novel form.  As we might expert per the conventions of the trade, we are going to open up our story in an English country house- think of every clue like movie you have ever seen.   But in this case, there has already been a murder, but not the one from the title.  Let's read the opening couple of paragraphs.  Page 1  We also meet the narrator who is going to walk us through the story, Dr. James Shepperd and his meddling sister Caroline (Caroline, by the way is going to by the prototype for Mrs. Marple, Christie's other detective.). But since the opening murder isn't the murder from the title of the book, so we know this isn't the right murder.  I want to say that another characteristic of these formal detective stories is that we don't have emotional connections to any of the characters of the story.  We are not made to feel upset in the least that there has been a murder.  At no point in the story at all are we to feel sad about anything- not when victims die,or get falsely accused or anything.  We don't feel angry either, in fact, there are no negative emotions at all.  We aren't even led to find the perpetrator necessarily an evil person.    You know, I think that may be one of the appeals.  We feel enough anger, guilt or sadness in real life. These books may be relaxing  BECAUSE we don't have to be emotionally stressed out about anything.  We can just enjoy the process of the puzzle..  We know the murder will get solved, and all will be set aright in the world.  So, it's just a matter of watching everything unfold.  True, and although there is fun in trying to guess who did it and following the clues, but I'll be honest, I didn't figure out who the murderer was, and I basically never do when I read these thing. I barely even try.  And I don't think most people do either, or even care to try.    I know, kind of like when someone tells you a riddle, you're likely to give it about 30 seconds, then you want them to tell you what the riddle is.  Exactly.    Funny, by chapter 2, we meet the man who will be murdered, Roger Ackroyd. King's Abbot, which is the name of this village, apparently has several very wealthy people- one of which is already dead, Mrs. Ferrars; the other is getting ready to die, Roger Ackroyd- and the crime scene will be Mr. Ackroyd's house, Fernly Park, of course.  For me, one of the hardest parts of this book is keeping straight in. my mind all of the characters that will necessarily become the suspects.  That IS the hard part, but that's one of the most important elements of the entire game.  We have to know who each of these suspects will be, so we can focus not only on whether they have opportunity and means, but if they also have motive.    And we meet the cast of suspects here at the beginning.  There's Mrs. Russell, the housekeeper.  There's the two female relatives, a sister-in-law and her beautiful daughter, Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd and Flora.  We don't meet but we find out about Ralph Paton, Mr. Ackroyd's adopted son who seems to have a reputation for being irresponsible with money and women but who will be the heir to the fortune.  When our narrator, Dr. Shepperd, meets Roger Ackroyd on the road, Ackroyd is extremely upset.    Let's read that encounter.  Page 11  And that is an example of Christie's writing style that I find so charming.  The narrator takes us into his confidences and these little aside comments to us, as readers, are charming and endearing.  We find ourselves as we read the story trusting Dr. Shepperd's understanding of the murder, for one reason precisely because he takes us into his confidence   True, although I will say, another reason we trust him is because the detective Hercule Poirot takes him so often into his confidence.  Dr. Shepperd goes everywhere and helps with the investigation from start to finish.  He's kind of like Watson to Sherlock Holmes.    True, and we see that this cast of characters looks remarkably like a lot of them from this Golden Age and in fact, they are the stock characters from many a Clue game.  We will have the damsel in distress, (who we have already met with Flora).  We'll have the house staff who are always keeping secrets thus making them suspicious. Besides Miss Russell, who we've met there's also Geofrey Raymond, who is Roger Ackroyd's secretary, Ursula Bourne who is a house maid, and John Parker, the Butler.  Of course- the Butler in the library with the Candle-sticks.  HA!! To which we say, is that your guess.  For those of you who don't know, that's how you play the game of Clue.  So true.  And so when we get to chapter five and Dr. Shepperd gets the call to come over to the house go inspect the body because there has been a murder, we already have all of suspects lined up and ready to go.  Well, and although this next feature isn't in a game of Clue, We can't overlook the buffoon policemen who will be foils to our eccentric but brilliant detective.  Inspector Davis who comes over initially and then later on Inspector Raglan our of members of the law enforcement community..    Oh, and let's not fail to mention the silent almost brooding Major Hector Blunt- our visiting military man, who although never is a suspect in this particular murder, has an important role in the story, none the less, because he's secretly in love with Flora, and this would not be a classic detective story without a romantic interest somewhere.  You know, it's almost like we're not reading a drama at all.  In some ways these books feel like sit-coms.    That is it exactly.  And I want to make this point, a formal detective novel of this tradition, is not a tragedy at all, but in fact, meets the criteria of what we would call a comedy.  If you remember from our series on Romeo and Juliet, we talked about the difference between a comedy and a tragedy. A comedy ends in marriage and a tragedy in death.  From a literary stand point, an Agatha Christie novel, and those that are modeled after hers, are popular precisely because they are comedies of manners cloaked as tragedies (it's a trick).  The characters serve comedic purposes- not thematic ones.  That's why it's okay that they are pretty much the same stock characters in every story.  The story would be totally different and if fact would be a completely different genre, if we did not have every assurance, life would end well.  Let me explain what I mean,  Recently, Lizzy and I watched together the Netflix movie, The Woman in the. Window.  Lizzy had just finished reading the book  by AJ Finn and had really liked it.  It's also a murder mystery, but totally different in purpose and genre.  In The Woman in the Window,, the characters are serious, They struggle with anxiety and depression.  The characters themselves are meant to be deeply analyzed- that's the entire point of it.  Finn is commenting on issues regarding mental health.  That is not Christie's purpose at all.   It would take away from the fun really if she went that direction.  In comedies, only the unlikeable characters ever really suffer anything terrible.  And Roger Ackroyd,, although we don't get to know him very well, is not a likeable person.  He's selfish, stingy and is forcing his son Ralph and Flora to get married against their wills (in fact, we find out towards the end, that Ralph is actually already secretly married to the parlormaid) and this makes Ackroyd lose his mind.  In chapter six, Dr. Shepperd describes Ackroyd of having a “choleric temper”- and although it's never good to murder people because they are disagreeable, it's worth pointing out that Christie doesn't go to any trouble to make Ackroyd likeable in any way.  The point being, we don't really care that Ackroyd's been murdered really.  There's nothing tragic about it.    And so the fun of every chapter is following Hercule Poirot around, interviewing all the witnesses and seeing if we can figure out before he does who the murderer is.  Who has the most compelling reason to do it, and it will turn out that almost everyone stands to gain something from his death.  Exactly, except we don't figure it out- and if Christie's success is any indication I don't think almost anyone in the last 100 years figured it out before Poirot.  During my second reading of the book, the one where I read it after already knowing who killed Roger Ackrod, I realized that Poirot had the murder solved well before- well, at least before chapter 17.    I want to revisit that, but before we do, let's flesh out a little our heroic detective.  This isn't the first book where she introduces Poirot, but I was surprised to see that he was retired.  I didn't expect that precisely because I knew she wrote 66 novels, and I had heard of this funny little man, as he is described.    And he IS a funny little man- obnoxious and ridiculous.  And the way Christie introduces him is funny too.  Hercule moves into the house next door to Dr. Shepperd and his sister Caroline live.  They are both unmarried.  James is a doctor, and Caroline's main occupation is local purveyor of gossip- something she seems to conduct through a very sophisticated network of servants and friends.  Dr. Shepperd acts annoyed by it, but he also seems very impressed with her mad-dog skills.  Before we meet Poirot, we are led to believe by Dr. Shepperd that the mysterious neighbor next door must a hairdresser as evidenced by his perfectly groomed mustache.    That mustache is what he is most famous for- that and his egg-shaped head- whatever that is.  According to Christie, he was inspired by a Belgian refugee she saw coming off of a bus after the first World War.  Of course, all of the inspiration was external, and she never met the gentleman personally, but she took that inspiration and created a short man, with a distinguished mustache, a solid head of black hair and an egg-shaped head.  She wanted him to have as she called it a “grandiloquent name”- hence Hercule and she wanted him to be very orderly, brilliant but vain.  After a while, she says she came to be resentful that she was stuck with him since she didn't like him very much.  Well, and funny enough, at one point in her career, she killed him off, but her publishers didn't let her publish that book.  What, she killed Hercule? Did it ever get published?  Oh, it eventually did, of course, we'll save that story for next week.    Oh okay, something to look forward to, but back to our book, if you are a Christie fan, you'll know immediately that the mysterious hairdresser is none other than our sleuth.  If this is your first Christie book, you may not but it doesn't matter.  By chapter 8, he's in the mix having been hired by Flora to figure out who killed her uncle.   By chapter 6, we've also introduced a rogue stranger with a mysterious accent, who we know from years of experience with other detective novels and movies, cannot possibly be the murderer- he's too much of a ruffian.  We all know that our criminal, although technically a criminal by virtue of having murdered someonw, will have no actual noticeable criminal behaviors.  In fact, he likely will have impeccable manners, just like everyone else in the story.We won't experience any bloody murder scenes; there will no harsh language, the investigation will be polite and the world “unpleasantness” will be the euphemism of choice to describe anything from the dagger in the neck to the awkward questioning   Well, speaking of the daggar to the neck, I'm assuming that a spectacular weapon of choice is also a characteristic of the formal detective story.  OH, it absolutely is.  And ours, does not disappoint- we have a Tunisian one of a kind dagger.  Let's read about it.   Page 64-65  And of course, the details are the glorious part.  In fact, that's one reason I never even attempt to solve these murders.  It tires me out to weed through all of the details.  There is a diagram of the study, the specifics of when Dr. Shepperd left, when he was called back, when Flora last heard from her uncle, where everyone was at exactly the time of the murder, the phone call, the foot print, the in and out of the garden house over and over again- all of it laid out before us with consummate British precision.  The pieces of the puzzle are completely spread on the table ready to be ordered again.  The universe that Christie creates, some have called claustrophobic because it's small and contained, but that's what's great about it.  It's knowable, ordered, and most importantly benevolent.  These people are good- likely even the murderer.  Of course, they are trying to get away with little lies and deceptions because Victorian society is very demanding, but even the murderer is not going to want to leave willingly.  He or she will only leave as a final resort.  This world is rational and sensible and one where even we as readers find comfort.    Well, from a historical perspective, I find that extremely important.  If you recall, England or rather Europe in general was nothing ljke what you described.  It was not predictable or benevolent.  People were being exiled; wars were raging, governments were in upheaval; poverty was rampant- what a wonderful escape and promise of possibility- a well ordered upper class environment where the rules apply and if you break them- you get exiled.  I would say the rigid formality came across as comforting and peaceful- not boring and predictable.    I guess you're right.  The book is really best read twice, if you want my opinion.  At least it was for me.    It's a very carefully crafted puzzle, so when you read it the first time, you can enjoy it as a it's a straightforward whodunnit- but when you read it the second time knowing who the murderer is, it's even more interesting to watch how she deceived you.  Nothing is every hidden, but her duplicitous way of writing deceives us from start to finish, and it's delightful to watch her do it.    So, Christy, getting us back to the difference between commercial fiction versus literary fiction, you said you think there is a theme in her work?  Without giving away the murderer can we speak to it this episode?  Yeah, I think we can- there are several, but one I think does speak to this idea of finding value in a well-ordered world.   One of the most memorable scenes in the entire book is chapter 16.  When I read it the first time, I had no idea why it was included.  For most of the book, we're following Poirot around, looking at clues, interrogating witnesses, but chapter 16 is different. Also, it's pretty much the center physically of the book.  Sheppard and his sister Caroline and spend an evening playing Mah jong with local friends (a retired Army officer, Colonel Carter and a Mrs. Gannett)- neither of which have anything to do with anything, at least as far as I can tell.  They enjoy coffee, cake, sandwiches and tea and then sit down to play. The main purpose of the evening really is to collect gossip, but sitting around and doing that would be vulgar.  And no one in King's Abbot is vulgar, so an exotic game from the Far East is a wonderful excuse.  As they go through the hand, we realize in some ways playing this game is a lot like living life.  They talk about how each person expresses something about themselves by how they play.  They can express weakness or strength, an ability to perceive, an ability to make decisions.  Sometimes the hand you are giving is a wreck; sometimes you get a winning hand effortlessly.  At one point, Caroline very astutely yet unconsciously comments that Miss Gannett isn't playing like she thinks she should.   “   Garry, do you know how to play mah jong?  NO, I really don't.  It looks fascinating and of course I've seen it featured in several movies, just from looking at the external features it appears to be a little bit like rummy except with tiles.  I don't know either.  But at this point in the game, Caroline points out that Miss Gannett's hand wasn't worth going mah Jong over.  Miss. Gannett responds to Caroline's criticism by saying, “Yes, dear, I know what you mean, but it rather depends on what kind of hand you have to start with, doesn't it? Caroline replies, “You'll never get the big hands if you don't go for them.”  To which Miss Gannet replies, “Well, we must all play our own way, mustn't we? After all, I'm up so far.”   This goes on and on for an entire chapter- the women gossiping, attention going in and out.  Let's read the part where the finally get to the end of the game and someone wins.   The situation became more strained. It was annoyance at Miss Gannett's going Mah Jong for the third time running which prompted Caroline to say to me as we built a fresh wall: ‘You are too tiresome, James. You sit there like a deadhead, and say nothing at all!' ‘But, my dear,' I protested, ‘I have really nothing to say that is, of the kind you mean.' ‘Nonsense,' said Caroline, as she sorted her hand. ‘You must know something interesting.' I did not answer for a moment. I was overwhelmed and intoxicated. I had read of there being such a thing as The Perfect Winning – going Mah Jong on one's original hand. I had never hoped to hold the hand myself. With suppressed triumph I laid my hand face upwards on the table. ‘As they say in the Shanghai Club,' I remarked – Tin-ho – the Perfect Winning!' The colonel's eyes nearly bulged out of his head.  And so there you have it, Dr. Shepperd has been tight-lipped the entire book which for us as his partners sometimes can get frustrating.  He always knows more than he says, but he's a medical man and feels compelled to keep people's confidences until this night.  Right after his big win, he is so exhilarated, he blurts out to everyone everything Poirot had told him the previous day about the ring- a specific ring Poirot had kept entirely out of the sight but had revealed only to Dr. Sheppherd now Dr. Shepperd is getting the world's biggest gossips and the news will for sure spread all over town.      And so, where's the theme?  I don't see it.    Well, I'm not English, so I'm going to make a disclaimer that this could be a very American interpretation, but it seems to me that Christie is making a commentary on how society functions best- Mah Jong is a communal game with strict rules- but it is indeed about community- very much like the society she has built for us her readers.  Although Shepperd claims all they do in King's Abbot is gossip, we see through every chapter that that is not true.  There is a very active local pub that everyone goes to.  They garden; they visit.  They have true community.  And yet there are indeed winners and losers, Miss Gannett isn't good at mah jong because she's too independent or impulsive. Shepperd has a bit of good luck, but he also lets  it get to his head and blurts things out at the end that he probably shouldn't have.  At least he regrets it at the beginning of the next chapter.   I don't know, I just think she may be advocating to the rest of us who may find rules stifling, the traditional ways boring, or the conventions cumbersome, that there just might be something of value in the vintage- something comforting and enjoyable in a well-ordered and fair universe.   But like I said, that's just one thought.  And it is most definitely arguable.   Okay- thanks for listening…

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