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Gooooood evening. In this month's episode of Presenting Hitchcock, Cory and Aaron escape thru inner turmoil as they discuss This Gun for Hire. Read More...

Will Falk discover who bombed a residential building in Heck's Pantry? Can he find someone to punch or shoot for this villainy? What's the industry standard for radio kissing? Listen to find out!Lips That Yearn, episode 128 of This Gun in My Hand, was a bomb dropped by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What's totally useless at pulling out people who are trapped under rubble? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. For excerpts of testimony from the Haas Unreliable Narrativities Commitee, listen to Episode 72, “Undeniable Narrator.”https://archive.org/details/tgimh-72-undeniable-narratorCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Other music comes from “Journey Into Fear,” the June 9, 1946 episode of the public domain radio show Hour of Mystery. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Foley_Footsteps_ShedWoodenFloor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/523273/ Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: Wood Falling - 4 Drops.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Manim8/sounds/577452/Sound Effect Title: Huge Cinematic Explosion.wav by musicace17 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/486551/Sound Effect Title: Rubble Trouble by magnuswaker License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/758580/ Sound Effect Title: Rocks Falling No-Reverb Edition 16 Bit. Foley Sound by ALLANZ10DLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/323477/ Sound Effect Title: Wood_Creak_02.wav by dheming License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/177779/ Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/Sound Effect Title: Larun_Mountains_Low_QuietWind.aif by nicotepLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/683674/Sound Effect Title: Creaking Door by eqavoxLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/709418/ Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/Sound Effect Title: Sitcom Laughter with Applause, Small Audience by KinotonLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/371562/ The image accompanying this episode is a detail of “Collapsed structures after the 1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake” from 《楊肇嘉留真集》, "Yang Zhaojia's Collection of True Pictures."License for image: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collapsed_structures_after_the_1935_Shinchiku-Taich%C5%AB_earthquake.jpg

Will Exposition Boy expose the backstory of Billy Narrator, boy detective? Can Falk prevent them from destroying the whole episode and the sanity of his listeners? Listen to find out!Clash of the Story Boys, episode 127 of This Gun in My Hand, was narrated and exposed by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I settle creative differences? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Thanks to Pete Larsen for the idea for this episode: “I'd love to see a fight between 'Exposition Boy, the Teen-Sidekick' and 'Billy Narrator Jr.'”2. If you're going to take six years to develop an international exposition and build an artificial island for it, maybe open it in an off-year when there isn't an official world's fair on the other coast. The Golden Gate International Exposition opened in 1939, competing with the 1939 New York World's Fair. (Spoilers: they did run out of money and closed early in October 1939, then scrounged up a little more to reopen May-September 1940.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_International_Exposition3. Billy commandeered the show in episode 113, “Don't Kid a Kidder,” to do his own show, Billy Narrator, Boy Detective.https://archive.org/details/tgimh-113-dont-kid-a-kidder4. The Pope's Rhinoceros by Lawrence Norfolk establishes a deeper backstory than any other novel I've read. The first four pages describe glacial and geologic activity that form the lake where protagonists finally come into the story on the fifth page. Literally a glacial age of backstory.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Exposition Boy's storytelling music was from “Journey Into Fear,” the June 9, 1946 episode of the public domain radio show Hour of Mystery. Music from the second commercial was from the public domain film Death Machines (1976). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wavBy malupeeters License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Music Title: Kitten on the KeysComposed and Performed by Zez Confrey and His OrchestraRecorded May 4, 1922License: Public Domainhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_Various_Artists/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_05052009/Kitten_on_the_Keys/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of one panel from the April 28, 1929 public domain comic strip Just Kids by Ad Carter. The title of the comic strip changed to Mush Stebbins and His Sister in 1950.

Have beings from outer space landed in Heck's Pantry? Will Falk stop the inhuman aural assault on Parabellum City? How come I don't get no bassoon solo in the commercial? Listen to find out!A Song of Brass and Ash, episode 126 of This Gun in My Hand, was blown until it was windy by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I get to Carnegie Hall? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. When searching for a sad trombone sound on freesound dot org, I found this cache of 91 twisted and screwed public domain trombone sounds by user PhonosUPF, most of them sounding nothing like a trombone. I'm not using all of them here, but they inspired this episode.https://freesound.org/search/?q=phonosupf+trombone2. The Hall of Justice shown in the 1970s Super Friends cartoon was based on the design of Cincinnati Union Terminal.3. I can't tell if the Zurich Baroque Ensemble's recording of Marcello's Oboe Concerto in F Minor includes bassoon as Jojo claims.4. Young James Marshall Hendrix carried his guitar with him everywhere he could, to school and to friends' houses, practicing all day. 5. This Gun in My Hand podcast has existed longer than the Confederate States of America.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.The nineteen sound effects named below were created by PhonosUPF.https://freesound.org/search/?q=phonosupf+tromboneIn order of appearance in this episode, they were:1. Trombone grave (501269)2. Trombone grave 33. Trombone grave 24. Trombone metal 25. Trombone grave (490995)6. Trombone stretching 137. Trombone signal 138. Trombone sequence9. Trombone stretching 610. Trombone percussion11. Trombone blow 212. Trombone set13. Trombone blow14. Trombone signal 1415. Trombone grave 516. Wagnerian trombones17? Trombone melody 18. Trombone glissandi19. Trombone metal 5Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: R10-56-Footsteps on Metal Staircase.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480641/Sound Effect Title: muted cornet 2.wav by thatjeffcarterLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/185435/ Sound Effect Title: tuba frullato by PhonosUPF License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/501504/ Music Title: Oboe Concerto in F MinorComposed by Alessandro MarcelloPerformed by The Zurich Baroque EnsembleComposition and recording are in public domain.https://musopen.org/music/45546-concerto-for-oboe-orchestra/Sound Effect Title: Clarinet- ORTF Stereo Pair (NT-5's)-01.wav by debuddingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/44361/ Sound Effect Title: Banging Metal Lid by wolfdoctor License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/520074/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover of the 1951 novel Blues for the Prince written by Bart Spicer, artist unknown.

Join Marc and Dan as they rewind back to the early years of film noir's development with This Gun for Hire. Released only months after the United States entered WWII and photographed by the great John Seitz, This Gun for Hire is an important film in the noir canon for several reasons. Tune in for an in-depth review of the film and why it matters for all the noir nerds out there!https://shadowsofnoir.com/

Upset stomach? Feeling liverish? Is something obstructing you from your normal functions? It might be a microscopic Nazi U-boat exploring your nether regions. How will you survive? Listen to find out!This Hun in My Gland, episode 125 of This Gun in My Hand, was forcefully expelled from the lips of Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What folk remedy settles an upset stomach? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Doktor Goren's surname is taken from a minor character from the Springbok Radio drama Vale of Darkness, written by Ron Evans. I can't find info about when it was originally broadcast, but you can listen to the series from the Internet Archive or other sources on the web.https://archive.org/details/vale-of-darkness-19xx-xx-xx-26/Vale_of_Darkness_19xx-xx-xx_01.mp32. For the purposes of crossover with Melinda's stories about fairy munchkins, hamquatches, reptilibugs and the pets of our extended family, let's assume Fritz is actually my sister-in-law's dog playing the trombone. He's not a Nazi, just playing a part.3. When I was searching for a “sad trombone” on freesound dot org, I found 91 sound trombone samples stretched and modified by user PhonosUPF. The weird dramatic sound near the end of the episode is actually two of those trombone sounds combined.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Sad Trombone.wav by Benboncan License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/73581/ Sound Effect Title: descent.wav by DguilLicense: Creative Commons Sampling+ https://freesound.org/s/85212/ Eatmore Meats commercial jingle by Allied Radio Artists.License: Public Domainhttps://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/commercials/allied-radio-artists-radio-jingles/eatmore-meat-products-195x-xx-xxSound Effect Title: 60Hz_Tube_Radio_Hum.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/hetanoyokozuki/sounds/541812/Sound Effect Title: G45-18-Submarine Motor Stop.wav by craigsmithLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438720/ Sound Effect Title: R18-31-Old Car Ahooga Horn.wav by craigsmithLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/480002/ Sound Effect Title: Pouring Soup in a Metal Pan - Quick,Short,Gross by HitrisonLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/251410/Sound Effect Title: trombone melody 3 by PhonosUPF License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/501272/Sound Effect Title: trombone blow by PhonosUPF License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/491015/ Sound Effect Title: Charlie Brown Style Teacher by crashoverride6 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/146933/ The image accompanying this episode is a collage including details from Detective Fiction Weekly, February 12, 1938 (public domain painting by V. E. Pyles) and a panel from the public domain National Comics Number 36, October 1943 (pencils and inks by Jon Blummer).

Can Falk shut down the villains who are copying his radio show? Is it a warning of horrible events to come or a plot to bring about horrible events? How does it hold up against nitroglycerin? Listen to find out!I Have Her MAC-10, episode 124 of This Gun in My Hand, was dry-fired by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What ends a story more subtly than an explosion? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Falk doesn't seem to realize the music used for his show is in public domain. He couldn't sue anyone else who wanted to use it.2. In our world, the US agreed in a 1977 treaty to gradually give control of the canal to the nation of Panama, planning the handoff to be complete in 1999.3. Kids These Days might not be aware that until the end of the Twentieth Century, every American city and town and village had a directory called a “phone book” which was distributed to the public and which doxxed everyone who had a phone, listing their phone number and address. You could pay the phone company to be "unlisted," to exclude your name, number or address from the phone book. This was not considered a bribe or extortion because people had not yet reached a consensus that too many people had been stalked or killed over the decades. The introduction of cell phones seems to have changed that paradigm. I hope.Credits:The opening and transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals."Kelvar" commercial music taken from Crestablanca radio commercial.https://www.oldradioworld.com/media/Vintage%20Commercials%20Crestablanca.mp3Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: 60Hz_Tube_Radio_Hum.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/hetanoyokozuki/sounds/541812/Sound Effect Title: Radio tuning-static-interferenceLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/quantumriver/sounds/552160/Sound Effect Title: S15-03 Good general walla with some dishes; cheer.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675070/Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/Sound Effect Title: R02-06-Medium Crowd Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480682/ Sound Effect Title: R28-44-Women Screaming and Rapid Talking.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479894/Sound Effect Title: Casio AS-51R Cassette Player Tape/Radio Switch by OneKellyOrderedLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/624638/ Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravelBy Joozz License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wavLicense: Public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/# Sound Effect Title: Floorboard Creak 2 by SoundbysimmonsLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/717231/ Sound Effect Title: Hiss of a Tilley pressurised paraffin (kerosene) lamp by odilonmarcenaro License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/275999/Sound Effect Title: S18-13 Explosion with falling debris.wav by craigsmithLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/674889/ Sound Effect Title: R12-02-Large Explosions.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/486018/ The image accompanying this episode includes modified details from the public domain comic book Our Presidents From Washington to Eisenhower (circa 1950s, artist unknown) and the cover of the public domain magazine Phantom Detective, Volume 40, Number 1, October 1942, art by Rudolph Belarski.

Medical help for Falk's wound is right around the corner, but how will he get past The Health Access Facilitator? Will corporate bureaucracy spell his doom? You're gonna use an Allen wrench on a pipe fitting? Listen to find out!Go to Health, episode 123 of This Gun in My Hand, was doctored by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I ensure every episode goes out with a bang? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The President of the United States depicted in this episode is fictional, not meant to represent the president you're thinking of. Any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.2. I thought it would make the nurse sound uninformed about plumbing if she thought an Allen wrench would help tighten a loose pipe fitting, but maybe one of those hose clamps with the bolt that tightens it could have an Allen bolt? Slightly autobiographical scene – even when I understand what tools and parts need to be used for a plumbing repair, my trouble is usually trying to fit the wrench into a tight and awkward position.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music Title: Impact Allegrettoby Kevin MacLeod License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Internationalhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Impact/Impact_Allegretto_1100/"Gun Doctor" music and hoofbeats taken from the September 2, 1954 episode of the radio show Dr. Sixgun. License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/otr_drsixgunSound Effect Title: laser gun blasts #2 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/377971/ Sound Effect Title: Laser Machine GunBy Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://soundbible.com/1774-Laser-Machine-Gun.htmlSound Effect Title: Laser Machine Gun by sonically_sound License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/612875/ Sound Effect Title: S18-25 Rifle shots battle.wav by craigsmithLicense: Publid Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/675666/ Sound Effect Title: distant rumbling thunderstorm, ambience by greyfeather License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/712914/ Sound Effect Title: Rumble of the rain in Africa during the rain season by felix.blumeLicense: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/190139/ Sound Effect Title: S18-13 Explosion with falling debris.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/674889/ Sound Effect Title: R12-02-Large Explosions.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/486018/ The image accompanying this episode includes modified details of panels from the public domain comics Robotmen of The Lost Planet Number 1 (1952), art by Gene Fawcette, and General Electric's Adventures in Electronics (1955), art by George Roussous.

Can Falk persuade a string of villains to change their ways? How can you avoid entanglements with your secretary? Would you like to wrestle now? Listen to find out!Certainly No Angels, episode 122 of This Gun in My Hand, was certified angular by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What do I use to put the boom in the boiler room? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Would a gray-on-gray costume fit with a “summer” seasonal color palette? It's possible that Writer's Brick doesn't know what he's talking about.Credits:The opening and some transitional music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Transitional music around the commercial and the “Writer's Brick” musical sting were from the June 9, 1946 episode of the public domain radio show US Steel Hour of Mystery. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music Title: Lobby Time By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lobby_Time_(ISRC_USUAN1600054).mp3Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: mechanical alarm clock License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/522119/Sound Effect Title: S18-13 Explosion with falling debris.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/674889/ Sound Effect Title: R12-02-Large Explosions.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/486018/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the inside cover of the public domain comic book Police Lineup Number 1 (August 1951), art by Wally Wood.

What are the mysterious objects seen flying over Santopolis? Can Falk stop them with the help of a new paramilitary force made up of old familiar faces? How do you feel about cilantro? Listen to find out!Uniquely Heroic Americans, episode 121 of This Gun in My Hand, was seasoned and lorded over by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What makes my chili taste uniquely American? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Is this the first episode to quote Dead Kennedys lyrics? Maybe.2. Darn, I should have started the ad with “speaking of motherships…”3. Robert Thomas Northrup's mother did not rewrite the ad text in this episode. Some unnamed fictional character who wrote the ad might have solicited notes and rewrites from their mother, or might have been lying. Many statements made by characters in This Gun in My Hand are lies or mistakes. That's for you to determine because your interpretation is more important than the actual author's intent. See “The Death of the Author,” an essay by Roland Barthes.https://web.archive.org/web/20200419132326/http://www.ubu.com/aspen/aspen5and6/threeEssays.html#barthes4. “In the Western world, Persia (or its cognates) was historically the common name for Iran. In 1935, Reza Shah asked foreign delegates and League of Nations to use the term Iran (‘Land of the Aryans'), the endonym of the country, used by its native people, in formal correspondence.” - “Reza Shah,” Wikipedia, 2 January 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah#Replacement_of_Persia_with_IranCredits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Transitional music around the commercial was from the June 9, 1946 episode of the public domain radio show US Steel Hour of Mystery. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: tug boat horn - sound effect.wavBy komal22moizLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/komal22moiz/sounds/380825/Sound Effect Title: R11-19-Army Marching Steadily.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/480434/ (another marching sound to layer with above)Sound Effect Title: Chân LínhLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/546791/ Sound Effect Title: Stomach RumbleLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/yrdn/sounds/473989/Sound Effect Title: groaning1.flacLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/borygmi/sounds/414975/Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / RicochetsBy YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/Sound Effect Title: A slap or smack in the face License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/522596/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of the public domain comic book Fightin' Marines Number 14 (May 1955), artist unknown.https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=21270

Can David Graham, a torpedo engineer vital to the war effort, escape from German spies? Can Falk protect him? Is that supposed to be a Greek accent? Listen to find out!Journey Into Fiasco, episode 120 of This Gun in My Hand, was driven and engineered by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What makes torpedoes move faster? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. This episode was inspired by “Journey Into Fear,” an episode of The US Steel Hour of Mystery starring Lawrence Olivier and broadcast on June 9, 1946, which was adapted from the 1940 novel by Eric Ambler.https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/thriller/the-hour-of-mystery/journey-into-fear-1946-06-092. No, it's not my impression of a Greek accent. The lines from Mithrodopolis in this episode are my impression of the guy from that 1946 broadcast of Journey Into Fear, doing an unidentifiable accent that's all over the place. I actually tried to sound like David Lander's character from On the Air, a 1992 David Lynch tv comedy that only aired 3 episodes in the US.3. “Mon petit chou” was an expression I heard not in high school French class, but from my mother. She had learned it from her father who landed at Normandy three to six days after D-Day. He drove a refrigerated supply truck. I wonder in what context he learned “mon petit chou” from the locals?Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Other music comes from “Journey Into Fear,” the June 9, 1946 episode of the public domain radio show Hour of Mystery. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/Sound Effect Title: bus coach ext pull up brake air release idle.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454420/Sound Effect Title: Bus Closing DoorLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/am7/sounds/520753/Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: Slam door.MP3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/SoundsForHim/sounds/395653/Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/Sound Effect Title: Shotgun Reload PumpRecorded by RA The Sun GodLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1959-Shotgun-Reload-Pump.htmlSound Effect Title: 1911 Pistol CockingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/J.Anthracite/sounds/465488/Sound Effect Title: Glock 19 Handgun Pistol Slide Cocking SoundsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393734/Sound Effect Title: AR15 M4 Gun Hardware Magazine Movement SoundsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393732/Sound Effect Title: Gun Cocking Sound.mp3 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/545958/ Sound Effect Title: Pump Action Shotgun Cycle License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/370344/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain Greyhound promotional comic book Driving Like a Pro (1958), artist unknown.https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=31501

Is it wrong to make up stories about silly gunfights fifty years ago while authoritarian figures are taking power and civilians are getting massacred as we speak? That's the dilemma Falk has to solve, in the middle of a gunfight!The Hapless Hack of Gazpacho Gulch, episode 119 of This Gun in My Hand, was rustled up and branded with innuendo by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. (But wait until the strike's over to order it.) What helps me escape from my neighbor's basement? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Getting a story accepted by an editor who was then fired, and getting it rejected by his replacement, was based on something that happened to my favorite creative writing professor, the late Dr. Gilbert Cross. The editor who liked his stuff published three of his spy novels under the name “Jon Winters” in the late 70s and early 80s, before getting replaced by an editor who didn't like them.Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden DoorLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/Sound Effect Title: Plywood_Prying_01.wav By dhemingLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/128408/ Sound Effect Title: door wood hit +window rattle slam bang various.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/452595/ Sound Effect Title: Crash License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/512246/ Sound Effect Title: S10-19 Falling wooden beam; big interior crash; house collapses; long.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/675967/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of an interior illustration from Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine, Vol. CLXXIV No. 2 (June 3, 1939), public domain, artist unknown.

How will Falk escape this scrape with The Scrapper? Will he have to climb over or down the escarpment? Will she throw the book at him? Where did I put those stickers with the flowers? Listen to find out!Scrapping at the Escarpment, episode 118 of This Gun in My Hand, was scraped together and later scuppered by Rob Northrup, with special guest Melinda Flicka as the hamster-monger. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out. That's right, my new novella Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out is now available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. I'll post readings of the first two chapters soon. Buy it today! If you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read the ebook for free and I still get two bits kickback for it, possibly more. And you can still buy Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. In fact that's only been in ebook format so far, now available for the first time in paperback. How did I get through the locked door of your apartment? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Santa Rosita is where the treasure was buried in [spoilers] It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).Credits:Transitional music clips were taken from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948) and Killer Bait (1949), films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wavBy malupeeters License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawerLicense: Public Domainhttp://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.htmlSound Effect Title: Glass Bottle Breaking License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/607910/Sound Effect Title: Mount Moganshan Insect ChorusBy: RTB45 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/Insect chorus recorded one summer evening, Mount Moganshan, Zhejiang Provence, People's Republic of ChinaThe image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain comic book cover from Monte Hale Western Number 50 (July 1950), pencils and inks by Edmond Good.

Will Falk survive the wriggling horror that descends from the heavens? Why did he murder his wife? When did he get married? How do you make a piano out of squids? Listen to find out!The Chilling Horror That Grinds and Wiggles, episode 117 of This Gun in My Hand, was molded, frozen and dropped on you by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What's the scariest part of the episode? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The “slush pile” is publishing industry jargon for unsolicited manuscripts mostly from amateurs. I know the term because outside of self-publishing, that's as far as my stories have gotten.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music Title: Pictures at an Exhibition - I. Gnomus VivoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_02_-_I_Gnomus_Vivo.ogg Music Title: Pictures at an Exhibition - VIII. Catacombae. Sepulcrum romanum LargoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_12_-_VIII_Catacombae_Sepulcrum_romanum_Largo.ogg Music Title: Pictures at an Exhibition - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua Andante non troppo con lamentoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_13_-_Cum_mortuis_in_lingua_mortua_Andante_non_troppo_con_lamento.oggSound Effect Title: forest boreal light wind breeze through leaves +close loud birds.flac License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/637563/ Sound Effect Title: Silbido bomba cayendo.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/393006/ Sound Effect Title: Broken Egg Squelch By d.n.audio.ukLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/461049/Sound Effect Title: Pouring Soup in a Metal Pan - Quick,Short,Gross by HitrisonLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/251410/Sound Effect Title: Messy Splat 3a by FoolBoyMediaLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/237928/ Sound Effect Title: Blood Gush and Squelch License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/635042/ Sound Effect Title: GateShutThumps.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/401041/  Sound Effect Title: lion.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/684527/ Sound Effect Title: Gore Cabbage by IENBALicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/607909/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain drawing “squid holding sailor” by Alphonse de Neuville, featured in the Hetzel edition of 20000 Lieues Sous Les Mers.

Will you enjoy the new crop of audio dramas debuting this fall on the Magnum Radio Network? The Gun Doctor! Chap Zero's House of Traps! Chick Quasar, Space Stevedore! Listen to find out!Debut Taunts, episode 116 of This Gun in My Hand, was doctored by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What's coming your way next fall? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Listen to the Mystery Frequency podcast for a wide variety of old time radio dramas, like Dr. Sixgun and Captain Starr of Space.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mystery-frequency-audio-drama-radio/id16940416952. I want to say that toys advertising actual gold seems like something unique to our modern hellscape, but they've probably done it before, or equally ridiculous and borderline scammy promotions. For example, in 1955, Quaker Oats bought 19 acres of land in the Yukon Territory of Canada and printed 21 millions deeds, each deed for square inch of land, as a promotion for the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon TV show.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Big_Inch_Land_PromotionCredits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.“Gun Doctor” music and hoofbeats taken from the September 2, 1954 episode of the radio show Dr. Sixgun. License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/otr_drsixgunOrgan music in “Chick Quasar” taken from the July 14, 1953 episode of the radio show Captain Starr of Space.License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/CaptainStarrOfSpace1953/I hope the tiny excerpt of “Need to Know” by Incognito (Democracy Now theme song) counts as fair use after it was chopped, screwed and filtered.Music Title: Flight of the Carpenter BeeBy Steven Arntson License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://archive.org/details/Bildungsroman-7512Sound Effect Title: Mount Moganshan Insect ChorusBy: RTB45 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/Insect chorus recorded one summer evening, Mount Moganshan, Zhejiang Provence, People's Republic of ChinaSound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: barking dog 2License: public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/roman_cgr/sounds/415023/Sound Effect Title: Angry big dog barking - Close [d15].wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/v23/sounds/440866/Sound Effect Title: Dog Barking and Whining.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/DaniloSFX/sounds/672733/Sound Effect Title: Doggo_Panting_1_Para.mp3 by Paradoxxxical License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/679219/ Sound Effect Title: R15-82-Men Laughing Heartily.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/480806/ Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / RicochetsBy YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Music Title: spoons.wav (used in “Fight the Rascals”)by angienmLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/249709/ Music Title: Munniharppua.ogg (jaw harp used in “Fight the Rascals”)By ElectricToothpasteLicense: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 via Wikimedia Commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munniharppua.oggThe image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain comic book cover from Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Number 10, May-July 1954. Painting by Al McWilliams.

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm kicking off Noirvember with two films from Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake: 1942's This Gun for Hire and The Glass Key. [00:00] INTRO [01:59] CromCast Promo [02:44] RANDOM CONVERSATION [07:55] This Gun for Hire (1942) [41:34] The Glass Key (1942) [01:06:57] FEEDBACK [01:15:32] ENDING MUSIC: Now You See It, Now You Don't by Martha Mears Buy This Gun for Hire (1942) Buy The Glass Key (1942) Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

Can Falk prevent the murder of beloved songwriter E. Y. “Yip” Harburg? Why would a fan want to kill him? Will everyone come out of it with their childhood memories intact? Listen to find out!The Assassination of Yip Harburg by the Coward Fan Mail, episode 115 of This Gun in My Hand, was written, edited and a sung-a on the tongue-a by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What physical object represents my heart and brain and courage and love of home? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Watch excerpts from the 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon “I Love to Singa” starring Owl Jolson.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y6CNuffBi02. Orson Welles produced a successful version of Macbeth with an all-Black cast in 1936.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_Macbeth3. Judy Garland led a revised cast in Lux Radio Theater's one-hour radio adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, broadcast December 25, 1950.https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/drama/lux/lux-radio-theater-50-12-25-726-the-wizard-of-oz4. Wikipedia has an entry on Political interpretations of The Wizard of Oz. Wild stuff. I cribbed some of their ideas.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_OzCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music Title: Theme to Kolchak: Night StalkerComposed by Gil MelléWhistled by RobFair use excerpt, I hope.Sound Effect Title: S15-03 Good general walla with some dishes; cheer.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675070/Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/Sound Effect Title: R02-06-Medium Crowd Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480682/ Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wavLicense: Public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/# Sound Effect Title: R28-44-Women Screaming and Rapid Talking.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479894/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: S41-25 Car backfires; reverberant.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675723/Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Taurus G2c Dry Trigger PullLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/NoonerBear/sounds/589848/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the back cover of the public domain comic book Dell Junior Treasury, Number 5 (July 1956), painted by Mel Crawford.

The PunGent turns over a new leaf! The slug beneath that leaf slithers away from the smell as quickly as it can. Will he solve a murder? Will he detour beneath the Earth? How you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm? Listen to find out!The PunGent Cleans Up, episode 114 of This Gun in My Hand, was convoluted by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I unravel convoluted tales? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. For previous appearances or mentions of The PunGent, Alan, CHUFFs, CHOUFs and Mole Men, see the subject index.https://thisguninmyhand.blogspot.com/2022/02/subject-index.html2. The charred ruins of Google claims that Brits pronounce “bons mots” as “baanz mahts,” which does not seem to reflect the consensus of dictionary websites.Credits:The opening and a later transitional music clip were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950); the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949); and a brief piece of music at the end of the last commercial is from The Scar (1948, aka Hollow Triumph), all films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: R12-43-Old Car Horns.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479995/Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: Car_Stop_Breaks_Screech_Engine-Rev_by-monnie101.mp4.WAVLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/monnie101/sounds/58150/Sound Effect Title: TUBE POP.wavBy sandyrbLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/102540/Music Title from “Regrets” commercials: 'Le Regret, Op. 332'Composed by Charles Mayer. Incorrectly attributed to Chopin for many years under the title 'Valse mélancolique in F-sharp minor' A1/7.Performed by Olga GurevichComposition and Performance License: Public Domainhttps://musopen.org/music/12481-valse-melancolique-le-regret-op-332/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a public domain drawing by Duplessis, “Man in suit, Paris, France, 1900.”

For two bits per day plus expenses, you can hire Billy Narrator, boy detective to solve your mysteries. Where's my missing cat? Does Georgia like me? Where'd that corpse come from? Listen to find out!Don't Kid a Kidder, episode 113 of This Gun in My Hand, was popped off by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy Rob's books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What's the best toy in the backyard or the schoolyard? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The Clutching Hand was a 1936 cliffhanger serial. Band of the Hand was a 1986 action film executive produced by Michael Mann.https://archive.org/details/clutching_hand_ep12. A few of Francis' lines were shamelessly stolen from my memory of “Pinch Singer,” a 1936 Little Rascals short of which, sadly, I can't find a free version on the web.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinch_SingerCredits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from public domain film The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: G39-09-Boxing Fight Bell.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438626/Sound Effect Title: 22lr Caliber Rifle Shots and Reloading License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/717133/ Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: TUBE POP.wavBy sandyrbLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/102540/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of an ad from Mechanix Illustrated, presumed to be public domain.

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

Falk misses! Who is The Loner? What are you, some kind of Rambling Man? A Wanderer? You find a dead body there, fella? Every day you find another body? Listen to find out!This episode was Cut Down in His Prime, episode 111 of This Gun in My Hand, found on the side of a dusty road and dusted off by Rob Northrup. Like all other episodes, this one is available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Why are so many people alone in this town? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. I think it still counts as illegal breaking and/or entering if a door is unlocked, maybe even if the door is ajar. Or maybe that's vampire rules, entering without an invitation. While we're debunking legal myths, you can ask an undercover cop if they're a cop, they are not required by law to tell you. And declaring yourself a “sovereign citizen” is not One Weird Trick to convince cops or prosecutors that their laws don't apply to you.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: S31-16 Tommy gun busts; machine gun.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675603/Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravelBy Joozz https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wavBy malupeeters https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4aLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: Door knockingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/altfuture/sounds/174640/Sound Effect Title: Body fall in grass CLOSE.mp3By J.ZazvurekLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/73583/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of the paperback novel Road Kid by Howard Pease, published in 1953, and I hope the cover is public domain. Artist unknown.

After talking to a shady booker for a shortwave station, Falk's body doesn't seem to work like it used to. Will Falk's gun still fire? When did he take off his shirt? Who won the story seed contest? Listen to find out!This Gun Is My Hand, episode 110 of This Gun in My Hand, was ushered into this world by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How can you tell I've grown attached to firearms? This Gun is My Hand!Show Notes:1. I was confusing Roger Corman (born 1926) with David Cronenberg (born 1943). Corman would have been 14 in 1939. Cronenberg would have been a smile on his mother's lips and a twinkle in his father's eye.2. Ms. Harriet's lullaby is derived from The Creed of a United States Marine, aka The Rifleman's Creed. https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Frequently-Requested-Topics/Marines-Rifle-Creed/3. You might appreciate this episode more after watching twelve seasons of the delightful BBC series Call the Midwife. Sadly my local library doesn't have season thirteen yet so I can't vouch for that one.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: NOISE-PINK-10VU.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/mutantra/sounds/571176/Sound Effect Title: Police Radio Chatter.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/320351/ Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Slam door.MP3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/SoundsForHim/sounds/395653/Sound Effect Title: 220531 Fly buzzing in window, short, R-07License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/717567/Sound Effect Title: Fly at WindowLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/573240/Sound Effect Title: Pouring Soup in a Metal Pan - Quick,Short,Gross by HitrisonLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/251410/Sound Effect Title: Squishing.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/485484/Sound Effect Title: Burp 8 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/399761/Sound Effect Title: Broken Egg Squelch By d.n.audio.ukLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/461049/Sound Effect Title: Crying newborn baby child 2.WAVLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/211528/ Sound Effect Title: 1911 Pistol CockingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/J.Anthracite/sounds/465488/Sound Effect Title: Glock 19 Handgun Pistol Slide Cocking SoundsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393734/Sound Effect Title: AR15 M4 Gun Hardware Magazine Movement SoundsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393732/The image accompanying this episode is a combination of the following public domain artworks:1. The cover of New Detective magazine, Volume 8, Number 4 (July 1946). Not sure of the artist.2. The cover of Argosy Weekly, Volume 230, Number 6 (July 2, 1932), art by Robert Graef.

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

In gratitude for his assistance, Lord and Lady Pelennor invite Falk to visit their estate. Is there no end to their generosity? Is there no escape? Is chili better than rashers for your supper? Listen to find out!Zildjian's Away to Shropshire, episode 108 of This Gun in My Hand, was lorded over by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I resolve the endless yearning between two hearts and bring them together? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. This episode is a spin-off from the fake commercial “Henley's Away to Shropshire” in episode 73, and partly inspired by season one of Sanditon.2. Another example of rich or middle class Brits taking strange children into their homes is Wuthering Heights. I'm aware of the fan theory that Heathcliff is an illegitimate son of Mr. Earnshaw, which explains why Earnshaw would favor the boy over his own children. But the cover story Earnshaw apparently expects everyone to believe is that he adopted a kid off the street at random. As Eighteenth Century Brits were wont to do, I guess?3. Lord Pelennor uses the word “arse,” so it's not cussing by American standards even though they pronounce it exactly the same way as that other word. Not going to mark this episode as having “explicit language.” Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Song Title: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629Composed by Henry Purcell, 1692.Performed by Carl Pini, John Tunnell, Anthony Pini and Harold Lester.License: Public Domainhttps://musopen.org/music/11140-the-fairy-queen-z629/Song Title: Consolation, Songs Without Words, Op. 30, No. 3, Adagio non troppo (E major)Composed by Felix MendelssohnPerformed by AnonymousLicense: Public Domainhttps://musopen.org/music/348-songs-without-words-op-30/Sound Effect Title: Outdoor ambience near a forest with birdsong (Midlands, England)License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/727609/ Sound Effect Title: R22-05-Two Horses on Dirt Road.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479790/Sound Effect Title: G52-10-Horse and Buggy.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437081/Sound Effect Title: 20070918.galloping.horse.waveBy dobroide License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/41180/Sound Effect Title: S01-01_Horse trots in on hard dirt; stops; trotting out.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675422/?Sound Effect Title: Horse-drawn carriage - Approach and stop.wavBy Sirderf License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/333680/Sound Effect Title: stomp01.wav By JanKoehlLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/85600/Sound Effect Title: G38-03-Horse Gallops Through Leaves.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/437096/ Sound Effect Title: horse snort breathe eat recordingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/531429/Sound Effect Title: Horse Whinny 1.wav By GoodListener License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/322445/Sound Effect Title: Fist banging on wood surface.wavBy 221339License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/655133/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated #1, August 1950, in public domain, pencils and inks by Jim Lavery.

How will Falk and his special guest star cope without a narrator? How many wall angles does this polygon have? You do everything a child says? Listen to find out!No Large Bills, episode 107 of This Gun in My Hand, was created from dues paid by one person, Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What keeps me from paying ransom with large bills? Being broke. And also – This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Enjoy ZaSu Pitts in The Crooked Circle (1932)https://youtu.be/mH--iCfpMqk?si=gnz_vRf7OqVu5eYMSo's Your Aunt Emma! (1942)https://youtu.be/yv4HtlLmgeg?si=mWRSID-fboPfAp76 2. During my experience of the 1980s, Thursday night at 8 o'clock was time for Michigan Outdoors on your local PBS station, one of my dad's favorite shows. Astro Police were inspired by the announcer on the radio series Space Patrol (1952-1955), and their activities were inspired by the Dead Kennedys song “Police Truck” (1980) and the rather problematic James Caan and Alan Arkin film which set the standard for buddy cop movies, Freebie and the Bean (1974). 3. Wikipedia says bungalows are single story. I just throw out architectural terms that sound legit. What's ranch style? What's Tudor? What's a “cornice?” I have no idea.4. Actual old time radio dramas name-checked in this episode: Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy; The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen. Not actual old time radio shows: Little Orphan Ayn; Father Clogin; InfoMars with Alex Johansen; Astro Police.  Credits:The opening and middle theme music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950); the music used in the Astro Police ad was from Chapter ten of Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938); and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all three films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Striking a Match, Burning, Extinguishing By nebulousflynnLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/221554/ Sound Effect Title: Whoosh02.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/kingsrow/sounds/181578/Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Deep Space Ship EffectBy hykenfreakLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/214663/Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wavLicense: Public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/# Sound Effect Title: Victorian Twist Doorbell 01License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Dionysuspsi/sounds/464230/Song Title: Sassy Jazzy By LaFaenaLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licensehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/lafaena/not-shift-free-will/sassy-jazzy/Sound Effect Title: knock-window-glass.aiff By stereostereoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/124536/Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawerLicense: Public Domainhttp://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.htmlSound Effect Title: Glass Bottle Breaking License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/607910/Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the front of a 1928 two dollar bill, and both sides of a 1928 one dollar bill.

Which detective was murdered at the job fair for dicks? How many dicks will it take to detect who did it? Do you have any experience gunning down striking miners or railroad workers? Listen to find out!Murder at the Job Fair for Dicks, episode 106 of This Gun in My Hand, was headhunted by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What do I use to practice my skills of detection? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. One of my favorite old time radio shows is Pete Kelly's Blues, a 1951 series starring Jack Webb as a hardboiled cornet player in a Dixieland jazz band who solves mysteries in 1920s Kansas City. Only six episodes are thought to survive.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Kelly%27s_Blues_(radio_series)2. Eccentric Houseboat Detective was inspired by John D. MacDonald's character Travis McGee in The Deep Blue Good-by. Not inspired by eccentric sailboat detectives Sonny Crocket or Quincy or Adam West's character in The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969).3. Anachronism: the Knights Templar were arrested for heresy by order of King Phillip IV on October 12th, 1307, but you can tell this episode is set in summer because no one is described as wearing coats as they would be in Parabellum City in October.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_of_the_Knights_TemplarCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950); the ad music for Eccentric Houseboat Detective was from D.O.A. (1949); and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/Sound Effect Title: ancient conference Room Door.wavby mcweigertLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/696482/ Sound Effect Title: tug boat horn - sound effect.wavBy komal22moizLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/380825/Sound Effect Title: Lake Waves 1.wavBy BenboncanLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/67883/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Black Book Detective, Volume 5, Number 4 (July 1936), painted by Norman Saunders.

“Hit Man,” a new film directed by Richard Linklater, is not, in fact, about a hit man. The movie follows Gary Johnson (Glen Powell), a mild-mannered philosophy professor who assists law enforcement in sting operations by posing as a contract killer—and playing on the expectations stoked by Hollywood. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss the history of the archetype, from the 1942 noir “This Gun for Hire” to Tarantino's “Pulp Fiction” and the “John Wick” franchise, and explore why audiences have so enthusiastically embraced a figure that, contrary to the media's depiction, is basically nonexistent in real life. “It's a fantasy of what would happen if our rage was optimized, much like our sleep and our work day and our workouts,” says Fry. “And if it comes with a side of wearing a suit that looks great—even better.” Read, watch, and listen with the critics:“Collateral” (2004)“Pulp Fiction” (1994)“No Country for Old Men” (2007)“Hit Man” (2024)“Dazed and Confused” (1993)“Hit Men Are Easy to Find in the Movies. Real Life Is Another Story,” by Jessie McKinley (The New York Times)“This Gun for Hire” (1942)“Le Samouraï” (1967)“The Killer” (2023)“Aggro Dr1ft” (2024)“John Wick” (2014)“Barry” (2018-23)New episodes drop every Thursday. Follow Critics at Large wherever you get your podcasts. 

Can Falk or Castro use their unique crime-fighting skills to punish those who carry out massacres? Is this topic too heavy for a punny old time radio parody? And where are the Lugers?! Listen to find out!Spoonful of Lugers, episode 105 of This Gun in My Hand, was seamlessly worked into a plot by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What narrative technique helps me sneak serious topics into wacky adventure stories? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. For more info about the Rosewood Massacre and other political massacres in US history, see https://www.zinnedproject.org/collection/massacres-us/https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/rosewood-massacre/ Also read A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, and the novel A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles. 2. The bird you hear in almost every movie set in the jungles of Africa, Central America or South America is the Kookaburra, which is actually native to Australia and New Guinea. According to Wikipedia, “The call is heard in [Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) and] The Wizard of Oz (1939), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Cape Fear (1962), The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and other films.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburrahttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437964/ Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravelBy Joozz License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/Sound Effect Title: Punch.wavBy ztrees1License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/ztrees1/sounds/134934/Sound Effect Title: Custom_punch_04_2022.mp3By ArtninjaLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/Artninja/sounds/700204/Sound Effect Title: Body fall_02.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/Sound Effect Title: 2-1_ducks.WAVLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/16FPanskaLan_Jiri/sounds/498190/Sound Effect Title: R30-32-Ducks Quack on Pond.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479608/Sound Effect Title: DucksLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/607226/Sound Effect Title: Tawny owl calling.wavBy SparrerLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/Sparrer/sounds/59517/Sound Effect Title: G12-32-Kookaburra Bird in Jungle.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437964/Sound Effect Title: Montezuma oropendola bird callLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/512109/Sound Effect Title: S27-24 Gibbon squeals.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675432/Sound Effect Title: G12-29-Tigers and Lions Growling.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437961/Sound Effect Title: audi a4 b8 20tdi update engine set1 idle acceleration early gear shifting mono.wavBy SoundholderLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Soundholder/sounds/425397/The image accompanying this episode is a combination of the following photos:1. “Fleischextrakt” (photo of spoon) by Rainer Zenz, license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.2. “Castletown at War 2021 Castletown D Day Centre, Portland, Dorset. WWII Reenactor in German Wehrmacht uniform - Luger pistol, belt 51614442855” by dorsetbays, license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic.3. “WW2 Third Reich German 7 7,92mm K cartridges 8 Zug-Zünder (mine pull igniters) 9 7,92 mm cartridges 10 Luftwaffe dagger 11 Scabbard 12 Hitlerjugend knife 13 9mm P08 Luger pistol Hjemmefrontmuseet Rakkestad museum Norway 2021-06-20 IM” by Wolfmann, license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.4. “German pistols firearms holsters 39 Luger P08 40 Radom M35 41 Walther 38 42 6.35 S.B.E. Pistol 43 6.35 Walther M1 1908 44 Mauser M1934 45 Walther PP M1929 46 Field knife boot Hjemmefrontmuseet Rakkestad WW2 museum Norway IMG 5665 2” by Wolfmann, license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.5. “WW2 German Occupation of Norway. HEFT PARTEIADLER Booklet Nazi Eagle Soldatbok hakekorsørn. SS KOPPELSCHLOSS Meine Ehre heisst Treue Belt buckle. 9 mm LUGER P08. Pistolentasche holster. Bergenhus Festningsmuseum Bergen Norway 2021” by Wolfmann, license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.6. “Krigshistorisk Festival 2023 - Regimentet 02” by Leif Jørgensen,  license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.7. “Музей истории донецкой милиции 072” by Andrew Butko, license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.

Can Falk steer rookies in the world of crime down the path of justice? Will he be forced off the road of crime-fighting by a spindly motorized bicycle? What's that smell? Listen to find out!Watching the Defectives, episode 104 of This Gun in My Hand, was mentored by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What keeps you from turning to crime? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Citations Needed podcast on the exaggeration of the modern “organized shoplifting racket”:https://citationsneeded.medium.com/news-brief-organized-crime-shoplifting-epidemic-panic-hits-san-francisco-media-b044c0f78bfa2. The Olympics first added women's shot put in 1948.3. My maternal grandmother's middle name was “Ederle,” named after the first woman known to swim solo across the English Channel. Is this the equivalent of naming your kid Khaleesi or Anakin?Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Heels on Pavement.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/B.Harkins/sounds/683658/Music Title: Flight of the Carpenter BeeBy Steven Arntson License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://archive.org/details/Bildungsroman-7512Sound Effect Title: Mount Moganshan Insect ChorusBy: RTB45 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/Insect chorus recorded one summer evening, Mount Moganshan, Zhejiang Provence, People's Republic of ChinaSound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: motorcycle throaty pull away medium speed smooth Gaza 2016.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/406387/Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#Sound Effect Title: Car_Stop_Breaks_Screech_Engine-Rev_by-monnie101.mp4.WAVLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/monnie101/sounds/58150/Sound Effect Title: audi a4 b8 20tdi update engine set1 idle acceleration early gear shifting mono.wavBy SoundholderLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Soundholder/sounds/425397/Sound Effect Title: R03-19-Old Auto Tire Skid.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/481668/Sound Effect Title: Bike Falling on Concrete.wav By pliveseyLicense: Creative Commons Sampling+https://freesound.org/s/78960/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book Hot Rods And Racing Cars, Number 32 (October 1957), pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Sal Trapani.

Falk walks close to the edge of crass commercialism, then gets pushed over the line. Do you have hat-related powers? Did someone steal your hat when you were young? Does it have something to do with drumming? Listen to find out!Violent Vacation with Peruvian Guns, episode 103 of This Gun in My Hand, was crocheted by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What keeps my ears warm? This Gun in My Hand!For a limited time, a few items of This Gun in My Hand merchandise are available on ebay. Give me your money!Show Notes:1. Violent Vacation with Peruvian Nuns was a tape released by the UK skate/thrash band The Stupids in 1986. In the village where I grew up (literally, legally a “village”), I was not on the cutting edge of knowledge about hardcore punk. The only radio stations within range were top 40, oldies or country, except for a freeform college radio station from Ann Arbor. When my family took a month long road trip in maybe summer 1988, we stopped a few days in San Diego. I might have passed over this tape at the swap meet, never heard of The Stupids before, but the cover had a cartoon of a twitching guy in a wheelchair by Don Martin. Great music, problematic pseudonyms and album titles, probably problematic lyrics but who can understand what Brits are singing? And I bet they used the cartoon without paying Don Martin or Mad Magazine. Rascals!Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title:Body fall_02.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlMusic for commercial is from the 1938 public domain cliffhanger serial Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, Chapter 10.The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover of Railroad Stories (July 1937), by Emmett Watson.

A boy stumbles into the world of vice, from pennies to billiards to pinball. Will Falk rescue him in time? Why couldn't you become a jazz singer? Listen to find out!Fievel Getcha Ten, episode 102 of This Gun in My Hand, was diced and pinned by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What are my stakes when I'm betting? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Toon: The Cartoon Role-Playing Game by Greg Costikyan and Warren Spector includes “Chutzpah” as a character attribute.2. The text for the fake commercial for Benzedrine Sulfate, not counting the disclaimer at the end, is taken almost verbatim from a print ad in California Western Medicine, Volume 62 (April 1945).https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377281/Credits:The opening and some of the middle music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Other music surrounding commercials came from the public domain film The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Old Rotary Phone Ringing - Western Electric Bell 500 phoneLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/mycompasstv/sounds/456433/Sound Effect Title: old pinball.wavBy mapleleafLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/mapleleaf/sounds/34730/Sound Effect Title: Classic Pinball GameplayBy theshaggyfreakLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/theshaggyfreak/sounds/404144/Sound Effect Title: sw_phone_hangup.wavBy jppi_StuLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/jppi_Stu/sounds/189727/Music title: Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - III. Sequence - Lacrymosa (For Piano - Liszt)Performed by Markus StaabComposed by Mozart, arranged by Liszt?License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://musopen.org/music/43683-requiem-in-d-minor-k-626/The image accompanying this episode is a modified version of the public domain cover of Easy Money, Volume 1, Number 2 (May 1936), by Charles McCann.

A noisy day at the park, when suddenly–it's oh so quiet. Gunshots are muffled. Wrestling grunts are barely audible. Can Falk restore order to the soundscape? Why does that bearded guy's costume include wings? Listen to find out!World of Whispers, episode 101 of This Gun in My Hand, was breathed out by Rob Northrup. All episodes are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What keeps people quiet? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. One of my earliest radio plays was a group project for Creative Writing class in high school, probably 1989. My friends Jeff, Julian and I wrote a script parodying Star Trek, cobbled together from jokes we had probably absorbed reading Mad Magazine. Only five or ten minutes long, we recorded it on tape and played it in class. I'm not sure why Mr. Groesser apologized to the class afterwards, maybe because of the bad language like “Damn!” or “Bloody Hell!” At one point Jeff did the voice of a vendor at a baseball game, calling out, “peaNUTS! Popcorn!” maybe to hint at how large the ship is. I tried to recreate his delivery here. When Julian's girlfriend heard the tape, she asked what girl we had cast for the voice of Uhura. She wouldn't believe I had done it. No effects software to raise the pitch, I did it all in the delivery.2. Whispering Wind and Blessed Day (aka Muckbang, aka Peatboom) first appeared in episode 60, “Hush, Sweet Zildjian.”https://archive.org/details/tgimh-60-hush-sweet-zildjianCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: Organ_grinder_paris1.aiff, Organ_grinder_paris2.aiffBy miloLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/milo/sounds/36155/https://freesound.org/people/milo/sounds/36156/Sound Effect Title: kids_playing_oct2020.WAVLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/wjoojoo/sounds/540466/Music Title: Hail to the Spirit of LibertyComposed by John Philip Sousa Performed by The United States Marine BandLicense: Public Domainhttps://musopen.org/music/43782-hail-to-the-spirit-of-liberty/Sound Effect Title: Machine gun.wavBy CGEffexLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/101962/Sound Effect Title: lancaster bomber.wavBy confusion_musicLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/confusion_music/sounds/103439/Sound Effect Title: Explosion 2License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/ZoshP/sounds/541795/Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden DoorLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: S20-30 Pistol shots with silencer.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675677/Sound Effect Title: Silenced Gun Firing - gunshotsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/fireballuke/sounds/166493/Sound Effect Title: clang.wavBy kwahmah_02License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/sounds/253974/Sound Effect Title: R09-75-Series of Falls on Wooden Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/483233/Sound Effect Title: Metal hit with dull ringoutsBy ArtninjaLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/Artninja/sounds/717721/Sound Effect Title: Ambience - European city park - morning - birds - light wind.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/ValentinPetiteau/sounds/563547/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Fantastic Adventures, Volume 10, Number 5 (May 1948) by Robert Gibson Jones; combined with a detail from Autant en emporte le vent, Anonymous, 1815, both in public domain.

Celebrating 100 years of Parabellum City, The City That Never Misses! Will Falk survive? Will Petra? Was your lack of a nickel the final nail in her coffin? Listen to find out!Parabellum City Passes a C-Note, episode 100 of This Gun in My Hand, was founded and passed by Rob Northrup -- who would like to remind you that This Gun in My Hand is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events, places, financial instruments or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialogue. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What will I use to get a message to the bank? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The history of Parabellum City is inspired by the founding of Jacksonberg, aka Jacksonopolis, aka Jackson, aka Jacktown, aka Rose City, aka Prison City. They're not meant to be the same. Parabellum City is bigger. Jackson is not what I'd call a toddlin'-class town.2. Fruity ad inspired by “He Was Her Man” (Merrie Melodies, 1936). Content warning: the domestic violence they got away with in 1936 cartoons is unreal.https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x60u9yo 3. Wikipedia says “In some cities in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, the key to the city is given to the so-called 'prins carnaval' who leads the carnivals which take place the week prior to Septuagesima.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City#Key_to_the_City Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: S18-25 Rifle shots battle.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675666/Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: R02-06-Medium Crowd Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480682/ Sound Effect Title: G30-69-Outdoor Crowd Walla.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438429/Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/Sound Effect Title: Microphone feedback.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/JavierSerrat/sounds/470111/Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover of Key Comics Number 3, Winter 1945, art by Walter Johnson.

Can Falk pin the corrupt boss of Parabellum City's professional wrestling organization? Why is the crowd so quiet? Do frogs really stay in a pot of water if you turn up the heat gradually? Listen to find out!Rats in a Cage Match, episode 99 of This Gun in My Hand, was slammed into a turnbuckle by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities.How do I pin a person to the mat? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. I was going to insert a sample of “Hey Murgatroyd, let's go-o-oo!” from “Jam On It” by Newcleus, but I couldn't isolate the vocal from the not-very-1939 music.2. Falk might be thinking of the Wallace Beery wrestling picture Flesh (1932).3. Don Knotts would count as an animal shapeshifter in The Incredible Mister Limpet (1964), right? I watched the full movie last night because that's the level of commitment I bring to researching this show.4. Regina slips up when she says, “I already said the episode title…” proving that she is really Petra! but Falk misses it.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950). The music clip during the commercial was from The Scar (1948, aka Hollow Triumph). The closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all three films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: G39-09-Boxing Fight Bell.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438626/Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: R07-18-Light Cheering and Crowd Noise.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486213/Sound Effect Title: R07-05-Crowd at Sporting Event.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486205/Sound Effect Title: R07-27-Sporting Event with Steady Cheers.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486214/Sound Effect Title: R07-03-Whistling and Cheering.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486204/Sound Effect Title: ginger19.wavBy lyjiaLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/lyjia/sounds/84659/Sound Effect Title: R27-20-Small Crowd Gasps.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480774/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic G.I. Joe, Number 14 (October 1951) from Ziff-Davis Publications. Artist unknown, pencils and inks might be by Carmine Infantino and Frank Giacoia.

What happens when Falk gets stuck in a screwball comedy? Can Falk weed out the humans from the androids? Do androids dream of His Girl Friday? Listen to find out!Do Androids Dream of His Girl Friday? , episode 98 of This Gun in My Hand, was manufactured not by the Tyrell Corporation but by Rob Northrup, using dialogue from the 1940 public domain film His Girl Friday, which was adapted from the 1928 public domain play The Front Page. The part of Walter Burns was played by Cary Grant, with Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson and Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I survive a screwball comedy? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The 1940 film His Girl Friday was adapted from a 1928 stage play titled The Front Page, both in the public domain. Dialogue in this episode was taken from His Girl Friday. (Link below.) It's excellent but has (CONTENT WARNING) the kind of racism and sexism you might expect in a 1940 film. There's also a one hour Lux Radio Theater adaptation starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert; a Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell squeezed down into a half hour; and an even more offensive, grittier 1970 film of The Front Page starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. And there's a 1931 film version of The Front Page which I have yet to watch.https://archive.org/details/his_girl_fridayCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), with transitional music from His Girl Friday (1940) and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.The two women saying “pixielated” were from the Campbell Playhouse radio adaptation of “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” broadcast February 11, 1940, public domain. Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: teletype_medium_speed.wavBy stratcat322License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/stratcat322/sounds/169259/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a promotional photo by A. L. Schafer for the 1940 film His Girl Friday showing Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy sitting next to each other. Superimposed over Ralph Bellamy's face is the robot from The Phantom Creeps (1939) from another promotional photo (photographer unknown).

We're gonna ballyhoo some stinkeroos,Shows as cheesy as Milwaukee. We're gonna box up the radio and ship it to Biloxi.Hot Dog! This Guy's Got Moxie!Paul, June & Jason of the popular show HDTGGM try to answer the question: how did This Gun in My Hand get made?How Did This Gun in My Hand Get Made, episode 97 of This Gun in My Hand, was ballyhooed by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What tool did I use to make this? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. When Jason Manticore is introduced, the audience is not booing. They're actually shouting, “Zoooo!” A manticore is a mythical creature. They love him so much, they want to keep him in a zoo.2. The audio credits at the end of the first episode of This Gun in My Hand said that all the voices were by one person, but not everyone listens to the credits or reads the show notes, as you might be demonstrating if you're not reading this.3. The reviews that Paul claims to have found in radio magazines are actual reviews of this podcast posted on various websites. It was my wife in real life who said she liked the part where a female character punches me.https://thisguninmyhand.blogspot.com/2023/03/praise-for-this-gun-in-my-hand.htmlCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Detective Fiction Weekly, Volume 127, Number 4 (April 15, 1939), public domain art by Emmett Watson.

Can Gary convince his client Falk to endorse a spin-off show and merchandise? Will they stop a misguided hero from broadcasting the formula for nuclear destruction? Does chili exist? Listen to find out!Merch and Destroy, episode 96 of This Gun in My Hand, was parroted by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy the only official merchandise for This Gun in My Hand: a short story collection called Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities by Rob Northrup. Plunge back through your memories to episode 53, in which Falk reads these stories while riding the bus. You can read the same stories he raved about. Only $2.99 in pdf format. Cheap! Not available in paper format until we get more demand for it, or any demand for it. Which item of clothing truly makes the hero? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. My teacher for the second half of first grade was named Mrs. Schiller, I think. And if you haven't read any mysteries, thrillers, westerns or anything else by Loren Estleman, you're missing out.2. The Backdoor Pilot appeared in Episode 50, “The Shady Aviator.”Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: porto_birdmarket_22.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/mhusinsky/sounds/76437/Sound Effect Title: Ravens.mp3By kentdavies959License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/kentdavies959/sounds/466666/Sound Effect Title: Shop door bell.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/775noise/sounds/494565/Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: radio frequency 2 08.mp3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/575217/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a Stetson ad from Life magazine, September 9, 1940.

Will Falk prevent scandal and sabotage of the United States Rocketry Program? Does his friend Jimmy seem familiar? Is chili a myth? Listen to find out! Ad Space, episode 95 of This Gun in My Hand, was advertised and spaced by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I make space for ads? With This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Anachronism: Umberto Eco was seven years old in 1939, the time this story is set.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), with more music from The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948) and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: old pinball.wavBy mapleleafLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/mapleleaf/sounds/34730/Sound Effect Title: Classic Pinball GameplayBy theshaggyfreakLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/theshaggyfreak/sounds/404144/Sound Effect Title: Fail (Trombone wah, wah, wah…) - Sound Effect.mp3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/NikPlaymostories/sounds/563850/Sound Effect Title: Beep 1 sec.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/austin1234575/sounds/213795/The image accompanying this episode is from 1950s and 1970s comic book or magazine ads, presumed to be public domain.

Falk wishes they would leave him be.He first must vanquish seductresses three.Will they charm our brave hero?You've heard him before; you already know.Listen anyway to find out!Seduction of the Ignorant, episode 94 of This Gun in My Hand, was loved up and turned into a horny toad by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. My love for who is way out of line? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Depending which dictionary you look in, “impassionate” is a contronym that can mean passionate or dispassionate.2. Anachronism: according to Vogue India, “Designers Salvatore Ferragamo, Roger Vivier and André Perugia have all been credited with inventing the stiletto [heel], sometime between 1948 and 1954.” As so often happens in Parabellum City, Sickubus is a little ahead of her time.https://www.vogue.in/content/the-history-of-the-stiletto3. Catch-2022 paraphrases the “snails and oysters” innuendo from the bath scene from Spartacus (1960), which no one in 1939 would recognize. In fact, the scene was censored from the original release and wasn't widely available to the public until a restored version in 1991.4. I learned a new word from Freesound dot org: “borborygmus,” growling or rumbling sound made as food, fluids or gas passes through the stomach or intestines. Plural, “borborygmi.”Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: fav.stomach.growl.mp3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/CropDub6425/sounds/703168/Sound Effect Title: Stomach RumbleLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/yrdn/sounds/473989/Sound Effect Title: groaning1.flacLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/borygmi/sounds/414975/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a public domain comic book panel from Strange Worlds, Volume 5, Number 1 (November 1951). Pencils by Wally Wood, inks by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando.

While the actress Veronica Lake dealt with her share of trauma, her life was not quite the tragedy that it has long been rumored to be. Before she hit her mid-twenties she had appeared in six bonafide classic films, including Sullivan's Travels, a series of noirs with Alan Ladd starting with This Gun for Hire, I Married a Witch and So Proudly We Hail. She left Hollywood behind, but never stopped working on the stage and in television, while pursuing the life she was unable to have as a young star. I spoke with UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Program Manager and Lake enthusiast and researcher Brian Brown about the highs and lows of this remarkable actress. For more great Veronica Lake content, follow Brian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeekabooBrian   Titles discussed:   Sullivan's Travels (1941) This Gun for Hire (1942) The Glass Key (1942) I Married a Witch (1942) So Proudly We Hail (1943) The Blue Dahlia (1946) Ramrod (1947) Slattery's Hurricane (1949) The Sainted Sisters (1948)   The show is available on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, PocketCasts, Google, and Radio Public --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/k-cruver/support

Can Falk keep control of one cuffed criminal while following a trail of clues left by another crazed spree killer? Will someone make a love connection or is this episode title completely misleading? Listen to find out!A Match Made in Heck's Pantry, episode 93 of This Gun in My Hand, was ignited by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who's the only smoker that gets close to me? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. This episode was partly inspired by Columbo and other cozy or formulaic murder mysteries, in which the culprit usually offers no resistance once the detective announces the final piece of evidence that proves they did it.2. Public defenders were not provided across the country until Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963, but there were cities, counties and states that provided them as early as 1913.https://6ac.org/the-right-to-counsel/history-of-the-right-to-counsel/understanding-gideons-impact-part-2-the-birth-of-the-public-defender-movement/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_defender_(United_States)3. My grandfather threatened to leave only one dollar in his will to any of his children who smoked, according to my dad. It worked! None of his kids smoked.https://grissomlawfirm.com/disinheriting-heir-one-dollar/4. Pete Larsen came up with the names Patch Work and Pat Schwerk. Thanks, Pete!Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music in fake commercial: For He's the Jolly Good FellowExcerpt from “Special Events Tracks,” Windsor Records 7641-A, 1958.Performer unknown. Public Domain.Sound Effect Title: R26-19-Foley Chains.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/481924/Sound Effect Title: CurtainsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/DapperDaniel/sounds/180687/Sound Effect Title: G26-26-Crowbar Prying Squeaky Wood.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438345/Sound Effect Title: Wood Falling - 4 Drops.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Manim8/sounds/577452/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wavLicense: Public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/#Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / RicochetsBy YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain image “606 Club Matchbook Chicago, Illinois.”https://ia802602.us.archive.org/5/items/606-club-matchbook-chicago/606%20Club%20Matchbook%20Chicago.jpg

How will Falk escape the Dungeon of Suspense? I mean, WILL he escape it? Who put him there and why? All this will be revealed when you listen to–Falk's Brain, episode 92 of This Gun in My Hand, was transplanted by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What joke do I make every sixty seconds? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Pete Larsen came up with the names Patch Work and Pat Schwerk. Thanks, Pete!2. S'Creature and The Screecher appeared in Episode 38, “Why We Fight.” https://archive.org/details/tgimh-38-why-we-fightCredits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: R16-33-Chains Dragging.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486285/Sound Effect Title: R26-19-Foley Chains.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/481924/Sound Effect Title: alarm_clock.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/eriklindmanmata/sounds/266668/Sound Effect Title: Sproing!!License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/se2001/sounds/514429/Sound Effect Title: apple peeling device cranking soundLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/rubberduck9999/sounds/676318/Sound Effect Title: Hissing.m4aBy TheScarletWitch89License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/TheScarlettWitch89/sounds/415287/Sound effect title: Gun FireRecorded by GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: Toy Gun 7 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/giddster/sounds/434720/Sound Effect Title: laser gunLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Superglue28/sounds/499696/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book Nightmare, Number 3 (October 1953), artist unknown.

Who shackled Falk in a dungeon cell? How did he get there? How will he escape? How can he fill ten minutes when there's no one to banter with? Listen to find out!Dungeon of Suspense, episode 91 of This Gun in My Hand, was built by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialogue. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who's the companion that never leaves me alone in a prison cell? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Suggested viewing after you listen to this episode, or any time: John Carpenter's The Fog, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Gravity Falls.2. I have no idea if Argosy was hard or easy to get published in, never read it. It's just the name of a magazine that was active in 1939, I think.3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Kyser%27s_Kollege_of_Musical_Knowledge4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ish_Kabibble5. One of Anne Rice's novels opens with the line "The Vampire Lestat here." Reeaaallly killed the vibe for me.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: R16-33-Chains Dragging.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486285/Sound Effect Title: R26-19-Foley Chains.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/481924/Music Title: Lachrimæ, or Seaven Teares - 9. Sir Henry Umpton's FuneralComposed by John Dowland, 1604Performed by I SolipsistiPerformance license: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://musopen.org/music/43281-lachrimae-or-seven-tears/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a drawing by H. Lanos, from a sketch by W.T. Maud, “Turkish prisoners sitting in a cell with a barred window,” public domain, published in The Graphic (London), 1896.

Can Falk prevent a war between G.I. Jake and Castro? How many giant robots will be involved? Is knowing half the battle? Listen to find out!Nursery Crimes, episode 90 of This Gun in My Hand, was transformed and rolled out by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who else did I need to introduce yet? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Some people claim the nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” was about the Bubonic Plague, but that interpretation appears to have developed after World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses2. The crimes of The Butcher are documented in Episode 79, “Shadow Taxi,” and The Baker in Episode 81, “Any Other Name.”3. Listen to Banned Camp on your favorite podcast player. (That's “Banned” with two Ns.)4. Special guest appearance by Flicka the Ladybug as Mecha-Batrachian.Credits:The opening music clips was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Sota, taistelu, rintama, jalkaväki / War, infantry at the front, a battle, various guns, automatics, weapons, various banging, mixBy: YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/265654/Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound effect title: Gun FireRecorded by GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: explosion bombBy JurgeriusLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Jurgerius/sounds/473819/Sound Effect Title: Räjähdys sisällä / Explosion, hollow, echoing, edit, interiorBy: YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/347758/Sound Effect Title: cows_mooing_mono_4824.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mystikuum/sounds/401636/Sound Effect Title: lancaster bomber.wavBy confusion_musicLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/confusion_music/sounds/103439/Sound Effect Title: Farnborough Airshow > Lancaster flyoverLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/surrey_film/sounds/162240/Sound Effect Title: B-25 Mitchell FlybyBy Fight2FlyPhotoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Fight2FlyPhoto/sounds/142887/Sound Effect Title: Glock 19 Handgun Pistol Slide Cocking SoundsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393734/Sound Effect Title: Chain DroppedBy BlastwaveFx.comLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/559-Chain-Dropped.htmlSound Effect Title: Hitting in a FaceLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/460509/Sound effect title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: Bricks/Stones/Rocks/Gravel FallingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/iwanPlays/sounds/567249/Sound Effect Title: G29-40-Theater Audience Laughing.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438400/Rice-A-Roni commercial circa 1970.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIH5cRqpzs0Sound Effect Title: G50-01-Trolley Street Scene.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437592/Sound Effect Title: R28-47-Man and Woman Screaming.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/482833/Sound Effect Title: Pink Noise 20 Sec.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/MATRIXXX_/sounds/443990/The image accompanying this episode is modified from panels of the following public domain comic books:Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics Number 41 (April 1944), art by Walt Kelly.Flying Aces Number 3 (November 1955), artist unknown.

How will Falk prevent the series of attacks happening simultaneously across Parabellum City, launched by Parallel, the most dangerous villain yet? Will it be a sporting fight or will Parallel show poor form? Listen to find out!Parallel, episode 89 of This Gun in My Hand, was pulled together from disparate pieces by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What ensures all the threads come together at the climax? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. It's not a bad Sean Connery impression you're hearing. It's a bad Sebastian Gorka. Damn, I should have pronounced it “clark” instead of “clerk.”2. This episode was inspired by movies and shows like The Phantom Menace, Return of the Jedi, Stranger Things Season 4 (part one?). Did they use this multi-setting climax technique in many or any movies in the 1930s?Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Fake commercial music is from the public domain film Five for Hell (5 PER L'INFERNO, 1969).Sound Effect Title: Elevator Door opens and closesLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/NachtmahrTV/sounds/556699/Sound Effect Title: Radio tuning-static-interferenceLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/quantumriver/sounds/552160/Sound Effect Title: Flat Button ClicksLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Phil25/sounds/202909/Sound Effect Title: Old radio, switch on, humming, warming up, noise, switch off, 1950s, 1960sBy YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/349912/Sound Effect Title: Fail (Trombone wah, wah, wah…) - Sound Effect.mp3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/NikPlaymostories/sounds/563850/Sound Effect Title: S10-21 Pottery fall and breaks; several takes.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675897/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover of New Story Magazine (April 1913), artist unknown.

Can two criminals on the run unite the crime families of Parabellum City with one shared purpose? Can Falk stop them in time? Should he? Listen to find out!Plan of Attack, episode 88 of This Gun in My Hand, was officiated by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. “What can I get for you fellas?” This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. There was no consensus or large group of credible scientists in the Twentieth Century claiming that another ice age was coming soon. It was always a fringe belief. I'm not using a handful of Erich Von Däniken-adjacent crackpots to argue against the overwhelming scientific consensus today about impending climate catastrophe. It's just funny that the tiny minority of ice age warners were so wrong.2. Fascinating article about honey bee sex. Did you know that male bees have no father, they do have a grandfather, they can be fathers to daughters, granddaughters and grandsons, but they can't have sons?https://wisconsinpollinators.com/Bee/BA_HoneyBeeSex.aspx3. It kills me that The Green Hornet radio show had episodes about narrowly focused crimes like the vanity publishing racket, the citizenship papers racket, a protection racket that bombed fruit stands, a protection racket that bombed gas stations, and another protection racket for parking lot attendants.4. When I was in elementary school in the late 1970s, there was a big fuss locally about banning kids from selling or possessing red hot cinnamon toothpicks in school. Basically toothpicks boiled in flavored water or syrup and you chew or suck on them like gum. I don't remember if the danger was that some kids were allergic or poking themselves or each other or swallowing them, or just that students selling things was “disruptive” unless it was girl scout cookies or book sales.5. In the Commodore 64 version of the game Castle Wolfenstein, you could find useful items on dead guards or in supply chests including bullets, grenades, keys, uniforms, sauerkraut and Liebfraumilch.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Machine gun fire sound taken from the public domain film Commandos (1968).Löwenbräu jingle (“Here's to Good Friends”) written by Bill Backer. I'm hoping companies aren't too strict about copyright for 45 year old commercials. Parody counts as “fair use,” right?Song Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 Wedding March (Mendelssohn)Composed by Felix MendelssohnPerformed by “European Archive” (Czech National Symphony Orchestra?)License: Public Domainhttps://musopen.org/music/317-a-midsummer-nights-dream-op-61/Sound Effect Title: Gun FireBy GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / RicochetsBy YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/Sound effect title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover of Popular Detective magazine, Volume 16, Number 2 (February 1939), by Rafael DeSoto.

Will Falk be mastered by The Trailmaster? Which man leaves a longer trail of bodies? What does “GORP” stand for? Listen to find out!Trailmaster, episode 87 of This Gun in My Hand, was blazed and trailed by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What heroic nickname have I given to my most devoted henchman? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. “PR Monster” aka “Preezy” is an artist whose works and tags can be seen in at least two cities in southern Michigan, probably more. The audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.2. The bouncy, chipper music used in the commercial is titled “BULLETS AND BAYONETS” by John Philip Sousa.Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music Title: Bullets and BayonetsComposed by John Philip Sousa Performed by The United States Marine BandLicense: Public Domainhttps://musopen.org/music/43780-bullets-and-bayonets/Music Title: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - Morning MoodComposed by Edvard GriegWhistled by Rob NorthrupLicense: Public DomainSound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: some cowsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/vermontrobinsson/sounds/529448/Sound Effect Title: Cows.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/mikewest/sounds/394220/Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawerLicense: Public Domainhttp://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.htmlSound Effect Title: Glass Bottle Breaking License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/607910/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book Mark Trail on Safari Number 5 (Summer 1959). Pencils and inks by Ed Dodd.

Who erased Falk's memory? Will it be restored with help from a mystical radio hostess and a bit player from silent movies? Why don't they serve mushroom anchovy pizza on the bus anymore? Listen to find out!You Must Remember That, episode 86 of This Gun in My Hand, was enunciated by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What's the last thing I remember? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. I did not watch the 1915 Birth of a Nation to research this episode. Maybe Papo is lying or misremembering his scenes in the movie. I have watched the 2016 Birth of a Nation. They changed a few key details in that remake. 2. Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Elmer Clifton, Spottiswoode Aitken and Elmo Lincoln appeared in Birth of a Nation and some other D.W. Griffith films. “Papo Threadgill” is a fictional character who claims to have appeared in Birth of a Nation.3. There's a great film podcast you should check out called You Must Remember This. http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/Credits:The opening music clip is from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Song Title: Music Box (Swan Lake)License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_4966198/sounds/264186/Music clip played early in interview was taken from Birth of a Nation (1915), public domain. Music during the “Lurphry's Cork” commercial is from the 1913 public domain film The Edison Minstrels. The songs in The Edison Minstrels clip may be parts of "Grand Introductory Overture" and "Soldier's Chorus from Faust."Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawerLicense: Public Domainhttp://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.htmlSound Effect Title: Light bulb breaking By Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/105-Light-Bulb-Breaking.htmlThe photo accompanying this episode is silent film actress Charlotte Rich in a bathing suit and a movie camera, on page 1 of the February 11, 1922 National Police Gazette. Found on Wikimedia Commons.

Will Falk help the stunning beauty that sauntered into the office? Could she be withholding important details about herself & her situation? When did Falk get an office? Listen to find out!Sultry, Salty and Desperate, episode 85 of This Gun in My Hand, was given to you as part of a non-monetary exchange by Rob Northrup. Don't worry; we'll work something out. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I get information when I don't even have two bits? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The InforMatron first appeared in episode 49 of This Gun in My Hand and later in episode 70. The Wordsmith, also known as Shoe Shine Man and Roberto Zapata, first appeared in episode 2. Scuttlebutt first appeared in episode 65 but was not named until episode 70. Bar Stool was first mentioned in episode 85 but has not had lines in any episodes. Vickie Olson first appeared in episode 22, “Caught Offguard.” Visit https://thisguninmyhand.blogspot.com for full archives.2. Special guest appearance by Melinda as the InforMatron's snoring. Credits:The opening music clip was from the public domain film The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950). The music during the commercial was from the public domain film The Scar (also known as Hollow Triumph, 1948). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Theme for the radio show “Information Wants to Be Free, But For You It's Two Bits” and closing music:Music Title: Bouncy Gypsy BeatsBy John BartmannLicense: Public Domainhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One/bouncy-gypsy-beats/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: polite_applause_08.wavBy joedeshonLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/joedeshon/sounds/119028/Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wavLicense: Public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/#Sound Effect Title: typewriter22.oggLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/tams_kp/sounds/43560/Sound Effect Title: Kitten Meowing.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/lolamadeus/sounds/196251/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover painting by Albert Fisher of Inside Detective Magazine, Volume 9, Number 5 (November 1939).

Another early 20th Century character no one was clamoring to see revived: Falk Meets Fantomas! Can Falk trust anyone? Can anyone trust Falk? Listen to find out!Falk Meets Fantomas, episode 84 of This Gun in My Hand, was created by [splorch] yes, it is I – Rob Northrup! This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How will you know when the real Falk Zildjian steps up? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Peanut butter was widely known by 1939.2. Yes, there should be a circumflex over the letter “o” in Fantômas but English websites might lose their minds or display it as a glitch so I'm avoiding it, especially in titles and filenames.3. Spanish pun made possible in part by the song “Más” by the Mexican band Kinky – awesome theme song to the 2003 tv show Kingpin, which walked so Breaking Bad could run. https://youtu.be/jnakM3eGYjwCredits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. The music playing throughout the commercial was from another public domain film, The Scar (also known as Hollow Triumph, 1948). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: pigeon dove cooing singing sound effectBy: Garuda1982. https://richardatmo.bandcamp.com/License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/Garuda1982/sounds/556323/The public domain image accompanying this episode is a painting by Gino Starace for the cover of the novel Les Souliers du mort by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, Paris, Arthème Fayard, collection « Le Livre populaire », septembre 1912. This scan was sourced from Alfu, Patrice Caillot et François Ducos, Gino Starace : l'illustrateur de "Fantômas", Amiens, Encrage, coll. « Portraits », 1987, ISBN 2-906389-05-6, found on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gino_Starace_-_Fant%C3%B4mas_(Souvestre_%26_Allain)_-_Les_Souliers_du_mort.jpg .

Falk seeks help from a strange doctor to pass through the doors of perception on the trail of a French killer! Will he return from the sixth dimension with his dangerous quarry? Will he return at all? Listen to find out!Falk Zildjian in the Multitracks of Madness, episode 83 of This Gun in My Hand, was shifted from left to right and back again by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Only $2.99. Cheap! What do I use to unlock the doors of perception? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Celery tonic, wine of cod liver oil, liquid bread, witch hazel jelly and Schiffer's electric oil are actual nostrums I read about several years ago while preparing 1890s issues of American Druggist to be scanned.2. The idea for this story hit me when I was adding the promo for Madison On the Air* to a previous episode. All eighty-two episodes of This Gun in My Hand up to this point have been delivered in glorious MONO, but the promo was in stereo. I felt like I was diminishing Madison's promo by changing it to mono, but the possibility of someday shoving Falk into stereo was irresistible. All succeeding episodes will be back to glorious MONO.* An excellent audio drama comedy you should listen to, www.madisonontheair.comCredits:The opening and commercial transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.The guitar, harmonica and ocarina during the extra-dimensional parts was improvised, performed and edited by Robert Thomas Northrup. Available for weddings and bar mitzvahs. Unreasonable rates.Sound Effect Title: Artificial Fire/Rain 10 Second LoopLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Zott820/sounds/209582/Sound Effect Title: DucksLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/607226/Sound Effect Title: Canned_Ham_Sizzling.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/columbia23/sounds/421957/Public domain clips from old time radio shows were used as lines in the fake commercial:“Hurry!” is Al Hodge from The Green Hornet, 31 October 1939, “The Parking Lot Racket.” “You get a bang out of watching that?” is Lauren Bacall from Bold Venture, 26 March 1951, “Deadly Merchandise.”“Just funnel this down, now what do you want?” is Jack Webb from Pete Kelly's Blues, 29 August 1951, “Zelda.”The image accompanying this episode is a cropped public domain ad for the National Radio Institute which appeared in Weird Tales, Volume 36, Number 9 (May 1946).

How will Falk cope when there are no bad guys left for him to do justice to? I have no idea and neither does he. Listen to find out! Then let us know.Out of Ideas, episode 82 of This Gun in My Hand, was given up by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What's left when you run out of ideas? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Falk's last gunfight depicted in the show was in episode 78, “Speed Detective,” almost three months ago if you count from the release dates. Whew!2. Episode 6, “Want To Be Heroes,” was the first appearance of the PT Crew, sir. Listen to episodes 15 and 37 for more codenames of G.I. Jake members.Credits:The opening and near-opening music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound effect title: Gun FireRecorded by GoodSoundForYouUsed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / RicochetsBy YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/Machine gun sounds from the public domain film Commandos (1968, aka Sullivan's Marauders).The commercial in this episode is real. Listen to the scripted comedy podcast Madison On The Air at www.madisonontheair.com or wherever you get your podcasts.The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book Crime Clinic, Number 10 (July-August 1951), with pencils and inks by Leonard Starr.

A single word on a scrap of paper, found in the hand of a poisoned informant. Will this clue bring down the biggest crime boss in the octo-state area? Listen to find out! Starring neither Leslie Jordan nor Charles Boyer.Any Other Name, episode 81 of This Gun in My Hand, was cultivated by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Only $2.99. Cheap! If you don't the quality because it's so cheap, feel free to pay $9.99. How did they know where to find me? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. I asked Melinda what she wanted next in an upcoming episode and she said roses. So of course I twisted it to my own purposes.2. No offense intended to my relatives named Rose and Kelly and Kelly Rose. Am I wrong about Catholics favoring the name “Rose” and its variations? Who wouldn't, though? Great name! I also didn't mean to imply any of my relatives are secretly the Queenpins of Crime in their tri-state or octo-state areas. Regular listeners already know the secret identity of Regina. The audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental!3. Pekar is a surname that means “baker” in Croatian and a few other languages.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wavBy malupeetersLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from two public domain images. The gun and hand are from the cover of New Detective Magazine, Volume 8, Number 4 (July 1946), artist unknown. The roses are from a panel of Just Married, Volume 1, Number 11 (December 1959), pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia.

When the Defenders of the Hearth are busy propping up the financial world, will their backup squad of benchwarmers be able to put down an invasion of giant ants? No. But listen anyway!Second String, episode 80 of This Gun in My Hand, was defended by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Do you have any super-powered crime fighters or offensive technology to help in this fight? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Falk first encountered the Mole Men in “Struggle Session,” Episode 53.2. The Mime and Monk Show is inspired by the Charlie McCarthy Show, with its absurd premise of listening to a ventriloquist on the radio so you just take their word for it that he wasn't moving his lips. For Mime and Monk, you have to take the narrator's word for everything.Credits:The opening and post-commercial music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Music Title (before commercial) : Kitten on the KeysBy Zez Confrey and his Orchestra (1922)License: Public Domainhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_Various_Artists/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_05052009/Kitten_on_the_Keys/Sound effect title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/(Spider robot feet clicking)Sound Effect Title: MarbleGlass-HorseClick.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Harrisando/sounds/466208/Sound Effect Title: clacking, rapid wind-up soundBy ChrisReiersonLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/ChrisReierson/sounds/501027/The public domain photo accompanying this episode is a modified version of “N.Y. parks - bench warmers, Union Sq.” from the Library of Congress. Photographer and subjects unknown, circa 1908.

In a race between Falk Zildjian and The Shade, which crimefighter will bring the bloody killer to justice? Who's driving the gray De Soto? Will you scoot over? Listen to find out!Shadow Taxi, episode 79 of This Gun in My Hand, was driven by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who's laughing now? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The Shade first appeared in episode 12, “Made in The Shade.”2. Alternate title for this episode: Irregular Fare.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Organ music performed (and/or written?) by Lou White was taken from a public domain episode of the radio show Nick Carter, Master Detective, “The Echo of Death,” broadcast July 6, 1943.Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wavBy malupeetersLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/Sound Effect Title: Old FM radio tuning by sielxm3d.mp3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_3667256/sounds/319846/Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: Screeching TyresBy iainmccurdyLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/iainmccurdy/sounds/650934/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Ten Detective Aces Magazine, Volume 44, Number 4 (June 1942). Public domain painting by John Hilkert or Norman Saunders.

Will Falk's first story in Speed Detective Magazine be his last? Will he find the kidnapped girl before it's too late? Who killed the chauffeur? Listen to find out!Speed Detective, episode 78 of This Gun in My Hand, the final episode of season six, was hastened by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What magazine am I most often associated with? The one that fits into the grip of This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Anachronism! Speed Detective was not published with that title in 1939, the period when This Gun in My Hand is set. Spicy Detective Stories was published from 1934-1942. Pushback from the public got a little too spicy, so they changed the title to Speed Detective beginning with the January 1943 issue. (Also Speed Mystery, Speed Western, and others in the formerly “Spicy” line.)https://www.pulpmags.org/contexts/essays/history-of-girlie-pulps.htmlhttps://donherron.com/sinister-cinema-holy-spicy-detective-batman/2. Text of the first commercial comes from a real advertisement for Gulf Hamstery that appeared in magazines and comics in the late 1940s. Please don't try sending letters to Parabellum City though.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Hamstery3. Look up “police gangs LAPD.” Truth is stranger than my fiction.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: Wood Break.boaayLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/BOAAY/sounds/520720/Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden DoorLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wavLicense: Public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/#Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: warpedvideo.wavBy AMPULLicense: Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0https://freesound.org/people/AMPUL/sounds/29720/Sound Effect Title: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/Sound Effect Title: diesel truck jake brake and air brake.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/nuncaconoci/sounds/555266/Sound Effect Title: Bus Closing DoorLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/am7/sounds/520753/Music from second commercial:Music Title: Windy Winds - Intro AJay Man - OurMusicBoxhttps://www.our-music-box.com/https://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.Sound Effect Title: Flock SeagullsRecorded by Daniel SimionLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/2193-Flock-Seagulls.htmlSound Effect Title: Lake Waves 1.wavBy BenboncanLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/67883/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover from Speed Detective, Volume 3, Number 4 (December 1944). Art possibly by Richard Lillis. 

Will Falk's death come at the hands of the villain known as The Cuttlefish? Do you like cliffhanger serials? Will there be actual tentacles in this episode? Listen to find out!In the Clutches of The Cuttlefish, episode 77 of This Gun in My Hand, was massaged by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What will you feel if you plunge your arm into my aquarium? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Trail of the Octopus (1919) and The Spider's Web (1938) are actual movie serials.2. It's true that the publishers of The Spider magazine briefly issued a magazine named after his nemesis, The Octopus. In this episode, The Cuttlefish assumes that the magazine went on hiatus, taking a long time to publish its second issue, but a second issue never came. Only one issue was published in 1939 before changing its name to The Scorpion. 3. “The Sinister Ray,” Chapter Five of Shadow of Chinatown (1936) is available on Youtube, along with the rest of the series. 4. In which episodes did you hear about those animal and insect classifications? Mollusks in episode 76; cephalopods in episode 77; arthropods in episode 74; kinkajous in episode 75; hemiptera and hymenoptera in episode 74.5. It's possible that an ad for the real Johnson Smith Company's mail order catalog appeared in The Octopus magazine. It was really located at 6615 East Jefferson Ave, Detroit 7 Michigan in the 1930s. The idea that they offered a mail order training course on biological taxonomy is fictional. 6. That dissertation and its author are legit, and might have been published on microfilm in 1939. You think I'm playing with you? Not when it comes to microfilm.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. The fake commercial music was from the public domain film The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948). All music used in the episode is modified from the original versions.The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a public domain illustration by Alphonse de Neuville featured in 20000 Lieues Sous les Mers, circa 1871.

This week, Adam and Kevin review the psychological thriller Nanny, and talk about some other stuff including This Gun for Hire, Quick Change, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and Blood Delirium. 0:00 - Intro 1:01 - Nanny review 15:39 - Watch list 29:44 - New releases web: http://filmpulse.net twitter: http://twitter.com/filmpulsenet    facebook: http://facebook.com/filmpulse

After 12 episodes where they did films with one-word-name titles, Mike and Dan move to a noir classic for lucky 13.  Join them for a conversation about This Gun for Hire, the 1942 breakout film for Alan Ladd and one of his many great collaborations with Veronica Lake.  How the stars keep us fascinated by a plot so preposterous and how the writers of The Simpsons had to have this film in mind when creating Springfield's local villain come into play.  So put on that gas mask and give it a listen!   Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Letterboxd @15MinFilm.  Please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts and contact us at FifteenMinuteFilm@gmail.com.  Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Twitter: https://twitter.com/15minfilm Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/15MinFilm/ Website: https://fifteenminutefilm.podbean.com/