Episodes

  • The Assassination of Yip Harburg by the Coward Fan Mail - Episode 115

    The Assassination of Yip Harburg by the Coward Fan Mail - Episode 115
    Nov 8 2024

    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=2y6CNuffBi0

    2. Orson Welles produced a successful version of Macbeth with an all-Black cast in 1936.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_Macbeth

    3. 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-oz

    4. 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_Oz

    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: Theme to Kolchak: Night Stalker
    Composed by Gil Mellé
    Whistled by Rob
    Fair use excerpt, I hope.

    Sound Effect Title: S15-03 Good general walla with some dishes; cheer.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675070/

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

    Sound Effect Title: R02-06-Medium Crowd Applause.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480682/

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

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

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

    Sound Effect Title: R28-44-Women Screaming and Rapid Talking.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479894/

    Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/

    Sound Effect Title: S41-25 Car backfires; reverberant.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675723/

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

    Sound Effect Title: Taurus G2c Dry Trigger Pull
    License: Public Domain
    https://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.
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  • The PunGent Cleans up - Episode 114

    The PunGent Cleans up - Episode 114
    Nov 8 2024

    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.html
    2. 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.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479995/

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

    Sound Effect Title: Car_Stop_Breaks_Screech_Engine-Rev_by-monnie101.mp4.WAV
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/monnie101/sounds/58150/

    Sound Effect Title: TUBE POP.wav
    By sandyrb
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://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 Gurevich
    Composition and Performance License: Public Domain
    https://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.”
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  • Don't Kid a Kidder - Episode 113

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cut Down in His Prime - Episode 111
    Aug 22 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    This Gun Is My Hand - Episode 110
    Aug 11 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    By 221339
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/655133/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated #1, August 1950, in public domain, pencils and inks by Jim Lavery.
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