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The Conspirators Podcast

Ep. 105 - The Fine Art of Murder

The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I tell you about the lives, and deaths of two of the most famous artists who ever lived. Canada’s Tom Thomson and Vincent Van Gogh have a lot in common. They both started painting late in life, they both struggled financially while they were alive, and there’s evidence that both men may have been murdered. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/thomson/home/indexen.html https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-break-in-the-mysterious-case-of-tom-thomson-canadas-van-gogh/article1214427/ https://www.amazon.com/Many-Deaths-Tom-Thomson-Separating/dp/1459731964/ref=nodl_ https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/12/vincent-van-gogh-murder-mystery https://www.amazon.com/Van-Gogh-Life-Steven-Naifeh/dp/0375758976/ref=nodl_ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, Far From Home PON VII, Pacific Garbage Patch, January, Oecumene Sleeps, November, October, September https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Kevin MacLeod “Smoother Move”, “Danse Morialta”, "Meditation Impromptu 03", ”Impromptu in Quarter Comma Meantone” by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You escaped the war?

0:01.2

A hand the whip.

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Starring David Yello, Donald Sutherland, and Dennis Quaid.

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I took an oath to take care of one.

0:10.5

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0:19.0

I'm Bass Reeves and I'm the Lord this lamb.

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After the first three months, auto renews at their then standard price of a monthly plan

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until cancelled.

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Currently 699 per month, new and eligible former subscribers only, 18 plus, Tees and sees apply. Let me paint you a picture. A single Jack Pine stands silhouetted against a sunset backdrop.

0:45.0

The tree itself is a dark shape, almost ominous.

0:49.0

The branches bowed but tinged with red. If you get up close you can see the strokes that went into

0:55.8

drawing this tree but not too close because there you'll lose the magic of what the

1:00.5

artist was trying to convey.

1:03.0

The paint strokes are thick and confident.

1:06.0

They swirl and dance across the canvas.

1:10.0

The background depicts a liquid sunset over a slate gray lake, although the weather had been

1:16.3

stormy the day the artist painted the picture. He chose instead to depict a clear twilight sky.

1:28.1

The key to magic is misdirection. Look over here while I pull this rabbit out of a hat. The entire painting is a sort of magic trick in and of itself, or even though it's that stark graphic

1:36.4

jack pine that fills the foreground of the canvas, and even gives the painting its name.

1:42.4

That's not the focal point.

1:45.0

No, the artist slash magician manages to draw your attention away from that aforementioned pine tree

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