Ep. 157 - The First Detective

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

During the 18th century there once live a rather remarkable individual in France who is considered today to be the father of modern criminology. Eugene Vidocq lived his life by one philosophy, in order to catch a criminal, you had to be able to think like one. Which was fortunate in his case, because on top of being the first modern detective, Vidocq was also a wanted criminal. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/edgar-allan-poe-invented-detective-story-180962914/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edgar-allan-poe-tried-and-failed-to-crack-the-mysterious-murder-case-of-mary-rogers-7493607/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P88796W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/eugene-francois-vidocq-french-criminal-detective/https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Eugne-Franois-Vidocq-The-Convict-Who-Became-the-Father-of-Modern-Criminal-Investigationhttps://www.vidocq.org/history/https://allthatsinteresting.com/eugene-francois-vidocq Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to From Beneath the Hollywood Sign.
0:02.4	If you love old movies, Hollywood history
0:04.4	or the golden age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place.
0:07.4	This is the podcast that talks about amazing stories of Tinseltown
0:10.5	from another era and fascinating conversations
0:12.9	with writer-producers Steve Cubine and actress writer Nan McNamara.
0:16.7	So Steve, did Eva Gardner and Howard Hughes have a good relationship?
0:21.1	Well, they did until he dislocated her jaw.
0:23.8	What?
0:24.3	Well, don't worry, she's hitting back with an ash tray.
0:26.3	From Beneath the Hollywood Sign is the gin joint for you.
0:30.0	If you were to ask most people who the most famous fictional detective of all time is,
0:41.4	the first name that would probably come up would likely be Sherlock Holmes.
0:45.6	Even people who have never read a Holmes story,
0:49.0	or seen one of the countless movies or TV shows have likely heard the name.
0:54.6	But all the Holmes is undoubtedly one of the most famous literary characters of all time.
0:59.4	He wasn't the first fictional detective.
1:03.2	Although you can find the roots of fictional detective stories all the way back to Shakespeare,
1:07.8	most literary historians all point to Edgar Allan Poe
1:11.2	as introducing the world to the modern detective story.
1:14.6	With this character, C. Agust DuPan.
1:18.4	In 1841, Poe published the first story featuring his genius detective in the murders in the Rue Morg.
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