Spooky Sleuthing

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The supernatural and the rational come together in the murder mystery. Thank you to my returning guest, Carla Valentine, for joining me. She is a trained mortuary technician and the technical curator at Barts Pathology Museum in London. She’s also the author of Murder Isn’t Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie. This episode marks the beginning of the 2023 Shedunnit Pledge Drive! Help ensure the future of the podcast and get your hands on some exclusive audio perks by becoming a Shedunnit member now at shedunnitshow.com/pledgedrive. Mentioned in this episode: — The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe — The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins — The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle — Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie — The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace — The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie — The Halloween Murders by John Newton Chance — Wraiths and Changelings by Gladys Mitchell — Calendar of Crime by Ellery Queen — The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham — The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr — The Red Widow Murders by John Dickson Carr — Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer — When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell — Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie — The Unicorn Murders by John Dickson Carr — A Corpse at Camp Two by Glyn Carr — He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr — The Spirit Murder Mystery by Robin Forsythe — Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham Related Shedunnit episodes: — Knock Knock — Murder Isn't Easy — The Golden Age Autopsy NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/spookysleuthingtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Detective fiction, especially the fair playstyle that relies on logical deduction above
0:09.1	all else, should have no time at all for ghosts, spirits or magic.
0:14.8	What place could supernatural happenings have in a genre defined by its interest in precision
0:19.9	and verification, that demands to know exactly who was where doing what, and to see the
0:25.8	proof of it?
0:28.1	And yet the reverse seems to be true.
0:31.0	The stack of golden age detective novels that include reference to paranormal or mystical
0:35.3	events is so high that it could mysteriously fall over and crush me at any moment.
0:41.3	How can these two things, the extremely rational and the supremely irrational, be reconciled?
0:47.6	Well, as we get a little spooky today, we're going to find out.
0:58.1	Welcome to She Done It, I'm Caroline Crampton.
1:14.5	Before we get into the episode though, I'm going to talk to you for a minute about how
1:17.6	I've been able to make She Done It Up Until Now and why I need your help going forward.
1:22.6	If you're a regular listener, you'll know that I don't do this most of the time.
1:26.1	I know it's annoying when podcasters interrupt the content you came for right at the beginning
1:30.4	with lots of plugs.
1:32.0	So I save all of mine up for this one period every year that I call The She Done It
1:36.1	Pledge Drive, and that begins today.
1:39.7	For the next four episodes, I'll be explaining how you can help to support the future existence
1:43.9	of the show and get some exclusive audio goodies while you do it.
1:48.4	I'm able to do all of this.
1:50.6	Keep the podcast free, keep advertising and the plugging of things to a minimum, because
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