The Murderless Christmas Mystery

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Not every mystery needs a murder. There are minor details shared for all the novels and stories listed below, but no major plot revelations in this episode. Mentioned in this episode: — “The Flying Stars” by G.K. Chesterton, collected in The Innocence of Father Brown — A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens — The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens — Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie — An English Murder by Cyril Hare — Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon — The Santa Claus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay — Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer — The Smiler with the Knife by Nicholas Blake — Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh — The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake — "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" by Agatha Christie, collected in a book of the same name — "Stuffing" by Edgar Wallace, collected in Silent Nights, edited by Martin Edwards — "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — “The Mystery of Mrs Bardell’s Xmas Pudding” by Gwyn Evans — “The Ghost’s Touch” by Fergus Hume, collected in The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries, edited by Otto Penzler — A Maigret Christmas by Georges Simenon — “The Reprisal” by Michael Innes — Catt Out of the Bag by Clifford Witting — "The Black Bag Left on a Doorstep” by Catharine Louisa Pirkis, collected in A Surprise for Christmas, edited by Martin Edwards — “Sister Bessie or Your Old Leech” by Cyril Hare, collected in The Christmas Card Crime, edited by Martin Edwards — A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton — Deck The Halls by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark — “Christmas Eve” by S.C. Roberts, collected in The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries, edited by Otto Penzler — “The Necklace of Pearls” by Dorothy L. Sayers, collected in Silent Nights, edited by Martin Edwards 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. 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, 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/themurderlesschristmasmysterytranscript 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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0:27.0	When planning a festive celebration, chaos and commotion is the opposite of what we're
0:37.2	wishing for. An awful lot of preparation and precaution goes into trying to create a peaceful and harmonious break from the usual business of the world.
0:47.0	We travel, shop, cook and prep, all so that we can enjoy a few days of uninterrupted relaxation and distraction.
0:55.8	Having a dead body fall down a chimney or discovering that a priceless family treasure has been
1:00.9	stolen late on Christmas Eve is the last thing we want to happen.
1:05.6	That's in real life. In our festive murder mysteries that's exactly what we want.
1:12.0	A cozy Christmas scene provides the perfect backdrop for the kind of mayhem that is best enjoyed on the page.
1:20.0	Writers have had great fun devising ways to integrate festive traditions with the murder mystery plot elements.
1:26.0	And over the decades certain trends have emerged, one of which is the subject of our episode today.
1:33.0	The Murderless Christmas Mystery.
1:36.0	Join me, won't you, for a celebration of rubies and Christmas puddings,
1:40.0	festive blackmailers, burglars, burglars disguised as Father Christmas, I'm Caroline Crampton.
2:04.0	We've arrived at the final pledge drive update for the year. I'm delighted to say
2:17.4	that we've far surpassed the stretch goal of 150 new paying members of the
2:21.2	Shidenic Book Club. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the show
2:24.9	either with money or by recommending it to friends. And now we can all look forward to some
2:29.5	super exciting things coming on this feed next year. In celebration of reaching the goal, I have booked the guest for the first of my brand new kind of She-Dannit episode and I'm talking to a composer about music.
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