Episodes

  • Journey Into Fiasco - Episode 120

    Journey Into Fiasco - Episode 120
    Jan 2 2025

    Can David Graham, a torpedo engineer vital to the war effort, escape from German spies? Can Falk protect him? Is that supposed to be a Greek accent? Listen to find out!

    Journey Into Fiasco, episode 120 of This Gun in My Hand, was driven and engineered 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 Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What makes torpedoes move faster? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. This episode was inspired by “Journey Into Fear,” an episode of The US Steel Hour of Mystery starring Lawrence Olivier and broadcast on June 9, 1946, which was adapted from the 1940 novel by Eric Ambler.
    https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/thriller/the-hour-of-mystery/journey-into-fear-1946-06-09

    2. No, it's not my impression of a Greek accent. The lines from Mithrodopolis in this episode are my impression of the guy from that 1946 broadcast of Journey Into Fear, doing an unidentifiable accent that's all over the place. I actually tried to sound like David Lander's character from On the Air, a 1992 David Lynch tv comedy that only aired 3 episodes in the US.

    3. “Mon petit chou” was an expression I heard not in high school French class, but from my mother. She had learned it from her father who landed at Normandy three to six days after D-Day. He drove a refrigerated supply truck. I wonder in what context he learned “mon petit chou” from the locals?

    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. Other music comes from “Journey Into Fear,” the June 9, 1946 episode of the public domain radio show Hour of Mystery. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Sound Effect Title: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/

    Sound Effect Title: bus coach ext pull up brake air release idle.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454420/

    Sound Effect Title: Bus Closing Door
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/am7/sounds/520753/

    Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pub
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/

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

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

    Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/

    Sound Effect Title: Shotgun Reload Pump
    Recorded by RA The Sun God
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    http://soundbible.com/1959-Shotgun-Reload-Pump.html

    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/

    Sound Effect Title: Gun Cocking Sound.mp3
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/545958/

    Sound Effect Title: Pump Action Shotgun Cycle
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/370344/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain Greyhound promotional comic book Driving Like a Pro (1958), artist unknown.
    https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=31501
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  • The Hapless Hack of Gazpacho Gulch - Episode 119

    The Hapless Hack of Gazpacho Gulch - Episode 119
    Dec 23 2024

    Is it wrong to make up stories about silly gunfights fifty years ago while authoritarian figures are taking power and civilians are getting massacred as we speak? That’s the dilemma Falk has to solve, in the middle of a gunfight!

    The Hapless Hack of Gazpacho Gulch, episode 119 of This Gun in My Hand, was rustled up and branded with innuendo 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 Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. (But wait until the strike's over to order it.) What helps me escape from my neighbor’s basement? This Gun in My Hand!


    Show Notes:

    1. Getting a story accepted by an editor who was then fired, and getting it rejected by his replacement, was based on something that happened to my favorite creative writing professor, the late Dr. Gilbert Cross. The editor who liked his stuff published three of his spy novels under the name “Jon Winters” in the late 70s and early 80s, before getting replaced by an editor who didn’t like them.


    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.


    Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5x

    Recorded by Mike Koenig

    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

    http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.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: Gun Fire

    By GoodSoundForYou

    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

    http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html


    Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav

    License: Public Domain

    https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/


    Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door

    License: Public Domain

    https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/


    Sound Effect Title: Plywood_Prying_01.wav

    By dheming

    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

    https://freesound.org/s/128408/


    Sound Effect Title: door wood hit +window rattle slam bang various.wav

    License: Public Domain

    https://freesound.org/s/452595/


    Sound Effect Title: Crash

    License: Public Domain

    https://freesound.org/s/512246/


    Sound Effect Title: S10-19 Falling wooden beam; big interior crash; house collapses; long.wav

    License: Public Domain

    https://freesound.org/s/675967/


    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of an interior illustration from Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine, Vol. CLXXIV No. 2 (June 3, 1939), public domain, artist unknown.
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  • Scrapping at the Escarpment - Episode 118

    Scrapping at the Escarpment - Episode 118
    Dec 12 2024

    How will Falk escape this scrape with The Scrapper? Will he have to climb over or down the escarpment? Will she throw the book at him? Where did I put those stickers with the flowers? Listen to find out!

    Scrapping at the Escarpment, episode 118 of This Gun in My Hand, was scraped together and later scuppered by Rob Northrup, with special guest Melinda Flicka as the hamster-monger. 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 Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out. That’s right, my new novella Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out is now available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. I’ll post readings of the first two chapters soon. Buy it today! If you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read the ebook for free and I still get two bits kickback for it, possibly more. And you can still buy Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. In fact that’s only been in ebook format so far, now available for the first time in paperback. How did I get through the locked door of your apartment? With This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. Santa Rosita is where the treasure was buried in [spoilers] It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).

    Credits:
    Transitional music clips were taken from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948) and Killer Bait (1949), 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: Traffic mel 1.wav
    By malupeeters
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/

    Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/

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

    Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawer
    License: Public Domain
    http://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.html

    Sound Effect Title: Glass Bottle Breaking
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/607910/

    Sound Effect Title: Mount Moganshan Insect Chorus
    By: RTB45
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/
    Insect chorus recorded one summer evening, Mount Moganshan, Zhejiang Provence, People's Republic of China

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain comic book cover from Monte Hale Western Number 50 (July 1950), pencils and inks by Edmond Good.
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  • The Chilling Horror That Grinds and Wiggles - Episode 117

    The Chilling Horror That Grinds and Wiggles - Episode 117
    Nov 24 2024

    Will Falk survive the wriggling horror that descends from the heavens? Why did he murder his wife? When did he get married? How do you make a piano out of squids? Listen to find out!
    The Chilling Horror That Grinds and Wiggles, episode 117 of This Gun in My Hand, was molded, frozen and dropped on you 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’s the scariest part of the episode? This Gun in My Hand!
    Show Notes:1. The “slush pile” is publishing industry jargon for unsolicited manuscripts mostly from amateurs. I know the term because outside of self-publishing, that’s as far as my stories have gotten.
    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: Pictures at an Exhibition - I. Gnomus VivoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_02_-_I_Gnomus_Vivo.ogg
    Music Title: Pictures at an Exhibition - VIII. Catacombae. Sepulcrum romanum LargoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_12_-_VIII_Catacombae_Sepulcrum_romanum_Largo.ogg
    Music Title: Pictures at an Exhibition - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua Andante non troppo con lamentoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_13_-_Cum_mortuis_in_lingua_mortua_Andante_non_troppo_con_lamento.ogg
    Sound Effect Title: forest boreal light wind breeze through leaves +close loud birds.flac License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/637563/
    Sound Effect Title: Silbido bomba cayendo.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/393006/
    Sound Effect Title: Broken Egg Squelch By d.n.audio.ukLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/461049/
    Sound Effect Title: Pouring Soup in a Metal Pan - Quick,Short,Gross by HitrisonLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/251410/
    Sound Effect Title: Messy Splat 3a by FoolBoyMediaLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/237928/
    Sound Effect Title: Blood Gush and Squelch License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/635042/
    Sound Effect Title: GateShutThumps.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/401041/
    Sound Effect Title: lion.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/684527/
    Sound Effect Title: Gore Cabbage by IENBALicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/607909/
    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain drawing “squid holding sailor” by Alphonse de Neuville, featured in the Hetzel edition of 20000 Lieues Sous Les Mers.
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  • Debut Taunts - Episode 116

    Debut Taunts - Episode 116
    Nov 16 2024
    Will you enjoy the new crop of audio dramas debuting this fall on the Magnum Radio Network? The Gun Doctor! Chap Zero’s House of Traps! Chick Quasar, Space Stevedore! Listen to find out!Debut Taunts, episode 116 of This Gun in My Hand, was doctored 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’s coming your way next fall? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Listen to the Mystery Frequency podcast for a wide variety of old time radio dramas, like Dr. Sixgun and Captain Starr of Space.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mystery-frequency-audio-drama-radio/id16940416952. I want to say that toys advertising actual gold seems like something unique to our modern hellscape, but they’ve probably done it before, or equally ridiculous and borderline scammy promotions. For example, in 1955, Quaker Oats bought 19 acres of land in the Yukon Territory of Canada and printed 21 millions deeds, each deed for square inch of land, as a promotion for the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon TV show.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Big_Inch_Land_PromotionCredits: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.“Gun Doctor” music and hoofbeats taken from the September 2, 1954 episode of the radio show Dr. Sixgun. License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/otr_drsixgunOrgan music in “Chick Quasar” taken from the July 14, 1953 episode of the radio show Captain Starr of Space.License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/CaptainStarrOfSpace1953/I hope the tiny excerpt of “Need to Know” by Incognito (Democracy Now theme song) counts as fair use after it was chopped, screwed and filtered.Music Title: Flight of the Carpenter BeeBy Steven Arntson License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://archive.org/details/Bildungsroman-7512Sound Effect Title: Mount Moganshan Insect ChorusBy: RTB45 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/Insect chorus recorded one summer evening, Mount Moganshan, Zhejiang Provence, People's Republic of ChinaSound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: barking dog 2License: public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/roman_cgr/sounds/415023/Sound Effect Title: Angry big dog barking - Close [d15].wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/v23/sounds/440866/Sound Effect Title: Dog Barking and Whining.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/DaniloSFX/sounds/672733/Sound Effect Title: Doggo_Panting_1_Para.mp3 by Paradoxxxical License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/679219/ Sound Effect Title: R15-82-Men Laughing Heartily.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/480806/ Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / RicochetsBy YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Music Title: spoons.wav (used in “Fight the Rascals”)by angienmLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/249709/ Music Title: Munniharppua.ogg (jaw harp used in “Fight the Rascals”)By ElectricToothpasteLicense: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 via Wikimedia Commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munniharppua.oggThe image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain comic book cover from Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Number 10, May-July 1954. Painting by Al McWilliams.
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  • 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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