23 min listen
Whodunnit?
FromShedunnit
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Length:
7 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
For a couple of decades between the first and second world wars, something mysterious happened. A golden age of detective fiction dawned, and people around the world are still devouring books from this time by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Gladys Mitchell, Ngaio Marsh, Josephine Tey and more. In this podcast, Caroline Crampton will be unravelling the mysteries behind such classic detective stories, looking at the social, literary and political context in which these writers worked. If you've ever stayed up late reading under the covers to find out whodunnit, then this podcast is for you. Find the show at shedunnitshow.com, on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and in all major podcast apps. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss the first episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. You can find a full transcript of this mini episode at shedunnitshow.com/whodunnittranscript.
Released:
Oct 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Edith Thompson: On the morning of 9 January 1923, a brutal and horrifying execution took place at Holloway Prison in London. The condemned young woman screamed and cried, but no last minute reprieve arrived. This is the story of Edith Thompson. by Shedunnit