This Gun in My Hand Robert Thomas Northrup

Which detective was murdered at the job fair for dicks? How many dicks will it take to detect who did it? Do you have any experience gunning down striking miners or railroad workers? Listen to find out! Murder at the Job Fair for Dicks, episode 106 of This Gun in My Hand, was headhunted 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 do I use to practice my skills of detection? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. One of my favorite old time radio shows is Pete Kelly’s Blues, a 1951 series starring Jack Webb as a hardboiled cornet player in a Dixieland jazz band who solves mysteries in 1920s Kansas City. Only six episodes are thought to survive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Kelly%27s_Blues_(radio_series) 2. Eccentric Houseboat Detective was inspired by John D. MacDonald’s character Travis McGee in The Deep Blue Good-by. Not inspired by eccentric sailboat detectives Sonny Crocket or Quincy or Adam West’s character in The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969). 3. Anachronism: the Knights Templar were arrested for heresy by order of King Phillip IV on October 12th, 1307, but you can tell this episode is set in summer because no one is described as wearing coats as they would be in Parabellum City in October. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_of_the_Knights_Templar Credits: The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950); the ad music for Eccentric Houseboat Detective was from D.O.A. (1949); and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), 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: bustle in the pub License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/ Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/ Sound Effect Title: ancient conference Room Door.wav by mcweigert License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/696482/  Sound Effect Title: tug boat horn - sound effect.wav By komal22moiz License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/380825/ Sound Effect Title: Lake Waves 1.wav By Benboncan License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/67883/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Black Book Detective, Volume 5, Number 4 (July 1936), painted by Norman Saunders.

Can Falk or Castro use their unique crime-fighting skills to punish those who carry out massacres? Is this topic too heavy for a punny old time radio parody? And where are the Lugers?! Listen to find out! Spoonful of Lugers, episode 105 of This Gun in My Hand, was seamlessly worked into a plot 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 narrative technique helps me sneak serious topics into wacky adventure stories? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. For more info about the Rosewood Massacre and other political massacres in US history, see https://www.zinnedproject.org/collection/massacres-us/ https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/rosewood-massacre/ Also read A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, and the novel A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles.  2. The bird you hear in almost every movie set in the jungles of Africa, Central America or South America is the Kookaburra, which is actually native to Australia and New Guinea. According to Wikipedia, “The call is heard in [Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) and] The Wizard of Oz (1939), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Cape Fear (1962), The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and other films.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437964/  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. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/# Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/# Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel By Joozz License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/ Sound Effect Title: Punch.wav By ztrees1 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/ztrees1/sounds/134934/ Sound Effect Title: Custom_punch_04_2022.mp3 By Artninja License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/Artninja/sounds/700204/ Sound Effect Title: Body fall_02.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/ Sound Effect Title: 2-1_ducks.WAV License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/16FPanskaLan_Jiri/sounds/498190/ Sound Effect Title: R30-32-Ducks Quack on Pond.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479608/ Sound Effect Title: Ducks License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/607226/ Sound Effect Title: Tawny owl calling.wav By Sparrer License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/Sparrer/sounds/59517/ Sound Effect Title: G12-32-Kookaburra Bird in Jungle.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437964/ Sound Effect Title: Montezuma oropendola bird call License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/512109/ Sound Effect Title: S27-24 Gibbon squeals.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675432/ Sound Effect Title: G12-29-Tigers and Lions Growling.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437961/ Sound Effect Title: audi a4 b8 20tdi update engine set1 idle acceleration early gear shifting mono.wav By Soundholder License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Soundholder/sounds/425397/ The image accompanying this episode is a combination of the following photos: 1. “Fleischextrakt” (photo of spoon) by Rainer Zenz

Can Falk steer rookies in the world of crime down the path of justice? Will he be forced off the road of crime-fighting by a spindly motorized bicycle? What’s that smell? Listen to find out! Watching the Defectives, episode 104 of This Gun in My Hand, was mentored 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 keeps you from turning to crime? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. Citations Needed podcast on the exaggeration of the modern “organized shoplifting racket”: https://citationsneeded.medium.com/news-brief-organized-crime-shoplifting-epidemic-panic-hits-san-francisco-media-b044c0f78bfa 2. The Olympics first added women’s shot put in 1948. 3. My maternal grandmother’s middle name was “Ederle,” named after the first woman known to swim solo across the English Channel. Is this the equivalent of naming your kid Khaleesi or Anakin? 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. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birds License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/# Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: Heels on Pavement.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/B.Harkins/sounds/683658/ Music Title: Flight of the Carpenter Bee By Steven Arntson License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://archive.org/details/Bildungsroman-7512 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 Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/# Sound Effect Title: motorcycle throaty pull away medium speed smooth Gaza 2016.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/406387/ Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/# 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: audi a4 b8 20tdi update engine set1 idle acceleration early gear shifting mono.wav By Soundholder License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Soundholder/sounds/425397/ Sound Effect Title: R03-19-Old Auto Tire Skid.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/481668/ Sound Effect Title: Bike Falling on Concrete.wav By plivesey License: Creative Commons Sampling+ https://freesound.org/s/78960/  The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book Hot Rods And Racing Cars, Number 32 (October 1957), pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Sal Trapani.

Falk walks close to the edge of crass commercialism, then gets pushed over the line. Do you have hat-related powers? Did someone steal your hat when you were young? Does it have something to do with drumming? Listen to find out! Violent Vacation with Peruvian Guns, episode 103 of This Gun in My Hand, was crocheted 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 keeps my ears warm? This Gun in My Hand! For a limited time, a few items of This Gun in My Hand merchandise are available on ebay. Give me your money! Show Notes: 1. Violent Vacation with Peruvian Nuns was a tape released by the UK skate/thrash band The Stupids in 1986. In the village where I grew up (literally, legally a “village”), I was not on the cutting edge of knowledge about hardcore punk. The only radio stations within range were top 40, oldies or country, except for a freeform college radio station from Ann Arbor. When my family took a month long road trip in maybe summer 1988, we stopped a few days in San Diego. I might have passed over this tape at the swap meet, never heard of The Stupids before, but the cover had a cartoon of a twitching guy in a wheelchair by Don Martin. Great music, problematic pseudonyms and album titles, probably problematic lyrics but who can understand what Brits are singing? And I bet they used the cartoon without paying Don Martin or Mad Magazine. Rascals! 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. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title:Body fall_02.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/ Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire By GoodSoundForYou License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html 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 Music for commercial is from the 1938 public domain cliffhanger serial Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars, Chapter 10. The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover of Railroad Stories (July 1937), by Emmett Watson.

A boy stumbles into the world of vice, from pennies to billiards to pinball. Will Falk rescue him in time? Why couldn't you become a jazz singer? Listen to find out! Fievel Getcha Ten, episode 102 of This Gun in My Hand, was diced and pinned 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 are my stakes when I’m betting? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. Toon: The Cartoon Role-Playing Game by Greg Costikyan and Warren Spector includes “Chutzpah” as a character attribute. 2. The text for the fake commercial for Benzedrine Sulfate, not counting the disclaimer at the end, is taken almost verbatim from a print ad in California Western Medicine, Volume 62 (April 1945). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377281/ Credits: The opening and some of the middle 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 surrounding commercials came from the public domain film The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: Old Rotary Phone Ringing - Western Electric Bell 500 phone License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/mycompasstv/sounds/456433/ Sound Effect Title: old pinball.wav By mapleleaf License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/mapleleaf/sounds/34730/ Sound Effect Title: Classic Pinball Gameplay By theshaggyfreak License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/theshaggyfreak/sounds/404144/ Sound Effect Title: sw_phone_hangup.wav By jppi_Stu License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/jppi_Stu/sounds/189727/ Music title: Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - III. Sequence - Lacrymosa (For Piano - Liszt) Performed by Markus Staab Composed by Mozart, arranged by Liszt? License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://musopen.org/music/43683-requiem-in-d-minor-k-626/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified version of the public domain cover of Easy Money, Volume 1, Number 2 (May 1936), by Charles McCann.

A noisy day at the park, when suddenly–it’s oh so quiet. Gunshots are muffled. Wrestling grunts are barely audible. Can Falk restore order to the soundscape? Why does that bearded guy’s costume include wings? Listen to find out! World of Whispers, episode 101 of This Gun in My Hand, was breathed out by Rob Northrup. All episodes 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 keeps people quiet? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. One of my earliest radio plays was a group project for Creative Writing class in high school, probably 1989. My friends Jeff, Julian and I wrote a script parodying Star Trek, cobbled together from jokes we had probably absorbed reading Mad Magazine. Only five or ten minutes long, we recorded it on tape and played it in class. I’m not sure why Mr. Groesser apologized to the class afterwards, maybe because of the bad language like “Damn!” or “Bloody Hell!” At one point Jeff did the voice of a vendor at a baseball game, calling out, “peaNUTS! Popcorn!” maybe to hint at how large the ship is. I tried to recreate his delivery here. When Julian’s girlfriend heard the tape, she asked what girl we had cast for the voice of Uhura. She wouldn’t believe I had done it. No effects software to raise the pitch, I did it all in the delivery. 2. Whispering Wind and Blessed Day (aka Muckbang, aka Peatboom) first appeared in episode 60, “Hush, Sweet Zildjian.” https://archive.org/details/tgimh-60-hush-sweet-zildjian 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. Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birds License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/# Sound Effect Title: Organ_grinder_paris1.aiff, Organ_grinder_paris2.aiff By milo License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/milo/sounds/36155/ https://freesound.org/people/milo/sounds/36156/ Sound Effect Title: kids_playing_oct2020.WAV License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/wjoojoo/sounds/540466/ Music Title: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty Composed by John Philip Sousa Performed by The United States Marine Band License: Public Domain https://musopen.org/music/43782-hail-to-the-spirit-of-liberty/ Sound Effect Title: Machine gun.wav By CGEffex License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/101962/ Sound Effect Title: lancaster bomber.wav By confusion_music License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/confusion_music/sounds/103439/ Sound Effect Title: Explosion 2 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/ZoshP/sounds/541795/ Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/ Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: S20-30 Pistol shots with silencer.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675677/ Sound Effect Title: Silenced Gun Firing - gunshots License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/fireballuke/sounds/166493/ Sound Effect Title: clang.wav By kwahmah_02 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/sounds/253974/ Sound Effect Title: R09-75-Series of Falls on Wooden Floor.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/483233/ Sound Effect Title: Metal hit with dull ringouts By Artninja License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/Artninja/sounds/717721/ Sound Effect Title: Ambien