This Gun in My Hand

Robert Thomas Northrup
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Indomitable hero by virtue of the fact that he carries a gun, Falk Zildjian patrols the streets of Parabellum City in search of injustices to shoot. What would make anyone listen to an old time radio parody with a cast of one? This Gun in My Hand!

  1. 9H AGO

    This Wrench in My Gears - Episode 145

    What could you do to frustrate or delay the jackbooted thugs in your community if you lived under an authoritarian regime? Where can you find more practical methods of sabotage? What’s the hair and salt for? Listen to find out! This Wrench in My Gears, episode 145 of This Gun in My Hand, was maliciously wrecked 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 do I use on slot machines to avoid developing a gambling problem? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. This episode was inspired by Mother Bone's posts about the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, released internally in 1944 by the OSS (predecessor of the CIA) and declassified in 2018. The concepts could be used today by anyone resisting an occupying force or authoritarian regime. Direct quotes from the manual appear throughout this episode. https://archive.org/details/simplesabotagefi26184gut/page/n5/mode/2up 2. I have pocket knives with pictures of Tarzan and Lash LaRue on the handles. Here’s a picture of a colorful Hopalong Cassidy pocket knife: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1068482143/vintage-hopalong-cassidy-pocket-knife?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F 3. I thought I was being ridiculous imagining slot machines branded with 1930s comic strip characters, but apparently there was really a Blondie machine at some point, and just last year they released a video slot machine featuring The Phantom. https://www.aristocratgaming.com/us/slots/games/the-phantom 4. Anachronism! Lash LaRue’s first film appearance was in 1944, and he only began to star in Westerns around 1947. 4. Anachronism! The comic strip Sad Sack was first published in Yank, The Army Weekly in June 1942. The generic expression “sad sack” may not have been common until after the comic strip became popular. Credits: Music in this episode came from three public domain films: The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948), and Killer Bait (1949). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: Heels on Pavement.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/B.Harkins/sounds/683658/ Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/532788/ Fair use brief audio clip of William Shatner taken from outtake of a recording session for the 1993 PC Game Star Trek: Judgment Rites. The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a photograph by Horst Grund from 1943 titled “Sizilien, Reifenpanne mit VW-Kübelwagen.” Italy, Sicily, 1943. A flat tire on a VW-Kübelwagen, soldier with jack going to replace the tire. By Bundesarchiv, Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike Germany 3.0. (Note that the CC Attribution-Share Alike license applies only to this image, not to the text or audio from this episode.) Image Alt text: Color photo of a soldier in short sleeves and khaki shorts cranking a jack along the driver’s side of a VW Kubelwagen with a flat tire. The hood over the engine compartment in the rear of the car is open. The car is beige, dirty and worn. The background appears to be a large body of water or sea with hills or mountains rising over it. The photo was taken in Sicily, Italy, in 1943. I’m not familiar enough with military uniforms to tell if this is a German or Italian soldier.

  2. 12/27/2025

    Humoresce Anecdotage - Episode 144

    What if logicality warping? Source of warpage unknown. Gun hero prancing for answers. Will satisfying resolution evince? Only listeners find out! Humoresce Anecdotage, episode 144 of This Gun in My Hand, was Tuesday banister 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 if cantina pickle destiny? That Gun Right There! Show Notes: 1. Madison Standish is the star of Madison On the Air, an audio drama podcast about an internet influencer zapped into old time radio shows. The scripts are taken from actual shows, rewritten to insert Madison and performed by a modern cast. Highly recommended. https://www.madisonontheair.com/ 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 surrounding or during commercials came from “Journey Into Fear,” an episode of the radio show Hour of Mystery first broadcast on June 9, 1946. Sound Effect Title: Glitch Element 13.wav by Glitchedtones License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/223311/  Sound Effect Title: Glitch Element 05.wav by Glitchedtones License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/223304/  Sound Effect Title: Glitch Element 06.wav by Glitchedtones License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/223303/  Sound Effect Title: BitCrushedGlitch1.wav by NickR2020 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/525050/  Sound Effect Title: wetfart glitch.flac by dudebroman2 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/592181/  Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYou License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html Sound Effect Title: G32-08-Buzzing Sparks.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/438492/  Sound Effect Title: modem_sounds.wav by joedeshon License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/80288/  Sound Effect Title: d_s478_riding.wav by relwin License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/686059/ Sound Effect Title: emmentaler steam train.mp3 by Zozzy License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/56645/  Sound Effect Title: Stomach Rumble License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/yrdn/sounds/473989/ Sound Effect Title: Industrial Buzz 2.wav by DeVern License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/346396/  Music Title: Unus Ex Discipulis Meis (You Are One of My Students) Composed by Tomás Luis de Victoria Performed by Anonymous Choir License: Public Domain https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Anonymous_Choir/Toms_Luis_de_Victorias_Unus_Ex_Discipulis_Meis/Unus_Ex_Discipulis_Meis/ Sound Effect Title: hamster in a jar.wav by Liancu License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/344728/  Sound Effect Title: Mouse Squeaks.wav by shyguy014 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/463789/  Sound Effect Title: Stampede by bevibeldesign License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/350425/  Sound Effect Title: Hand saw by SoundsLikeYukon License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/760611/  The image accompanying this episode is a collage including: 1. Background “VaporwaveWP3Print by Mike Grauer Jr_CC-BY. License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_grauer/26310058937/ 2. The comic book figure on the left of the picture is from the public domain comic All-True Detective Cases Number 1 (1952), art by Vince Alascia. The hand with gun is from the same issue, artist unknown. Image Alt text: A wobbly grid extends across a floor changing from light purple to pink as it moves to the horizon, where it forms jagged, transparent mountains. A too-spherical yellow-orange globe sits on the center of the horizon, the violet sky above dotted with stars. On the left of the landscape, a man in a brown suit and hat seems to halt in the middle of running, his hands splayed to his sides. From the lower right corner of the image, a hand aims a revolver at the startled man.

  3. 12/08/2025

    Dead End on Holiday Road

    Will Falk and Reverend Gusmacher survive the rows of gunbots waiting to receive them in Santopolis? Will they repel the robot invasion? When did rectal digital examination become common practice? Listen in case you might find out! Dead End on Holiday Road, episode 143 of This Gun in My Hand, was up-armored and driven 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 will the Sandman bring you this year? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. Reverend Gusmacher acts like a jerk in some ways. This is not meant as a generalization about the behavior of all clergy or members of his denomination. Any factual errors should be blamed on the characters, not the writer. 2. Why does Falk say “robit” sometimes and “robot” other times? Because he’s making an effort to say it the way everybody else does but forgetting sometimes. 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: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/ Sound Effect Title: WaHi Airbrakes blast.mp3 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/chripei/sounds/393663/ Sound Effect Title: Gear Grinding  Sound Effect 14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixw7jInQvKo 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: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYou License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html Sound Effect Title: Machine gun.wav by CGEffex License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/101962/ 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: S18-25 Rifle shots battle.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675666/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the back cover from the public domain Greyhound promotional comic book Driving Like a Pro (1958), artist unknown. https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=31501 Image Alt text: Comic book art of a passenger bus, an angled view near the front door. A smiling man in dark blue uniform and cap holds the door open as he moves to enter it. Behind him, a young boy in yellow and black short-sleeved shirt waves. Near the top, it’s labeled DEAD END ON HOLIDAY ROAD. A box near bottom right is labeled EPISODE 143 OF THIS GUN IN MY HAND. A word balloon aimed at the man says, “Sorry, Billy. I’ve got to weld steel plates on this bus so I can deliver the padre to testify against robot imposters in Santopolis. We can play catch later, if I survive.”

  4. 11/28/2025

    When the Revolution Scrums - Episode 142

    The Revolution has come and it’s interrupting a team meeting. Who are these brave men and women fighting for freedom, wherever there’s trouble? Will Falk stand with them or against them? Would you believe I’m a cyborg? Listen to find out! When the Revolution Scrums, episode 142 of This Gun in My Hand, was produced by the means of 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. How do I signal the beginning or end of the two week intervals by which we measure progress in the revolution? With This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. Thanks to W. Town Andrews for pointing out the mispronunciation of “Tagalog” in episode 140. 2. The Witchy Lion Closet was published in 1950, so Billy must have heard the story from Catch-2022. 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: gavel-double.flac By zerolagtime (Sen. John Kerry recorded from C-Span) License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/zerolagtime/sounds/70069/ 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: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/ Sound Effect Title: Running in boots on wood floors by ayse.j.e License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/785429/  Commercial Song Title: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 Composed by Henry Purcell, 1692. Performed by Carl Pini, John Tunnell, Anthony Pini and Harold Lester. License: Public Domain https://musopen.org/music/11140-the-fairy-queen-z629/ Sound Effect Title: Wind-up Crank by RICHERlandTV License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/265614/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 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: G32-08-Buzzing Sparks.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/438492/  The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from The Uprising by Diego Rivera, 1931. Image Alt text: Painting of a battle between men in beige uniforms and workers in newsboy caps and blue overalls waving red flags or banners. In the foreground, an angry woman in an orange dress carrying a baby pushes away a sabre thrust by one of the soldiers. A man next to her pulls away to avoid the thrust. There’s a man on the ground behind them clutching his stomach or chest.

  5. 11/14/2025

    Bringing a Gun to a Fistfight - Episode 141

    Why is a bank robber giving up so easily in the middle of a gunfight? Why did he bring a crowd of people to cheer him on? Who chose the snacks to sell at this spectacle? Listen to find out! Bringing a Gun to a Fistfight, episode 141 of This Gun in My Hand, was set-up and knocked down 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. How do I keep lawns tidy? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. The expression “win one for the Gipper” came from the film Knute Rockne, All-American, released in October 1940. 2. This episode was inspired by the 1949 film The Set-Up. Doses of wicked humor between scenes of drama and tension and cynicism. Credits: The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950). Music throughout the first commercial came from The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all three films in the public domain. Music from the second commercial came from the radio show Hour of Mystery, first broadcast June 9th, 1946. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. 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: Manwe-metal_tools_on_concrete.wav by Manwe License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/238650/ Sound Effect Title: single classic blink.wav by ShangASDFGuy123  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/795943/  Sound Effect Title: G30-69-Outdoor Crowd Walla.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438429/ Sound Effect Title: Machine gun.wav by CGEffex  License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/101962/ Sound Effect Title: S29-08 Navy ship classic danger whistle siren.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/675782/  Sound Effect Title: Bare feet on wood floor.wav by treblemaker69  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/565609/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified panel from the public domain comic book Web of Mystery, July 1954, issue 25. Artist unknown. Image Alt text: Line art from a comic book. One silhouetted figure slugs another in the stomach. The background is all yellow, a row of spectators gathered around the fighters. The caption across the top reads “BRINGING A GUN TO A FISTFIGHT!” One of the spectators says, “Don’t listen to that dame, Joe. I been wit ya from the starta your career. Don’t I make sure they take all the butterscotch disks outta the candy dish in ya dressing room?”

  6. 10/31/2025

    Passage to the Orient - Episode 140

    Imagine a mild-mannered white guy who takes on a non-white identity to fight crime. Wouldn’t 1939 radio producers do an amazing job with that? Listen to find out! Passage to the Orient, episode 140 of This Gun in My Hand, was smuggled into your ears 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 martial art is even more deadly than ninyutsu? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. “Castello” means castle in Italian, “Lupo” means wolf, and “roccia” means “rock.” In German it would be something like “Wolfenstein.” 2. Raymond Tokutaro Muramoto, the voice actor who originated Kato on the Green Hornet radio show, was a Japanese immigrant. In real life, he was sent to an internment camp during World War II. Here’s a short bio I wrote about him: https://archive.org/details/the-first-kato http://dayjobspodcast.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-first-kato.html  3. Read more about the young political firebrand Nguyễn Ái Quốc after whom Harlan plans to name his radio hero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh 4. As always, listeners should be skeptical of any claims made by characters in the show, especially if they’re trying to define a term like “code-switching” that hadn’t been coined and wasn’t in use in 1939. The opinions of these clowns do not necessarily reflect my own so I’m off the hook for any lies or mistakes they make. 5. This episode was inspired by Straight Arrow, a radio show broadcast from 1948-1951. An Apache orphan raised by a white couple maintains the identity of “Steve Adams” until it’s time to fight crime as Apache warrior “Straight Arrow.” Elements were ripped off from The Lone Ranger, like the cavern full of gold that funds his crime-fighting. Only his trusted friend “Packy” the crusty miner who sounds like Gabby Hayes knows the truth. Lots of talk about his innate Apache abilities, his keen Indian eyesight, and Straight Arrow drops his voice and speaks haltingly, although not quite in broken English like Tonto.  https://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Western&series=Straight%20Arrow 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: Matkustajakone / Passenger plane DC-3 (Dakota) - Sisällä / Inside by YleArkisto License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/406952/  Sound Effect Title: FOLEY_Footsteps_Metal_002.wav by conleec  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/149454/  Sound Effect Title: Wind shaking a tree, loud and muffled gust of wind recorded in Nebraska by felix.blume License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/657003/  Sound Effect Title: Cracking wood by JappeHallunken  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/501302/  Sound Effect Title: dry branches cracking.aiff by SoundCollectah  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/109357/  Sound Effect Title: Foley_Natural_Wood_Barks_Crush_Mono.wav by Nox_Sound  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/558380/  Sound Effect Title: Rustling leaves by giddster  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/437356/  Sound Effect Title: Walking Through Tall Grass by naturenotesuk  License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/698895/  Sound Effect Title: dawn_birds.wav by paul.h License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/557332/  Sound Effect Title: Usignolo - Nightingale by danygdanyg License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/234169/  Sound Effect Title: Tuscan Birdsong.wav by gazsound  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/156002/  Sound Effect Title: G57-05-Creature Getting Stabbed.wav by craigsmith  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/438891/  Sound Effect Title: G24-01-Warner Brothers Body Fall.wav by craigsmith  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/438300/  Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/532788/ Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/ Sound Effect Title: Dropping Body on Hard Ground.wav by jjhouse4 License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/203039/  Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/ Sound Effect Title: Kicking rock wall and almost falling. by Edelhanie  License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/594623/  Sound Effect Title: Air raid siren in Kyiv by Romaner66  License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/676589/  Sound Effect Title: 22lr Caliber Rifle Shots and Reloading  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/717133/  The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the back cover of Terry and the Pirates (Big Little Book #1156) released in 1935, art and text attributed to Milton Caniff, public domain. Image Alt text: Colorful line art drawing from the perspective of a pier. In the foreground is a white boat with red cabin. The sail on a single mast is lowered and furled. A man lounges in a wooden chair, tipped back behind the ship’s wheel, his feet propped on the rail of the boat with a fan in his hand. Judging by the small smokestack over the cabin, it has an engine, or maybe it’s a vent for a stove. Close to the front of the boat, we can see the aft and steering oar of a Chinese junk. Both vessels appear to be moored to the pier. A bay with distant strips of land stretches toward the horizon with two junks a short distance away, their sails yellow and green and red. Massive white clouds take up almost half of the view.

  7. 10/14/2025

    Bottle Episode - Episode 139

    Why did Falk follow Petra into this stupid walk-in refrigerator? Why are the shelves filled with human heads in bottles? Are you some kind of non-partisan, crime-adjacent figure? Listen to find out! Bottle Episode, This Gun in My Hand’s 139th, was kept alive and shoved in a jar 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. Which is the real monster, the creator? His creation? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. Falk’s claim about what temperature constitutes “t-shirt weather” in Michigan is debatable. You’ll see some people not of sound minds wearing short sleeves and shorts at 30 F or less. 2. The Technocrat quotes from the Wikipedia entry on Dubstep without giving attribution. He might be a plagiarist but I’m not. This is me, Rob Northrup, giving attribution that I quoted most of a line from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep which “emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended two-step rhythms and sparse dub production, incorporating elements of broken beat, grime, and drum and bass.”  3. Musical subgenres are way too arcane for me to understand so my characters don’t understand it either. I’m not vouching for any of the claims they make. Credits: The opening and later 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: Large Refrigerator compressor hum 1 by FOSSarts  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/740110/   Sound Effect Title: Hissing.m4a by TheScarlettWitch89  License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/415287/  Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/532788/  Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/532788/  Sound Effect Title: Heavy_door_lock.wav by beerbelly38  License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/197305/  Music Title: You’re Driving Me Crazy Composed by Walter Donaldson, 1930 Performed by Lennington H. Shewell and Allan McIver. License: Public Domain https://archive.org/details/VictorThereminRecordingsCollection1925-1935/You're+Driving+Me+Crazy+1930+VIctor+Theremin+-+Victor+216559.mp3 Sound Effect Title: techloop7.wav by fons  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/62441/  Sound Effect Title: TECHNO LOOP 1.wav by adamskitek  License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/33585/  Sound Effect Title: TECHNO LOOP SPEEDY J STYLEE.wav by adamskitek License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/33614/  Sound Effect Title: Kick Bass Bassline OffBeat Loop F#1 142bpm PsyTrance Vol3 SYNDRM.wav by SYNDRM  License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/612061/  Sound Effect Title: Drum & Bass Drum Loop 02 by TheEndOfACycle  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/660537/  Sound Effect Title: Edm Strontium Sweep with reverb.wav by LeeNath  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/277409/  Sound Effect Title: bass_line_drums_jz22.mp3 by JoaoSantaCruz  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/649209/  Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book Forbidden Worlds, Number 33, September 1954. Pencils and inks by Lloyd Cynwald. Image Alt text: Line art panel from a comic book. A man with red hair wearing green scrubs and holding a scalpel leans over a man on a gurney or table, covered by a white sheet. Angled skylight windows are behind the surgeon. A light hangs low over the table. Dark glass jars like you might see in a laboratory are in the foreground, connected to each other by tubes. Caption across the top reads “HOW WILL FALK AND PETRA ESCAPE – THE BOTTLE EPISODE!” A word balloon  pointing to the surgeon reads, “OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT TECHNO! THE TEREMIN INFLUENCE COMES FROM PETROGRAD, BUT ANY IDIOT KNOW THAT DUBSTEP EMERGED AS A UK GARAGE OFFSHOT BLENDING 2-STEP RHYTHMS WITH SPARSE…” The font in the word balloon gets smaller and smaller toward the end.

  8. 09/28/2025

    Black Cats and Bad Habits - Episode 138

    Another day, another public brawl on the streets of Parabellum City. Will Falk quell the unrest and clean up the streets? Are there laws requiring reporters to have alliterative names and film critics to use French terms? Listen to find out! Black Cats and Bad Habits, episode 138 of This Gun in My Hand, was Rob Northrup crossing your path. 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 contains several bits which can form a fragmentary story when used together? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. The Black Cat in this episode is NOT a rip-off of the Marvel comics character with the same name. It’s a rip-off of the public domain superhero Black Cat who first appeared in Pocket Comics #1, August 1941, and had her own title from Harvey Comics with various name changes (Black Cat Western Comics, Black Cat Mystery Comics, Black Cat Mystic) until 1963. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_(Harvey_Comics) 2. When Wordplay took his second play “Shoot” on tour, he found it was not as popular outside of Parabellum City. 3. Lana Krang presumably uses a paper or cardstock folder for her Bits file. Mine is digital but the filename is “Bits.” 4. If I was trying to cheer up Miss Krang, I’d remind her of some artistically and monetarily successful novelists who were late bloomers: Umberto Eco wrote a lot of non-fiction before his first novel, The Name of the Rose, was published when he was 50. Alan Bradley was 71 when his excellent first novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, was published. Many such cases. Credits: The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the transitional and closing music were from The Big Combo (1955), 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: The cat begs for food. Meowing.wav by tosha73 License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/548352/   Sound Effect Title: HARP GLISSANDO DOWN.WAV License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/olver/sounds/505064/ Sound Effect Title: Cat Eating Dry Food by qubodup License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/218181/  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: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYou License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html Sound Effect Title: Foley_Phone_Old_PickUp_HangUp_Mono.wav by Nox_Sound License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/559475/  Sound Effect Title: Clean phone tones.wav by FreqMan License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/24371/  Sound Effect Title (coin drop): Pay Phone.wav by everythingsounds License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/197141/  Sound Effect Title: phone rotary dial number.flac by kyles License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/637751/  The image accompanying this episode is a modified version of a public domain postcard painting by Frances Brundage, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frances_Brundage_schwarze_Katze.jpg Image Alt text: Painting from an old greeting card by Frances Brundage shows a rosy-cheeked little blond girl in a black hat with a red ribbon and bow around it, somewhere between a witch’s hat and a Puritan’s hat. She holds up a distressed black kitten with a huge red bow and ribbon around its neck. The girl wears a white shirt with sleeves to her elbows and a red shawl.

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Indomitable hero by virtue of the fact that he carries a gun, Falk Zildjian patrols the streets of Parabellum City in search of injustices to shoot. What would make anyone listen to an old time radio parody with a cast of one? This Gun in My Hand!

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  • Creator
    Robert Thomas Northrup
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2020 by Robert Thomas Northrup. Some rights reserved. Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives License.
  • Show Website
    This Gun in My Hand