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Solving Homicides in Platform Shoes: The Prepubescent Ego of 80s Child Detectives EP 113
Episode 113
Published 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Remember when your greatest fear was a "To Be Continued" screen or running out of batteries for your Walkman? We’re diving back into the 1981 "classic" Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?. It’s a world where 9-year-olds in polyester turtlenecks and platform shoes solve homicides while their parents are presumably busy at a key party. We discuss the sheer audacity of a child detective thinking a cassette recorder and a magnifying glass make them Sherlock Holmes, and why every adult in 1981 aged like a banana—Harlowe looks 50 despite being "28"If you enjoyed this trip back to the 80s, subscribe and tell your friends about the show!
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- Edward Packard
- Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey
- Choose Your Own Adventure books
- Paul Granger illustrations
- Scholastic Book Fair nostalgia
- Manimal TV show
- 80s detective kit for kids
- Meat jello aspic sausage
- Inspector Prufrock
- Gen X latchkey kid