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The Long Shadow (1975)
Episode 75
Our final episode of 2023 investigates Celia Fremlin's "The Long Shadow" from 1975. Fremlin's text spins an intricate domestic mystery surrounding th…
2 years, 10 months ago
LTP Selects: The Blue Carbuncle (1892)
Episode 74
In this special episode we polish the dust off our first chat on "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" from 2017 and reintroduce the story just in ti…
2 years, 10 months ago
Call for the Dead (1961)
Episode 73
1961's "Call for the Dead" was a striking premiere in spy fiction. Not only was it the careful, opening gambit in John le Carré's long and dominating…
2 years, 10 months ago
LTP Noir: Detour (1945)
Episode 72
In this installment, Josh gets behind the wheel of "Detour" and takes listeners through the hairpin turns of Edgar G. Ulmer's "poverty row" productio…
2 years, 11 months ago
Batman: Year One (1987)
Episode 71
Batman first appeared in the May 1939 edition of "Detective Comics", the creation of Bill Finger and Bob Kane. Since then, the caped crusader and his…
3 years ago
Five Decembers (2021)
Episode 70
It's late in 1941. Honolulu basks in Hawaiian warmth and Battleship Row sparkles with military confidence, just weeks before the day that would live …
3 years, 1 month ago
Vertigo (1954)
Episode 69
Boileau-Narcejac's novel D'entre les morts (The Living and the Dead) was published in 1954 and served as the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's class…
3 years, 2 months ago
Beast in View (1956)
Episode 68
A brief crank call transforms into a lengthy nightmare for spinster Helen Clarvoe and her anxious orbit around family and friends in Los Angeles. By …
3 years, 3 months ago
LTP Noir: Criss Cross (1949)
Episode 67
Robert Siodmak's gem from 1949 goes under the microscope in this episode. Motivations for this classic plot involve an armoured car heist, an old fla…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
Episode 66
In this episode we hoist, brail and kedge our way through Erskine Childer's 1903 prophetic spy thriller, The Riddle of the Sands. Published in 1903 a…
3 years, 4 months ago