Best Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Podcasts (2025)

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Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 2 - Part 2 1:02:55

2d ago1:02:55

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If there is one thing I want to get across in this series, it's that different people have different ways of seeing and moving through the world and that absolutely colors how they read and interpret media. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are the LEAST interesting characters to me and I see very little worth discussing when it comes to how evil, broken, nega…

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Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 2 - Part 1 42:17

2d ago42:17

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Utterson is nosy AF but he’s truly a quality friend. This is the kind of friend you want to have in your corner. I am still on Hyde’s side considering the horrible nature of the rest of the characters in this story. As far as I’m concerned how everyone reacts to Hyde is a reflection of who THEY are, not who he is. There are too many contradictions …

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Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 1 - Part 2 39:18

3d ago39:18

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Thanks for coming back for more! This is the continuation of my discussion of "The Story Of The Door" which is the first chapter in the book. So far this absolutely bonkers level of foolishness is only making me like Hyde and hate the "upstanding" members of British society and maybe that's the whole point. They're disgustingly awful people except …

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Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 1 - Part 1 1:06:06

3d ago1:06:06

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In this episode I'll be discussing "The Story Of The Door" which is the first chapter in the book and I can tell you that I'm absolutely not having this wildly epic and bonkers nonsense. Seriously, make it make sense. The start to this story is equal parts bizarre and wonderful. Want To Watch The Video Instead? Elaine Is Reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hy…

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LTP Special: Sir Francis Walsingham 2:03:34

8d ago2:03:34

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In this special episode (a listener-favourite from our BBN days), Josh newly presents his research on Sir Francis Walsingham. Dubbed "Spymaster to the Queen", popular history broadcasts Walsingham as a cut-throat playmaker and confidant in and around the court of Elizabeth I; this is a piece of the truth, sure, but there is so much more to the man …

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LTP Noir: Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 57:28

21d ago57:28

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"I'd hate to take a bite of you... you're a cookie full of arsenic." Alexander McKendrick's compelling noir is full of lines like this, courtesy of screenwriter Clifford Odets - quite fitting for intrigue set in the back-stabby world of showbiz journalism. Burt Lancaster may appear more dinky here than normal but don't be fooled by his glasses: JJ …

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The Benson Murder Case (1926) 2:08:24

1M ago2:08:24

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According to Ogden Nash, "Philo Vance needs a kick in the pants", and Dashiel Hammett described the character's posturing as being, "like a teenager who had been studying the foreign words and phrases in the back of their dictionary". S.S. Van Dine's foppish sleuth certainly does make an impression on a reader and here, in his first appearance, we …

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LTP 007: Role of Honour (1984) 1:41:04

2M ago1:41:04

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Another year, another 007 continuation novel for John Gardner! In 1984 it was "Role of Honour", his fourth effort, which pits a rich but disenchanted James Bond up against a SPECTRE in sheep's clothing. From computer programming to terrorist training, Endor battles and blimp jumping, Gardner leaves little on the cutting room floor with this one, ta…

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Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955) 2:11:53

2M ago2:11:53

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Get Your Magic Mind Offer! 👉 (https://magicmind.com/LTPMAR) Our first foray into the work of Georges Simenon sees us tackle one of the Belgian writer's most celebrated books. When a barge travelling through the Parisian neighbourhood of Quai de Valmy dredges up body parts in the canal Saint Martin, Detective Jules Maigret is called in to investigat…

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LTP Special: The Eiger Sanction (1975) 2:00:22

3M ago2:00:22

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Fresh on the heels of last week's novel review, we're proud to present our conversation about Clint Eastwood's film adaptation of Trevanian's "The Eiger Sanction" from 1975. Recorded a few years back with our good buddy Jeff Chapman from Bond By Numbers, no Eiger stone was left unturned in this deep-dive investigation, re-polished for your listenin…

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The Eiger Sanction (1972) 1:00:28

3M ago1:00:28

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Get Your Magic Mind Offer 👉 https://magicmind.com/LTP20 1972's "The Eiger Sanction" was affectionately referred to as a light spoof of the spy genre by its author, Trevanian. In some ways that claim is bankable but, in others, the descriptor really doesn't stick. Simple in structure but complex in its narrative features, this thriller is both compe…

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LTP Noir: This Gun For Hire (1942) 1:11:27

3M ago1:11:27

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Get Your Magic Mind Offer 👉 https://magicmind.com/LTP20 LTP Noir is back and this time it's Paramount's 1942 spy thriller, "This Gun For Hire", that's brought in for questioning! From the struggles of adapting Graham Greene's source material and lofty ambitions of director Frank Tuttle to the creative genius of costume designer Edith Head and the t…

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) 2:03:34

4M ago2:03:34

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Get Your Magic Mind Offer 👇(https://magicmind.com/LTP20) Made rich through universal themes of duality, friendship and unchecked ambition, Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novella was a crime thriller sensation upon publication and gathered further acclaim alongside the notorious Whitechapel Murders of 1888. Combining features of epistolary, gothic…

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Ashenden (1928) 1:59:57

4M ago1:59:57

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Throughout the first World War, acclaimed novelist W. Somerset Maugham worked for British Intelligence in Switzerland. Under cover as a writer, Maugham used his knowledge of travel, languages and culture to great effect, infiltrating high society and common folk alike in his job of greasing the wheels of espionage. A decade later, Maugham fictional…

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LTP 007: Icebreaker (1983) 1:18:01

5M ago1:18:01

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Happy New Year! Our survey of John Gardner's continuation novels carries on with a chat over his third effort. If, like many, you buy into the belief that a Bond's third outing is his best ("Goldfinger", "The Spy Who Loved Me", "Skyfall".... Fleming, too, wrote "Moonraker" third) then Gardner should be stretching comfortably by now. "Icebreaker" se…

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The White People 1 23:23

6M ago23:23

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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Arthur Machen

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The White People 2 50:54

6M ago50:54

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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Arthur Machen

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The White People 3 35:03

6M ago35:03

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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Arthur Machen

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2024 Review & Holiday Quiz 1:06:25

6M ago1:06:25

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Our final episode of 2024 looks back on an entertaining year of reading for the show. We also present our rankings for each text covered and share in the challenge of our first holiday Sherlock quiz!By Lighting the Pipes

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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938) 1:17:01

6M ago1:17:01

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It's Christmas at Gorston Hall and the Lee family is preparing to welcome family home for the holidays at the behest of grizzled, mischievous patriarch, Simeon. But when the guests arrive, bringing all their baggage in tow, a brutal murder amplifies family conflict to a breaking point. In this year's holiday read, LTP mulls wine and conversation ov…

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Enter the Saint (1930) 2:20:10

7M ago2:20:10

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Despite first appearing on the scene in 1928's "Meet the Tiger", author Leslie Charteris promoted this volume from 1930 as the proper introduction of Simon Templar, aka "The Saint". Across three novellas ("The Man Who Was Clever", "The Policeman with Wings" and "The Lawless Lady") his dandified crime-buster makes his literary debut here, taking on …

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Phantom Lady (1942) 2:18:34

8M ago2:18:34

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Scott Henderson is facing execution for a murder he didn't commit and the countdown clock is ticking. His only chance of reversing fortune rests in a close friend's ability to scour New York's grimy nightlife and locate the anonymous woman who can prove he wasn't at the crime scene. Such are the opening stakes in Cornell Woolrich's pulp thriller, "…

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LTP 007: For Special Services (1982) 1:28:11

8M ago1:28:11

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In his second continuation novel, John Gardner returns Bond to the USA and reunites readers with some canonical staples. Motivated by a recent spate of airline hijackings with potential SPECTRE links, Bond is sent by M to investigate an ice-cream magnate from Texas whose guarded compound and general milieu reeks of suspicion. But the decision to re…

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SoHo Sins (2016) 1:50:44

9M ago1:50:44

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Richard Vine's debut novel transports readers to the sharp, seedy world of Manhattan art shows, broken hearts and criminal enterprise. What starts as helping out a murder investigation soon becomes much more for art-dealer (and friend of victim) Jackson Wyeth. "SoHo Sins" is crafted by Vine with a knowing pen, one that is encouraged by a wealth of …

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The Mask of Dimitrios (1939) 2:16:33

10M ago2:16:33

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Who killed Dimitrios Makrupoulos? That’s what obsessive mystery writer Charles Latimer is eager to find out in Eric Ambler’s classic thriller from 1939. As he racks up European passport stamps in pursuit of an answer, the dark and criminal underbelly of a continent in flux is exposed to him, offering Latimer much more than fodder for his next novel…

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LTP 007: Licence Renewed (1981) 58:34

11M ago58:34

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Our look at the post-Fleming world of 007 continues with "Licence Renewed", John Gardner's inaugural outing and the first James Bond novel of the 1980s. An ousted nuclear scientist with a Braveheart complex seeks revenge in this spy adventure. From fixed horse races and holographic bedrooms to night-driving and devilish highland games, we portion o…

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Charles Altamont Doyle (1832-1893) 48:07

11M ago48:07

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Artistry and imagination ran in the bloodline of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's family. His father, Charles, was driven by powerful appetites and ambitions that aptly reflected the Victorian spirit and would come to greatly influence his son. However, his personal life and mental health were marked by persistent struggle. From his advantaged start in Lon…

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LTP Selects: The Devil's Foot (1910) 46:33

11M ago46:33

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We conclude this summer's Sherlock Selects series with "The Devil's Foot", originally published in 1910 and presented later in Conan Doyle's "His Last Bow" collection. Highlighted by a dastardly villain with a vengeful, colonial mind, this story also features a drug-induced journey into the unknown which tests Holmes and Watson's friendship to the …

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Still Life (2005) 1:53:27

12M ago1:53:27

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Louise Penny's debut novel transports readers to the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, and the fictitious village of Three Pines. The mysterious death of a retired teacher, Jane Neal, sends this secluded community into a fog of suspicion marked by the exhumation of buried secrets, insecurities and dark history. Working the case is Chief Inspecto…

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LTP Selects: The Illustrious Client (1925) 1:05:41

12M ago1:05:41

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Josh's selection for this year's "Sherlock Selects" returns us to The Illustrious Client. Marked by the predatory exploits of a dastardly Baron, this later Conan Doyle story (1925) spins its archetypal threads of good vs. evil while promoting emergent themes in context of suffragette and female agency. Our chat, originally recorded in-person during…

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LTP Noir: Force of Evil (1948) 1:17:51

1y ago1:17:51

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In this installment, Josh presents a clean line through the scandalous phlegm of HUAC and the red scare in Hollywood which served as backdrop for many great film noir productions, including 1948's "Force of Evil". Director Abraham Polonsky fills each frame with atmosphere and suggestive imagery to help convey themes of family conflict and corruptio…

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LTP 007: Colonel Sun (1968) 2:01:28

1y ago2:01:28

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In this episode, our first in a new branch exploring the continuation novels of James Bond, we look down the literary gunbarrel at "Colonel Sun", written by Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis). Published four years after Ian Fleming's death, Markham's compelling adventure situates agent 007 in a new world of espionage. "Colonel Sun" comes on the heels o…

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Rebecca (1938) 2:10:59

1y ago2:10:59

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"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Thus starts the troubled narrative of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 classic novel. Part mystery story, part Gothic romance, Rebecca manipulates features of both genres to impressive effect. It offers readers a haunting depiction of tormented characters in an eerily prescient country mansion. The novel fol…

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Agent of Chaos (2017) 52:26

1y ago52:26

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Kami Garcia's "Agent of Chaos" is one of two X-Files origin novels published in 2017. The story is set in 1979 and follows a 17 year-old Fox Mulder. A soon-to-be High School graduate, Mulder is struggling to negotiate the choppy waters of his parents' recent divorce as a spate of child abductions casts an anxious cloud over the D.C. area. Mulder gr…

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Doctor Glas (1905) 1:56:46

1+ y ago1:56:46

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Hjalmar Söderberg's compelling novel caused quite a stir in Europe when it was published in 1905. His protagonist - a restless, brooding doctor in Stockholm at the turn of the century - grows obsessive when a patient comes to him with a delicate problem. Written in loose epistolary fashion, the inner monologues of Doctor Glas juxtapose beautiful re…

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The Black Lizard (1934) 1:35:45

1+ y ago1:35:45

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In this episode we travel to the Land of the Rising Sun where master detective Akechi Kogoro plays a game of cat and mouse with the titular Black Lizard, a femme fatale unlike we’ve encountered so far! Serialized at the height of Imperial Japan, before its ill-fated bid at Pacific supremacy, this twisted tale by Edogawa Rampo (the pseudonym of Taro…

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01 - Part 1 44:37

1+ y ago44:37

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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Robert Louis Stevenson

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02 - Part 2 39:33

1+ y ago39:33

39:33

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Robert Louis Stevenson

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03 - Part 3 32:23

1+ y ago32:23

32:23

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Robert Louis Stevenson

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04 - Part 4 21:42

1+ y ago21:42

21:42

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Robert Louis Stevenson

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05 - Part 5 53:39

1+ y ago53:39

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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Long Shadow (1975) 1:14:31

1+ y ago1:14:31

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Our final episode of 2023 investigates Celia Fremlin's "The Long Shadow" from 1975. Fremlin's text spins an intricate domestic mystery surrounding the recently-widowed character of Imogen Barnicott. Strange things start happening around her home at Christmastime and her late husband's family arrive to spend the holidays with their own baggage weigh…

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LTP Selects: The Blue Carbuncle (1892) 55:18

1+ y ago55:18

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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 time for the holidays! As the only Holmes story set firmly within the Christmas season, "Carbuncle" occupies a special place in the hearts of many readers. Published in the January 1892 edition of The St…

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Call for the Dead (1961) 1:42:43

1+ y ago1:42:43

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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 career, it also marked the first appearance of George Smiley, the author's recurring intelligence officer of unlikely composition. Accented by a polite, unassuming conduct, Smiley is slightly overweig…

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LTP Noir: Detour (1945) 1:00:26

1+ y ago1:00:26

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In this installment, Josh gets behind the wheel of "Detour" and takes listeners through the hairpin turns of Edgar G. Ulmer's "poverty row" production. When it was released in November 1945, "Detour" exceeded expectations, impressing post-war audiences and critics alike with inspired editing, nihilistic storytelling and a standout performance by An…

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Batman: Year One (1987) 1:37:31

1+ y ago1:37:31

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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 story have been re-imagined through myriad themes and variations. Arguably the most compelling of these came In 1987, when artist and writer Frank Miller portrayed the first year of Bruce Wayne's acti…

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Five Decembers (2021) 2:27:18

2y ago2:27:18

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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 in infamy. Downtown, Police Detective Joe McGrady receives a brutal double murder case that's about to change his life. The first victim is the nephew of an Admiral; the second is a young Japanese woma…

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Vertigo (1954) 1:11:09

2y ago1:11:09

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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 classic psychological thriller. Over the decades, however, the source material with its war-time setting has been largely subsumed by the influence of the Hollywood production. Here, Josh and Scott explore …

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Beast in View (1956) 1:42:45

2y ago1:42:45

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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 turns evasive and compelling, Margaret Millar proffers a unique psychological thriller with Beast in View, her Edgar Award winning novel from 1956. Working the case on behalf of Helen (and readers) is …

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LTP Noir: Criss Cross (1949) 51:50

2y ago51:50

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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 flame and axes to grind. Good natured sap, Burt Lancaster, is the inside man on the job whilst making time with his ex, turned gangster’s moll, Yvonne De Carlo. Unfortunately for him, head-heavy Dan Durye…

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