9 Feb 2019

Shedunnit: detective mysteries

From The Podcast Hour, 12:50 pm on 9 February 2019
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If you're a fan of classic detective fiction- think Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, and maybe some Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot thrown in for good measure- then check out Shedunnit.

It's made by Caroline Crampton who writes for the popular podcast industry website and newsletter Hot Pod. But Caroline's also seriously into fictional sleuths and some of the real life mysteries that surround them. And as the title suggests, she's especially interested in the role women play in this world.

We play some of 'The Lady Vanishes' an interesting story all about the disappearance of the famous writer Agatha Christie who went missing for 10 days back in 1926 with her marriage foundering, and having recently lost her mother. Her abandoned car was found on the edge of a lake with the headlights on and her luggage still inside. It sparked a huge search by the police and the public and some outlandish theories about what had happened to her before she turned up safe and sound staying under a false name at a hotel in Yorkshire!