With a title like that, do you need teaser text? Listen right now to find out! Hitchcock, eat your heart out! Time-Bomb in a Clock Shop, episode 39 of This Gun in My Hand, was precisely synchronized by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What time is it? This Gun in My Hand! This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes: 1. Spicy foods with a certain Scoville level give me hiccups. Bending forward while drinking from the far side of a glass of water sometimes cures hiccups for me. 2. The part of “Delivery Boy” was voiced by Billy Narrator Junior, who is also a fictional character so it makes no sense to give him credit. And yet here we are. 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/Sound Effect Title: Jack in the Box (Pop Goes the Weasel) Recorded by Mike Koenig License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://soundbible.com/1872-Jack-In-The-Box.html Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/ Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/ 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:Body fall_02.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/ Sound Effect Title: explosion bomb By Jurgerius License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Jurgerius/sounds/473819/ Sound Effect Title: Shop door bell.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/775noise/sounds/494565/ Sound Effect Title (fast ticking): 20090405.clock.mono.dry.wav By dobroide License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/70259/ Sound Effect Title (grandfather clock): ClockTicks.wav By daveincamas License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/daveincamas/sounds/27077/ Sound Effect Title: Clock Tick License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/FlashTrauma/sounds/398275/ Sound Effect Title: Cuckoo Clock Ticking.aif License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Dean-Raul_DiArchangeli/sounds/462929/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Detective Fiction Weekly (October 1, 1938). Art by Emmet Watson in public domain.

Why is a gun-toting pulp hero fighting a colorful costumed superhero? Did Zachary Horace Mazzuchelli have a hand in their conflict? And why is it always Italians? Find out! Why We Fight, episode 38 of This Gun in My Hand, was punched out by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. With what will I console myself after the fight is over? This Gun in My Hand! This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes:1. J-Men Forever is a 1979 movie written by two members of Firesign Theatre.2. It’s possible for one person to have one-third of a nationality or ethnicity, but you’d probably need to know detailed genealogy further than three or four generations back.3. A pathological liar I knew in college claimed to have written songs that were recorded by Guns ‘n Roses, Tesla, Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge. This one’s for you, Jaime.4. In episode 37, “Strikeforce Shakespeare,” Falk mentions that he was investigating a screeching sound in the area. I was thinking forward to the screechers in this episode.5. Believe it or not, I used only my voice, no effects or trick editing to create The Screecher’s amazing screech. 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: Punch.wavBy ztrees1License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/ztrees1/sounds/134934/ Sound Effect Title: Punch 1License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/peridactyloptrix/sounds/209765/ Whistle Sound Effect Title: Hey You.wavBy BenboncanLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/77752/ Sound Effect Title: barking dog 2License: public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/roman_cgr/sounds/415023/ Sound Effect Title: Skittering DogLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/sittingmonkeyanim/sounds/199919/ Sound Effect Title (panting dog): chip.aiffLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/juan%20pablo%20escobar%20plaza/sounds/235813/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified panel from the public domain Our Flag Comics, No. 4, February 1942, page 14. Pencils and inks by Harry Anderson. Text in the word balloons by Rob Northrup. In the original comic book, the colorful character is The Flag and the other one is a generic bad guy.

Who are these gun-toting mugs wearing tights & ruffled collars, herding citizens onto trucks? Can Falk Zildjian stop an army? Find out! Strikeforce Shakespeare, episode 37 of This Gun in My Hand, was pacified urbanely by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What light through yonder window breaks? It is the gleaming of This Gun in My Hand! This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes: 1. The seed idea for this episode was a character named Strategic Hamlet. Read more about how American armed forces have actually used it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Hamlet_Program 2. To hear the earlier confrontation between Defenders of the Hearth and the World Crime Syndicate, listen to Episode 13, “OnlyPhantasm.” https://archive.org/details/tgimh-13-only-phantasm Credits: The opening and middle transitional 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: 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: Window breaking.MP3 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/m1a2t3z4/sounds/112213/ Sound Effect Title: Bulldog Howl By GB01 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/GB01/sounds/174873/ Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: Noise License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/jhepkema/sounds/149445/ Machine gun sound taken from the public domain film Commandos (1968). The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of “Hamlet” etched by Leopold Flameng after a statue by Lord Ronald Gower, published in the Art Journal, 1881, plus helmet detail from the comic book Warfront, No. 29 (July-September 1956), page 7, pencils and inks by Warren Kremer. Both source images in public domain.

Will spies make off with microfilm blueprints of the magnificent Airship Islington? Can Zildjian prevent a zeppelin attack on the aeroplane factory? What’s the Cockney rhyming slang for parachute? Find out! D Is for Dirigible, episode 36 of This Gun in My Hand, was erected and inflated by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who wouldn't like to ride in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon? This Gun in My Hand!  This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes: 1. I’m not sure how often or in what era Brits used the phrase “old thing” as they might say “old boy” or “old chap.” Or did anyone really use the expression outside of Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries (1970s BBC tv series)? 2. My job used to be acquiring periodicals for a company that reproduced them on microfilm. I love how every spy movie for a decade or two featured heroes and villains fighting over microfilm. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think the only people using it were spies. 3. The Islington’s passenger’s name is not intended to make you think of Mike Rowe, the tv villain and apologist for capitalism. I needed that part of the name to fit the pun. As always, “The audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.” 4. “Cabbage root” is almost certainly not Cockney rhyming slang for “parachute.” Credits: The opening and middle transitional 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: Punch.wav By ztrees1 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/ztrees1/sounds/134934/ Sound Effect Title: Airship propeller engine License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/ilm0player/sounds/578181/ Sound Effect Title: R10-56-Footsteps on Metal Staircase.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480641/ Sound Effect Title: flak blast 2.wav By Piotr123 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Piotr123/sounds/551532/ Sound Effect Title: Fireworks - Whistle/Whine By marklaukkanen License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/marklaukkanen/sounds/580751/ Sound Effect Title: explosion bomb By Jurgerius License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Jurgerius/sounds/473819/ Sound Effect Title: wind.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/nelstayade/sounds/525292/ Music Title (start of fake ad): "Windy Winds - Intro A” Jay Man - OurMusicBox https://www.our-music-box.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox/ License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Sound Effect Title: Flock Seagulls Recorded by Daniel Simion License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/2193-Flock-Seagulls.html Sound Effect Title: Lake Waves 1.wav By Benboncan License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/67883/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified version of a drawing from The Illustrated London News, April 11, 1936 (Public Domain).

Will Falk Zildjian escape from the hoard of crypto vermin? Would you gladly pay me one ten-thousandth of a Ditcoin Tuesday for a hamburger today? Listen to find out! Crypt O’ Knight, episode 35 of This Gun in My Hand, was federally reserved by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Or buy my Godzilla doll crochet pattern. Who’s gonna pay for all this? This Gun in My Hand! This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes: 1. This episode was inspired by a Gravel Institute video titled “Why Bitcoin Is A Scam”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AAUrMuMPlo 2. A generation before some meddling kids and their whining dog formed Mystery Inc., Enid Blyton wrote stories about mystery solving kids and their comic relief parrot. Another of her mystery solving teams had a dog. A British author writing in the 1920s-1960s, so some parts are Problematic with a capital P. 3. A September 2021 report from the New York Times showed that mining Bitcoin now uses more energy per year than the nation of Finland. It also uses seven times more energy than Google. https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/energy/571089-new-analysis-finds-mining-bitcoin-consumes-7-times 4. When I wrote this episode, I guessed that a hamburger would cost one ten-thousandth of a Ditcoin. As of September 21, 2021, one ten-thousandth of a Bitcoin is worth $4.08 USD. Good guess! Credits: The opening and middle transitional 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 title (morse code): websdr_recording_2014-07-21T07_22_13Z_7011.4kHz.wav By klankbeeld License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/243351/ Sound Effect Title: Lake shore waves.wav By juskiddink License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/102808/ Sound Effect Title: Punch.wav By ztrees1 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/ztrees1/sounds/134934/ Sound Effect Title: Punch 1 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/peridactyloptrix/sounds/209765/ Sound Effect Title: Punch in the face License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Huminaatio/sounds/390462/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a comic book panel from World Famous Heroes, No. 2 (December 1941), page 49. Pencils and inks by Ralph Mayo. Public Domain.

Has this gang of young daredevils decided the most exciting sport is breaking the law? Or are they just sledding? Find out with Falk in this thrilling episode! 2 Fast 2 Boggan, episode 34 of This Gun in My Hand, was pulled across the snow and into your ears by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Why would anyone in Hollywood greenlight D’om’s story? This Gun in My Hand! This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes: 1. Someone on the Overthinkingit podcast pointed out the plot similarities between Point Break and The Fast and The Furious. 2. That’s not what “ohana” means. Credits: The opening and middle transitional 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. Music leading up to D’om’s radio spot: Music Title: Ich hör so gern Musik - Rudi Schuricke Performed by Willy Berking mit seinen Solisten mit Gesang: Rudi Schuricke License: Public Domain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h52-fvNqqoU Music in D’om’s radio spot: Music Title: Weekend Composed by Will Meisel Performed by Eugen Grossman mit seinem Tanz-Orchester, 1938 License: Public Domain https://youtu.be/brP3Xrj44D0  Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/# Sound Effect Title: 080316 Dodge truck revving in driveway.wav By BoilingSand License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/BoilingSand/sounds/49988/ Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel By Joozz License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/ Sound Effect Title: wind.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/nelstayade/sounds/525292/ Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/ Sound Effect Title: falling gumtree.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/ianoboe/sounds/150203/ Sound Effect Title:Body fall_02.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of an engraving by Henry Sandham captioned “ON A TOBOGGAN HILL,” from the article “Canada as a Winter Resort” by W. George Beers, in Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. 29 (Nov 1, 1884). Public Domain according to the Toronto Public Library’s website.

What kind of terrorist forces struggling families out of their homes just to make more money? Is he blackmailing good cops into doing his dirty work for him? Find out! The Land Lord, episode 33 of This Gun in My Hand, was written, voiced, edited and lorded over by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What do I give my landlord every month? This Gun in My Hand! This and all episodes of This Gun in My Hand are available on Youtube with automatically generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes: 1. This episode was inspired by On The Media podcast from August 13, 2021. Some landlords actually do remove front doors from hinges and leave the doorway open to the elements, to drive out tenants who resist evictions. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/40-acre-promise-on-the-media 2. I couldn’t find a reliable source for prices of pistols circa 1939. If i got it wrong, it’s not the most ridiculous thing that’s ever happened in Parabellum City. 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: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/ Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/ Sound Effect Title: R28-47-Man and Woman Screaming.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/482833/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of True Detective Mysteries, Vol. XIII, No. 3 (June 1930) by Dalton Stevens, in public domain.

Will Falk get a chance to take down the highway robber before bystanders talk his ear off? Is she making a fair analogy to the relationship between capitalist and worker? The Highwayman, episode 32 of This Gun in My Hand, was standed and delivered by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What will I give the Highwayman? This Gun in My Hand! This and all episodes of This Gun in My Hand are available on Youtube with automatically generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes: 1. The woman on the bus is named after Dara Gottfried, producer of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast. 2. The Highwayman talks about the “closure” of the commons when everybody knows it was called “enclosure.” What a dope. 3. I hope it’s obvious that the “History Minute” is false. For a thorough and accessible description of what really happened, read The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty by William Hogeland.  Credits: The opening and middle transitional 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. Revolutionary War Era Music Title: reenactment3.aif License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/alienistcog/sounds/125933/ Sound Effect Title: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/ Sound Effect Title: diesel truck jake brake and air brake.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/nuncaconoci/sounds/555266/ Sound Effect Title: bus coach ext pull up brake air release idle.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454420/ Sound Effect Title: WaHi Airbrakes blast.mp3 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/chripei/sounds/393663/ Sound Effect Title: Bus Closing Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/am7/sounds/520753/ Sound Effect Title: air horn close and loud.WAV License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/goose278/sounds/174819/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified version of the illustration “Shelling the Peas” by Charles George Harper from his 1908 book, Half-Hours with the Highwayman, Volume 1. The book and illustration are in public domain and available on archive dot org. 

Have Falk Zildjian and the other captives exhausted every trick in their arsenal? Is there some speck of hope that they can escape? Who says “mash” when they’re talking about buttons? Find out! Take A Powder, episode 31 of This Gun in My Hand, was blown in your face by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and would it kill you to buy one of my books? -- such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What’s the worst source from which to take some powder? This Gun in My Hand! This and all other episodes are available with automatically generated closed captions of dialog on Youtube. Show Notes: 1. Gandalf rode a horse named Shadowfax. 2. Yes, I know, it should be femmes fatales, not femme fatales. The correct way sounds too weird. 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. Title: ST_chair_ruckus.wav By ScreenplayTheater License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/ScreenplayTheater/sounds/180685/ Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/ Sound Effect Title: 3-scrapes By Eelke License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Eelke/sounds/187562/ Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: R09-75-Series of Falls on Wooden Floor.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/483233/ Sound effect title: Hitting in a Face License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/460509/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Secret Agent X Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 4 (June 1936), public domain. Art by William Soare.

How many Emmas does it take to conquer Parabellum City? When you're writing a pun-filled comedy series, what can you use to create an Empire-Strikes-Back style low point for your hero just before the climax of the current arc? This Gun in My Hand! Army of Emmas, episode 30 of This Gun in My Hand, was finished off by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What could make Falk Zildjian’s heart spring back to life? This Gun in My Hand! This episode and all others are available on Youtube, including automatically generated closed captions of dialog. Show Notes:1. The music in the Forbidden Technologies ad comes from a radio commercial for Cresta Blanca Wine. 2. This is number four in the five part series “Hardly Boiled,” comprising episodes 27 through 31. After that, we’ll go back to self-contained one-shot episodes, or at least start a new storyline.3. “Only her hairdresser knows for sure” was part of a 1950s slogan for Miss Clairol hair coloring. Credits:The opening and middle transitional 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: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/ Sound Effect Title: Splashes In A Bathtub.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/bbrocer/sounds/382649/ Sound Effect Title: Tapping On Window.mp3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Zel12/sounds/508400/ Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/ Sound effect title: Title: Body fall_02.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from the cover of Amazing Stories, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 1942). Art by Malcolm Smith, public domain.