Invasion of The Emerald Ash Borer - Episode 9

Falk Zildjian faces off with the ostensible hero and recent murderer known as The Emerald Ash Borer. Why did he abandon crime-fighting? Will Falk bring him down? How do you pronounce Cicindela sexguttata? Find out in this amazing episode!

Invasion of The Emerald Ash Borer, episode 9 of This Gun in My Hand, was made by Rob Northrup. Rate and review this wherever you can. Go to https://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, details on how to subscribe, and to buy my books. My short story collection Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities is for sale in pdf format.  What’s the best insecticide to eliminate Cicindela sexguttata? This Gun in My Hand!

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Time for a legit public service announcement: the emerald ash borer is a serious invasive species that kills ash trees in North America. One of the main ways it spreads to new areas is when people take wood for campfires from one area and drive it to another area, giving the bugs a free ride. When you go camping, be sure to use local firewood that you find, or buy it near the spot where you’re camping. Burn all of it or leave any remaining firewood. Don’t carry it on to a different campsite. For details, see http://www.emeraldashborer.info

Music and Sound Effects Credits:

The opening and middle 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.

Modified versions of the following six sound clips were used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license:

Title: Mount Moganshan Insect Chorus
By: RTB45
https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/
Insect chorus recorded one summer evening, Mount Monganshan, Zhejiang Provence, People's Republic of China. Actually crickets?

Title: Flight of the Carpenter Bee
By Steven Arntson
https://archive.org/details/Bildungsroman-7512

Title: Front door buzzer
By jorickhoofd
https://freesound.org/people/jorickhoofd/sounds/177874/

Title: Door, Wooden, Close, A (H6 MS).wav
By InspectorJ
https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/411789/

Title: Drawer Slam 2.wav
By jesabat
https://freesound.org/people/jesabat/sounds/119726/

Title: Breaking wood
By jorickhoofd
https://freesound.org/people/jorickhoofd/sounds/178658/

Modified public domain clips used in this episode:

Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a
https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#

Title: Cutlery drawer
http://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.htm

Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav
https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/

Title: G26-23-Fight Scuffle.wav
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438342/

Title: Stampede
https://freesound.org/people/bevibeldesign/sounds/350425/

Excerpt of two criminals talking from the Green Hornet radio episode “Money Talks Too Loud,” broadcast June 20, 1939. Public domain.

Excerpt of the WXYZ sign-off from the Green Hornet radio episode “Cash on the Parking Lot,” broadcast October 31, 1939. Public domain. (This Gun in My Hand does not actually originate in the studios of WXYZ Detroit, but within the broadcast area of the modern WXYZ-TV.)

“Sal Hepatica” ad from The Fred Allen Show, broadcast circa 1930s. Public domain.

Graffiti insect image photographed Nov 15, 2020 by Rob Northrup. Artist unknown.