Escape From Greektown - Episode 29

Why listen to boring old radio detectives wrestling each other for control of a gun and having car chases, when you can hear chariot chases and Greco-Roman wrestling for control of a gun? Find out in “Escape From Greektown!”

Escape from Greektown, episode 29 of This Gun in My Hand, was painted on the side of a clay jug 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 does not taste as good as baklava? This Gun in My Hand!

This and all other episodes are available on Youtube, with automatically generated closed captions of dialog.

Show Notes:
1. I put “What would make you listen?” into Google Translate (English to Greek), and it came back with “Τι θα σε έκανε να ακούσεις;” which I tried to pronounce at the very opening of this episode before saying This Gun in My Hand.

2. “EVERYTHING WE SELL SUCKS” is a sign I saw in front of a real local vacuum shop.

3. The image for this episode depicts Persian scythed chariots, not Greek chariots. I am prepared to give you a full refund of your payment for this free episode if the lack of verisimilitude left you unsatisfied.

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: Window breaking.MP3
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/m1a2t3z4/sounds/112213/

Sound Effect Title: HORSE BLOWS FARM AMBIANCE.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/ohmypro/sounds/400702/

Sound Effect Title: G38-14-Horse Wagon Gallop In.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437112/

Sound Effect Title: G52-02-Steady Stage Coach.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437073/

Sound Effect Title: -Hero_of_the_Winds-_Grinding Coffee.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/-Hero_of_the_Winds-/sounds/127910/

Sound Effect Title: G31-01-Metal Rattling Door.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438439/

Sound Effect Title: Window breaking.MP3
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/m1a2t3z4/sounds/112213/

Sound Effect Title: Hey You.wav
By Benboncan
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/77752/

Sound effect title: Hitting in a Face
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/460509/

Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/

Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire
By GoodSoundForYou
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

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: footsteps cellar.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/

Sound Effect Title: Vacuum.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/cloe.king/sounds/444167/

Machine gun sound taken from the public domain film Commandos (1968).

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of “The charge of the Persian scythed chariots at the Battle of Gaugamela” by André Castaigne. Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=649365