Crypt O' Knight - Episode 35

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.

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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.

2 Fast 2 Boggan - Episode 34

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.

Radio Plays I Have Known

1977. First time I remember listening to a radio play, I was five or six. Sitting in the back corner of my aunt's house. I want to say it was Inner Sanctum, but it might have been Lights Out or more likely CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Some horror or thriller. The narrator described being inside the back of an ambulance. I wasn't an instant fan of radio plays, but this has stuck with me.

1988. Junior year of high school. Mr. Groesser's Creative Writing class. I think the assignment was to write a scene in some format we weren't used to, a screenplay or radio play. Julian and Jeff and I recorded a radio play making fun of Star Trek. We didn't consciously plagiarize Mad magazine, but we had read enough parodies of Star Trek that it came easy. Rapid fire jokes and puns in the style of Vaudeville or Airplane movies.

Captain Jerk: We're under attack. Boners, quick, go and shake that tv camera!

Boners: Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor not a camera man.
Captain Jerk: There are four hundred lives at stake! (Sound of baby crying.) Make that four hundred one.

We recorded it on a cassette tape and played it in class. Five or ten minutes long, probably. Mr. Groesser apologized to the class after playing it, saying he hadn't screened it ahead of time. He didn't really scold us for it though and I'm not sure which parts he felt were naughty. The captain saying "Dammit"? Spotty saying, "Bloody Hell?" A character named Boners? Oh crap, I just remembered the problematic name and accent we used for Spock. Maybe that was it.

2005. Melinda and I started dabbling in short audio skits, posted on various websites or forums. "Rainbow Brite interviews Pat Benatar." I don't remember where that idea came from but that was a good one. I recorded and posted The Radcliffe Project. "Audio commentary to second Harry Potter movie, in which the narrator (Robert Levi) describes the hidden messages planted by Chris Columbus, J.K. Rowling and Time Warner to prevent Mr. Levi from marrying the star of the film, Daniel Radcliffe."

February 28, 2006. My first podcast! Brazen Hearts, Fresh, On Sticks. "Josie is your typical young goblin, selling freshly grilled human hearts outside the mall, trying to survive her ruthless family, and pining after that dreamy hobgoblin who just stomped into town. Each week, uh, month? Year? Well, periodically she describes part of her story to you, another human whose heart she will soon be selling on a stick." Twelve chapters. How could I stop before hitting 13? I roped Melinda and some of my friends into recording parts for it. I still have tons of notes for a possible "season two."

January 7, 2007. I started the Dungeons and Dayjobs podcast, reading samples from my short story collection of the same name (still available in paperback or a free ebook on archive.org). Active through 2008, then a gap til 2012. Then in 2020, just before launching This Gun in My Hand, I posted a stand-alone story, The Liability of Keiko, about a villain calling out El Hornet Verde on all his bullcrap.

The Land Lord - Episode 33

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.