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The Dark Side of True Crime

What if thinking and talking about real life murders was not good for us?

• 28 mins

At The Old Bailey

A judge looks back over her time on the bench at a very famous court.

• 30 mins

The Nobodies

Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries 鈥斕齱hy do detectives always overlook them?

• 17 mins

Agatha The Adventuress

In 1922, Agatha Christie took a trip around the world.

• 23 mins

The Challenge of Dorothy L. Sayers

Should detective fiction be easy reading?

• 24 mins

The Elusive Agatha Christie

How well do we really know the queen of crime?

• 40 mins

A Prize Mystery

Could you beat the detective to the solution?

• 33 mins

Queering The Golden Age

What if everything we thought about murder mysteries was wrong?

• 30 mins

The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning

A dark story connects this 18th century abduction with a 20th century crime novel.

• 30 mins

The Shedunnit Centenary

In which Caroline is the guest, not the host.

• 40 mins

Clerical Crimes

Why do murder mysteries contain so many vicars?

• 30 mins

Howdunnit

Invert everything you think you know about murder mysteries.

• 30 mins

Let It Snow

Snow is a very powerful tool for a detective novelist.

• 25 mins

The Advertising Adventures of Dorothy L. Sayers

She created Lord Peter Wimsey 鈥� and also some excellent slogans about mustard.

• 25 mins

The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers

She wrote five successful murder mysteries and then vanished without a trace.

• 20 mins

A Detective's Farewell

How do you say goodbye to a long-running character?

• 20 mins

The Death of the Country House

A most golden age murder.

• 27 mins

The Trials of Madeleine Smith

What if you are found neither innocent nor guilty?

• 30 mins

At Home With Agatha Christie

Come with me on a tour of Greenway.

• 20 mins

The Golden Age Autopsy

Step inside the mortuary.

• 30 mins

Death Under Par

Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.

• 30 mins

The Murder Mystery Hotline

If you need a golden age detective fiction recommendation, we are at your service.

• 23 mins

The Evolution of Margery Allingham

The parallel lives of a writer and her detective.

• 25 mins

The Villa Murder

The tragic tale of Alma Rattenbury.

• 30 mins

Miss Marple, Spinster Sleuth

A feminist take on the gossiping busybody of St Mary Mead.

• 30 mins

Meet The Coles

What happens when a couple of socialists decide to write mysteries?

• 30 mins

Editing Offensive Language in Agatha Christie

How do we approach offensive language in texts from previous times?

• 25 mins

Cricket and Crime

Why are crime writers so bowled over by the game?

• 30 mins

Murder in a Heatwave

When the temperature rises, don't lose your cool.

• 30 mins

Murder-on-Sea

Murder does like to be beside the seaside.

• 30 mins