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History Extra and Shedunnit updates
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mightymadsI've already recommended these two podcasts, but there are recent episodes I'd like to mention.
1) On March 22 History Extra posted an episode about ACD and the real life case he investigated. In 1903, a case of George Edalji, a Parsee lawyer who had been unjustly convicted, was brought to Doyle's attention. At that time Doyle had a crisis in his personal life: his first wife had died of tuberculosis, and he felt guilty because he was in love with another woman who was to become his second wife. The Edalji case helped Doyle to overcome his depression. It was a just cause: he set out to obtain a full pardon for the man labeled as a criminal due to racism which was commonplace in the Edwardian Britain.
Hate mail & mutilated horses: Conan Doyle investigates
Note: descriptions of mutilated animals are not very graphic, but still the content might be sensitive for some people.
2) Just yesterday Caroline Crampton posted another brilliant episode of her Shedunnit podcast. This episode is dedicated to Hercule Poirot and the way he is portrayed in various adaptations. Caroline also provides Poirot's backstory, how Agatha Christie created him, and how her atitude toward him evolved throughout the years.
The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot
1) On March 22 History Extra posted an episode about ACD and the real life case he investigated. In 1903, a case of George Edalji, a Parsee lawyer who had been unjustly convicted, was brought to Doyle's attention. At that time Doyle had a crisis in his personal life: his first wife had died of tuberculosis, and he felt guilty because he was in love with another woman who was to become his second wife. The Edalji case helped Doyle to overcome his depression. It was a just cause: he set out to obtain a full pardon for the man labeled as a criminal due to racism which was commonplace in the Edwardian Britain.
Hate mail & mutilated horses: Conan Doyle investigates
Note: descriptions of mutilated animals are not very graphic, but still the content might be sensitive for some people.
2) Just yesterday Caroline Crampton posted another brilliant episode of her Shedunnit podcast. This episode is dedicated to Hercule Poirot and the way he is portrayed in various adaptations. Caroline also provides Poirot's backstory, how Agatha Christie created him, and how her atitude toward him evolved throughout the years.
The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot
