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  • The Bitter Tears of Petra Wojciehowicz - Episode 136

    The Bitter Tears of Petra Wojciehowicz - Episode 136
    2025/08/22

    Has Petra finally given up her pursuit of Falk and found a new love? Is he man enough for her? Is he a man? Is stress a killer? Listen to find out!

    The Bitter Tears of Petra Wojciehowicz, episode 136 of This Gun in My Hand, were dispensed from the coin-operated intelligence Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. Into what mesmerizing object do I gaze to view the future? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. Anyone who grew up within broadcast range of Detroit tv in the 1980s will remember Ben Franklin’s unlikely proverb from the ubiquitous Highland Appliance commercials on Presidents’ Day.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6waErG4Qwc

    2. The commercial for Ghost Detective was inspired by “The Thing in The Tunnel,” an episode of Weird Circle radio show originally broadcast March 4th, 1945.
    https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Weird_Circle_Singles

    3. In November-December 1997, Burger King kid’s meals contained toys promoting the animated feature film Anastasia, including the white bat Bartok who spoke three phrases. One of the phrases was “Stress, it’s a killer.” Due to the cheap mechanism that played recorded phrases, a parent claimed on tv news that this delinquent toy was telling her child, “Hey, have a tequila.”

    4. I’m almost positive Falk has used the expression “love is love” in a past episode. But his memory is as bad as mine.

    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: old pinball.wav by mapleleaf
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/people/mapleleaf/sounds/34730/

    Sound Effect Title: MM Project -10 Pinball by RTB45
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/368767/

    Sound Effect Title: money_box.mp3 by Taira Komori
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/212398/

    Sound Effect Title: Ticket machine printing a ticket by Licorne_En_Fer
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/772976/

    Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel by Joozz
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/

    Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/

    Sound Effect Title: scifi_scare_b.aiff by realtheremin
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/119012/

    Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/coltures/sounds/262325/#

    Sound Effect Title: S37-24 Car starts; revs; skids; crashes; skids; footsteps; voices sirens.wav by craigsmith
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/675839/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain cover of The Century, Midsummer Holiday Number 1895, from a lithograph by artist Louis Rhead (1857-1926).

    Image Alt text: Colorful art nouveau style illustration of a woman in a gauzy yellow dress leaning back against a stone bench. Her right hand holds a huge brown leaf which she’s fanning over her head. Her left arm is draped along the back of the bench. Sunflowers rise behind her. We can also see a large body of water with sailboats in the background, and a small sun-dial beside her. She has brown hair and a wistful expression, maybe pleasant, maybe bored. Letters in the upper right say The Bitter Tears of Petra Wojciehowicz.

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  • Falk Meets Mat Ban - Episode 135

    Falk Meets Mat Ban - Episode 135
    2025/08/02
    Can Falk vanquish one of the grimmest, darkest, most dangerous vigilantes to ever delight audiences in our grimmest, darkest world? How do you have more than one origin story? Listen to find out!Falk Meets Mat Ban, episode 135 of This Gun in My Hand, was grimly darkened by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Good lord, I wrote this script so long ago, it was promoting my previous story collection. For the freshest fiction, buy my novella Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I signal when the story is about to get gritty? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Catafalque Earth Moving Equipment is not affiliated with Monback Brothers Trash Hauling. 2. We did not hit this season’s quota with episode 131. But there’s still time.3. The often-repeated origin story of a certain vigilante detective in long underwear begins with his parents getting killed after they saw The Mark of Zorro. The Crimson Clown mentioned in this episode was another anti-hero from Johnston McCulley, creator of Zorro. No films of The Crimson Clown were released in our universe, to the best of my knowledge.4. How many spoonerisms did you count in this episode? I count at least three. I’m particularly proud of Mat Ban: The Narc Right Detournes.Credits:The opening music 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.The music for “Come Listen to Mat Ban” is my poor attempt to sound like Joel Mabus’s arrangement of “Blues in a Bottle,” first recorded and released 1928 by Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers although the original author is unknown, “traditional.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfT4cJA1n64&t=29sSound Effect Title: Rain.WAV by inchadneyLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/123703/ Sound Effect Title: Downpipe2.wav by digitfishmusicLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/71594/?Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: helmutscream_short.wav by creativeheroesLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/84353/ Sound Effect Title: Wood_Creak_02.wav by dheming License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/177779/ Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot) by CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Bouncing Glas Marbles.wav by Cymeon License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/245402/ Sound Effect Title: 06-1 Shovel by 16GPanskaKomarkova_Marina License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/496725/ Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel by Joozz License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/Sound Effect Title: Beep 1 sec.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/austin1234575/sounds/213795/Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Punching with ivy by itsadequateLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/353676/ Sound Effect Title: Punches.wav by CGEffex License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/94679/ Sound Effect Title: G24-01-Warner Brothers Body Fall.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438300/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain Suspense Comics Number 6, October 1944, art by John Giunta. Note that whoever lettered this page misspelled the artist’s last name. Everywhere I can find it on the web, it’s spelled “Giunta.” Image Alt text: Comic book style line art depicts a skeletal grim reaper-type figure and faces of several people inside a black circle. An oversized string of pearls extends from one of the ghoul’s hands toward the bottom of the drawing and back up to his other hand. In the upper left is the head of a woman with black hair wearing a red fascinator. In the upper left is a man’s face with a blue fedora and blue coat collar. Fourteen other faces of men and women appear in and around the pearls. Across the top are the words ‘“...pretty pearls..pretty pearls..”’ Credits on the lower right show “Story by R. Northrup, Art by John Guinta.” It’s spelled wrong, should be Giunta. In lower right large letters say FALK MEETS MAT BAN.
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  • This Banjo on My Knee - Episode 134

    This Banjo on My Knee - Episode 134
    2025/07/13
    Why have the abandoned farm houses outside of town filled up and why are the squatters shooting at each other? Are they even human? What is a “mam-mama” or a “goomah?” What state is Parabellum City in? Listen to find out!This Banjo on My Knee, episode 134 of This Gun in My Hand, was farmed and worked by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What musical instrument accompanies my lyrical exposition? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. When I moved from Michigan to Houston for a year, courting my pen-pal Melinda, I heard one of her teen-aged nieces use the term “Mam-mama” for her grandmother. I developed a theory that across the South, they keep adding the sound “mam” for every generation of a matriarch. My theory was wrong. It was just one kid who had trouble pronouncing “grandmama.”2. “Goomah” is an Americanized pronunciation of the Italian word “comare,” informally used to mean mistress.3. A great aunt or second cousin in my mother’s father’s family published a book of genealogy and stories about the family, including a poem by somebody way back which included the down-homey line “Now Pa, you’re fabricatin’.”4. Another mistake I found after recording and editing which I didn’t feel like fixing: the word “this” is a demonstrative pronoun or demonstrative determiner, not a personal pronoun.Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Interstitial music from the public domain radio show Mystery House, “Dagger in the Dark” broadcast July 5, 1946. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birdsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#Sound Effect Title: Shoe polishing - tripple wipe stroke - 221098_AshtiHari_SD100_Term4.wav by 221098HariPotterLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/221098HariPotter/sounds/655571/?Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot) by CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: 22lr Caliber Rifle Shots and Reloading License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/717133/ Sound Effect Title: gavel-double.flacBy zerolagtime (Sen. John Kerry recorded from C-Span)License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/zerolagtime/sounds/70069/Sound Effect Title: typewriter18.ogg by tams_kp License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/43558/ Sound Effect Title: G24-01-Warner Brothers Body Fall.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438300/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Hillbilly Comics, Volume 1, Number 4, October 1955, by Art Gates, public domain. Full issue available at:https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=12739Alt Image Text: Comic book line art of six stereotypical hillbillies in a sleek yellow convertible, speeding away from the silhouette of a man jumping in the distance, a word balloon saying “Stop” pointing to him. A man with black beard, no mustache and ragged hat is smiling as he leans over the steering wheel. A beautiful young black-haired woman in a patched and ragged blouse sits in the middle of the front seat with her arm behind the driver. A scowling man with a bowl haircut and grey cap (possibly a Confederate kepi) is in the passenger side of the front seat, his bare feet dangling out the side of the car with a black boar held in his lap. In the back seat are an older, heavy woman laughing widely with one tooth missing, a distressed looking young man sprawled in her lap with his feet out the side of the car, and an excited young man in a coonskin cap with a long-barrelled musket that is firing. A word balloon pointing to the man with musket says, “THIS BANJO ON MY KNEE comics.” A word balloon pointing to the driver says “SOLD TO THE AMERICAN!”
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  • A Very Special Thirty-Eight - Episode 132

    A Very Special Thirty-Eight - Episode 132
    2025/06/18

    How will Falk solve problems like social disease, substance abuse or stranger danger? What happened to the villain at the end of the episode? Maybe if you listen, you’ll find out. Did you ever think of that?

    A Very Special Thirty Eight, episode 132 of This Gun in My Hand, was written, voiced and edited especially by the only member of its cast and crew, Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What prevents me from suffocating in an unventilated chamber? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. “The nonsense rat is endemic to the Nicobar Islands” in India, inhabiting “tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests,” according to Wikipedia.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonsense_rat
    2. I’m not sure if enough people were flying across the USA in 1939 for coastal elites to have developed the insult of “flyover states.” Let’s pretend they had.

    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. Other interstitial music was taken from the public domain radio show Bold Venture. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birds
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#

    Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot) by Carmelomike
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/

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

    Sound Effect Title: FX_Footsteps_Outside_Pavement01.WAV by PeteBarry
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/647403/

    Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wav by malupeeters
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/

    Sound Effect Title: Old refrigerator door.m4a by ckjzam
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/421626/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a public domain print advertisement for the International Harvester Defender Refrigerator, found in the 5 October 1946 issue of Australian Women’s Weekly. Artist unknown.
    https://archive.org/details/1946-advertisement-for-international-harvester-defender-refrigerator

    Image Alt text: Painting from a 1946 magazine ad shows a woman in a sleeveless red blouse and yellow skirt with flowery decoration near the waist, gesturing with her left hand towards an open refrigerator beside her. Maybe she’s in a showroom because she’s holding a curtain with her right hand. The fridge is packed with milk bottles, jars, soda or wine, a platter of fruit, a bundt cake, a whole chicken on a plate. Across the top of the image it says “THIS GUN IN MY HAND PRESENTS.” An unrolled scroll in the bottom left reads “A Very Special Thirty-Eight.”

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  • Johnny Got His Gun in My Hand - Episode 131

    Johnny Got His Gun in My Hand - Episode 131
    2025/06/04

    Where am I? How could they leave me alone with my thoughts? You know it’s matrilineal, right? Listen to find out!

    Johnny Got His Gun in My Hand, episode 131 of This Gun in My Hand, was encased and basketed by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I disperse powder with deadly results? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. The floor cleaning solution we used at Taco Bell in 1995 was labeled “degreaser/desengrasadora.” It was not a brand name but it sounds flowery. Just in case someone in our darkest timeline really uses that brand name, let me remind you that the audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

    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: bustle in the pub
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/

    Sound Effect Title: HARP GLISSANDO DOWN.WAV
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/olver/sounds/505064/

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

    Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wav
    License: Public domain
    https://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/#

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Dime Mystery Magazine, Volume 28, Number 2, January 1943, art by Milton Luros. In public domain.

    Image Alt text: Painted pulp magazine cover. A red-haired woman in yellow blouse pulls back startled from a bony, possibly undead creature in a sarcophagus in front of her, raising a knife toward her. She’s dropping a small box with Egyptian drawings on it. The walls behind her show Egyptian style figures. Along the top it says 10¢, “JAN” and has “A Popular Publication” logo which looks like a skull. The title across the top is “THIS GUN IN MY HAND ZINE.” A small label in lower right shows a blue eagle and “BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS FOR VICTORY.” A larger box in lower left shows white letters on red background: “AN IMAGE THAT’S ALMOST COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THIS EPISODE. EXCEPT THERE IS A SARCOPHAGUS IN IT SO THAT COUNTS.”
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  • Shoot the Moon - Episode 130

    Shoot the Moon - Episode 130
    2025/05/24

    Can Falk and his friends stop a careless rocket launch in the heart of Parabellum City that could damage buildings and injure citizens? Which heroes or villains will guest star on this season finale? Does the Moon have air? Listen to find out!

    Shoot the Moon, episode 130 of This Gun in My Hand, was launched by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon, which is not owned by the world’s RICHEST Nazi. But he’s kiiiiiinda… With what do I shoot the moon? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. There are too many special guests in this episode to list all their previous appearances. If you’re fanatical, you can look them up in the subject index linked below, which lists character appearances, characters mentioned, locations, music, ads and fake radio shows in the previous 129 episodes.
    https://thisguninmyhand.blogspot.com/2022/02/subject-index.html

    2. I usually try to restrain myself from pointing out all the pop culture references in episodes of This Gun in My Hand, because if you don’t recognize the reference in the first place, it’s not going to become funny when it’s pointed out. But just to give a sense of the volume, here are all the allusions or subjects of parody in this episode: Buck Rogers, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Moonraker, Batman, Godfather II, Agatha Christie, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Hill Street Blues, Twin Peaks, Barney Miller, Green Hornet, Buckaroo Banzai, Defenders of the Earth, GI Joe, the Secretary of “Health and Human Services” (sic), and that guy who capitalized on his inherited generational wealth and suckered people into believing he’s a genius (sorry, that doesn’t narrow it down, does it?).

    Credits:
    The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950). The “Spoilers” commercial music was from The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948). Closing music was from Killer Bait (1949). All three films are 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: Pop
    Performed by Rob pulling the stopper out of a 60mL enteral syringe

    Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/

    Sound Effect Title: Djembe Hit 13 Hi Rim.wav by carlmartin
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/158957/

    Sound Effect Title: Punch.wav
    By ztrees1
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/people/ztrees1/sounds/134934/

    Sound Effect Title: EARTHQUAKE OR DISTANT SPACE SHUTTLE RUMBLE.WAV by metrostock99
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/203281/

    Sound Effect Title: Rumble 1.wav by Zeraora
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/524489/

    Sound Effect Title: Landmass / Earth Rumble by el-bee
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/363122/

    Sound Effect Title: Rockfall (7lrs,grnlzr,Eq) 2.wav by newlocknew
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/497206/

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

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the novel cover “And Then The Town Took Off,” art by Edmund Emshwiller.

    Image Alt text: Painting shows close-up of a rocket or jet pilot through the clear canopy of the vehicle, high in the sky. Through the side of his windshield we see a massive hunk of earth with houses and buildings on top of it moving through the air, as if it had been removed with a giant ice cream scoop and hurled into orbit.
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  • No Accounting for Taste - Episode 129

    No Accounting for Taste - Episode 129
    2025/05/04

    Can Falk bring down an accounting firm with ties to organized crime? Can math lead to redemption? What’s the Croatian equivalent of “bada boom, bada bing”? Listen to find out!

    No Accounting for Taste, episode 129 of This Gun in My Hand, was put in the red and written off by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I move data from temporary accounts on an income statement to permanent accounts on a balance sheet? With This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. The absurd street names and Mr. Bellechek’s convoluted plan were inspired by/in homage to/ripped off from the public domain January 31, 1949 episode of Lux Radio Theatre titled “The Street With No Name.” A section of dialog with the boss and mugs repeating his plan were taken almost verbatim from there.
    https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Lux_Radio_Theatre_Season_15_Singles/Lux_Radio_Theatre_49-01-31_643_Street_with_No_Name.mp3

    2. I have no opinion about the efficacy or personality of any sport team manager ever and intend no satirical commentary on them in this story. It’s up to consumers of stories how to interpret them anyway. Don’t get me started on “The Death of the Author” theory because I will go off. The audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons or organized crime families, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. No managers were harmed in the making of this story.

    3. Most of the absurd street names are taken from titles of actual noir films or old songs.

    4. Here’s the wikipedia entry on the Five Families who run the Mafia in NYC.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Families

    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.

    Music Title (background for commercial): Clarinet Squawk
    Composed by Anton Lada, Yellow Nuņez and Joe Cawley
    Performed by Louisiana Five
    Recorded 12 September 1919, Edison 50609-R
    License: Public Domain
    https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Louisiana_Five/Edison_Blue_Amberol_3896/Clarinet_squawk/

    Sound Effect Title: HARP GLISSANDO DOWN.WAV
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/olver/sounds/505064/

    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

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the paperback cover of Down and Out by Les Masters, painted by Victor Olson, thought to be public domain.

    Image Alt text: Painting of a man in blue suit, white shirt, light blue striped tie, seated behind a desk. He’s smiling slightly with his elbows on the desktop, his hands together in front of him with a lit cigarette. He has dark hair. The desk has a pencil cup and only one paper on it. Beside him is a sliver of window with a view of the nighttime cityscape and a vertical sign just outside the window that reads “ACCOUNT”. Presumably the rest of the word is cut off. Caption in upper right reads “NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE.”
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