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The Golden Age Autopsy

Step inside the mortuary.

Thanks to my guest, Carla Valentine, for joining me. Her book, Murder Isn’t Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie, has lots more on this subject, as does her previous appearance on Shedunnit, Murder Isn’t Easy.

Mentioned in the episode:
Murder Isn’t Easy by Carla Valentine
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
— “The Lernean Hydra” by Agatha Christie, featured in The Labours of Hercules
— Notable Trials books (Shedunnit episode on the subject linked below)
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie

Related Shedunnit episodes:
Murder Isn’t Easy
Notable Trials

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