This Gun in My Hand

By: Robert Thomas Northrup
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  • Indomitable hero by virtue of the fact that he carries a gun, Falk Zildjian patrols the streets of Parabellum City in search of injustices to shoot. What would make anyone listen to an old time radio parody with a cast of one? This Gun in My Hand!
    © 2020 by Robert Thomas Northrup. Some rights reserved. Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives License.
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  • It Was a Dark and Stormy Reading of the Will - Episode 112

    It Was a Dark and Stormy Reading of the Will - Episode 112
    Sep 8 2024
    Will a mansion full of monsters and ghouls scare Falk Zildjian away from doing his duty? Will hearts be torn out or tamed? Is there anyone here besides us chickens? Listen to find out!It Was a Dark and Stormy Reading of the Will, episode 112 of This Gun in My Hand, was carried out according to the final instructions of 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. What ensures that I get good deals at thrift stores? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Watching The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966), The Bat (1959) or House on Haunted Hill (1959) will not necessarily prepare you for this episode, but it’d be a good excuse to put off listening to this episode.The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UyPC24qfI4The Bat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3OM8jbBJQHouse on Haunted Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsnw-RNGKFY2. This Gun in My Hand is perpetually set in 1939. Patsy Kelly’s next movie after 1939 was released in October 1940, The Hit Parade of 1941, also known as Romance and Rhythm. Her reputation was enough to get her listed on the posters for this film, and pictured on some of them.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Parade_of_1941#/media/File:Hit_Parade_of_1941.jpg3. The audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, real organizations, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, organizations, 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.4. Clacton-on-Sea is east and a little north of London, but it’s not in what they consider East London.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 Title: Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I’m in Love With You)Music by Leo Friedman, lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson, 1910.Performed by Carter’s Orchestra, 1924.License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/carters-orchestra-let-me-call-you-sweetheart-brunswick-3541-bSound Effect Title: R30-28-Classic Thunder Clap.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/486273/ Sound Effect Title: S23-19 Thunder claps; variation edit of Universal’s “Castle Thunder”.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/675991/ Sound Effect Title: G46-06-Treble-Heavy Thunder Crack.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438743/ Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/Sound Effect Title: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/Sound Effect Title: bus coach ext pull up brake air release idle.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454420/Sound Effect Title: Bus Closing DoorLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/am7/sounds/520753/Sound Effect Title: DoorKnockerVarious.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/136544/Sound Effect Title: Creaking door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/333929/ Sound Effect Title: Creaking Door License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/709418/ Sound Effect Title: Slam door.MP3License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/SoundsForHim/sounds/395653/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawerLicense: Public Domainhttp://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.htmlSound Effect Title: Glass Bottle Breaking License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/607910/Sound Effect Title: S10-19 Falling wooden beam; big interior crash; house collapses; long.wav by craigsmithLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/675967/ Sound Effect Title: Foley_Footsteps_ShedWoodenFloor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/523273/ Sound Effect Title: 175bpm_classical_running_freak.wavBy giacomelliLicense: Creative Commons Sampling+https://freesound.org/s/95763/ Sound Effect Title: TUBE POP.wavBy sandyrbLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/102540/Sound Effect Title: R27-20-Small Crowd Gasps.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480774/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of the public domain comic book This Magazine is Haunted, Number 9, February 1953. Artist might be Sheldon Moldoff.
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  • Cut Down in His Prime - Episode 111

    Cut Down in His Prime - Episode 111
    Aug 22 2024

    Falk misses! Who is The Loner? What are you, some kind of Rambling Man? A Wanderer? You find a dead body there, fella? Every day you find another body? Listen to find out!

    This episode was Cut Down in His Prime, episode 111 of This Gun in My Hand, found on the side of a dusty road and dusted off by Rob Northrup. Like all other episodes, this one is 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. Why are so many people alone in this town? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. I think it still counts as illegal breaking and/or entering if a door is unlocked, maybe even if the door is ajar. Or maybe that’s vampire rules, entering without an invitation. While we’re debunking legal myths, you can ask an undercover cop if they’re a cop, they are not required by law to tell you. And declaring yourself a “sovereign citizen” is not One Weird Trick to convince cops or prosecutors that their laws don’t apply to you.

    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: S31-16 Tommy gun busts; machine gun.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675603/

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

    Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel
    By Joozz
    https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/

    Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wav
    By malupeeters
    https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/

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

    Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#

    Sound Effect Title: Door knocking
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/altfuture/sounds/174640/

    Sound Effect Title: Body fall in grass CLOSE.mp3
    By J.Zazvurek
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/73583/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of the paperback novel Road Kid by Howard Pease, published in 1953, and I hope the cover is public domain. Artist unknown.
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  • This Gun Is My Hand - Episode 110

    This Gun Is My Hand - Episode 110
    Aug 11 2024

    After talking to a shady booker for a shortwave station, Falk’s body doesn’t seem to work like it used to. Will Falk’s gun still fire? When did he take off his shirt? Who won the story seed contest? Listen to find out!

    This Gun Is My Hand, episode 110 of This Gun in My Hand, was ushered into this world 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. How can you tell I’ve grown attached to firearms? This Gun is My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. I was confusing Roger Corman (born 1926) with David Cronenberg (born 1943). Corman would have been 14 in 1939. Cronenberg would have been a smile on his mother’s lips and a twinkle in his father’s eye.
    2. Ms. Harriet’s lullaby is derived from The Creed of a United States Marine, aka The Rifleman’s Creed.
    https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Frequently-Requested-Topics/Marines-Rifle-Creed/
    3. You might appreciate this episode more after watching twelve seasons of the delightful BBC series Call the Midwife. Sadly my local library doesn’t have season thirteen yet so I can’t vouch for that one.

    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.

    Sound Effect Title: NOISE-PINK-10VU.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/mutantra/sounds/571176/

    Sound Effect Title: Police Radio Chatter.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/320351/

    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: Slam door.MP3
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/SoundsForHim/sounds/395653/

    Sound Effect Title: 220531 Fly buzzing in window, short, R-07
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/717567/

    Sound Effect Title: Fly at Window
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/573240/

    Sound Effect Title: Pouring Soup in a Metal Pan - Quick,Short,Gross
    by Hitrison
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/251410/

    Sound Effect Title: Squishing.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/485484/

    Sound Effect Title: Burp 8
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/399761/

    Sound Effect Title: Broken Egg Squelch
    By d.n.audio.uk
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/s/461049/

    Sound Effect Title: Crying newborn baby child 2.WAV
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/211528/

    Sound Effect Title: 1911 Pistol Cocking
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/J.Anthracite/sounds/465488/

    Sound Effect Title: Glock 19 Handgun Pistol Slide Cocking Sounds
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393734/

    Sound Effect Title: AR15 M4 Gun Hardware Magazine Movement Sounds
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393732/

    The image accompanying this episode is a combination of the following public domain artworks:
    1. The cover of New Detective magazine, Volume 8, Number 4 (July 1946). Not sure of the artist.
    2. The cover of Argosy Weekly, Volume 230, Number 6 (July 2, 1932), art by Robert Graef.
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