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Halloween

October 29, 2025 · 27 min

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A murder mystery can be spooky, too.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
— The Halloween Murders by John Newton Chance
— Wraiths and Changelings by Gladys Mitchell
— Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh
— The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr
— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
— The Spirit Murder Mystery by Robin Forsythe
— Rim of the Pit by Hake Talbot
— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Unicorn Murders by Carter Dickson
— He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
— The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr
— A Corpse at Camp Two by Glyn Carr
— Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer
— The Ghost It Was by Richard Hull
— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham
— “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb” by Agatha Christie, collected in Poirot Investigates
— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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