Constance Kent: Precursors to Fiction
HA! I published the episode within a month! In this episode, we talk about the murder of Francis Saville Kent and the crime and murderer in common nineteenth-century media (broadsides and newspapers)....
30 Nov 202550min
Bonus: Check out Adaptation Today!
While all ten of you wait for my second episode (I'm almost done editing, I swear), check out Adaptation Today's backlog of episodes. Adaptation Today is a wonderful resource, including a listserv, we...
28 Nov 20252min
Episode Ten: Conclusion
Well, here we are! It’s the final episode of this season. Today, we’ll recap our arguments and reflect on the journey.Works Cited can be found on my website.Audio Credits:Audio CreditsTheme Music: Vi...
30 Maj 202416min
Episode Nine: From Hell
In the last episode of our detective chapter, we examine the movie From Hell and a fictional version of the historical detective involved in the actual case, Detective Abberline. We also discuss how t...
22 Maj 202457min
Episode Eight: Stalking Jack the Ripper
It’s time! In this episode, we discuss the very popular book Stalking Jack the Ripper and how the protagonist/forensic detective is a complicated portrayal of neo-Victorian gender. Works cited can be ...
15 Maj 20241h
Episode Seven: A Study in Terror
Today, we’ll explore a film called A Study in Terror, which combines two very famous Victorian figures, Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper. In this episode, we talk about how one of the most popular ...
8 Maj 202458min
Episode Six: Ripperature Detectives
In our first episode on detectives, we walk through some common detective tropes, the dependence of Ripperature on those tropes, and the dime novel “The Whitechapel Murders: Or, On the Track of the F...
1 Maj 202457min
