Episodes

  • On the Gunny Side of the Street - Episode 146

    On the Gunny Side of the Street - Episode 146
    Feb 22 2026

    What if this beautiful day is just a dream? What if it’s a story contrived by someone with ulterior motives? What does a guy gotta do to get some shut-eye around here? Listen to find out!

    On the Gunny Side of the Street, episode 146 of This Gun in My Hand, was brought to light 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. With what do I pierce the veil between our illusory existence and the dark truth underlying it all? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. For Cherry Pachyderm’s arguments that chili does not exist, listen to episode 73, “Escalating Pitch.”
    https://archive.org/details/tgimh-73-escalating-pitch

    2. In an earlier episode, Cherry Pachyderm describes the emblem on his chest as a cherry tree. The elephant is hiding in the cherry tree so you can’t see it. People were confused by his emblem and started calling him “Cherry Tree,” so he changed it to a red elephant at some point. [This is a retcon. Outside of the story, I just forgot what his emblem was and thought it was always an elephant. I caught this mistake before recording the episode and wrote dialog for him to explain it, but it was too boring. Now it’s a little lagniappe for people who read the show notes!]

    3. After Cherry mentions the germ theory of disease, I was going to make a dig at RFK jr’s preferred “miasma theory” of disease. But it’s supposed to be a happy story to take your mind off our grim reality.

    Credits:
    The opening and closing music in this episode came from two public domain films, The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) and Killer Bait (1949). Most of the music and sound effects are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

    Sound Effect Title: Perfect SongBirds (Seamlessly Loopable) by DreamSavvyr
    License: Public domain
    https://freesound.org/s/781115/

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

    Sound Effect Title: children1.mp3 by yacou
    License: Public domain
    https://freesound.org/s/190894/

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

    Sound Effect Title: FEETHmn-MCU_Footsteps, On Grass_Nicholas Judy_TDC by designerschoice
    License: Public domain
    https://freesound.org/s/807862/

    Sound Effect Title: hamp rope creaks by 6polnic
    License: Public domain
    https://freesound.org/s/231438/

    Music title: On the Sunny Side of the Street
    Composed by Jimmy McHugh (some think it was Fats Waller)
    Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
    Performed by Ted Lewis and his Band, 1930
    License: Public domain
    https://archive.org/details/78_on-the-sunny-side-of-the-street_ted-lewis-and-his-band_wave

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from this public domain photograph:
    Title: Detail view of terrazzo floor medallion - National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC.
    Photographer: Rosenthal, James W.
    License: Public domain
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_view_of_terrazzo_floor_medallion_-_National_Zoological_Park,_Elephant_House,_3001_Connecticut_Avenue_NW,_Washington,_District_of_Columbia,_DC_HABS_dc-777-C-26.tif

    Image Alt text: A red pictogram of an elephant on a circular white background, surrounded by more red. The whole thing is shot through with light and dark gray flecks as if rusted or distressed.
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  • This Wrench in My Gears - Episode 145

    This Wrench in My Gears - Episode 145
    Jan 25 2026

    What could you do to frustrate or delay the jackbooted thugs in your community if you lived under an authoritarian regime? Where can you find more practical methods of sabotage? What’s the hair and salt for? Listen to find out!

    This Wrench in My Gears, episode 145 of This Gun in My Hand, was maliciously wrecked 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 do I use on slot machines to avoid developing a gambling problem? This Gun in My Hand!
    Show Notes:1. This episode was inspired by Mother Bone's posts about the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, released internally in 1944 by the OSS (predecessor of the CIA) and declassified in 2018. The concepts could be used today by anyone resisting an occupying force or authoritarian regime. Direct quotes from the manual appear throughout this episode.https://archive.org/details/simplesabotagefi26184gut/page/n5/mode/2up2. I have pocket knives with pictures of Tarzan and Lash LaRue on the handles. Here’s a picture of a colorful Hopalong Cassidy pocket knife:https://www.etsy.com/listing/1068482143/vintage-hopalong-cassidy-pocket-knife?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F3. I thought I was being ridiculous imagining slot machines branded with 1930s comic strip characters, but apparently there was really a Blondie machine at some point, and just last year they released a video slot machine featuring The Phantom.https://www.aristocratgaming.com/us/slots/games/the-phantom4. Anachronism! Lash LaRue’s first film appearance was in 1944, and he only began to star in Westerns around 1947.4. Anachronism! The comic strip Sad Sack was first published in Yank, The Army Weekly in June 1942. The generic expression “sad sack” may not have been common until after the comic strip became popular.
    Credits:Music in this episode came from three public domain films:The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948), and Killer Bait (1949). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.
    Sound Effect Title: Heels on Pavement.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/B.Harkins/sounds/683658/
    Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/532788/
    Fair use brief audio clip of William Shatner taken from outtake of a recording session for the 1993 PC Game Star Trek: Judgment Rites.
    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a photograph by Horst Grund from 1943 titled “Sizilien, Reifenpanne mit VW-Kübelwagen.” Italy, Sicily, 1943. A flat tire on a VW-Kübelwagen, soldier with jack going to replace the tire. By Bundesarchiv, Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike Germany 3.0. (Note that the CC Attribution-Share Alike license applies only to this image, not to the text or audio from this episode.)
    Image Alt text: Color photo of a soldier in short sleeves and khaki shorts cranking a jack along the driver’s side of a VW Kubelwagen with a flat tire. The hood over the engine compartment in the rear of the car is open. The car is beige, dirty and worn. The background appears to be a large body of water or sea with hills or mountains rising over it. The photo was taken in Sicily, Italy, in 1943. I’m not familiar enough with military uniforms to tell if this is a German or Italian soldier.
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  • Humoresce Anecdotage - Episode 144

    Humoresce Anecdotage - Episode 144
    Dec 27 2025
    What if logicality warping? Source of warpage unknown. Gun hero prancing for answers. Will satisfying resolution evince? Only listeners find out!Humoresce Anecdotage, episode 144 of This Gun in My Hand, was Tuesday banister 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 if cantina pickle destiny? That Gun Right There!Show Notes:1. Madison Standish is the star of Madison On the Air, an audio drama podcast about an internet influencer zapped into old time radio shows. The scripts are taken from actual shows, rewritten to insert Madison and performed by a modern cast. Highly recommended. https://www.madisonontheair.com/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 surrounding or during commercials came from “Journey Into Fear,” an episode of the radio show Hour of Mystery first broadcast on June 9, 1946.Sound Effect Title: Glitch Element 13.wav by GlitchedtonesLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/223311/ Sound Effect Title: Glitch Element 05.wav by GlitchedtonesLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/223304/ Sound Effect Title: Glitch Element 06.wav by Glitchedtones License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/223303/ Sound Effect Title: BitCrushedGlitch1.wav by NickR2020 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/525050/ Sound Effect Title: wetfart glitch.flac by dudebroman2 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/592181/ Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: G32-08-Buzzing Sparks.wav by craigsmithLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438492/ Sound Effect Title: modem_sounds.wav by joedeshon License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/80288/ Sound Effect Title: d_s478_riding.wav by relwinLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/686059/Sound Effect Title: emmentaler steam train.mp3 by Zozzy License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/56645/ Sound Effect Title: Stomach RumbleLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/yrdn/sounds/473989/Sound Effect Title: Industrial Buzz 2.wav by DeVern License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/346396/ Music Title: Unus Ex Discipulis Meis (You Are One of My Students)Composed by Tomás Luis de VictoriaPerformed by Anonymous ChoirLicense: Public Domainhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Anonymous_Choir/Toms_Luis_de_Victorias_Unus_Ex_Discipulis_Meis/Unus_Ex_Discipulis_Meis/Sound Effect Title: hamster in a jar.wav by Liancu License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/344728/ Sound Effect Title: Mouse Squeaks.wav by shyguy014 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/463789/ Sound Effect Title: Stampede by bevibeldesign License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/350425/ Sound Effect Title: Hand saw by SoundsLikeYukon License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/760611/ The image accompanying this episode is a collage including:1. Background “VaporwaveWP3Print by Mike Grauer Jr_CC-BY. License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_grauer/26310058937/2. The comic book figure on the left of the picture is from the public domain comic All-True Detective Cases Number 1 (1952), art by Vince Alascia. The hand with gun is from the same issue, artist unknown.Image Alt text: A wobbly grid extends across a floor changing from light purple to pink as it moves to the horizon, where it forms jagged, transparent mountains. A too-spherical yellow-orange globe sits on the center of the horizon, the violet sky above dotted with stars. On the left of the landscape, a man in a brown suit and hat seems to halt in the middle of running, his hands splayed to his sides. From the lower right corner of the image, a hand aims a revolver at the startled man.
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  • Dead End on Holiday Road

    Dead End on Holiday Road
    Dec 8 2025

    Will Falk and Reverend Gusmacher survive the rows of gunbots waiting to receive them in Santopolis? Will they repel the robot invasion? When did rectal digital examination become common practice? Listen in case you might find out!

    Dead End on Holiday Road, episode 143 of This Gun in My Hand, was up-armored and driven 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 will the Sandman bring you this year? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. Reverend Gusmacher acts like a jerk in some ways. This is not meant as a generalization about the behavior of all clergy or members of his denomination. Any factual errors should be blamed on the characters, not the writer.
    2. Why does Falk say “robit” sometimes and “robot” other times? Because he’s making an effort to say it the way everybody else does but forgetting sometimes.

    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: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/

    Sound Effect Title: WaHi Airbrakes blast.mp3
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/chripei/sounds/393663/

    Sound Effect Title: Gear Grinding Sound Effect 14
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixw7jInQvKo

    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

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

    Sound Effect Title: Machine gun.wav by CGEffex
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/101962/

    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: S18-25 Rifle shots battle.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675666/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the back cover from the public domain Greyhound promotional comic book Driving Like a Pro (1958), artist unknown.
    https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=31501

    Image Alt text: Comic book art of a passenger bus, an angled view near the front door. A smiling man in dark blue uniform and cap holds the door open as he moves to enter it. Behind him, a young boy in yellow and black short-sleeved shirt waves. Near the top, it’s labeled DEAD END ON HOLIDAY ROAD. A box near bottom right is labeled EPISODE 143 OF THIS GUN IN MY HAND. A word balloon aimed at the man says, “Sorry, Billy. I’ve got to weld steel plates on this bus so I can deliver the padre to testify against robot imposters in Santopolis. We can play catch later, if I survive.”
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  • When the Revolution Scrums - Episode 142

    When the Revolution Scrums - Episode 142
    Nov 28 2025

    The Revolution has come and it’s interrupting a team meeting. Who are these brave men and women fighting for freedom, wherever there’s trouble? Will Falk stand with them or against them? Would you believe I’m a cyborg? Listen to find out!

    When the Revolution Scrums, episode 142 of This Gun in My Hand, was produced by the means 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 Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I signal the beginning or end of the two week intervals by which we measure progress in the revolution? With This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. Thanks to W. Town Andrews for pointing out the mispronunciation of “Tagalog” in episode 140.
    2. The Witchy Lion Closet was published in 1950, so Billy must have heard the story from Catch-2022.

    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: gavel-double.flac
    By zerolagtime (Sen. John Kerry recorded from C-Span)
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    https://freesound.org/people/zerolagtime/sounds/70069/

    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

    Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/

    Sound Effect Title: Running in boots on wood floors by ayse.j.e
    License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    https://freesound.org/s/785429/

    Commercial Song Title: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
    Composed by Henry Purcell, 1692.
    Performed by Carl Pini, John Tunnell, Anthony Pini and Harold Lester.
    License: Public Domain
    https://musopen.org/music/11140-the-fairy-queen-z629/

    Sound Effect Title: Wind-up Crank by RICHERlandTV
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/265614/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    Sound Effect Title: R02-06-Medium Crowd Applause.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480682/

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

    Sound Effect Title: G32-08-Buzzing Sparks.wav by craigsmith
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/s/438492/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from The Uprising by Diego Rivera, 1931.

    Image Alt text: Painting of a battle between men in beige uniforms and workers in newsboy caps and blue overalls waving red flags or banners. In the foreground, an angry woman in an orange dress carrying a baby pushes away a sabre thrust by one of the soldiers. A man next to her pulls away to avoid the thrust. There’s a man on the ground behind them clutching his stomach or chest.
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  • Bringing a Gun to a Fistfight - Episode 141

    Bringing a Gun to a Fistfight - Episode 141
    Nov 14 2025

    Why is a bank robber giving up so easily in the middle of a gunfight? Why did he bring a crowd of people to cheer him on? Who chose the snacks to sell at this spectacle? Listen to find out!

    Bringing a Gun to a Fistfight, episode 141 of This Gun in My Hand, was set-up and knocked down 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 keep lawns tidy? This Gun in My Hand!
    Show Notes:1. The expression “win one for the Gipper” came from the film Knute Rockne, All-American, released in October 1940.2. This episode was inspired by the 1949 film The Set-Up. Doses of wicked humor between scenes of drama and tension and cynicism.
    Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950). Music throughout the first commercial came from The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all three films in the public domain. Music from the second commercial came from the radio show Hour of Mystery, first broadcast June 9th, 1946. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.
    Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot) by CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/
    Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html
    Sound Effect Title: Manwe-metal_tools_on_concrete.wav by ManweLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/238650/
    Sound Effect Title: single classic blink.wav by ShangASDFGuy123 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/795943/
    Sound Effect Title: G30-69-Outdoor Crowd Walla.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438429/
    Sound Effect Title: Machine gun.wav by CGEffex License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/101962/
    Sound Effect Title: S29-08 Navy ship classic danger whistle siren.wav by craigsmithLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/675782/
    Sound Effect Title: Bare feet on wood floor.wav by treblemaker69 License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/565609/
    The image accompanying this episode is a modified panel from the public domain comic book Web of Mystery, July 1954, issue 25. Artist unknown.
    Image Alt text: Line art from a comic book. One silhouetted figure slugs another in the stomach. The background is all yellow, a row of spectators gathered around the fighters. The caption across the top reads “BRINGING A GUN TO A FISTFIGHT!” One of the spectators says, “Don’t listen to that dame, Joe. I been wit ya from the starta your career. Don’t I make sure they take all the butterscotch disks outta the candy dish in ya dressing room?”
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  • Passage to the Orient - Episode 140

    Passage to the Orient - Episode 140
    Oct 31 2025
    Imagine a mild-mannered white guy who takes on a non-white identity to fight crime. Wouldn’t 1939 radio producers do an amazing job with that? Listen to find out!Passage to the Orient, episode 140 of This Gun in My Hand, was smuggled into your ears 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 martial art is even more deadly than ninyutsu? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. “Castello” means castle in Italian, “Lupo” means wolf, and “roccia” means “rock.” In German it would be something like “Wolfenstein.”2. Raymond Tokutaro Muramoto, the voice actor who originated Kato on the Green Hornet radio show, was a Japanese immigrant. In real life, he was sent to an internment camp during World War II. Here’s a short bio I wrote about him:https://archive.org/details/the-first-katohttp://dayjobspodcast.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-first-kato.html 3. Read more about the young political firebrand Nguyễn Ái Quốc after whom Harlan plans to name his radio hero:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh4. As always, listeners should be skeptical of any claims made by characters in the show, especially if they’re trying to define a term like “code-switching” that hadn’t been coined and wasn’t in use in 1939. The opinions of these clowns do not necessarily reflect my own so I’m off the hook for any lies or mistakes they make.5. This episode was inspired by Straight Arrow, a radio show broadcast from 1948-1951. An Apache orphan raised by a white couple maintains the identity of “Steve Adams” until it’s time to fight crime as Apache warrior “Straight Arrow.” Elements were ripped off from The Lone Ranger, like the cavern full of gold that funds his crime-fighting. Only his trusted friend “Packy” the crusty miner who sounds like Gabby Hayes knows the truth. Lots of talk about his innate Apache abilities, his keen Indian eyesight, and Straight Arrow drops his voice and speaks haltingly, although not quite in broken English like Tonto. https://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Western&series=Straight%20ArrowCredits: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: Matkustajakone / Passenger plane DC-3 (Dakota) - Sisällä / Inside by YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/406952/ Sound Effect Title: FOLEY_Footsteps_Metal_002.wav by conleec License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/149454/ Sound Effect Title: Wind shaking a tree, loud and muffled gust of wind recorded in Nebraska by felix.blumeLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/657003/ Sound Effect Title: Cracking wood by JappeHallunken License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/501302/ Sound Effect Title: dry branches cracking.aiff by SoundCollectah License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/109357/ Sound Effect Title: Foley_Natural_Wood_Barks_Crush_Mono.wav by Nox_Sound License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/558380/ Sound Effect Title: Rustling leaves by giddster License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/437356/ Sound Effect Title: Walking Through Tall Grass by naturenotesuk License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/698895/ Sound Effect Title: dawn_birds.wav by paul.hLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/557332/ Sound Effect Title: Usignolo - Nightingale by danygdanygLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/234169/ Sound Effect Title: Tuscan Birdsong.wav by gazsound License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/156002/ Sound Effect Title: G57-05-Creature Getting Stabbed.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438891/ Sound Effect Title: G24-01-Warner Brothers Body Fall.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438300/ Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/532788/Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: Dropping Body on Hard Ground.wav by jjhouse4License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/203039/ Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: S16-06 Light wooden door open & close.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675878/Sound Effect Title: Kicking rock wall and almost falling. by Edelhanie License: Creative Commons Attribution...
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  • Bottle Episode - Episode 139

    Bottle Episode - Episode 139
    Oct 14 2025
    Why did Falk follow Petra into this stupid walk-in refrigerator? Why are the shelves filled with human heads in bottles? Are you some kind of non-partisan, crime-adjacent figure? Listen to find out!Bottle Episode, This Gun in My Hand’s 139th, was kept alive and shoved in a jar 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 the real monster, the creator? His creation? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Falk’s claim about what temperature constitutes “t-shirt weather” in Michigan is debatable. You’ll see some people not of sound minds wearing short sleeves and shorts at 30 F or less.2. The Technocrat quotes from the Wikipedia entry on Dubstep without giving attribution. He might be a plagiarist but I’m not. This is me, Rob Northrup, giving attribution that I quoted most of a line from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep which “emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended two-step rhythms and sparse dub production, incorporating elements of broken beat, grime, and drum and bass.” 3. Musical subgenres are way too arcane for me to understand so my characters don’t understand it either. I’m not vouching for any of the claims they make.Credits:The opening and later 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: Large Refrigerator compressor hum 1 by FOSSarts License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/740110/ Sound Effect Title: Hissing.m4a by TheScarlettWitch89 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/415287/ Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/532788/ Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/532788/ Sound Effect Title: Heavy_door_lock.wav by beerbelly38 License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/197305/ Music Title: You’re Driving Me CrazyComposed by Walter Donaldson, 1930Performed by Lennington H. Shewell and Allan McIver.License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/VictorThereminRecordingsCollection1925-1935/You're+Driving+Me+Crazy+1930+VIctor+Theremin+-+Victor+216559.mp3Sound Effect Title: techloop7.wav by fons License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/62441/ Sound Effect Title: TECHNO LOOP 1.wav by adamskitek License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/33585/ Sound Effect Title: TECHNO LOOP SPEEDY J STYLEE.wav by adamskitekLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/33614/ Sound Effect Title: Kick Bass Bassline OffBeat Loop F#1 142bpm PsyTrance Vol3 SYNDRM.wav by SYNDRM License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/612061/ Sound Effect Title: Drum & Bass Drum Loop 02 by TheEndOfACycle License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/660537/ Sound Effect Title: Edm Strontium Sweep with reverb.wav by LeeNath License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/277409/ Sound Effect Title: bass_line_drums_jz22.mp3 by JoaoSantaCruz License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/649209/ Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book Forbidden Worlds, Number 33, September 1954. Pencils and inks by Lloyd Cynwald.Image Alt text: Line art panel from a comic book. A man with red hair wearing green scrubs and holding a scalpel leans over a man on a gurney or table, covered by a white sheet. Angled skylight windows are behind the surgeon. A light hangs low over the table. Dark glass jars like you might see in a laboratory are in the foreground, connected to each other by tubes. Caption across the top reads “HOW WILL FALK AND PETRA ESCAPE – THE BOTTLE EPISODE!” A word balloon pointing to the surgeon reads, “OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT TECHNO! THE TEREMIN INFLUENCE COMES FROM PETROGRAD, BUT ANY IDIOT KNOW THAT DUBSTEP EMERGED AS A UK GARAGE OFFSHOT BLENDING 2-STEP RHYTHMS WITH SPARSE…” The font in the word balloon gets smaller and smaller toward the end.
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