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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