Grab your deerstalkers, fill up your pipe from your Persian slipper and let’s talk Holmes! We discuss the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, in particular the one portrayed by Robert Stephens in the 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. This episode is a bit longer partly because it’s the first time we talk aboutContinue reading “Episode 6 — The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”
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Episode 5 — Rebecca
WHO was Rebecca? WHAT was her deal? WHY is everyone so obsessed with her and her underwear? We watch the first mystery that is brand new to all of us, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940), and (wo)man, do we have some opinions. As modern “woke”* people, we give the main character an actual name and talkContinue reading “Episode 5 — Rebecca”
Episode 4 — The Great Muppet Caper
Get ready for our scariest episode so far—we watch the 1981 classic The Great Muppet Caper! The Muppets sing, dance, fall out of buses, and more while investigating a jewel heist in a movie Carrie subtitled: “Piggy and Kermit’s London Romance.” We talk about the nightmare that is an eight-foot Miss Piggy suit, drugs, latchkeyContinue reading “Episode 4 — The Great Muppet Caper”
Episode 3 — Fargo
For our third episode we get c-c-c-cold in Fargo! (Seriously you will feel cold watching it there’s ice and snow all over) We watch the first episode of the first season of Fargo, “The Crocodile’s Dilemma,” which aired in 2014. Katy still can’t keep a synopsis short, Carrie and Maddy each individually coined the phraseContinue reading “Episode 3 — Fargo”
Episode 2 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Out of the mystery jar for our second episode is a personal favorite investigative gang of all of ours—the Scoobies! We love Buffy The Vampire Slayer and were jazzed to talk demons and dating so soon into this endeavour. Buffy and her friends try to figure out who threatens the students at Sunnydale High inContinue reading “Episode 2 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Episode 1 — Poirot
Bonjour listeners! Welcome to Mostly Murder (But Sometimes Not), a podcast where four siblings discuss mysteries and whodunits throughout a vast array of pop culture. Recorded originally in May 2017, the inaugural episode of what is sure to be an illustrious podcast starts with us discussing one of the most famous detectives in the WesternContinue reading “Episode 1 — Poirot”