Episode 2 - Three Act Tragedy

06/18/23 • 40 min

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🎭 Introduction: Welcome to "A Bit of a Christie" with Hazel Jones, focusing on Agatha Christie's 1934 novel "Three Act Tragedy."

🌍 Historical Context & Plot: Overview of key events from 1934 and a summary of the book's plot involving Poirot.

🎤 Guest Insights: Interview with Julian Holt on his acting career, role preparation, and the rehearsal process.

🕵️‍♂️ True Crime Case: Examination of the 1935 murder of Reverend Harold Lacey Cecil and the subsequent arrest and trial of Edward Cornelius.

📚 Quiz & Variations: Quiz on the German title of the book and discussion of different titles used in various countries.

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🎭 Introduction: Welcome to "A Bit of a Christie" with Hazel Jones, focusing on Agatha Christie's 1934 novel "Three Act Tragedy."

🌍 Historical Context & Plot: Overview of key events from 1934 and a summary of the book's plot involving Poirot.

🎤 Guest Insights: Interview with Julian Holt on his acting career, role preparation, and the rehearsal process.

🕵️‍♂️ True Crime Case: Examination of the 1935 murder of Reverend Harold Lacey Cecil and the subsequent arrest and trial of Edward Cornelius.

📚 Quiz & Variations: Quiz on the German title of the book and discussion of different titles used in various countries.

Follow our fabulous guest @julianhoult on Twitter and Instagram.

We would love to hear from you. Your feedback helps us to improve!

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Episode 1 - Mrs. McGinty's Dead

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In this episode, we delve into:
🔍 The fictional murder of Mrs. McGinty in the quaint village of Broad Heaney.
🕵️‍♂️ Hercule Poirot’s race against time to save James Bentley.
🗞️ The real-life horror of Alice Wiltshaw’s brutal murder in Stoke on Trent.
🚂 Train timetables and alibis that challenge the notion of Leslie Green’s innocence.

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Episode 3 - The Pale Horse

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📚 Episode Focus: Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse (1961) and witchcraft with Jade M Loren.

🖋️ Mark Easterbrook's writer’s block leads to a mysterious death investigation.
🏠 Mark visits the Pale Horse, meeting witches.

🧙 Witchcraft Insights with Jade M Loren:

🌟 Witchcraft is a practice, not necessarily a religion.
☕ Everyday actions, like stirring coffee with intention, can be witchcraft.

🕵️‍♂️ True Crime Case: The Buffington bug.

🧪 Graham Young poisoned coworkers with thallium.

📚 Final Thoughts:

🔮 Spells: Debate on intention vs. ingredients.
⚗️ Witchcraft and science: Belief that science will one day explain witchcraft.

Follow Jade on social media for more mystical musings: @jademloren and @wellingtonwitch.

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ABitOfAChristie Podcast - Episode 2 - Three Act Tragedy

Transcript

Hazel Jones (00:03): Hello and welcome to ABitOfAChristie, the podcast series for fans of Agatha Christie, murder mysteries, or True Crime. Here we explore the works of Agatha Christie and connect them to historical crime cases, which follow a similar plot.

I'm Hazel Jones, and this is ABitOfAChristie. Welcome to