Casefile #3: The Long Halloween

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05/16/22 • 72 min

The Bat goes noir. This week, we're delving into one of the most iconic and tragic Batman stories ever created: Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's The Long Halloween. We explore the historical roots, artistic method, and psychological fatalism of the book, situating it alongside L.A. Confidential and Fargo as one of the great '90s neo-noirs. You can find The Black Casebook on Twitter @blackcasebook and Instagram @blackcasebookpod, and you can write in to [email protected] to share any Bat-thoughts you have. Music by Black Plastique. Casefile intro music: "NOIR" by Kjartan Abel. Visit kjartan-abel.com/library to download royalty-free music for your next project. CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.

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You can find The Black Casebook on Twitter @blackcasebook and Instagram @blackcasebookpod, and you can write in to [email protected] to share any Bat-thoughts you have.

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You can find The Black Casebook on Twitter @blackcasebook and Instagram @blackcasebookpod, and you can write in to [email protected] to share any Bat-thoughts you have.

Music by Black Plastique.