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Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
4M ago
Okay, I’m a little embarrassed! There I was, writing up my end of year retrospective, setting my goals for ’24, and then figuring I’d rest up for the last few days of this year before getting back to the ol’ blog slog! But I wasn’t counting on the appearance of a nifty little murder mystery ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
6M ago
Tis the scary season, and I have a problem: as a boy, I loved a good horror movie, but as a curmudgeonly man, I have become fear-averse. More specifically, I have become viscera-averse! All the hacking, stabbing, piercing, gouging, rending, tearing, slicing and dicing have done me in (er, emotionally!) I have such distaste for ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
1y ago
The French didn’t so much invent film noir as identify and elevate it. They took genre more seriously than the American film industry, which saw golden financial returns for movies that were cheaply made. The studios were all about the almighty dollar. When Hitler was on the rise, Hollywood was reticent about taking a stand for an ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
1y ago
Way back in the Fun Times – early 2019, to be exact – I stumbled (almost literally) upon a new/old author (for me) named Francis Beeding in my favorite local bookstore, bought and read the book, Murdered One by One, and subsequently shared my thoughts in high epistolary style with my buddy, Bev Hankin, who ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
1y ago
As I stated last time, I had the great good fortune to discover that one of the books I picked up during my latest haunting at the used bookstore was also on the shortlist of my friend Bev Hankin’s TBR pile. We decided to read Francis Beeding’s Murdered: One by One at the same time ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
1y ago
(This article discusses over a dozen novels by Agatha Christie and is rich in spoilers. If you are only a casual reader of her work, I would advise you to read on with great caution as numerous murderers will be exposed.) A wise man once said, “We all go a little mad sometimes,” just before ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
1y ago
I hate to start the new year with a sad fact, but reading, and the enjoyment thereof, has become a rare commodity. When I taught high school, I was disheartened by how few of my students carried around a book for pleasure. Maybe it’s the solitary nature of reading, or the lack of bells-and-whistles flummery ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
1y ago
I can just imagine the Hollywood studios in 1959 watching North by Northwest and heaving a great big sigh of relief! At last - they thought – the Master of Suspense has finally gotten the message!! NO more art films, NO more experiments. Just good old fashioned exciting-but-wholesome entertainment. Certainly they had cause for hope: Alfred Hitchcock had come this close to ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
1y ago
The French didn’t so much invent film noir as identify and elevate it. They took genre more seriously than the American film industry, which saw golden financial returns for movies that were cheaply made. The studios were all about the almighty dollar. When Hitler was on the rise, Hollywood was reticent about taking a stand for an ..read more
Ah Sweet Mystery Blog » Serial Killers
1y ago
Way back in the Fun Times – early 2019, to be exact – I stumbled (almost literally) upon a new/old author (for me) named Francis Beeding in my favorite local bookstore, bought and read the book, Murdered One by One, and subsequently shared my thoughts in high epistolary style with my buddy, Bev Hankin, who ..read more