Mystery to Me

"The End Game" is the series premier of Police Woman, which aired on September 13, 1974. Angie Dickinson stars as the eponymous "Police Woman," also known as Police Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson. Earl Holliman Charles Dierkp, and Ed Bernard round out the squad.

In this episode, Anderson and her colleagues must catch a gang of dangerous criminals engaging in bank robberies, murder, kidnapping, rape, and home invasion-style hostage-taking.

This overstuffed episode fails to establish its central character or take a nuanced or interesting look at life as a policeman amidst so many different plot threads. Áine and Kevin radio in on crying, The Beatles, and let-downs in the realm of comic relief.

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Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For is an original film from Hallmark Movies & Mysteries that first aired on March 10, 2019. This film stars Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, John Kapelos, and Barbara Niven, and featured a story from New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz.

Chabert stars as Tess Harper, the crossword editor whose puzzles are the only thing keeping the New York Sentinel afloat. Her peaceful life tinkering over grids gets criss-crossed when a murder victim is found with one of her word puzzles in his pocket. Soon, the determined editor must team up with a skeptical detective in order to scratch out the truth of the matter.

Listen to Áine and Kevin cross off topics like newsroom happenings, police hiring practices, and the one-and-only Chief Chauncey O'Connor.

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"Dizzy Detectives" is a 1943 short film starring The Three Stooges (this iteration consists of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard). It's all about three bumbling rookie policemen facing off against thieves (and a gorilla).

Who Done It? is a 1949 short film starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Shemp Howard. These Three Stooges play private detectives assigned to save a kidnapped millionaire.

'Fraidy Cat is 1951 short film that's an identical remake of Dizzy Detectives. That stars erstwhile Stooge Joe Besser, alongside Jim Hawthorne. And then Besser and Hawthorne teamed up for the 1955 Hook a Crook as well.

We watched all of these back-to-back, in our own self-inflicted, Three Stooges-themed take on Groundhog Day. Listen to Áine and Kevin slap around ideas like "Stooge fandom," plagiarism, and Áine's embarrassing double entendres.

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Heavens to Betsy Ross! My stars and stripes! Jumping George Washington! 

The Funky Phantom was a Hanna-Barbera mystery cartoon that ran from September 11, 1971 to January 1, 1972. It had a relatively short afterlife, only lasting one season (or seventeen episodes). The show stars Micky Dolenz, Tommy Cook, and Kristina Holland as a trio of teenaged sleuths stuck in a somewhat disturbing love triangle. Daws Butler stars as the titular specter, recycling his turn as Snagglepuss, which itself was a spoof of Bert Lahr. Jonathan "Funky Phantom" or "Mudsy" Muddlemore is a Revolutionary War-era soldier who died in a tragic clock-related accident with his cat. After being resurrected from said clock, he joins up with the teens and they travel far and wide, unmasking fake ghosts, a la Scooby Doo.

Watching this went as well for us as the Battle of Bunker — Funky? — Hill went for everybody involved. Listen to Áine and Kevin seance about random musical interludes, Boston Brand, and the history of the American Revolution.

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You are a possessed hill, you're my possessed hill,

Who do you want me to be to make you visit a house most ghostly?

"The House on Possessed Hill" first aired on January 22, 1978. It was the fifteenth episode of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries' second season.

This episode stars Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson, Ed Gilbert, Lloyd Bochner, Dorothy Malone, Royal Dano, Richard LePore, and Wayde Preston, as well as a young Melanie Griffith!

Listen to Áine and Kevin communicate with the beyond on topics like Alfred Hitchcock, earthquakes, and the supernatural.

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Father is a doctor-spy

Mother's tired, she needs a cry!

The rats are playing up downstairs

Rafters sighing in their sleep

Brother's got court dates to keep

He got convicted ...

Our house, in the middle of our swamp!

"The Night of the Man-Eating House" is the twelfth episode of the second season of The Wild, Wild West, a show deserving of its name starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin.

The episode first aired on December 2, 1966. It's the show's taken on the horror genre, complete with a sppooky prisoner, ghosts, and a haunted (and hungry) house.

Listen to Áine and Kevin creak on about sex noises, historical traitors, and the bizarre twists-and-turns that come with this show.

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Charlie Chan at the Circus is a 1936 mystery film starring Warner Oland as the titular detective, along with Keye Luke, George Brasno, Olive Brasno, Francis Ford, and Maxine Reiner.

The movie was released on March 27, 1936. In this film, Honolulu detective Charlie Chan's family vacation is interrupted when he is asked to help to solve the murder of a circus owner.

Between the inclusion of yellow face, the stereotyping of Chinese and Chinese-American people, and other racist aspects of this film series, Charlie Chan has not held up well.

Listen to Áine and Kevin discuss topics like Hollywood's shameful history of racism, our status as scholars, and Kevin's support of Richard Hatch's career.

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The Wild Wild West is a Western slash espionage slash science fiction slash steam punk television series that's basically what happens when you combine James Bond antics with old time-y costumes. The series stars Robert Conrad as Secret Service agent Jim West, and Ross Martin and his partner-in-fighting-ridiculous-crimes Artemus Gordon. 

This show schwirsheled around genre with the enthusiasm of a skilled Frisco card sharpie shuffling cards. So today, we’re going to talk about two episodes that play with the concepts of crime and mystery.  

"The Night of the Returning Dead" was the fifth episode of the show's lauded second season, airing for the first time on October 14, 1966. This episode features a special guest star: Renaissance man and Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. "The Night of the Tottering Tontine" is the sixteenth episode of the show's second season, having aired on January 6, 1967. That episode is the show's take on an Agatha Christie mystery, by way of some creative accounting and outrageous architecture.

Listen to Áine and Kevin lasso topics like our dog’s similarity to a M*A*S*H character, financial planners, and the most and least talented members of the Rat Pack.

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24 is a television thriller series that aired on Fox, starring Kiefer Sutherland as super spy Jack Bauer. Each season of the series takes place over 24 hours.

The show's fifth season — also known as "Day 5" — began airing on January 15, 2006 and concluded with a finale on May 22, 2003. Along with Sutherland, the cast also features Kim Raver, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Gregory Itzin, James Morrison, Roger Cross, Louis Lombardi, Jean Smart, Sean Astin, and William Devane.

In this storyline, Jack Bauer must once again save Los Angeles from terrorists, devastating weapons, and possible traitors within the United States government. Talk about a jam-packed day, all resulting in the greatest season of 24.

Listen to Áine and Kevin pack their Bauer bags with topic like slow-burn romance, pulp storytelling, and the Nixon White House.

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Airing on September 22, 1979, "Night of the Wizard" is the inaugural episode of A Man Called Sloane starring Robert Conrad. Conrad is Sloane. A man called Sloane, that is.

Along with his partner Torque, as portrayed by Ji-Tu Cumbuka, and The Director, played by Dan O'Herlihy, Sloane must take on mad men like Roddy McDowall's robot-loving Manfred Baranoff.

Listen to Áine and Kevin engineer conversations around topics like Kevin's childhood, pellets, Irish-ness, and tight pants.

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