Mark and Gray travel to India (metaphorically) in search of the Queen of Crime! Along the way, they discuss various Hindi and Bengali adaptations, and meet with friend-of-the-podcast and expert adaptor/writer Ayeesha Menon to discuss her Mumbai stage version of The Mirror Crack’d!

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0:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:41 - Introductory chat

00:06:25 - Agatha and India

00:14:57 - Chupi Chupi Aashey (1960 Bengali version of The Mousetrap)

00:29:51 - Gumnaam (1965 Hindi version of And Then There Were None)

00:39:42 - Shubho Mahurat (2003 Bengali version of The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side)

00:56:12 - Interview with Ayeesha Menon, adaptor of The Mirror Crack’d for the Mumbai stage

01:45:12 - How to get in touch

01:46:35 - Closing titles

01:47:02 - Coda

Solutions revealed! - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side. NOT THE MOUSETRAP! We would never!

TW: discussion of struggle with fertility, miscarriage, IVF etc.