Some movies are hardboiled crime stories, some are gothic horror, and some are a little of both. In this episode, I look at film noir bearing the hallmarks of the gothic- especially those with gothic heroines!

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Recommended Media

Book: The Contested Castle by Kate Ferguson Ellis

Films:

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Rebecca

Laura

Gaslight

Among the Living

The Red House

Lured

Cat People

The Leopard Man

The Seventh Victim

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Credits

Ambient music in this episode was created by Setuniman on www.freesound.org/people/setuniman/. Intro and outro music is by Station 61. Podcast artwork is by Dana Veitinger.

Audio clips used are from The Rocky Horror Show Studio Cast, Rebecca, Laura, Gaslight, Suspicion, Lured, and the I Walked With a Zombie trailer.

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