Andrew Kendrick had a sneaking suspicion his counting game diversions were about to change. He had a new hobby.
Category: CrimeWithoutGrime
The Counting Game – Prologue
The Counting Game – Prologue. One of the members of a happily married couple is living a lie. The other partner is totally unaware of this. And something nasty is only just averted. All explained in The Counting Game – but all this may change soon.
- MakesYouThink
- 8.19m
- Written and Produced by Breanda Cross
- Performed by Breanda Cross, John Cross, Rowena Marshall, Gerard Turner.
Note: We introduce two new players to our team – Gerard Turner and Rowena Marshall – Welcome.
The Crock Pot and Death Valley
The Crock Pot and Death Valley is a departure from our usual fast fiction. It is a true story. Maybe not a big one in the scheme of what had happened back in 1969. But it had a big impact on our family. And it all came back to us when watching Quentin Tarantino’s recent move, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.*
We would also like to advise we have a ‘Sister’ podcast dealing with film. Please click on link BreandafromBrisbane.com. If you are interested in film, you just may find our new episode of interest.
- MakesYouThink
- 12.11m
- Written and Narrated by Breanda Cross
Charles Manson and Family: In 1969 Charles Manson’s cult of mostly female followers undertook a frenzied drug-induced killing spree in Hollywood. This included the violent repeated stabbing of the beautiful and heavily pregnant starlet Sharon Tate. The killings were so violent two books and three films have been released about the event. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the fourth.
The Carousel Club
The Carousel Club: It is the 1960s in Swinging London, a time of high fashion, rock music and fads. Unknown to their parents a couple of teenage girls are ‘out on the town’ looking for a little excitement. They get it – but it’s a little more than they wanted.
A lucky break
God how I want to leave. Freedom is so close. Just three more steps…
The black cat
Has a crime been committed. If so, what, and by whom?
If at first …
If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. Our new story, old tyme melodrama, allows you to fill in the dots. And are the dots at the end, the ones you filled in at the beginning? As one of our CrimeWithoutGrime series it suggests a crime is committed, but we leave you to fill in the details.
And at the end, if we have managed to entertain you, perhaps you could go to our facebook page, and tell us you like us, or give us a rating on iTunes. This is very encouraging when preparing other episodes.
Photo Finish
Photo Finish: While we like to think there is a good deal of clever prose in this comedic black humor little podcast, the story goes far deeper than that, as you may observe after listening. Two crimes have been committed – but what? And which is the more serious? And is this up to the listener – or is it society that makes the decision? For instance, does it fit under the #MeToo banner?
Once again we intentionally create a little controversy, So while we have put it into our CrimeWithoutGrimeSeries, perhaps it should also go into the MakesYouThinkSeries too. We leave you to decide. And of course would love you to give us a ‘like’ on our facebook page, and a nice review on iView or your favorite listening platform.
A matter of ethics
A matter of ethics is meant to be controversial. So if you get you angry – or sad – or frustrated – or bewildered about the politics – we have achieved our intention. We won’t spoil the story by giving too much information here, but admit we would be surprised if it is not a subject you have considered at least once in your life. And if you haven’t – well it will certainly figure sometime soon.
Enough of the puzzle. Why not click on A matter of ethics here, and see what your reaction is to the story. And depending on your reaction – you may like to consider it in the light of our first ever podcast Wheeled Prison, or for that matter, it could have been a much better resolve for Tea with Mrs. Bradley.
The Gift
The Gift is the first story in our new series for Young Adults, and we are delighted to introduce Olivia Turner as our first young reader. (You can check out Olivia in our Rogues Gallery.)
Isn’t it wonderful how young people can manage to get things completely back to front, while at the same time utterly convinced they are right. This is an old, old fashioned story with an old-fashioned message, but it fits perfectly into our world of today.
Inspiration came from both the 1968 movie, To Sir With Love, starring Sidney Potier, and Lulu and the evergreen O’Henry short story The Gift of the Magi