All About Agatha Christie
Episodes
And Then There Were 59: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
15 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tell people you're reading a Christie novel set on a train--a Poirot, no less--and they'll almost definitely think you're reading Murder on The Orient...
Gone Girl: The Notorious Real-Life Disappearance of Agatha Christie
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're going true-crime for this one… or is that true-hoax? Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction, and Agatha Christie's real-life disappea...
A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan by Agatha Christie
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Put on your thinking cap and solve this bare-bones locked-room logic puzzle with us. Then discard your thinking cap and revel in the theater-filled an...
A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Do you believe in spirits? Well then M. Poirot believes in YOU. Especially if you happen to find yourself in the vicinity of a murderer willing to kil...
And Then There Were 60: The Big Four by Agatha Christie
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do you fit a square peg in a round hole? Awkwardly! In this case the square peg is our beloved M. Poirot, and the round hole is one of Dame Agatha...
A Special HOLIDAY Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
24 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What better way to celebrate the holiday season than with a very special Christmas-themed episode? Join Poirot as he partakes of a traditional English...
A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Million Dollar Bond Robbery by Agatha Christie
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Toot, toot: all aboard the transatlantic steamer "Olympia," where a robbery has occurred. Or has it? Join us as we pick apart this elegant yet unfairl...
And Then There Were 61: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
13 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, finally, our first real classic. A great, inventive, rule-breaking classic. Before there was "Gone Girl," our inimitable Dame Agatha was playing t...
A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge by Agatha Christie
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We all know getting the flu isn't fun, but if you're Hercule Poirot, this dreaded illness has the extra side-effect of unleashing an un-chaperoned Cap...
And Then There Were 62: The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
24 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a reader who loved "The Man in the Brown Suit" but found it sorely lacking in English country homes? Well, fear not, because this week's episo...
A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat by Agatha Christie
11 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Call it what you will: a flat, an apartment, a love-nest, a pad.... A humble abode is hard to find--especially, apparently, if you live in early Twent...
And Then There Were 63: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
05 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is about as close as an Agatha Christie novel gets to an episode of "The Love Boat," and in some ways it gets kind of close! Climb aboard as we j...
A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor by Agatha Christie
28 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our second short story episode! And while there's more than enough tragedy to go around in the original version--including a(n arguably) coerced confe...
And Then There Were 64: The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
So... there is surprisingly little golf in this Poirot novel, given its title, but there are many, many other things: an unfriendly rivalry between de...
A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Adventure of the Western Star by Agatha Christie
16 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our first "interstitial" episode between novels. Brush up on your Nineteenth Century detective novels and clichéd Twentieth Century portrayals of Asi...
And Then There Were 65: The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
07 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Time for Dame Agatha's very first thriller featuring the delightful detective duo Tommy & Tuppence taking on the devious criminal mastermind "Mr. Brow...
And Then There Were 66: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - Part 2
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In which we dive into the delicious world of David Suchet and Hugh Fraser as Poirot and Hastings. (Shout out to Philip Jackson as Inspector Japp, too....
And Then There Were 66: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - Part 1
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1! In which we tackle Agatha Christie's first published novel--and first Poirot novel--The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Deep-dive with us as w...
Teaser
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A preview of the upcoming podcast. Also: happy 126th birthday, Dame Agatha!