In a race between Falk Zildjian and The Shade, which crimefighter will bring the bloody killer to justice? Who’s driving the gray De Soto? Will you scoot over? Listen to find out!

Shadow Taxi, episode 79 of This Gun in My Hand, was driven by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who’s laughing now? This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. The Shade first appeared in episode 12, “Made in The Shade.”
2. Alternate title for this episode: Irregular Fare.

Credits:
The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Organ music performed (and/or written?) by Lou White was taken from a public domain episode of the radio show Nick Carter, Master Detective, “The Echo of Death,” broadcast July 6, 1943.

Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wav
By malupeeters
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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Sound Effect Title: Old FM radio tuning by sielxm3d.mp3
License: Public Domain
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Sound Effect Title: Squeaky Car Door
License: Public Domain
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Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a
License: Public Domain
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Sound Effect Title: Screeching Tyres
By iainmccurdy
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/people/iainmccurdy/sounds/650934/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Ten Detective Aces Magazine, Volume 44, Number 4 (June 1942). Public domain painting by John Hilkert or Norman Saunders.