36. The Case of the Secret Room, Part 1 (HALLOWEEN SPOOKER)

Pull out your weighted blankets and comfort items because it’s time to get SPOOKY! This week, we’re leaping headfirst into THE CASE OF THE SECRET ROOM, PART 1, Adventures in Odyssey’s first scary episode. There’s a literal corpse in Whit’s End, and Whit is going to investigate no matter how much the police ask him not to. And, of course, we have to talk about … “Whhhhittakeeerrrrrr.” Discussion topics include: -Tom’s grandniece is racist -Pro mystery music, anti clue noises -Pigeon and Whit goon over libraries together -Marc Brown’s “Arthur” -Old-timey newspapers -Bank-robbing 101, according to Pigeon -Portugal is the mastermind behind everything -What makes Adventures in Odyssey so scary Recommendations: -“Howards End” by EM Forster -“White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa” by Susan Williams -“The Battle for Algiers (1966)”