5. Horror

In the fifth episode of The Swinging Christies, Mark and Gray spook each other by discussing everything from contemporary fears to olde folklore in the 1960s Agatha Christies.  You can find us on Instagram (as well as X) @Christie_Time. We are on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Please do rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Our website is ChristieTime.com. The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.  Next episode: Drugs  00:00:00 - Opening titles 00:00:39 - Introductory chat 00:05:21 - Horror landscape in the 1960s 00:21:05 - Domestic horror 00:36:28 - Folklore 00:51:25 - Horror and insanity, suicide 01:12:19 - Hardboiled thrillers, violence 01:22:00 - Sanitised horror in adaptations 01:30:06 - Rising crime in the 1960s 01:37:33 - Next episode, how to get in touch 01:38:22 - Closing titles 01:38:49 - Coda Solutions revealed! - Hallowe’en Party, A Caribbean Mystery, The Patient, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, The Pale Horse, Endless Night, At Bertram’s Hotel  TW - death of children, suicide, mental illness, outdated terms in quoted material