Media
AUDIO SHORT STORIES AND BOOKS
Audible
http://www.audible.com/
You can download audio books from their web site. Has a monthly fee for the service. You have to install free software or use iTunes. They have close to 4,000 mystery and thriller titles.
Audiofile
http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gateway/login.cfm
They include a regular column on reviews of mystery and suspense audio books. Interviews, resources, new releases.
FILMS -- CRIME, MYSTERY, SUSPENSE
Classic Noir
http://www.classicnoir.com/
Links to noir films on IMDB and articles
Crime Films
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/CrimeFilms-5.html
The history of gangster films
Film Noir, Suspense, and Classic Action Movies
http://www.suspense-movies.com/
Articles on directors, and themed articles like “Fabulous Forgotten Forties Femme Fatales,” and “Tough Guy Talk” (memorable gialogue from movie tough guys)
No Place For a Woman: The Family in Film Noir
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/noir/index.html
Discussions or the portrayal of women and links to articles on the detective hero in film noir
PODCASTS & WEB VIDEO
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Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/ahmm
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All About Agatha Christie
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-about-agatha
All Things Investigative
https://www.johnhoda.com/category/podcast/
Authors on Tour -- Live!
http://www.authorsontourlive.com/
Authors on Tour is a series of live podcasts made possible by the Tattered Cover Book Store, a premiere independent bookstore with three locations in Colorado.
Barbara Peterson Interviews
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJACg28K149Exr-9isAUVfg
Barbara Peterson runs the with Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona and regularly interviews mystery authors who come in for book signings. Many of these are archived on the You Tube link above.
Barnes & Noble Hardcover Mysteries Podcast
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/bn-studio-author-interviews-book-videos/379003633/
Listen as your favorite writers discuss their inspirations and influences, their favorite books, and the reasons they write.
Behind the Black Mask: Mystery Authors Revealed
http://btbm.libsyn.com/
Writers of hard-boiled, pulp, mystery, and suspense novels reveal secrets about their fiction and the writing life.
The Bookcast at Powells
http://www.powells.com/bookcast/
Bookcast presents interviews with the world's leading authors, breaking news from the book world, timely commentary, short readings, and (sometimes) a chance to win $1,000 worth of books.
Classic Mysteries
http://www.classicmysteries.net/
brief reviews of classic mystery novels by Les Blatt.
Crime Cafe
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-cafe/id1021786348?mt=2
Hosted by Debbi Mack
Crime City Central
http://crimecitycentral.com/
Step into the world of Inspector Jack Calverley who spends his time reviewing cases, new and old, solved and unsolved, intriguing and sometimes shocking...
Crime and Science Radio
http://www.suspensemagazine.com/CrimeandScienceRadio.html
A service of Suspense Magazine, hosted by Dr. D.P. Lyle and Jan Burke, with experts from various forensic and law enforcement fields
Criminal Mischief
http://www.dplylemd.com/criminal-mischief.html
From Dr. D.P. Lyle, with a focus on forensics
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/eqmm
I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere
http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/
The podcast for those interested in the life and times of Mr. Sherlock Holmes - where it is always 1895
It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club
https://player.fm/series/dark-and-stormy-book-club
Knopf/Doubleday
https://www.youtube.com/user/Knopfdoubleday
Interviews with the publisher’s authors.
KQED: The Writers Block
http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/writersblock/
KQED's weekly reading series featuring writers and performers of all stripes reading the latest short fiction, non-fiction, theater and poetry. Visit www.kqed.org/writersblock to check out the complete archive.
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Listening to the Dead
https://castbox.fm/channel/Listening-to-the-Dead---Forensics-uncovered-id2613543?country=us
From author Lynda La Plante and CSI Cass Sutherland
Meet the Thriller Author
http://get.thrillingreads.com/category/podcast/
Mystery Author Interviews
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4D099E809298D679
BV Lawson’s YouTube channel, which has links to various mystery author interviews and talks from around the Interwebs.
Mystery Rats Maze podcast
https://mysteryratsmaze.podbean.com/
Short mystery fiction and excerpts from Kings River Life magazine
New York Times Book Review Update
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/books/books-podcast-archive.html
Interviews from NYT and reviews.
Noircast
http://www.noircast.net/
Podcasts about film noir and the fiction that inspired it
NPR Books
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=1032
NPR book reviews, news and author interviews -- for people who love to read. The best of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs.
Penguin Books
https://www.youtube.com/user/PenguinGroupUSA
Interviews with the publisher’s authors.
Read or Dead
https://bookriot.com/listen/shows/readordead/
Book Riot's crime fiction podcast, hosted by Katie McClean Horner and Rincey Abraham
Speaking of Mysteries
http://www.speakingofmysteries.com/category/podcast/
Spybrary
https://spybrary.com/category/podcast/
Hosted by Shane Whaley, interviews spy authors, intelligence experts and spy fans
St. Martin’s Press
https://www.youtube.com/user/StMartinsPress
This press specializes in mysteries, and includes video interviews with various authors.
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Suspense Radio's Beyond the Cover
https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/Suspense-Radio
Tartain Noir Show
https://www.thebiglight.com/thetartannoirshow
Tor/Forge
https://www.youtube.com/user/torforge
Interviews with the publisher’s authors. (Tor is primarily sci-fi, and Forge is primarily crime fiction.)
Two Crime Writers and a Microphone
https://twocrimewritersandamicrophone.libsyn.com/
Hosted by Steve Cavanagh and Luca Veste
Writers on Writing
http://writersonwriting.blogspot.com/
Interviews with new and best-selling authors
Writer Types
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writer-types
Hosted by Eric Beetner
Writers Detective Bureau
https://player.fm/series/writers-detective-bureau/
A podcast hosted by veteran Police Detective Adam Richardson.
The Writing Show
http://www.writingshow.com/
Every week or so, they offer a new podcast designed to shed light on some aspect of writing, writers, publishing, and other topics of interest to people who write. They also post articles and other resources to help writers craft their works, get published, market their material, and just feel inspired.
Wrong Place, Write Crime
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wrong-place-write-crime/id1237939616
Hosted by Frank Zafiro
RADIO SHOWS
BBC Radio Dramas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/genres/drama/thriller/player
Thrillers.
CBS Radio Mystery Theater Fan Site
http://www.cbsrmt.com/
Listen to old episodes of this classic series. All 1,399 episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater are also searchable by plots, actors, and writers.
Dashiel Hammett’s Sam Spade Stories Online
http://www.deanbarrettmystery.com/Sam%20Spade.htm
It’s a Mystery
http://www.elizabethfoxwell.com/ItsaMystery.html
Elizabeth Foxwell's radio show "It's a Mystery" ran from February 2005 to May 2007 on WEBR in Fairfax, VA, and featured interviews with authors, booksellers, and others in the mystery field. A partial archive of clips from past programs is included on this site.
Jim French Productions’ Imagination Theater
http://jimfrenchproductions.com/zc137m/
Imagination Theatre is American radio's drama series is heard coast to coast on over a hundred radio stations in North America and by satellite on XM Radio.Weekly hour-long broadcasts feature mystery, suspense, fantasy and adventure, produced before live audiences on a state-of-the-art recording stage. You have to purchase complete episodes, but there are some clips online.
Old Time Radio Show Catalog
http://otrcat.com/
This site features a catalog of shows (including Mystery) you can download via MP3 or order on CD and you can get a free full sample of every series available online. Note that this organization has a charitable arm -- every month OTRCAT also sends our free CDs of old time radio shows to various low-income retirement homes, centers for the blind, and American field troops based in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Old Time Radio Shows
http://www.oldtimeradiofans.com/
You can download classic radio shows in various genres, including mystery and suspense
Radio Lovers.com
http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/mysteries.html
Listen free to many old classic mystery titles, Crime Club, Ellery Queen, Philip Marlow and more
RUSC Old Time Radio Shows
http://www.rusc.com/#serieslist
Lots of detective shows and thrillers.
SCREENWRITING
Screen Writing
http://screenwriting.com/
Screenwriting links, software and more
Screen Writer
http://screenwriter.com/
You can sign up for free for online master classes in their forums, but the newsletter requires an annual fee.
Screen Writers Utopia
http://screenwritersutopia.com/
Features like the contest directory, interviews, script sales database, script reviews, news, and forums, are free, but for some you’ll have to register first.
TV Writer
http://tvwriter.com/
Larry Brody’s guide to writing for television includes free articles, a forum, and contest links. There are also workshop and master classes offered for a fee.
TV/FILM
BBC Crime Dramas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/
Links to fan sites for specific shows
British Mystery Series
http://www.britishmysteries.com/
One fan’s tribute to British mysteries on TV
Crimetime Preview
http://www.crimetimepreview.com/
Cop dramas and thrillers coming to UK television and radio
Movies With Detectives
http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateMystery/moviesd.html
An alphabetical listing by title
Mysteries on TV
http://www.mysteriesontv.com/
Mysteries on TV has the largest selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series that are now available or coming soon to DVD.
Mystery and Crime TV Shows & Series
http://www.mysterynet.com/tv/
Profiles of Mystery Television Shows and Era Highlights
Mystery and Masterpiece Theater on PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/index.html
Includes information on their current mystery TV series, as well as an archives which includes all the programs, and a searchable database by actor, character, airdate, and keyword.
Mystery Movies Chronology
http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateMystery/moviesc.html
A bibliography of classic mystery movies through the years
Omnimystery News
http://www.omnimysterynews.com/
This web site has book reviews and author interviews, but it also includes up-to-date news about crime dramas on film and TV.
Ultimate Mystery/Detective Web Guide
http://magicdragon.com/UltimateMystery/tv.html
Links to web site for those shows that have them, and an annotated listing for those shows that don’t
Unsolved Mysteries
http://www.unsolved.com/
Fan site for the long-running series with host Robert Stack
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