In our first episode on detectives, we walk through some common detective tropes, the dependence of Ripperature on those tropes, and the dime novel “The Whitechapel Murders: Or, On the Track of the Fiend” (published in 1888).

Works cited can be found here: https://graciebain.com/2024/04/30/works-cited/

Audio Credits:

Theme Music: Victor_Natas. "Foggy Passage." Free Sound, 12 December 2022, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/664158/.

Victorian Bell: JohnsonBrandEditing, “Ding Ding small bell.” Free Sound, 12 January 2013, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/173932/.

Transition Instrumental: Nicholas The Octopus Camarena, “To Her.” Free Sound, 30 March 2023, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/681394/.

Background Music: Oymaldonado, “movie score classical music loop part 1.wav.” Free Sound, 24 Oct. 2014, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/252798/.

Awrmacd, “Orchestral Suspense Loop 1.” Free Sound, 6 April 2017, WAV file,(https://freesound.org/s/387223/.

Typewriter: Trollarch2, “Keyboard Typing.” Free Sound, 26 Dec. 2015, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/331656/.

Fellwell5, “Long Sound Typewriter.” Free Sound, 26 Nov. 2012, WAV file, https://freesound.org/people/fellwell5/sounds/170547/.

Creepy Music: Arcane_77, “Intro ou background musical.mp3.” Free Sound, 19 July 2022, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/642503/).

Background Music: Josefpres, “Piano loops 073 octave down long loop 120 bpm.wav.” Free Sound, 2 April 2023 WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/681948/.

Romantic Music: EKVelika, “Chonology of love.” Free Sound, 7 January 2021, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/553821/.

Suspense Music: Tyops, “Thriller Suspense Theme,” Free Sound, 26 July 2018, WAVE file, https://freesound.org/s/435600/.

Street Sound: Guynoland, “Horses Pavement Then Cobblestone.m4a,” Free Sound, 21 December 2020, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/549882/

Dramatic Music: Sami_Hiltunen, “Dramatic theme.wav,” Free Sound, 22 October 2021, WAV file, https://freesound.org/s/593475/.

Episode Six: Ripperature Detectives