Two wickedly witty women writers, separated only by the Atlantic! This episode, Gray and Mark carry on their American adventures and discuss the similarities and differences between the works of Agatha Christie and Shirley Jackson. Specifically focussing on Shirley’s Swinging era - The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle!

A handful of tickets are still available⁠ for our first ever live episode recording in Torquay this September as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival 2025!

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The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.

Next episode: we’re heading to Belfast!

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:40 - Introductory chat, recorded in Greenwich, New York

00:05:40 - Agatha Christie and Shirley Jackson

00:20:25 - Swinging Shirley work-by-work

01:03:00 - Next episode, how to get in touch

01:05:02 - Closing titles

01:05:30 - Coda

Solutions revealed! - Five Little Pigs, Third Girl

Mrs Christie went to Washington, and Dr Aldridge and Mr Brown are following suit! This episode, we get the train to Washington DC to uncover the truth about how an American Christie fan would REALLY have experienced a Swinging Christie…

A handful of tickets are still available⁠ for our first ever live episode recording in Torquay this September as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival 2025!

You can find us on Instagram ⁠@Christie_Time⁠. We are also on Bluesky at ⁠christietime.bsky.social⁠.

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Our website is ⁠ChristieTime.com⁠.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.

Next episode: we look at Agatha Christie alongside a contemporary - Shirley Jackson!

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:43 - Introductory chat

00:01:44 - Agatha, Washington and America in the 1960s, down the Mall

00:09:41 - Discoveries in the Library of Congress

00:43:37 - Wrap up, the National Museum of African American History and Culture

00:47:24 - Next episode, how to get in touch

00:49:09 - Closing titles

00:49:36 - Coda

Mark and Gray take Manhattan in the first in this very special miniseries recorded in the USA. In New York, Gray and Mark discuss Agatha’s 1960s connections to America, plus their discoveries in papers held at the Princeton University Archive.

A handful of tickets are still available for our first ever live episode recording in Torquay this September as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival 2025!

You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social.

Please subscribe to us, and rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice.

Our website is ChristieTime.com.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.

Next episode: Part 2 of Swinging USA - we go to Washington DC!

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:40 - Introductory chat at Heathrow airport

00:03:57 - Agatha and America in the 1960s at Central Park

00:32:38 - Discoveries in the Princeton Archive

00:55:49 - Wrap up, Schubert Archive, and off to Washington DC!

00:58:30 - How to get in touch

00:59:41 - Closing titles

01:00:12 - Coda

Solutions revealed! - Cat Among the Pigeons, The Clocks, The Pale Horse, At Bertram’s Hotel