Episode 238: The Crypt of Thornwell Jacobs
06 November 2025

Episode 238: The Crypt of Thornwell Jacobs

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Music


    Kara-Lis Coverdale's A480
    Palimpsest from Will Bate's score to The Sound of Silence
    Harriett Smith and Robert Martin Meet in the Rain from Isobel Waller Bridge's score to Emma.
    The Play from Dan Romer's score to (the terrific) Station Eleven.
    Cutting Branches from a Temporary Shelter from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
    Sustainable from H. Takahashi.

Notes


    There's a particularly good article by Colin Dickey about Jacobs and The Crypt in American Scholar. 
    You can read all 1100 pages of Jacobs' autobiography here, if you haven't already.


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