Covid has certainly changed most of our lives – with very few positives. Even the way we spend our leisure, and the form of entertainment we choose have changed drastically in the last few months. Many of the power-play people prior to 2019 have tumbled for one reason or another. Harvey Weinstein, the Queen of chat shows, Ellen DeGeneres, and even the Kardashian family are giving up their crowns. And as for royalty, well, The Royal Family seems to have split in two – with two very different sides being offered by the gossip mill.
Politicians and media giants have also fallen. Men like Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, James Packer, and Richard Murdoch have suffered through the media eye. Of course, this is not new. Here in Australia, we have seen former business giants like Christopher Skase and Alan Bond stripped of their reputation, and words like ‘corrupt’ and ‘villain’ are now attached to them forever. And can you imagine what sort of person could be created out of an amalgam of all of these fallen people?
Which is a convenient segue into a little bit ot self-promotion.
With an interest in radio, drama, storytelling, murder, mystery, crime, international affairs, and gossip …. I have now ventured into the world of podcasting. And, as it turns out, thousands of other people have too. But of more interest to me are the thirty or so creatives who joined with me to produce a Progressive Murder Mystery Podcast, with an opening series called – Who Killed Donald T. Johnson?
This is a novel WhoDunIt where eight scriptwriters from around the world have written a Confessional – as to how their characters killed this notorious villain. And you, the Listener, may decide which is the most plausible, unique, interesting, or simply most entertaining. So – think ‘Cluedo’, think, “I am Spartacus”, or, better still, don’t think at all. Simply click, here, and it will take you to the dedicated website, and then on to the first introductory podcast. Happy listening.
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