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A true crime comedy podcast that brings together a former criminal turned comedian and a current lawyer turned true crime enthusiast to dip into stories from the world of crime and punishment.

This podcast reflects the poetry and short stories I have written over the years and wanting to share with the world.To this end, I simply call it Da Wrd, The Spok'n Wrd. I hope you enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Fabulous... What a ghost story! A ripping read.' IAIN SINCLAIR, author of London Orbital 'Vividly celebrates Bowie as not just a chameleonic visionary, but a nomadic one, a creature informed by place and circumstance" STUART MACONIE 'Bowieland will make you want to take your very own pilgrimage...

Von Virginia Woolfs herzzerreißendem Abschiedsbrief an ihren Mann bis zum höchsteigenen Eierkuchen-Rezept von Queen Elizabeth II. an US-Präsident Eisenhower; von Gandhis Friedensersuch an Adolf Hitler bis zu Iggy Pops wundervollem Brief an einen jungen weiblichen Fan in Not, zelebriert und dokumentiert "Letters of Note" die Faszination der geschriebenen Korrespondenz mit all dem Humor, der Ernsthaftigkeit, der Traurigkeit und Verrücktheit, die unser Leben ausmachen. Prominente Autoren, Schauspielerinnen und Schauspieler lassen die Briefe durch ihre Stimmen lebendig werden.

I was known as the traitor's daughter. When I was five years old, my father was tortured, branded with the letter Z, then beaten and left for dead. The grueling punishment for his crime was a reminder to all others who dared threaten the Russian's reign. I was the young girl left behind. A living piece of the traitorous puzzle the Russian leader tried so diligently to ignore - until I grew up. No longer could he deny how much my existence had always been intertwined with his. And in order to survive the life I was thrown into, I was forced to learn my place inside of it.

Karl Olav Pedersen var i 60-års åldern. Han var förtidspensionerad, och fördrev tiden med promenader och biobesök. På väg mot dagens matiné, en westernfilm, såg han en ung man ståendes nära polishuset, med något under jackan. Karl Olav, som trodde att det kunde vara en flaska brännvin, gick fram och frågade om han kunde få en sup. Den unga mannen svarade vresigt att han inte hade något brännvin, och visade Karl Olav den sten han gömde innanför jackan. Den unga mannen hade kommit dit för att ta livet av polisen, meddelande han den förvirrade pensionären.