From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII 

 'Ten out of ten' The Times

‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON

'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID

'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES

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England, May 1945

Monkshill Park School for Girls seems a world away from the violence that engulfed Europe during World War II. Yet its lonely, decaying grounds have witnessed a murder.

Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, left for the holidays and never came back. Both teachers and girls assume she simply walked out, but the truth is quite different. Her body tumbled from the Maiden’s Leap, a viewpoint on the clifftop Gothic Walk, and was washed out to sea.

But Annabel herself is still trapped at Monkshill, unable to move on. As she haunts the grounds and school, she discovers a hidden world – students, staff and servants are riven with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions.

And one of them is her killer…

A Schooling in Murder, By Andrew Taylor, Read by Nathalie Buscombe

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel spoke with Matt McCauley from the airport in Colorado Springs, Colorado Sunday night as McCauley was headed back home to Seattle. McCauley was at the National Museum of World War II Aviation on Saturday witnessing the first public flight of the now-restored HELLDIVER he pulled off the bottom of Lake Washington in Seattle more than 40 years ago.

For the complete story of the HELLDIVER, be sure and listen to this earlier BONUS EPISODE:
https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-lake-to-sky

We've posted photos and video of Saturday's flight at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.


BONUS EPISODE: Lost and Found Lake Washington HELLDIVER flew Saturday at Colorado Springs

New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 120

What happened in Germany from the early 1920s through 1945 is one of the greatest atrocities in human history. It was so bad, in fact, that it became a symbol of ultimate human evil eclipsing even Communism. This had its benefits, but it also presents a weakness. "Never forget" became "we forgot." In knowing that the Nazi Experiment was abjectly evil, we lost sight of why and how it was evil. To remedy this, James Lindsay, host of the New Discourses Podcast and New Discourses Bullets, has begun a sprawling podcast series on the "Nazi Experiment" (https://newdiscourses.com/2025/06/the-nazi-experiment-vol-1-the-nazi-racial-worldview/) you won't want to miss. This episode of New Discourses Bullets introduces the series, its rationale, and its unique framing. Since Never Again is now, this is crucial listening.

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Introducing the Nazi Experiment

Aprile 1945. Mentre l'Italia è lacerata da una guerra civile, sulle cime innevate di La Thuile, al Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo, accade qualcosa di straordinario. 

Di fronte all'avanzata dell'Armée des Alpes francese, decisa a conquistare la Valle d'Aosta, soldati italiani che fino a un giorno prima erano nemici scelgono di combattere fianco a fianco.

In quel gelido fronte, non contava più il colore della divisa, ma solo la fratellanza nata nel fango e nella neve, contro un nemico comune.

Questo brano è un omaggio al loro sacrificio, un racconto di un'unità d'intenti nata nella più cupa delle tragedie.

Questa volta ho usato il martello dell'epic metal per Raccontare la Battaglia.

Buon Ascolto🎧

- Karmacoma

La THuile

KarmaComa - La Thuile (Fiamme Verdi e Penne Nere)

We continue our miniseries on Bonhoeffer by looking at the theological case for Bonhoeffer maintaining his pacifism.

(353)S14E3 Bonhoeffer's Dark Ideas - The Thought to Kill Hitler

What did Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee and Dr. Seuss collaborate on? And how many years in an average lifetime do you spend watching TV?

282 Hypersonic Trivia

"Gone to the Deep" is a gothic folk ballad about a wartime tragedy and the strange twist of fate that connects it to a young man decades later — the very same legendary musician Eddie Parpworth.


Gone to the Deep

You think you know what happened that night

But the truth is far more dangerous …
'Exquisitely told by the author of last year’s bestselling debut Anna O … just as unforgettable’ Daily Mail 

 From the No.1 international bestselling author comes a story of secret pasts and buried memories. A MURDER IN PARIS is a thriller you’ll never forget.

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WHAT IF A MEMORY COULD GET YOU KILLED?

Imagine the past returning to you in fragments.

A hotel room, a pillow, a lifeless body.

Your ordinary, innocent life upended by one flash of memory.

You can’t remember what led to the crime.

All you know is that you must return to the scene, to the clues that lie waiting in Room 11.

But this is a mystery that goes far beyond that room, that night, that murder.

Are you ready to unlock the truth?

***

Readers are hooked on A MURDER IN PARIS:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book grips you from the very first page and doesn’t let go’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another edge-of-your-seat thriller which keeps you guessing’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A fantastic, fast-paced thriller full of unexpected twists’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A compelling and emotional read’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely riveting … I couldn’t put it down’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved this from the start’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gripping, twisty and addictive’

Matthew Blake's book 'A Murder in Paris' was a Toronto Star bestseller w/e 2025-06-11.

A Murder in Paris, By Matthew Blake, Read by Penelope Rawlins, Rose Robinson and Josh Wichard

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY marking the 80th anniversary of V-J Day – the effective end of World War II on August 14, 1945 - we present a panel discussion from the archives marking the 60th anniversary 20 years ago in Seattle in 2005. 

Participants included several Seattle area residents who were in the military, the Red Cross, working in defense plants or otherwise supporting the Allied war effort as young adults in 1945. 

The panelists include:

Edgar J. Allen
https://bonneywatson.com/obituary/edgar-j-allen/

Bill Burnett
https://www.funerals.coop/obituaries/bill-burnett

Bea Jordan
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/unionleader/name/bea-jordan-obituary?id=19375229

Henry Kuharic
https://genprideseattle.org/dr-henry-kuharic/

Kirby Walker
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/seattletimes/name/kirby-walker-obituary?id=32523548

The panel was part of a series curated and moderated by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), and was recorded before a live audience at the old MOHAI in Montlake in the McCurdy Gallery.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms’ quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

You may also be interested in the 2005 V-E Day 60th anniversary panel episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY:
https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/ep-107

Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

BONUS ENCORE EPISODE: V-J Day Anniversary Panel recorded at MOHAI on August 14, 2005

A new English translation of Paul Celan’s masterpiece.

Just a rough cut. Trying to find the right sounds.

IMAGE: (Muted) POWDER RIVER at 600m, the WALLOWAS, Northeast OREGON

DEATH FUGUE, on a poem by Paul Celan

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CASCADE OF HISTORY is the only LIVE radio show presenting news and stories about people doing cool things with and for history in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. We talk about people, artifacts, places, landmarks, public lands, state and national parks, trails, highways and the historic events that can bring us all together.

The show is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time on SPACE 101.1 FM (and streaming via http://www.space101fm.org ) from studios located on the shores of Lake Washington in historic Magnuson Park in Seattle, former site of Sand Point Naval Air Station (though sometimes CASCADE OF HISTORY originates from remote locations around the region). The podcast feed consists of the weekly broadcast, plus frequent bonus episodes with timely and topical interviews, vintage local audio or other Pacific Northwest history-related content - and sometimes even BREAKING NEWS.

Send your questions, comments, guest suggestions, news tips and other correspondence to cascadeofhistory@gmail.com.

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Pursuing the light of objective truth in subjective darkness.

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