The Dead Man's Knock, first published in 1958, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr which features Carr's series detective Gideon Fell. This novel...
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A dead man's switch is a switch that is designed to be activated or deactivated if the human operator becomes incapacitated, such as through death, loss...
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Gideon Fell (category Characters in American novels of the 20th century)
He Who Whispers 1947, The Sleeping Sphinx 1949, Below Suspicion 1958, The Dead Man's Knock 1960, In Spite of Thunder 1965, The House at Satan's Elbow...
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John Dickson Carr (category Writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction)
Patrick Butler) The Dead Man's Knock – 1958 In Spite of Thunder – 1960 The House at Satan's Elbow – 1965 Panic in Box C – 1966 Dark of the Moon – 1967 Poison...
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Knock at the Cabin is a 2023 American apocalyptic psychological horror film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who wrote the screenplay...
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Hand of Glory (section History of the term)
lock! To the Dead Man's knock! Fly, bolt, and bar, and band! Nor move, nor swerve, Joint, muscle, or nerve, At the spell of the Dead Man's hand! Sleep...
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"When the Dead Come Knocking" is the seventh episode of the third season of the postapocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. It was directed...
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The Hollow Man (The Three Coffins in the USA) is a 1935 locked room mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr, featuring his recurring investigator...
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Outrageous' Burke. Knock 'Em Dead, Kid tells the story of a young man, on his way to college, who makes horrible choices during one fateful summer. The film is set...
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Supernatural season 1 (redirect from Dead Man's Blood)
vampire-episode "Dead Man's Blood" to be a self-enclosed episode, but Kripke's introduction of the Colt tied it to the final two episodes of the season. This...
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To Wake the Dead, first published in 1938, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr featuring his series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery...
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"Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" is a short story by the American writer Jack Finney, first published in 1956. Tom Benecke is an ambitious young advertiser...
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The following is a list of episodes from the USA Network original series The Dead Zone. The series premiered on June 16, 2002, and ended on September...
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the London City & South Collection Investigation Unit of HM Customs and Excise. The series derived its name from the distinctive "Knock knock knock"...
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In the United States, a no-knock warrant is a warrant issued by a judge that allows law enforcement to enter a property without immediate prior notification...
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1958 in literature (category All articles with dead external links)
Truman Capote – Breakfast at Tiffany's John Dickson Carr – The Dead Man's Knock Rosario Castellanos – Balún-Canán Henry Cecil – Sober as a Judge Raymond...
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found stabbed in front of the paintings—but everyone is amazed to see that the dead burglar is Dwight Stanhope. Sir Henry Merrivale arrives and suspicious...
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Mosshart sings is "knock on the door and the door knocks back", a reference to the Beefheart song "The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back". Other...
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'The Man Who Couldn't Be Photographed' by John Dickson Carr, 23 July 1955 'White Tiger Passage' by John Dickson Carr, 2 August 1955 'The Dead Man's Knock'...
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sarcastically told by the night watchman "Watch out when you touch it! There's a dead man inside!" Of course, a dead man tumbles out. The corpse has been stabbed...
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Psychopomp (redirect from Conductor of the dead)
Library. Retrieved 2020-05-04. "Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism: Knock, Knock, Knocking on Heaven's Door: Jewish Psychopomps". ejmmm2007.blogspot.com. Retrieved...
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slitting a man's throat with no hesitation or emotion. He hides in a home and attacks Morgan in an attempt to kill him when he enters, only to be knocked unconscious...
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Cheryl in the jaw. As Ash is barricading the door, Scott's dead body reanimates into a Deadite. Scott attacks Ash, and inadvertently knocks the book close...
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The Man Who Could Not Shudder, first published in 1940, is a detective story by American writer John Dickson Carr featuring his series detective Gideon...
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Dead Man's Dice is a pirate-themed game, played with dice, employing luck, strategy, and the accumulation of points. The game was designed by Martin H...
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Sarah, Cara vs. Theo G. Dead Man's Drop: Players are suspended 10 feet into the air on a pole. They have to hold on to the pole by hanging upside down...
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Elizabeth Swann (category Pirates of the Caribbean characters)
the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. She appears in The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007) and Dead...
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finds Hogenauer dead in his easy chair, grinning from the rictus of strychnine. A colleague of Hogenauer named Dr. Keppel is soon found dead in a hotel miles...
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ignored requesting that the police go to a different location. On the previous occasion a man named William Dartley was found shot dead, in a room with ten...
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Fire, Burn! (category Novels set in the 1820s)
Cheviot knocks him unconscious and lets in a team of police officers to search for the stolen items and Vulcan's ledger, which will give the name of Renfrew's...
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