Killer Serials #22 – Poisonville, Part 1 of 4, “The Cleansing of Poisonville” (5/21/26)
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2:38:33 – Dave in Kentucky proudly presents Part One of Dashiell Hammett’s Poisonville. The fourteen mini-chapters in this installment are summarized by fourteen complete songs written by Dave and implemented by Suno.ai (v4.5). Several musical genres are represented, including country, bluegrass, folk-rock, Latin pop, reggae, doo-wop and jazz. There’s also a new Killer Serials Theme, done in the cheesy style of certain classic TV theme songs.
| Song Title | Start Time |
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|---|---|---|
| 1. | Poisonville | 9:02 |
| 2. | The Only Reds I Ever Liked | 21:31 |
| 3. | What the Op Seen | 33:49 |
| 4. | Paperclips and Pocketknives | 45:02 |
| 5. | When Someone Gets Whacked | 52:46 |
| 6. | The Hoarse Whisperer | 1:02:07 |
| 7. | The Lady Likes Dinero | 1:10:09 |
| 8. | The Cleopatra of Poisonville | 1:20:20 |
| 9. | Drinking Gin and Chewing Lemon Peel | 1:32:28 |
| 10. | The Guts to Match the Gall | 1:46:06 |
| 11. | Holed Up in the Gambling Den | 1:57:55 |
| 12. | Two Birds, One Stone | 2:11:10 |
| 13. | The Lousy Red Herring | 2:23:45 |
| 14. | Should Have Been Farmers | 2:29:47 |
Show art: Public-domain covers of the November 1927 (right) and February 1928 (left) issues of Black Mask, which contained two episodes of the Poisonville serial. The characters depicted are perhaps Elihu Willsson and Bill Quint.
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