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Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Ahh, feels good to sink back into some comfortable pajamas, sit back, and read a book about the dark sin underpinning all of society as several classmates slowly unravel their friendships and turn against one another in a horrible murder plot! That's built on top of an earlier murder plot! We dive into The Decagon House Murders, the iconic novel from Yukito Ayatsuji that ushered in the era of shin honkaku mysteries! We debate the possible motives and killers, lounge around with Shimada and Kawaminami as...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Well, is everyone sick of puns now? We are! Oh baby, we just fought uphill and back, through two anime conventions, illness, and more life stuff, but we made it! Schlock Homes is complete. Bathroom readers were not meant to be shotgunned back-to-back like this. However, we still find some fun bits to appreciate, like Homes and Watney's excessive drinking, Watney's desire to watch cartoons, art history humor for Rose, and several goofy punctuation jokes that work amazingly on the page but are a bit harder...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We're taking a short break, but we'll be back soon! NEXT TIME: Schlock Homes: The Complete Bagel Street Saga by Robert L. Fish (Part 2!) Follow us online: aceattorney.bsky / aceattorneypod.tumblr.com / updatedautopsy.report Watch Ben, Dessy, & Iro's Let's Plays of the series on YouTube here! Want a shirt? Check out our store here! Ben: yotsuben.bsky Dessy: dessy.bsky Rose: rosenonsense.bsky Tiago: tiagotime.bsky / linktr.ee  </p...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! You better be ready for some puns! Actually, not just some puns... a TON of puns! This wacky parody of Sherlock Homes by Robert L. Fish is a silly pun-vehicle, delivering dump trucks full of every possible pun imaginable. The whole time the two confidently stumble into the wrong solution - but they're solutions nonetheless. Did we expire under the weight of these puns? Or did we perhaps split this book into two parts, so as to not suffer unduly? Well, simply look at the "Part 1"...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We're back to crack the case of who murdered Roger Ackroyd! Did we have any good guesses? How close did we get to the truth? Well, we've actually got a wide spread! We discuss owls, poisons, Dr. Sexism, and being able to pull one over on your readers from beyond the grave! We also talk in general about misdirection, the role of the unreliable narrator, and our favorite character Caroline's ability to solve crimes! Did you read along or solve the crime, dear listener? Let's discuss!<...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We're doing it! We're finally doing it! It's time for the queen of mysteries herself, Agatha Christie, to make her UAR debut! We're quickly enamored by the cast of characters here, such as our sexist narrator Dr. Sheppard, his gossiping sister Caroline, and the sweet yet stalwart Flora. Of course, it all orbits around our clever and persnickety detective, Hercule Poirot, who apparently was a surprise to Tiago! We theorize about the possible murderer, the motive, and whether you should listen to our podcast when you...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! This episode we have a bundle of fun stories featuring the world's greatest detective, ranging from marital problems to elaborate schemes to convince your daughter's fiancé that she doesn't love him anymore. Does a wild goose chase sound fun? Because there's one in here - literally! We also cover the iconic "Adventure of the Speckled Band," which looms large in the Holmes canon. Oh, and how do you feel about marrying your cousin? Not great, huh? Between all of that we find time to get a l...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We're diving back into the Thames with the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes! In this collection we cover several strange tales and mysteries that Holmes and Watson solve, such as a missing husband, a stepfather masquerading as someone else, some southern racists, and the only woman to ever beat Sherlock Holmes in a battle of wits! We also devolve into discussing Death Note, drugs, and hanging out with your bestie while married. What'll we get up to next?! (Probably more Sherlock, actually.) NEXT TIME...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Time to start 2026 with a beautiful fantasy: a world in which cops are good, rich men get their comeuppance, and every murder gets solved. Yes, we're back with our good friend Columbo, who is this time up against John Cassavetes as Alex Benedict, an arrogant orchestra conductor that murders his mistress. We discuss the first appearance of the bestest little guy Dog, the wise-beyond-her-years neighbor girl Audrey, and of course, the (technically) first time Gwyneth Paltrow is on film. Yes, we talk about Goop. Also...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We're off for the holidays, so instead we're putting out a little playlist of some of our favorite Ace Attorney music tracks! Ben is your sole host as he runs through everyone's selections. This list is NOT ordered, and NOT comprehensive, but we are spoiled for riches within the musical world of Ace Attorney, aren't we? Rose, Tiago, Dessy, and Ben all pick some of their favorite tracks, and there's even one all four of them agree on! Join us for an offbeat holiday episode...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Except, this time it's something inspired by the inspirations we've covered so far! Wake Up Dead Man is the latest Benoit Blanc mystery film from Rian Johnson, of Knives Out fame. This time going for a dark, gothic mystery bathed in religion, Blanc assists Father Jud who's (of course) been accused of murder. A big, stellar cast, excellent cinematography, and plenty of humor keep us entertained this time around, although we do have a few critiques as well! We dive into just how Catholic this...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We made it to episode 100! Wow! Thanks for sticking with us for this long! To celebrate, we're doing a watchalong of the first Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban musical by the Takarazuka Revue: Gyakuten Saiban: The Truth Reborn! Grab your copy of the video and sync it up with us as we do a little MST3K (or Rifftrax), and talk over this entertaining production. (You may need to find such a video file on an archive on the internet.) This is our longest episode ever...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! This time we're inverting things and talking to someone inspired by Ace Attorney, Famicom Detective Club, and Hotel Dusk! Joey from Armonica is the lead developer on Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved, which is a soon-to-be-released adventure game with a command select interface and a groovy soundtrack! We discuss his inspirations, work on the game, and the game design ethos behind it. We also evangelize the command select menus, adventure games as a whole, and get a few tangents in there, too! (Let us know...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Dessy returns, and we discuss one of the most influential games of all time, but has never come out in English officially! The Portopia Serial Murder Case is an early adventure game made by Yuji Horii, which combines adventure game mechanics with text adventures and hard-boiled detective stories! The result? A surprising game that seems almost banal and short by today's standards, but had a huge impact on creators like Hideo Kojima, Eiji Aonuma, Shu Takumi, and many, many more. We discuss Portopia '81, Ace...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Unfortunately Dessy is still out, but will be back next time! We dive back into the world of 1929 New York with Inspector Queen and his son Ellery, and end up with even more racism than before to deal with! It even factors into the motive of the killer! We deal with that as best we can, discuss the witnesses and our favorite side characters, whether the book has too much investigating, and if Ellery can be normal at all. Tiago defends Angela Russo (no surprise...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Unfortunately Dessy is out this time around, because they got roped into helping to plan a wedding! The rest of the crew solemnly carries on... We've met Alice Arisugawa, but now it's time to meet the work that inspired HIM! Ellery Queen, one of the most famous American detectives, has finally entered the podcast. Today we discuss the 1929 novel's first half, with an explosive play at the start, an expansive cast of characters, and the father-son detecting duo at the heart of it all. Rose...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! After being so well-behaved last time, this episode the crew gets particularly unruly, and even attempts to usurp Ben as host. Bombs, chemicals, and well-endowed actors are the name of the game here! Columbo always gives us a nice place to blow off some steam, and if the silly string isn't enough, we also consider the mellified man, an Ace Attorney dinner party, and Dessy deploying a long-awaited chemical-based pun. Join us for all this and more as we dive back into Peter Falk's bumbling...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Today we've got a special guest, an expert in shin honkaku mysteries: MinovskyArticle! He graciously agreed to help break down this influential novel by Alice Arisugawa that helped inspired many other modern mystery writers, including our favorite Ace Attorney directors Shu Takumi and Takeshi Yamazaki. We chat about the fun character interactions, the strange island that revolves around puzzles, and what the solution to it all could be! And we also engage in some classic UAR diversions, although less than usual, because I (Ben) threatened...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! This episode we're taking one last detour, this time in Lupin the 3rd, which is maybe not a direct inspiration on Ace Attorney in the traditional sense, but certainly is in the cultural mix (remember Mask☆DeMasque?). We talk about several episodes from season 1 of the original anime and debate which one of us is which member of the crew (we can't ALL be Jigen!), while also getting into discussions on the episode directors (have you ever heard of this Miyazaki guy?). How many more pa...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We're wrapping up our Maurice Leblanc section with the end of "The Blonde Lady" saga and "The Jewish Lamp" tale. Once again, Wilson/Watson gets the Gumshoe treatment, we chat about other Ace Attorney parallels, and also get into how some of the female characters are handled. Plus, we side-step into Transformers, what a Lupin subreddit would look like, and wondering how annoying Lupin would be in real life. We get everything out on the table, in this feature-length pod! And, most importantly... Happy birthday...