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Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Going back to the fridge for more Poirot... although maybe we ate our food faster than we should've! Another delightful episode, this time featuring a terrible movie studio head, a mysterious neighbor family, and Inspector Japp being oblivious again. Also Poirot sends Hastings away because he's too much of a blabbermouth t...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! This episode we're diving into the LWT/ITV production of Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring the legendary David Suchet! We're immediately tickled by the intro, Suchet's performance, and the additions and expansions of the cast that make for some solid television! Not only do we discuss the main plot and wacky Australian la...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! This episode we've got a real doozy for you: the iconic Donald Pleasence performance from "Any Old Port in a Storm!" Columbo meets a murderer who is equal parts hate-able, relatable, and truly obsessed with wine. The two seemingly hit it off despite Columbo's pursuit of the truth, which results in a fascinating episode wit...

Join us as Ben, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We're tossed back onto the island, now with a roaring fire to keep us company! Sure is toasty in here! We discuss the true killer, the murders from before, and how it all clicks together. Did any of our predictions come true? Well, we got closer than maybe we thought we could. Also discussed are the fates of the other vict...

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 Mu...

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...

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...

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...

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 ro...

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...

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 t...

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 i...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 dis...

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 surpr...

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...

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. T...

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 t...

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...

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 whi...

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, wha...

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We're back with more Lupin, as Leblanc takes us even further into the world of copyright dodging with several tales of the thief's encounter with the great detective... Herlock Sholmes! We chat a bit more about the name change, the somewhat mean take on Watson/Wilson, and how much this collection of stories influenc...