The Black Candle

Emily Murphy (1868 - 1933)

Emily Murphy wrote about the Vancouver, BC Downtown Eastside and its various residents. This is one of her quotes from the book - "It is hardly credible that the average Chinese peddler has any definite idea in his mind of bringing about the downfall of the white race, his swaying motive being probably that of greed, but in the hands of his superiors, he may become a powerful instrument to that end. - Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction, Culture & Heritage Fiction, Literary Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Lynda Marie Neilson
00:06:08
Play 01 Part 1 - Chapter 1 - Pipe Dreams Lynda Marie Neilson
00:18:01
Play 02 Part 1 - Chapter 2 - The Traffic Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 03 Part 1 - Chapter 3 - The New Buccaneers Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 04 Part 1 - Chapter 4 - Opium Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 05 Part 1 - Chapter 5 - Snowbirds and Owls Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 06 Part 1 - Chapter 6 - Heroin and Slavery Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 07 Part 1 - Chapter 7 - Passing on the Habit Lynda Marie Neilson
00:13:32
Play 08 Part 1 - Chapter 8 - Doctors and Magistrates Lynda Marie Neilson
00:31:01
Play 09 Part 1 - Chapter 9 - Soldiers and Drug Addition Lynda Marie Neilson
00:22:01
Play 10 Part 1 - Chapter 10 - The Cure Lynda Marie Neilson
00:18:51
Play 11 Part 2 - Chapter 1 - The Black Candle Lynda Marie Neilson
00:22:06
Play 12 Part 2 - Chapter 2 - Traffic in the United States Lynda Marie Neilson
00:18:20
Play 13 Part 2 - Chapter 3 - Young Addicts Lynda Marie Neilson
00:27:37
Play 14 Part 2 - Chapter 4 - The Drug Traffic in Canada Lynda Marie Neilson
00:21:55
Play 15 Part 2 - Chapter 5 - Ways of the Traffickers Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 16 Part 2 - Chapter 6 - Trappers All Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 17 Part 2 - Chapter 7 - War on the Drug Ring Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 18 Part 2 - Chapter 8 - International Rings Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 19 Part 2 - Chapter 9 - Prisoners at the Bar Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 20 Part 2 - Chapter 10 - A Comparison and a Question Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 21 Part 2 - Chapter 11 - Black Smoke Lynda Marie Neilson
00:24:14
Play 22 Part 2 - Chapter 12 - Cocaine Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 23 Part 2 - Chapter 13 - Girls as Pedlars Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 24 Part 2 - Chapter 14 - The Hypodermic Needle Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 25 Part 2 - Chapter 15 - Prescriptions Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 26 Part 2 - Chapter 16 - The Immediate Withdrawal Cure Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 27 Part 2 - Chapter 17 - Opened Shutters Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 28 Part 2 - Chapter 18 - Prohibition and Drug Intoxication Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 29 Part 2 - Chapter 19 - Opium Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 30 Part 2 - Chapter 20 - Crime and Narcotics Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 31 Part 2 - Chapter 21 - Drug Bondage Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 32 Part 2 - Chapter 22 - The Living Death Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 33 Part 2 - Chapter 23 - Marahuana - A New Menace Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 34 Part 2 - Chapter 24 - Orders for Search Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 35 Part 2 - Chapter 25 - Spotter and Stooler Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 36 Part 2 - Chapter 26 - Drugs Generally Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 37 Part 2 - Chapter 27 - Salvage Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 38 Part 2 - Chapter 28 - Healing Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 39 Part 2 - Chapter 29 - Forecast of Victory Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 40 Part 2 - Chapter 30 - The Contest Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 41 Part 2 - Chapter 31 - To Addicts - Apologia Lynda Marie Neilson
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