The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Old Time Radio Drama - Volume 3: Part 2 of 2
26. (0:00:14) “Murder in the Casbah” - Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell (announcer) - December 3, 1945.
In this episode, we join Dr. Watson as he tells us an exciting story that he and Sherlock Holmes had while in North Africa. Their adventure titled Murder in the Casbah begins at the office of the Foreign Legion...
27. (0:29:21) “A Scandal in Bohemia” - Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell (announcer) - December 10, 1945.
In this episode, we join Dr. Watson as he tells us about an adventure with Sherlock Holmes he calls A Scandal in Bohemia in which Holmes comes close to tarnishing his reputation in a scandalous tale involving romance, high society, and an opera singer.
28. (0:58:14) “The Second Generation” - Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell (announcer) - December 17, 1945.
In this episode, Dr. Watson tells us a story about the daughter of Irene Adler who asks a personal favor of Sherlock Holmes. Just so happens that the simple favor involves committing burglary!
29. (1:26:37) “The Night Before Christmas” - Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell (announcer) - December 24, 1945.
In this episode inspired by The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892), Dr. Watson tells us a Christmas story about when he and one of Moriarity’s henchman were both dressed as Santa Claus at a Christmas party. The villain switches Christmas sacks with Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes must solve the case to not only save Dr. Watson, but also save the party!
30. (1:55:54) “The Strange Case of the Iron Box” - Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell (announcer) - December 31, 1945.
In this episode, Dr. Watson tells us a mysterious tale about a man on his death bed that gives instructions to his lawyer that an iron box from under his bed is to be given to his grandson on January 1st, the year of his 21st birthday. when the date finally arrives, Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes are invited to attend the curious event.
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a radio drama series which aired in the USA from 1939 to 1950. The show ran for 374 episodes, with many episodes now considered lost media. The series was based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and was billed in different listings under various titles including Sherlock Holmes, and Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. The most popularly remembered title is The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
For most of the show’s run, the program starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, together they starred in 220 episodes. Other actors played Holmes and Watson in later seasons. The show first aired on the NBC Blue Network but later moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System. The program aired on ABC instead of Mutual for its sixth and ninth seasons.
From 1939 until 1943, episodes were adapted or written by Edith Meiser who had written the earlier series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which aired from 1930 to 1935. From 1943 onward, most episodes were written by the team of Denis Green and Anthony Boucher with some early episodes written by Green and Leslie Charteris. Edith Meiser returned to write for the show for its seventh season. Max Ehrlich and Howard Merrill wrote the episodes of season 8. Denis Green returned as a writer for the final season.
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