BONUS - Five Favorites: Sherlock Holmes Classic Adventures
5/28/20262 hr 29 min
For this month's bonus episode, we're back on Baker Street for my five favorite radio adaptations of Sherlock Holmes adventures penned by Arthur Conan Doyle. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star in "The Speckled Band" (originally aired on Mutual on November 12, 1945), and Bruce and Tom Conway star in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" (originally aired on ABC on February 3, 1947). Then, John Stanley and Alfred Shirley are Holmes and Watson in "The Red Headed League" and "The Sussex Vampire" (originally aired on October 12 and December 14, 1947). Finally, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson take center stage in a British radio production of "A Scandal in Bohemia."
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First 90 secondsGerald Mohr· Soundbite0:00
Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison, or the grave.
Speaker 20:06
[instrumental music] The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Speaker 30:18
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
Speaker 40:21
The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.
Speaker 50:24
[instrumental music] Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.
Harry Bartell· Soundbite0:33
Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
Speaker 7· Host0:35
[upbeat jazz music] Hello, and welcome to a bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets. All this month we featured some of the great mystery writers and adaptations of their work for radio. And any list of the titans of mystery must include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Now, there was no shortage of Sherlock Holmes radio adventures over the years, with many actors donning the deerstalker cap of the legendary resident of Baker Street. So today I'll share my five