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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Tankerville Club Scandal,” episode 215, originally broadcast April 22, 1946. This late-era radio adventure stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

In 1887 London, with Watson newly settled into his Paddington medical practice, Holmes is drawn into a delicate affair at the Tankerville Club. When Major Prendergast faces a grave accusation of card cheating, Holmes must untangle the troubling evidence before honor and reputation bring dangerous consequences. Written by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher, the drama expands upon an untold case referenced by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Terrifying Cats,” episode 207, originally broadcast February 25, 1946. Also known as “Murder at the Opera,” this Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Eric Snowden as Dr. Watson, substituting for the ill Nigel Bruce.

In Rome, Holmes and Watson are drawn into the glittering, uneasy world of an opera house when celebrated singer Gina Valcasi seeks help with her overwhelming fear of cats. As troubling events gather around a performance, Holmes investigates the secrets and motives behind the theater’s public splendor. The script by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher wa...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Tell Tale Pigeon Feathers,” originally broadcast January 21, 1946. Episode 202 of the series stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

When pigeon feathers begin turning up in a Bayswater boarding house, Mrs. Hudson brings the unsettling matter to Mycroft Holmes. A cryptic warning soon draws Sherlock and Watson into a curious London investigation involving a mysterious lodger and captive birds. This original radio mystery by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green gives Mycroft an unusually prominent role.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes,” originally broadcast on May 20, 1946. This archival installment is episode 219.

Seeking rest in the Balkan capital of Cazarlack, Holmes and Dr. Watson find their holiday interrupted by opera singer Lily Rainer, royal intrigue, espionage suspicions, and a visitor who seems to bring a supernatural mystery in her wake. Basil Rathbone stars as Holmes, with Joseph Kearns substituting as Dr. Watson, in an original story by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green suggested by Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.”

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “Murder Beyond the Mountains,” episode 201, originally broadcast January 14, 1946.

During the years when Sherlock Holmes was believed dead after Reichenbach Falls, Holmes travels incognito as the Norwegian explorer Sigerson in the Himalayas. At a remote Tibetan monastery, a monk’s murder calls on his powers of deduction far from Baker Street. Basil Rathbone stars as Holmes, with Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Unfortunate Tobacconist,” episode 177, originally broadcast on April 30, 1945.

When a string of murders centers on the same small East End tobacconist’s shop, Inspector Lestrade calls on Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star in this London-set mystery, written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher and based on an incident from Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons.”

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Case of the Retired Colourman,” episode 24, originally broadcast March 11, 1940. This first-season finale stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, in an adaptation by Edith Meiser of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1927 story.

Josiah Amberley, a retired dealer in artists’ materials, comes to Holmes after his younger wife vanishes along with his securities. Suspecting a chess-playing acquaintance, Amberley sets Holmes and Watson on a troubling investigation that leads from Baker Street to a guarded-looking home in Lewisham.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Eyes of Mr Layton,” originally broadcast September 24, 1945, as episode 185. This Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

In fog-bound Limehouse, Watson’s search for an acquaintance leads him to an opium den—and to Holmes, working in disguise. A visit from businessman Mr. Layton soon draws the pair into a dangerous dispute with a commercial rival. Written by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, this is an original radio story from the Petri Wine era of the series.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Limping Ghost,” episode 182, originally broadcast September 3, 1945. In this Mutual Broadcasting System season opener, Basil Rathbone stars as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

On a stormy winter evening, a young Scottish earl brings Holmes a chilling family legend: a limping apparition in armor is said to foretell disaster at Loch Nair Castle. Holmes and Watson journey north into snowbound Scotland to test old superstition against practical investigation. The original story was written by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Problem of Thor Bridge,” episode 186, originally broadcast October 1, 1945. This local archival recording stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

Holmes is summoned by wealthy mining magnate Neil Gibson to aid Grace Dunbar, a governess accused of murdering Gibson’s wife. With a troubling note, a revolver, and the evidence surrounding a Hampshire estate bridge all pointing in one direction, Holmes and Watson set out to examine a case that may be more complicated than it first appears. Adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Bruce Partington Plans,” episode 6, originally broadcast November 6, 1939. In this first-season NBC Blue drama, Basil Rathbone stars as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

When Mycroft Holmes seeks his brother’s help after confidential submarine plans vanish, Holmes and Watson enter a fog-bound London mystery involving a dead government employee and a perilous national-security threat. Adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1908 story by writer Edith Meiser, the episode follows the detectives through scarce clues and the London Underground.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Paradol Chamber,” originally broadcast May 21, 1945. This archival episode is number 180 in the series.

When Dr. Watson witnesses an inventor’s baffling demonstration of apparent instant transportation, he turns to Sherlock Holmes for answers. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star as Holmes and Watson in this original radio “untold story,” developed from a passing reference in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Five Orange Pips.”

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Case of the Accidental Murderess,” originally broadcast November 26, 1945. This archival episode is episode 194.

Hoping for a quiet holiday in Stratford-upon-Avon, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves drawn into danger after an apparent hunting accident in Avon Forest. Basil Rathbone stars as Holmes, with Nigel Bruce as Watson, in a story by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, suggested by an incident in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of Black Peter.”

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Strange Case of the Demon Barber,” episode 203, originally broadcast January 28, 1946. Basil Rathbone stars as Sherlock Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

On a winter night in 1896, Holmes and Watson visit an East End London production of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. When the troubled actor-manager playing the murderous barber fears his stage role is bleeding into real life, Holmes investigates a disturbing mystery among the theatre’s backstage corridors and dressing rooms. Written by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, this Mutual Broadcasting System drama was suggested by an inc...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Strange Case of the Murder in Wax,” originally broadcast January 7, 1946. This is episode 200 of the series.

When murders on Hampstead Heath defy ordinary explanation, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson follow an old knife and traces of wax to a sinister London waxworks and its Chamber of Horrors. Basil Rathbone stars as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson in this Anthony Boucher and Denis Green script, suggested by an incident in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Second Stain.”

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “Murder in the Casbah,” originally broadcast December 3, 1945. This archival installment is episode 195 of the series.

After a case in England, Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn to Algiers in search of a missing man whose past may hold the key. A clue in a painting leads them from Baker Street to French Foreign Legion headquarters and into the shadowed, winding streets of the Casbah. Basil Rathbone stars as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson in this Mutual Broadcasting System drama, written by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Mystery of Mrs Warren’s Key,” episode 61, originally broadcast on December 7, 1941. This archival installment stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

A troubled London landlady seeks Holmes’s help when her secretive new lodger pays generously for privacy, insists on keeping a key, and communicates only through notes left outside a locked room. Adapted by Edith Meiser from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Red Circle,” the mystery draws Holmes and Watson into a troubling trail of clues and coded communications.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Waltz of Death,” originally broadcast April 29, 1946. This archival episode is program 216 of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Petri Wine-sponsored series, starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

Summoned to Vienna in 1889, Holmes and Watson attend an aristocratic palace ball as a young Hungarian composer premieres a new waltz. When danger intrudes on the glittering evening, Holmes must investigate a troubling connection between the music and the events unfolding around the dance floor.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “The Speckled Band,” episode 192, originally broadcast on November 12, 1945. This Mutual Network installment stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

Helen Stoner comes to Baker Street fearing that the mysterious death of her twin sister may be tied to a new threat at the troubled Stoke Moran estate. Adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the suspenseful drama sends Holmes and Watson to investigate strange sounds, an altered bedroom, and the menacing Dr. Grimesby Roylott.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “Colonel Warburton’s Madness,” episode 183, originally broadcast September 10, 1945. This local archival recording stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

While Watson and Mary holiday in the Thames-side village of Taplow, they meet a young woman worried that her uncle, Colonel Warburton, is losing his reason. A strange whistle, disturbing incidents at the forbidding Chevy Grange estate, and a plea for Holmes’s help lead to an original Denis Green and Anthony Boucher mystery inspired by an incident mentioned in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Engineer’s T...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents “Murder by Moonlight,” episode 190, originally broadcast October 29, 1945. This Mutual-network mystery stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

Traveling incognito aboard the steamship Lucifer on the Indian Ocean, Holmes and Watson notice a cluster of mysteriously shuttered cabins—and learn that the ship is carrying the threatened Rani of Cavaratti. In the confined world of an ocean voyage bound for Calcutta, Holmes investigates the danger gathering aboard. Written by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher, this is an original radio mystery inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Maz...

Sherlock Holmes The Living Doll [episode 209] Broadcast 3/11/1946

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes In Flanders Field [episode 179] Broadcast 5/14/1945

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Paradol Chamber [episode 180] Broadcast 5/21/1945

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes April Fools Day Adventure [episode 212] Broadcast 4/1/1946

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Haunting Of Sherlock Holmes [episode 219] Broadcast 5/20/1946

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Night Before Christmas [episode 198] Broadcast 12/24/1945

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Strange Case Of The Demon Barber [episode 203] Broadcast 1/28/1946

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Book Of Tobit [episode 172] Broadcast 3/26/1945

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Case Of The Retired Colourman [episode 24] Broadcast 3/11/1940

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Purloined Ruby [episode 178] Broadcast 5/7/1945

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Headless Monk [episode 214] Broadcast 4/15/1946

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Case Of The Double Zero [episode 193] Broadcast 11/19/1945

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Disappearing Scientists [episode 213] Broadcast 4/8/1946

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes The Adventure Of The Uneasy Chair [episode 218] Broadcast 5/13/1946

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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Sherlock Holmes Murder By Moonlight [episode 190] Broadcast 10/29/1945

A classic Sherlock Holmes radio mystery.

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