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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.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
32:55 Closing

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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.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:10 Closing

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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.”

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
26:19 Closing

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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.”

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:56 Original Broadcast
29:35 Closing

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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 incident in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Yellow Face.”

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
29:37 Closing

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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.”

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
29:33 Closing

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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.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
29:04 Closing

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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.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:09 Closing

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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.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
33:04 Closing

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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.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
29:51 Closing

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