Old-Time Radio Essentials returns with episode 50, our Season 5 premiere! Pete, Paul and Patte welcome Essential Listener Andy, who has suggested an episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Gielgud and Richardson, entitled "The Final Problem." Come for the old-time radio, stay for the scintillating (that's one way of putting it) discussion afterwards!

As you listen, perhaps you'll learn if we feel this entry meets the following criteria:

1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.")

2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection?

So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our fiftieth number (but 1st official episode of S5), this episode of Sherlock Holmes, from 4-17-55. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it!

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Next Time: It's Patte's pick again, and she, being a Neighbour from the North, will finally bring us a Canadian example of OTR, an episode of Wayne & Shuster! Join us then, won't you?

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At Whitby Mental Asylum, Van Helsing (Elie Hirschman) talks candidly--if not altogether lucidly--of his epic war against the armies of the undead and his pathological fear of bats; whilst in Transylvania, the reclusive Count Dracula (Paeter Frandsen) moans about the property market and the exploitation of his image.

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It's our finale for season 17 and Jack and David are feeling a little "Unwell" from the long year! It's "Unwell-a Midwest Gothic" episodes one and two "Homecoming" and "The Diner"!  Lillian Harper moves to the small town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio, to care for her estranged mother Dorothy after an injury. Living in the town's boarding house which has been run by her family for generations, she discovers conspiracies, ghosts, and a new family in the house's strange assortment of residents.

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It's the hundredth episode of Season 7 for the Matinee! Federal Stonecipher brings us Sonic Society #738, 2 Sides 3, and OTR Esstentials Ep. 50!

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2 VERSIONS - In the sweltering heart of the Amazon jungle, a burned-out pilot and a lovesick dreamer race a ruthless tycoon to the legendary Fountain of Youth—but the jungle has secrets. What waits beyond the jungle wall isn’t just a powerful drug—it’s a hidden world of warrior women, ancient curses, and a war between love and domination.

Featuring multi-character cinematic sound and thunderous 3D jungle effects, AmaZone will pull you in and never let go.

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In the sweltering heart of the Amazon jungle, a jaded pilot and a lovesick dreamer chase whisper of the Fountain of Youth, hot on the heels of a cutthroat tycoon with blood on his ledger. But the vines hide horrors no map dares chart: a powerful elixir that cracks open a forbidden realm of fierce warrior women, ancient curses, and a savage clash where passion ignites into primal fury.

Immerse yourself in AmaZone's pulse-pounding multi-voice ensemble and bone-rattling 3D soundscape—where the jungle's roar devours the soul, and escape is just a scream away. Strap in for 50 minutes of unrelenting dread that will haunt your every rustle in the dark.

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Project Audion recreates a lost script from a nearly-forgotten radio mystery series of 90 years ago. In this episode, the series’ genuine director and announcer are sent out for a remote broadcast from the Conference House on Staten Island New York, an old home which is supposedly haunted. The series’ fictional detective, Dan Cassidy meets them there. The plan for the broadcast is to listen for ghosts and broadcast any sounds they produce. But things don’t go according to plan…

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A spoof of H.G. Wells "Food of the Gods", in which science creates gigantic, intelligent critters who threaten all of mankind, starting with waste disposal.

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In this award-winning queer fiction podcast, an eldritch

narrator follows the increasingly connected residents

of the forest at the end of the world. This week it's Episode 1: Keys and Episode 2: Dogs.

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Welcome to the Sunday Showcase! This week we have Sonic Society #874 and another trilogy of Transcontinental Terror 2025 from Captain Radio!

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We're back with Tom's first adventure! This week: Tom Overhears Something!

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