The Great Detectives Present Sherlock Holmes
Adam Graham
Follow Sherlock Holmes in many old time radio incarnations including Basil Rathbone, Orson Welles, Tom conway, and more. Also enjoy some high quality public domain Holmes movies.
- 34 minutes 44 secondsSherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Creeping Man (EP0409)Original Release Date: May 20, 2011
A startling change in a college professor including the professor’s wolf hound attacking him.
Original Air Date: March 17, 1947
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Holmes and Watson investigate a case where several deaths revolve around a purported Egyptian curse.
Original Air Date: March 10, 1947
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A dead man in an opium den leads to a dead doctor and then a headless corpse.
Original Air Date: March 3, 1947
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Holmes is hired to guard a car from sabotage before an endurance race.
Original Air Date: February 24, 1947
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On Christmas, one of Moriarity’s henchmen switches Christmas sacks with Dr. Watson when both are dressed as Santa Claus. Sherlock Holmes has to catch the thief and save Watson and the kids at a Christmas party.
Original Air Date: December 24, 1945
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson
Next up is The Adventure of the Christmas Bride.
Sherlock Holmes is invited to spend the holidays with a family that needs him to ensure that a family curse doesn't prevent a wedding from occurring.
Original Air Date: December 21, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes; Alfred Shirley as Dr. Watson
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Holmes and Watson head to Edinburgh to investigate a report of haunted tenements involving the devil and a bagpiper.
Original Air Date: February 17, 1947
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Sherlock Holmes is hired by a millionaire who is receiving death threats.
Original Air Date: February 10, 1947
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Watson is summoned by Mrs. Hudson to the flat of an ailing Sherlock Holmes, who refuses medical care and tells Watson he’s dying.
Original Air Date: February 3, 1947
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The butler of a playwright who has satirized Holmes comes to Holmes for helping fearing his master is about to kill him.
Original Air Date: January 27, 1947
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Also known as the Cornish horror. While recovering from a convalescence, Holmes has to solve a bizarre murder that local legend would seem to blame on the devil.
Original Air Date: January 13, 1947
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Early in his career and desperate for a case, Holmes accepts as a job as a bodyguard to an unlikable man who turns out to be blackmailer.
Original Air Date: January 4, 1947
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