Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 21 - Sherlock Holmes

10/30/05 • 50 min

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This week - a look at probably the most well-known "media" detective - film, radio, fiction - Sherlock Holmes. You'll hear some of the history of the radio programs over the years it was broadcast and a rarer episode from the earliest known copy - 1933 with Richard Gordon as Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr. Watson.

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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 22 - The Abbotts

A lesser known detective husband and wife team. The Abbotts first appeared 1945 on radio, but none of those episodes are known to exist. In 1955 a new version appeared called "The Adventures of the Abbotts" but until recently only one episode was known to exist. Recently all 13 episodes have re-surfaced and you'll hear one of the new one's here in this podcast. Claudia Morgan (right) starred as Jean Abbott and Les Damon as Pat.