Friday, November 28, 2008

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes "The Double Zero" (11-19-45)


The Double Zero (Aired November 19, 1945)


Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly so called — see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most universally recognisable literary characters in any genre. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself, and two others are written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialised novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914.


THIS EPISODE:

November 19, 1945. Mutual network. "The Adventure Of The Double Zero". Sponsored by: Petri Wines. A murder at a gambling casino in Southern France and a scheme to defraud the casino lead to a second killing. Holmes finds the needed clue at the roulette tables. A good story, based on, "A Study In Scarlet." Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell (announcer), Denis Green (writer), Edna Best (producer), Arthur Conan Doyle (author), Dean Fosler (music), Anthony Boucher (writer). 29:38.

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