Sherlock Holmes: Mrs. Warren’s Key (EP0059)

Sherlock Holmes: Mrs. Warren’s Key (EP0059)

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Sherlock Holmes: Mrs. Warren’s Key (EP0059)

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is interesting for a number

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of reasons. The episode

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we listened to last week

3:04

was the only episode of Sherlock

3:06

Holmes from the 1940 to

3:09

41 season. This is the

3:11

only episode from the 1941 to

3:13

42 season that I could find.

3:17

This is based on

3:19

the adventure of the

3:21

Red Circle. The

3:23

old -time radio logs and such

3:25

call it Mrs. Warren's Key,

3:27

but I don't see a basis

3:29

in these script

3:32

for or the recording itself for this

3:34

titling but it's a little bit different

3:36

than the red circle so we'll just

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the titling. This

3:42

will be a

3:44

little interesting for several

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reasons. This comes from

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December 7th, 1941 which if

3:50

you know your history

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is when the Japanese bombed

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Pearl Harbor. What

3:57

makes this episode interesting

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the air. Usually

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when something as catastrophic

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as Pearl Harbor happens,

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all programming just ends

4:11

up totally preempted. As

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the news

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goes into regurgitation

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constantly, this,

4:21

however, was recorded before we

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had the 24 -hour news cycle.

4:25

However, we did get a

4:27

very important piece of information.

4:29

So you kind of get

4:31

a picture of how news

4:33

gathering and news reporting worked

4:35

on the radio before the

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24 -hour news cycle. So

4:39

a little bit of sociological

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fun there as well. I

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here we are again in our official

6:37

armchair in front of Dr. Watson's fireplace.

6:39

Waiting for the good doctor to, uh,

6:41

put down the new paper. Oh, thank

6:43

you. You're fine, Mr. Manning. I didn't

6:45

see you come in. I

6:47

was reading about your latest American

6:50

gang shooting. Yes, fine. Seems to

6:52

be riding high -wide and handsome in most of our

6:54

big cities, I'm afraid. What a pity

6:56

we haven't got Mr. Sherlock Holmes on the

6:58

job. It's just that I was thinking. Well, on

7:00

the other hand, these gangs of ricketyers sprung

7:02

up to steal a guy, but he wouldn't know

7:04

how to handle it. Rubbish. I can remember

7:06

just one case we handled back in 1994. It

7:09

was confirmed with Giorgiano, the worst

7:11

scoundrel in New York ever had.

7:13

He didn't call the fact appearing

7:16

in those days, but it amounted

7:18

to the same thing. Kidnapping, blackmailing,

7:20

bombing, terrorizing innocent people. By

7:22

joining the course of that secret case, Giorgiano

7:24

had one man taken for a ride, as

7:26

you would call it there. That sounds interesting.

7:28

Why not tell us about it? Well, a

7:31

bad story. I don't know if you remember.

7:33

It was in November of the

7:35

year 1894. Holmes and

7:37

I were sitting in our rooms in Baker Street. And

7:39

I thought you said this story was about the

7:41

head of a New York gang. No, sir, I didn't.

7:43

was funny, sir. I didn't want to interrupt. Even

7:45

famous gangsters have been known to several

7:47

of us from time to time. Well, as

7:49

I was saying, Holmes and

7:52

I were sitting in our rooms in

7:54

Baker Street. And I housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, I

7:56

could be no friend of her. A

7:58

landlady who kept lodgings in great forms. Holmes

8:01

invited her to sit down. The

8:03

poor woman was obviously happy. instead

8:06

of fucking away with the

8:08

fringe of her case. This

8:21

is Huntington's house. We've been having some typically

8:23

for the lockdown. This is, uh... Warren!

8:26

Warren! Thank you very much. No,

8:28

no problem. We've been having a bit of a party on

8:30

heaven, and it was a lot of work easier

8:32

to do for. It's just that I don't

8:34

see him from one weekend to the other. Oh,

8:36

come out. That's how they see me. he about?

8:39

My best of this is one on a five -year larger that

8:41

was familiar cases when he wouldn't see me for weeks at the

8:43

time. My worst of would be the night to

8:45

know and do my speaking by day. Oh, no, don't,

8:47

don't. This is different. He

8:49

never goes out. Not even at night. I've

8:52

waited up to five hours. I'll never

8:54

see his face, not even when he pays his bill.

8:56

Not for five of him ever seen for the last

8:58

three weeks. And how do know he's still there? Like

9:00

he's trying to get away from something. Oh,

9:02

it's frightened me, Mr. Holmes. I can't sleep

9:04

for a fright. When did this lodge

9:06

at first come to you? Three weeks, that's what's

9:08

wise. Yes, Mr. Holmes, I think it's been fifty -fifty

9:10

months a week. If either the five

9:12

of you are on the dead room all complete night

9:14

at the top of the house. Yes, yes, indeed, don't.

9:16

Well, Mr. Holmes, he said to me, I'll pay five

9:18

pounds a week. I think that's not me on ten. He

9:21

took a ten -pound note out of his pocket then and

9:23

then, give it to me. He waits for them down. Then

9:26

he said we should have left him entirely to

9:28

himself and never for any excuse are we to disturb

9:30

him. No, he's just a lump and hasn't been out

9:32

since. Oh, yes he is, sir. What? But I

9:34

thought you said that he Just, just what it

9:36

was, sir, that first night. He

9:38

went out and returned very late. He was

9:40

all in bed, but I had him off and up the stairs. Then

9:43

his door shut and locked. I would

9:45

keep it locked. asking him, sir. But

9:47

his meal? How did he get his meal?

9:49

Well, when he rings, I take his tray up

9:51

and use it on the chair outside his door. Then

9:53

when he reads again, I go and put the

9:55

tray away empty. If he's watching anything else, he must

9:57

have gone and put it on the tray. I see.

9:59

Have you brought any of those VISTA people with you?

10:01

Yes, yes, I have. There's just

10:03

been three. Here they are. But

10:07

today, most interesting,

10:10

written with a broad point of file, it's

10:12

just pencil and switches. The

10:15

messages are quite the comic, my dear Watson. So,

10:18

very good rep and match. They

10:20

open up a very pleasing

10:22

field of intelligence extolation. The

10:26

gentleman

10:29

doesn't

10:32

wish to dismiss his warrant, but Jane and Pamphlet

10:34

is handwriting it. And here, look, look, on

10:36

this, they've asked him to stop, but Conor has

10:39

been thrown away. So there's evidence of the

10:41

mark, perhaps a suspect, that might give

10:43

a throat to man's identity. Furthermore, the person is

10:45

undesirably a foreigner. How do you

10:47

reduce that? Very right match, not

10:49

matches. You must look the wear out of addiction,

10:51

will you? The statement is singular, of course. Now,

10:54

Mrs. Warren, what's your lotter look

10:56

like when you get to take a look? Uh,

10:58

don't yes, he was, Mr. L. He's

11:00

not overstepping. please. Middle -sized, dark,

11:02

and he had a beard. So, English? Yes, sir,

11:04

he spoke English well enough, but with an

11:06

accent to the father. Uh -huh. What did I

11:08

tell you? What did I tell you? Did you

11:10

give his name? No, sir. You had any letters

11:12

or collars? No, sir. Where did he

11:15

retire when you were the girl going to do

11:17

his morning? We don't know,

11:19

instance. Why, yes, there's

11:21

a thing. And you say nothing has

11:23

come out of that room? Absolutely nothing. Just two

11:25

burnt matches in the cigarette end. They were on

11:27

the tray this morning. You brought them with you?

11:29

Oh, well, I did, sir. This is what they

11:31

told me about. You said nothing was too small

11:33

to take notice of. Well, this husband was right.

11:36

Very easy. Hmm. These

11:38

matches were used to light cigarettes. They

11:41

are going to tell us the matches

11:43

were used. Quite obvious, my dear. Nothing quite obvious.

11:45

The source was to the front end. least

11:48

half a match is assumed and lighting a pipe

11:50

or a cigar. Hello. Hello. Well, well, well. This

11:52

cigarette is certainly remarkable. Yes,

11:55

this is Warren. The gentleman who is

11:57

now living in your room is not the gentleman

11:59

who engaged them. No, no, no, no. You

12:01

can't tell us that. You can think that

12:03

for the cigarette. What up? A elementary, my dear.

12:05

What an elementary. That is the

12:07

size of the thing. I believe you took the

12:09

first gentleman of the beard, Mrs. Warren. Yes,

12:12

sir. A brass beard, it was. And a flowing

12:14

style. Yes, yes. Now, thanks for the cigarette.

12:16

Only a clean shape of man could have slowed him

12:18

down this far. Why wasn't he? Even that was the

12:20

new call in the start. The start would have been

12:22

finished. Sir, sir, sir, sir, sir. Perhaps

12:24

he used a holder. Impossible, my

12:26

dear fellow. Notice the way

12:29

that it's matted at the end. No, no,

12:31

it's, um, the different person in

12:33

Charlie. How could he have got in? Well, he

12:35

went out the first night, Mrs. Warren tells

12:37

her. But did the same man return? I think

12:39

not. I think it was the second

12:41

chap who came back. The one for whom

12:43

the first man took the loan. Perhaps they both returned.

12:46

Possibly, sir, there are too many

12:48

in those rooms. Excellent. My dear, what's an excellent? You're

12:50

coming along. Not

12:53

so many, Mrs. Warren. How

12:55

much does the solution? Could

12:57

it be enough to two? Oh, no, sir. It's so

12:59

little. I haven't one. They can keep life in one.

13:02

No, that's not a fair. Oh? No,

13:04

Mrs. Warren, there seems to be nothing more to be

13:06

done for the moment. I hardly think the situation is

13:08

dangerous, at least not for the present. But

13:10

keep it informed when you serve the develop.

13:12

Oh, thank you, Mr. Holmes, sir. I

13:14

believe you're my man already. Thank

13:16

you sir. Thank you. Have a good

13:18

day. Good day. Good day. Good

13:23

Good Good Good

13:26

day.

13:28

Good

13:30

day.

13:33

Good day. Good day. Good day. Good Good

13:35

day. Good day. Good day. Good

13:37

Good Good day. day. Good Good Good

13:39

day. Good Good day. day. Good

13:41

Good day. Good day. Look, the suit

13:43

of knowledge is watching this, my

13:45

great hobby. The suit of knowledge is a foot. It's

13:48

curious to know what it is. Plain

13:50

and doubt -related curious. Oh,

13:52

possibly watching, possibly. Education, the suit

13:54

of knowledge, curious then. They all

13:56

amount to the same thing. So where you going

13:58

to look for your education in this case? In the

14:00

daily business, my dear fellow, in the daily

14:02

business. The newspaper is

14:04

often a very storehouse of knowledge. I

14:19

say, home, every time I look at you, you

14:21

have your nose buried in a copy of the

14:23

Daily Gazette. Why in the

14:25

ponder for that yellow rag? The

14:28

Daily Gazette is the paper

14:30

of Mrs. Warren's mysterious larger house.

14:32

Remember? What can you discover

14:34

from a common newspaper? The

14:37

answer is nothing, nothing at all. Here it

14:39

is four days since we heard of that

14:41

mysterious gentleman, Mrs. Warrens. What

14:43

if you had nothing?

14:45

Absolutely nothing. We

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in New York. President Rostro will

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address the joint session of Congress at

14:57

noon tomorrow. We'll turn you down

14:59

to the census of Sherlock Holmes. He's

15:08

in touch with it. Yes, sir, I know. Through

15:10

the papers, my dear fellows, through the agony columns. And

15:13

since Mrs. Warren's largely received

15:15

only one paper, the messages

15:17

must have gathered that. Okay. See

15:19

now, but how can you tell which note this is

15:21

the one we are after? By

15:23

elimination, what? By elimination. Take this

15:25

paper, for instance. The

15:27

edition which appeared two days after the large

15:30

justice of his residence was Mrs. Warren. The

15:32

agony columns, huh? Let's have

15:34

a look. Excuse

15:37

me. What a

15:39

collection of groans, cries,

15:42

and so on. Oh, perhaps my dear wasn't perhaps,

15:44

but nevertheless. An invaluable hunting

15:46

ground for these fetters after

15:49

education. Well, oh, go on.

15:51

The first one reads, Surely

15:53

Jimmy will not break his mother's

15:55

heart. Listen

15:58

to this. It's the lady

16:00

who fainted in the kitchen. Yes, disregard

16:02

that. The lady doesn't interest me. There's another.

16:05

Every day, My heart

16:07

loathe bleach watts, an

16:09

unmitigated bleach go on,

16:11

please. Be patient. We'll

16:13

find some means of

16:15

communication. Meanwhile, what's it called?

16:18

It's signed G. That's

16:20

not long, right? Are there any others?

16:22

Yes. Three days later, we picked up the

16:24

pill again. Here it is. Yeah, that

16:27

one. And making a successful arrangement. Patience

16:29

included. The clouds

16:31

will pop again. Yes,

16:33

nothing to prove he's after that. Then come something

16:36

more definite. Yeah. The

16:38

clouds be clearing if

16:40

I find a chance to

16:42

signal a member code. A1B2

16:46

and so on. We'll hear soon.

16:48

Oh, what's wrong, Chief? Let's go. Things

16:51

are warming up. Oh,

16:53

well, see who that is. Well, it wasn't me. Well,

17:02

well, well, what do you think? think? Well,

17:04

Well, Well, Well, do you think? Well, well,

17:07

well, what do think? Well, well, well,

17:10

do think? Well, well,

17:14

well, well, think? Well, well,

17:21

well, well, what think? Well, do

17:23

think? Well, well,

17:25

what do think? Well, well I read

17:27

how the lights don't make any sense

17:29

at all. Second window left after dusk.

17:31

Gee. Haha. That's definite enough, Watson. That's

17:33

definite enough. Hello, hello, what's

17:35

that? Look out of the window, will you, Watson? We

17:40

all said it was. I said it.

17:42

She must be excited. Her hat fell the

17:44

side of her head and she's popping

17:46

like a steam engine. Ah. This

17:49

has happened. This has never happened. Yeah,

17:51

something has happened. We

17:53

weren't there. Come

17:57

in, come in. Ah,

17:59

Mrs. London, what's up? Oh, Mr. Holmes, sir, I've come

18:01

to test the back door. Well, here, sir, take a

18:03

chair and get your breath. Oh. No, wait a minute,

18:05

wait a minute, sit down. Better, better, better. Now then,

18:07

what's happening? If the police not assess what it is,

18:09

I'll have no more of it, and I won't. I'll

18:11

cast him on back and baby gum at the end

18:13

of my patients, I am, when it comes to knocking

18:15

my old man apart. Oh, this is what about? treat

18:18

you rough anyway. Who did that? Well, that's what we

18:20

want to know. It was around eleven this morning, there

18:22

was a fog, you remember? Well, I

18:24

did have to walk around to get Mr. Mayan for

18:26

the stew to have for lunch. Well,

18:28

he said he got some more than 10 cases down the

18:30

road, when two men come up behind him through a coat

18:32

of braised head and bundled him to a tent that was

18:34

standing beside the curb. Well, you've

18:36

across one the clock and you don't come

18:38

back, and there are Mayan men still left

18:40

waiting for the onions. Well, at four o 'clock

18:42

it's about the stew anyhow, and you know

18:44

what a stew is lost without anyone. This

18:46

is like tea without bread. Tea

18:50

without bread is better than bread

18:52

bread. Go on. Go

18:56

Go Go Go Go Go on.

18:58

Go on. Go

19:01

on. I

19:15

don't like no one but Sofa, Molen and

19:17

Gronan. Gee, no sense at all. Have

19:20

you heard the appearance of the man? Did

19:22

he hear them talk? No, no, Mr. Roan between

19:24

days. He just knows he was lifted up

19:26

as if by magic and then dropped again. Mr.

19:28

Molen, yes, sir, that's right. And you connect

19:30

this to sex with your mother? No, sir, we've

19:32

been living there 15 years now and know

19:34

that happiness never came before. I've had enough of

19:36

it. Money's not everything. I'll have him out

19:38

of house before they... Now, wait a minute. Wait a

19:40

minute, Mr. Molen. Wait a minute. Sofa, Molen, you're right. Matters

19:42

are coming. More and more interesting. It's clear

19:44

that these members took your husband to your lodger, and

19:46

they had his hug this morning, and when they discovered

19:49

they were safe to release him. Thanks for what we

19:51

must have did, Donny Villa! Wait a minute. The important

19:53

thing is that your lodger's enemies have found him. They're

19:55

on his tracks. They'll be back. I suggest you return

19:57

to your home at once, before anything serious has a

19:59

chance to happen. In

20:12

just a moment, we'll rejoin Sherlock Holmes

20:14

as he endeavors to solve the mystery

20:16

of Mrs. Wallin's locker. Ladies

20:18

and gentlemen, in every American city, town,

20:20

or village, you'll find a group of people

20:22

who are worthy of the highest praise.

20:24

The American druggist, men and women who are

20:26

always on the job to serve on

20:28

each day and night. This evening, we have

20:30

a very welcome guest, a druggist from

20:32

the city of the famous Mardi Gras, Telephone

20:34

New Orleans, Mr. Wally Schweikart

20:36

of the Shaper and Schweikart Pharmacy

20:39

at Carlton and Genetics. Now,

20:41

here's what happened the other day when a friend

20:43

of mine visited this place. They

20:45

bring Schweikauer Pharmacy. Schweikauer

20:48

Pharmacy certainly have a fine modern drug

20:50

store. How long you been serving this neighborhood?

20:52

About 25 years. Well, good. It's a

20:54

long time. Say, what were those big

20:56

buildings I just passed on the way out? Why,

20:59

the famous Tooling and Laoli University. And

21:01

we're proud to have some of the

21:03

students among our best customers. And I

21:05

suppose you have an occasional professor stopping

21:07

in too, huh? Yes, we do, but

21:09

college students and professors buy medicines just

21:11

like anyone else, and that brings up

21:13

a question I'd like to ask. What

21:15

do most of your customers buy when

21:17

they want to relieve the usual symptoms of

21:19

cold? Gromo quinine cold samples

21:22

by a big mornin'. We recommend

21:24

them, and both Mr. Schaff and I

21:26

have used them to help relieve

21:28

the common miseries of our own cold.

21:31

That's just the way it happened, isn't it,

21:33

Mr. Schweikach? Yes, that's right. It's been

21:35

a pleasure to have you with us, Mr.

21:37

Schweikach. And your statement bears out the

21:39

results of a Coast to Coast survey conducted

21:41

by one of America's leading research organizations,

21:44

and taken among over 2 ,000 American druggers

21:46

just like yourself. It was found at more

21:48

than 87%. That's about nine out of

21:50

every 10 druggers. I recommend Bromo quinine cold

21:52

tablets as an effective aid in the

21:54

relief of the usual cold symptoms. And

21:56

in addition, the majority of these

21:59

druggers said the Bromo quinine cold tablets

22:01

with a larger -selling tablet made exclusively

22:03

for the common distress of cold. Friends,

22:06

when you have the usual symptoms

22:08

of cold, get the preparation your

22:10

drug is probably recommended. Time -proven

22:12

bromoquine and cold tablets can take

22:14

only as directed. Bromo,

22:16

B -R -O -M -O, quinine,

22:19

U -U -I -M -I -M

22:21

-E, bromoquine and cold

22:23

tablets. Very

22:41

tidy, very tidy indeed. Touched,

22:43

curtain, polished, door -knocked. I'm in a bit, Mr.

22:45

Holmes. I will wrap it for you. Those windows

22:47

on the top floor with the lamp is

22:49

lit. Those are the larger rooms, I take it?

22:51

Yes, sir. Oh, here's the key. It's kept

22:53

inside a little number bag. Will

22:58

you come in, gentlemen? Holmes?

23:00

Oh, the door's open. Come on, come

23:02

on in. Okay. Why

23:05

you staring at that house across the street? You see

23:07

it, Watson? You see it? Of course I see it,

23:09

you know. Fine. I read the

23:11

house with white stone taping. But it

23:13

took a cost. A message? Yes.

23:17

What's the matter? I'm doubly the signal's

23:19

taping. Notice that the left sign on

23:21

the window? An ideal spot, my dear fellow. An ideal

23:23

spot. And if they were supposed to be gone inside,

23:25

they'd keep Mrs. Warren waiting. Right, Watson. In fact, it

23:27

was usual. No,

23:30

Mrs. Warren, not now. I don't

23:33

roughly know, sir. Well, if you think like

23:35

it, look at this mysterious logic of yours. So

23:37

how are you going to manage that if

23:39

he keeps the door locked? When do

23:41

you take this next tray up to when this

23:43

is going to ready? Usually I do see around

23:45

4 'clock. Oh, 30 a .m. Don't miss that now. Do

23:48

you have any chance to turn another

23:50

room to the door opening onto the counter?

23:52

I don't know about that either. Oh,

23:54

wait, wait a second. There's a

23:56

cupboard. A big cupboard almost

23:58

up at the door here. Excellent, excellent. What

24:00

do you and I will keep ourselves

24:02

in that cupboard one it -one? .15 p .m.?

24:04

trade. Very good. Well, I'd have to withdraw

24:06

away. If it's the top floor, I'll

24:08

just help you fix it. The cupboard door

24:10

is the first one to the right.

24:12

Good, good. Thank you. Come

24:14

on, watch me. Is

24:16

that good? Do you think

24:18

it's nice? I like it. What? Do you

24:20

think Mrs. Krupple, the spring -first class detective,

24:23

No, prop up the stairs? They keep that a rustle,

24:25

then. I don't no, know what what do you doing.

24:27

I'm leaving my shoes. I'm going to

24:29

set a color light down for you. That way you

24:32

would like to a chance to be undetected. I really

24:34

will, but I to. You're a criminal do that. I

24:37

can't get my shoes undone. Don't

24:39

forget to take a break if you

24:41

can't take it all off. don't

24:43

right, can't right. There There

24:45

are. are. Come on, come on. Come

24:48

on out, be quiet. You sound like a

24:50

to charge of a life today. I'm not making

24:52

any more than you are. Come on out. I'll

24:55

cut up your... Here,

24:58

yes. you go. Huh?

25:01

I thought you said it was large poke of

25:03

paint, please. What? there's

25:05

door. Oh, it's a big boob

25:07

over there. You

25:09

have can't do the best thing,

25:11

could she do like this? Oh,

25:13

there's the door. rascal. Oh,

25:16

the door. Ah, here comes the door.

25:18

Ah, here the door. Ah, here comes I

25:20

can grab it? door. door. here

25:22

she is. Oh,

25:26

yes, comes yes, door. Ah,

25:29

here Sit just

25:31

some chair. It's

25:33

away. Ah, That's

25:36

the door now. Slowly,

25:41

slowly, and a

25:43

big bite under. will I

25:45

dare. What is Holmes? What

25:48

happened? Something I not foresee. I want to be

25:50

quickly once and for all except... Who was

25:52

it? Who opened door? Remembered I didn't. The substitution

25:54

at large is what's in here. What I did

25:56

not foresee was that we find a woman. A

25:58

no -borderly woman, what? No, no, of course not.

26:00

That young handsome with a face that's with

26:02

terror. Terror? Do you think she saw that? I

26:05

think she suspected up to here. Well, what would

26:07

you know? When we put on our shoes, they

26:09

went to stand the next few minutes on

26:11

the front door. That's why. We're not going to

26:13

make it so that she would communicate with the

26:15

lady at dusk today. She's an eye

26:17

on the window opposite. Yes, but there's two of them at

26:19

dark now. Come along. Oh,

26:36

oh,

26:38

oh, oh,

26:41

oh,

26:43

oh, oh,

26:46

oh,

26:48

oh, oh,

26:51

oh,

26:53

oh, oh,

26:56

oh,

26:58

oh, oh,

27:01

oh,

27:03

oh. T,

27:07

that is a T, 80, F.

27:11

Another T, so

27:13

that means the

27:15

word. Now E, and

27:18

then N, along

27:21

when we start, it's

27:23

another T. Then

27:25

A, it's not

27:27

important, really, that's not all. F,

27:30

10, 10, at 10

27:32

tonight. Why break what? I

27:34

had it. I had it? Yeah, yeah, there's the

27:36

wish one. That goes again. Why do you got

27:38

a wish like that? I got to talk to

27:41

you with it. The same message over again. There

27:43

it is, Watson. A tenter.

27:45

That's the encyclopedia. Not a very encyclopedia

27:47

Watson. It's Italian. A tenter means

27:49

to wear. It must be written. Very

27:51

good. Still the same message. A

27:53

tenter. Hello? You've

27:56

opened up. The light's gone out. Someone's

27:59

broken the window. What's

28:01

that? Quick, Watson! We need to get in

28:03

there. Something violent is happening. The

28:15

door's unlocked open. Come on, Ben. Get

28:17

of all by handy. You

28:20

can't touch your feet. Here,

28:23

up the stairs. Hello?

28:29

There's a camp where he got it. was

28:31

warm. Got him at the bottom. Let's

28:34

get her. Let's look around a

28:36

bit. Oh,

28:38

so quiet. Oh, it's okay,

28:40

man. Where could he have gone? There's

28:43

a broken window. And

28:45

here, look. Look here, Watson. Blood. A trail

28:47

of blood. Some heavy objects have been dragged

28:49

along the floor. You need to

28:51

just cover the door. Open it, Watson. Is it open? Oh,

28:54

it's open. Oh, look.

28:58

Look on the floor, a man

29:00

is on his back. and with blood.

29:03

Look, knife. A knife sticking straight

29:05

up. Driven blade -deep into the body.

29:07

A terrific blow. Give me that candle.

29:09

Double -click. Yes. There.

29:12

Look the red circle on the

29:14

floor under head. A

29:16

halo black. What

29:18

What are you doing with that candle? Finishing

29:21

the message. I

29:24

think it will be helpful to

29:26

get the root of this red. great.

29:28

I must find out how he got there.

29:30

You this man? Didn't you recognize him? Naturally,

29:33

Watson. It's Black

29:35

Zohiano, the head of the

29:37

most terrible of criminals in America. What's your

29:39

Georgiano? Gene, what's your Zohiano? He And

29:41

it must be he who sent the message. What's he

29:43

doing over here in England? The question. He He must

29:46

answer the lady. He must across the priest. We

29:48

should be in a moment. I think

29:50

we should overcome. Yes,

29:52

he is. What

29:54

is this? I have a problem. Ah,

29:57

too! What is this? What have you

29:59

done with me? You must prepare yourself for

30:01

the last shock, man. My husband? What

30:03

has happened? What are you hiding from me?

30:06

Who is that on the floor? I beg of you, not you. Let

30:08

me see. Let me see. Hey! I

30:11

don't know. Do you know your

30:13

opinion? He's dead. Please, please

30:16

don't be so upset, madam. But he's

30:18

just wonderful. He's marvelous. What? You are

30:20

a policeman. You are a genius. Oh,

30:22

I'm so happy. You

30:25

are a genius. He was dead when we found

30:27

him. I know. The response I can

30:29

have was terrible. But wonderful,

30:31

Jenna. He has done it. He's perfect. He's

30:34

a genius man. He's a a genius. Just

30:38

now he said the message for me to call. Just now

30:40

he sent the final message. Your husband disappeared

30:42

out of the back window if I read the signs correctly.

30:44

There's a fire in the wind. Oh my

30:46

husband, he did it to protect himself. He

30:49

saved me. No one could have blamed

30:51

him. He could not have left him

30:53

for that. No. Now

30:55

that your general is dead, we fear

30:57

nothing. We have to leave. Perhaps you'd

30:59

like to tell us about it. I may

31:01

be able to arrange matters for Scuff and Yard. General

31:04

is my husband. He's

31:06

not a looker. My

31:10

husband and I will live in New York. But

31:12

I have to enter my geno's brother who needs

31:15

the show channel. There is

31:17

no judge in the

31:19

world who would punish my

31:21

husband because stupid. Yes, I

31:23

understand. He had rather an unfavorite character. He was

31:25

a king. He made the young

31:27

Italian man join him in success. And

31:29

our brother was one of his hands. He

31:31

cannot break away from up to the

31:34

most critical stage. And then

31:36

one night he said, no, he

31:38

was shocked and shocked in the back

31:40

of his head. But of course, when he

31:42

heard the quiet box, after that this

31:44

young gentleman who said, my husband must join

31:46

his gang. He was going to

31:48

make love to me. He was

31:50

terrified. He said, so

31:52

afraid. He ran away. Yes. One

31:55

night we go on the boat for England. But

31:57

we know young gentleman will follow us. When

31:59

we find out, my genie will hide

32:01

me where I will be safe. Who

32:03

knows your general will have come, and

32:05

he waits for him outside, the

32:08

night he arrives at last. But

32:10

my general is ready. He

32:13

is prepared to kill

32:15

him, or he is

32:17

a hero like him. I don't

32:19

know what the British point of view will be,

32:21

but I imagine that in New York, if there

32:23

is a husband who will receive a pretty general,

32:25

he'll go to France. Oh, I think you're going

32:27

to reign as the British point of view, wasn't

32:29

it? Scotland Yard has been on the lookout for

32:31

this, short general. You can stay here and

32:33

get landed. Mr. Lucas has just taken a

32:35

little bit of work, that's all. And now let's just

32:37

look out. If you'll come with me, I believe we

32:39

can arrange that as a specialist. Well, that's

32:44

been an interesting case, Holmes, but I still

32:46

can't for the last let's see what you expect

32:48

to get out of it. Education Watson, a

32:50

little more education. All this seeking knowledge of the

32:52

old universe it is. In

33:03

just a moment, Dr. Watson will be

33:05

back to tell us about next week's story.

33:07

Ladies and gentlemen, when colds are prevalent

33:09

act wise. We don't neglect the cold, reps,

33:11

and avoid exposure. Remember, if neglected, even

33:14

a so -called light cold may lead to

33:16

more serious illness. But if a cold attacks

33:18

with its headache, pain, nasal distress, and

33:20

fever, they promo -cliner and cold

33:22

gather. They go right to work to

33:24

help relieve the usual miseries of

33:26

a cold. They specialize medication and they

33:28

work internally. They bring prompt relief,

33:30

grateful relief. And they are time proven.

33:32

They're known and sold everywhere to

33:35

help relieve the common discomfort of cold.

33:37

Yes, you can take them with confidence. So

33:40

when you have the usual symptoms of

33:42

a cold, get busy and take bromoclineine

33:44

cold tablet. Use only as directed and

33:46

be sure to get the real thing.

33:48

Look for the letters L, B, C,

33:50

U on the tablet. And always ask for

33:52

them by name. Bromo, B, R, O,

33:54

M, O. Clineine, T, U,

33:56

I, N, I, N, E. Bromoclineine

33:59

cold tablet. Now, Dr.

34:01

Watson, what about me? Well, next week, I think I'll

34:03

tell you an adventure that took me on a

34:05

wild goose chase halfway across the continent of Europe. A

34:08

taste which home falls

34:10

by opening a coffin. We

34:18

have been looking to a Sherlock Holmes

34:20

adventure, adapted from Sir Arthur Goldman Doyle's story,

34:22

the adventure of the Red Circle, where

34:24

the battle that's going to Sherlock Holmes and

34:26

Nigel Bruce is, Dr. Watson. This

34:30

program is presented from

34:32

Hollywood each week at this

34:34

time by the makers

34:36

of Bromo, Kweiner, and Gold.

34:40

This

34:43

program

34:45

is

34:48

presented

34:50

from

34:53

presented

34:55

Hollywood Gold.

35:06

Welcome back, you know the

35:08

the most enjoyable thing

35:10

in the world to watch

35:13

Sherlock Holmes do And

35:15

you know I've heard I've

35:17

heard a lot of

35:19

And seen a lot of

35:21

people try to emphasize

35:24

different things about Holmes, but

35:26

the best thing to

35:28

me is to see him

35:30

work, to start pulling

35:32

these facts that are obvious

35:35

to him, but to

35:37

no one else. It's

35:39

a pleasure to

35:41

listen to. And

35:45

this episode had plenty of that. The

35:48

other thing that I found

35:50

interesting was the news bulletin.

35:52

You notice that news bulletin

35:54

came in the middle, announced

35:57

President Roosevelt was addressing Congress.

35:59

And I believe this episode

36:01

was transcribed. So, you know,

36:03

they just basically went right

36:05

back to where they had

36:07

been in the script. You

36:09

didn't miss anything. It was

36:11

like I had to be

36:13

no more than 20 second.

36:16

I noticed that President Roosevelt

36:18

was going to speak to

36:20

Congress. You know, I have

36:22

to wonder how those poor people in the

36:24

1940s survived. How could they

36:26

understand what was going on

36:28

if the news anchor didn't, first

36:30

of all, explain everything

36:32

that they already knew and

36:34

had seen and heard beforehand

36:36

about what happened on Pearl

36:38

Harbor and then bring in

36:40

a Democrat and a Republican

36:43

to discuss what the president

36:45

was going to say and

36:47

what he would need to

36:49

say in his speech. How

36:51

could they do that? I

36:53

mean an announcement like this

36:55

would take five minutes and

36:57

on a 24 hour news

36:59

station it would take you

37:02

know they would take I

37:04

don't know 15 minutes to

37:06

go over this. I

37:08

think that they did have

37:10

a better idea when we were

37:12

in the pre 24

37:15

-hour new new segment. We

37:17

got to know what's

37:19

going on But we don't

37:21

need to know it

37:23

to death, but all right.

37:25

Well, that's my little

37:27

observation based on that I

37:29

got any comments, please

37:31

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37:46

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37:48

tomorrow. Yours truly,

37:50

Johnny Daller.

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Sherlock Holmes Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

The basic facts of Holmes are well-known to nearly every literate person on the globe. He was the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and made appearances in fifty-six short stories and four novels. He solved cases from 221B Baker Street in London with the assistance of his faithful companion, Dr. Watson. Holmes became so popular that Doyle couldn’t get away with killing him.Holmes is one of the few true timeless characters in literature. His canonical adventures may have been set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but in the hands of a competent author, with a few modifications, Holmes could show up at a medieval castle or on a starship and still be a powerful character.Every detective story that enjoyed any success in the past century, even if written as the antithesis of Holmes (such as Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade), owes something of its success to Doyle’s great detective for getting the public interested in the genre. Edgar Allan Poe’s C. Auguste Dupin may have been the first true detective in literature and an inspiration for Holmes, but even Dupin owes something to Holmes, as few people outside the academic world would care that Dupin existed without the wild success of Holmes.Holmes has been recreated too many times to count, and each actor brings his own spin. The radio recreations of Holmes began October 20, 1930 when William Gillette, perhaps the great popularizer of Holmes, took the role to a new medium. It has continued off and on since them on a variety of networks including, NBC (1930-33) (1934-36) (1955), Blue Network (1939-42), Mutual Network (1943-46), (1947-49), ABC (1946-47) (1949-50) (1956), BBC (1954, and many more years.), BBC-WFMT Chicago (1959-69). Host Adam Graham is your guide through every circulating old time radio Sherlock Holmes episode including programs starring Basil Rathbone, Orson Welles, Tom Conway, John Stanley, and Sir John Gielgud.

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