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Got a couple comments from Zachariah.

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He enjoyed the Christmas episode. This

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is the best episode ever of

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old time radio for Christmas calm

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And he also writes I just saw

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the new Sherlock Holmes movie. It was a very

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enjoyable movie although it didn't really feel

1:42

like Holmes to me it felt more

1:44

like the guy from numbers with a

1:46

really tough edge and he says that

1:48

he enjoys these episodes that I'm playing

1:51

and he did enjoy this movie um

1:53

well thanks I think I will see

1:55

the Sherlock Holmes movie but I'm leaning

1:57

towards it more vain um

2:00

in my Netflix queue as

2:02

opposed to going to the

2:05

theater. I just don't go

2:07

to the theater that often,

2:09

but I've heard a lot.

2:11

It'll be interesting to see

2:13

just so I can have

2:15

my own opinion rather than

2:17

just kind of the varying

2:20

and conflicted opinions, though mostly

2:22

positive, but mostly agreeing that

2:24

it wasn't quiet homes. You

2:27

know, speaking of that, I

2:29

got a little curious because

2:31

one name you hear on

2:33

every Sherlock Holmes episode and

2:36

you might just skip over

2:38

it is the name Edith

2:40

Meiser and I was kind

2:42

of wondering who is Edith

2:44

Meiser as a writer. She

2:47

actually wrote all of

2:49

the Rathbone Bruce episodes

2:52

and then going back

2:54

she actually started With

2:58

Holmes on the radio in

3:00

1930 she wrote the first

3:03

script for William Gillette's appearance

3:05

on the radio series

3:07

that We played earlier with

3:10

Richard Gordon Myzer basically

3:12

what she was an actress

3:14

had a lot of

3:16

success on Broadway and then

3:19

but she was a

3:22

big Tom Sherlock Holmes

3:25

fan and she actually

3:27

went to start lobbying

3:30

networks to start doing

3:32

Sherlock Holmes and she

3:35

got them to go

3:38

ahead and put it

3:40

on the air and

3:43

she handled the adaptations

3:45

and she basically Just

3:49

steadfastly she says she wasn't going

3:51

to add any extra violence or

3:53

sex to appeal to the audience

3:55

She was just going to tell

3:58

the stories in this in the

4:00

spirit of Arthur Conan Doyle and

4:02

even the stories that she wrote

4:04

that Departed from the Holmes canon

4:06

those were praised by the Arthur

4:09

Conan Doyle family Now of course

4:11

when we're talking about the Conan

4:13

Doyle family, you know, this was

4:15

back in a time when he

4:17

had close relatives still alive but

4:19

basically through her work that Holmes

4:22

was able to get on the

4:24

air and that it was able

4:26

to stay on the air for

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so many years and she got

4:30

to adapt her favorite stories to

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the to the air so a

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very neat and determined lady and

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I just thought I just thought

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that'd be an interesting tidbit to

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share all right well we're going

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The Copper Beaches, here on The

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Great Detectives of Old Time Radio.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel

5:46

Bruce. The

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makers of Bromo quinine cold tablets

6:01

bring you another adventure of Sherlock

6:03

Holmes with Basil Rathbone of Sherlock

6:05

Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr.

6:07

Watson. This program is presented every

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week at the same time, and

6:11

a complete story is dramatized each

6:13

time. Coals are

6:16

already here, ladies and gentlemen. Be on

6:18

your guard. Be careful. The so -called

6:20

common cold may be the start of

6:23

more serious illness. At the

6:25

first sign of a cold, take famous

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Bromo quinine tablets. Bromo quinine

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tablets act promptly and decisively to relieve

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the discomfort of a cold. They help

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reduce the fever of a cold. They

6:36

give you the results you want in

6:38

the time you want. Yes, at the

6:40

very first sign of a cold, let

6:42

it be Bromo quinine cold tablet. Now

6:46

here we are once more in the

6:48

cheerful pilot study of the famous Dr.

6:50

Whatts, who's relating his delightful Sherlock Holmes

6:53

adventure. Good evening, doctor.

6:55

You look a bit irritated if you'll pardon

6:57

my fame. Good evening, Mr. Manning. Good evening.

7:00

Yes, I am a bit annoyed and with good reason.

7:03

I don't know if I've told you that Holmes

7:05

has been listening in to these verminiscences. Well,

7:08

here's the letter I received for him after last

7:10

week's story. Read it. All

7:12

right. My dear Watson,

7:14

I noticed that in your last

7:17

broadcast, you gave way to your

7:19

regrettable habit of emotionalizing your story.

7:22

Detection, my dear fellow, is or

7:24

ought to be an exact science.

7:26

So, tinge it with romanticism as like

7:29

introducing a love story into the fifth

7:31

proposition of Euclid. As ever, shall I

7:33

call? Well, what you think of that?

7:35

But the emotion was there, you couldn't

7:37

tamper with the truth. Holmes has always

7:39

maintained that the truth is not in

7:41

what you say, but in the impression

7:43

you create in the other person's mind.

7:46

Well, Holmes always complained

7:48

that I overstressed the human element

7:51

in recording his cases. How

7:53

well I remember the attitude with which he received

7:55

the publishing of my first book about his adventures.

7:59

It was a cold morning, In early

8:01

spring, we were sitting on either side of

8:03

a cherry flower in our rooms in vacacy.

8:06

A thick fog rolled down between the

8:08

dawn -colored houses. Our gas

8:10

was lit. It shone on

8:12

the white cloth and glimmered on the coffee cups and

8:14

on the silver. The breakfast table had not yet been

8:16

cleared away. Homes had been

8:18

silent all the morning, smoking his long

8:20

cherrywood pipe, which usually displaced his favorite

8:23

clay when he was in a dysplotatious

8:25

mood. Altogether, he

8:27

was not in the best of temper. Matches.

8:42

Matches. Where are the matches? Look

8:44

at that confounded fog. What happens to all

8:46

the matches in this house I'd like to

8:48

know? My dear Holmes, why not use the

8:50

tongs and a live coal if you want

8:52

to relight your pipe? Huh? Oh!

8:55

I've burned myself. I

8:57

haven't saved Holmes. Stop sucking. Something's

9:00

annoying you. Why not get it off your chest?

9:03

If that confounded book are yours. Sensationalism

9:05

Watson, rank sensationalism. In all this placing the

9:07

emphasis on the crime. Crime is common, logic

9:10

is rare. You should stress the logic. You

9:12

have degraded what should have been a course

9:14

of lectures into a series of tales. Now

9:16

really Holmes, that's not logical. You're

9:19

always complaining that crime is falling off.

9:21

You say there are no first class

9:23

criminals left. Quite. Therefore if you

9:25

depend on the crime to hold your readers you will soon

9:27

be a back number. Criminals! Bah!

9:30

Lost all their enterprise and originality. My

9:32

practice seems to be to generating into an

9:34

agency for a covering lost lead pencils and

9:37

giving good advice to young ladies from boarding

9:39

school. Advice to the love law

9:41

there. Well, look at this. This is noted. Came

9:43

by the ball this morning's post. Here. Last

9:45

call, that's what it is, read it. Really? Let's have

9:47

a look. Dear

9:49

Mr. Holmes, I'm very anxious to consult you

9:51

as to whether I should or I should

9:54

not accept a situation which has been offered

9:56

me as a governess. I

9:59

shall call it half past ten tomorrow, if

10:01

I do not inconvenience you. Yours

10:04

faithful, a valet hunter. Well,

10:06

it's over eleven now. Exactly, she's

10:08

late. Just like a woman. I

10:11

say home, this will be your

10:13

young lady now, walking briskly up the street.

10:15

Hmm, brisk,

10:18

purposeful manor. Nice, bright, intelligent face. Yes,

10:20

it is he. He's stopping at our

10:22

door. Maybe something in this

10:24

case after all, my dear Watson. She's

10:26

not the hysterical sort that makes a

10:29

fuss over nothing. There

10:32

she is. Come

10:35

in. How

10:37

do you do? This is Mr. Sherlock

10:39

Holmes. Quite. And this is my colleague,

10:41

Dr. Watson. How do do?

10:44

I trust you'll excuse my troubling you, Mr. Holmes,

10:46

but I've had a very strange experience. And

10:49

as I have no relations with any sort to

10:51

advise me, I thought I'd best come to you.

10:53

I shall be very happy to do anything that

10:55

I can. Well, I... I've been a governor for

10:57

five years in the family of Colonel St. Monroe.

11:00

He's been transferred to Nova Scotia so that for the

11:02

last few months I've been without a situation. Why,

11:05

I advertised and answered advertisements but

11:07

without success. You

11:10

see, the money I had saved began to

11:12

run out and I was at my wit's

11:14

end. Indeed, indeed. Go on. Well, yesterday I

11:16

called in at a well -known employment agency

11:19

run by a Miss Topher. When

11:21

I arrived, the outer office was filled with young

11:23

ladies looking for situations. I was told to wait.

11:26

But I did so, and after about half

11:28

an hour, my name was called out. Well,

11:31

the door to Mr. Cooper's private office was

11:33

ajar. He decided it

11:36

was a prodigiously stout man with

11:38

a round, smiling face and a

11:40

heavy chin. Oh, he's

11:42

eyes were like two little clips. I

11:45

advanced through the door, my knees trembling. Oh,

11:48

Mr. Holmes, if you know how I needed that word. Come

12:01

in, my dear. Come in. Mr. Rukafl,

12:04

this is Miss... Oh, what is your

12:06

name, my dear? Miss Hunter. Violet Hunter.

12:08

Oh, yes, Miss Hunter. Oh, capital, capital.

12:11

I couldn't ask for anything better. I'm

12:13

sure you'll do, Miss Hunter. I hope

12:15

so, Mr. Rooker. You're looking for a

12:17

situation as a governess? Yes, sir. And

12:19

what salary do you have? Well, I

12:21

had four pounds a month in my

12:24

lastly. Four pounds? Sweating, rank -sweating. How

12:26

anyone could have your debt if you

12:28

offered that to a lady with such

12:30

a traction, such accomplishment. A

12:32

lady fitted with the rearing of a child

12:34

who may someday play a considerable part in

12:36

the history of this country. Your salary, madam,

12:39

would come in at one hundred pounds a

12:41

year. A hundred? Oh, Mr.

12:43

Rooker, sir. The more it is

12:45

my custom to advance, my young

12:47

ladies. Half their salary before hand.

12:49

May I ask where you live,

12:51

Mr. Rooker? Hemsher, the charming Roro

12:53

spot. The Copper Beaches, the name

12:55

of the place. Five miles north

12:57

of Winchester, or the dearest old

13:00

house. And what would be my

13:02

duty? One child, a dear little

13:04

romper, eight -six, old you could

13:06

see him, killing cockroaches with a

13:08

slipper. He's

13:11

gone before you could wait. My,

13:13

my soul duty then, is to take

13:15

care of this. This child? Well, I'm

13:17

sure your good sense would suggest that

13:19

you obey any little commands which my

13:21

wife might give, provided, of course, that

13:24

they were such as a lady might

13:26

obey with propriety. You see, no difficulty.

13:28

Oh, I should be happy to make

13:30

myself useful. Oh, by the way, in

13:32

dress, for example, we're fatty people. Fatty,

13:34

be kind -hearted. Now, if you were

13:36

asked to wear a particular dress that

13:38

we might give you, you wouldn't object

13:40

to our little win. Oh, no. Oh,

13:43

to sit here or there, that wouldn't

13:45

be offensive to you. Well, why

13:47

not? Or to cut your hair short

13:50

before you come to me. My hair?

13:52

Yes, it's quite essential. a little fancy

13:54

of my wife, you see, and ladies

13:56

fancy it. My dear Miss Hunter must

13:59

be consulted. My hair?

14:02

Oh, no, I know I couldn't. No, oh, what a

14:04

pity. Well, in that case, Miss Doper, I'd best inspect

14:07

a few more of your young ladies. Good

14:09

day then, Miss Hunter. I'm afraid you must

14:11

consider yourself struck from early. Oh, well, you

14:13

can hardly expect us to assert ourselves to

14:16

find another such opening for you. But, Mr.

14:18

Topper. Good day, Miss Hunter. Oh, just a

14:20

minute, Mr. Topper. Let's not be too hard

14:22

on the young lady. After all, my request

14:25

was a little sudden. Perhaps, Miss Hunter, you'd

14:27

like 24 hours in which to consider the

14:29

matter? Any of you with

14:31

the fact that you have particularly beautiful

14:33

hair, I might be willing to raise

14:36

the salary to 120 pounds a year

14:38

to recompense you for our little... Interesting,

14:40

yes. Unusual,

14:48

most unusable, my dear Miss Hunter. What

14:50

do you make of it, Watson? Perhaps

14:52

the gentleman's wife is a lunatic, and

14:54

he wishes to humor her in offenses

14:56

in order to prevent an outbreak. Possibly

14:58

Watson, possibly. In any case, it

15:00

doesn't seem a nice household for a young lady.

15:03

But the money, Mr. Holmes, the money and I

15:05

need it so. Well, yes, the pay is good.

15:08

Too good. Why should they give you 120 pounds

15:10

when they can have their pick for 40? There

15:12

must be some strong reason. But I

15:14

have no choice. Then you've made up your

15:16

mind to accept? Yes, I must. I

15:19

thought if I told you the circumstances, you

15:21

would understand afterwards if I wanted your help.

15:24

The homes I should feel so much stronger if

15:26

I knew you were behind me. Certainly you may

15:28

carry that feeling away with you. And if at

15:30

any time you should find yourself in danger... Danger?

15:32

Oh, what danger could there be? My dear Miss

15:35

Hunter, it would cease to be a danger if

15:37

we could define it. But remember, at any time,

15:39

day or night, just telegraph me and we'll come

15:41

to your help. Thank you, Mr. Holmes. Thank you.

15:58

I say, Holmes, it's

16:00

been almost a week since that charming Miss

16:03

Hunter called. Conditions must be

16:05

pretty good at the Copper Beaches, or are we

16:07

to her from her? You never know, Watson. You

16:09

never know. She may not be able to get

16:11

to a telegraph office, though. Nonsense,

16:14

though. Nothing very dreadful can

16:16

happen out in the open country like this.

16:18

That's where you're wrong, Watson. My

16:21

experience that the vilest alleys in London

16:23

do not present a more dreadful record

16:25

of tin than does the smiling, beautiful

16:28

countryside. Oh, you, you little creeps. What

16:30

do you mean? The pressure of

16:32

public opinion is greatest in the towns. There is

16:34

no lane so vile that the scream of a

16:36

tortured child or the thought of a drunkard's blow

16:38

does not beget sympathy and assistance from the neighbors.

16:41

But the countryside, my dear Watson, filled

16:44

with its lonely houses, think

16:46

of the hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness.

16:49

Why, it may go on year in, year out

16:51

in such places, and no one the wiser. Had

16:54

our young friend gone to Winchester, I should

16:56

not have had this fear for her safety.

16:59

It's the five miles of... which

17:01

makes the danger. I

17:04

see what that is what. Thank

17:08

you. Telegram

17:11

view of. Give it to me. From

17:16

his hunter or what she said come at once we'll

17:18

meet you at the Black Swan Hotel Winchester at three

17:20

this afternoon and at my wit then don't fail me

17:23

but you suppose it happened hurry what we've got time

17:25

to lose the train from Waterloo station in half an

17:27

hour if we can only get to her in time.

17:45

In just a moment, we will follow

17:47

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on their

17:50

strange journey. Ladies and

17:52

gentlemen, be careful of the so -called

17:54

common cold. It may quickly turn into

17:56

something else. Act quickly, act

17:58

prudently. At the first time of

18:00

a cold, take Bromo quinine tablets.

18:03

Bromo quinine tablets promptly relieve the distress

18:05

of a cold. They help reduce the

18:07

fever of a cold. Bromo

18:09

quinine tablets are effective for two

18:12

very good reasons. First,

18:14

they're made especially for the relief of

18:16

a cold symptom. Specialized

18:18

medication, in other words. Second,

18:20

they work internally. They get out

18:23

of cold discomforts from the inside, which is

18:25

the way you want. Do business like in

18:27

your treatment of a cold in history. Take

18:29

a business like preparation. Bromo, quinine,

18:32

tablets. You can get

18:34

these famous tablets at any drug store

18:36

in America, a few cents a box.

18:38

Be sure you ask for Bromo, B

18:40

-R -O -M -O, quinine, Q -U

18:42

-I -N -I -N -E. Bromo, quinine,

18:44

cold tablets. Ah,

19:01

yes, there's the black swan opposite the station.

19:03

Yes, and if I'm not mistaken, that's Mrs.

19:06

Hunter waiting for us on the doorstep. Look

19:09

to the pale and shaky

19:11

at home. Yes. Well,

19:14

girl is obvious, despite... Mr. Holmes, you're kind

19:16

of, you'd have come. You too, Dr. Holmes.

19:18

Oh, not at all. She can't tell you.

19:21

She can't tell you how anxious I'd be

19:23

enough. There, there. There, now, Mrs. Hunter. Perhaps

19:25

if we go inside, they can give us

19:27

a private sitting room. Yes, I've ordered tea

19:29

this way. Ah,

19:33

yes, that's better. Nice

19:35

cozy fire. Close the door, will

19:37

you Watson? That's

19:40

right. Now then, let

19:42

the doctor do the pouring while you tell the story.

19:45

First of all, how'd you like your tea? Two

19:47

lumps of the little tea. All right, though. Thank

19:50

you, Dr. Watson. Yes,

19:52

and now? No. Well,

19:55

first of all, I've had no,

19:57

you know, actual ill -treatment from

19:59

Mr. Mr. Woodcastle, but things seem

20:01

to frighten me. However,

20:04

I've had that begin at the beginning. Yes,

20:06

that is generally a good place to start.

20:08

Well, Mr. Hum, copper beaches are

20:10

a large, sinister -looking house, almost completely

20:12

surrounded by woods. It's impressed me from

20:15

the moment of my arrival. I

20:17

was met at the door by Mr. Woodcastle and his wife.

20:20

And, uh, is she... No, no,

20:22

no. She's not married. I see.

20:25

She's a small, pale -faced woman, much younger

20:27

than Mr. Lucasso. In fact, I gather that

20:29

she's his second wife. You see,

20:31

that's a good daughter by the first marriage. A

20:34

girl now over 20, but she's not living at the house.

20:36

Mr. Lucasso said that she couldn't get along with

20:39

her stepmother, so he sent her to America to

20:41

fill her down with. And

20:43

does Mrs. Lucasso strike you as a difficult

20:45

woman to get along with? Oh, no, Mrs.

20:47

Holmes. She's shy and rather quiet. More

20:50

than once, I'm surprised you're in tears. At

20:52

first I thought it might be worry over

20:55

the disposition of her child. What's the matter

20:57

with this disposition? Well, she's

20:59

badly spoiled. He has an ungovernable temper and

21:01

seems to have great delight in torturing birds

21:04

and small animals. Certain little beef and the

21:06

rest of her household? Well, there's

21:08

only one servant taller is his name. A

21:11

rough uncouth man with a perpetual smell

21:13

of drink about him. Why

21:16

the keep him? I don't know. Except

21:18

perhaps he's the only one who could

21:20

mourn his carl. Carl? Yes.

21:23

Carlos, a huge, undefended master, has kept the chain

21:25

in the table during the day, but at night,

21:27

they let him out. Oh, he's

21:30

terribly... Even Mr. Reucance will be afraid of

21:32

him. I'm sure you'd hear any traces of

21:34

a bit. Hmm. I

21:36

wonder why Mr. Reucance would desire such

21:38

ferocious protection. I'm sure I don't know

21:40

unless... unless there's something on the top

21:42

floor of the West Wing that he

21:44

wants to protect. The West Wing, eh?

21:46

Yes, the door that leads into it

21:48

is open at my room, and it's

21:50

kept securely locked. It looks nasty to

21:52

me, huh? Ah, please, Watson, please. Don't

21:54

interrupt. Well, the second day after my

21:56

arrival, immediately after breakfast, Mr.

21:59

Roots out to ask me to put on a

22:01

dress which had been laid out for me on

22:03

my bed. Now, what was it like? Well, it

22:05

wasn't a new dress, Mr. Holmes, but the material

22:07

was excellent and had a particularly brilliant shade and

22:09

electric blue. Oh, electric blue. Charming clothes. I put

22:12

it on and went down to the living room.

22:15

Mr. Lukasen had placed a chair for me by

22:17

the stunt window. He asked me to

22:19

sit there with my back to the window, and to

22:21

lead to him from the French novel. Well,

22:24

I've led for the now, and at the end of

22:26

that time, he said I might go upstairs and change.

22:28

Hmm, strange. This experience has been

22:30

repeated every morning since then. Well,

22:33

as time passed, I became more and more

22:35

curious. Why, were they so careful

22:37

to keep my face turned away from the window? Naturally,

22:40

I was consumed with the desire to see what

22:42

was going on behind my back. So today I

22:44

divide the means. I noticed

22:46

at breakfast that Mr. Rookaster had had quite

22:49

a few dreams. The

22:51

happy thought seems me. My hand mirror had been

22:53

broken, so I concealed a piece of it in

22:55

my handkerchief and later in my book, feeling sure

22:57

that Mr. Rookaster was too drunk to notice. Holding

23:00

the book up, I was able to see everything

23:03

behind me. And what did you see? Well, at

23:05

first there was nothing. At

23:07

the second glance, however, I saw a

23:09

young man in a grey suit, leaning

23:11

against a railing, which boarded our field.

23:14

He was looking earnestly in my direction. Mr.

23:17

Rookassel must have noticed my surprise, for he

23:19

burst out angrily. Really,

23:33

Miss Hunter, your attention must be wandering. That's the

23:35

second time that you've played that passage. Furthermore,

23:38

there's an impertinent fellow up the road who keeps staring at

23:40

you. Is he a friend of yours? Oh, no, Mr. Rucassel.

23:42

I don't know anyone around. Well, time to turn around, and

23:44

most of them to go away. Why wouldn't it be better

23:46

not to notice him? Do as I say, you! I

23:49

really don't need to tell you to have any followers. Very

23:51

well, Mr. Rucassel. Where?

23:54

Pertinent fellow. That will be all

23:56

for this morning, Miss Hunter. You may go to your

23:59

room. Oh, but, Mr. Rucassel, I hope you don't... Go

24:01

to your room, I say. Yes, sir. And after that,

24:03

you'll needn't bother to wear that blue dress. Here,

24:07

what a spiteful puzzle. If

24:10

I could only get away from here, it's all

24:12

so depressing. What?

24:16

That's the key and the door to the West

24:18

Wing. You must be

24:20

doing it. I

24:23

wonder what's inside.

24:26

We're here. It wouldn't hurt to take just one

24:28

look. Oh,

24:33

how dark it is and

24:36

misty. Wait.

24:40

The door. Where

24:43

the middle one is barred at the end of

24:45

the road. I'm busy. I

24:47

wonder why. Oh,

24:50

but it's a fucking here. What was

24:52

that? Oh, I need to

24:54

be the best. Someone's

24:59

in there. Or

25:02

maybe it's something. I

25:06

can't stand it. To

25:08

area. I've got to get out

25:10

of here. I've got to get out. I

25:14

did I can't miss the root cause

25:16

let's just get Mr. Lucas. I

25:19

thought it must even I saw

25:21

the door. I'm so frightened. I'm

25:23

lady and what I need you. I was foolish enough

25:26

to go into that big wing but it was so

25:28

lonely and hearing and the bats walked down into my

25:30

feet. Is that all? Well, what else could that be?

25:32

Why do you suppose that I keep that door locked?

25:34

I'm sure I don't know. It's to keep people out

25:36

to have no business there, you see? I'm sure if

25:39

I know that... Well, you know now, my dear young

25:41

lady. And if you ever put your foot over that

25:43

threshold again, I'll throw you to the master. What

25:57

a dreadful experience. I feel

25:59

sure there's someone locked in

26:01

that room. Someone who's unhappy,

26:03

perhaps tortured. Oh,

26:05

good heavens, it's almost five. I'm trying to be

26:07

back by six. Mr. Woodcastle is going out. You've

26:09

missed it. Woodcastle should discover where been. You're acting

26:11

like a brave and sensible girl, Miss Hunter. Yes,

26:13

indeed you are. Do you think you could do

26:15

one more thing? I can try, Miss Hunter. Dr.

26:17

Watson and I will be at the Copper Beaches

26:19

by seven. The Woodcastle will be gone

26:21

by that time, and I don't imagine the Mastiff will

26:23

be left loose until they return. Oh, no, Mr. Holmes.

26:25

It would be too dangerous for them to get back

26:28

to the house. Good. We will hope that Tullard is

26:30

still drunk. At any rate, you must get us into

26:32

the house. We must explore the West Wing. I'll do

26:34

my best, Mr. Holmes. Now I must hurry. Good -bye,

26:36

John. Good -bye, Mr. Holmes. Well,

26:38

my dear Holmes, what do you make of the door? A

26:41

blue dress from the man in front of

26:43

the house. Obviously, they've had someone, uh, had

26:45

her impersonating someone. The one young, whose

26:47

hair has been cut off during an illness. That

26:49

someone is probably the person imprisoned in the West

26:51

Wing. It's gonna start. That is

26:54

not the most sinister part of Miss Hunter's story.

26:56

Oh, what is it? The unpleasant disposition of the

26:58

child. Oh, what's that got to do with it?

27:00

My dear Watson, as a medical man, you know

27:03

that a child's tendency can be discovered by a

27:05

study of a parent, but heredity as a son

27:07

could be worked backwards as well. You

27:09

can get a good insight into the character of

27:11

the parents by studying the children. This child is

27:13

cruel, abnormally cruel. He's

27:17

probably inherited it from one of his parents. I

27:19

only hope nothing serious happens before seven o

27:21

'clock tonight. What

27:42

a night. The first kind of

27:44

storm of the season. Look

27:50

what I've done. He's in

27:52

an ugly temper. Listen to the house. For

27:55

this group of copper beaches and hunting. Yes,

27:57

yes, yes. This hunter is waiting for us in the

28:00

Close, Mr. Kerr. Oh, come in, come in. You

28:02

must be soaked to the skin. Oh, you're rather

28:04

wet, you're yourself. You'll be

28:06

careful, you know? You'll be catching fire. What's

28:09

that pounding? told us we're just going out to

28:12

release the dog I came into the wine cellar

28:14

they're not going in splendid I managed to get

28:16

told he was asking him to look quite drunk

28:18

they are duplicates of Mr. Rooker better than better

28:20

but come along upstairs we've no time to wait

28:23

have you got your ball by hand he wasn't

28:25

here good. Good

28:29

heavens that lightning must have hit quite

28:31

near here the copper beach is no

28:33

doubt no which key. That's

28:37

right. Nothing

28:42

here. Come along. Listen

28:46

to that rain on the roof. The

28:53

middle door, you said. Hello in there.

28:56

I want that. I don't like that. Watch

28:59

him. Hope he'll remove this bedstead, will you? That's

29:02

right. Hide it, one

29:04

side. Here, cut the rope. That's

29:06

it. The

29:08

door's locked. Oh, we must break it open

29:11

then. Come on. One, two, five.

29:15

Hello. There's no one

29:17

here. The villain Rue Castle's been made

29:19

away with the prisoner. Maybe you're right. He's probably

29:22

been carried off. Yes, but how? Who's the skylight?

29:24

It's still over. Shut that table over here. What

29:29

are you going to do? Hand on it, of

29:31

course. Yes, yes. There's

29:34

a footprint and the ladder resting against the east.

29:36

So that's how he did it. But that's not

29:38

possible. The ladder wasn't there when the root castles

29:40

went away. Then he must have come back. He's

29:42

a dangerous and clever man. Listen. Yes,

29:45

I think I hear his steps on the stairs.

29:47

Oh, Mr. Humpfield, kill us all. I thought I'd

29:49

find you here. Oh, villain, what have you done

29:52

with your daughter? I'm the one that should ask

29:54

that to see you, brother. I've caught you. You're

29:56

in my path. I'll fix you. He's

30:00

going to get the dog where we found a shred. Quick,

30:03

Watson, remember to close the front door. drive home. Let

30:07

me out! Let me out, Mr. Ruckersen! Loose

30:09

the dog! You've killed Mr. Ruckersen! Oh, quick,

30:12

quick, quick! It's too late! It's too late!

30:14

Get off the keys, Mr. Don, let him

30:16

out. oh, oh, all right. Help

30:18

me, baby! Oh,

30:22

it's Carlo! He's got Mr. Ruckersen by

30:24

the throat! Quick, Watson, give me a revolver. Careful you

30:26

don't hit the man by mistake. Shut up and stand

30:28

back, Watson. Oh,

30:32

my God! Oh,

30:36

Oh, my God!

30:39

Oh, my God!

30:43

Oh,

30:46

my

30:48

God!

30:58

Dr. Watson and I are going to take you back to Chandler's

31:00

on the nine o 'clock train. So

31:17

you think Watson and the crew council will

31:19

live? I'm afraid so, Holmes. Oh, I'm so

31:21

glad to get away from that dreadful thing.

31:23

I say, Holmes, just what did happen to

31:25

the prisoner in the West Wing and who

31:27

was it? He's also discussing this simple, my

31:29

dear Watson. The Blue Castle's daughter, as

31:31

I suspected. It seems that she inherited

31:33

some money from her mother who was Blue Castle's first

31:35

wife. When she threatened to get married and

31:38

take a small fortune with her, her father tried to get

31:40

her to sign a paper giving the money to him. She

31:42

wanted her until she got brain fever and had to have

31:44

all her hair cut off. Oh, a what a brute! I

31:46

got all these details from Chiller. Still,

31:48

her young man stuck to her and cheated

31:50

him. After that, Mr. Blue Castle locked his

31:52

daughter up and brought Miss Hunter down from

31:54

London in order to impersonate her. Get rid

31:56

of the persistent shooter. This young gentleman, however,

31:58

was a persevereing chap, and having Green's cholera

32:01

palm very thoroughly, he learned the two state

32:03

of affairs. With the help of

32:05

cholera and a long step letter, he rescued his

32:07

fiance. They're now headed for Southampton

32:09

with a special license, and this time this

32:11

whole castle, or rather Mrs. Fowler, is really

32:13

going to America and on our honeymoon. It's

32:16

quite romantic, isn't it, hon? I do want

32:18

your romance, Watson. You're a regular old woman.

32:20

Well, I'm glad we were able to help

32:22

the poor thing, but I wouldn't go back

32:24

to that house again. Not for twice the

32:26

salary. Oh, that reminds me, Miss Hunter, I

32:28

was talking to a friend of mine about

32:31

you the other day. She's a private school

32:33

in Walsall. I believe she said she had

32:35

an opening for you. Oh, Mr. Holmes! You're

32:38

a darling! No, no, my dear. It's quite

32:40

some conflict. We already know. Shut up, Watson.

32:56

Well, Dr. Watson, you certainly had some

32:59

exciting times when you were living with

33:01

Sherlock Holmes. I certainly did, Mr. Manning.

33:03

Those were the days. Tell

33:05

me nothing about a dull moment. Yes,

33:07

but I think of the thrilling experiences

33:09

that Holmes brought into my life. I

33:12

can almost forgive him for being

33:14

so infusively critical. Now, ladies

33:16

and gentlemen, before Dr. Watson tells us what

33:18

next week's adventure would be, here's what to

33:21

do when you feel any sign of a

33:23

cold. Here's what to do for prompt relief.

33:26

Go right to your darkest and say a

33:28

package of Bromo quinine tablets, please. Start

33:31

taking the tablets right away, according to

33:33

the directions on every button. You'll be

33:35

surprised with the prompt action of Bromo

33:37

quinine tablets. You'll be amazed

33:39

with the way they relieve a cold's discomfort.

33:42

You'll get results such as to

33:44

delight and reassure you. You'll say,

33:47

here indeed is a dependable preparation

33:49

well worthy of its fame. Don't

33:52

leave your radio tonight without making a

33:54

mental note that any sign or suspicion

33:56

of a cold, you're going

33:58

to take Bromo quinine tablets. You'll probably

34:00

have more than one occasion to be

34:02

grateful for the resolution. Remember,

34:04

Bromo, B -R -O -M -O,

34:07

quinine, two -U -I -N -I

34:09

-N -E, Bromo, quinine, cold tablet.

34:12

Now, Dr. Watson, what about next

34:14

week, sir? Well, next week, we

34:17

shall hear about a noble bachelor who

34:19

finally married and whose wife disappeared between

34:21

the wedding and the bridal question. So

34:23

this bachelor had a wife, eh? Even

34:26

Holmes will have trouble explaining that. Not

34:28

at all, Mr. Money, not at all.

34:30

You'll hear all about it next week.

34:34

peculiar story, it is, too. You

34:38

have been listening to a Sherlock Holmes

34:40

adventure adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's

34:42

story, The Copper Beaches, starring

34:44

Basil Wathbone as Sherlock Holmes, and

34:47

Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. The

34:50

dramatization was by Edith Meiter. This

34:52

program is presented from Hollywood every week

34:54

at the same time by the makers

34:56

of promo quinine -cold tablets. Quick

34:59

release for colds. This is not

35:01

many speakers. This

35:05

is the National Broadcasting Company.

35:08

Welcome back. This

35:11

is one case where the

35:13

commercials are definitely helpful as

35:15

to establishing the age of

35:17

the show. Now,

35:19

the website I actually found this

35:21

particular episode on, because

35:23

there were two productions of the Copper

35:25

Beaches. This one, the

35:28

site I downloaded this off of, dated

35:30

this show as from 1943, so we

35:32

wouldn't be showing it for a couple

35:35

weeks. However, the ad

35:37

told me the sponsor of the

35:39

show was Bromo Quanine. And

35:42

Bromo Quanine was no longer the

35:44

sponsor of the show in 1943,

35:46

Petrie Wine had taken over. So,

35:49

from that we are able

35:51

to deduce that this was

35:54

actually the 19 40 broadcast

35:56

of the Copper Beaches from

35:59

the 1940 -41 season. So

36:02

I'm sure a deduction

36:05

of which homes would

36:07

be proud. All right,

36:09

I love this whole

36:11

tension between the sense

36:14

of detective stories as

36:16

being logical and there

36:18

being this emotion in

36:21

there and I

36:23

think that, particularly

36:25

in the way that

36:27

Rathbone portrays Holmes, there's

36:30

this, you could almost

36:32

say a pretension of

36:34

detachment. However,

36:37

for Holmes to be, you

36:40

know, if it were just a matter

36:42

of logic and figuring it out, you

36:45

know, Holmes would be like, well, I've

36:47

already, Well, I've

36:49

got to get there. It

36:51

wouldn't necessarily matter to him

36:53

whether he arrived with the

36:55

governess alive or dead. Instead,

36:58

it's like we've got to hurry. Again,

37:02

there's some definite

37:04

concern. And

37:07

so I think

37:09

that in one

37:12

way, it's

37:14

a fascinating contrast

37:17

because I think Holmes

37:19

is almost seems somewhat

37:22

in denial about his

37:24

own emotional responses from

37:27

the case to the

37:29

cases and how it

37:32

really engages him. I

37:35

also love that part

37:38

where he was discussing

37:40

why he was more

37:42

afraid for her in

37:44

the in the

37:46

countryside and in the city

37:49

it's actually a you know

37:51

statistically it's actually doesn't doesn't

37:53

hold water because you know

37:56

they're generally in most

37:58

small towns less chance

38:00

of something

38:03

bad happening than in

38:05

a large

38:07

city, but I think

38:10

that the view, as

38:12

expressed by here, really

38:14

does govern a

38:16

lot of thoughts in

38:18

Hollywood both then

38:20

and now, because you'll

38:23

always hear this town where

38:25

every little thing looks

38:27

calm, but there's a

38:29

dark, dark secret. And

38:32

you see kind of the logic behind

38:34

it, even if all the statistics aren't

38:36

necessarily there to back it

38:38

up. All right, well that'll

38:40

wrap it up for this week's

38:42

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