Sherlock Holmes, the Stories. 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” while using abductive reasoning (inference to the best explanation) 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 recognizable 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. The word Sherlock has since entered the English language as to mean someone who is both highly intelligent and observant. It is also used sarcastically to mean someone who states the obvious.
Sherlock Holmes, the Radio Shows LISTEN to Sherlock Holmes
Throughout the early 1940′s on American Radio, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce performed as Holmes and Watson, respectively, in several series of canonical and original Sherlock Holmes stories. When Rathbone finally departed the role before the 1947 season, Tom Conway played Sherlock Holmes opposite Nigel Bruce for one season. After a change of networks, there were two more pairings: John Stanley as Holmes and Alfred Shirley as Watson in 1947-1948 and John Stanley and Ian Martin in 1948-1949. The stories were written by Edith Meiser, a self-confessed Holmes addict. At first she used Arthur Conan Doyles’ original stories, but, after the series outlived the original material, she created her own new stories. These were so well written that she was warmly praised by Arthur Conan Doyle’s widow and son. First broadcast date October 20, 1930. Last broadcast date September 4, 1956
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Nov 26 2008 34 REMASTERED Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce shows
PLAYLIST and DOWNLOAD Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
173 The Notorious Canary Trainer.mp3
174 Unfortunate Tobacconist.mp3
175 The Purloined Ruby.mp3
176 On the Flanders.mp3
177 The Paradol Chamber.mp3
179 The Limping Ghost.mp3
180 Colonel Warburton’s Madness.mp3
181 Out of Date Murder.mp3
182 The Eyes of Mr Leyton.mp3
183 Problem of Thor Bridge.mp3
184 The Vanishing Elephant.mp3
185 The Manor House Case.mp3
186 The Great Gandolfo.mp3
187 Murder in the Moonlight.mp3
188 The Fifth of November.mp3
189 The Speckled Band.mp3
190 Double Zero.mp3
191 Accidental Murderess.mp3
192 Murder in the Casbah.mp3
193 A Scandal in Bohemia.mp3
194 The Second Generation.mp3
195 Night Before Christmas.mp3
196 Case of the Iron Box.mp3
197 Hampton Heath Killer.mp3
198 Murder Beyond the Mountains.mp3
199 Telltale Pigeon Feathers.mp3
200 Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber.mp3
201 The Indiscretion of Mr Edwards aka Murder Under The Big Top.mp3
202 The Guileless Gypsy.mp3
203 Camberwell Poisoning.mp3
204 Murder at the Opera.mp3
205 The Submarine Caves.mp3
209 April Fool’s Adventure.mp3
216 Haunting of Sherlock Holmes.mp3[/spoiler]
Dec 2007 Listen to 101 shows at archive.org
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