Episode 600 - A Sherlockian Six Hundredth Show

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Jack Mooney

Arts, Performing Arts, Mystery, Detectives, Old, Radio, Time, Tv & Film, Oldtimeradio

4.6 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 264 minutes

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Summary

Great Scott...600 episodes?! To mark the occasion, I'm on a trip to 221B Baker Street with my favorite radio adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In this super-sized Sherlock special, we'll hear John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson in "A Scandal in Bohemia." Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are Holmes and Watson in "The Notorious Canary Trainer" (originally aired on Mutual on April 23, 1945) and "The Speckled Band" (originally aired on Mutual on November 12, 1945), and then Bruce is joined by Tom Conway as Holmes in "The Adventure of the Tolling Bell" (originally aired on ABC on April 7, 1947). My personal favorite Holmes and Watson - John Stanley and Alfred Shirley - headline "The Laughing Lemur of Hightower Heath" (originally aired on Mutual on October 26, 1947), "The Cadaver in the Roman Toga" (originally aired on Mutual on November 9, 1947), "The Stolen Naval Treaty" (originally aired on Mutual on November 23, 1947), and "The Case of the Sudden Senility" (originally aired on Mutual on January 11, 1948). And finally, it's - appropriately enough - "The Final Problem," with Gielgud, Richardson, and special guest star Orson Welles as Professor Moriarty.

In the mood for more Holmes and Watson?

Click here for our spotlight show on Edith Meiser, the woman who brought Holmes to radio and penned his adventures for years.

And here's a collection of mysteries featuring Holmes and Watson battling seemingly supernatural foes.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Get this and get it straight.
0:02.0	Crime is a suckers road,
0:04.0	and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.
0:07.0	The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:18.0	The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.
0:22.0	The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Price.
0:25.0	Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account.
0:30.0	America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.
0:33.0	Yours truly, Johnny Deller. the Hello and welcome to episode 600 of down these mean streets. That adds up to a lot of hours of
1:06.0	podcasting about old-time radio detectives and crime fighters and frankly when I
1:11.6	started the show over 10 years ago, I wasn't sure if I'd get to episode 100, let alone 600.
1:20.0	So whether you're a long time listener or if you just discovered the podcast, thank you for your
1:25.2	support for tuning in week after week, for your feedback, and most importantly, for your passion for the golden age of radio.
1:35.0	I've said it before but for me the best thing about doing this podcast
1:40.0	is discovering how many old-time radio fans are out there and perhaps most
1:46.2	importantly how many younger fans of old time radio there are it's good to know that
1:52.2	there's new blood discovering the medium and folks will keep these
1:57.4	incredible shows circulating long after us old fogies have gone. So how do we celebrate 600 episodes? Well this one was a little bit of a
2:07.8	headscratcher for me. For past milestones I've picked out some particularly special shows.
2:15.0	King-sized serial installments of Johnny Dollar.
2:19.0	Deep dives of some of my favorite radio detective shows and a few years back for
2:25.8	episode 500 a spotlight on the shadow the program that really introduced me to the world of old time radio.
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