Episode 488 - Arthur’s Anniversary (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & Escape)

It's a birthday celebration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring two of his Sherlock Holmes stories adapted for radio. We'll hear John Stanley as Holmes and Alfred Shirley as Dr. Watson in "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" (originally aired on Mutual on October 12, 1947) and "The Adventure of the Stolen Naval Treaty" (originally aired on Mutual on November 23, 1947). Plus, we'll hear an adaptation of Doyle's1898 non-Holmes mystery "The Lost Special" from Escape (originally aired on CBS on February 12, 1949). Click here to read "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League." Click here to read "The Adventure of the Stolen Naval Treaty." Click here to read "The Story of the Lost Special."

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