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The Speckled Band and The Purloined Ruby (Abridged): The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Episode 18 Audiobook
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Exactly as broadcast on November 12, 1945
One young woman has died a tragic, unexplained death—is her sister to die the same way? A beautiful young woman asks Holmes and Watson to investigate unusual happenings at her English country house. Exotic music and strange sounds in the night must be explained in order to prevent a murder!
The Purloined Ruby
Exactly as broadcast on May 7, 1945
Sherlock Holmes must solve the murder of Sherlock Holmes. When Holmes returns to London from his retirement at his Sussex Bee farm, a beautiful woman, stolen rubies, and a mysterious character from Holmes' past lead him into a dangerous and challenging investigation. He must solve the murder of an actor … an actor portraying none other than Sherlock Holmes himself.
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About the Authors
Anthony Boucher, pseudonym of William Anthony Parker White (1911–1968), was a prolific mystery author and Edgar Award–winning editor. Between 1942 and 1947 he worked for the San Francisco Chronicle as a mystery reviewer and also spent time writing for the New York Times. His short fiction has been published in many distinguished American fiction magazines, including Adventure, Black Mask, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Weird Tales, and many others. His short story “The Quest for Saint Aquin” was selected by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories of all time. In the 1940s, he was also involved in radio, hosting a show called Golden Voices and writing a number of Sherlock Holmes dramas. He also helped to create the Mystery Writers of America in 1946 and served as president in 1951.
About the Narrators
Philip St. John Basil Rathbone (1892–1967) was a South African–born English actor. He rose to prominence in Britain as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over seventy films. He was widely recognized for his many portrayals of Sherlock Holmes in a series of fourteen feature films made between 1939 and 1946.
Nigel Bruce (1895–1953) was a British character actor best known for playing bumbling English aristocrats, high-society snobs, and military types. He played Dr. John Watson to Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes in a number of films, as well as in the classic radio show.