v. 22

The first and only vintage radio series to appear on the Publishers Weekly Audio Bestseller List, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes offers two new adventures presented exactly as they were originally broadcast in the 1940s.

v. 23

In The Gunpowder Plot, Holmes and Watson stumble onto a murder plot that's amazingly similar to an infamous 300-year-old murder case. The Babbling Butler draws Holmes and Watson into an investigation involving two tragic deaths. Original broadcasts from the 1940s.

Colonel Warburton's Madness

by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher

Published 13 September 2004
From 1939-1946 Americans gathered around their radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson.Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, are as fresh today as they were then, and feature perfect sound along with nostalgic war-time announcements, original narrations and radio commercials. This special CD collector's edition includes: - The Case of the Out of Date Murder and The Waltz of Death- Colonel Warburton's Madness and The Iron Box- A Scandal in Bohemia and The Second Generation- In Flanders Fields and The Eyes of Mr. Leyton- The Tell Tale Pigeon Feathers and The Indiscretion of Mr. Edwards- The Problem of Thor Bridge and The Double Zero

Murder by Moonlight

by Anthony Boucher

Published 1 October 2006
From 1939-1946 Americans gathered around their radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -- featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson.

Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, are as fresh today as they were then.

The latest audio technology was employed to bring the best audio quality and fidelity to the original performances, which feature nostalgic wartime announcements, original commercials and radio narrations.

This special CD edition includes:

The Book of Tobit and Murder Beyond the Mountains

The Manor House Case and The Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost

The Great Gandolfo and The Adventure of the Original Hamlet

Murder by Moonlight and The Singular Affair of the Coptic Compass

The Gunpowder Plot and The Babbling Butler

The Accidental Murderess and The Adventure of the Blarney Stone