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Cheryl
Cheryl Houston, TX, United States Member Since 2008
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  • The History of Harry Nile, Box Set 1, Vol. 1-4, December 1939 to Winter 1942

    "Best Buy!!"

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    Follow the noir adventures of Harry Nile in these short radio dramas produced in Seattle since the 1970's. The writing is crisp, the plots intriguing, and the price [on sale] cannot be beat! These show what America is capable of producing on a low budget [a local station] with high aspirations. Looking forward to the next installment [especially if it goes on sale!].

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    The History of Harry Nile, Box Set 1, Vol. 1-4, December 1939 to Winter 1942

    • ORIGINAL (8 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By Jim French
    • Narrated By Jim French, Phil Harper
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    Follow 23 adventures of Private Detective Harry Nile chronologically from his first case in December 1939 to Winter 1942. These are full-cast audio dramatizations.

    Cheryl says: "Best Buy!!"
  • The Sittaford Mystery (Dramatised)

    "These BBC Efforts Never Disappoint!"

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    Look for this title to pop up on sale and grab it at discount! The cast does credit to small-town British evils, with even pacing and careful plot development. A murder occurs in wintry conditions, and possible culprits abound!

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    The Sittaford Mystery (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 21 mins)
    • By Agatha Christie
    • Narrated By John Moffatt, Stephen Tompkinson
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    A blizzard has hit England. In the tiny village of Sittaford, on the fringes of Dartmoor, a party of six is gathered in Sittaford House, home of Captain Trevelyan. He has rented the house out for the winter and is staying in a nearby village. As evening draws in, a seance is proposed. But it reveals more than they had anticipated - TREVELYAN DEAD, spells out the board. Slowly the table begins to rock again, spelling out the word M-U-R-D-E-R. Is it true? And who would kill a man who doesn’t have an enemy in the world?

    Cheryl says: "These BBC Efforts Never Disappoint!"
  • Cards on the Table (Dramatised)

    "Poirot 'Deals' With A Host's Murder"

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    This BBC production is well worth its price, especially when on sale! A detective-host invites detectives and killers to dinner and and an evening of bridge, and meets with death at someone's hand. Poirot outs not only the detective's killer, but the crimes of other invitees. The story features friends of Hercule who have aided him in the past.

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    Cards on the Table (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 27 mins)
    • By Agatha Christie
    • Narrated By John Moffatt, Stephanie Cole, Donald Sinden
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    A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot with Stephanie Cole and Donald Sinden. Hercule Poirot, along with three other luminaries from the world of crime detection, is invited to dinner by the renowned London socialite Dr Shaitana. Also on the guest list are four members of what Shaitana calls his Black Museum - a collection of murderers who have each succeeded in 'getting away with it'. After midnight, when the guests prepare to leave, they make a terrible discovery.

    Linda says: "Cards on the table."
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    City of Saints

    "Not my usual cup of tea - but maybe it should be"

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    I'm not sure why I bought this book, but I'm certainly glad I did. The story is interesting, the performance outstanding and the main character fascinating. It's the coming of age of the youngest son of deceased policeman in 1930 Salt Lake City, a very real and recognizable ordinary guy with fears and foibles. Such a welcome change from the super-hero Reacher kinds of guys who typically populate mysteries, which I usually choose. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will look for more by this author and narrator. Good use of a credit.

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  • The History of Harry Nile, Box Set 1, Vol. 1-4, December 1939 to Winter 1942

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    I first heard "Harry Nile" on XM. My father and I used to have long conversations about how they really captured the feeling of "old time radio programing." The stories are fun and the voice actors are great!! Please Audible post more of these!!!

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    The History of Harry Nile, Box Set 1, Vol. 1-4, December 1939 to Winter 1942

    • ORIGINAL (8 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By Jim French
    • Narrated By Jim French, Phil Harper
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    Follow 23 adventures of Private Detective Harry Nile chronologically from his first case in December 1939 to Winter 1942. These are full-cast audio dramatizations.

    Cheryl says: "Best Buy!!"

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  • 4.8 (13 ratings)
    Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1 (Dramatised)
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    • Arthur Conan Doyle

    Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1 (Dramatised)

    • UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Narrated By Clive Merrison, Michael Williams
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    The volume includes 'Silver Blaze', 'The Yellow Face', 'The Stockbroker's Clerk', and 'The 'Gloria Scott'

    Clive Merrison stars as Holmes with Michael Williams as Watson in these adventures, part of the unique fully dramatised BBC canon of Conan Doyle's short stories and novels featuring the world-famous sleuth.

  • 4.4 (69 ratings)
    Rumpole and the Primrose Path (Dramatized)
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    • John Mortimer

    Rumpole and the Primrose Path (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By John Mortimer
    • Narrated By Timothy West, Prunella Scales
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    Horace Rumpole, the Wordsworth loving, Shakespeare quoting, claret imbibing barrister returns in these hugely enjoyable stories of legal chicanery and criminal derring-do.

    Mark says: "Highly entertaining"
  • 4.5 (54 ratings)
    Murder on the Orient Express (Dramatised)
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    Murder on the Orient Express (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 18 mins)
    • By Agatha Christie
    • Narrated By John Moffatt
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    An international cast of suspects, all passengers on the crowded train, are speeding through the snowy European landscape when a bizarre and terrible murder brings them to an abrupt halt. One of their glittering number lies dead in his cabin, stabbed a mysterious twelve times. There is no lack of clues for Poirot - but which clue is real and which is a clever plant?

    Paul says: "Top performance of a classic story"
  • 4.5 (48 ratings)
    Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair (Dramatization)
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    Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair (Dramatization)
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    • Francis Durbridge

    Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair (Dramatization)

    • ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 4 mins)
    • By Francis Durbridge
    • Narrated By Peter Coke, Full Cast
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    In this adventure, Paul Temple is called in to investigate the disappearance of the Desmond baby, and the 'Sitter-In' Miss Millicent. When they visit Mary Desmond she is, understandably, very upset, it's already been a week since her eighteenth-month-old daughter vanished. The only clue is a telephone message left in Miss Millicent's handwriting: 'A Mr. Vandyke telephoned, he left no message'.

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  • 4.4 (47 ratings)
    Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery (Dramatized)
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    • Francis Durbridge

    Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 34 mins)
    • By Francis Durbridge
    • Narrated By Peter Coke, Majorie Westbury, Full Cast
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    From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular serials. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats, a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

    William W. Smith says: "Dramatizations are a great change of pace"
  • 4.3 (44 ratings)
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dramatised)
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    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By John le Carre
    • Narrated By Simon Russell Beale, Anna Chancellor, Alex Jennings, and others
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    Smiley, wrestling with retirement and disillusionment, is summoned to a secret meeting with a member of the Cabinet Office. Evidence has emerged that the Circus has been infiltrated at the highest level by a Russian agent. 'Find the mole, George. Clean the stables. Do whatever is necessary.' Reluctantly Smiley agrees, and so embarks on a dark journey into his past a past filled with love, duplicity and betrayal.

    lynn says: "Atmospheric, powerful production"
  • 4.4 (43 ratings)
    Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair (Dramatized)
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    • Francis Durbridge

    Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 32 mins)
    • By Francis Durbridge
    • Narrated By Peter Coke, Majorie Westbury, Full Cast
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    From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular serials. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats, a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

    Michael Hellyer says: "Entertaining and well-produced."
  • 4.3 (39 ratings)
    And Then There Were None (Dramatised)
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    And Then There Were None (Dramatised)
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    • Agatha Christie

    And Then There Were None (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 26 mins)
    • By Agatha Christie
    • Narrated By Lyndsey Marshal, John Rowe, Geoffrey Whitehead
    Overall
    (39)
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    (31)
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    A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Agatha Christie mystery, starring Lyndsey Marshal, Geoffrey Whitehead and John Rowe. Ten guests travel to an island at the invitation of someone named U. N. Owen. All are strangers, but they have two things in common: they have all been responsible for someone's death, and none will leave the island alive.

    A User says: "They Re-wrote the book!"
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  • 4.5 (38 ratings)
    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Dramatised)
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    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Dramatised)

    • UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 51 mins)
    • By John Le Carre
    • Narrated By Simon Russell Beale
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    (24)
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    It is 1962: the height of the Cold War and only months after the building of the Berlin Wall. Alec Leamas is a hard-working, hard-drinking British intelligence officer whose East Berlin network is in tatters. His agents are either on the run or dead, victims of the ruthlessly efficient East German counter-intelligence officer Hans-Dieter Mundt.

    DARBY KERN says: "Brian Cox is great but..."
  • 4.3 (38 ratings)
    Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case (Dramatized)
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    • Francis Durbridge

    Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 31 mins)
    • By Francis Durbridge
    • Narrated By Peter Coke, Marjorie Westbury, Full Cast
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    Just as Paul and Steve are about to go on holiday, Wilfrid Stirling visits with a plea. His daughter Brenda was recently murdered, her body dumped on a bomb site. Her boyfriend Howard Gilbert, seen walking away from the site, has been convicted of the murder and sentenced to hang, but Brenda's father feels sure he didn't do it. In spite of all the evidence against Gilbert, Mr Stirling asks Paul to clear his name and discover the real murderer.

    Bettina says: "Fabulous BBC"
  • 4.4 (35 ratings)
    BBC Radio Crimes: A Charles Paris Mystery: The Dead Side of the Mic
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    • Simon Brett , Jeremy Front (adaptation)

    BBC Radio Crimes: A Charles Paris Mystery: The Dead Side of the Mic

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 52 mins)
    • By Simon Brett, Jeremy Front (adaptation)
    • Narrated By Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Charlotte Green
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    Actor and reluctant sleuth Charles Paris is facing chaos on the domestic front. He’s lodging with his ex-wife Frances, and now their pregnant daughter has moved in as well. It’s all a bit much.... So he is over the moon when he lands a job on the BBC Radio Rep - but the ink is barely dry on his contract when a murder takes place in Broadcasting House. A young female studio manager is found dead in an editing suite, and Charles steps in to investigate....

    AD says: "Bill Nighy on tip, top form"
  • 4.4 (34 ratings)
    Smiley's People (Dramatised)
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    Smiley's People (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By John Le Carre
    • Narrated By Simon Russell Beale, Anna Chancellor, Lindsay Duncan, and others
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    When a Russian émigré is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, Smiley is called out of retirement to exorcise some Cold War ghosts from his clandestine past. What follows is Smiley the human being at his most vulnerable and Smiley the case officer at his most brilliant; and it takes to a thrilling conclusion his career-long, serpentine battle with the enigmatic and ruthless Russian spymaster Karla.

    lynn says: "Excellent modern dramatisation"

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  • The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: Old Time Radio - 105 Shows
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    • Raymond Chandler , Gene Levitt , Robert Mitchell , Mel Dinelli , Kathleen Hite , Parley Baer

    The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: Old Time Radio - 105 Shows

    • ORIGINAL (48 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Raymond Chandler, Gene Levitt, Robert Mitchell, and others
    • Narrated By Gerald Mohr, Jeff Corey, Howard McNear
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    Philip Marlowe is a fictional private eye created by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe first appeared, under that name, in The Big Sleep, published in 1939. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring the Marlowe character. It first aired 17 June 1947 on NBC radio and moved to CBS radio a few months later. By 1949, it had the largest audience in radio. The CBS version ran for 114 episodes. While many fans of classic hard-boiled detective stories are familiar with Chandler's novels and short stories, few have heard these radio shows.

  • And Then There Were None (Dramatised)
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    • Agatha Christie

    And Then There Were None (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 26 mins)
    • By Agatha Christie
    • Narrated By Lyndsey Marshal, John Rowe, Geoffrey Whitehead
    Overall
    (39)
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    A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Agatha Christie mystery, starring Lyndsey Marshal, Geoffrey Whitehead and John Rowe. Ten guests travel to an island at the invitation of someone named U. N. Owen. All are strangers, but they have two things in common: they have all been responsible for someone's death, and none will leave the island alive.

    A User says: "They Re-wrote the book!"
  • Dragnet: Old Time Radio - 380 Episodes
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    • Frank Burt , James E. Moser , John Robinson

    Dragnet: Old Time Radio - 380 Episodes

    • ORIGINAL (137 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Frank Burt, James E. Moser, John Robinson
    • Narrated By Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, Ben Alexander, and others
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    Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave millions of audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work.

    Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media.

  • The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, The Queer Feet, and The Arrow of Heaven: The Father Brown Mysteries (Dramatized)
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    The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, The Queer Feet, and The Arrow of Heaven: The Father Brown Mysteries (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 59 mins)
    • By G. K. Chesterton, M. J. Elliott
    • Narrated By J. T. Turner, The Colonial Radio Players
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    From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it -- as exemplified in these stories.

    Adam says: "Father Brown on the Radio"
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  • Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1 (Dramatised)
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    • Arthur Conan Doyle

    Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1 (Dramatised)

    • UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Narrated By Clive Merrison, Michael Williams
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    (13)
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    (10)
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    (9)

    The volume includes 'Silver Blaze', 'The Yellow Face', 'The Stockbroker's Clerk', and 'The 'Gloria Scott'

    Clive Merrison stars as Holmes with Michael Williams as Watson in these adventures, part of the unique fully dramatised BBC canon of Conan Doyle's short stories and novels featuring the world-famous sleuth.

  • Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)
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    • Raymond Chandler

    Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 26 mins)
    • By Raymond Chandler
    • Narrated By Toby Stephens, Kelly Burke, Barbara Barnes, and others
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    A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Raymond Chandler mystery featuring private eye, Philip Marlowe. Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away.

    JAMIE says: "WARNING: NOT THE COMPLETE NOVEL"
  • BBC Radio Crimes: The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: A Man Lay Dead & A Surfeit of Lampreys
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    • Ngaio Marsh

    BBC Radio Crimes: The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: A Man Lay Dead & A Surfeit of Lampreys

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 53 mins)
    • By Ngaio Marsh
    • Narrated By Jeremy Clyde
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    A game of ‘murders’ at Sir Hubert Handesley’s country house party becomes far too realistic for anyone’s liking. First a guest arrives with a dangerously lethal dagger and then, when the gong sounds to announce the start of the game, the victim plays dead in a very convincing manner. Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn believes the unusual dagger is a vital clue to the real-life murder, and soon he’s on the trail of a Russian secret society.

  • The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: Old Time Radio - 52 Episodes
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    • Rex Stout , Louis Vittes

    The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: Old Time Radio - 52 Episodes

    • ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 24 mins)
    • By Rex Stout, Louis Vittes
    • Narrated By Sydney Greenstreet, Don Stanley
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    Nero Wolfe is an armchair detective created in 1934 by Rex Stout. Like many great detectives from the classic era, Nero Wolfe made the jump to radio and television. Five radio series have been produced starring Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. These episodes come primarily from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe which aired on NBC radio from October, 1950 to April, 1951.

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  • Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery (Dramatized)
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    • Francis Durbridge

    Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 34 mins)
    • By Francis Durbridge
    • Narrated By Peter Coke, Majorie Westbury, Full Cast
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    From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular serials. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats, a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

    William W. Smith says: "Dramatizations are a great change of pace"
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (Dramatized): Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Classic Sherlock Holmes Story
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    • Jim French , Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Hound of the Baskervilles (Dramatized): Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Classic Sherlock Holmes Story

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By Jim French, Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Narrated By Jim French
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    Generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows.

  • Towards Zero (Dramatised)
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    • Agatha Christie

    Towards Zero (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 44 mins)
    • By Agatha Christie
    • Narrated By Philip Fox, Hugh Bonneville, Marcia Warren
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    Lady Tresselian invites several guests to stay at her seaside house at Gull’s Point. Against her better judgment she has allowed her late husband’s ward, handsome tennis ace Neville Strange, and his wife Kay to come at the same time as Neville’s ex-wife Audrey. Other guests include Mary, Lady Tresselian’s companion; Ted, Kay’s ever-present friend; Thomas, a family friend who has just returned from spending the war in Africa and Lady Tresselian’s old friend Lord Justice Treves.

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    Murder on the Orient Express (Dramatised)

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 18 mins)
    • By Agatha Christie
    • Narrated By John Moffatt
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    An international cast of suspects, all passengers on the crowded train, are speeding through the snowy European landscape when a bizarre and terrible murder brings them to an abrupt halt. One of their glittering number lies dead in his cabin, stabbed a mysterious twelve times. There is no lack of clues for Poirot - but which clue is real and which is a clever plant?

    Paul says: "Top performance of a classic story"

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  • Nick Carter: Master Detective: Volume 1
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    Nick Carter: Master Detective: Volume 1

    • ORIGINAL (8 hrs and 44 mins)
    • By David Kogan
    • Narrated By Lon Clark, Helen Choate, Charlotte Manson, and others
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    This collection stars Lon Clark as Nick Carter, Master Detective - that "most famous of all man-hunters" - in 18 riveting whodunits selected from this long-running radio series! Joining the private eye in these tales of detection is Helen Choate and Charlotte Manson as Nick's Girl Friday Patsy Bowen, John Kane as Scrubby Wilson, and Ed Latimer as Sgt. "Matty" Mattison. These fantastic episodes, originally released in our long out-of-print cassette collection, are now available in digital from the Radio Spirits Archives Collection.

  • Dragnet: Old Time Radio - 380 Episodes
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    • Frank Burt , James E. Moser , John Robinson

    Dragnet: Old Time Radio - 380 Episodes

    • ORIGINAL (137 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Frank Burt, James E. Moser, John Robinson
    • Narrated By Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, Ben Alexander, and others
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    Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave millions of audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work.

    Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media.

  • The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: Old Time Radio - 105 Shows
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    • Raymond Chandler , Gene Levitt , Robert Mitchell , Mel Dinelli , Kathleen Hite , Parley Baer

    The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: Old Time Radio - 105 Shows

    • ORIGINAL (48 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Raymond Chandler, Gene Levitt, Robert Mitchell, and others
    • Narrated By Gerald Mohr, Jeff Corey, Howard McNear
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    Philip Marlowe is a fictional private eye created by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe first appeared, under that name, in The Big Sleep, published in 1939. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring the Marlowe character. It first aired 17 June 1947 on NBC radio and moved to CBS radio a few months later. By 1949, it had the largest audience in radio. The CBS version ran for 114 episodes. While many fans of classic hard-boiled detective stories are familiar with Chandler's novels and short stories, few have heard these radio shows.

  • The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: Old Time Radio - 52 Episodes
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    • Rex Stout , Louis Vittes

    The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: Old Time Radio - 52 Episodes

    • ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 24 mins)
    • By Rex Stout, Louis Vittes
    • Narrated By Sydney Greenstreet, Don Stanley
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    Nero Wolfe is an armchair detective created in 1934 by Rex Stout. Like many great detectives from the classic era, Nero Wolfe made the jump to radio and television. Five radio series have been produced starring Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. These episodes come primarily from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe which aired on NBC radio from October, 1950 to April, 1951.

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  • The Father Brown Mysteries: The Hammer of God, The Curse of the Golden Cross, The Mirror of the Magistrate, The Wrong Shape
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    • G. K. Chesterton , M. J. Elliott

    The Father Brown Mysteries: The Hammer of God, The Curse of the Golden Cross, The Mirror of the Magistrate, The Wrong Shape

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 2 mins)
    • By G. K. Chesterton, M. J. Elliott
    • Narrated By J. T. Turner, The Colonial Radio Players
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    "The Hammer of God" - Norman Bohun is a man with many enemies, so it comes as no surprise when he's eventually murdered. But Father Brown's biggest problem is in identifying a killer who must possess superhuman strength. "The Curse of the Golden Cross" - "I will kill any man who comes into possession of the Golden Cross." Professor Smaill is living in fear of an unseen adversary. Has his decision to confide in Father Brown come too late? "The Mirror of the Magistrate" - Bagshaw and Underhill are both students of crime. The murder of Sir Humphrey Gwynne presents them with only one suspect...who just happens to know Father Brown.

  • The Domino Lady: All's Fair in War
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    • Rich Harvey

    The Domino Lady: All's Fair in War

    • ORIGINAL (19 mins)
    • By Rich Harvey
    • Narrated By Karen Stilwell, Peter Carini, Peter Papdopoulos, and others
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    For the first time ever, the masked femme fatale, The Domino Lady, rides the radio waves in her first audio adventure. In 1935 San Diego, LA socialite Ellen Patrick attends the opening of the San Diego International Exposition, but the theft of the country's only one million dollar bill brings her crime-fighting alter-ego out in the open. Complication: the head of security is her cocky ex-boyfriend....

  • The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 11 (Dramatized)
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    • M. Saylor Billings

    The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 11 (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 9 mins)
    • By M. Saylor Billings
    • Narrated By Nina Greeley, Beth Hutchens, Taisha Rucker, and others
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts books 1 through 11 comprise the complete dramatization of the mystery series of short stories. Originally released as podcasts, they have been remastered for audiobook listening. Book 11 features the following pisodes: 45, "Courtesy Call"; 46, "Defining Trauma"; 47, "Musical Mystery"; and 48, "Series Finale".

  • The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 10 (Dramatized)
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 10 (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 16 mins)
    • By M. Saylor Billings
    • Narrated By Nina Greeley, Beth Hutchens, Taisha Rucker, and others
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts books 1 through 11 comprise the complete dramatization of the mystery series of short stories. Originally released as podcasts, they have been remastered for audiobook listening. Book 10 features the following episodes: 41, "Greed and Loathing"; 42, "Red, White, and Scotch"; 43, "The Elderly Renegades"; and 44, "Trust Building".

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  • The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 2 (Dramatized)
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 2 (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 48 mins)
    • By M. Saylor Billings
    • Narrated By Nina Greeley, Beth Hutchens, Becky Carlisle, and others
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts books 1 through 11 comprise the complete dramatization of the short story mystery series. Originally released as podcasts, they have been remastered for audiobook listening. Book two features episodes: #5, "The Wig That Knew Too Much"; #6, "Halloween Special Part 1: Shuck and Jive"; #7, "Halloween Special Part 2: Lorna's Father"; and #8 "Blackmail at the Gym". Set on Ohlone Island in the San Francisco Bay, island inhabitants Lorna and Annie have a penchant for discovering fraud, corruption, and murder.

  • The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 4 (Dramatized)
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 4 (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 35 mins)
    • By M. Saylor Billings
    • Narrated By Colin Cahill, Nina Greeley, Beth Hutchens, and others
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts books 1 through 11 comprise the complete dramatization of the short story mystery series. Originally released as podcasts, they have been remastered for audiobook listening. Book 4 features episodes: 13. "Robbed by Numbers", 14. "Secret Santa", 15. "Book Club Scandal", and 16. "Trailer Park Tango".

  • The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 3 (Dramatized)
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 3 (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 38 mins)
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    • Narrated By Colin Cahill, Nina Greeley, Beth Hutchens, and others
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts books 1 through 11 comprisethe complete dramatization of the short-story mystery series. Originally released as podcasts, they have been remastered for audiobook listening. Book three features episodes 9, "The Rot Is Deep"; 10, "Sally's Photo Club"; 11, "Victorian Homes Tour, Part One"; and 12, "Victorian Homes Tour, the conclusion".

  • The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 1 (Dramatized)
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    The O Line Mystery Shorts, Book 1 (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 29 mins)
    • By M. Saylor Billings
    • Narrated By Nina Greeley, Beth Hutchens, Becky Carlisle, and others
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    Set on Ohlone Island in the San Francisco Bay, island inhabitants Lorna and Annie have a penchant for discovering fraud, corruption, and murder. In the first episode, Lorna turns over the dirtiest rock in town when she attempts to rescue the downtrodden island museum. The second episode finds Lorna at odds with ice cream shop owners who accuse her of passing counterfeit money.