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Sherlock Holmes 1946-05-27 (220) The Singular Affair of the Baconian Cipher.mp3

Sherlock Holmes, Episode 220

The Singular Affair of the Baconian Cipher

Monday, May 27, 1946 · 28:46

Sherlock Holmes, Episode 220

The Singular Affair of the Baconian Cipher

Monday, May 27, 1946 · 28:46

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The last show of the season, the last Sherlock Holmes broadcast with Basil Rathbone. The story is based on, "The Sign Of Four" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A notice in an "agony column" leads Sherlock to a crippled Shakespearean scholar and a case of murder. Gale Gordon as "Gregory Hood" visits the program after the story to promote "The Casebook Of Gregory Hood" which will be replacing "Sherlock Holmes" next week.

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