Ep.271 The New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe: The Case Of The Phantom Fingers

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Nero Wolfe is a fictional character, a brilliant, oversized, eccentric armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a luxurious brownstone on West 35th Street in New York City, and he is loath to leave his home for business or anything that would keep him from reading his books, tending his orchids, or eating the gourmet meals prepared by his chef, Fritz Brenner. Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's sharp-witted...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Nostolic Mystery Radio.
0:21.6	I'm your host Stevie K.
0:23.5	And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of Yester.
0:27.0	For this episode, I bring you,
0:29.2	The New Adventures of Nero Wolf, episode titled The Case of the Phantom Fingers,
0:35.0	originally aired January 26, 1951.
0:39.2	While driving to buy some black orchids, Wolf and Archie find themselves strained with
0:43.9	three strangers, but one of them is a murderer.
0:48.2	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:54.3	Thank you for listening.
0:59.2	Ladies and gentlemen, the ringing of that phone bell means mystery, adventure.
1:06.2	Narrow Wolf's office, Archie Goodwin speaking.
1:09.1	What?
1:10.1	You're expecting Mr. Wolf at your place in three hours? Your place is where? Yes. Well, I'm expecting Hedy Lamar in 15 minutes. Yeah, but Mr. We're both out of luck. Archie, what are you babbling about? There's a character on the phone who's laboring under the naive delusion that you're
1:27.5	about to make a trip upstate. His name? Finley, he said. In that case, he's quite correct. Yeah, he's quite
1:33.4	you. Yes, Mr. Finley. Mr. Wolf will be there. Yeah, goodbye. As you need some beer,
1:41.3	Archie. The bottle opener is in the right-hand drawer. Thank you.
1:44.4	What one of us needs is a psychiatrist.
1:46.9	You're voluntarily leaving your happy home, exposing yourself to the elements,
1:51.2	entrusting your only life to a savage automobile?
1:54.0	I am.
1:55.3	Oh, somebody's offered you the United States Treasury, huh?
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