Hello and welcome to another episode nostalgic mystery radio. I Mystery Radio. I'm your host, Stevie K.

And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.

For this episode, I bring you, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, episode titled The Tail,

The Tailed Pigeon Feathers, originally aired January 21st, 1946, where Sherlock's brother, Mike Croft, puts Sherlock

on the trail of a spy, and Watson finds himself arrested for murder. So sit back and relax,

and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery Radio. Thank you for listening. In 1945, I consider myself a very lucky man

because I was the announcer on the new adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

My name is Harry Bartell.

Won't you join me now as I reminisce about those wonderful days of dramatic radio?

Music Radio. Glenn Hall Taylor was the producer of this show.

He was the Young and Rubicam representative,

Young and Rubicam being the advertising agency for Petri Wines.

And Edna Best, in the season that I was on the show, as the announcer, was the director.

So that Glenn Hall would provide commercial material and so forth for Edna's use,

and then Edna directed the show in the booth.

She was the one who made all the line, changes, all the timing, changes all the cuts, and so forth.

I know that Glenhall, I think, directed it one year.

I got the Sherlock Holmes show by accident.

I came over to CBS Studios on Sunset Boulevard one day to rehearse for another show,

and the lobby was loaded with announcers.

Practically every announcer in Hollywood was there.

I couldn't figure out what was going on, and as a secretary came out with her list and said, George or Sam or whoever. I said, what's going on here? She said they're announcing, auditioning rather, for a new show. And I said, who's holding the audition? I said, Edna Best. Edna Best, it was a lovely, lovely lady, I had worked with her on other shows.

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