Episode 491 - Out to Sea (Sherlock Holmes, Let George Do It, & Rocky Fortune)
Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Jack Mooney
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2022
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
We're setting sail with three old time radio detectives who find capers on cruise ships. First, Basil Rathbone tries to stop a shipboard poisoner in "Murder by Moonlight" from The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (originally aired on Mutual on October 29, 1945). Then, Bob Bailey is undercover as a cruise athletic director to catch some smugglers in "Serenade to the Southern Star" from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on June 13, 1949). And finally, Frank Sinatra is Rocky Fortune as he tries to clear his own name and solve "The Shipboard Jewel Robbery" (originally aired on NBC on October 20, 1953).
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| 0:00.0 | Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave. |
| 0:07.0 | The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. |
| 0:18.0 | The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective. |
| 0:22.0 | The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize |
| 0:25.4 | Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account |
| 0:30.4 | America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. |
| 0:33.0 | Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets with more detectives and crime solvers from the |
| 1:02.4 | golden age of radio. |
| 1:05.0 | Well, summer is here. |
| 1:07.0 | Hopefully you'll have the chance to get away on a vacation, a road trip, or maybe even a cruise. |
| 1:14.0 | If you do decide to set sail, I hope your voyage is more relaxing than the ones we'll hear about on today's episode. |
| 1:22.0 | We'll join three old-time radio detectives out at sea who find |
| 1:27.0 | murder and mystery aboard ship. Up first is Basil Rathbone at Sherlock Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson in Murder by |
| 1:37.0 | Moonlight from the New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. |
| 1:41.5 | The show originally aired on Mutual on October 29th, 1945. |
| 1:47.0 | Our heroes are aboard a steam ship returning home from a case in India, |
| 1:52.0 | but soon they're back at work trying to protect a prominent |
| 1:55.8 | passenger from a poisoner. |
| 1:58.8 | This original Holmes adventure was written by Anthony Boucher and Dennis Green. |
| 2:04.0 | Actor Harry Bartel is on hand to occasionally interrupt Dr. Watson's telling of the story |
| 2:10.8 | with plugs for the wonders of Petri Wine. |
| 2:14.0 | Next Bob Bailey stars as George Valentine in Serenade to the Southern Star |
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