The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho.

This is your host, Adam Graham.

In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of The Saint. But first, I do want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast,

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Now, I'm sure that when I announced we were going to play The Saint again, that many were

delighted with the idea of hearing more of Vincent Price.

And indeed, we will, but the saint did not begin with Vincent Price in the title role. The first saint radio series was actually broadcast

over radioathlon in Ireland in 1940.

And then there would be two separate St. Radio series,

one that aired from January through March and starred Edgar Barrier,

and then a second one that aired during the summer and starred

Brian Hearn. None of those episodes are in existence. What we do have in existence is the audition

for the St. Radio series. Now, there is some conflict as to the date

with some placing the audition in

1944 and some placing it in 1940 i lean towards

1944 because it aligns a bit more with the overall chronology,

although it's certainly possible, I suppose,

that an audition was recorded in 1940,

and they just put it aside for a few years.

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