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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

The Saint: The Sinister Sneeze (EP4971)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: At the request of a sneezing woman on a bus, Simon tries to protect a very bad boxer who finds himself an unexpected favorite in his fight against a much better boxer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 11, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Vincent Price as Simon Templar, Lawrence Dobkin as Louie, Peter Leeds, Sandra Gould ; Barney Phillips;

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio.

0:34.7

From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you

0:40.8

this week's episode of The Saint. But first, I do want to encourage you, if you're enjoying

0:47.2

this podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And today's program is brought to impart by the financial support of our listeners.

0:57.0

You can support the show on a one-time basis, support.

1:00.0

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1:02.7

And I want to thank Gene for supporting the program that way.

1:06.4

You can also become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month by going to

1:12.6

Patreon.orgatedetectives.net. And I want to welcome Ben as our latest Patreon supporter

1:19.8

at the showmast level of $4 or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, Ben. But now

1:26.1

it's time for us to turn to episode of the NBC run of the Saint.

1:33.7

The series had left mutual on May 28th, but was quickly back on the air.

1:40.9

The episodes in this NBC series make up the vast majority of circulating saint episodes.

1:48.2

So let's go ahead and take a lesson from June 11th, 1950. Here is The Sinister Sneeze.

2:16.3

Okay. Sinister Sneeze. The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price. The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.

2:20.4

The Saints, based on characters created by Leslie Trotter, and known to millions from books, magazines, and motion pictures.

2:36.6

The Robin Hood of Modern Crime now comes to radio,

2:39.1

starring Hollywood's brilliant and talented actor Vincent Price as...

2:44.5

The Saint.

2:49.7

Excuse me, but is the thing thing next to you, Tanken?

2:52.4

Oh, I don't think so. Of course it really belongs to the bus company.

2:55.5

Would you mind if I sat here?

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