Alan Rapp

Dead Boy Detectives – The Case of the Creeping Forest

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Dead Boy Detectives - The Case of the Creeping Forest

There are a few different pieces all working simultaneously in “The Case of the Creeping Forest.” While the regretful Niko (Yuyu Kitamura) attempts to repair the damage she unintentionally did to Jenny (Briana Cuoco) with a blind date that ended in death, the detectives are brought a new case by Monty (Joshua Colley) unaware they are walking into the witch’s trap. Edwin (George Rexstrew) and Charles (Jayden Revri) are also unaware that Crystal (Kassius Nelson), in an attempt to break David‘s (David Iacono) influence over her, has used a magic artifact that seems to have taken away her powers.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Speckled Band

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Speckled Band

Sherlock Saturday takes us back to 221 B Baker Street and the Granada Television’s faithful adaptations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A locked-room mystery with a wicked reveal, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” is one of my favorite Holmes short stories involving a dastardly plot by a greedy stepfather as Doctor Grimesby Roylott (Jeremy Kemp) targets the second of his two stepdaughters preventing a marriage which would force him to give up a sum for their dowry. As Holmes (Jeremy Brett) puts it here: “When a doctor goes wrong, he is the first of criminals. He has nerve. He has knowledge.”

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The April Fools Day Adventure

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Sherlock Saturday takes us back to another classic radio adventure featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Premiering on April 1, 1946 on The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes radio program, “The April Fools Day Adventure” offered the chance for Watson to join in on a little prank with Holmes leading to a genuine mystery and a first encounter with a character destined to be tied to the detective for years to come.

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