Some stories behind OTR

Podcasts about the War of the Worlds broadcast, the real Lone Ranger and the real Sherlock Holmes!  I've found and listened to these and give them my full approval.  I think you will enjoy these.

From the Stuff You Missed in History Class folks:

Orson Welles and the War of the Worlds

Who Was the Real Lone Ranger?

Who Was the Real Sherlock Holmes?

Basil Rathbone. Detective. Word.

I say Watson... melba toast

When we old-time radio fanatics think of Basil Rathbone, we generally think of Sherlock Holmes; for Rathbone to most of us is the quintessential detective.

Found here is Holmes (oops, Rathbone) as a word detective, breaking down for us the origins of several things, words and various phrases  - all are most intresting and here for your downloading enjoyment.

From all indications these were done in the 1950's but there are no dates available anywhere that I could find.

It's a shame there aren't more of these available but I will keep an eye out for them.  These are gems and are a nice addition to any otr collection.

All files are very small and last only 2 to 3 minutes.

Basil Rathbone, Word Detective xx-xx-xx Melba Toast.mp3
Basil Rathbone, Word Detective xx-xx-xx Stoic.mp3
Basil Rathbone, Word Detective xx-xx-xx Tangerine.mp3
Basil Rathbone, Word Detective xx-xx-xx The Saxophone.mp3
Basil Rathbone, Word Detective xx-xx-xx To Get One's Goat.mp3