Imagination Theater Presents: “The Adventure of the Cheapside Secret”

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England, 1912.

A marvelous treasure.

A pair of mysterious Americans.

And Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson.

All of this is coming your way starting Saturday November 23 when the good folks at Imagination Theater bring my newest Holmes adventure “The Adventure of the Cheapside Secret” to life over your radio! But there is nothing cheap about this production! Not when John Patrick Lowrie (the voice of Sniper to you fans of Team Fortress 2) and Lawrence Albert return as the preeminent radio Holmes and Watson of their generation! Other cast members include Dennis Bateman, Richard Ziman and Basil Harris.

In this adventure the Great Detective must be coaxed out of retirement to prevent a most peculiar and clever pair of American adventurers from making off with a historically-priceless treasure hoard lost somewhere in London. A hoard that includes a large collection of rare Elizabethan and Jacobean jewelry.

Who will find it first? And are Watson’s fears that the Great Detective’s powers may have waned during his years of inaction justified?

You will just have to listen to find out! But to whet your appetite, how about some information about that marvelous treasure?

Cheapside Street, London, 1909. St. Mary Le Bow is in view in background.

The truth is a real treasure was actually discovered along Goldsmith’s Row in the heart of 1912 London. The story goes that workmen were in the process of demolishing a row of three-hundred-year-old houses at the corner of Cheapside and Friday Streets when they excavated a wooden box containing the hoard. Along with nearly 100 jewels and jewelry from around the world, there were over 400 pieces of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewelry, very few examples of which had survived the centuries up to this time.

“The Adventure of the Cheapside Secret” debuts November 23 on Imagination Theater’s flagship station, KIXI 880 in Seattle at 10:30 Pacific Time.  If you don’t happen to live in Seattle there are plenty of other radio stations that you can catch it on. Just click here for a list of all the radio stations that Imagination Theater is syndicated on.

But if terrestrial radio isn’t your bag there is more good news! You can listen to “The Adventure of the Cheapside Secret” for a limited time on the Imagination Theater YouTube Channel starting around Saturday November 30. You can also download it or purchase it on a USB flash drive, both of which will be for sale at the Imagination Theater website starting November 22.