Crime History - Sherlock Holmesdebuts on radio

On this day, Oct. 20, in 1930, “Sherlock Holmes” premieres on NBC radio, introducing the adventures of “The World’s Greatest Detective” into America’s living rooms.

Few figures loom larger in old time radio mystery than Holmes. He was not radio’s first mystery character, that was the evil Dr. Fu Manchu and the detective Nayland Smith in 1929. Holmes may not even be the detective most associated with radio, that would be “The Shadow.”