Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic “penny dreadful” newspaper accounts, with the occasional courtroom visit for extra laughs. He narrates all this information (while tying complicated knots in a piece of string) to a Lady Journalist who frequents the same tea-shop. (Summary from Wikipedia)
# 01 - The Fenchurch Street Mystery # 02 - The Millionaire in the Dock # 03-04 - His Deduction & The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace # 05-06 - A Night’s Adventure & All He Knew # 07 - The York Mystery # 08-09 - The Captial Charge & A Broken-Hearted Woman # 10 - The Mysterious Death in the Underground Railway # 11 - Mr Errington # 12 - The Liverpool Mystery # 13 - The Cunning Rascal # 14 - The Edinburgh Mystery # 15 - A Terrible Plight # 16-17 - Non Proven & Undeniable Facts # 18 - The Theft at the English Provident Bank # 19-20 - Conflicting Evidence & An Alibi # 21-22 - The Dublin Mystery & Forgery # 23-24 - A Memorable Day & An Unparalleled Outrage # 25 - The Prisoner # 26-27 - A Sensation & Two Blackguards # 28 - The Regent’s Park Murder # 29-30 - The Motive & Friends # 31 - The De Genneville Peerage # 32 - A High-Bred Gentleman # 33-34 - The Living and the Dead & The Mysterious Death in Percy Street # 35-36 - Suicide or Murder? & The End
Read by J. M. Smallheer Approx run time : 6 1/2 hours
