1930s radio writer Edith Meiser entranced millions with Sherlock Holmes scripts

Forgotten Geniuses Who Helped ‘Invent’ Sherlock Holmes

In the 1930s and ’40s, expert radio writer Edith Meiser crafted Holmes scripts that entranced millions of American listeners every week.

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Filed Under: Lit, Sherlock Holmes, radio, Literature, obituaries

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