This is a radio collection of Sherlock Holmes stories that star John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. They were done in the 1950's and are fairly faithful to the cannon. My only crircism is that they were bit old for the role. Holmes and Watson should be in their thirties in the early stories. I really enjoyed Orson Welles as Moriarity.

It was pretty decent. I didn't realize it was actually the actual audio from an old radio dramatization of Sherlock Holmes stories. The actors were great. You could tell some of the old hokey radio play sound effects. And it was a little too abridged for what I normally like.

Great collection of stories. I loved this version because it’s the radio theatre edition so it’s like a play. Fun to remind myself of some of the stories we read in school.

I listened to this audiobook. I love how it was presented.

This book, published around 1987, was a hand-me-down gift from my grandfather (including even an old business card of my father's from that era as a bookmark!). It's an old compilation of Sherlock Holmes stories--the twelve that Doyle considered his best, plus one fan favorite, with an essay by a "prominent Sherlockian" following each story (plus a few "best-of" Holmes-related lists). I was kind of rolling my eyes at the age of this book, but it was a real delight to read and most of the essays have not aged themselves much in the last thirty years. Thank you, Grandpa!

Radio dramas of a 13 Holmes stories. I love radio drama and enjoyed this, with performances by A-list actors.

It's listening to the full radio dramatizations, which is seriously amazing.

Oh, dear. I like the idea of this a lot better than the actual audio book. First of all, the violin playing is possibly the most ear-wrenching irritation I've had on an audio book. And I've heard some bad narrators, so that's saying something.

Then, the stories aren't in any semblance of order. This wouldn't be so bad if the "last Holmes story ever" wasn't on, like, Disc 2, and the tale of how Holmes and Watson ended up living together wasn't the third-to-last story.

Plus the audio was completely wonky, and I had to keep turning my radio volume up and down, up and down.

I'm not planning on continuing with these.

Wonderful! A Baker Street Dozen (Audio) was so much fun to listen to! I am going to be bummed out for awhile now with each story I listen to on my drives. The sound effects and differnt character voices for each story made you feel like you were watching Sherlock and Watson even more then if you were reading them. You felt like a fly on the wall. You heard them poor their drinks, their voices changed with every emotion, there was music and sounds from the street. There was gunfire and screams and footsteps. I recommend this to anyone looking to get a start on their Sherlock Holmes mysteries or even those who are familiar with the stories.

Since this was my first taste of Sherlock Holmes I couldn't imagine a better way to get excited about reading more mysteries. Wonderful!

Excellent (and very faithful) adaptations of the original stories, starring John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. Orson Welles is perfectly cast as Professor Moriarty.

I first acquired this book in high school, after finding that I enjoyed The Hound of the Baskervilles. When I read it then, I skipped all the essays reflecting on what about each story qualified it as one of Doyle's or Baker Street aficionados' favorites. Upon picking up the book recently, I found those essays as entertaining as the stories themselves. In particular I enjoyed Isaac Asimov's lone negative critique of "The Adventure of the Final Problem".

These are Sir Authur Conan Doyle’s 13 favorite Sherlock stories. This was a great small collection to read though. Do I picture Benedict Cumberbatch the entire time I read anything Sherlock Holmes? Yes. Is that embarrassing? Probably.

A colleague mentioned the story "Six Napoleans" and I became curious to read it. I found it in this collection from the local library. This is a nice sample of the Sherlock Holmes canon. I really liked The Solitary Cyclist and The Speckled Band in particular. I think the old timey quality of this audio productions adds to the charm of the stories. Though, as others have mentioned, the violin is way too shrill.