Year

Event

1909

Robert Arthur is born in Fort Mills (Philippines)

1930

Robert Arthur finishes his apprenticship at the university of Michigan

1964

The characters of The Three Investigators are made up by Robert Arthur

1968

The book The Secret of Teror Castle (in German versin named: Das Gespensterschloss) is publicised

1969

Robert Arthur dies

1979

The first German radio play - Der Superpapagei (Original: The Mystery Of The Stuttering Parrot) - is published

1990

The Three Investigators are not sold in the USA any more

1993

Now only German authors write the new stories

1996

After a break-down in the radio play industry all radio plays are sold again.

2001

All Drei ??? Cds are sold again

Jubilee: The 100th episode Toteninsel (German: Island Of Death)being divided up in three parts is released

2002

The narrators of the German radio plays make a big German tour; they perform a special radio play: The Master Of Chess

2004

The first German radio play of the detektiv trio - Der Superpapagei (Original: The Mystery Of The Stuttering Parrot) - is reproduced; The title of the new version: Der Superpapagei 2004 (German: The Speaking Parrot 2004)

2005

In Germany the first American-English books with vocabulary aid - Poisened E-Mail (Original: Gift per E-Mail, German: Poisen Via E-Mail) and The Curse Of The Cell Phone (Original: Das Hexenhandy, German: The Witches Mobile Phone)

EUROPA stops the production of new radio plays after the having manufactured the radio play Der schwarze Skorpion (German: The Black Skorpion) because of having discussed legal questions

Alfred Hitchcock’s name disappears from the German books; due to judicial reason

Jubilee: The threeparted 125th case of the three investigators - Feuermond (German: Fire Moon) - is releasd

2006

The narrator speaking Jupiter Jones in the German radio plays goes on a big tour through Germany themed “7 cities - 12 parts - 84 speakers”; here the fans have the chance to reproduce the German radio play based on the book “The Mystery Of  The Invisible Dog” > You can download the complete radio play here. (Only in German)