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Welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories. I'm Hugh Bonneville and from the Noysiser podcast network, this is The Adventure of Black Peter, part two.

Last time, our heroes learned of a shocking murder that had recently occurred in Sussex.

Peter Carey, a former whaler and sea captain, was found impaled to his cabin wall with a harpoon.

Known as Black Peter, for his fearsome temper, Carrie was a violent drunk who terrorized

his family and neighbours, and there was no shortage of people who wished him harm.

Inspector Stanley Hopkins called upon Holmes and Watson

after his investigation had reached a dead end.

Though several clues were found at the crime scene,

including a tobacco pouch, rum glasses, suggesting a late-night meeting,

and a mysterious notebook filled with stock market figures, the killer's identity

remained elusive.

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