The Adventure of Silver Blaze: Part Two

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Books, Arts, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Following a trail of mysterious hoofprints across the moors, Holmes uncovers a hidden conspiracy involving rival trainers and a desperate act of sabotage. As the truth emerges, Holmes reveals how a midnight encounter in the stables led to John Straker’s death — and how the real killer has been hiding in plain sight the entire time… A Noiser production, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville Produced by Katrina Hughes and Addison Nugent Sound Design and Audio Editing by Anisha Deva and George Tapp Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Thomas Pink Series Consultant: Dan Smith For ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories. I'm Hugh Bonneville.
0:07.0	In the last episode, Sherlock Holmes was summoned to investigate the disappearance of Silver Blaze,
0:13.0	England's most celebrated racehorse and favourite for the upcoming Wessex Cup.
0:19.0	The horse had vanished in the night,
0:21.6	and its trainer, John Strayker,
0:23.6	was found dead on Dartmoor, with his skull crushed.
0:27.6	As Holmes and Watson journeyed to King's Pylon stables,
0:31.6	they learned of a suspicious stranger
0:34.6	who had apparently tried to bribe a stable boy on the night of the crime.
0:39.5	The boy had also been drugged with opium-laced curry, and opium was later discovered in the
0:45.0	stranger's possession. Though quickly arrested, this man, Fitzroy Simpson, denied any wrongdoing,
0:52.2	despite his cravat being found in the dead trainer's hand.
0:56.0	Now, examining the wind-swept moor near Mapleton stables, Holmes has made a discovery in the mud.
1:04.0	Fresh hoof prints that match Silverblazes horseshoe exactly.
1:46.0	We crossed the marshy bottom and passed over a quarter of a mile of dry, hard turf. Again the ground sloped, and again we came on the tracks. Then we lost them for half a mile, but only to pick them up once more quite close to Mapleton. It was Holmes who saw them first, and he stood pointing with a look of triumph upon his face. A man's track was visible beside the horses.
1:51.0	The horse was alone before, I cried.
1:55.0	Quite so, it was alone before.
1:59.0	Hello, what's this?
2:02.4	The double track turned sharp off and took the direction of King's Pylund.
2:08.2	Holmes whistled, and we both followed along after it.
2:12.6	His eyes were on the trail, but I happened to look a little to one side and saw, to my surprise, the same
2:18.5	tracks coming back again in the opposite direction.
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