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I'm Hugh Bonneville and welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories,

the series where we delve into the files of fiction's most brilliant detective,

following his keen mind and unerring instincts from the first subtle clue to the final dramatic revelation.

This time we present The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, a case that begins when a lonely spinster

receives a mysterious package that chills her to the bone.

A simple cardboard box containing two freshly severed human ears.

What appears at first to be a cruel prank soon reveals something far more sinister, leading our

heroes from the quiet streets of Croydon to the shipping routes of Liverpool. Grizzly evidence

will be examined and family's secrets exposed as Holmes pieces together a tale of jealousy,

betrayal and above all, vengeance.

From the Noiser podcast network, this is The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, Part One.

In choosing a few typical cases which illustrate the remarkable mental qualities of my friend Sherlock Holmes,

I have endeavoured as far as possible to select those which presented the minimum of sensationalism,

while offering a fair field for his talents.

It is, however, unfortunately impossible entirely to separate the sensational from the criminal,

and a chronicler is left in the dilemma that he must either sacrifice details which are essential to his statement, and so give a false impression of the problem, or he must use matter which

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