The Adventure of the Copper Beeches: Part One

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Books, Arts, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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When a young governess is offered a startlingly high salary for a simple post in the Hampshire countryside, she turns to Holmes for advice. Her new employer’s peculiar conditions—cutting her hair short, wearing a particular dress, and sitting by a specific window at certain times—hint at a potentially sinister motive... Soon, Holmes and Watson find themselves drawn into a case where nothing and no one are quite what they seem. A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Produced by Katrina Hughes Script Supervisor: Addison Nugent Sound Design and Audio Editing by Josh Latham Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Liam Cameron Series Consultant: Dan Smith For ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.2	go to amazon.com.uk.U.K. slash prime. I'm Hugh Bonneville and welcome to Sherlock Holmes
0:36.3	short stories, the series where we delve into
0:39.2	the files of fiction's most brilliant detective, following his keen mind and unerring instincts
0:45.7	from the first subtle clue to the final dramatic revelation.
0:51.8	This time, we encounter the darkness that lurks within the heart of the English countryside
0:57.0	in The Adventure of the Copper Beaches.
1:01.0	When a young governess is offered an unusually high salary for a seemingly simple position,
1:07.0	something about the situation troubles her.
1:10.0	The pay is remarkable, but so are the conditions.
1:15.5	She must cut her beautiful Auburn hair short, wear a specific blue dress, and sit in a
1:22.0	particular spot in the drawing room window every day. In this remote Hampshire estate, nothing is quite what it seems.
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