The Adventure of the Dancing Men: Part One

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Books, Arts, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When country squire Hilton Cubitt arrives at Baker Street with a collection of childish stick figure drawings, Holmes faces one of his most cryptic cases yet. The crude sketches keep appearing around Cubitt's Norfolk estate, filling his American wife Elsie with inexplicable terror. As Holmes works to decode these "dancing men" figures, he realises they contain an ominous message connected to Elsie's mysterious past. Realising the Cubitts’ lives are in mortal danger, Holmes and Watson are faced with a race against 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 Thomas Pink & Anisha Deva Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw 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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0:27.8	forward slash express. 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,
0:42.6	following his keen mind and unerring instincts from the first subtle clue to the final dramatic revelation.
0:50.3	This week, we embark on the adventure of the dancing men, a case that begins with the discovery of a series of curious stick figure drawings on a country squire's estate.
1:01.0	These seemingly childish sketches soon draw Holmes and Watson into a mystery far deeper and darker than they could have imagined.
1:11.6	Across two immersive episodes, we'll follow the great detective as he pieces together
1:16.6	a transatlantic puzzle, uncovering a sinister plot that stretches from the tranquil estates
1:22.6	of the English countryside to the mean streets of Chicago.
1:26.6	Cryptic threats will be made, secrets from the past will be uncovered,
1:31.3	and Sherlock Holmes will once again prove the power of rigorous deduction and an unrivaled intellect.
1:38.3	From the Noiser Network, this is The Adventure of the Dancing Men, Part One.
1:52.0	Holmes had been seated for some hours in silence, with his long thin back curved over a chemical vessel, in which he was brewing a particularly malodorous product.
2:02.6	His head was sunk upon his breast, and he looked from my point of view like a strange
2:07.1	lank bird, with dull grey plumage and a black top-knot.
2:12.1	"'So, Watson,' said he suddenly, "'you do not propose to invest in South African securities. I gave a start of
2:19.8	astonishment, accustomed as I was to Holmes' curious faculties, this sudden intrusion into my
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