The Adventure of the Gloria Scott: Part One

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Fiction, Arts, Books, Drama

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Part one of three. Sherlock Holmes shares the story of his first ever case… Before Watson, before Baker Street, before his glittering career as a detective, a twenty-something Sherlock investigates the family secrets of his only friend from university, Victor Trevor. A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville  Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Produced by Duncan Barrett Script Supervisor: Addison Nugent Sound Design and Audio Editing by Mirianna Pitman Latham Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Josh Latham Series Consultant: Dan Smith Executive Producer: Katrina Hughes 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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0:22.5	The Doctor will see you now.
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0:33.1	I'm Hugh Bonneville and welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories.
0:37.4	The series will we delve into the files of fiction's most brilliant detective,
0:42.1	following his keen mind and unerring instincts from the first subtle clue to the final dramatic revelation.
0:49.7	This time we embark on Holmes' first ever case, the adventure of the glorious Scott.
0:56.4	Before Baker Street, before Scotland Yard, and before Holmes had even considered a career in
1:02.3	detection, there was one case that changed everything. A cryptic message, a nervous country
1:09.0	squire, and a sudden death,
1:11.6	set a young homes on the path toward his life's calling.
1:15.8	What begins as a university holiday with a new friend
1:18.9	soon spirals into a mystery involving hidden identities, veiled threats,
1:24.1	and a secret that refused to stay buried.
2:02.2	From the Noysa podcast network, this is either side of the fire, which I really think, Watson, that it would be worth your while to glance over.
2:09.2	These are the documents in the extraordinary case of the Gloria Scott, and this is the message which struck Justice of the Peace Trevor dead with horror when he read it.
2:15.2	He had picked from a drawer a little tarnished cylinder, and undoing the tape, he handed me a short note,
2:22.1	scrawled upon a half-sheet of slate-gray paper.
2:26.6	The supply of game for London is going steadily up, it ran.
2:32.4	Headkeeper Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all orders for flypaper
2:37.7	and for preservation of your hen-feasants' life.
2:41.6	As I glanced up from reading this enigmatical message, I saw Holmes chuckling at the expression
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