The Adventure of the Gloria Scott: Part Three

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Fiction, Arts, Books, Drama

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Part three of three. Mr Trevor’s confession continues… a tale of desperate acts committed on the high seas. And a blood-guilt that has plagued his family for the best part of his adult life. A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville  Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Produced by Duncan Barrett 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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0:00.0	Poppy's come to the end of her work visa.
0:02.0	She partied most nights and now can't afford her flight back to the UK.
0:05.0	Her parents are annoyed, but not too worried.
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0:32.9	Welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories. I'm Hugh Bonneville and from the Noiser podcast Network.
0:38.9	This is The Adventure of the Glorious Scott, part three.
0:44.0	Last time, Holmes continued the story of his very first case,
0:48.7	The Adventure of the Glorious Scott.
0:51.4	At the centre of this mystery was a seemingly innocent message about game supplies and flypaper,
0:58.0	which struck a Norfolk landowner dead with horror. The young Sherlock was drawn into the case by his friend Victor
1:06.0	Trevor, the son of the unfortunate recipient. Victor was astonished when Sherlock cracked the code,
1:13.8	revealing a sinister warning from a friend. The game is up. Hudson has told all,
1:20.7	fly for your life. Hudson is the name of an old acquaintance from Mr. Trevor's years at sea. Since appearing on his
1:29.8	doorstep two months earlier, he's been hanging around the Norfolk estate like a bad smell.
1:35.9	Now, Victor has just discovered a secret letter written by his father shortly before his death,
1:42.6	and it contains a shocking family secret.
1:47.0	It turns out that Mr. Trevor was really James Armitage,
1:51.9	a convict sent by sea to Australia,
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