The Adventure of the Norwood Builder: Part Two

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Books, Arts, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Holmes is told to abandon all hope as he races against the clock to prove McFarlane’s innocence. But when a new piece of evidence emerges that seemingly proves the young lawyer’s guilt, Holmes sees something that everyone else missed, and the brilliant scheme of a master criminal hiding in plain sight begins to unravel. 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: Josh Latham 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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0:00.0	There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.
0:03.0	Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.
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0:25.5	Welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories.
0:32.7	I'm Hugh Bonneville, and from the Noiser podcast network, this is The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, Part 2.
0:42.9	Last time, Holmes and Watson's peaceful breakfast was interrupted by the arrival of a frantic young lawyer named John Hector McFarlane.
0:51.5	McFarlane had barely begun to explain his situation when Inspector Lestrade arrived at Baker Street to arrest him for murder.
0:58.4	The day before, the young man had unexpectedly been named the heir to the fortune of Jonas Oldacre,
0:59.7	a wealthy builder.
1:04.7	That night, Oldacre vanished, his bedroom showed signs of violence,
1:09.0	and human remains were found in the ashes of a garden bonfire.
1:13.6	Though Lestrade believed it was an open and shut case, Holmes saw inconsistencies.
1:17.6	The evidence against McFarlane seemed too perfect,
1:20.6	from his walking stick left conveniently at the crime scene for police to find,
1:25.6	to the suspicious timing of the murder right after the will was made.
1:30.3	Holmes set out to Blackheath to look into McFarlane's family background,
1:34.3	believing the key to the mystery lay not in the murder itself,
1:38.3	but in why Oldacre had so suddenly decided to name the young man his heir.
1:48.0	Now the great detective has just returned to Baker Street,
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