The Boscombe Valley Mystery: Part One

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Fiction, Arts, Books, Drama

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Holmes and Watson head down to Herefordshire… where an Antipodean murder mystery is playing out. But who has killed local landowner Charles McCarthy, two decades after he returned home from Australia with his family? And what light can the dead man’s final words – ‘A rat!’ – shine on the mystery? A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville  Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Produced by Duncan Barrett Sound Design and Audio Editing by Tony Onuchukwu 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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0:35.9	I'm Hugh Bonneville and welcome to Sherlock Holmes' short stories, the series where we delve into the files of fiction's
0:39.2	most brilliant detective, following his keen mind and unerring instincts from the first subtle clue
0:45.7	to the final dramatic revelation. This time, Holmes and Watson are embroiled in an Australian
0:52.3	murder mystery, playing out in rural Herefordshire.
0:56.6	John Turner and Charles McCarthy both spent most of their lives in the Antipodes before returning
1:02.0	home to the old country. Charles and his son James took up residence on Turner's estate,
1:08.7	where the young lad soon grew close to his landlord's daughter,
1:12.2	Alice. But now, Charles McCarthy has been found dead, his head stoved in with a blunt object,
1:19.9	and James has been arrested for his father's murder. Can Sherlock prove the young man's innocence
1:26.4	before he's condemned to the gallows?
1:29.5	From the Noyser podcast network, this is the Boscombe Valley Mystery, Part 1.
1:40.9	We were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the maid brought in a telegram.
1:47.6	It was from Sherlock Holmes, and ran in this way.
1:51.6	Have you a couple of days to spare?
1:54.3	Have just been wired for, from the west of England, in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy.
2:00.2	Shall be glad, if you will come with me, air and scenery perfect, leave Paddington by the 1115.
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