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Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

The Final Problem: Part Two

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Fiction, Arts, Books, Drama

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Holmes and Watson are on the run in Europe, but Moriarty is fast closing in on them.  Can the great detective escape a dark fate at the hands of the ‘Napoleon of Crime’?   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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Welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories.

0:35.4

I'm Hugh Bonneville and and from the Noiser podcast network,

0:38.7

this is The Final Problem, Part 2. Last time, Holmes and Watson fled from London,

0:45.8

attempting to escape the clutches of the brilliant Professor Moriarty. With the Professor's

0:51.2

Crime Network about to collapse, thanks to Holmes' diligent efforts,

0:55.0

the great detective's nemesis was determined to get his revenge.

1:00.0

Moriarty was last seen speeding through the woods of Kent,

1:05.0

while Holmes and Watson took a detour to New Haven, and from there onwards to Dieppe.

1:11.7

But, as they continue their flight across the continent, one question remains unanswered.

1:17.0

How long can they hope to evade the so-called Napoleon of Crime?

1:39.3

... We made our way to Brussels that night and spent two days there, moving on upon the third day as far as Strasbourg. On the Monday morning, Holmes had telegraphed to the

1:45.5

London police, and in the evening we found a reply waiting for us at our hotel. Holmes tore it

1:53.5

open, and then with a bitter curse hurled it into the grate. I might have known it, he groaned.

2:02.2

He has escaped.

2:04.5

Moriarty?

2:05.6

They have secured the whole gang with the exception of him.

2:09.2

He has given them the slip.

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