THE RED HEADED LEAGUE A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The Red Headed League is one of Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson, who usually narrates the adventures. In this unusual mystery, Holme's full detective talents are brought to bear against a master thief.. BEST OF SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES SHERLOCK HOLMES SHERLOCK HOLMES PODCAST NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com TEST YOUR HISTORY SMARTS! CATCH 1001 HISTORY CHALLENGE HERE: (main website all 1001 shows) https://www.1001storiespodcast.com or HERE: at Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iwdojx2zx4jj2xj25fwupwrdcxq or HERE at Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-history-challenge/id1482436263 CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED FOR NEW SHOWS! REVIEWS NEEDED FOR NEW SHOWS! A SECOND NEW SHOW AT 1001- 1001 HISTORY'S BEST STORYTELLERS- OUR INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF TODAY'S BEST HISTORY AUTHORS ...LINKS BELOW... all shows available at www.1001storiespodcast.com The Apple Podcast Link for 1001 History's Best Storytellers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 The Stitcher.com link for 1001 History's Best Storytellers is:: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=474955&refid=stpr. SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Yeah, This is your host John Hagadorn and welcome to another episode from 1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales.
0:36.6	This one, A Sherlock Holmes Mystery from Arthur Conan Doyle, titled The Red-headed League. This story is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:48.0	It first appeared in the Strand magazine in August of 1891,
0:52.0	with illustrations by Sydney Paget.
0:54.3	Conan Doyle ranked the Red-headed League second in his list of 12 favorite Holmes stories.
0:59.3	The first being the Speckled Band which is in our recent archives.
1:03.2	It is also the second of the 12 stories in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,
1:07.4	which was published in 1892.
1:09.6	There have been dozens of adaptations of this popular story which keeps you guessing as Holmes figures out the crime which is about to take place.
1:18.0	And now, the Red-headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle, a Sherlock Holmes mystery.
1:25.0	I had called upon my friend Mr Sherlock Holmes,
1:28.0	one day in the autumn of last year,
1:30.0	and found him in deep conversation
1:32.0	with a very stout,
1:33.0	florid-faced elderly gentleman with fiery red hair.
1:37.0	With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw
1:40.6	when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me.
1:44.4	You could not possibly have come at a better time my dear Watson. He said
1:49.2	cordially I was afraid that you were engaged and so I am very much so
1:55.0	and then I could wait in the next room not at all this gentleman mr. Wilson has been my
2:01.5	partner and helper in many of my most successful cases and I
2:05.0	have no doubt that he will be the utmost use to me in yours as well. The stout
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