The Red-Headed League: Part One

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Books, Arts, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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When a flame-haired pawnbroker named Jabez Wilson seeks Sherlock Holmes's help, the great detective finds himself drawn into one of his most peculiar cases yet. Wilson tells an extraordinary tale: for two months, he was paid handsomely to copy the Encyclopedia Britannica as part of a mysterious organisation called "The Red-Headed League”. But Holmes suspects there's more to this bizarre scheme than meets the eye. With his suspicions aroused by Wilson's unusually accommodating young assistant, Holmes begins to unravel what may be an elaborate criminal conspiracy. A Noiser production, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville Produced by Katrina Hughes and Addison Nugent Sound Design and Audio Editing by Mirianna Latham & Thomas Pink Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw Series Consultant: Dan Smith For ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.6	I'm Hugh Bonneville and welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories, the series where we delve into the files of fiction's most brilliant detective, following his keen mind and unerring instincts, from the first subtle clue to the final dramatic revelation.
0:51.0	We continue our exploration of Holmes' casebook with one of the most bizarre mysteries he ever cracked, the red-headed league.
0:59.0	Over two thrilling installments will wind through the gaslit streets of Victorian London and down into the dark vaults beneath, where a sinister plan is being hatched. You'll meet a flame-haired pawnbroker with an unusual job offer,
1:14.6	a mysterious league of red-headed men with obscure motives,
1:18.6	and a criminal mastermind whose scheme will test Holmes' powers of deduction to their limit.
1:25.6	From the Noisor Network, this is the Red-Headed League, part one.
1:35.1	I had called upon my friend Mr Sherlock Holmes one day in the autumn of last year
1:43.9	and found him in deep
1:45.4	conversation with a very stout, florid-faced elderly gentleman with fiery red hair.
1:54.1	With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled me abruptly into
1:59.2	the room and closed the door behind me.
2:01.6	"'You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson,' he said cordially.
2:06.6	"'I was afraid that you were engaged. So I am. Very much so.'
2:11.6	Then I can wait in the next room. Not at all.
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