The Red-Headed League: Part Two

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Books, Arts, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Holmes and Watson race against time as the peculiar case of the Red-Headed League takes a sinister turn. With his suspicions focused on Wilson's mysterious assistant and £30,000 in French gold at stake, Holmes orchestrates a dangerous midnight operation. But will his legendary deductive powers be enough to prevent one of the most audacious crimes in London's history? 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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0:32.2	Welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories. I'm Hugh Bonneville and this is the Red-Headed League, part two.
0:40.0	Last time, a red-headed pawnbroker with an extraordinary tale showed up at Baker Street.
0:46.5	Jabers Wilson had been offered a peculiar position with the mysterious Red-Headed League,
0:51.8	earning four pounds a week to copy the Encyclopedia Britannica.
0:56.3	The only requirements, fiery red hair and four hours of work each day.
1:02.7	For eight weeks, Wilson diligently copied articles, while his eager assistant Vincent Spalding
1:08.3	minded the shop. Then, suddenly, and without warning, the league
1:12.8	dissolved, leaving nothing but a note tacked to a locked door. Though the pawnbroker's
1:19.1	strange tale amused Holmes and Watson, his description of his young assistant, a clean-shaven
1:25.4	man who works for half-wages, has pierced ears and a distinctive
1:29.7	white mark from acid on his forehead, caused Holmes to sit up with sudden interest. Something
1:36.8	about this seemingly harmless, if eccentric, league, has caught the great detective's attention.
1:43.1	Holmes has promised Wilson an answer by Monday
1:45.3	and is now conferring with Watson about the case.
1:57.8	Well, Watson, said Holmes when our visitor had left us,
2:01.6	"'what do you make of it all?'
2:03.5	"'I make nothing of it,' I answered frankly.
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