THE SPECKLED BAND A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Arthur Conan Doyle one gave his magazine editor a list of his favorite 12 Sherlock Holmes mysteries, and The Speckled Band was #1. This is a well-crafted tale that you will enjoy. SHERLOCK HOLMES MSTERY STORIES BY SHERLOCK HOLMES BEST OF 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, Welcome to another episode from 1001 one classic short stories. This one a Sherlock Holmes adventure called the speckled band.
0:38.4	Of the many Sherlock Holmes short stories that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote, this one was his favorite.
0:44.0	According to a list of his top 12, which he submitted to the Strand magazine,
0:48.0	which carried his popular stories, this one in 1927.
0:56.2	In addition to this story he also listed the red-headed league which we will be doing soon, a scandal in Bohemia which we did
1:01.3	recently and five orange pips among others. in for the uniqueness of Arthur Conan Doyle's approach in having the stories told
1:14.7	by Holmes' friend, Adacoplus, and Crime Solving. We will place two sponsor ads
1:20.3	between parts one and two of our story.
1:23.0	Both parts of the story will be uninterrupted.
1:26.0	Are you ready for a great story?
1:29.0	And now, the adventure of the Speckled Band,
1:32.0	a Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle.
1:36.2	In glancing over my notes of the 70 odd cases
1:40.8	in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend
1:45.0	Sherlock Holmes. I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace.
1:54.6	For working as he did, rather for the love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth.
1:59.6	He refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual and even
2:05.9	the fantastic.
2:08.1	Of all these varied cases, however, I cannot recall any which presented more singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylots of Stoke Moran.
2:20.0	The events in question occurred in the early days of my association with Holmes when we were sharing rooms as Bachelors in Baker Street.
2:27.0	It is possible that I might have placed them upon record before, but a promise of secrecy was made at the time, from which I have only
2:35.1	been free during the last month by the untimely death of the lady to whom the pledge was
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