The Adventure of the Gloria Scott: Part Three
1/29/202626 min
Part three of three.
Mr Trevor’s confession continues… a tale of desperate acts committed on the high seas.
And a blood-guilt that has plagued his family for the best part of his adult life.
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...
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsHugh Bonneville0:00
[mysterious music] Welcome to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. I'm Hugh Bonneville, and from the Noiser Podcast Network, this is The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, part three. Last time, Holmes continued the story of his very first case, The Adventure of the Gloria Scott. At the center of this mystery was a seemingly innocent message about game supplies and flypaper, which struck a Norfolk landowner dead with horror. The young Sherlock was drawn into the case by his friend Victor Trevor, the son of the unfortunate recipient. Victor was astonished when Sherlock cracked the code, revealing a sinister warning from a friend, "The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life." Hudson is the name of an old acquaintance from Mr. Trevor's years at sea. Since appearing on his doorstep two months earlier, he's been hanging around the Norfolk estate like a bad smell. Now, Victor has just discovered a secret letter written by his father shortly before his death, and it contains a shocking family secret. It turns out that Mr. Trevor was really James Armitage, a convict sent by sea to Australia on a ship called the Gloria Scott. We rejoin the