The Adventure of the Gloria Scott: Part Two
1/22/202622 min
Part two of three.
The plot thickens, as the young Sherlock finally cracks the coded message - but it’s too late for poor Mr Trevor.
And a note from beyond the grave answers a number of outstanding questions… even as it raises others.
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 Pin...
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[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 2. Last time, Holmes shared the story of his very first case, the extraordinary affair of the Gloria Scott. At the center of this mystery was a seemingly innocent message about game supplies and flypaper, which somehow struck a Norfolk landowner dead with horror. Holmes told Watson how, during his college years, he had formed an unlikely friendship with a jovial fellow student named Victor Trevor. Despite their differences, they bonded, and Holmes accepted an invitation to Trevor's family estate in Norfolk. There, Holmes met Trevor's father, a wealthy widower and justice of the peace. During dinner one evening, Holmes demonstrated his powers of observation, deducing that Mr. Trevor had boxed in his youth, had done physical