In this thrilling episode, we delve into a classic Sherlock Holmes mystery, where Holmes and Watson are on the trail of a murderer. The investigation takes them through a series of clues, from unusual footprints to a jagged stone, leading Holmes to deduce the identity of the killer. The story unfolds with Holmes' characteristic brilliance, as he pieces together the evidence to reveal the truth behind the murder of McCarthy, a man with a dark past and a connection to Australia.
As the mystery unravels, we learn about the complex relationships between the characters, including the victim's son and the daughter of the accused. Holmes' deductions lead to a confession that sheds light on the motives and actions of the true culprit. The episode concludes with a reflection on justice and morality, leaving listeners pondering the intricacies of human nature and the consequences of past actions.
(01:00) Sherlock Holmes' Prophecy
(02:31) The Investigation Begins
(06:38) Holmes' Deduction
(09:50) Turner's Confession
(12:10) The Resolution
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Come on, Watson. Walk a little faster, and miss Turner will be there before us. Clearly, you've become a perfect glutton.
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We should finish this breakfast at what of an hour ago. Mister Holmes, I've heard that miss Turner's father's in a bad word. Really? Yes. McCarthy's death had a bad effect on him. They were all friends, you know. In fact, I've learned that he gave McCarthy the happiest farm rent free. Really? Yes. He helped him in a hundred other ways.
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I would. Have it strike you as a little singular that mister McCarthy, who is greatly obligated to turn out, should talk of marrying his son to turn out Paris and in such a cocktour manner, knowing all the time that Turner was a first for that?
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What do you get used from that? Oh, I should oh, well, here here it is, miss Turner. Good morning, darling.
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I trust I haven't got you waiting. On the floor, my dear miss Turner. Did you see Jane? How did he look? What did he say? Are they treating him badly? Not so fast. Not so fast, my dear. One question at a time. Watson's dying, mister Holmes, the way I know she Quite. Doctor Watson and I had a most enlightening chat with your friend, mister James McCarthy. Oh.
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By the way, I, I think we misinterpreted the, young man's attitude towards your your marriage.
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Mister Holmes, do you mean do you think,
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I mean, that's really helpful? Yes. Indeed. Well, that's a matter I'm sure that he would rather discuss it with himself after he is released from prison. In the meantime, suppose we get on with our fluting.
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This is the closest to Holmes. So fast and cool over there, and these are the woods that James seems to be. Hear me, Holmes. Just listen to that wind in those times.
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How gloomy they look. Yes, doctor Watson.
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What did the police go into the pool for? They sneaked about with the rig for the weapon. But how did you know?
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Footmarks vanishing into the reef and coming out again. It came like a herd of buffalo and wallowed all over the place. It blotted out all fat because I might have been around the body. No. No. Wait a minute. Get out three separate sets of fat belonging to the same foot. Just a minute, Clark. Smile into. As I thought, a young McCarthy's feet, while he was walking, and once he ran swiftness over the soles are deeply marked and the heels hardly hardly visible. Let's corroborate that part of his story. Yes. Yes. Get on the father's feet as he paces up and down. What's this? What's this?
Ah, yes. Yes. Yes. The butt of the gun as the sun stood talking. And this? What have we here? Zippo. Zippo. Zippo. You hear me? Quite unusual boots. They come. They go. They come again? Of course. Never spoke. Where do they lead us? Where do they lead us? Yes. Behind the street.
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Uh-huh. Sir Holmes, why are you crawling about among those leaves and dried sticks?
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What's that powder you're putting into an envelope? Evidence, my dear Watson. Evidence and last but not least, this stone, this large jagged stone. Take a look at it, Watson. It looks like any other stone to me, Holmes. But not to me, Watson. Not to me. This is the stone with which the murder was done. What? How do you know? My grass is growing under it. It's only been there a few days. Well, let us begin to our investigation. We should be able to leave for London by the evening's claim. You've discovered the murderer? Decidedly. But can't. It's almost time for lunch. We're not going to take miss Jenner any longer.
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Goodbye then, mister Holmes. Oh, goodbye, miss Jenner. Thank you so much.
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I think I may promise you that everything will turn out for the best.
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The food at this inn isn't hard there, I know that you wasn't able to do it justice. Mister Hunt, just just between the two of us, who is the murderer?
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He is a tall man, Watson. Australian, left handed, limps with the right leg, wears thick soul hunting boots, and a gray cloak smokes Indian cigars,
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uses a cigar holder, and carries a a blunt pin mark in his pocket. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No
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He didn't know the boy had returned. The Coogee is an Australian cry. Therefore, he expected to meet someone who had been in Australia. But what are the dying words? A rat. Here is a map of the colony of Victoria. What do you see here? Watson, here, here, where I'm pointing. Well, the name Ballarat, of course. That is what the dying man was trying to say. So and so of Ballarat. My home's a that's mud. Interesting. Very obvious, my dear fellow. That's a really cool story. Now we have an Australian from Ballarat with a gray cloak, telling his son story was true. Also, he lived in this district because the pool can only be approached by the farm or the estate where strangers can hardly wander about it. Yes. It's true. I don't Now we come to the dot again today. His height I knew from the link to his side is boots too. I could guess from his faces. Yes. But his lameness.
The impression of his right foot. But all that left his feet on his left, he limped. Mhmm. And what about his left handedness? The blow which must have been struck from behind was on the left side, which is only possible if he was a left handed man. He stood behind that tree during the interview between father and son. He even smoked a cigar. I discovered the the ad of an Indian cigar, Watson. I later discovered the butt where he passed it away. How about the cigar holder? He ended up not being in his mouth. Never used a holder.
The tip had been cut, not bitten off. The cut was, not a clean one, so I deduced the blunt pin knife. Holmes, you've drawn a net round this man from which he cannot escape. I see the direction which it all points. The criminal is a Mister John Turner to see you, sir. Go him in. Go him in. Come in, miss Turner. Got my note?
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Yes, mister Holmes.
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Sit down, please. I see you're not well. I sent for you rather than go to the hall and see it's scandal.
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Very kind of you, mister Holmes. Much kinder than I deserve. I I gather from your letter that you know about Yes, mister Turner. I know all about McAfee. Oh, god. Help us. I wouldn't have let the young man come to harm. I'd have spoken if the verdict went against him. I give you my word on that. I'm glad to hear you say so, mister Turner. I'd have spoken before if it had not been for my daughter.
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It will break my girl's heart when she hears that I'm arrested. It may not come to that. You
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you mean I mean that I'm not an official agent. I am here at your daughter's request. Young McCarthy must be got off, though, however.
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I'm a dying man, mister Holmes, Yet I'd love a guy under my own roof when in jail. Now suppose you just give us a fact.
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I shall jot them down and you can sign the paper, then I can produce your concession at the last extremity to save young McCarthy. I promise you I will not use it unless it is absolutely needed.
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Very well. I'll make the thing clear for you. You didn't know this dead man, McCarthy. He was a devil incarnate. It was in the early sixties out in Australia. I was young, hot blooded, and careless. I got in with bad companions, lost my plane, took to the bush, and finally became a highway robber.
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Black Jack of Ballard, as they called me.
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One day, a gold convoy came down from Ballard to Melbourne. That was a bad fight. Indeed, by my putting my pistol to the head of the wagon driver who was this very man, Muscati, I could have shot him, but I stayed in the rain. I saw his wicked little eyes fixed on my face as though to remember every feature. Well, later on, I I left Australia and came back to England. In short, I turned over a new lease, bought this place, and did my best to make up for the past.
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Then one accursed day, I ran into McCarthy in London.
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He was down and out and demanded that I take care of him and his little son. Otherwise, he'd call a policeman. What could I do?
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I brought him down here.
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He has bled me for nearly twenty years and still this thought of marriage came along. Then I respelled. I refused to help my adolescent bully into anything like that. Well, we were the meat of the pool to talk it over.
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I overheard his nasty conversation to his tongue, and I thought
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my own life would soon be over. What did I lose? I must save my good name and my girl. I must silence that foul tongue. I did it. I'd do it again. That's the true story, gentlemen. Give me the pen, ma'am. I'll sign. Here you are.
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I will keep this confession. McCarthy is condemned. I should be forced to use it. If not, whether you be alive or dead, your secret shall be safe with us. Thank you, gentlemen.
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Goodbye and God bless you.
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A cruel, cruel fate, Watson. Yes. Indeed. Yet who are we to judge? Yes. Who knows? There but for the grace of God goes Sherlock Holmes.
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Fascinating story, doctor Watkin. And was James McCarthy acquitted? He was, mister Manning. He was. On the strength of the objections drawn up by Holmes and given to the defending counsel.
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Mister Turner died within the year. And the two young people, did they get married? No. You
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you want the heavy ending, Yes. You seem married. And their happiness was never and or never was at any time marred by any knowledge of the black cloud
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Before we return next week, we shall all celebrate a day which commemorates peace and goodwill to men, a day which is doubly significant in these very troubled times. And so I'd like to wish all our good friends a stocking full of happiness and a very merry Christmas.
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And our sponsor adds his greetings and best wishes, and so do I. I'm sure you do, mister Manning. I'm sure you do. And and now for next week.
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I've heard so much talk about this famous football game which occurs every New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl, but I thought it might be rather appropriate to tell you the adventure of the missing three quarter. A football story. Yes. Football, but, but rugger, mister Manning. Rugger. It tells how the star player of the Cambridge team was reported missing the day before the great vast match with Austin.
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