Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Devil's Foot 01/13/1947 (Conway & Bruce)
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
6 speakers
5 chapters
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What is the introduction to Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Devil's Foot?
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Cremel Hair Tonic and Cremel Shampoo present the new adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Starring Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson and Tom Conway as Sherlock Holmes.
Now suppose we begin by calling on Mr. Holmes' biographer and friend, the genial Dr. Watson. We find him in his comfortable firelit study, leaning back in his easy chair, ready to begin his story. The fire feels good tonight, doesn't it, Dr. Watson?
Indeed it does. But sit down, Mr. Bell. Sit down and let's get on with the story. You are in a hurry, aren't you? Well, I suppose I am. As a matter of fact, the adventure I'm going to relate is one of the most gruesome experiences I ever hoped to encounter. Perhaps I'd better not tell it after all.
It brings up memories of... Oh, come now, Dr. Watson. You're not going back on us now. You promised last week to tell us... What was the name of the story?
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot. Oh, the Cornish horror. The very thought of it makes my blood run cold.
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It was the spring of the year 1897. Holmes' iron constitution had shown some signs of giving way due to a particularly arduous and nerve-wracking winter. In March of that year, Dr. Moore Agar of Harley Street gave positive injunctions that Holmes get out into the country for a protracted rest. Well, the third week in March, Founder settled in a small cottage near Poldu Bay... at the further extremity of the Cornish Peninsula.
Isn't that rather a bleak country for a convalescent, Dr. Watson?
Bleak is putting it mildly. I've never known such grim surroundings, but it suited Holmes admirably. He seemed to blossom in that weird and foreboding fog-swept district.
Just as natural perversion as I suppose.
Oh, I dare say. Our little whitewashed cottage stood on a grassy headland... From its windows we looked down upon the whole sinister semicircle of Mount's Bay, that old deathtrap, with its fringe of black cliffs and surge-swept reefs. In every direction there were traces of some vanished race which had left as its sole record strange monuments of stone. Holmes spent most of his time pottering round these weird ruins, Everything was going along peacefully until one morning our simple and healthy routine was violently interrupted. We were precipitated into the middle of a series of gruesome and nerve-shattering events.
Quite a surf this morning, eh, Watson? You can see the spray flung up against our windows and we're a good hundred feet above sea level. I don't think I shall venture out today. Hmm. Bad weather. Old boy is certainly lashing himself into a fine frenzy. What do you mean, the old boy, Holmes? The devil, Watson. The devil himself. What are you raving about? Didn't I tell you that the natives hereabouts refer to that seething death trap down there as the devil's cauldron?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the introduction to Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Devil's Foot?
0:00–5:17
2
What are the initial clues in the case of the Devil's Foot?
5:17–9:47
3
What strange occurrences happen at the Tregennis household?
9:47–17:03
4
Who is Mortimer Tregennis and what tragedy befalls his family?
17:03–21:23
5
What role does Dr. Sterndale play in the unfolding mystery?
21:23–29:31