Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Scarlet Worm 03/24/1947 (Conway & Bruce)
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
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6 chapters
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What is the introduction to Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Scarlet Worm?
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Well, once again, it's Monday evening and time for our weekly visit with the good Dr. Watson. Good evening, Dr. Watson. Good evening, Mr. Bell. From the hints you gave us last week about tonight's story, it sounded like quite a yarn. It took place in Paris, you said?
Yes, my boy. It was in that colorful city of bright lights, lilting music, and beautiful women that Sherlock Holmes and I had one of the oddest adventures that ever happened to us in our long association. I call the case The Adventure of the Scarlet Worm.
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Well, Mr. Bell, though that singular affair took place in Paris, I suppose the story really began on an October evening in Baker Street, a long, long time ago. I'd been more than usually busy with my practice that day, and I returned to our lodging shortly after nine, I remember. As I entered the living room, Sherlock Holmes was seated at his side table, clad in his dressing gown and working hard over a chemical investigation. A large, curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner. Finally, he brought a test tube containing a solution over to the table. In his right hand, he held a slip of litmus paper. You come at a crisis, Watson. If this litmus paper remains blue, all is well.
If it turns red, it means a man's life. Good Lord, Holmes, really? Aha. As I thought, it turns red.
What is the significance of Dr. Watson's hints about the story?
An outer center telegram to Scotland Yard, and I need have no further connection with the case. Well, you didn't tell me that you were working on a new case, Holmes. It was a shoddy little affair, my dear Watson. An orthopedic shoemaker in Wapping became somewhat fretful with his wife. He added poison to her morning pot of tea and was stupid enough to leave a sample of the deadly brew. It was purely a routine matter. Let's forget it. You look tired, old chap. Yes, I'm home. Busy day. I hope you won't be too tired to accompany me to Paris tomorrow. To Paris? Why? This afternoon I received a very rare visitor in these rooms. My brother Mycroft. All is not well at the Foreign Office. They need our help. What's wrong, Holmes?
An international spy ring is at work. In the past few months, important secrets have leaked out. Vital secrets that might bring this country to the verge of war. Good gracious me. Two of the Foreign Office's brightest young men have committed suicide rather than divulge how they betrayed their trust. Mycroft tells me he has reason to suspect a beautiful and dangerous young lady in Paris who inspired these men, in these men, a loyalty even above patriotism. And they want you to try and trap her, is that it?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the introduction to Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Scarlet Worm?
0:00–3:15
2
What is the significance of Dr. Watson's hints about the story?
3:15–8:06
3
How does the case of the Scarlet Worm begin in Baker Street?
8:06–10:52
4
What clues lead Holmes and Watson to Paris?
10:52–13:22
5
How do Holmes and Watson plan to trap the female spy?
13:22–17:30
6
What is the role of Mademoiselle Elvira in the investigation?
17:30–29:21