Sherlock Holmes: Wisteria Lodge 05/12/1947
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
30 min
3 speakers
5 chapters
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What is the episode’s setup and opening sponsorship message?
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Now, once again, here we are in Dr. Watson's comfortable study.
Good evening, Dr. Watson. Good evening, Mr. Bell. Sit down, my boy, and make yourself comfortable. Thank you.
Warm tonight, isn't it?
It is indeed. Quite summery, in fact.
Let's see. Tonight you're going to tell us about the strange adventure of Mr. John Scott Eccles at Wisteria Lodge, aren't you?
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It was a bleak, wintry day. The year was 1892, I believe. We were in our rooms in Baker Street, and Holmes had received a telegram during lunch. He'd read it and sent off a reply. The lunch things were subsequently cleared away, and Holmes was standing in front of the fireplace, smoking his pipe, a thoughtful look on his face. Suddenly... He turned to me with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.
Watson, you are supposed to be a man of letters. How would you define the word grotesque?
Grotesque?
Why, something strange, remarkable. No, there's more in it than that. Grotesque. There's an underlying suggestion of the tragic and the terrible.
Yes, but why all this introspection? Who's been using the word now?
There's a telegram. Read it.
Oh, let's have a look. I've just had most incredible and grotesque experience. May I consult you? Signed, J.S. Eccles.
How does Watson introduce the mysterious telegram from John Scott Eccles?
And sent from the Chang Cross Post Office. Eccles. I wonder if it's a man or a woman.
Man, of course. No woman would have sent a reply-paid telegram.
No?
No. She would have come herself. Ah, and that, if I'm not mistaken, is Mr. Eccles himself. Let's take a peek at him before Mrs. Hudson lets him in. Watson, don't joggle the curtain like that. It's too obvious.
Respectable looking, eh, Holmes? Notice the grey whiskers? Pompous old bird.
Yes. Everything from his pats to the gold-rimmed spectacles and top hat pronounce him a conservative. A churchman, a good citizen, orthodox and conventional to the last degree.
Yes, but what is such a paragon coming here for?
Accidents, my dear Watson, sometimes happen even in the best regulated circles. Here he is. Come in. Ah, good day. Mr. Eccles, I presume? Yes. Eccles. John Scott Eccles. I've just had a most upsetting and unpleasant experience, Mr. Holmes. Most improper, most outrageous. Brace it down, Mr. Eccles. Oh, thank you. This is my colleague, Dr. Watson. How do you do, sir? It's an outrage. That's what it is. May I ask, Mr. Eccles, why you didn't come to me at once? What do you mean? It's now quarter past two. Your telegram was dispatched at quarter past one.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the episode’s setup and opening sponsorship message?
0:00–3:21
2
How does Watson introduce the mysterious telegram from John Scott Eccles?
3:21–9:59
3
What details does Mr. Eccles reveal about his unsettling visit to Wisteria Lodge?
9:59–12:29
4
What discovery provokes the police investigation and Lestrade’s arrival?
12:29–16:45
5
How does the strange household at Wisteria Lodge and its servants behave during the stormy night?
16:45–30:03
Speakers
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