The Boscombe Valley Mystery
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact,” he answered, laughing. “Besides, we may chance to hit upon some other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to Mr. Lestrade.”
From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, “The Boscombe Valley Mystery” is narrated by Sarah Kolb.
Holmes complains about the weather, insults a Scotland Yard detective and untangles some old family drama in this strange little story. Plus, Watson is married now! Did anything else meaningful happen?
From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" is an oddly-paced, weirdly plotted short story about murderous Australians and the sins of our fathers.
Listen to our narration of the story!
"The Boscombe Valley Mystery" is narrated by Sarah Kolb. Sarah is Colorado-based writer, podcaster, and arts marketer, with a passion for unconventional storytelling, detective stories, and rude women. You probably know her as the co-host of However Improbable! During the day, she’s a professional advocate for regional theatre, art education and gender parity in the arts. She's the marketing director at the Arvada Center, one of Colorado's largest theatre companies, and a board member of Athena Project Arts, a nonprofits that advocates for women's voices in artistic expression. Her first foray into podcasting was Superstition, a Southwestern gothic audio mystery.
Music credit: The songs “Denmark (Live)” by the Portland Cello Project is featured with an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Further reading/watching:
Point Break, dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Heat, dir. Michael Mann
Set It Up, dir. Claire Scanlon
“Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”