The Red-Headed League
“My dear doctor, this is a time for observation, not for talk. We are spies in an enemy’s country."
Underpaid employees, bank heists, and Spanish violin virtuosos. “The Red-Headed League” is the second story in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, part heist, part comedy, and all-around good time. We discuss perhaps the canon's best and least represented villain, Holmes's mental health, and the inherent sexual tension between a gentleman thief and the police detective who wants to arrest him. The story is narrated by Kate Murtaugh.
Listen to our narration:
Music credit: The songs “Denmark (Live)” by the Portland Cello Project and Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 - I. Allegro molto e con brio , by Ludwig von Beethoven, performed by Paul Pitman, are featured with an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Further reading:
Ocean’s Eleven, dir. Steven Soderbergh
The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith
Arsène Lupin novels, Maurice Leblanc
Slippery Creatures, KJ Charles
Other cases mentioned in our discussion: IDEN, FINA