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Sounds,02 Apr 2026,32 mins

The Boscombe Valley Mystery: Part One

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

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Holmes and Watson head down to Herefordshire… where an Antipodean murder mystery is playing out. But who has killed local landowner Charles McCarthy, two decades after he returned home from Australia with his family? And what light can the dead man’s final words – ‘A rat!’ – shine on the mystery? A ⁠Noiser⁠ podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Produced by Duncan Barrett Sound Design and Audio Editing by Tony Onuchukwu Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Josh Latham Series Consultant: Dan Smith Executive Producer: Katrina Hughes

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