The Boscombe Valley Mystery: Part One
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories 
About this episode
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 For ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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