Vzpomínky na Sherlocka Holmese 4 - Gloria Scottová
Sherlock Holmes se ještě jako student dostává díky svému spolužákovi k případu, který je vysvětlen až díky přiznání nešťastníka, kterého dostihnou hříchy mládí. Nicméně na základě těchto událostí se náš skvělý myslitel (k našemu velkému štěstí) rozhodne pro detektivní dráhu.
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Vzpomínky na Sherlocka Holmese 5 - Musgraveský rituál
Máme před sebou opět jednu archiválii, kterou Sherlock Holmes vytáhne na světlo světa z útrob svého již málem zapomenutého kufru. Dr. Watson má tak příležitost seznámit se s dějinnými událostmi, které se přímo týkají starodávného rodu Musgravů. Příliš velký zvědavec je chycen do pasti.
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Vzpomínky na Sherlocka Holmese 6 - Reigateské panstvo
Sherlock Holmes překonal stav naprostého vyčerpání a odjíždí s dr. Watsonem na zotavenou. To mu však není dopřáno. Krátce po příjezdu do oázy klidu se odehraje v blízkém okolí zločin. Na koho jiného se může místní policie obrátit a požádat o pomoc? Hlavním motivem této povídky jsou peníze.
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Vzpomínky na Sherlocka Holmese 7 - Mrzák
Život dokáže připravit člověku velká a nespravedlivá utrpení. Většinou v tom mají prsty závistivci z jeho okolí, kteří jsou schopni neblahý osud nešťastníka mírně řečeno popostrčit. Ale špatné svědomí je zlý pán a boží mlýny melou pomalu, ale jistě. K takovému příběhu je povolán i Sherlock Holmes, jehož dedukce jsou v této povídce ohromující.
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B. J. Harrison Reads When the World Screamed (EN)
The three scientist Mr. Edward Malone, Mr. Peerless Jones and Professor Challenger come together to build a machine that can drill deep into the earth. When the machine’s construction is finally completed the drilling starts, and it will not stop until the earth’s mantle is reached. Everything goes well for the three men, until they reach something into the earth that threatens to destroy their excavation.
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B. J. Harrison Reads Silver Blaze (EN)
Sherlock Holmes is at the stables of Colonel Ross in Dartmoor. He has an especially important mission to investigate the disappearance of Silver Blaze, titular horse and a famous winner. It is not enough that the champion is gone, but his trainer, John Straker, has apparently been murdered. After carefully examining the crime scene, Holmes follows the horse’s footprints to the neighbor stables, where he tries to get more information from Silas Brown.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Red-Headed League (EN)
Jabez Wilson, a London pawnbroker with ginger hair, pays a visit to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. He tells them about his young assistant, Vincent Spaulding, who has advised Wilson to respond to an urgent job advertisement in the local newspaper. The very next morning the pawnbroker is interviewed and hired.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Captain of the Pole Star (EN)
While in the middle of the arctic ocean, Captain Nicholas Craigie decides to cast anchor. His crew, however, is afraid that the ship will be trapped in the ice, which would lead to everyone's inevitable death, but the captain is unwavering. Suddenly, one morning, the second mate reports that he has seen a ghost during the night.
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Vzpomínky na Sherlocka Holmese 8 - Domácí pacient
Zločinec bývá po zásluze potrestán. Někdy bohužel až po letech, a ne právě rukou zákona.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Leather Funnel (EN)
Lionel Dacre is a young man who lives in a small house in Paris. Because of his large interest in the occult, Dacre has gathered a huge library of occult literature and many mysterious items. One of these items is a leather funnel next to which the young man sleeps. The strange thing is that in his dreams, Lionel can see exactly how the funnel has been used.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Ring of Toth (EN)
Mr. John Smith is a British student of Egyptology who travels to Paris. The main purpose of his trip is to visit the Louvre and research some papyri. Unfortunately, tired from going round the museum, Smith falls asleep in one its the many corners. When he wakes up, he sees an Egyptian-looking man performing a ritual on a mummy.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Gloria Scott (EN)
Sherlock Holmes is still a student when he receives his very first case. While still in college, he is invited to the house of his good friend, Victor Trevor. There he meets Trevor’s father, who challenges Holmes to analyze him, so that he can test the young detective’s investigative skills. Holmes touches a nerve after mentioning a person with the initials "J.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Speckled Band (EN)
Helen Stoner goes to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. She is afraid that her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, may be trying to kill her. Helen’s sister died mysteriously two years earlier, right before her own wedding. Her last words, which Helen never managed to decipher were "The speckled band".
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B. J. Harrison Reads Lot No. 249 (EN)
Abercrombie Smith and Edward Bellingham are neighbors and fellow students at the University of Oxford. Smith is a medical student and athlete, while Bellingham is a specialist of Eastern studies and the owner of many Egyptian artefacts. A series of strange episodes happen after Edward buys a four-thousand-years-old mummy.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Hound of the Baskervilles (EN)
Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for advice, after finding his friend Sir Baskerville dead. According to the official version, Baskerville died from a heart attack, but Mortimer thinks that something terrible happened to his friend. He believes the supernatural hound that has been chasing the Baskerville family down for many years is responsible for his death.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (EN)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are discussing the lack of interesting new cases when a man bursts into the room. The panicked young man is McFarlane and he believes that he will be arrested for the murder of 52-year-old Jonas Oldacre. Oldacre’s burnt remains are found behind McFarlane house, the day after the builder Oldacre came to the lawyer McFarlane to draw up his will and made him his sole beneficiary.
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