In this, the final chapter, Holmes explains to Dr. Watson how he cracked the case of the Hound of the Baskervilles, and how all the proverbial loose ends may be tied up–once and forever.

In this, the penultimate chapter of the novel, Holmes and Watson together solve the crime and save Sir Henry Baskerville.

Holmes and Watson prepare a trap for the evil one who hails from Merripit House, in this pivotal chapter of the book, now nearing its fateful conclusion.

Sherlock Holmes makes his return in the novel, and not a moment too soon. After a frightful scare, the chapter moves closer to the story’s exciting denouement.

Watson pursues both leads, the identity of “L.L.” and that of the man on the Tor, and he unravels both mysteries in this important chapter.

We are rapidly nearing the end of our mystery. But Watson continues to collect new questions along with new clues. One is the mysterious identity of “L.L.,” a woman who somehow lured Sir Charles to the moor gate where he died his horrible death. The other is the identity of the mysterious man on the Tor. It turns out that Selden and Barrymore know about him, too. But who is he? Watson ponders…and speculates…

Capital and Labor

This is a reading of Chapter 16, on Capital and Labor, of The American Yawp, a free Open Educational Resource U.S. History textbook. This reading is by Dr. Richard Reiman, Ph.D., History.

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Reconstruction

This is a reading of Chapter 15, on Reconstruction, of The American Yawp, a free Open Educational Resource U.S. History textbook. This reading is by Dr. Richard Reiman, Ph.D., History.

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The gloom of the moor and the Great Grimpin Mire deepen as Watson explores the light upon the moor. Two terrible apparitions rise up before him. Listen–if you dare.

Cassandra was a Trojan priestess whose warnings to the Trojans of looming disaster were both true and ignored,  Ever since a Cassandra is one who warns of a coming catastrophe that inevitably happens even as it is dismissed at the time.  In this podcast episode for Constitution Day 2022, Dr. Richard Reiman tells the story of three Cassandras of the Supreme Court who warned their fellow Justices that their actions would cost the course credibility and respect as an institution supposedly “above politics.”