When a lonely spinster receives a gruesome package containing two freshly severed human ears, Scotland Yard assume it must be some kind of cruel prank. But as Holmes and Watson investigate, they uncover a sinister plot that leads them from the quiet streets of Croydon to the shipping yards of Liverpool.

A Noiser podcast production.

Narrated by Hugh Bonneville 

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Produced by Katrina Hughes and Duncan Barrett

Script Supervisor: Addison Nugent

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

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