by Arthur Conan Doyle
Classic mysteryNo. 1721 hr 2 minSherlock Holmes
patreon.com/NocturnalTales "It was the band! The speckled band!" — the last words of a dying woman that no one understood, until a terrified young woman arrives at 221B Baker Street before dawn to tell Sherlock Holmes that her twin sister died two years ago in a locked bedroom screaming those very words, and now she has been moved into that same room while her violent stepfather, the brooding Dr. Grimesby Roylott, keeps a cheetah, a baboon, and a band of gypsies on his crumbling estate at Stoke Moran; a bedroom that cannot be entered, a bell-rope that rings nothing, a ventilator that leads nowhere, and a sister already in her grave — Holmes calls it one of the most dangerous cases of his career and Conan Doyle named it his own favourite Holmes story, a perfect locked-room mystery first printed in The Strand Magazine in February 1892 and collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, presented complete and unabridged, exactly as Arthur Conan Doyle wrote it, from the Midnight Archive — Nocturnal Tales' library of the classic detective stories that built the genre. FOR LISTENERSThis is a complete, unabridged reading of The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1892 and now in the public domain. Every word is the author's own. Part of The Midnight Archive: three nights of classics every week, alongside four original Nocturnal Tales mysteries. YOU CHOOSE WHAT'S NEXTThe Archive is deep — more Holmes? Martin Hewitt? Violet Strange? Arsène Lupin? Father Brown? Vote in the poll attached to this episode, or tell us in the comments which classic you want to hear by lamplight. QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTSHolmes breaks into a man's home, tampers with his property, and indirectly causes his death — and feels no remorse. When the law cannot reach a monster, is a detective right to become judge and executioner? ───────────────────────────── GET THE EBOOK — $3.99 (our original mysteries) Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchase Gumroad — EPUB + PDF included Buy Me a Coffee — EPUB + PDF included Both formats included — EPUB for Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books · PDF for tablets. ───────────────────────────── SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content Buy Me a Coffee — one-time support Spotify — follow the show Apple Podcasts Children's Book — Sherlock Paws and the Diamond of the Nile ───────────────────────────── CREDITSStory by Arthur Conan Doyle (public domain). Narrated and produced by Nocturnal Tales. TAGS / KEYWORDSsherlock holmes audiobook, arthur conan doyle audiobook, the speckled band audiobook, the adventure of the speckled band unabridged, grimesby roylott story, stoke moran mystery, swamp adder sherlock holmes, the adventures of sherlock holmes audiobook, strand magazine 1892, 221B baker street, victorian locked room mystery, doyle favourite holmes story, classic detective story audiobook, public domain audiobook, full-length classic audiobook
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