![]() Second only to Moriarty, Dr Grimesby Roylott is an imposing, intelligent and ruthless foe for Holmes. The story benefits from the quality of both its villain and his ingenious plan to secure the inheritance left to his stepdaughters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though there’s no well-known cinematic adaption, the Grenada series of 1984 and Sherlock Holmes in the 22 nd Century both featured episodic interpretations. It’s within the macabre room though that the detective finds the most slippery of clues.įirst published in 1892, The Adventure of the Speckled Band was later collected as the eighth entry in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Visiting the family’s country home, Holmes and Watson find a menagerie of animals wandering the grounds and a gypsy encampment just outside the bedroom windows. Now engaged too, Helen’s stepfather has moved her into the sister’s room and the whistle has begun again. Several years ago, Helen’s sister died whilst locked inside her bedroom just days before her wedding after complaining of a night-time whistling. ![]() The Adventure of the Speckled Band begins with the arrival of Helen Stoner, who’s afraid her stepfather is trying to kill her. ![]()
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