Step into the world of gaslight and deduction with a podcast devoted to the complete works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Each episode presents a faithfully delivered reading, inviting listeners to wander through fog-veiled London streets, windswept moors, and adventures both mysterious and grand.With a tone befitting the great chronicler himself - measured, curious, and keenly observant - these recordings aim not merely to entertain, but to rekindle the thrill of discovery that lives within every page. Settle into your chair, draw close to the fire, and allow the stories to unfold as though narrated from a well-worn study in...
Latest episodes
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25 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 9 - Elias B. Hopkins, Parson of Jackman's Gulch - Part 2
In which a resolute and unyielding parson undertakes to reform the unruly denizens of Jackman’s Gulch by reading the Apocalypse aloud, inspiring a swift transformation in their hab…
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14 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 9 - Elias B. Hopkins, Parson of Jackman's Gulch - Part 1
In which the rough and unruly settlement of Jackman’s Gulch, troubled by lawlessness and the fierce tempers of its inhabitants, finds the quiet and persistent Reverend Elias B. Hop…
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25 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 10 - The Ring of Thoth - Part 1
In which Mr. John Vansittart Smith, a versatile yet restless Egyptologist, pursues his studies in the Louvre and becomes intrigued by a peculiar attendant with a strange, almost ot…
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31 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 8 - John Barrington Cowles - Part 1
In which a young medical student in Edinburgh recounts his close friendship with the sensitive and gifted John Barrington Cowles, and their encounter at an art exhibition where the…
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26 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 7 - Cyprian Overbeck Wells--a Literary Mosaic - Part 2
In which a daring young knight encounters a curious assortment of characters and circumstances upon a perilous journey through lawless lands, including a bewildering apparition abo…
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31 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 8 - John Barrington Cowles - Part 2
In which a friend’s fevered confession and a troubling engagement lead the narrator to meet an enigmatic young woman whose beauty and character inspire both admiration and unease.…
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19 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 6 - John Huxford's Hiatus - Part 2
In which a young Englishman falls victim to a cruel assault that eradicates all memory of his past, yet his steadfast character leads him to rebuild a respectable life in a distant…
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24 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 6 - John Huxford's Hiatus - Part 3
In which an aged man, stirred by forgotten memories upon hearing the familiar dialect and place names of his youth, returns to his transformed native town with a heart full of hope…
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23 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 7 - Cyprian Overbeck Wells--a Literary Mosaic - Part 1
In which a weary literary aspirant finds himself in the curious company of England’s greatest novelists, gathered in a spectral salon to aid his creative endeavours, each contribut…
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24 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 5 - That Little Square Box - Part 2
In which the narrator and his companion become suspicious of two fellow passengers whose secretive behaviour and strange conversation hint at a mysterious and ominous plot aboard t…
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25 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 5 - That Little Square Box - Part 1
In which a nervous and contemplative traveller, embarked on a transatlantic voyage aboard the Spartan, inadvertently overhears the furtive conversation of two men carrying a peculi…
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15 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 6 - John Huxford's Hiatus - Part 1
In which we observe the quiet unraveling of a once-thriving cork factory in a Devonshire town, precipitated by foreign competition and changing economic tides, affecting the lives…
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23 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 4 - The Man From Archangel - Part 1
In which the reflective and somewhat misanthropic John M‘Vittie retires to a desolate coastal property in Caithness to pursue his scientific studies, detached from the bustle and n…
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20 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 4 - The Man From Archangel - Part 2
In which a tempestuous sea and a desperate impulse lead to the rescue of a mysterious and ethereal young woman cast ashore, whose silent presence soon disrupts the quiet solitude o…
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20 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 4 - The Man From Archangel - Part 3
In which a solitary observer becomes entangled in the troubled affairs of a passionate Russian seafarer and a young Muscovite woman amidst the bleak, northern shores, their presenc…
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20 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 3 - The Great Keinplatz Experiment - Part 2
In which a spirited professor delights his student companions with boisterous revelry and joyful announcements, whilst a young man named Fritz von Hartmann endures a day fraught wi…
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22 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 3 - The Great Keinplatz Experiment - Part 1
In which the eminent Professor von Baumgarten, a learned man devoted to the mysteries of mind and matter, embarks upon a daring psychophysiological experiment to demonstrate the po…
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19 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 2 - J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement - Part 4
In which a fantastical and harrowing encounter unfolds upon a remote African coast, where ancient relics and savage rites intertwine with the fate of a castaway and the enigmatic f…
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23 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 2 - J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement - Part 2
In which we embark upon a maritime voyage filled with hopeful anticipation that soon gives way to a somber unfolding of mysteries and melancholia among a diversified crew aboard a…
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23 min
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales Story 2 - J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement - Part 1
In which the mysterious abandonment of the Marie Celeste, a well-found brigantine found adrift without her crew, is recounted with meticulous attention to the puzzling details surr…