Noiser
The Adventure of the Dancing Men: Part 1
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When country squire Hilton Cubitt arrives at Baker Street with a collection of childish stick figure drawings, Holmes faces one of his most cryptic cases yet. The crude sketches keep appearing around Cubitt's Norfolk estate, filling his American wife Elsie with inexplicable terror.
As Holmes works to decode these "dancing men" figures, he realises they contain an ominous message connected to Elsie's mysterious past. Realising the Cubitts’ lives are in mortal danger, Holmes and Watson are faced with a race against time.
A Noiser production, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville. Produced by Katrina Hughes and Addison Nugent. Sound Design and Audio Editing by Thomas Pink. Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines. Mix & Mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw. Series Consultant: Dan Smith.