The Locked Room: Recent Episodes
Mardell Shares Stories
Stories from the golden age of mystery and crime fiction. Featuring these famous detectives: Max Carrados, Father Brown, Cleek of Scotland Yard, Martin Hewitt and Lady Molly of Scotland Yard and of course the world's most famous consulting detective Mr.Sherlock Holmes.
Chapter 9 - Out of the Eater -
Trapped and desperate to escape with the water rising, Mansel takes charge, but it’s Rowley who saves the day.
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Chapter 8 - The Race For the Chamber -
A race against time to beat ‘Rose’ Noble to the treasure.
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Chapter 7 - ‘Rose’ Noble Moves -
A trap is laid for Mansel.
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Chapter 6 - Tester Gives Tongue -
We continue the work in the shaft, while ‘Rose’ Noble begins to think and Mansel has some fun with Punter and Job.
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Chapter 5 - We Go to Ground -
After surviving the attack on the well, we regroup to plan our next move
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Chapter 4 - The Attack On the Well -
Exhausted, fighting to empty the flowing springs which feed the well, at last some progress is made.
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Chapter 3 - The Battle With the Springs -
Mansel outwits Ellis’s attempt to purchase Wagensburg. Ellis joins forces with ‘Rose’ Noble
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Chapter 2 - The Way to Wagensburg -
Making preparations for the journey to Austria, I run into Ellis.
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Chapter 1 - The Well-Digger’s Statement -
Witness to a cold-blooded murder, I join forces with Mansel and Hanbury to find the treasure of Wagensburg.
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A new lighthouse keeper finds himself trapped with his old enemy. - AUDIOBOOK -
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Who stole the missing banknotes? Surely not a friend and gentleman!
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Room #3 and Other Stories - What is the mystery of the Gery Lady? A ghost or a presence from the past?
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Will duty to a client prevent justice from being done?
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From a Jewel Dealer’s Notebook - A miser’s hoard of jewels proves his undoing.
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Wisdom of Father Brown - The inheritance of a rare coin collection brings tragedy.
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A classic detective story of how a letter, stolen from the royal apartments, is used to blackmail a powerful personage. A tale of intrigue and mystery.
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The Ides of March - by E. W. Hornung - Victorian Mysteries - Desperate to cover his bad debts, Bunny turns to his old classmate Raffles.
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A Thing That Glistened - by Frank R. Stockton - 11 Possible Cases - A missing diamond bracelet leads to the solution of a murder.
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A cabman regales his passenger with various tales of crimes he encountered while driving his cab.
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The Florentine Dante - by Fergus Hume - Hagar of the Pawnshop -
When a rare and valuable edition of Dante is pawned for only four pounds, trouble soon follows.
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The Problem of Convict 97 - Jacques Futrelle - The Thinking Machine -
So is the prisoner in there or isn’t he? The Thinking Machine is on the case!
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A lover is faced with a terrible choice, and it all depends upon how much he trusts his sweetheart.
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The Thinking Machine is called upon to solve the mysterious disappearance of an actress.
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At the close of the Civil War a soldier is sent South to uncover a nest of bushwhackers, who immediately spot him as a hated Yankee.
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A wealthy man desires to purchase the fabulous White Creek diamond for his daughter.
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A devastating tragedy may not be an accident after all.
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The mysterious disappearance of Greaves has his friends at the club questioning his motives.
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How many people killed old Doomdorf, and why was his body found inside a locked room?
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A salesman and his roommate solve a disappearance that has baffled the police.
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Chapter 22: Mr. Beverley Moves On -
With the case wrapped up, Antony realizes he enjoys solving crimes.
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Chapter 21: Cayley’s Apology -
Cayley writes to Antony and makes a full confession.
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Chapter 7 Leonard Swears on the Blood of Aca Soa shows Leonard a huge ruby to prove the truth of her tale and he swears to try and free the Shepherdess Source
Chapter 6 The Tale of Soa Soa appears and begs them to save her mistress from the slavers Source
Chapter 11 The Reverend Theodore Ussher Antony tries to find the secret passage and decides it must be in the library Source
Chapter 10 Mr. Gillingham Talks Nonsense Inspector Birch returns determined to drag the pond for Mark’s body Source
Chapter 9 Possibilities of a Croquet Set They find one end of the secret passage hidden in the croquet box Source
Chapter 8 “Do You Follow Me, Watson?” Antony finds he enjoys detecting and asks Bill to be Watson to his Sherlock Source
Chapter 5 Mr. Gillingham Chooses a New Profession Inspector Birch arrives and begins asking questions Source
With all the servants being dismissed, Jane-Ellen is forced to serve at dinner, against her principles
Crane escapes a luncheon party to return home and be with Jane-Ellen and gets a rude shock
Lily is accused of stealing Cora’s expensive French hat. She makes use of the opportunity to tell Mrs. Falkener what she really thinks of her!
Chapter 4 The Brother from Australia The body turns out to be Mark Ablett’s brother Robert, newly arrived from Australia Source
Chapter 3 Two Men and a Body Deciding to visit his old friend Bill at the Red House, Antony finds a locked room and a dead body Source
Chapter 2 Mr. Gillingham Gets Out at the Wrong Station Antony Gillingham comes into a small legacy and decides to do a bit of traveling Source
Chapter 8 Mrs. Falkener decides to inspect the kitchen thoroughly, sure that she can find fault with Jane-Ellen
Chapter 7 Cora confides to a confused but relieved Crane, that she is in love with Lefferts, not him.
Chapter 6 Crane and Cora go riding and she introduces him to Lefferts, a poet, and Brindlebury loses his temper with Tucker
Chapter 4 Deception Pass Venters vows to find out where Oldring drives the herd but Janie fears for his saftety