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of my listeners aren't in the UK, and I'm sure to know all about
Guy Fox Day, but those of us in other parts of the world who
may be vague on the details are going to learn a lot. In our
Sherlock Holmes Guy Fox Day special. When we were playing all the Old Time
Radio Sherlock Home episodes in the early twenty tens, I noticed that there were
two different episodes of Sherlock Holmes recorded three years apart by two separate creative teams.
I'd had the idea for years of comparing these two episodes, and then
noted last year that this year's Guy Fox Day will fall on a Sunday when
I don't have a regular episode playing. So this seemed like the perfect time
to do it. Today's episode features a guest introduction. I decided to reach
out to the most knowledgeable expert I personally knew in British history, Donna Fletcher
Crowe. Donna is a novelist of British history. She's written over fifty books
across a variety of genres, with a focus on history, mystery, and
romance. One novel of interest for today's topic is When Love Restores. It
actually features a Guy Fawkes not celebration at Cambridge University in the mid nineteenth century
and recounts the Cato Street Rebellion. You can find it on Amazon, and
there's also a link to the book in today's show notes. Here Now with
her introductory comments, is Donna Fletcher Crowe Remember Remember the fifth of November Gunpowder,
treason and plot Guy Fox, Guy Fox twas his intent to blow up
the King and the Parliament three score barrels of powder below poor old England to
overthrow. By God's providence, he was catched with a dark lantern and a
burning match, And so goes the popular nursery rhyme still often repeated on Guy
Fox Knight, or as It's more popularly known now as Bonfire Night. Adam
Graham, with his Great Detectives of All Time radio series, brings you not
one, but two modernized versions of the Gunpowder Plot story. In these,
the vile conspirators are not brought to justice by Thomas Knyvett Richmond and his friend
Edmund Doubleday, as was Guy Fox, but rather by none other than the
world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes and his friend doctor Watson. But true to
the rhyme, the dark Lantern and the Burning match still play their part.
Both versions include a good introduction to the historical facts for Americans, and like
all old time radio shows, these Guy Fowk special episodes offer a charming time
capsule, in this case of an earlier time in England as well as in
our own country. Enjoy listening. Thank you, Donna, and you can
learn more about Donna and her books at Donna Fletchercrow dot com. Now let's
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it. By the way, you know what day it is? November fifth,
isn't it? That's right? In England, it's known as Guy Fox
Day. You ever heard there's something to do with a gunpowder plot, isn't
it? Yes, mister Bartell, it is. And as Sherlock Holmes and
I had a very unusual adventure on the fifth November many years ago. It
seems appropriate that I should tell you about it tonight before I begin. I
think it might help you to appreciate the true flavor of the story if I
tell you a little about the origin and the customs of Guy Fox Day.
That's well I did. I got well, my boy. On November the
fifth, sixteen hundred and five, exactly three hundred and forty years ago today,
King James the First was about to attend the opening of Parliament when a
plot was discovered to blow up the House of Lords during the ceremony, and
the chief conspirator was Guy Fox. I suppose yes he was. He was
captured in the vault immediately below the House of Lords, a vault full of
batrels of gunpowder. Of course, he and his fellow conspirators were executed,
and ever since then, November the fifth has been known as Guy Day.
Well, how's it celebrated, doc, It's a great time for the youngsters,
mister Bartell. They blacked their faces, throng the streets, baking for
pennies, and built bonfires in which to burn effiges of Guy Fox. These
effiges are life sized dummies, stuffed with straw and dressed in old clothes.
The children paraded them in the streets, chanting rhymes. Well let me see,
please to remember the fifth of November Guy Fox. Guy hit him in
the eye. The kids must have quite a time, sort of like Halloween.
Yes, it's not unlike it, my boy. Well, now that
I've told you something about the customs of Guy Fox Day, I'll get on
with my story. It began just before lunch. I remember November fifth,
eighteen hundred and ninety nine, The day was foggy and cold, and Holmes
and I were seated each side of a blazing fire in our Baker Street rooms.
From outside, we could hear the sound of voices laughing and singing.
Suddenly Holmes rose and crossed to the window open and looked out. Then he
turned to me and spoke, children having a great time. Once manthez,
yes, it costs they're shilling worth a fellows to walk here this morning.
Has it occurred to you, Watson, that the gunpowder plot of us very
promising material to the speculative mind? In what way, homes? I say?
It's confoundedly chilly in here? Don't you think you might shut that window?
Sorry, old chap As I was saying, the gunpowder plot of us
very promising material to the speculative mind. I've made something of a study of
the historical records of the case. There is more than a little evidence to
suggest that King James was never in any real danger, never in any danger
or what makes you say that knowledge of the proposed dastardly scheme came to light
early that James Stewart, King of England, the possessor of a shrewd and
diabolical mind used the spectacular discovery of the plot to try and bolster his waning
popularity as well as to justify increased religious persecutions. That's the first I've heard
of it home, I dare say I follow it's true, just the same.
I'm afraid James Stewart, King of England, was an unscrupulous tyrant.
Come in. Oh, yes, missus Hudson. There was a gentleman to
see you, mister Holmes. He said it was very important. He asked
me to give you his car. Thank Missus Hudson. Oh, ask him
to come up please? Will you? Hi? Who is at home?
A gentleman with a remarkably fine sense of timing? Read discard for yourself,
mister James Stewart, Great Scott as an extornic constance that he should arrive just
as we're talking about James Stewart, King of England. I mean, mister
James Stewart. How do you do, mister Stewart. My name is Sheelleck
Holmes, and this is my colleague doctor. How do you do, mister
Holmes. You've got to help me. I'm walking a button model fear in
my life. You've got to help me, mister Stewart, I suggest that
you sit down now. I'll do anything in my power to help you.
Which must compose your so first and tell me quietly what it is that's frightening
you. How can I compose myself when I may be dead within a few
hours and an any mister Steward, I'm a doctor. I really think if
I were to give you a sedative that you'd find out. Can you talk
of senators? When my heart? Doctor? All right? All right now
here, let me help you with this sofa. You are, yes,
Holmes, I'll give him some digitalis a fellow with a bad heart like this
shouldn't allow himself to get so excited. And now this, mister Stewart,
what is it? It's digitalis very well? Now better than yes, mister
Holmes, Yes I do. Hey, you're right. I shouldn't get so
excited. My heart can't stand it. You know? Watson? Is he
well not to talk to you? Think? Yes? He doesn't excite himself
again. I'll be careful doctor. I'll take it quietly, mister Holmes.
When you saw my card, just know, did it strike any responsive court?
Naturally? Sir? Who could fail to be intrigued? When a James
Stewart calls to see one on Guy Fox's day. It isn't just coincidence that
my name is James Stewart's. I've got royal blood in my veins. People
know of it, and that's another reason they're out to kill me. They're
jealous of my heritage, every instinct I have as a royal one. No,
you gentlemen know that falcon Bey is a king sport and my greatest hobby
is the breeding in the training of faltuards. Mister Stuart, going to the
state of your health, I suggest that you be as economical as possible in
your explanation. In fact, I think it might be better if I would
question you very well. Mister Holmes. Now you say that your life is
in danger. What evidence do you have to substantiate that claim. My cousin,
Guy Falkenby has threatened it. You see, mister Holmes, he and
I are the only heirs to a wealthy uncle. His fortune will go to
the surviving heir. If I were dead, Guy would inherit. Everything came
to mister Stewarts. You should have applied to Scotland Yard for protection. I
did. Doc Watson only a few days ago I saw a certain inspector Lestrade
I think his name was, and he laughed at my fears and he laughed,
did he well? Then, in that case there may be something in
your story, sir. You say that your cousin has threatened to kill you.
Has he indicated the method he intends to employ? He has, and
it's a devilish plot. Guy has a bitter, twisted sense of humor,
gentleman, even when he's planning as dustily a thing as a murder. I
am James Stewart. He is Guy Falkenby, which is near enough. The
guy Fox. Today is the fifth of November, and he's planning to blow
me up. Who come, Come comes. You can't expect us to believe
that, but it's true. He won me, and the celebrations that are
going on in the streets of London day would make a rare clock for his
activities. I must confess, mister Stuart, that I find your story most
unconvincing. All your evidence appears to depend on conversations held between you and this
cousin of yours. You have no fact to substantiate your claims, but I
have. Then, Please let us hear them. I'll have a twenty three
Cavendish Square. A week ago the house next door to me was let to
a new tenant. Almost immediately whatman became very active there. They were digging
in the sellers. Mister Holmes, I could hear the sounds of picks and
shovels through the walls, singing in the cellars. That does sound significant,
Dunet Homes. Extremely did you observe any other activities of the workman, mister
Stewart, Im mister Holmes. Vans have been delivering large packing cases to the
basement during the last two days. I know what sent them to It's gunpowder.
I tell you. They're planning to blow me up today. NAIs today
you must excite yourself again. What shall I do, mister Holmes? I
think say it would be better for you to rest here for a while and
then go to a nearby hotel. I would suggest the sharp spread and wait
there until you hear from us. And where are you, gentlemen going?
What's in an eye? After dunning suitable disguises? Well, visit the house
adjoining yours in Cavendish Square. I think an examination of the cella there might
prove most illuminating supposed to be the house. All right, homes. The
empty packing cases is still by the foot of the basement steps. Rom Watson,
let's go down and explore on my soolar, I feel a little self
conscious of in these clothes. Only to my dear Chap you look a most
authentic inspector of plumbing. If anyone challenges us, you had better let me
do the talking, though I think my accent might be a little more convincing.
Sh listen, I can't hear anything exactly, then we may reasonably assume
that either the workmen are observing the guy Fawkes holiday or that their work is
done. Come on, let's try this door. So I'm not Yeah,
this is too easy. We must be prepared for a tramp. Come on,
I've got mad of olver handed. If there's there's any trop I don't
use it until I tell you to him. Remember we are supposed to be
plumbing inspectors. Pitch black in here. I can't see a thing strike a
match. He didn't find a gas jet strike a match, or the cellar
may be full of gunpowder. We can't take the risk, Old Chap,
here's a guestjured. I light it that's better. Now we can see a
little uh huh. I think the workmen have completed their job. See that
new wood forming a crude door on the corner over there? Where does it
lead to disperse? Let's find out? Oh, also unlocked. Here's a
miner's manum waiting conveniently for us on this ledge. This is ridiculous. Easy
now, I'm sure it's a trap. I like the veatter, Great Scott.
It's a tunnel. Yes, it's a tunnel leading into mister Stuart's house
next door. Let's explore it. Look homes, Look at the barrels that
there full of gun powder. Undoubtedly will observe the fuses as well. Yes,
the complete equipment for another gunpowder plot. I can't believe my eyes.
What a fantastic plan. But how could the murderer be certain that Stuart would
be killed in the explosion? I think that's easily answered, Watson. Remember
mister Stuart's bad heart in his present state of apprehension, and exploding fire cracker
would be enough to kill him, I suppose, sir, Hello, Wow,
what's this lying on the floor? Curious It's a funny strip of silk
with a little ring on the end. Let me see it, Watson.
Ah huh, this seems to be familiar. Bite jove, I believe it's
a yes. Yes, Well, the last piece of evidence necessary to confirm
the conclusion. I'll take your hands above the heads. I've got a revolver,
right, your Governor. We ain't doing no harm. I remember watching.
I'll do the talking. Come on, hart to come well, you're
a comical looking pair. What are you doing in? Me and my mate
got a message to come over here and seek you the plumbing mister plumbers?
Eh? Do you have any identification? Yes, sir, here's my bad.
We'll inspect us for the London County Council. Oh that's all right,
my man. I saw the basement door open and eye I thought burglars might
be here. Ha. You're the owner of this house, sir, Yes,
but my agent letter recently to some tenants have been behaving rather queerly,
untold, so I came around here to see what was happening. If you're
the owner, sir, perhaps you can give me some effects for me,
records. Gotta film me records. You know what do you want to know?
Well? Your name please, sir? Fulcan guy fulcan look here?
Alfhie, Alfie older nose. What did he say? Nothing? Say nothing.
He's got baddy cups had him for We had him for months now.
Can't stop him, Alphie. Yeah, give me a pencil, will you?
Thank you? Alf Now, sir, your name is a guy for
Quamby. What's the name of the tenant this house is let to? There
are three of them, you know the name, sir? Got to have
them for me records you see. Yes, the names are Winter, rope
Wood and Kine. Oh yes, Winter, roake Wood and Canes. That's
right, sir. Chances that they might be a firm of solicitors down the
well. Perhaps they are. I haven't met him. Just one more question,
sir, and then I can bother you no more. Well what is
it my religion or my grandmother's maiden? Me? No, nothing bad.
I just wanted to lived in the house next door on that side. We've
had a complaint from there. Two there pipes is bummed up. My cousin
lives there. His name is James Stewart, mister James today, Oh much
obliged, sir, Me and me mate or be going next door? Then?
Come on, Alfae. I'm not surprised his pipes I've bunned up,
as you so graphically put it. He's a great one for practical jokes about
the house. As a matter of fact, he's planning one of them tonight.
Eh. Oh, well that's no concern of yours. By the way,
my man, what's your name? Nivetzer, Tom Nivid Come on,
Alfie, we've got work to do, homes. I wish you'd tell me
what's going on while we'd take this care back to Baker Street. Get out
of these clothes and they observe their purpose. Now there's more serious work afoot.
Well, I'm still confused about I interview with Guy Falkenby. Why did
you say your name was Tom nividt? What touch a bannity'll follow? Vanittfel
How do you mean? Well? Consider the names in this case so far,
Watson James Stewart says that he's been threatened by Guy falconby a name.
As mister Stuart points out, not unlike Guy Fox, you recall the names
of the free tenants mister Faulkin gave us a few minutes ago. Yes,
Winter, Rokewood and canes. But what's that got to do with it?
A great deal made fellow Thomas winter Ambo's Rokewood and Robert Kaines with a free
Men executed with Guy Fox, and the original gunpowder plot in sixteen hundred.
Lord, but where does Tom Knivett, the name you gave yourself fit into
the picture? Thomas Nivitt was the Westminster magistrate who arrested the conspirators. Since
there would be murderer of such an academic knowledge of the original plot, I
thought i'd let him know that he was up against an opponent worthy of his
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tell, well, doctor, you and mister Holmes were certainly having yourselves quite
a guy foalks day. What happened when you got back to Baker Street.
We changed out of our disguises and back into our neck clothes. I'm still
pretty much in the dark as usual, and I kept questioning Holmes next to
our next move, even in a state of suppressed excitement, And it was
obvious as he spoke to me that he was anxious to be all that's so
much like ahead of us, Not Dolly, I'm as far as I can.
What's our next move? You know, we split our horses. Let's
get hold of my band of street echins, the bigger street of regulars.
I'm going to surround mister Stuart's house in Cavendish Square, and they'll be invaluable
for that purpose. So what do you want me to do? Go to
the Sharpsbury Hotel and collect mister Stewart, then return with him to his house
and wait me there. I shall join you as soon as I've rounded up
the irregulars. But I mist warn you don't leave mister Stuart for a moment.
Don't tell him out of your sight until you see me again. Of
course, I want Holmes, but too, I must say idea of all
that gunferow in the cellar doesn't make me feel in it too? With me,
Old Chat, have faith in me. I wouldn't expose you to any
danger if I could avoid it. And I assure you that I shall join
you and mister Stuart very shortly. You have your revolver, yes, of
course? Good? And uh give mister Stuart this revolver. Will you tell
him that I insist that he carries it. I fear that his own has
probably been tempered with your homes I'll see if he has it. This is
a strange business. I must say that guy Falconer seemed such a decent sort
of fellow. Yes, he appeared to be a most amiable fellow, didn't
he. This is indeed an unusual case, Watson. We're up against one
of the most sinister and twisted antagonists that we've ever met. Well, Chap,
I'm leaving now. I'll join you soon, and don't forget stay close
to mister Stewart, Stay very close to him. Dr Watson, I wish
your friend were here. No, no, don't get so excited, mister
Stewart. You'll be here any moment. Now, you've still got the revolver
that I gave you, Yes, that's in my pocket. But what's the
good of a revolver if there should be an explosion? Answer me that if
you can, and you must have faith in mister Halm. Sir, he's
arranging now to have this house of yours surrounded by his band of street urchins.
They'll see that no one gets to the seller next door to light diffuses
a bunch of children. How can they do anything? You don't know?
The Baker Street irregular is mister Stuart, and it's a perfect day for them
to operate as black faced boys begging for pennies. They pass unnoticed anywhere.
I hope you're right, but I have a premonition. Doctor, there's going
to be a tragedy. I know, and I'll take it easy, sir.
Remember in your heart you're in space the hands when Sherlock Holmes is on
the case. Here is now, Holmes, I say, I'm glad to
see you. You received your visitor, yet visit them. We've seen no
one than beyond your lit I've just been questioning the boys surrounding this house.
A few moments ago, some children pulled a small cart up to the back
door. Cat continuing life sized dummy. My irregulars thought that it was a
lethody on its way to a bumper. Why shouldn't it be home? Reason
to believe that it's someone visiting you in disguise, mister Stewart, a visitor
who is mounting the back stairs at this very moment. You've got to stem
by me. Homes you've got to protect on Come in, Look at that
apparitions cut a guy Fawk's dummy. It a dark lantern is hand and it's
walking and also talking. I trust keep away from me. I got a
revolver. You won't give me one, I'll take two. Not better for
me, the worse for you. It's guy falking. Keep away from me.
Do you hear for me? And the worst for you? All?
Like then I'm going to fire you have a mister Sturt. The revolver I've
provided for you seems to be unloaded. How very odd? What in fun
is all this about? I've just witnessed an attempted murder, Watson murder?
What are you talking about? This is a game, James and I had
it arranged the whole thing. You may have thought it was a game,
mister Polkerby, But I assure you that your qui mister stud Watson's leave me
alone, take your hands off me, help me put him on the sofa.
That's it. I'll get him some digitarists. Look, I don't want
to appear unnecessarily stop it, But will someone tell me what this is all
about? With pleasure? Mister Polkerby, your cousin planned one of the most
fantastic murder plots that I've ever encountered. Came to us with the story that
you would threatened his life. That's ridiculous. I'm very fond of him,
of course, it's ridiculous. The whole plot was ridiculous. He leased the
house next door, had a tunnel dug and gun powder infuses planted there,
even entered the name of the tenant, says Winter, brokewood and canes to
get the current blood a further authenticity. You mean my cousin, who was
the real tenant? Certainly he was. However, he was cumsy enough to
drop that piece of silk with the wire ring on the end that you found
in the cellar. Watson, do you call a jess? And what's a
jess? It's a strap that goes round the falcon's legs, which its leash
is fastened. You will remember that mister Stuart informed us that falconry is his
hobby, and it therefore indicated that he had been in the cellar and consequently
must have known about the whole part. And all he was trying to do
is to build up in our minds of belief that his cousin was trying to
kill him exactly, my dear fellow. And had we believed him, of
course he could have shot you just now, mister Falconby, in apparent self
defense. Lord, what a fantastic plot I still can't find with mister Falkinby,
Why are you dressed as a guy? Fawk's dummy? What it was
James's idea? He said that he was going to dress up too, and
that we were to go around the Bonfast night and frighten people by appearing as
live dummies. But the last message he sent to me to come up here,
that we'd play a practical joke on a couple of friends of his.
And did he provide you with the costume that you're wearing. Yes, as
a matter of fact, he did search the pockets for any weapons hope,
but I will all right, myle you're doing that. I'll examine this dark
lantern. How's your patient, Watson. I've given him some digitalis, now
give him some bread. I can't find anything in the pockets. Here's the
answer, my friends, okare inside the lantern? Is a dagger? Your
cousin planted it there to substantiate the claim that you were trying to kill him.
Had his plans worked, you would have been dead, mister pockinbay before
you could have told us the truth. Here, come back here, mister
Steel. He found it. He's speaking the heart attack. Come on,
what's not home? Homes Well, ile out of the way, please clon
me here comes to love me landon chance? Excuse me please, I'm trying
to find a friend of mine, most important homes Where are you? What
an I here? You call? Out of the way, please, I'm
coming home. TI. You got away from in the crowd picks the start
got away from us. We we'll never find him in this spark twelve Plea
is a dangerous man. There's no knowing what he may do weather you're regulars
Ah, there's Wiggins Wiggins on mister Hillig, did you see a man run
out of that house a few minutes go. No governor grabs Johny Did hey,
Joy come over here a minute? Gets missed you all all right?
I bet Charlie didn't see anything. Now he's got some savvy girl with Hello,
mister Holmes and doctor Watson. Did you see a man run through this
crowd a few minutes ago? A tallish man with a gramustache. Yes,
I did. A man came running out of the house over there. That's
the house. Where'd you go? You run down toward where the shops are?
Any shut up? Do he did? The one we are going to
burn on a bonfire. I tried to stop him, but he got away.
Homes homes looked up there on the roof, there's a figure by Joe.
I believe it's James Jewart. That's the man. He's the one that's
stole on dummy. He's standing under the road. He's going to jump.
If he does, he's going to line on a bon fire. There he
goes. He is jumping right into the middle of the far he'll be there.
Don't worry the games. That wasn't a man who fell into the bonfire.
What do you mean from the girations that the thick of a pond,
does it? Fell, My dear Watson, I'm convinced that mister Stuart threw
the stolen dummy to try and put us off the track. And then Stuart
still up there, here's Watson. Come on, old boy, it's up
on the rooftops for us, up on the rooftops. You're Watson. Let
me help you up? Can you reach my hand? I got it all
right, then up you come, Come on, pat it escapes must be
deserve and for Jance, keep your eyes skindled. Fellow Stuart's a dangerous man.
Might be hiding behind those chimney stacks. Come on, my soul,
this is a strange place to be on Guy Fox Night. As a comprehensive
case, Watson starts in a cellar and ends on the rooftop. Look homes
by the part of it there a crumpled body of mister Stuart looks to me
as if it yeah, he's dead. Homes Well, it's not surprising.
The ebit of carrying the dummy up here and throwing it, combined with his
own state of excitement for too much for him. Well quite frankly, I
can't say that I'm sorry. No, he planned a murder. It hadn't
been for you, he would have succeeded in extraordinary case homes, Yes,
old Chaplin, one that should long make us remember the fifth of November.
Yes, please to remember the fifth November gunpowder treason and plot. I see
no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgotten. Well, doctor, as
you boys would say, that story was a bit of exciting. What even
though I sort of lose my breath when I remember climbing that fire escape.
You know, doctor, those two fellas certainly went out of their way to
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concerns strange music that was heard in a lonely house in the English countryside,
the Living Death that stalked her. I call it the Adventure of a Specklebird
Tonight. Sherlock Holmes's adventure is written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher, and
was suggested by an incident of this Arthur Conan Doyle story. The Adventure of
the Devil's Foot Music was by Dean Fossler. Mister Rathbone appears through the courtesy
of Metro Goldwyn Mayor and mister Bruce through the courtesy of Universal Pictures, where
they are now starring in the Sherlock Holmes series. The Petrie Wine Company of
San Francisco, California, invite you to tune in again next week, same
time, same station. This is Harry Bartel saying good night for the Petrie
family. Sherlock Holmes comes to you from our Hollywood studio. This is the
Mutual Broadcasting Sister. Welcome back, mister Stewart. Learn the hard way that
having a stressful murder plan with a bad heart is a really awful idea.
You should contact a physician before beginning any program of criminal enterprise. Of course,
most know that their doctors would tell them not to do it, particularly
if their doctor was John Watson. It's always great to hear Basil Rathbone,
and he also has some fun as the plumbing inspector, as he'd been playing
the role for six years on radio. The parts in disguise or reciting different
famous lines gave him a bit of a variety in his performance that he appreciated
as he was getting a bit burnt out on the role at this point.
This episode does a great job of not only laying down the particulars of the
Guy Fawkes plot, but also some really nasty details of the holiday so that
the nineteen forty five listener was transported to written and really give a vivid audio
picture of what the holiday was like. It had a number of tie ins
to the holiday that were fun and might have stretched believability if they weren't part
of James Stewart's sinister yet eccentric plot. This episode's information is also helpful in
our context because the next episode doesn't have quite as much background on the holiday,
though it'll be fair it wasn't centered on the holiday as much as it
was got Fawkes himself and some contemporary admirers of Fox. This series was airing
over the Mutual Network after a single season on ABC, but at this time
it was originating from New York with the stars as John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes
and George Spelvin credited as Doctor Watson. This episode originally aired October The Kent
nineteen forty eight, and the title is The Guy Fawk Society from New York
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Can't you allow the police to handle this? Comsel? Now? What's time
to be there? Myself? Well, shouldn't you take a longer evoler a
weapon of some sort? I think not. They might decide to examine everyone
entering the warehouse. No, I should retem the secret weeping of his blood
first society, accompanied only by my second and purpose friend, my messi Pipe.
We're at the door of doctor John Watson's study and we're about to hear
anotherer of his adventures. Good evening, Good evening, doctor Watt. Have
you assembled all the facts for the memoir you're currently writing, Doctor, Yes,
mister Hens, it's the adventure of the Guy Fop Society. Guy Park,
you mean the art conspirator of seventeenth centuries, the very Safe. Well,
what sort of organization was? Decides well? It was a secret cult
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more. Oh and now, doctor Watson, what was the guy fox aside
well, mister Harris. It was the beginning of November eighteen ninety seven.
Holmes and I were returning to two twenty one B Baker Street after the late
dinner. We were enveloped an unprecedented yellow fox. We were gripping our way
up the stairs toward our flecks. He here we are. If I can
find the lock, come with something on the floor, keep it with my
foot. See if I can put it out of the way. Hose It
feels like a body match. What right heaven's hose? Is a man?
This folk's been cut? Will you look at this pool of blood like that
lampop? Yes, both can split from air to ear. Look home from
the wall with hen driver. Someone p a Gyptis finger in the dead man's
blood and crawled and it says guy faults Is. Guys, I want sort
of diabolical nonsense to say. Shall I believe her in due course which will
observe that technicality, have a look at the court. But that is pat
that a council wood Hindwood was look with some sort of Greece typical when the
odor was mass state of oil disposing is going to do the cancal wood,
dips and oil. Clearly the dead man was preparing a touch stuck. Why
should anyone want to to go marching about with a thought the weather about which
you've been containing thout using surprising answer to that you mean half the unbelievabletic pod.
The torch coupled with the pot signifies that the dead man lying before us
was a BNK boy. Was is that the term don't say either the sea
work The venerable tradition originates from the days when it was necessary to a company
members of Parliament homes due to the danger they're being attacked by seeds in the
center brick racks. Course, the customs see abandoned, except for those rare
occasions when London suffers in the possible parties. Then the link boys their pots
are called out to court. The varoliumnentarium m m. This man's thought hasn't
anused. He was therefore on his way from me. Come onton, we're
off to see the startingted arms of the Parliament building. We sho ask the
name of the link boy who failed to appear. The people you intend to
leave the bottle yeare just like this good, But I shall mention, this
the first policeman we meet, and thanks to the nature of bureaucratic ineptitude,
we should be managed up ahead of him while they're still here stripling. Then
we certainly had the startant arms in Parliament battles asking all those questions about the
link boy without ever telling him what it was all about it. Let's see
that hopes. Let's see we've learned that the dead bad's there with help.
Missus Hudson admitted in downstairs that Pickering asked for you. You saw him go
out. There's two other kidsman appear slug daw. A moment later, one
of them misshapen and very ugly. He saw them. They went back inside
to her rooms and heard and saw nothing after that until the police was up
limitness. Oh what are you doing? Your fist budging its fall and it's
a human disprecipible appearance, but you must assume work. There we are now
after this set an interesting tatter figure. Unfortunately you cannot accompany me on this
first sets mission. Watson. We're going. You'll recall that the Parliament we
were told that the dead man Pickering resided on Bridge Road by the West Indian
donas It's also told that he spent a considerable fortunate this time at various pubs
in that vicinity. I intend to visit every shabby is spot on Bridge Road.
But the disguise. I hope to learn what it was. But mister
stickering whishould tell me when he came here? Obviously it was something so insidious
that it was necessary to cut his fat before he had a chance to talk.
I shall visit the pest pole, the bridge roads. Very vocal about
loading the government. You were never in here before. That's quite right.
You know about this dwn. You're a kind of loans. I like to
make friends with everybody who comes in this place very much. It's the best
round this start of London. Which are the other places? Yes? This
is my fourth seven? My name's no, No, what's yours? Like
so many of your customers, Maud, I must ask you to accept a
significant silence. Answer to that, Nah, you're a sensy way of sulking.
Did you hear anything? Yes? The license? Yes, I didn't
tell me anything about this. Where did you come done? What's your game?
Anything? My game? More? Why do you keep watching the door?
Just you can pass more? Everyone will tell you that the police looking
for you, they might be what sort of job did you do? Suppose
we just say that it was unpatriotic? Is that all you're gonna tell me?
Yes, the pad was unpathiotic. I have very little use for our
current government. I'm one of those who feels in England once master of the
penet is collapsing of its own way. He found just liking you and her
friend of n He always talked that way. He'd like you do you talk
like to God brave? You'll be helpful, helpful to whom? Well,
what's purpose did you say anything to your game? I did, would murdering
your game if it were worth the candle. I don't mean just taking care
of some blokes in the dark anyway with a propet knife. I find petting
around here to do that for a few tells a few things. I'm talking
about murder in a much bigger way. I mean, and in a few
hundred people say a thousand you have it's a sufficient to the game. I'm
man, Oh, there's modern running in it, much much more. It's
a wonderful thing, and there's a wonderful man running. You needed it all
time? Why don't you introduce me. Maybe I will. Hey, whats
all the elks and sign yes? You come along with me? Is this
a minute more for me? It's it's a basement undernef you wear out,
it's a good he's the leader of that guy. Sire your finger. Now
about time I might catch my death of coats and you're waiting in the damp
faces in the next room. I just go through that door. Yeah,
you better take my hand of a start. Thank you? Oh well ed
you You must think he's a bit done and you're first. It's a strange
thing sometimes, but that's just his way. It's really brilliant and justly striking
by the leader's man's got to start say the at least men are the esteem
safety center as far. But he won't always ask here, don't want that?
Pretty will come in? Come in? I am gerald, though,
how do you do before I introduce you to our leader? Did you raise
your hands? I have? Please? You do not have a gun on
a knife? I hope no, I have not. That's want to be
sure in there, fornal I have they are at press that does a later
sits out? Get out? Yes? Oh tell me if you wish to
die in a hard banks. Possibly I don't know anything about it. I
could be rather the boast about you, though you're extremely nervous, vain and
spent a great deal of time outside of England, to be more specific,
in a tropical countries. How do you know those pencils on your sets normost
to the point of useless. The restless way you pace up and down before
me, the nervousness is it is capable else? The audentity you're squinting your
eyes in order to have a better view of me a characteristic of mere psychedness.
You require spectacles, but do not wear them. You've spent a sizeable
portion of your life in tropical countries because your seats have a distinctive corrosion caused
by endest. Munching upon sugar cane is good, very good? Maybe I
have needs of men with their wits about them? Or is this attack?
But the reward will be well worth the sacrifice? What is the cost,
mister Stewart? What I can say? They sound fantastic, but the truth
is often My name is Douglas Stewart. My generality may be taste for the
Stewards who once ruled my England. Really to believe it well, the truth
and true. I am the rightful ruler of the Physish Empire. I've been
seated by by price. Have you the imposts will sit now up on my
phone a posities when I went their choosally of being insane. They're nothing but
animals wallowing in the sigh of their wealth, and they must exterminated. They
oh, well, mister Stewarts, And what had they help the person?
Yeah, the hospital for the mentally ill. When we released I was pole.
Get me there as my guy. They toasted me. I escape,
I escape now I've seen and I just back. What is your plans?
You are not the mischief at that hospital? They infected me with drugs.
I'm not well, but I need I need men of thanks to surround me.
What is your family to have month with me? Will tear my inevitable
pile? Much will you wear? When can you imagine? Why? Quite
evident guy Fox Assessor might go back into England by a group of considerators in
sixteen hundred pigs they putty to overthrow days the second that his government. They
planned to do this by concealing a huge store of gun powderman both houses of
Parliament. Yes, they intended to blow up both houses and stay. Their
plan was exposed November the fourth of sixteen hundred five. They were captured in
prisons. I dare say you have provided Yes, I have guy just forty
eight hours away. You've dug secret cuddles and pass in just forty eight hours,
Guy fowkspan to broow up Parliament, it's members and the royal family with
the color reality. Well, doctor Watson, mister Holmes is uncovered of breathtaking
ski. Yes, he certainly has, mister Heppis, and you've provided me
with just the word I've been seeking. What word is that? Breathtaking?
Is the word for Clippercraft clothes, subject on which you are well qualified to
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Now shall we return to the Guy Fox Society doctor once? And we
most certainly shall. Mister Harris Holes left the dank, dirty seller where he'd
held his bizarre rendezvous with Duglas John. He returned to two twenty one B
Baker Street and recapitulated his experience for good glacious homes. A plan to blow
up both houses of Parliament. I can hardly believe till we inform Scotland Yard
of your discovery, not just get what in petuosity as a cap into which
we must not fall. If the police should intervene at fist point, Stewart
and his bio henchmen would simply protest their innocence of the Duke Justice. He
must be captured with the evidence. A Hi, I see you're waiting to
determine their plan of operation. Then you'll exactly and I shall have that information
this evening, when the entire membership of the Society convened in that same waterfront
spot where the renegade Stewart has his headquarters. As a neophyte, I've been
invited to attend their ritual. Will helps? Haven't they questioned you about your
own reliability extensively. I imagine Gerardo was impressive. Quite therefore, I'm off
the poul Seller, where the chief lieutenants of the Guy Fox Society meets in
unholy countries. I see you've joined us, aren't there? Are you?
Maud Douglas tell me that least please, you've joined us. I appreciate the
accolade. Douglas tells me, yes, sing he does. We sit bart
the river sorting. He tells me about what give me? That he's in
the palace and made my own persu comes strong, must be fond of you.
Sohn does he candy if anyone? I guess he thinks about his plans?
Mostly come o wine mob done for you too, hy wama. We
do not drink until a leader added, Then he will propose to talk.
There is leaders break everyone pride. We raised our classes in pre who die
for? Who is there that poor Robert takes me? Come right home a
twitter? Oh? Tunnels already, yes, good, those of you who
are new My most trusted men have un Where are the tunnels? The work
down to the back of the key of on Parliament Square. Coundles cut across
the corner of square and point directly to the House of Lords to the House
of Commons, and what do you plan to do to destroy the houses dynamite
all we shall along with the best of England. While they burn forth in
effity in the streets, we shall step off for dynamite amy. This is
what at ten top, you understand exactly what you to do? What there's
exactly home. I shall tell the story to the Assistant Commissioner of Police and
the request that he sent a special squad. You like them to hide around
the corner from the T shirt there and you must try desperately to convince him
that is confortable to be armed. I realized it's an extraordinary demand. But
perhaps he sends the danger by Joholmes. He may not believe the story at
all. He may not do a blessed thing. Remember Stewart asked me to
meet him at the warehouse. He Gerardo and I will then proceed to the
T shop there we will meet the others at ten. If the police will
can't cooperate, they should be at their post at night. Homes you're running
an unspeakable risk. Wouldn't be wiser for both that was to try to convince
the police to handle this themselves. Allow them to make a botch of it.
No, Upton, I must be on the scene myself. Shouldn't you
at least take a loner, a barber weapon of some sort. Gerardo,
mister Side would dammon everyone entering the warehouse. No Watton, I shall merely
be accompanied by my second class friend, my Meerson Pipe more everything in reading.
Yes, yes, I have a carriage waiting house time this warehouse.
It will be excellent. We made this astibulous. The more you will wait
there in the warehouse. And I say, all right, you have my
revolvers or other give it to me. And I'm oh, we're not giving
you on that? Why not you were not armed? Mister shut up Home,
let me kill him now. Ever, since his own face is turned
off Home, you're not to win. Joy is giving the same experience to
others. You're not with the hound given ny on and long. We're not
exactly fools Home, that's criminal background. We took the trouble to benefy Oh,
go enough, we can leave, but you will remain inside your life
to be all everyone and that Pop you're trying to tricks and let you up
front just because you swist Carol Pickering the link boys, that was your handiwork
was in the tornado, pickering with a keen professional interest. Leave on the
biggest humor concerning parliament. Must have taken up the SENTI also Friday one evening,
perhaps in the pub were more things. He ran to me to bring
the news. You followed him. My housekeeper reported that one of the savants
was repulsively ugly. I can make you look just like me. I would
like to get away from him. Come on, we're leaving for the sea
first, and remember I have my skin that I'm the fickret with my star
lord. Stay here, you'll have words. We're leaving now. Not much
make because I've picknec. You might have notified the police that our maneuver is
scheduled for ten I sent out words that he was set off the dynamite one
hour earlier that time, w the tearm is just around the corner. You
told missus Ward to lock up earlier this evening. Well home, So you
finally met someone who is your message, vicior, don't hold I gonna is
just you into your head? You rather when I have a very good view
of you from this vaccine. Oh, I had no evil intentions in moving
mister sturet, I'm very intended to like my night. It's gone on you
mine go off most s regarduum. Yeah the tearum. Step out home very
well, walk to the door. That's right, right, I want to
have a look here on free see anyone? Yeah, all right, yeah,
some of them must be here by now. That's that's the life comist
rolling the back of the shop, walking home, christ close the doors and
drinking. We'll have to run up once he sat a few has. Yes,
let's all go to the back right weather be here an hour earlier because
we were almost betrayed. It's getting standing before, so we took him to
our rank. It turn up home with the detective. He is to be
left here just before we step off the fact. He was just not quite
long and now ample time for us to suit the up and run a space.
That's the positionion of the dynamite and checked. Yes, Reddit back the
real temple fifty minutes to six. You needed to well, I should be
the last time to leave. I'm reserving my nothing with the whole behind me.
I'm complimented. Are we ready like excuses the battle? I say,
anyone in time? This is a law there's a courage brought fire out here.
Long to anyone back here. You am un comfortable fread the alarm,
but the polls, the damp, hold the lamp, laugh the door,
the door holds when runs to the door, stop right, shut our hair,
sang off, Please that dogadle go firing firefire they have out there homes.
I never thought you'd leave that t shop alive, Oh I did.
It's a magnificent job. You've got good Girando being taken to the mob.
The rest of the crews packed off the prison. You set side of that
carriage outside the shop, didn't you. Of course I was in the front
street with the driver. He was preoccupied with his horses, Stewart and Gerando,
to keep an eye on me purposes. Set in the back, they
could see most of me. Was comparatively easy to drop a bit of put
ash from my pipe under the uphost race. I knew that within a minute
or two the carriage would catch fire. To protect your attention. Walking from
the corner with the raiding party, or that is the constable on the beach,
he pokes his head in. Sad enough, I shall never see admiring
your quick wittediness. Home neither shall I, my dear one, neither shall
lie well doctor Watson. The Guy Fox Society was certainly a blood turtling experience.
Now might we have an inkling about our adventure with Holmes for the next
week? Well, next week, mister hardis as to relate to you the
adventure of Black Peace. It involves a steel haphoom, a did pig,
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CISTM. Welcome back. You have to love the high self esteem of John
Stanley's take on Holmes. He'll never cease admiring his own quick wittedness. This
was a solid adventure with Holmes going again a villain who took the spirit of
Guy Fawks and brought it forward nearly three centuries, but ultimately Home saved the
day. Listening to the fifth of November first helps you catch some of the
little Guy Fawkes Easter eggs that end up in the Guy Fawke Society episode.
Now you may have been wondering about the actor George Spelvin who played Watson.
Now clarify that George Spelvin was not his real name. George Spelvin used to
be a popular pseudonym in American theater prior to the nineteen seventies. It wasn't
like Alan Smithy, which was used by film directors who wanted to disown a
film that they ended up not liking. The name George Spelvin was used for
many reasons, most of them neutral in terms of the quality of the production.
It could be used in a situation where a union actor wanted to work
on a non union project and so they'd used George or Georgina Spelvin. There
would also be times where an actor would double up and play two parts,
and they didn't want the production to seem shaped to the audience, so they
would list the second part as George Spelvin. And sometimes you would have a
character who would be important and they would be talked about, but they wouldn't
appear, and you wanted to keep it a surprise to the audience that this
character didn't appear, so you put the character as played by George Spelvin in
the program. In this case, George Spelvin was used because the real name
of the actor who played Watson was Wendell Holmes, and it was decided it
would be confusing to tell the audience that doctor Watson was played by Holmes,
and thus the George Spelvin name was deployed. Well, I hope you enjoyed
today's special episode and if you want to hear more Sherlock Holmes, i'd encourage
you to listen to our Sherlock Holmes archive. Over nearly four years, we
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All training flames and street guys are leaving on schedules and for the favorite of
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