THE STRANGE CASE OF PROFESSOR PRESBURY and THE ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET WORM THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES W TOM CONWAY

THE STRANGE CASE OF PROFESSOR PRESBURY and THE ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET WORM THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES W TOM CONWAY

From 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle

June 28, 2026 · 59 min

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This episode features two gripping Sherlock Holmes mysteries involving scientific obsession and a chilling figure from the London underworld.

🎙️ SHOW NOTES — 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Starring Tom Conway & Nigel Bruce, depending on the broadcast era) This week's double feature brings two gripping Holmes mysteries — one adapted from a late‑period Conan Doyle tale involving scientific obsession and unnatural behavior, and another steeped in danger, deception, and a chilling nickname whispered in the London underworld. 🧪 Episode 1: "The Strange Case of Professor Presbury" A respected Cambridge professor begins exhibiting bizarre and increasingly dangerous behavior — vanishing at odd hours, receiving mysterious packages, and showing sudden bursts of animal‑like aggression. His daughter, terrified by the changes in her father, turns to Sherlock Holmes for help. Holmes and Watson soon uncover a trail involving secret experiments, forbidden research, and a foreign correspondent whose influence over the professor is anything but benign. As Holmes pieces together the clues, he realizes that Presbury's transformation is no mere eccentricity — it is the result of a reckless scientific pursuit that has pushed the boundaries of nature itself. A tense…

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