
About this episode
Holmes and Watson head down to Herefordshire… where an Antipodean murder mystery is playing out.
But who has killed local landowner Charles McCarthy, two decades after he returned home from Australia with his family?
And what light can the dead man’s final words – ‘A rat!’ – shine on the mystery?
A Noiser podcast production.
Narrated by Hugh Bonneville
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by Duncan Barrett
Sound Design and Audio Editing by Tony Onuchukwu
Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink
Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines
Mix & Mastering: Josh Latham
Series Consultant: Dan Smith
Executive Producer: Katrina Hughes
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