Lighting the Pipes

Blending research and literary analysis with conversation and review, we lock down crime stories and read them their rights. The game is afoot!

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Lighting the Pipes

Episodes (141)

Today LTP Selects: Charles Augustus Milverton (1904)
Wed Jun 17th Scorched Grace (2023)
May 27th The Leavenworth Case (1878)

Lighting the Pipes

Jun 24, 2026
52 minutes
72 MB

"The worst man in London... the king of all blackmailers." These are the blunt, declarative answers Holmes provides to his Watson when asked about this story's titular antagonist. Some immodest letters have been intercepted that would mark the ruin of Lady Eva Blackwell and her upcoming nuptials. The fee for their return is a punishing £7000 (over a million dollars today). She's employed Sherlock to help her out and he's not afraid to go the distance for his client... Our Summer Sherlock Selects has returned! First up, Scott's choice of "Charles Augustus Milverton" from the Return o...

Lighting the Pipes

LTP Selects: Charles Augustus Milverton (1904)

Lighting the Pipes

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