31 Charles Augustus Milverton from The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) Audiobook

[@susieusmaximus5330]

This is an excellent performance. Without overplaying at all, the reader makes Milverton thoroughly loathsome and malign. So well done.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Loathsome and malign - never a stretch for me!

[@kathwright5098]

You could even describe him as truculent..

[@GlowFire-x1q]

Bro i cant understand anything i have stupid meaning probs..😢😢

[@eazygamer8974]

​@GlowFire-x1q what can't you understand?

[@aspiring.creative.person6092]

Wait why are some of these scenes so funny. I literally laughed out loud at their argument that Watson was going to come with him to burgle lol. As well as the scene with Leatrade, he knows what’s up 😂 and Holmes quickly burning everything, very satisfying.

[@nickycatton7882]

Thank you for reading these audiobooks. It’s such a civilised respite from the outside world at the moment!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Nicky. They do have a magical, transporting quality.

[@gordanamagdalena4149]

Mr Wagland is THE best narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you Gordana. Very kind of you!

[@annskinner8467]

One of the nastiest villains in all of literature gets his just desserts. THANK YOU, Greg!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Yes, he's loathesome, Ann. I remember enjoying reading that one and his demise.

[@Bambisgf77]

Mr. Wagland, you never disappoint! Thanks again for my nightly dose of calm & intrigue.

[@blueasblueis]

Brilliant reading! Thank you, Mr. Wagland!

[@theoldlefthander]

These stories have gotten me through a couple of convalescences. Beautifully done. ❤

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you Matthew! Appreciated - glad they helped! All the best!

[@noombs1]

These are my most favorite audio books!

[@colleenreilly8940]

I do so enjoy listening to your voice you are very able to give different voices to the characters Thank you for sharing with everyone ❤️👵🏻

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks, Colleen!

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

True it's very good!

[@kathwright5098]

Truculent: fierce, harsh, cruel. Another new word I've learned since I started listening to these stories.

[@obi-wankenobi1233]

I have just watched the "His last vow" episode of Sherlock, and I must say that I am truly stunned at how well it corresponds with this the original. Of course, there are changes, but the similarities are very strong, to those who know the books. A marvelous performance, Mr. Wagland, as always.

[@johnfox2544]

Daniel MacDonald "fr4r

[@blueasblueis]

"Well, I don't like it. But I suppose it must be." said I, "When do we start?" "You are not coming!" "Then you are not going." said I, "I give you my word of honor, and I never broke it in my life, that I will take a cab straight to the police station and give you away unless you allow me to share this adventure with you." Dr Watson with the friendship win of all time!!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Nothing if not loyal

[@DocSanders]

Probably one of my favorite retorts in the whole canon.

[@mr.sherlockholmes6130]

I wish Greg that you could star in a new series dedicated to Holmes and you being Holmes . Bringing back to life all of these Amazing tales that the Late Jeremy Brett left behind. Who was the ultimate hero. We need to bring back those fog lite nights in London where it will forever be 221 B Baker st. The best to you Greg bravo the best of the best . Thank you for keeping him alive. Yours Truly Scott Dickens

[@carminemurray6624]

I wish the Matilda Briggs / Giant Rat of Sumatra details for which the World is not yet ready. That is my wish.

[@johnkeating4221]

Basil Rathbone for me was the best.

[@HuggyMackay]

One of the best Holmes stories

[@georgiana-qv6rg]

This is the best audiobook I have ever heard!!!!!!!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I remember thinking the story was underrated. Thanks love.

[@fastaxion229]

Amazing reading. Thanks a lot.

[@muzammilurrehmankhan2629]

Your voice is so satisfying.....please do more stories I have watched every single one and want to watch more

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers.

[@bruffie]

Excellent story of course. Brilliantly read

[@copernicus6420]

33:55 You made a very good job at making a voice of a man who laughed but fear vibrated in his voice.

[@leoniegrosse9121]

you do so many different and perfect voices! that gives a lot of life to the story. thank you so much for uploading

[@cruisepaige]

leonie Grosse I was just checking to see if this was the actor who did Japp with Jeremy. Sounded so perfect!

[@sarahellie4113]

My favorite one thank you for reading it!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Yes. I think it's one of the best.

[@pearl3761]

Perfect voice & perfect delivery

[@katyvdb5993]

Thank you! A splendid reading of a grimly satisfying story.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sunflowerz54]

Thx for another great production!!

[@ringpop6177]

I keep coming back to these

[@granny13ad33]

Again great story superbly read.

[@audiogasmicxo]

one of my favorite of Holmes' adventures.. good job

[@donnadsanders7534]

2019 still enjoying. Thank you

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad No worries

[@genshively4183]

This is 2020, your gonna have a bad one!

[@farooqm2470]

Thank you so much for uploading

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

My pleasure, Farooq.

[@marleneg7794]

That you for the most enjoyable bed time story.

[@ianstewart4990]

Superb reading and story.

[@paullawson8610]

Back again Greg thanks again for your service to Doyle

[@martinbanks6902]

Just like to say thank you so much

[@SnowyMary]

Thank you so much again :)

[@fiftysomething7199]

I've heard this one already but I forgot to hit the like button. Well done and thank you. Like button, check.

[@Brecf2p]

Great narration as always. The Granada adaptation added so much by filling out Holme's fake relationship the maid i was disappointed it was only a sentence in the original.

[@martynb901]

Just as Jeremy Brett became the definitive Sherlock Holmes, this series and reader have become the definitive audio version of Holmes for me!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you!!!

[@KiKiabout]

Adore... Thank you!

[@Mike-n9r4l]

"Fiend, stately carriage, armed to the teeth". Indeed, the game is afoot.

[@mconelius]

One of my favorites

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Nasty piece of work Milverton. One of the few truly villainous villains in the adventures.

[@Bunnybunnnnnnnn]

I feel like there was a similar case in the Sherlock series. Sherlock shot the man in the end i believe and Mycroft covered it up for him.

[@davidpitchford6510]

"That's true! It might be a description of Watson!" LOL

[@grandinquisitor8335]

Fun Fact Charles Augusts Milverton was inspired by the real life Alleged blackmailer that was well known in various Art Circles Charles Augustus Howell.

[@gordanamagdalena4149]

Got what he probably deserved - a slit throat ..

[@vladimirphilippe6645]

Real entertainment. Thank you.

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Christie PLAGIARIZED this into *'The Veiled Lady'* She changed the end but the story is essentially the same. Even to Poirot and Hastings burgaling the house to obtain the letter. AND..... Poirot, LIKE his 'British twin detective, insisting that he might make a great criminal, if he was not of moral disposition. For someone who HATED the 'conceited creep' she referred to Poirot as, agatha christie had NO place to call anyone else CONCEITED; given her ARROGANCE in committing such obvious thievery. HOW was this NOT discovered by AC Doyle's estate?!

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

YAAAY! I have an ally. Too many times, I've been carped at by Christie loyalists, simply for stating the obvious. Sherlock Holmes fans understand. Thanks!🤗

[@threeleft16890]

Wonderful stories

[@amdog5055]

Greg Wagland IS Sherlock Holmes.

[@mickmay7433]

Love the voice ❤️

[@MarcScott-Taylor]

i love this channel and have listened to every episode at last half a dozen times. but i have just noticed something i had never noticed before,. milverton says it is a long drive to Hampstead from Baker Street.... no it isn't 15 minutes in a handsome carriage if that

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

He is under some duress at this point - making excuses to leave - said with some irony?

[@nicwes88]

I was caught up and I'm sure I barely breathed once they entered the house

[@heatherRebekah77]

Watson is always say he can’t disclose something. Then he discloses something.

[@simonevans343]

As in so many of Conan Doyls jaunts H&W are just observers of resilutions not of their instigation. What could they possibly live on

[@thetimewaster2035]

Did not understand the ending Please anyone explain

[@CarlyUTube]

I am glad I’m not the only one who didn’t quite get the ending! I was thinking the women was someone I should know from the story, now I see that her identity is a secret between H and W. ( a well known women of that time) That the reader must guess at.😊

[@ellie698]

@T Z That's what i was thinking too. I'm guessing the original readers of the stories would have understood who she was

[@ellie698]

@THE TIME WASTER I came here to ask the same thing

[@joieozypunb7780]

Excellent, engaging

[@cameronjames3499]

So let me get this straight; Watson elected to publicly publish an account of how they willingly chose to break and enter with the intent to burgle. At which point their mark actually entered the room they were in with Watson fully intending to subdue him with his coat and "leave the rest to Holmes". However, miraculously a mysterious woman shows up unexpectedly and shoots him dead, only to then vanish without a trace (despite the large household). The only evidence of her presence winds up in the fire, but Watson makes sure to give a tantalizing but unverifiable hint as to who she might be (while also carefully detailing her extremely sympathetic sob story). The whole thing feels like a very shonky alibi. I'd be checking both their hands for gunpowder residue and Watson's old coat for gunshot holes. PS - I'd also point about the early parts of the account Watson wrote where he states a gentleman stands by his word once given, how there are some instances where the moral choice is separate from the legal choice, and how he'd always support Holmes and be by his side in these sorts of events.

[@Master-Works]

I have never been this disgusting by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is one of the most stupid stories he has ever written. Why, Doyle? Why?

[@veritas6335]

Be careful. Wayland will come down on you for any criticism of his guru and hero, who must be worshipped and adored beyond all reason. He tolerates zero literary criticism of Doyle’s work when in fact, it was often silly or just poor construction, as in this case.

[@Tomgmach1]

There is only one prison good enough for a blackmailer and that prison would be a grave.

[@JamesMC04]

“Oleaginous” would fit Milverton just nicely.

[@NickDiFroscia]

I love Sherlock s voice.

[@NicolasDifroscia-jc8sn]

Great site ❤.

[@davidtagauri2034]

is this the full recording? it seems like there should be part two

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

That’s yer lot I’m afraid.

[@beverlyglasgow4831]

​@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audioOh my Mr. Wagland please please upload new material my brain is empty and lacking. Please upload new materials.

[@alpetterson9452]

Oh yes. This story is a bit of a landmark in the career of Mr Sherlock Holmes. Here he becomes a criminal and lets a killer go free.

[@daygoncornhole2395]

Brilliant as always buuuuuuut I have one complaint if they didn't smoke as much I wouldn't too 😂😂 And I'm not trying to quit but I have not have a pleasure to get as much cigarettes as I would like

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

There are those in the world who would remove references to smoking or any other injurious practices from classic literature. Some would even remove classic literature altogether, as its in the public domain and not generating as much money for them as it might...

[@daygoncornhole2395]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio f those people who want nothing else then too ruin my fun I can live with the fact that I want to smoke more than usual but no one is taking my classic literature I love it too much for it helps me to fall asleep and I'm glad that I fall asleep and then I have to go and listen to it again like the farmhouse I am listening to it for the second time and I will probably be falling asleep again

[@daygoncornhole2395]

At the farmhouse*

[@Leo-vq1mz]

it sound like Watson's voice and Sherlock Holmes's voice

[@sivanlevi3867]

Ah the things we do for the law sometimes. Certainly Charles Augustus Milverton is one of the worst criminals Holmes has dealt with.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

He's a nasty piece of work, I agree.

[@digitaldiggler4897]

@3:07 he deals with what now?

[@Malama_Ki]

If you want to get Sir Author cancelled and Holmes labeled a bigot then listen to the Three Gables….. don’t forget your perfume bottle 🤣😂😂

[@jodywhelan7995]

107 K Subscribers, 171 videos... Speaks for itself...

[@yniz3]

excellent >_

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you think so!

[@Shindai]

s this the first "oh shit! oh, just the cat!" jumpscare in fiction? xD

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Ha!

[@bagramdave883]

TY

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

👍🏼

[@NickDiFroscia]

He is going to trick Watson in a good way I could feel it 😅

[@Flame_Core_Online]

35:38 and thats why you re the goat

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I thank you

[@visualmagpie3343]

Love it!

[@painbow6528]

Wouldn't the maid mention the bloke she was engaged to?

[@NickDiFroscia]

I new it Sherlock is definitely a rock star. That was a good one. Basically they all are 😅.

[@Noaartetc]

If the strong neck was that noticable detail, Watson must be truly bear of a man 😂

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Ha! Bull neck!

[@noneyourbiz8886]

I do wonder who the lady was. Maybe Royalty.

[@julianwilkins1669]

Thanks

[@maryoleary5044]

Humans Stop calling vile people 'rats' or 'pigs' or 'donkeys' etc. - some of the most abused creatures on the Planet! Who DO NOT DO ANY OF THE VILE ACTS HUMANS DO!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Yes 👏

[@johnmoesche3959]

Enjoyable.

[@NickDiFroscia]

Sherlock is going to get him 😊

[@NicolasDifroscia-jc8sn]

That was a good one 😂

[@shaundevoy9307]

32:31

[@khyatisrivastav]

👍🏽

[@gemmacastrillon2301]

Visto 1/5/20

[@ropeburnsrussell]

No mystery, no brilliant deductions, only brute force and housbreaking. Im a little disappointed.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Sometimes you need to break the mould and go in hard !

[@cathyrowe594]

Where is the rest of this story??? It's evil to leave us hanging this way!!!!!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

That's the full story, Cathy. The clues are there too. Anyone?

[@granny13ad33]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audioI found it complete. Excellent I can't image anyone not enjoying this. Obviously the picture was the woman who anialated the demon. Ever to remain a secret. Loved it!

[@susandombrowski7711]

Dear Cathy, Your confusion is understandable. Sir A.C. Doyle did alter his delivery in this tale. If you listen again to the description of the woman who shoots the evil blackmailer, and then listen to the every end where Holmes and Watson are looking at the photo in the shop window you will make the connection. She remains unnamed in the frequent British deference to the misdeeds of royalty.

[@marleneg7794]

Classic Holmes.

[@donnadsanders7534]

Can’t take the commercials

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Ok.

[@moviemad56]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Do you have a Patreon account, Greg?

[@agam406]

No ads when I listen.

[@shadetreader]

Milverton might not be a nice guy, but aristocrats fully deserve to be humbled by any means necessary. If turning their arbitrary decorum and pearl-clutching attitudes against them is the best way he found to make them squirm, so be it.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Bit harsh maybe - blackmail isn’t the nicest of crimes. Milverton is a blackguard imo.

[@NickDiFroscia-s4y]

Back to reality ❣️

[@NickDiFroscia]

Back to reality ❣️.

[@NickDiFroscia]

Back to reality ❣️.

[@NickDiFroscia-s4y]

Back to reality ❣️.