7 The Blue Carbuncle from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) Audiobook

Perhaps the most festive of stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon. There are turkeys and geese if memory serves and of course a fabulous gem. Whatever happened to our coveting of fabulous gems: it's all bitcoin nowadays. Anyway, sit back, pour yourself a sneaky glass of Manns Brown, and enjoy this Yuletide tale of fowl goings-on.

[@robertsmock5044]

I love the fact that in all these stories. every medical treatment is. give him some Brandy

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Imagine if the NHS prescribed brandy instead of rem desivir etc!

[@rosehagood3146]

Except for women-then it was wine and water

[@albie7581]

That's great😂

[@bjs3380]

All spirits, at this time, were considered treatment for some condition. If you were wealthy and a hypochondriac you might feel it necessary to have a dozen or more drinks every night. Ha!

[@bananahanderson]

Sometimes it’s ammonia and brandy (praying the ammonia was used as a smelling salt and not as a mixer)

[@hyperphenomenal4360]

" I have no doubt that I am stupid" I burst into laughter at watson's tone

[@instinctivelychelsea2905]

Still listen to these nightly. I put them on a playlist and just let them play all night long

[@cross56818]

Chelsea, you and me both. 😂🤦‍♂️

[@pameladigaetano8119]

@@cross56818 all of us thrice!!! 😛

[@billpiechocki]

It's nice to hear that somebody (perhaps many somebody's!), do the same thing! Listening to these throughout the night 🌃 brings a certain comfort in these crazy 🤪 times in which we find ourselves.

[@PrincessShiloh21]

Same here

[@jointhearumanati8065]

Same

[@naimeshach5565]

This and the Hound of Baskervilles are the two stories I read when in school and what a vivid memory i have of Mr.Henry Baker’s hat 😄 Thank you for bringing this story back to me and the memories attached.

[@kevinpaul180]

One of my favorite adventures...well written ...I listen to the story every Christmas 🎄

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@julielevinge266]

My favourite will always be “The Speckled Band” Just love “ I raised his snakish temper!”😄😄

[@h.calvert3165]

Mine, too! And ACD's, so we are in good company. Dr. Roylott is the worst of all Holmesian fiends. He raised those young women from infancy. Yet he thought nothing of slaughtering them in the foulest manner, just for a few extra pounds for himself. 🐍

[@robertnavetta4419]

If anyone ever asks me what story I recommend they read first I always say The Speckled Band. The Copper Beeches would be the 2nd.

[@js8039]

A perfect rendition with perfect timing.

[@leoniegrosse9121]

Loved it. I am really getting into the habit of listening to your audiobooks regularly, they are so magnificent. It always cheers me up. Thank you for the many hours of joy!

[@gordanamagdalena4149]

My favorite S H story & my favorite narrator !

[@GH-bv4pg]

Loved it! I'm surprised that The blue carbuncle wasn't on Doyle's favorites list, it is an enjoyable and clever story. "Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your inferences." Honestly, Who wouldn't be hesitant to tell his inferences to Sherlock Holmes? Despite what he said, Dr. Watson wasn't stupid he was, after all, a medical doctor and he was often able to follow Holmes's reasoning.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

It's one of my faves!

[@riggs20]

Plus Holmes never hesitated to tell Watson how completely wrong he was whenever Watson would dare try to make a deduction! As brilliant as Holmes was, it would have been a challenge to be his friend. ☺️

[@johnmoesche3959]

@@riggs20 I wouldn’t have been as gracious as Dr. Watson.

[@Vates104]

My second favorite Holmes story after The Hound of the Baskervilles.

[@crochetedlace2838]

Geese don't have crops and they digest and pass their food in 2 hours. So it's not very plausible but ACD didn't know those fun facts about geese. (I have lots of geese.)

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Interesting. 2 hours? Blimey!

[@gordanamagdalena4149]

Interesting. Thanks, good to know.

[@julielevinge266]

Spoil sport! Their are many things you can pull apart example why did poor old Henry Baker get some of the reward? Why did they leave obviously innocent man in prison whilst allowing the snide guilty man to go completely free???

[@royleneshaffer3669]

No my good man,In the days of Sherlock all things are possible! Please refrain from pointing out known professional facts as it distracts from my enjoyment of things I am ignorant of…😂😂😂😂

[@alyssaw9062]

This explains why the Canada Geese behind our home absolutely LITTER the walking paths with their business haha

[@karenwaters1926]

Great reading. One of my favorite stories.

[@CahynJackson]

I listen to the stories for both relaxation and for knowledge. Sherlock holmes has taught me a lot which has helped me in my own cases. Thank you mr Holmes for teaching me.

[@bhagyashreedubey3892]

Your voice reminds me of David Burke delievering his dialouges... beautiful.. thank u

[@movingpicutres99]

Bhagyashree Dubey The slight regional accent is very similar.

[@walirehman4598]

You guys got me an A+ in my exams cuz of this audiobook

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Well done! But I just want to say that YOU got the A+ and no one else. How you access the text is up to you😀 Congratulations Wali

[@copernicus6420]

How ?

[@davidjunto1008]

@@copernicus6420 youll need to use some of Holmes powers of deduction if you wish that to be answered. Why would a student get a good grade for listening to the information found in this story written by Sir Doyle?

[@stewartlancaster6155]

during my Navy days based in Portsmouth I used to walk past the site of Doyles GP surgery on Elm Grove, it is now the site of flats. Not sure how much use of Brandy he prescribed though !

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Iodine and morphine!

[@nc7547]

Great as usual. I'm reading again my SH collection and listening to your audiobooks. Makes it much more pleasant

[@bobhostetler8548]

What a wonderful story.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

One of my favourites and I think one of Doyle's as well.

[@mckavitt13]

Except for the “poor” goose, v. affectionate creatures, not to mention their beauty.

[@gmsviewer6716]

Thank youu sooo much!! This really helped me with a book report. It actually helped me enjoy the story having the voice acting be so amazing!

[@rizzgod2000]

This helped me with my book report. Thank you so much!

[@jazzman3196]

Good job! I really enjoyed this audio book!

[@AgentMidnight]

A lovely little story

[@mrbike5765]

This channel helps me keep up with book discussions each week.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Good to hear!

[@isaiahq9189]

Isaiah and a power ranger

[@BeesWaxMinder]

Just saw the Jeremy Brett version of this on TV and I was a little disappointed that he kept the carbuncle! So I decided to listen to the original, here, only to find that the only mention Holmes makes is that it stays in his "Museum" and that, unlike Brett's Holmes, he doesn't even get up and free the accused! Would the readers, back in the day, be rightly expected to assume that he would do the right thing; return the jewel in some way to make it appear was never stolen in the first place and we're just not sophisticated enough in this day&age to make those connections?

[@garethmorgan3665]

Love the Jeremy Bret series. Absolutely spot on !

[@b.neighbors8249]

Love these mysteries, thanks!

[@karenwaters1926]

It's the time of year for this!

[@karenwaters1926]

I never before noticed how many times Watson ejaculates. I've relistened this playlist from the beginning the last few days. This is the third or fourth time. It's amazing how words usage changes with time.

[@BigLeggedEmma]

I've thought the same thing!

[@ariannamyrie9520]

Whattt??? Sorry, I always fall asleep to this....

[@emmamitchell66]

It’s quite distracting

[@jimreily7538]

I ejaculate twice as often as Watson. I even ejaculated after I read your comment. It was an especially loud ejaculation

[@kennethboyd6935]

That's so funny. 'Ejaculate' only means the male orgasm nowadays. Mary Morrison was the reason that Watson ejaculated so much.

[@NorazlinaMdYasin]

I keep listening to the story....love the audio....

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

That's great to hear!

[@emmanem574]

Thank you!!!!

[@ryandoubleu.]

Poor guy and his wife that actually found the stone didn’t even get the 1000 pound reward money. Would have been life changing for them. I remember thinking that decades ago when I first read this tale and still think of that when I hear it told.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Is this what they call a spoiler, Ryan? ;-)

[@movingpicutres99]

Ryan W. I assume that Holmes got the reward plus some extra --he said he knew that the owner would give half her fortune to have it back--and then did pass along the reward money to the actual finder.

[@helenamirian908]

Did Peterson get the reward?

[@johnbullard902]

You can’t conclude that from the text. You are ‘assuming’. And, based on what we learn about Holmes in this and other stories I’d bet he DID give them them the money.

[@kennethboyd6935]

Blame Doyle. It's fiction.

[@josephhebert3073]

One of my favorite Sherlock stories. I guess because it's centered around Christmas. Fyi - Peter Cushing plays Sherlock in a tv adaptation that I like to watch every year around this time.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cushing and Lee... Both great! I loved the Hammer films as a youngster.

[@josephhebert3073]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Totally! Lee was an awesome actor too. I love the old Hammer Films. And, who can't forget those Vincent Price editions of Edgar Allan Poe stories. Ahh, the good old days of film making.

[@julielevinge266]

But theirs only one perfect Sherlock Holmes “Jeramy Brett” part was just made for him, I believe he became Sherlock Holmes!!!

[@claradenev]

So well read! Thank you!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@moviemad56]

You are one of very few who bring out the forgotten or overlooked humour in the Sherlock Holmes stories. The very title of this one is a joke! :)

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you moviemad56

[@davidw.2791]

moviemad56 Why, is there a pun in the title or something?

[@karenwaters1926]

Joke?

[@moviemad56]

@@davidw.2791 Google "carbuncle".

[@patriciaapetrone]

This always makes me wonder--what about the police who found the stone? If Holmes wanted to keep it as a souvenir, would the policeman ever get his thousand pound reward?

[@julielevinge266]

He would never do that, the reward went to the doorman mr Baker mistook as a policeman hence he ran! Always thought poor Mr Baker should have had least half the reward? Sure his wife may have loved him just a little???

[@kennethboyd6935]

Don't know the stories Doyle thought were his best. This one belongs to his best.

[@HitroLis]

Thanks for your work.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you, Tatiana.

[@DizGuys]

Such quality, had to subscribe 👍

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Appreciated W Md.

[@julielevinge266]

Why didn’t poor old Henry Baker get some of the reward? He really needed it! Plus they allowed that poor innocent man to remain in jail despite having proof he was completely innocent? Yet let the guilty man go Scot free???

[@waynemarvin5661]

If he had a Scot, he probably would have been released.

[@thomasstevens1436]

“My dear Holmes!” Lol

[@vanessajyrwa3368]

Wow

[@user-wx9hw2to7t]

Was ACD an early adherent to the Kalergi Plan? Two stories with that theme makes it seem just so.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

It’s possible I suppose.

[@helenamirian908]

I called on my best friend in the two whole days AFTER Christmas to tell him Merry Christmas. He is all alone in the world; has no other friends and just one reclusive brother. Holmes was looking intensely at a hat when I entered. He looked busy, so I almost left.

[@helenamirian908]

Whereas, on another occasion, having received a letter from an old friend who was mopey, I walked in on Holmes who was at the crucial point of a chemical study that was about to decide the fate of a man's life and I plopped right down to wait.

[@waynemarvin5661]

Thank you so much for reading and writing this. I had no idea what was actually being said.

[@johnbullard902]

You’re reading with American eyes/mindset. We tend to think Christmas is one day and its OVER on Dec. 26. Other cultures look on Christmas as a span of days/weeks. “12 days of Christmas” etc

[@harishchalam5861]

Jephero rucastle and the mastiff

[@MsPepperbelly]

I don't know if these are in order but you would think the Watson would have been able to deduce that the hat was of good quality. After all they were as familiar with hats as we are with sunglasses or something similar. A modern person can usually tell a quality pair of glasses over cheap ones especially if one wore them every day. The mistake Holmes makes is to assume a large head signifies a large brain and that a large brain signifies high intelligence. Einstein had a smaller than average brain.

[@ByVegaz]

Extra comment because someone said there weren't enough

[@karenwaters1926]

LMAO

[@ValkyraDrakkar]

13:31 don't mind my bookmark

[@RasheedKhan-he6xx]

But what about the maid? 🤔

[@walky_talks5576]

16:23 good minecraft oof dude

[@lcarole3131]

Did I really hear him say_ jollification? 😆

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Probably.

[@littlerose3159]

I thought you were David Burke for a second

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

What disproved that theory?

[@lakshaydewan4976]

What is the turning point in it ??? Please tell

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Dunno! Anyone?

[@lolagabrielle2671]

Good evening everyone, some months ago, I wrote a comment asking help to find a story, I got some answers but no one can identify it, so I decided to listen to all the stories in order to find it. Here I am, 6 months later and I did not find it!!! I am truly starting to think that I dream this and it doesnt actually exist!!! It starts describing a very cold and foggy day, sherlock its at the basement making a lot of noise and watson is reading something, then at dinner sherlock tells watson something about a very important experiment (something about bullets being fired, i think) and tells him that if he wants to know about this he must promise to stay at home and not talk to anyone, watson accepts this and sherlock goes back to the basement; then in the middle of the nigth a friend of watson arrives at the house and ask him to receive him. Thats the part where I always felt asleep. If anyone can help me with this I will be forever grateful!!! I am sure that im not creative enough to dream the story by myself but I listened to all the stories here, even the pastiches and I CAN NOT FOUND IT, maybe I dont remember correctly or I dont know... help please!!

[@paulreilly3904]

I know the story you are thinking of. But it's not an ACD story. It's one of many written about Holmes and Watson by other authors. It's here on KZbin, or at least was until recently. Try listening to ones read by Benedict Cumberbatch, I think it's read by him. Hope this helps.

[@jaybee9552]

Commenter below is correct, it's one of three read by Benedict Cumberbatch. Not original ACD stories but extra Holmes stories written by another author. They're here on KZbin if you search, I just listened to them yesterday :)

[@timmy18135]

10:31🍭

[@sakshamsinghyt]

Day 1: 21:46

[@walky_talks5576]

thicc with ice crystals

[@kristicajthaml-webb5581]

Only 3 comments there should be more

[@calenthomas4190]

Ok

[@calenthomas4190]

Ok

[@calenthomas4190]

Ok

[@calenthomas4190]

Ok

[@weatherman68]

Like this?

[@ringpop6177]

Greatest voice in the whole world except Sam Elliot Lol!

[@stockastroaddiction]

unable to understand exact meaning?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Nikita - hi! There's a useful summary or precis of the story here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle Maybe that helps? Cheers!

[@walky_talks5576]

also 39:36

[@user-sk4yf2vz1q]

So sad for what the U.K. has become.

[@walky_talks5576]

10:14 UMMMMMMMMMMM

[@julielevinge266]

Why O why does Holmes let the little creep who set up another man to take the blame go free? Yet leaves the innocent man behind bars???

[@waynemarvin5661]

He knew the case would "collapse".

[@midwesternviolet8768]

Holmes explains both those points at the very end. (If you listen at night, you may fall asleep before that bit.)

[@liannapfister8255]

20:28

[@waytoviditgujrathi9524]

You guys got me an A+ in my exams cuz of this audiobook

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Good to hear it Chhaya awale18. I think you must have earned some of that grade? 10%?