The Great Keinplatz Experiment by Arthur Conan Doyle - A short story from Tales of Twilight 1885 wow

For those needing a bit of Doyle... it's quite light and has bits of humour running through it like a budget stick of Blackpool Rock.
In the University town of Keinplatz we discover a professor experimenting with human lives in a cavalier fashion without the proper checks and balances.
Where are the assiduous regulators of the modern age I hear you cry!
Enjoy! It's read by Greg Wagland for Magpie Audio.

[@franlove3490]

It’s wonderful that you are still finding stories by Doyle, and then delighting your listeners with a surprise new story. I hope you keep finding more stories for our enjoyment. Thank you!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

So do I!!! Cheers Fran.

[@jessisage4708]

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[@douglasladowski6342]

Your ability to turn written word into such amazing audio theatre is just such a gift. Thank you Sir.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you Douglas. Appreciated!

[@johnsrabe]

ACD could be so playful when he wanted. What fun. Thanks.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers Angelino.

[@annskinner8467]

Great timing! 🀄️💦🛀💦🀄️ Our cat just came in because some magpies were shouting at him! Thanks for everything, Greg 💕

[@jtbasener8740]

The professor and his student may not be the only ones thought to be insane tonight. My family may be under the inclination that the Driver's Ed course has finally done a number on my whits, as I seem to be laughing uncontrollably as if learning about stops signs was a topic ridden with irony and humor. Thank you, good Mr. Wagland, for this. It was most enjoyable.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I don't know how anyone can listen to stuff and also read other stuff and take both in. That's a super-power in my book.

[@waningmooncancer9628]

Greg Wagland, you are awesome 👌 👏 👍 Simply a priceless tale you have chosen to narrate for us. THANK YOU 😊

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Waning!

[@feralbluee]

this story is hilarious - even though read so seriously. you really nailed it :) also, ‘tis amazing Sir Arthur wrote such a story - i just love it. thanks so much ☺️🌷🌱

[@ginabeena6757]

Excellent! ❤️

[@mariamcgee4462]

Conan Doyle preempted Freaky Friday by nearly a century. 😄

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I've not seen it, Maria.

[@mariamcgee4462]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio It's about a Mother and Daughter who switch minds and the chaos that ensues.

[@stewartlancaster6155]

what is Freaky Friday ?

[@K1lostream]

Perhaps the author of Freaky Friday had read this story?!

[@julielevinge266]

Yet another great, Conan Doyle discovery! Without you I’d still be thinking he only wrote Sherlock Holmes! Thanks for another excellent story.👍♥️

[@granthurlburt4062]

He actually got tired of Holmes and tried to kill him off at Riechenbach Falls. Public outcry was so great he had to revive him in another story

[@em-jeevos8187]

Thank you for these sir. Thank you for the great effort you put into doing these narrations. Many a night your voice calmed me after a long day. Love and blessings from South Africa.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Ah, South Africa - how beautiful! All the best to you, Em-Jee Vos.

[@larsen8059]

WOW!!! Hahaha...I would never have guessed this was by ACD! Thanks Greg!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

No. It's atypical perhaps.

[@roscelsavery]

Thank you! After finishing the Holmesian Canon this is very much needed 🤗 your voice helps my insomnia a lot. Greetings from the Dominican Republic ❤

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

That's an exotic part of the world. Hot I daresay.

[@TheNeilo-Audiosound]

Aaaaaand I’m on it Greg🙏 Looking forward to this one. As Always Thank you Sir for the Time and Effort doing these for us🙏

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers the Neilo. Hope you enjoyed it.

[@nancyM1313]

Thank you Gregg. so nice to hear your charming narration. ta ta for now👸🏻💙

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Nancy!

[@gabaleo2568]

I haven't read this one, thank you!❤

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

It's a bit of a rare one, Gabal.

[@judikingsman6132]

Such a beautiful voice 💗

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you Judi.

[@SDW90808]

Yes, thank you! I am a nomad currently traveling through Latin America. So refreshing to hear you speak the king’s English. 😊

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Sounds like an exciting adventure Steven. Enjoy!

[@thehangingparsiple5692]

🙏 Hope you are safe and well and still enjoying your travels ❤

[@teresawilson9530]

Totally laughed out loud 😅. 👍

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

It's medicine!

[@ShirleyPullman-ey3rx]

Excellent thanks Greg 😀

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers Shirley.

[@davidroskoph4392]

AHHHHHHHH More Golden Doyle! 🥰

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Golden Doyle! Ha!

[@merlapittman5034]

Hilarious! I'm glad they managed to switch back! 😂

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Indeed Merla.

[@davidwhite7294]

Prof Treegarden of the University of No Place.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Indeed. Not invented, no way.

[@truthreigns7]

Hello. I hope you are having a great day,Mr Greg

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Not bad, Antique Enthusiast. Not bad at all.

[@patriciaramsey5294]

Wow the story feels so contemporary it's hard to believe it was written centuries ago. Wonderful wonderful wonderful

[@davidwhite7294]

Yes, when you think of all the “body swap” comedy films today. This must be one of the first stories with the premise. P.G. Wodehouse did one with “Laughing Gas” where the protagonists swap minds/bodies whilst under an anaesthetic .

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Interesting. Thank you.

[@stewartlancaster6155]

centuries ago ? !

[@GaryColemanNC]

Damn... What a wonderful surprise. Thank you.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Gary.

[@satanlucifer6099]

Thanks, Uncle Greg! Always a pleasure to see something new!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Nephew, SN. Good to hear from you. Hope you enjoyed it!

[@satanlucifer6099]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Faithfully listening for three year and my only complaint is that you haven't recorded an entire novel. Would love to see you tackle some lengthier Dickens, such as 'The Old Curiosity Shop' or 'Oliver Twist'.

[@sandraelder1101]

Delightful 😆 Some real laugh out loud moments! But surely they would’ve noticed that their hands, arms, and clothes weren’t their own.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad to hear it. Yes, I might notice someone else's wrist watch for instance or a tangerine tank top for instance.

[@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz]

Wonderful, and wonderfully read.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks again, Stalin!

[@thehangingparsiple5692]

Absolutely loved this, and the narration was superb, thank you! No other audio channel has as large a following as Magpie, and I'm not surprised at all. Just out of interest, Dickens learned how to mesmerise; he describes how, with brushing gestures, he was able to easily mesmerise a lady (in the audience at one of his readings??). Mesmerism of course fell out of fashion, and hypnotism took its place, but there are still mesmerism practitioners. It's said that it's a more effective practice in terms of psychological afflictions.

[@nancyM1313]

#48 like👍🏼🎈

[@YvonneWilson312]

Will nobody think of the fish?! ^Keinplatz", eh? Hmm.... Love the "budget stick of Blackpool rock" analogy - you weren't wrong, but it was an enjoyable treat for all that.

[@tottiemae2258]

I'm on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Can you explain please?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Yes, the fish are rather forgotten in the melee.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

A stick of rock is a candy/sweetmeat long and cylindrical often pink which the confectioner has contrived to write the name of the seaside resort eg Skegness throughout it's whole length. Hard to explain. See google. A budget one might not have the name or comedy all the way through but just sporadically. Patchy rock, patchy humour. That's my best shot.

[@YvonneWilson312]

@@tottiemae2258 To add a little more, it's made of boiled sugar, often mint flavoured, and it sets as hard as granite, hence the "rock". Watching it being made by skilled rock-makers (yes, they existed) was a memorable event from my childhood!

[@tottiemae2258]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Ooh, I get it! Wonderful analogy. Thanks!!!

[@cybersid]

Great effort. Really appreciate it. Hope to get more such work in the near future.

[@drewgittings7576]

You made my week gentlemen great work by all👏👏👏

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you for listening Drew.

[@drewgittings7576]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio it's a pleasure to listen to you sir great story telling voice. Love your choice of sir Doyle. Thank you for the happy hours 👏👏👏

[@er6730]

That was so funny!😂 Thank you, very enjoyable.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@granthurlburt4062]

Doyle could be quite funny. "The Lost World"is full of digs at Professor Challenger, whom he clearly admires too. It is impressive howhe could vary his style.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Yes, he could be. He was a versatile writer, no doubt about it.

[@pisiata3651]

Maybe i didn t say it in a long time but how can i describe your voice? The greatest, best, masterpiece, art 🤔 ? Can t find the proper word for it. Every time i hear the few very seconds of any story in yr chanel i am into "The beetle" story told by you. I dunno why but always i re live that one somehow, probably cuz was so darn amazing? And oddly i have a deja vu moment that i ve already said that before in past as comment on other story of yours. So odd.

[@mijiyoon5575]

😲what a wyrd tale ... *THX Greg* 😜

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Wyrd indeed. Thanks Miji Y

[@katyvdb5993]

Very entertaining. I did wonder if the young student didn't bequeath the worthy professor a shocking hangover, as his body wasn't used to such abuse! I notice that a number of comments draw parallels with (film versions of) 'Vice Versa', so I did some quick digging. 'The Great Keinplatz Experiment' was published in 1885, but the book version of 'Vice Versa', by the great comic writer F Anstey, was published in 1882, anticipating the 'body swap' comedy by 3 years.

[@maryeckel9682]

What a hoot!

[@uliphotode]

The great Greg Wagland.

[@annskinner8467]

Reminded me of the 1948 "Vice Versa" movie 🀄️🀄️🀄️

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Really? Not seen it. Will look it up.

[@annskinner8467]

Can you tell me what that painting is? So I can see it full-size? Wonderful reading, I was laughing all the way through

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Good question, Ann. It's called The Scholar of Natural Sciences by Carl Spitzweg created 1880 ish and now residing in Milwaukee apparently.

[@stevenverhaegen8729]

Keinplatz 😂

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Ja!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Erewhon.

[@dodojack1045]

What neither of the two noticed....!!! A dubious plot.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Ha!

[@wolfgangkranek376]

"Keinplatz" in German means no place, or figurative: nowhere. So it's the great Experiment at the University of Nowhere.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Ja!

[@kellycasperhanson4426]

Am I the only one who didn't know the meaning of a "mauvaise sujet"? I found out it meant a "bad subject" or a "bad boy."

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I thought it meant the first, didn't know it could mean the latter. Thanks Kellycasper.

[@ravenkeefer3143]

Predates the same, reworkings presented for decades, movies and books alike, eh? Doyle always seemed so much like a True Mystic in his writings. My intentional over observation, awareness began with Sherlock Holmes. However, there's quite a depth more in his words and works. Thank you as always, Greg. Mahe Ohna ✌️ Favour, Greg and ALL

[@annskinner8467]

No place like home 🀄️🀄️🀄️

[@mahdjoubqassim1979]

Agatha Christie Possibly? Pretty please 🥺🥺🥺

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

It's a distinct possibility Mahdjoub.

[@mahdjoubqassim1979]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio I would really like to see you top Hugh Frasier's work. You are the definitive Sherlock Holmes for me, and he is the definitive Hercule Poirot for me, but the latter opinion is subject to change.

[@quickjumpingfoxes]

Not sure, Adventure, Horror, or Farce.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Hybrid.

[@hilsbroorjlch3259]

The og freaky Friday?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

👍🏼

[@ringpop6177]

Your voice sounds better 🤔 Did you finally quit smoking?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

No. I think I have somewhat increased my intake!

[@masonlane2200]

Is this the voice of the narrator from The Stanley Parable?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

No. Not me. What is it, Mason Lane?

[@ashiliasythi3997]

I hear that now. I know he's not, but he so could be.

[@consuelaofthenorth4768]

The only possible way your channel could be any better is if your voice automagically repelled mosquitoes.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I'm working on that, with help from a local bio lab.

[@consuelaofthenorth4768]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Lol, imagine being worldwide!

[@williamhagen2792]

Predictable and boring story. D I S L I K E.