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Jun 2018
51m 31s

The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Si...

Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, FACP
About this episode

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle considered The Adventure of the Speckled Band to be his best Holmes story, and Adam does too. Meant to be a companion to Episode 35 (Sherlock), this is the story in its entirety. THIS IS NOT AN EPISODE! It's Adam reading for almost 50 minutes. Consider yourself forewarned!

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