Sherlock Holmes: Season 1
Episode Guide
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The Case of the Cunningham Heritage
Oct 18, 1954
Dr. John Watson meets private detective Sherlock Holmes, and assists him in solving a case that has confused Inspector Lestrade.
The Case of Lady Beryl
Oct 25, 1954
Lady Beryl confesses to a murder that was committed at her home, but Sherlock Holmes is convinced that she is innocent.
The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun
Nov 1, 1954
Holmes and Watson travel to Sussex to investigate the murder of Squire Douglas, who was shot to death in a sealed-up castle, with only two apparent suspects.
The Case of the Texas Cowgirl
Nov 8, 1954
A cowgirl from a visiting rodeo show asks Sherlock Holmes to help her when she discovers a dead man in her hotel room.
The Case of the Belligerent Ghost
Nov 15, 1954
When Dr. Watson thinks that he has seen a ghost, it puts Sherlock Holmes on a trail that leads to a crime at an art museum.
The Case of the Shy Ballerina
Nov 22, 1954
Dr. Watson accidentally comes home from his club with another man's coat, providing an important clue when the other man is murdered late that same night.
The Case of the Winthrop Legend
Nov 29, 1954
Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend, which foretells the death of any family member who unexpectedly finds silver coins in his possession.
The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
Dec 6, 1954
The only clue at the site of two grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance.
The Case of Harry Crocker
Dec 6, 1954
Vaudeville escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes for help when he is accused of strangling a chorus girl.
The Mother Hubbard Case
Dec 20, 1954
Sherlock Holmes tracks down a murderer who uses a young girl to lure victims to empty houses, where they are killed.
The Case of the Red Headed League
Dec 27, 1954
Sherlock Holmes investigates a strange story told to him by a shopkeeper, who claims to have been a member of the 'League of Red-Headed Men' until it unexpectedly dissolved.
The Case of the Shoeless Engineer
Jan 3, 1955
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are spending a restful day in the country, when they encounter a badly injured man who is carrying an unconscious young woman. They take the pair bac
The Case of the Split Ticket
Jan 10, 1955
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to their flat to find Brian O'Casey waiting for them. The over-excited O'Casey struggles to get his points across, but eventually he explains
The Case of the French Interpreter
Jan 17, 1955
Dr. Watson urgently fetches Sherlock Holmes from his club, and brings him to see a French interpreter who urgently needs the detective. The interpreter, M. Dubec, explains how his
The Case of the Singing Violin
Jan 24, 1955
Betty is being tormented by apparent hallucinations, the latest of which she refers to as a 'singing violin'. Her stepfather brings her fiancé to see her in this condition, and he
The Case of the Greystone Inscription
Jan 31, 1955
Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has recently been absorbed in his historical study, believing that he has made an
The Case of the Laughing Mummy
Feb 7, 1955
Sherlock Holmes helps one of Dr. Watson's old friends by explaining the source of an odd noise in the man's home, but in doing so Holmes uncovers a more serious mystery.
The Case of the Thistle Killer
Feb 14, 1955
Sherlock Holmes helps Scotland Yard to track down a killer who has been leaving three thistles next to each of the women he has murdered.
The Case of the Vanished Detective
Feb 21, 1955
When Sherlock Holmes disappears, Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade begin a search that leads them to a small shop.
The Case of the Careless Suffragette
Feb 28, 1955
A zealous suffragette acquires a bomb shaped like a croquet ball, intending only to draw attention to her cause, but it is switched with a real croquet ball and explodes, killing a
The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter
Mar 7, 1955
Sherlock Holmes races against time in order to find the location of a bomb that was planted somewhere in London by an extortionist.
The Case of the Deadly Prophecy
Mar 14, 1955
Holmes and Watson are called to a boy's school in Belgium. It seems that a young student has gotten into the habit of writing the names of faculty members on the steps of a nearby
The Case of the Christmas Pudding
Apr 4, 1955
When a serial killer is sentenced to death, he issues a threat that he will kill Sherlock Holmes before he himself is executed.
The Case of the Night Train Riddle
Apr 11, 1955
A young boy and his father are traveling on a train, and after they have a fight, the boy runs out of the compartment and seems to have vanished into thin air. Although his governe
The Case of the Violent Suitor
Apr 18, 1955
"Aunt Lottie", an advice columnist who is actually a man named Alex Doogle, advises a young woman to break up with her violent and insanely jealous boyfriend. The jilted boyfriend
The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids
Apr 25, 1955
A baby is left on Holmes' and Watson's doorstep. The child turns out to be the son of a missing French scientist. When Watson is later brutally attacked and the baby kidnapped, the
The Case of the Perfect Husband
Mar 2, 1955
Russell Partridge announces to his wife Janet one day that he is in fact a killer who has murdered his six previous wives, and notifies her that she has one day to live and get her
The Case of the Jolly Hangman
May 9, 1955
Jessie Hooper hires Holmes to find her missing husband, William, and -- with the help of Lestrade's cousin MacDougal of Glasgow -- he his found hung -- like his grandfather. A rope
The Case of the Impostor Mystery
May 16, 1955
Holmes and Watson return from a vacation at Brighton to find an impostor has been impersonating Holmes, misadvising Lestrade to guard Hambleburg's not Carrolton's jewelry store and
The Case of the Eiffel Tower
May 23, 1955
After a famous criminal is run over and killed by a milk truck, Insp. Lestrade finds a mysterious coded note in the man's clothing. He asks Holmes to decipher it, and Holmes' subse
The Case of the Exhumed Client
May 30, 1955
Sir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his mysterious Farnsworth Castle. It turns out that Farnsworth had a clause inserted in this will that his death, no matter what the apparen
The Case of the Impromtu Performance
Jun 6, 1955
A condemned man scheduled to hang the next day uses his last request to ask Sherlock Holmes to prove his innocence of the murder for which he is about to be executed.
The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors
Jun 20, 1955
A political leader is being blackmailed, and to find the blackmailers, Holmes and Watson join a lonely hearts club. However, things don't go quite as planned, and Holmes winds up g
The Case of the Royal Murder
Jun 27, 1955
As payment for solving a case, Holmes and Watson are invited to spend a weekend at an estate in the Balkans. However, their vacation is cut short when another guest, Prince Stefan,
The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough
Jul 4, 1955
This is the story of the hunt for the MacGregor treasure -- and curse. The villain would be the castle's foreclosing mortgage holder, Archibald Ross.
The Case of the Neurotic Detective
Jul 11, 1955
Holmes begins acting even stranger than usual -- he tries to keep Watson from seeing the diamond necklace in his humidor, refuses to help Lestrade with the crime wave and dresses u
The Case of the Unlucky Gambler
Jul 18, 1955
A young boy shows up at Baker Street, asking for Holmes' help in finding his missing father. Holmes' investigation reveals that the man is a gambler on the run from his creditors,
The Case of the Diamond Tooth
Sep 19, 1955
While walking along the banks of the River Thames, Watson finds a diamond tooth. The article takes on more meaning later, however, when Holmes learns that the body of a murder vict
The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter
Oct 17, 1955
A chemist is accused of the murder of his fiancé's stepfather, who was determined to keep the two apart. Although there is mounting evidence of the chemist's guilt, Holmes is reque