The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Loosely based on the real-life exploits of the Molly Maguires 

and Pinkerton agent James McParland.

Sherlock Holmes decodes a cipher warning from Moriarty's organization for Douglas in Birlstone, but a corpse is already in place. When Mr. Douglas blows the head off his American assassin, he dresses the body as himself and hides to throw off the chase for good. Holmes guesses the missing dumbbell weighted down the killer's clothes in the moat. The calling card left, VV341, is the Vermissa Valley Lodge 341. Decades ago a Pinkerton, he went months undercover, first with Freemen in Chicago, then west to desolate mountain coal mine area, to take down corrupt murderers who ran the Valley Freemen Lodge, but criminals had pursued. Holmes warns Douglas, when acquitted, to flee England. But Moriarty prevails. Two months later, Mrs. Douglas telegrams from South Africa. Her husband was lost en route overboard in a gale. Holmes had warned them to flee England, and blames Moriarty.

Printing History

Written by Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

Strand Magazine 

September 1914 to May 1915

George H. Doran Company 

February 1915

The Films

1916

Starring H.A. Saintsbury and Booth Conway

1935

  as The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

Starring Arthur Wontner as Holmes and Ian Fleming as Watson

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes

The Baskerville family is cursed.

Is a demonic force responsible?

 In the 1600's Sir Hugo Baskerville murdered a peasant girl who refused his advances. Shortly thereafter, Sir Hugo was found dead on the moor, viciously murdered by a terrifying hound from hell. Since that fateful night, every Baskerville heir has suffered the same grisly fate, with the most recent victim being Sir Charles Baskerville. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are engaged to see that the same thing does not happen to latest Baskerville, Sir Henry. Thrown into a case full of local superstition, Holmes steers his way through a maze of ancient lore and innocent blood. Can Holmes protect Sir Henry and in the process break the howling curse that is The Hound of the Baskervilles?

copyright 1988

Granada Television Limited

Written by 

Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle

Cast

Jeremy Brett (1933-1995) as Sherlock Holmes

Edward Hardwicke (1932-2011) as Dr Watson
Raymond Adamson (1920-2002) as Sir Charles Baskerville
Alastair Duncan (1958- ) as Dr. Mortimer
Fiona Gillies as Beryl Stapleton

Directed by Brian Mills (1933-2006)

Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes

After the mysterious disappearance of her father, the beautiful Miss Morstan starts to receive a present each year. A very large, rare, and lustrous pearl. Who is her secret benefactor, and why do they want to suddenly meet her? The spellbinding mystery unfolds as Holmes and Dr Watson are caught up in a cat and mouse chase, pursuing a priceless hoard of Indian treasure and a murderer whose ominous trademark is "The Sign of Four"

copyright 1984

Granada Television Limited

Written by 

Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle

Cast

Jeremy Brett (1933-1995) as Sherlock Holmes

Edward Hardwicke (1932-2011) as Dr Watson

Jenny Seagrove as Miss Mary Morstan

Directed by Peter Hammond (1923-2011)