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details. said
2:00
as he was dying. Elder Koram,
2:02
it was she. Koram is planning
2:05
something with all the saviours. Human
2:08
sacrifice. Roll
2:17
up, roll up for the Golden Prince May
2:19
Part 2! As
2:22
warned in the previous episode, this adventure
2:24
contains murder. So, hold
2:27
on to your hats! Oh,
2:30
and also just some general
2:35
law-breaking from the
2:37
both of us, actually. Shh, don't
2:39
tell anyone! Yeah,
2:42
but seriously, if there are any law enforcement listening,
2:45
it was all for the greater good. So,
2:48
yeah, anyway, back to the case. To
2:51
the patrol car of PCSO
2:53
Stanley Hopkins, and his accusation
2:55
of human sacrifice at Yoxley
2:57
Old Place. Home of
2:59
Elder Koram, and the saviours of God.
3:07
You'll need to wear these forensics
3:09
overalls inside, and put these masks
3:11
on. Stanley,
3:14
Stanley, bringing us into
3:17
this crime scene uninvited, posing as CSI,
3:19
is it getting into
3:21
serious trouble? It's not like they're going to
3:23
revoke his office of status, as
3:25
he needs to be the forefather. I
3:27
know, Sherlock, but this is dangerous for him
3:29
still, alright? I know. And
3:32
the wrath of the roof. Well,
3:36
okay, well, let's suit up
3:39
then, shall we? Oh,
3:44
God! It's hard to do in a
3:46
car this, isn't it? That's
3:50
the leather squeaking that noise. It's
3:53
not me. It's the
3:56
leather. Whoo,
4:02
okay. Charlotte, put your overalls on before you go and try.
4:04
I'm not going inside. Yet.
4:09
What's he doing? I don't know. He's
4:12
getting stoked. Is
4:14
he going to get caught doing that? There's only one member of
4:16
the force on sight until morning. Oh,
4:18
right. Who's that? Me.
4:21
Course, yeah. Yep, just
4:23
under five hours to solve this thing. Where
4:28
is he? Who? The
4:31
victim. Will he be? In
4:34
the morgue. Do you have pictures?
4:37
Er, yeah. Er... Er...
4:41
yeah, there. Small
4:45
knife. Good evening. Finding
4:49
things, Thams? If you were
4:51
to search all England, I
4:53
don't suppose you would find a
4:55
household more self-contained or freer from
4:57
outside influences. That's how
4:59
they like it. Sherlock, here's
5:02
the pictures of Willoughby. Mmm.
5:06
Yeah. Small knife
5:08
wound, isn't it? Yeah, and
5:10
into the carotid artery. What
5:12
did you find out there? PCSO Hopkins, did
5:15
you or any of your colleagues happen to
5:17
use the pathway on the eastern side of
5:19
the property tonight? What, the one that goes
5:21
on the Chatham Road? No. Er, we've been
5:23
using the main drive. Yes, well.
5:26
The main drive has cameras and security
5:28
lights. The pathway from the house
5:30
to Chatham Road does not. But
5:33
what it does have... are
5:35
footprints. But nobody
5:37
uses that path. It's all overgrown. Somebody
5:40
used that path, Mr Hopkins. A
5:42
somebody with a pair of basic gardening
5:45
cactiurs and size six feet. Oh.
5:49
Shall we... Hop in? Can
6:03
I
6:16
take the mask off yet? No.
6:19
Why not? We're not even in
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the house. It's uncomfortable and
6:23
these overalls are oot-hoo. I
6:25
tease my clothing specifically based
6:27
around my sensory needs. Sherlock,
6:29
this is protocol. Yes, for
6:32
crime scene investigation unit. Are
6:35
we a crime scene investigation unit, Watson? Oop.
6:38
Evening. Don't
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know if you remember me. I'm Officer Hopkins. I've
6:44
just got a couple of the forensics team with
6:46
me. Hello. Hi. Yes,
6:48
come through. Up. I
6:51
know you from Scott. Saviour Colton, please.
6:56
Of course. Yeah. Hello, Saviour
6:58
Colton. This is Officer
7:00
Watson and Holmes from London.
7:02
Hi, mate. We're
7:05
very sorry about Willoughby. Saviour
7:08
Willoughby has taken up arms
7:10
against the forces of evil. Yep.
7:14
Yep. Have you
7:17
seen everything
7:19
you want to see, Sherlock?
7:25
Put your mask back on. Is this
7:27
a chimney cavity here? That
7:29
is my belief, yes. Belief?
7:33
Yes. Quite a thing. Watson,
7:35
you may remove your mask. It's fine.
7:37
I'm your superior officer. That's an
7:39
order. Right. It's
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going to be like that, are you? I
7:45
wish to see the crime scene. Elder
7:47
Corum is resting. If
7:50
you'd like to ask their saviours what
7:52
they've witnessed, I will take you to
7:54
the dormitories, but Elder Corum must not
7:56
be disturbed any more tonight. Saviour Colton,
7:58
who is your youngest member? Er...
8:01
there are some saviours that are around nine, ten
8:04
years old, but they don't
8:06
live in the dormitaries, they live in properties
8:09
on the land with their fathers. Mm-hmm.
8:12
And what have you saviours told? Where
8:15
do you reside? Er...
8:17
in the East Wing, Mr Holmes, just through
8:20
there. The East Wing? Same
8:22
as Elder Corum, yes? How
8:24
did you know that? Well, it's the
8:27
closest wing of the property to Chateau Road. Wakey
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wakey, Mr Corum, it's the police! You
8:33
can't wake Elder Corum!
8:35
Sherlock, Sherlock, wait! Save
8:37
it, Helton! Please calm down, let
8:39
the investigator do his work. What
8:44
are you doing? He can't get up and answer
8:46
it, can he? Mm... yeah, that's quite right. Look
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what? What? In
8:52
this corridor, no other entry point but
8:54
the back door. The back door fed
8:57
by the pathway to Chateau Road. Helton!
8:59
Helton! You chush, it's
9:01
midnight. What is it? I
9:04
will not let you in Elder Corum's room! Yes you will,
9:06
but first my companion Watson here just raised an
9:08
important point. It is late and we
9:10
would like to get back to London sharpish, so if you
9:12
could explain how you witnessed the murder, that would be much
9:14
appreciated. I didn't...
9:17
I did not... I was sleeping... Sleeping until
9:19
when? Pardon? I woke you.
9:22
I don't know what you mean. Yes you
9:24
do. You have been concerned that I would wake others
9:27
with my loudness if I did something like this. Osu!
9:29
Osu! Osu! Stop!
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Sherlock, see? It disturbs the
9:35
sleeping, doesn't it, Saviour Talton? Now
9:37
I am asking, what disturbed
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you? He
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screamed. Who? Corum?
9:45
No, Saviour Willoughby. And
9:47
you cradled him? Did
9:49
you not? He
9:52
was a friend. A
9:55
brother? An
10:04
actual brother, or looks like
10:06
a brother in arms, don't you? He's brother in
10:08
a cell for this nonsense. He means like you
10:10
said, brother in arms. A single
10:12
word more of the devil's propaganda out
10:14
of your disgusting mouth. I dare you
10:16
mate, come on then, yeah go on
10:18
Liam, come on Liam. Don't call me
10:20
that. What, your bloody name? That isn't
10:22
enough. Get off me. That's enough,
10:24
okay, that is enough. Get off me. Yeah,
10:27
yeah. There. There. Saviour
10:34
Willoughby died in your arms, did
10:37
he not? How
10:39
did you know that? Waking
10:42
in the night to wash your hands
10:44
so thoroughly is a tad unusual, Saviour
10:46
Tarleton. So thoroughly in
10:48
fact they are frequent with lemongrass
10:50
and I'd say lavender. Wouldn't
10:53
you Doctor? Is that what that is? Quite
10:56
nice. We must get some for the flat.
10:58
Do I need to put this man under
11:00
arrest? Well, you can't as a community support
11:02
officer anyway. Saviour Tarleton, the
11:05
Bible in your lobby lays open on
11:07
Psalm 26.6. I
11:10
will wash my hands in innocence, so
11:13
will I compass thine altar. Why
11:15
did you wash your hands? Elder
11:18
Quorum ordered me to sir.
11:21
Why? Because. Because
11:23
why? Because they carried
11:25
the blood of Saviour Willoughby. I
11:28
tried to. I tried to
11:30
stop it.
11:35
The blood just kept
11:37
coming. The
11:55
blood just
11:57
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a pretty normal feeling for you this, isn't it? The night shift? Yeah
13:37
This place not so normal though Yep,
13:40
yeah What
13:42
do you think, Sherlock? Mud
13:46
Mud, yes I
13:48
take it you don't mean
13:50
the band that sang Lonely This
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Christmas? Sherlock There's
13:55
mud Where? Where's
13:58
mud exactly? school
14:00
splashes at best. They
14:02
must have been removed. What was
14:05
removed? The weather. Watson. That
14:07
pathway, those footprints, mud
14:09
would be everywhere in that hallway. But
14:11
there's nothing but a few splashes on the stairs.
14:14
What stairs? The stairs up to the dormitories. Right.
14:16
Do we want to go check them out? Firstly,
14:19
we need entry to Elder Corum's bedroom
14:21
and we need it now. Won't
14:24
be long. We
14:28
have requested that save your Talt and wake
14:30
Elder Corum so we could see the crime
14:32
scene. He's just helping him dress now. When's
14:37
this episode going to go out? Dunno. Actually,
14:39
it depends. Depends on what? How long it
14:41
takes to solve. How long will that take? Sherlock. How long
14:43
do you think until we solve
14:45
this one? We will have it done by 4.55am, Doctor.
14:50
What, really? Yes. Hence
14:53
the alarm I asked you to set. I thought we were
14:55
just going to get started on the case then.
14:57
You thought wrong, I'm afraid, good doctor. Solved
15:00
by 4.55am. Excellent.
15:02
And if we don't, we'll be arrested
15:04
by Kent Police. Great choice.
15:07
Nice to have an incentive. Yeah,
15:10
so then I'll edit it together, which can
15:12
take a few days. Because I record a
15:15
lot of material, I need to make sure
15:17
that key scenes like that one just then
15:19
are edited together, cut
15:21
together in a really coherent episode.
15:25
And then I tend to cut away a
15:27
lot of irrelevant chat and waffle, really. Because
15:30
you'd be surprised how many podcasts have hosts
15:32
that just witter on and on and on
15:34
and on, and don't really have
15:36
anything valuable to add to any given
15:39
moment. It's just like, shut up. Stop
15:41
talking. Blabbering on for
15:43
no bloody reason. Blah, blah, blah, blah,
15:45
blah. I think
15:48
people even listen to a lot of
15:50
podcasts on double speed because of that
15:52
exact reason. Because it's just endless
15:54
inane, inconsequential bollocks that adds
15:56
absolutely nothing. Yeah.
16:01
Okay. Elder Quorum is ready for
16:04
visitors. Okey-dokey! PCSO Hopkins, I
16:06
wish to examine the crime scene with
16:08
just Dr Watson. If you'd
16:10
be so kind. Oh, right. I have
16:12
a task for you. There is a car
16:15
parked outside on Chatham Road, a blue Volkswagen
16:17
polo. This is its license plate. Use the
16:19
facilities at the station to locate the driver
16:22
details and do it immediately, please. Certainly,
16:24
Mr Holmes. Yes. Everything
16:29
all right? Yes. Yes, nearly there.
16:37
Elder Quorum, these gentlemen
16:39
are from the police. This is
16:41
Officer Holmes and Officer Watson. Yes.
16:48
Elder Quorum, how very kind
16:50
of you to permit a visit. Apologies, your
16:52
evening has been so troublesome. Bless
16:55
you. Troublesome indeed, but
16:58
the passage to God is not always a quiet
17:00
one. Savior
17:03
Willoughby's fight in life will
17:06
be continued beyond his death. I
17:09
said they could look around the room. Yes,
17:11
of course. It is the business of the
17:14
authorities. I can only apologize
17:16
for staying in bed as you do so. So
17:21
we are in the bedroom of Elder
17:23
Quorum. It's a big room,
17:26
high ceilings, lots of
17:28
pictures of various biblical stuff, I think. On
17:32
the back wall is a bookcase.
17:35
In front of it is a patch of floor that's been cordoned off. There's
17:37
a few pieces of evidence with labels on them, patches
17:40
of blood, a book, a
17:42
desk, a glass. And
17:46
way down the other end of the bedroom is
17:48
Quorum, who is in his bed. Tell
17:51
me, Elder Quorum, how did the
17:53
night's events play out to you exactly? Early
17:56
in the evening I had awoken to some
17:58
room. Wind.
18:00
Howling winds. It was rattling something in the garden. A gate
18:03
or a fence, perhaps. It irritated me somewhat. Then
18:05
I must have drifted off. Like
18:07
Saviour Tarleton, heard the scream as
18:09
if I had been You
18:21
heard the scream and nothing else. Perhaps a thud? Some
18:23
kinetic force? A rushing of some physicality?
18:25
Not much more than that. Then Tarleton
18:27
entered. Indeed. I was
18:29
not a Saviour
18:32
Marker and Mortimer of the Quorum. Yes. I was a
19:01
Mortimer of the Quorum. Yes, right. Of
19:03
course. And where are they now?
19:06
In the dormitories? No. They
19:08
reside in this wing. Rooms
19:11
next to mine. Nobody from the
19:13
dormitories, the front lobby or the
19:15
central hallway came running. No. Does
19:18
anyone else know what has even happened? Do
19:21
they, Saviour Tarleton? Mortimer,
19:24
Marker, myself. Saviour
19:27
Adebayo, who was in the lobby, to let the
19:29
police in. But no, that's it. Who else lives
19:31
in this wing? Just
19:34
Elder Quorum, Mortimer Marker, myself and... And
19:37
who? Saviour Willoughby. Watson, leave
19:39
the room. Close the
19:41
door to this bedroom and to the hallway. Go
19:43
into the lobby and see if your microphone picks up my
19:45
voice. Er,
19:48
oh... Okay. Okay,
19:50
close the door through the
19:53
hallway. Okay,
19:57
close the door through the hallway. close
20:01
hallway door in
20:03
the lobby yeah
20:13
that's barely audible at all is it I
20:20
can hear you but very very faint interesting
20:26
Sherlock mm-hmm what are you
20:29
doing jumping right
20:32
elder Coram I hope you don't mind if I
20:34
jump next to your bed absolutely thank
20:40
you Sherlock yes
20:43
you're coming across as
20:45
the craziest person in
20:47
the room and that's
20:49
really saying something all
20:51
relevant studies doctor nice
20:54
books thank you not
20:57
sovereign indeed sacred
21:00
texts sure yeah yeah
21:05
we thinking I'm thinking
21:07
I'd like to take a closer
21:09
look here Sherlock is
21:11
kneeling down where the body was found at the far
21:13
end of the bedroom I hold
21:17
on I have a question elder
21:19
Coram I
21:21
am I don't mean to be
21:23
rude but well
21:28
a young man was murdered in here tonight
21:31
so why are you choosing to
21:33
sleep in here elder Coram is
21:35
extremely delicate we do not amend
21:38
in death here doctor right yeah
21:40
you know that I sort
21:43
of understand you believe
21:45
in a higher calling but this
21:48
to even someone of my
21:50
disposition a doctor a former
21:52
soldier this is a disturbing choice
21:54
you've made to be honest to
21:56
stay here to you doctor
24:02
Well, um, yeah, there's
24:04
a rectangular sort of, um...
24:08
There's a clean bit of carpet here. Rectangular
24:10
dust has gathered around the outside. Excellent,
24:13
Watson. So the
24:15
mat has been removed. Why?
24:18
My suspect because it was caked in
24:20
mud. Okay. But,
24:23
so, the murder weapon... I can
24:26
repeat myself if you want, Sherlock. It
24:28
is irrelevant. Well, what is relevant? A
24:31
number of things. Possible the golden
24:33
pantsnay may be the most relevant thing here.
24:36
Right, yeah. Golden pantsnay. A
24:38
pantsnay is... I
24:40
know what a pantsnay is, alright? Do you? Yeah,
24:43
mate. Okay, good. Good work, Watson. Where
24:45
are you going? Back outside. Ah, alright.
24:47
Yeah, right behind you. Just gonna check
24:50
something with the mic. Google,
24:53
help me out here. What is a pantsnay? The
24:56
pantsnay is a style of glasses, popular
24:58
in the late 19th and early 20th
25:00
centuries, that are supported without earpieces by
25:02
pinching the bridge of the nose. The
25:05
name comes from French answer to pinch
25:07
the nose. Uh,
25:10
okay. Right. Sherlock! Right,
25:22
this is insane. This palace is
25:24
getting wobbly. Climb. Climb
25:27
with me, Watson. I
25:30
am climbing. Sorry, this isn't climbing.
25:32
This is breaking and entering. No,
25:34
no. This is slooping. No,
25:37
slooping is when you go to the bathroom
25:39
at an inner party, not when you scale
25:42
the wall of a manna out. We've already
25:44
entered the hospital. Have
25:46
we not, Watson? Yes,
25:48
exactly. Why do we have to go out?
25:51
Why do we have to climb up the wall to the
25:53
doors? Because I wish
25:55
to observe. Observe
25:58
what? What
26:01
is it? Xavier Tarleton is in his
26:03
door. What's he doing?
26:07
He looks distressed. Yes, don't we
26:09
all? God, this is right. Look
26:11
what? Jesus, he's coming to the window.
26:14
He's feeling yourself. Oh yes,
26:16
great. I'll just chuck on my invisibility
26:18
cloak and Malfoy will be none the wiser. Oh no,
26:20
wait, I'm not in Hogwarts and clinging to the side of
26:22
a man-a-how. Right now, what? To
26:25
the balcony. We
26:36
are currently holding on to the side
26:38
of the house. A couple of stories
26:40
up. And Tarleton
26:42
is at the window. What
26:51
was that? Did he throw something out the window? He
26:53
did indeed. Right, what was it?
26:57
Our missing doormat.
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