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Uh, John, I did it. Uh,

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1:49

better turn off if you're a

1:51

shenanigan-a-phobe or... whatever,

2:00

I don't know. Hi, welcome! This

2:03

episode, or what,

2:05

whole adventure actually, contains

2:08

yes, the usual stuff, a bit

2:10

of swearing, and so on, but

2:13

I should flag it, it

2:17

contains themes of sexual nature,

2:20

coercion, intimidation,

2:22

and the depths of human

2:24

depravity. So yeah,

2:27

lovely uplifting tale on its way

2:29

to you. Sooo,

2:32

if you're still listening,

2:34

thanks, good luck, and

2:37

yeah, have a good one. Howdy

2:41

colleagues! There you

2:43

go buddy. Lishy dirty. Archie?

2:46

Yeah, well I'll let him answer that when

2:48

I mention a little cockapoo named Doris. What

2:51

happened there mate? You want to tell the room, are you ashamed

2:53

of yourself? Something again? Well look, you

2:55

know, he spent some time with the first, there

2:58

were jokes, it was flirting. People don't like

3:00

that John, he can't just hump

3:02

every dog in the park. Oh I

3:05

know that, I'm just saying, he he

3:07

humped Doris after Doris definitely gave some

3:09

signals that, you know,

3:11

she was into it. And

3:14

how did Doris' owner feel about this? Doris

3:16

is a grown-up, she's six, yeah, I

3:18

mean she's 42, so she can

3:20

make her own decisions. Seriously? They

3:23

picked her up and gave me a lecture

3:25

about humping random strangers in the park. You've

3:27

been doing what in the park? Haha, very

3:29

funny. No it's Archie. Oh look, the punk

3:31

rock violinist cut his finger, what a surprise.

3:33

Have you put a Thomas

3:35

the Tank Engine plaster over there?

3:37

I have, yes. All right, fair

3:39

enough I suppose. Why exactly is

3:41

Archie humping? He's been muted. Yeah,

3:43

yeah, a dominance or an excited

3:45

thing, or she was in heat,

3:47

I don't know. Strange fellow. Perhaps

3:50

he's perverted. He's not perverted, he's just

3:52

a dog, wanted a bit of action.

3:55

You have to be careful, some dog owners

3:57

are weird ass people. Yes, I know

3:59

they're weird. ass people I just spent 10

4:01

minutes being lectured by them but he's been done.

4:04

He's taken precautions she's not. Yes,

4:06

yes but they don't know that at first

4:09

do they? Maybe you

4:11

should put him on a lead at

4:13

all times? Look he's covered for birth control he's

4:16

got no balls. Well he learns

4:18

from his master, not

4:20

the balls thing, the birth control

4:22

thing. Hence my lucky condom in

4:24

my wallet. Are

4:27

you serious? What? My lucky condom? Of course I'm

4:29

serious. Had it since 2019

4:31

pre-pandemic condom. It's a condom in

4:34

your wallet that you haven't needed to use

4:36

since 2019. Er yep, I guess

4:40

so. So how is it lucky?

4:43

It seems like it's actually

4:45

an unlucky condom. It's a

4:47

cursed condom. Yeah

4:49

whatever. My dog is not a

4:52

pervert. Yeah end of discussion.

4:54

He's our dog. He's right. We're

4:56

all responsible for that pervert. Overweight

4:58

pervert. Right that's enough. Okay look Archie

5:01

is a romantic, right? Is that really

5:03

that bad? You know he's not growling

5:05

and trying to bite dogs faces off

5:07

or sniffing and judging

5:09

other dogs values from the sidelines he

5:11

just wants to show his love to

5:13

others. Now I'm sorry

5:16

if that's unacceptable these days. Sorry if affection

5:18

and intimacy are offensive

5:20

or problematic or beneath people now

5:22

but he's humping my boots. Oh

5:25

Archie come on. Sorry

5:28

I mean there

5:30

are nice boots

5:32

to be fair.

5:34

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5:37

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5:42

cute crime podcaster based in central

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London. I don't

5:46

have much experience in criminology so

5:49

this is mostly a record of how

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I met possibly the most brilliant and

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bizarre person I have ever and

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will ever know. Join

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6:01

adventure of Sherlock Holmes.

6:24

Okay, okay. I'm

6:26

gearing myself up. I'm

6:28

gearing yourself up for a chamomile

6:31

tea. Just a

6:33

little bit dramatic, Marianna. No, no,

6:35

no. The tea is helping me in my gearing up

6:38

process. Understood. What are you doing then? It's

6:40

the tax stuff. Are HMRC going to send

6:42

a SWAT team in? No,

6:45

not tax stuff. That... that

6:49

stuff. Not a post. Oh,

6:52

a post. Mount Mail. Mount Mail.

6:56

Just leave it. There you go. Check it

6:58

in the bin. This could have some

7:00

important correspondence in this. This could

7:02

have cases. Marianna, look.

7:04

Look at this stuff. Dear

7:07

Mr Whitson, regarding your energy

7:09

provider. This one to

7:12

our favourite customer. To

7:15

junk what's junk again. And

7:17

this to Doctor and Mrs Holmes. What?

7:20

Have you considered life insurance? Dear

7:23

Miss Maroona Amachuzunka. I mean, come on.

7:26

It's better than Mrs Hudson. This is

7:28

a giant waste of time and energy.

7:30

Just bin it. I mean, there's

7:32

nothing here of any value. Oh my God, I've

7:34

been sent a Valentine's card. What? Here,

7:37

look. From last

7:39

week. I must have missed it. Oh

7:41

my God, this is... Wow,

7:44

I haven't received a Valentine's card since... Oh,

7:47

it's about 12. Who is it

7:49

from? My mum would put it on the

7:51

breakfast table before school. Why are you smiling? I

7:53

meant this one. Ah, haha,

7:55

right. Yeah, okay, well. Let's open

7:57

it, shall we? Roses

8:01

are red, my name is Violet.

8:03

I've loved the show since the

8:05

pilot. Oh, this is good,

8:08

isn't it? Now I must

8:10

ask for one little thing to rid me of

8:12

these men that cling. They

8:15

demand my attention, my love

8:17

for a tryst. The

8:20

one I fear most, the

8:22

solitary cyclist. I'll

8:27

go get Sherlock. Yeah, I,

8:30

um... yeah. Received?

8:35

Last week. Opened, just

8:37

now, with my

8:39

hands. Envelope. Here. Hmm,

8:43

a false Valentine's card.

8:46

I mean, it's a

8:48

Valentine's card I received. It just also

8:50

happens to ask for our help. She

8:52

likes the show. I don't

8:55

think she likes you that

8:57

way. Marianna, the card says, I'm

8:59

your biggest flan. And

9:01

then there's a picture of a

9:03

cartoon flan. Exactly. Fun of the

9:05

show. The flan has hearts for

9:07

eyes. So? So that's...

9:10

come on. She just wants help, she

9:12

doesn't want you. Sorry.

9:14

Look, we'll never know, okay? You know, we'll

9:16

just agree to disagree on that, so... Can

9:20

we help her? Or not? This probably isn't

9:22

enough to go on, is it? From GU97LQ.

9:26

Farnham. Farnham sorting office,

9:29

so this letter is from Surrey. Heavy

9:31

press in the handwriting. Weighted. Left-handed.

9:36

Probably not written by a woman. Card

9:38

was... £150. Unbranded

9:41

sticker with price written in pen, so

9:43

most likely just a local shop. Mrs

9:46

Hudson, search this barcode on Code

9:48

Finder, 88575-4667622. Flex

9:55

of mud on the envelope. But

9:58

no rain in Surrey last week. So,

10:00

posted in the afternoon after Frosted Thord

10:03

most likely works from home... Home

10:06

and heart greetings cards. A

10:09

Valentine's flan style number 331.

10:13

Hmm. They're out

10:15

of business, so definitely a local shop

10:17

then. Not a chain with a card

10:19

partnership or provider. So a

10:21

shop that holds stock of greeting cards that are

10:23

over five years old. Quiet

10:26

village then. If sorted on the

10:28

Wednesday with a first class stamp it was posted on

10:30

the Tuesday afternoon before 3pm. Small

10:32

villages within 30 miles of

10:34

Farnham but no further east than Aldershot

10:37

judging by sorting office jurisdictions. No

10:39

hamlets of course or settlements with under 100

10:41

houses but enough homes to warrant a shop.

10:44

Particularly one that can operate independently.

10:47

Most likely an AONB region whose parish

10:49

and local authority councils have rejected major

10:51

stores. So no recognised brands

10:54

like Co-op, Premier, Best One or Budgens. Village

10:57

shop AONB region within a specified

10:59

range of the sorting office. Ah.

11:04

Here. Charlington.

11:06

Charlington, sorry. Ok

11:09

then, I stand corrected. Yes, you often

11:11

do. Mm-hmm. Thank you for

11:13

that. Come on then, man with the lucky condom.

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you do that exact. Let's get them

12:30

over with. Why

12:32

is that? There was sparkling water? I'm

12:34

always playing guessing games as not labor

12:36

I'm dragging. Is it citrus is a

12:39

aluminium? Plants labor it nicer cycling. also

12:41

say really mean flavor like interface flavor

12:43

of orange Mango block Raspberry Forty We

12:45

get me started on the strawberry lemonade

12:47

see strawberries way to right into my

12:49

taste buds the last night and let

12:51

him know who thought? No subtlety. There

12:53

are no sugar either but it doesn't.

12:55

Vitamins and antioxidants find sparkling ice and

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a major grocery store a club retailer

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near you. Sparkling ice anything but settle.

13:04

We're. Leaving. Leaving

13:06

on a midday trains a series. Same

13:10

ring to it says military. Sorry

13:13

is a nice place. Midnight Drink

13:15

George was actually originally called at

13:18

Midnight Planes used. Again,

13:21

doesn't have the same rings low.

13:23

much more accurate and sounds. Smart

13:32

used. Would

13:35

be a midnight unlikely unless it is

13:37

that noise pollution rules. Notes:

13:42

Lucky most Americans. Were

13:46

Jewish state doesn't look as

13:48

far as I can I

13:50

mix. stop

13:53

talking about planes trains that state

13:55

of georgia houston and or families

13:58

and direct more time to the

14:00

case. Ah, yep, yes, thank you. So,

14:02

yeah, sorry. Off to Surrey. It's

14:07

a county on London's south-west doorstep,

14:09

very much a notch in the

14:12

London commuter belt. Yeah,

14:15

off to try and track down the secret of Myra. Or,

14:18

yep, just a potential client, really, I suppose.

14:21

Not entirely sure how we're going to do that. Yeah,

14:24

it's not like we can just wander around the village

14:26

asking who sent the card. We don't need to. We

14:29

don't. We don't. She's easy to

14:31

track down. For you, she's easy to track

14:33

down. For me, not so much.

14:35

For a number of people, unfortunately

14:38

for her. And why?

14:40

Charlington flooded in January. Great. Yeah,

14:44

hi, I'm not actually inside your brain, so you're

14:46

going to need to explain what's going on in

14:48

there. Okay, so... If

14:50

you go on TikTok, which I haven't ever,

14:53

go on, search for Charlington, you'll

14:55

see the only post ever, actually, that

14:57

references the village is a post of

14:59

the flooding in January. Charlington is a

15:01

sleepy village close enough to London where

15:03

its youth will drain away by the

15:05

age of 20, if they haven't sooner.

15:08

So you wouldn't expect many TikTok users. Certainly

15:10

not ones that actively post. It's

15:13

from late January, so the younger former

15:15

residents have returned from visiting family over

15:17

Christmas, so this must be a permanent

15:19

resident. Here's the

15:21

post. We have

15:24

a look at this girl and

15:26

we see a familiar name. What?

15:29

Violet. Violet Carus. You're

15:33

no longer Secret Admirer. Wow,

15:35

that's, uh, good work. Would

15:38

you like a high five? Uh, yeah,

15:42

sure. Well, I

15:44

mean, you discovered her, doesn't

15:46

mean anyone else is capable of... Well,

15:48

that is where I think you're wrong.

15:50

Well, enlighten me. Also, um,

15:52

take your feet off the sea. There's no one sitting

15:54

there. Yeah, but there might be. On

15:56

a train to Surrey at midday on a Friday. I

15:59

Don't think so. Yeah, alright but

16:02

you know it looks bad.

16:04

Okay, to whom did just

16:06

please see of the seats

16:08

find here? Look at her

16:11

feet. Observe. Deduce: Okeechobee. Let's

16:13

give this a whoa. Hey,

16:15

we got hacked. Well, not

16:18

quite. As really

16:20

tasty. Of of

16:22

out of them Don't email

16:24

me. I already regret using

16:26

the word takes the so

16:28

she does to stem or

16:30

general general posting on. He

16:32

has some Gaza stuff. Here's

16:34

some and see you. Something

16:38

or make up routine or the other

16:40

really get wonder how surroundings. A

16:42

bedroom? Correct. Ah, Okay, so

16:44

the bedroom changes in the

16:46

last two videos of final

16:48

videos in late January change.

16:50

her appearance seems to also

16:52

if I was being particularly

16:54

picking or yes, she changed

16:56

her recording position. The window

16:58

is no longer. In short,

17:00

Canada is no longer shocked.

17:02

She looks kind of kid

17:04

in these ones to not

17:06

notice. Chappie. Now

17:11

bring these observations to our

17:13

poem. Roses Are Red my

17:15

name is Violet Atlas to

17:17

show since pilot. Now

17:20

I must ask for one little thing

17:22

to rid me of these men cling

17:25

to man my attention of and stop.

17:28

The lot of male

17:30

attention. kind of. do

17:32

you think the village

17:34

locals know online? Yes

17:36

and why? Because ah,

17:38

she's been dunks to

17:41

correct what. I

17:43

can indulge in of a high five if

17:45

you wish you a sign. Up

17:49

for those that don't. Know them

17:51

dogs to over doc

17:53

thing is when. Online

17:56

that often large groups

17:58

or community. Actually

18:01

what Find someone's offline? Sylvia

18:03

your your your real self

18:05

styled delve into all your

18:07

posts and find clues to

18:09

your real existence and Dad

18:11

track you down exposing. A

18:14

little bit like Sherlock as done to

18:16

be honest and Violet here in these

18:19

last two videos has removed or cleats

18:21

the the window this oh do locate

18:23

said at the calendar that probably mention

18:25

some local engagements. Yeah,

18:28

she's She's been found. And

18:31

now she's being hounded against

18:33

a pilot, Carruthers will have

18:35

a well known avatar, access

18:37

and online identity of hot

18:39

sauce. Pretty

18:45

violent or the village. Ah very

18:47

funny guy. On to her out.

18:49

She gets it from sadness. Say

18:52

you know they do say dogs

18:54

resemble that owners oh look wasn't

18:56

as a fakery over best he's

18:58

not fat and and not than

19:00

it looks along the Rio. Some

19:04

houses that have been renovated. I

19:08

would say has his top

19:10

right. Wouldn't you rather putting

19:12

out you know that the

19:14

window. In the video looks out to

19:16

the eastern side of the village green with

19:18

the pond, the pond that she filmed and

19:21

documented in the January Swatting Top Trompe. Le

19:27

another one of those ring doorbell. Smart

19:30

though. Bells I should say ring is

19:32

the brand name, isn't it? To

19:36

do with one of those currently I

19:38

suppose be able to see if it

19:40

is it is. It's a a pizza

19:42

delivery for. Just. Some door

19:45

to door salesman and Eleven. And

19:47

so you open the door for.

19:49

well. if you ordered a pizza,

19:51

you usually have some indication, don't

19:53

you have? No, I. Ah,

19:55

we are looking for Violet Carruthers

19:58

them on Dr. Watson. The. Mr.

20:00

Holmes, the High. Seas, that's

20:02

where that's ah ok I'm certain

20:04

a village. Yeah If you go

20:06

out, walk across the grain back

20:09

towards the station, go bust around

20:11

about than their at the end

20:13

of that street in the big

20:15

boom. Ah get cracking Great Thank

20:17

you Mr. Woodley Zoc Woodley. She's.

20:19

My fiance violence. ah a

20:22

far right. Congrats Wins the

20:24

big day tomorrow of well

20:26

who nervous Phillips? well at

20:29

we won't take up the

20:31

time. Go get some rest

20:33

blooming. Guess we best to.

20:36

It's. Good to

20:38

me is that he to Sherlock's and you may. says.

20:44

It's Pop Out Poppins pop

20:46

over there but it's not

20:48

top to this really is

20:50

hop to it. I don't

20:52

like him his him. who's

20:54

s correct? don't know if

20:56

yes. But. He knows

20:59

us Here we go

21:01

Fly. This does. Wait

21:04

wait wait wait hold on. Just can

21:06

you brief me? from what you're going

21:08

to say? I'll just let it come

21:10

to me know I'd rather you didn't

21:12

as much rather you run it by

21:14

me. I get it is. hop to

21:16

it, find whatever note, know that, and

21:18

M M M C C litter their

21:20

parents make. They probably don't want to.

21:24

Be privy to to what she does

21:26

with her life. What are you hiding?

21:28

Some not hiding anything, you withholding

21:30

knowledge on the subject. No, I'm

21:32

not Watson. look I it is.

21:35

It. I'm

21:37

not hiding anything from you,

21:39

I'm just with with holding

21:41

on my absolute judgment until

21:43

I know all the first

21:45

wasn't Earth are you talking

21:47

about right? Okay, I'm a

21:49

full disclosure, see if you

21:51

could. Yes, she's gorgeous here

21:53

and and has we expect

21:55

a successful online venture that

21:57

has. attracted a swarm of So

22:02

I believe she probably does types

22:04

of videos online that get

22:07

a lot of male attention. Probably

22:09

has an Onlyfans or something like that.

22:11

She's a cam girl. I think. I...

22:15

And before you start, I wasn't withholding

22:17

that from you or from our investigation.

22:20

I was withholding it from the listeners because

22:22

I didn't want them to think I was

22:24

a guy that sees an attractive woman with

22:26

a successful online business and immediately assumes that

22:28

it's related to P-O-R-N. Why are

22:30

you spelling out porn? Because I don't want to

22:32

say it. We have a lot of young listeners.

22:35

I think how young listeners can spell what? OK,

22:38

just let me take the lead, please. Fine.

22:42

Now, parents love me anyway. I don't

22:45

get what it is. I think I just have a

22:47

very trusting face. Very...

22:49

very sexually non-threatening sort of

22:51

vibe. Piss up, you bloody

22:53

pervert! Leave her alone! Oh,

22:56

erm... Go on, get lost! I was

22:58

shooting you like a dog lad, alright? No,

23:00

no, please, please, no, listen. We're

23:02

here to answer Violet's request for

23:04

help. Don't even bloody start with

23:06

me. I am Britain's leading consulting

23:08

detective. My name is Sherlock Holmes.

23:10

If you wish to hear more

23:12

of my credentials... Listen to Sherlock

23:14

Holmes... Call Scotland Yard. They

23:16

will have many testimonials regarding my

23:18

talents. Their number is 0207 230.

23:23

Dad, just... I want to help. I'll go

23:25

get her. A lovely village.

23:29

I'm actually from Wiltshire. Lots

23:32

of, erm... nice villages and

23:39

stuff there. And there's not just Wiltshire.

23:44

Actually we've got... Barkshire

23:58

isn't far. Oh, you've

24:00

got Hampshire to the south, so... Yep.

24:06

Oxfordshire to the north. Will she be much longer?

24:09

A big couple of days. She's

24:11

got a lot on. She's getting married tomorrow,

24:13

is she? At Charlington House. No,

24:15

yeah, we saw Zach. Yep, great

24:18

stuff. Great, big turnout expected. Well,

24:21

yeah, actually. Probably a hundred

24:23

on my nose. Oh, fantastic. Fantastic,

24:25

yeah, big old boo. You nervous?

24:27

A little bit. Walking

24:30

down the aisle. Christ. Daunting,

24:32

isn't it? Oh, of course, yeah. All this

24:34

stuff, though. What

24:37

a distraction, eh, Bobby? More than a distraction, Dad.

24:40

No, I know that. I mean... It's

24:43

very... very tough. She

24:46

moved in here after a while. I'll

24:48

let her say, awful stuff. Zach's

24:52

been amazing, but we had to get her

24:54

away from, you know, the crazies. Change

24:57

her address for a bit. Here

24:59

she comes now. Got your coffee,

25:01

Violet, lovely. Hi. Hi,

25:03

Violet. I'm Dr. John Watson. This

25:06

is Sherlock Holmes. We received...

25:08

Well, it was addressed to me, so I

25:11

received your card, so... Yep.

25:15

What card? The

25:18

Valentine. The roses are red. My

25:20

name... Sherlock, get the card? She

25:22

didn't write it, Watson. Oh. What's

25:26

going on? Oh,

25:28

yeah, right. That's where I come in. Violet,

25:31

you've been doxxed, correct? I

25:34

have, yeah. These gentlemen that

25:36

found you online... Gentlemen? Are

25:39

you serious? Yes, actually.

25:42

May I continue? Are we gonna get to the bottom of what's

25:44

actually going on, or... I'll tell you what's going on. Bobby,

25:48

is it? You sent my colleague a

25:50

Valentine's card pretending to be your sister. You

25:53

asked for help, and now you're getting it. I

25:55

didn't. I didn't do anything

25:57

like that, you... What is

25:59

wrong with you? you, can I just get

26:01

a quick update on what's happening here? Goodness sake.

26:04

Your daughter is popular online, Mr

26:06

Carruthers, with

26:12

lots of men who have lost a sense

26:14

of reality when it

26:16

comes to staring at a screen and connecting with the

26:19

person behind it. They've overstepped

26:21

the line. They've made your

26:23

daughter extremely uncomfortable and now they

26:25

will pay the price. Sherlock and

26:27

I are investigators from London. We're

26:29

here because your son forged a

26:31

Valentine's card in her name. I

26:34

didn't! Because that's your handwriting, not

26:36

hers. It ain't. It is. Your

26:38

left-handed, she's right-handed. Left-handed writers are

26:40

far more likely to make cross

26:42

strokes from right to left than

26:44

left to right. And similarly, left-handed

26:46

writers write circular letters and numbers

26:48

with clockwise strokes rather than anti-clockwise.

26:50

Oh, this is absolute total

26:52

bollocks! Bobby! Piss off the period!

26:54

Bobby Carruthers, that is enough! Enough!

26:59

What are you doing? Looking after you. That's

27:01

what I'm doing. Yeah, so am I.

27:03

So's the police. So are these two. So

27:06

have the Fosak. But none of

27:08

them are getting worked up like you shouting and

27:10

screaming all the time. I'll be in the kitchen

27:12

and have a waste of time. Oh, god s**t.

27:17

The ring. Is it

27:19

in the post? Oh, um, he's

27:22

proposed, but I'm picking out the ring.

27:24

Ah, that's nice. Yeah, you

27:26

can't be disappointed then, can you? That's what I said.

27:29

Great minds. Picking out

27:31

or purchasing? Huh? Are

27:34

you just picking it out? Or are you

27:36

paying for it as well? Fair luck. Paying

27:38

for it for now, yeah. You've

27:41

made some good money from your videos. Yeah.

27:45

I'm silly to bankrupt him for something I

27:47

can pay for, so. Indeed. But yeah, after

27:49

the wedding tomorrow we're gonna do all of

27:51

that stuff. Getting the ring and

27:53

that on the honeymoon. Where are you going? Maldives.

27:57

Ah, wow, that's... Oh,

27:59

holiday of a long time. lifetime. We love it there.

28:01

They've gone a couple of times. Oh,

28:03

right, blimey. Well, good, good for you.

28:05

And you're trying for a baby, of

28:08

course. Maldives will help with

28:10

that. Stress causes

28:12

terrible difficulties when conceiving. Sherlock.

28:15

How do you know that? Nicotine

28:17

patch. Decaf coffee. Folic acid.

28:20

I don't have folic acid here. In the

28:22

background of the videos on TikTok.

28:24

Sherlock, don't touch her arm. Having regular

28:26

blood tests, are we, I see? Violet's

28:28

had a bit of a... well,

28:31

rather traumatic... But... The poem

28:33

your brother wrote speaks

28:35

of the solitary cyclist. Would

28:38

you care to divulge on that matter? We

28:42

can always shoot off plenty

28:45

of other cases to be working on. Ah...

28:52

Violet, darling. I

28:54

think there's no harm in having more people

28:56

help out. You know, the

28:59

more the merrier. Mm-hm. Um...

29:03

I don't love talking about it, to be honest. Okay.

29:05

Start your team. So...

29:08

yeah, I

29:10

do some stuff online for

29:13

paid subscribers. I

29:15

don't want to say too much, cos that... I

29:17

can leave the room. No, no, it's okay,

29:19

we understand. Say no more in that department. I

29:22

didn't want to do it anymore. Made plenty

29:24

of money from it. And

29:26

small deeds. Um...

29:29

Didn't love doing it. And... yeah.

29:34

Did a new video and I said I was gonna quit. Cos

29:36

I'll wear dry

29:38

in for kids. Back

29:41

and I. And I don't

29:43

know how I'll feel about this when I'm a mum. So,

29:46

like... Yeah, final video.

29:48

Said my thanks and my goodbyes.

29:52

Calling it a day, blah blah blah, sort of

29:54

thing. And... I don't

29:56

know what exactly I expected, to be honest, but

29:59

like, it was... It's like

30:01

I personally insulted every single one of them.

30:04

They were like, the outrage was

30:06

like nothing you've seen but the

30:09

comments, just, oh,

30:11

sick. Inhuman. Totally

30:15

just off the rails insane. And

30:17

I could see them like, jeering each

30:20

other up, whipping themselves into a frenzy.

30:23

So I shut the page down, closed my

30:25

account, you know. I

30:29

later discovered they had moved their chat into

30:31

a forum, which I kept trying to get

30:33

shut down. But it wasn't

30:35

like, the

30:37

company wouldn't respond to my emails. How

30:40

did you discover the forum? Zach found it.

30:43

Yeah, so just horrible

30:46

little troll forum. And they

30:48

started this game too,

30:51

like, to get to

30:53

me first, who can drink me down. And I

30:56

don't want to say what they said they were going to

30:58

do when they found me. But yeah,

31:00

they threatened. Not

31:03

even threatened, actually, because they're all saying it

31:05

to each other that they're going to do

31:07

it. Unless I start

31:10

making videos again. Because

31:12

that's not completely fucking mental, is

31:14

it? Sorry, Dad. Yeah.

31:17

And then, bang, they

31:19

found my TikTok, which is just

31:21

me, not like my online persona.

31:23

And from that,

31:25

they found where I live. And

31:28

I guess right now, at this moment in

31:30

time, they're spying on me. I've

31:33

seen videos they've posted of me through

31:35

this window, down the shops in the village.

31:39

Yeah, never caught any

31:41

of them. Never seen any of

31:43

them. Apart

31:45

from one. The solitary cyclist.

31:48

Yeah. Who is he? I don't know.

31:51

So, sorry, rewind a bit. I

31:54

do mountain biking. I want to

31:56

kind of get into posting about that. Because

31:59

that's actually... something I've always really

32:01

loved jogging boards the hell

32:03

out of me and I got into biking

32:05

instead and there's plenty of forests

32:08

and stuff around so I do that. That's

32:10

cool. Yeah I love it yes love it

32:12

love it. It's great extreme

32:14

sports I did a bit of skateboarding

32:16

back in the back in the day

32:18

Ollies grinding front slides Tony

32:22

Hawk Proselyn yeah sorry carry on. Yeah

32:25

so around two weeks ago at the edge

32:27

of Hyde Forest which has most of the

32:29

cross country tracks you come to Charlington Heath

32:32

and there's a road there like proper

32:35

road paved road. The B299. Oh

32:37

man, nose is roads. Dad.

32:39

I'm just helping out love. So that

32:41

road across the Heath and

32:44

yeah about halfway between Chilton Grange and

32:46

Quicksbury Hill which is where I get on

32:48

the main road to come home. I

32:51

looked over my shoulder and there's like 200

32:55

yards or so I guess there's

32:57

this bloke on a bike. Okay.

33:01

This is like you

33:03

don't see people on this road hardly

33:05

ever. The Heath isn't

33:08

like walkable it's all gorse.

33:11

Then it's farms. One

33:14

of dad's fields is up there so I

33:16

always feel sort of safe. Bobby

33:18

works around that area too. You're

33:20

a farmer Mr. Carradas? Farm manager Yeah.

33:23

Bobby does a lot of the work these days to be honest with you.

33:25

But anyway I get to the main road

33:28

and he's gone. He's not

33:30

behind me anymore. I

33:32

wasn't going fast or anything so

33:35

I think whatever fine.

33:39

A couple days later at different time of day I'm

33:42

on the empty road. I see

33:44

him again. He

33:46

stays behind me then disappears

33:48

as I reach. Civilization.

33:52

The main road. Yeah exactly. Anyway

33:55

he's there. Every time

33:57

I've gone there he will appear. single

34:01

time. Always

34:03

following. Always keeping his

34:05

distance so I can't make out his face.

34:08

Can't make out his clothes. I

34:10

took Bobby with me once and the solitary

34:13

cyclist was, well

34:16

he wasn't there. But I'm

34:19

there by myself and he appears.

34:21

I know it's one of them.

34:24

Absolutely guarantee is one of them. Most

34:27

intriguing. Yesterday actually. I haven't

34:30

told anybody about that yet. What happened

34:32

yesterday darling? He appeared again. In the middle

34:36

of nowhere. Hundreds of yards behind me.

34:39

So I slowed down. Then

34:42

he slowed down. I

34:44

stopped. He stopped. Just

34:47

staring at me. So

34:50

I cycled like nothing else and pulled off

34:52

where the road bends. I pulled

34:54

off into a field, chucked my bike over the

34:56

fence and waited. Because

34:59

he would go right past me. Right?

35:03

If he was cycling along the road he'd go

35:05

past. He

35:08

never came. Never. I went

35:11

back onto the road after like 10 minutes

35:13

and he was gone. There's

35:16

nowhere to go. There's... he

35:19

couldn't have turned down anywhere. Down

35:21

any lane or anything. This case

35:23

certainly presents some features of

35:25

its own. Stop smiling. Stop

35:27

rubbing your hands together. Sorry.

35:30

Point here on my phone. The

35:33

exact road. There.

35:37

Yes. Very remote. Nowhere

35:40

to hide. So where

35:42

is our solitary cyclist basing himself? Did

35:44

you get a look at him? Yeah.

35:47

Yesterday. But not much. He

35:50

sort of hunches over the

35:52

handlebars. Yeah. Let me... can

35:55

I use this pen? Sure. I'll

35:57

just... I'll do a drawing. I

36:00

feel like Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. You

36:03

lie down there. Not that. No, I'm not

36:05

gonna draw you. You know,

36:08

you describe this. Describe the cyclist.

36:11

Sort of medium

36:13

body shape. Not

36:15

fat, not thin or anything. Mm-hmm.

36:17

Yep. Dark hair, but sort

36:19

of hidden. And a big but

36:22

very dark beard. Right, gotcha.

36:25

Mm-hmm. And

36:27

a bit of shading here.

36:30

There we go. Beard.

36:34

Okay, is this your man? Not

36:38

really. Watson, that's a stick man with

36:40

a beard. Uh, this is the first

36:42

draft. Okay, I'll flesh it out later.

36:45

Mm, yes. Perhaps we should

36:47

make some copies. Have you seen

36:49

this stick man? Never mind the

36:51

cyclist. We're just casually skipping over the date rape,

36:53

are we? Bobby! Sorry, what? Well, they're here to

36:55

help, aren't they? Detectives? Give them all

36:57

the clues. God's sake! Enough people

37:00

have delved into my private life these last couple

37:02

months. I'm sick of it! No

37:04

more! Done! I'm done!

37:06

Her drink got spiked in the local pub.

37:09

Oh, what? You're talking for me now? Yeah, I

37:11

am! Bobby! Spiked with what? Well,

37:13

after one gin and tonic, she could barely walk. She

37:16

was in hospital. They pumped her stomach. That's

37:19

why she moved here. No, I moved here because Zach's

37:21

parents are here for the wedding. Oh, what? For

37:23

two weeks? You moved because they

37:25

know where you live. Yes, well, you posted

37:27

a picture of the flooding from your bedroom

37:29

in this house. So

37:32

maybe we stay off TikTok for a while.

37:34

What is wrong with you? Bobby, shut up!

37:36

What's it got to do with you? Christ,

37:38

you're so dumb! You're gonna- Gunna what? You

37:40

know what? No, I don't! Read the messages,

37:43

read the comments, read the emails- I don't

37:45

wanna read them! She's

37:49

under a lot of stress. The hospital?

37:52

Did they do a toxicology report? Yeah,

37:55

we- they- um- Well,

37:58

they sent her bloods. Bobby, could you

38:00

grab the NHS letter from the side of the kitchen?

38:02

Yep. Is she okay?

38:06

I know that sounds like a stupid question. It's

38:08

tough. She hasn't seen any

38:10

of these supposed, you know, trolls

38:12

or whatever you call them, but they

38:15

post pictures of her, of the

38:17

village, so we know they're out there. She's

38:19

seen the cyclist? Oh yeah, I see him,

38:21

yeah. But he's the only one. Yep.

38:26

Two samples taken and you've

38:29

got a third here from four months ago. Yes,

38:31

they took some the day of, when

38:33

it happened, the date rape. That

38:36

was the initial toxicology, then

38:38

they did one a couple of days ago. And

38:40

she'd been living here in that

38:43

intervening time. Correct, yeah. Came

38:46

straight out of the hospital to here, didn't

38:49

go back to the flat. What

38:51

a stress. Weddings, eh?

38:54

Just easier. Unbelievable. Bobby.

38:56

The wedding is the least of our

38:59

worries. Just gonna photograph these. Yeah, if

39:01

it helps, yeah. Right,

39:05

well, I think we've got all

39:07

the info we need. Yes, quite. We'll

39:10

take on the case. You'll

39:12

hear from us in due course. High

39:14

five. Um, yeah,

39:17

sure. Righto. Let's

39:19

hop to it, Watson. Give me your phone.

39:21

How? Okay. Good to meet

39:23

you, bro. Mm-hmm. Yeah,

39:26

cheers, mate. You too. Cheers, Bobby.

39:29

I'll come see you out. What are you doing with

39:31

the high fives? People like high fives. Yeah, just, you

39:33

can't start doing them out of nowhere. Why

39:35

not? I can't. I'll explain later. Thanks

39:37

for coming, fellas. Any back to London? Yep.

39:41

Probably jump on the 316 train. Oh, Austin 316?

39:43

Stunner! Bosh! What?

39:47

Stone cold Steve Austin? No? No.

39:50

Okey dokey? There. Rahipnol.

39:54

There's the active drug. An

39:56

enormous cocktail here, though. On the toxicology report? Yeah.

40:01

Peculiar. Thanks guys.

40:04

Yeah, no worries. See you Bobby. Cheerio. Oh

40:08

Bobby, where do you keep your bike? That's violence. Yes.

40:13

Where's yours? I don't have one. I

40:16

see. Ok bye Bobby.

40:18

We'll be in... I'm going

40:20

to kill them. Yeah, no of course. I

40:22

appreciate that this is a huge strain on not just violence. This is to me. I

40:26

am going to commit a murder. You

40:29

understand? I am literally going to

40:31

take one of their lives. Dad's gone. Bullet in

40:33

the heart. I don't care which one. I

40:36

don't care if it's some 15 year old kid who thinks it's

40:38

all a laugh. Dead. End of.

40:42

Ok. Murder. On

40:45

your podcast. On your hands. Dr

40:48

John. Unless

40:50

you and him can stop him. Bit

40:53

of jeopardy for you, yeah? Keep you invested. Yeah.

41:00

Yeah. I'm

41:28

going to kill you.