My friend is blind and I forward this to her. She loves listening to it. She said bless u

Holmes cheerfully talking about crocuses while mr crankypants bends fire pokers is both damn funny and a flex of considerable proportions

These videos are the only reason I’m passing my university literature class while working full time

I am nearly 50 years old and still cracks me up when the Sherlock Holmes stories talk about "huge ejaculations." Funniest one so far - where Watson was asleep in a chair by the fire - and Sherlock Holmes' violent ejaculation woke him up with a start. Fnarr fnarr...

This is my favourite, love it when Holmes gets the better of a murdering bully! Like in the pub in “A Solitary Cyclist” when Holmes just happens to know about boxing, Plus his “ little knowledge of Japanese wrestling!” When he fights Morearty at the Rycanbach falls🤣🤣👍

This story was my first experience with Sherlock. It completly fascinated me, and here I am now, an Aurthur Conan Doyle addict. Thanks Greg

Oh man. This one. I got the audio cassette, yes cassette, of this from the library when I was a kid. Ever since then, I think of this very story every time I hear the name of “Sherlock Holmes”.

May he be shamed who finds the nerve to dislike this marvellous work.

Thank you so much for this. I can’t read properly because I have dyslexia and this is very helpful.

I listen to one story every day. I have repeated yours readings several times. This is how Sherlock speaks when I read his stories in hard bound books. Thank you.

Greg Wagland you are a huge talent. Your delivery is impeccable, a total pro. I hope you are profiting from this generous act, you deserve to.

I had to study for a test on this story but had limited time to do so. Listening to this gave more time to do things and prepare while studying simultaneously. Thank you so much!

Best audio reader of all time--

I have an English assignment to do with this and when I read I get distracted so listening to this while reading helped me. Thankyou

I have ADD and I have trouble reading for a long time because of this, so this is very helpful to me.💜

This one frightened me as a child. We had a trapdoor in the ceiling at the top of the stairs, and I feared 'the band' would drop down from it.

Came after finishing the Great Attorney Video Game series starring Herlock Scholmes, but stayed for the smooth and relaxing narration, as well as the intriguing plot! Great reading! I will gladly return to listen to more stories!

When Holmes mentioned how bad it can be when a physician goes wrong, all I could think of was Crippen; however, Crippen wasn't fictional unfortunately. Thank you for the brilliant job on these! A wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

“Roused it’s snakish temper!”Just Brilliant✊

I relish these readings by Greg who has such a sonorous rich deep voice - that is indeed British English at its best.

It is a little cold for the time of the year but I have heard that the crocuses promise well => my new go to phrase 😁

Love your soothing voice Greg....

I always listen to your readings when I'm upset or on the verge of a mental break down. Your voice is very soothing. Thank you Greg!

FIRST Holmes story I ever read in school and STILL my favorite...Thanks for giving your usual GREAT performance...

Thanks for making this video because I can not read that good

This site allows me to enjoy my Holmes as I work. Very good at relieving stress! :)

You are doing an incredible work reading these stories. A+

I've seen all the Holmes episodes (Brett and Hardwick) and now ive listended to all of your audiobooks. And I shall listen again and again. Your great at narrating. Bravo Greg.

Love the voice changes their all just perfect 👌

Hooo my. The Speckled Band is actually quite scary, but that ending really got me shivering.

You are a wonderful story teller

The absolute best reader of Sherlock Holmes ever.

I love this book sssoooo mmmmmuuuuuuuccccchhhhh I listen to it every night and I absolutely recommend it to everyone who likes reading 😊

First story I ever read about 30 years ago from the Oxford Classics, which is my favourite story along with The Red Headed League and The Retired Colourman. Top job by Mr Wagland!

I had forgotten how much I liked this story. Thank you

One of the best stories so far.

My craving for articulate writing is satisfied by ACD & Agatha Christie. I feel so fortunate to have access to thee fine readings.

Clean, smart and sharp... I love the stories and listening to this reader.

I have been listening to Sherlock Holmes for almost 2 years

This was one of my favorite Sherlock Holmes mysteries as a kid. It actually scared me the first time (didn’t help that I’d been reading at night) and I had nightmares about “the speckled band” but kept reading anyway. 😂 I am trying to get my son to listen to this now and see what he thinks.

Nice work reading this :)

My Favourite Sherlock Holmes Story. Followed By "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" & "The Sussex Vampire". GREAT!!

The doctor's voice boomed out very convincingly. (I can just about remember the window up and down leather straps in old train compartments - see illustration.)

Thank you for making a presentation easy

Love the way you have Holmes say”this old DOCTOR!Just can tell he holds him in total contemt😁that’s before the visit from him to😉 Just perfect narration ✊

Jeremy Brett of course was the best Holmes ever I loved watching it and would picture Holmes just as he portrayed The speckled band was my favourite episode.These audio books are outstanding and the narrator wonderful.Thank you for putting these on radio.

THANKyou so much, we need to read this and explain the plot for school But i am so happy i found an audio version i can just listen instead Thanks!

Raised his snakish temper!🤣🤣Brilliant!!

Thank you so much I have an assignment on this tomorrow and you saved me so much time

These stories are simply wonderful - and beautifully narrated by Mr Wagland. For the past 4 years I've fallen asleep listening to them played on a loop right through the night. I cannot now sleep without them! Thank you Greg :)

As you can probably guess by my profile pic, this is my FAVORITE Sherlock Holmes short story of all time! Big thanks and thumbs up for this amazing reading. You are without a doubt my favorite Sherlock Holmes audiobook channel ever!

I love Mr. Wagland's work and have great admirstion for his talent. Please please get KZfaq to fix the play list so that I can see the stories in order and play them in order. The recent changes have made the play list a chaotic mess with no redeeming features.

Conan Doyle was a master story teller with an interesting range of interests. He had a predilection for unusual names, e.g.Hilton Cubitt, a name that always strikes me as comic even ludicrous - and his two famous characters were originally called Sherringford Hope and Ormand Sacker who would no doubt have sunk without trace had he not changed them to Holmes and Watson.

Very good narration . I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

The readings are excellent. A thoroughly good read is half the enjoyment of an audiobook. Thank you - and a Happy 2024.

Love your skills at reading

This was my introduction to S. H. in an adaptation as a kid.

Wonderful suspense. Until the last few moments. Lovely narration.

My favourite Holmes story beautifully read.Thank-you.

Wonderful reading. Thank you

Love these books Thank you

Beautifully read, as always!

an amazing narration for an amazing story!

Thanks for the stories ....love to listen ....every night I do ! Hope the list is never ending .....🤗😄

Thank you for your lovely work, Mr. Wagland, and Merry Christmas!! :)

A. Conan Doyle's #1 favorite from all of his Sherlock Holmes' stories.

Thank you so much for sharing your tremendous talent with us.

Im not a very good reader i easily get distracted and had to read this for a summer assignment obviously i left it last minute but this is explained it so clearly and i really thought this book was gonna suck but i loved it in the end it was so interesting

I have to read it for school so now I can listen to it THANKS

ihave an eng exam tmrow and this has helped me much and saved me alot of time

Thank you so much this helped me get an A on my project

I've just listened to "Black Peter", then this story. It strikes me how so many of the SH stories have either as a main plot or as a sub-plot, or just as a social context taken for granted, that women were so lacking in any way to escape abusive situations. Passed like chattel from the hands of their fathers to the hands of their husbands, they were lucky if they wound up with a man who would not abuse them - and if they were not so lucky, they had no recourse to the law. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were sympathetic toward women who were being abused, but the plots usually involved some kind of plan to steal an inheritance - the abuse itself didn't seem to be seen as a crime.

Wonderful narrative.

Helped me work and read at the same time. Thanks for that.

I had to read this for homework and it was too much for me to take in so instead I listened to it and I helped so thank you so much

Thank you this really helps:)

Superb have been a Holmes fan since the early 60s read them all and watched them all and your reading of them brings them alive in ones mind so thank you sir and keep up the great work that you do 👌👌👌

Big old man bends metal Sherlock oh come on good sir that was my favorite metal. **fixes it to its original state**

Love from India bro nice to listen you😘😊

3 years later and he's still hearting

Sherlock's a dick. You'd think he might, at some point, say "Hey Watson, I'm pretty sure an incredibly venomous reptile might pop out of that grate there, in the dark, in this small room. Get ready." Brilliant detective, incredible asshole.

That last line is absolutely amazing!

Thanks this will help me with understanding

This is a good one.

Hello :) Loved this it was easy for me thanks for helping me in school.

_"But what in the name of the devil!"_ _The ejaculation had been drawn from my companion by the fact that our door had been suddenly dashed open, and a huge man framed himself in the aperture._ Oh my god hahaha. This might be my favorite example of "ejaculation" sounding funny to modern ears.

I love this one

yay concepts getting clear

You just helped me with my homework😉

Thanks so much

Thank you very much.

Good evening everyone, some months ago, I wrote a comment asking help to find a story, I got some answers but no one can identify it, so I decided to listen to all the stories in order to find it. Here I am, 6 months later and I did not find it!!! I am truly starting to think that I dream this and it doesnt actually exist!!! It starts describing a very cold and foggy day, sherlock its at the basement making a lot of noise and watson is reading something, then at dinner sherlock tells watson something about a very important experiment (something about bullets being fired, i think) and tells him that if he wants to know about this he must promise to stay at home and not talk to anyone, watson accepts this and sherlock goes back to the basement; then in the middle of the nigth a friend of watson arrives at the house and ask him to receive him. Thats the part where I always felt asleep. If anyone can help me with this I will be forever grateful!!! I am sure that im not creative enough to dream the story by myself but I listened to all the stories here, even the pastiches and I CAN NOT FOUND IT, maybe I dont remember correctly or I dont know... help please!!

The general consensus among most Sherlockian scholars is that “The Swamp Adder” was a disguised name for Roylott’s creature on Watson’s part, being as he didn’t want to supply a recipe for murder to the Strand readers. Suspects for “The Swamp Adder” range from The King Cobra which was and still is “The deadliest snake in India.” to the Western Taipan, which is the most venomous snake in the world, although it’s from Australia not India, to even ideas such as Roylott having somehow bred a Skink/Gila Monster hybrid for the lethal amount of venom to kill his daughters.

thanks for this

Sherlock Holmes Be Strong Doe.

thank a lot

Thanks for making this audiobook, it is my favourite book.

A whale of a tale!

I have to watch it for my English HW lol

Holmes is an enjoyable creation, but this is one of Conan-Doyle's most absurd premises. No snake can be trained with milk to come on a whistle. Milk is nothing like food for a snake, and they can't hear through the air. They are sophisticated for brain size but cannot be trained up like some mammals. Nor would they lie in anything like a band around a head. They aren't even likely to strike without cause. Amazing how fearful yet ignorant people are of these fascinating creatures. PS: cheetahs and baboons are African, not Indian.