The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is read by Greg Wagland. Production Copyright (P)Magpie Audio Video copyright Magpie Audio 2015
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@KushDaddy3334 жыл бұрын
My heart was in my throat by the end. Although I've read it a dozen times, this reading really brought Watson's sorrow home. Thank goodness for The Return Of Sherlock Holmes! Lol! Peace!
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio4 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Jeff. Peace to you!
@peterallman30152 жыл бұрын
I can
@williamwatt2878 Жыл бұрын
@@peterallman3015❤ 19:57 people unfollowed
@piplee14393 ай бұрын
So funny thinking this was Eastenders 19C style 🤣🤣 But much bloody better
@johnmichaelfitzgerald30525 жыл бұрын
Best reader of Holmes & Watson, Period! 💯
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio5 жыл бұрын
I thang you!
@johnmichaelfitzgerald30525 жыл бұрын
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio, G'day Greg, cheers 🍻 from 🇦🇺
@GuitarGuy0574 жыл бұрын
I dunno. Christopher Lee did a couple. That's hard to beat. But this is still exceptional and more abundant.
@ms.corrimava55045 жыл бұрын
I absolutely cannot listen to anyone else but you reading these stories. No ones voice is as soothing and comfortable. Thank you. These are my bedtime stories. People tend not to want to read to you after the age of ten!😁
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Corri. Sad but true about no one being read to after ten!
@naemasufi5 жыл бұрын
Agree
@ahmedsheikh90904 жыл бұрын
Must agree. Love your voice
@dubchile Жыл бұрын
Elementary my dear Corri, elementary.
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
I agree
@catznjam4703 жыл бұрын
I remember nearly crying when I read this years ago- such was the hold on me by these marvelous stories-
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio3 жыл бұрын
They do have a powerful emotional charge, some of them. I like The Missing Three-Quarter for that reason. I sometimes have to pause to 'get a grip'!!!
@reddwing43682 жыл бұрын
Me too Their the only Friend's I have left
@aletheuo4752 жыл бұрын
The Yellow Face for me is the most emotional.
@gregnicholls83473 жыл бұрын
Yes, Greg's reading is wonderful but let's not miss just how metaphorically descriptive the writing is. The 'centre of the web' thing is just lovely.
@wisdomoftheearlychristians20372 жыл бұрын
Yes, Greg is probably THE best narrator and voice of Sherlock Holmes, but even the best narrator can either be hindered or helped by the material he has to work with. Conan Doyle had a masterful style. He had an extensive vocabulary and ability to describe scenes, without becoming so wordy (like Melville) that you were convinced he was being paid by the word. His character portrayals are so vivid that even a character who makes a brief appearance, and doesn't propel the plot or even have any dialogue, can be seen vividly in your mind. He had a formidable gift. Some of the stories he wrote that didn't even involve Sherlock Holmes at all, like Lot 249, are brilliant.
@SeerOfTime5774 жыл бұрын
Wow.... Beautifully narrated. Sherlock’s letter made me tear up something fierce! Curse and bless you, Sir Conan Doyle...
@sanikakulkarni96514 жыл бұрын
What the hell did u mean by curse you
@NalakittyAMVs3 жыл бұрын
I can’t express how grateful I am that you recorded all of these stories. I’m a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, and I love the books, but sometimes they don’t keep me quite so captivated as other books do and you make them come alive!
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them, Nalakitty!
@tayday4245 ай бұрын
Ohhh, OHHHH! I'm in tears. That letter at the end. What a timeless story among timeless stories.
@kathywebb4129 Жыл бұрын
I think I have listened to every story 10 times. The quality is unmatched
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Жыл бұрын
Step away from the loudspeaker... Really glad you've enjoyed them, Kathy.
@00WatName002 жыл бұрын
The letter from Holmes to Watson will always pull my heartstrings.. and paired with this unparalleled wonderful narration; It is simply chef's kiss~
@MrLancer8106 жыл бұрын
He is the Napoleon of crime watson gets me every time when I listen to this Sherlock Holmes story
@micahfoley95723 жыл бұрын
Ironic, since Napoleon was the Inspector Lestrade of conquering the world. :)
@kateking39534 жыл бұрын
"Hereditary tendencies of the most diabolical kind" - blimey!!
@julioquessangue7684 жыл бұрын
¹ ... 7bbi8888
@ragingsea66673 жыл бұрын
Canon Doyle is a sophisticated writer. I am not a native English speaker, yet enjoy it tremendously.
@_BigRed_5 жыл бұрын
It is clear that the team behind the films with RDJr as Holmes were fans of the source material. This reading is top notch work, thank you for making it
@cha53 жыл бұрын
Not sure I’d completely agree with that. About the creators of the creators of that RDJ film being fans of the source material that is, Not about the quality of Greg’s readings which is outstanding and unequaled.
@fahnikan2 жыл бұрын
Never thought about why Moriarty was called Prof. M. He is the "Mathematical Chair at one of England's smaller universities." Thanks Doyle, for brilliantly portraying academic pretense (which exists up to now)!
@gebswife5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing these. I love your versions. I play them to go to sleep by. I recently lost my brother and it has taken a toll on me. So these stories help me to get to sleep and shut down my brain for a while. Again, thank you very much.
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio5 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them. Sorry to hear of your loss. Kind regards.
@soraorgana76915 жыл бұрын
We have that in common. We try and celebrate the life he had, that's what he would have wonted.
@gebswife5 жыл бұрын
Sora Organa Thank you and I am so sorry for your great loss.
@Overweightstress4 жыл бұрын
These stories are amazing and so real the way you read them. Thank you.
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Susan
@thomasstevens14364 жыл бұрын
You are too good! Brilliant reading and story. You must be a Shakespearean actor or something. Thank you for bringing to life late 19th century London and surroundings. Greetings from Houston, Texas, USA.
@jimlaguardia81852 жыл бұрын
Greg, society has receded, leaving you on a pinnacle. Many thanks.
@ulalaFrugilega3 жыл бұрын
SPOILER BE ALERT! I know, Holmes won't really die (apart from his being immortally fictional, of course), and the image of him on that ledge is strong in my mind… still Greg Wagland's rendition of the letter to Watson makes me cry. What an actor! How I wish he could have played the Watson in SHERLOCK!
@Rietto7 ай бұрын
I've been listening to these every night for the past several days; they're so wonderfully narrated. Thank you!
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio7 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@RandyH4003 жыл бұрын
Took me a while to find these stories. But I love all of them!! Thanks
@kimberleymorris80523 жыл бұрын
Your voice is beautiful and really calm. I fall asleep to it most nights
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kimberley.
@amiddleschoolreader9185 жыл бұрын
....I’m so so sad, I have become so attached to these two wonderful characters! • Watson’s & Holems’s close and strong friendship where either can depend their whole life on the other (To know that they even a little grown apart hurts me) (And when Watson say that was the last time he saw Holmes, it crushed my soul) • Watson’s sadness about his friend is utterly crushing
@MysticWanderer3 жыл бұрын
Doyle had equal success to Moriarity in his attempt to kill off Holmes.
@sqid99063 жыл бұрын
@@MysticWanderer haha too right
@gregjones84124 жыл бұрын
I once thought I had heard Greg reading an NIV Bible audiobook but just discovered that had actually been Max McLean who has a similar voice. I'm enjoying every one of these over and over again!
I truly enjoyed Mr. Wagland’s reading of The Final Problem as his performance reminds me of David Burke from the Granada series.
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio8 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@alexapenn63997 жыл бұрын
"All that I have to say has already crossed your mind." "Then possibly my answer has crossed yours." here and in "Sherlock" i can just hear Andrew Scott saying it. . . :}
@MegsMusic255 жыл бұрын
alexa penn saaaaaaame!! 🤣
@aflahabdurasyidyusuf55864 жыл бұрын
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@edvega333 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful feeling I get listening to this it’s brings me peace
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio3 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@alisoncarlisle846 жыл бұрын
After this was published, Conan Doyle's fans wore black armbands in the streets until he brought Holmes back. XD
@dgregory794 жыл бұрын
It was actually a black feather in the hat
@sankhadipsen26503 жыл бұрын
If Mr. Wagland stops narrating we might do the same too....
@cha53 жыл бұрын
Thousands of Strand Magazine subscribers cancelled their subscriptions on that date in 1893, and one woman actually beat Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with her parisol screaming “YOU BRUTE!”
@lemongrab7718 ай бұрын
@@sankhadipsen2650for real!
@jesseg.24135 жыл бұрын
Listening this again on my way to the Reichenbachfall. :)
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio5 жыл бұрын
Be careful 😆
@jesseg.24135 жыл бұрын
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Thanks for your reply! It was amazing! I even was on the spot where they fought! It was incredible and very emotional for me ^-^
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio5 жыл бұрын
Did you get there on the Reichenbach funicular?
@jesseg.24135 жыл бұрын
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio That and hiking. I recommend to put on some good shoes for the waterfall. The funicular brings you to the bottom but if you want to go to the top or the spot where he fought Moriarty you need shoes that offer a good grip (especially to reach the spot where John last saw him)
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio5 жыл бұрын
I must try to go there one day. Thank you Jesse G. If only Moriarty hadn't been wearing flip-flops the world would be a different place today. Maybe.
@littledancingbear69822 жыл бұрын
“Him, whom I shall ever regard, the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known.” 😭😭😭😭
@copernicus64203 жыл бұрын
Dude Your voice acting for Moriarty was very good.
@stevejessemey8428 Жыл бұрын
Wow. When you mentioned Welbeck Street in London, my ears pricked up. For I used to work there, and where my life took me on a beautiful journey. And yet, elementary, my dear friend.
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Жыл бұрын
Interesting. May your beautiful journey keep on and on!
@Dan261178 Жыл бұрын
I have read and reread this story so many times and it never fails to draw me in.I only wish that there had been more accounts of Holmes endeavors against Professor Moriarty.
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Жыл бұрын
Yes. You would imagine from the tv and films that Moriarty popped up incessantly.
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
True, though he is evil, each story has a bad guy and well without a bad guy, it probably will be so BORING 😮
@MisterTutor20103 жыл бұрын
If Moriarty is the Napoleon of Crime, does that makes Holmes the Wellington of Law Enforcement? :)
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio3 жыл бұрын
Very possibly.
@epee866 жыл бұрын
Greg, THANK YOU! These are brilliantly produced and expresses a language in stark contrast to the slow retardation of American English.
@suecollins32465 жыл бұрын
Oh absolutely David! Recently I have watched several movies which I have switched off fifteen minutes in because, quite simply, I simply couldn't make out enough of the dialogue to follow the plot.
@micahfoley95723 жыл бұрын
While i don't disagree by any stretch of the imagination (on the contrary), i would hope to allay your concerns by introducing you to the wonderful world of Indie video games. I know. But this, in my own flight from the mobile desiccation of language, is where i chanced upon an anthology of the most exceptionally gifted young writers; having presumably migrated there upon the death (read: over monetization) of the American Novel. I am genuinely and regularly impressed by them. Furthermore, several genres have everything in common with audiobooks. The obvious difference being that you never lose your place in the story. :)
@guru6831 Жыл бұрын
'Deterioration' suits your purpose better.
@SilverlineGD5 ай бұрын
I really love the narration! You already know you're the best narrator for Sherlock Holmes stories!
@Kite562reviews6 ай бұрын
Man you can feel watson's emotions on the first page. You do a great job narrating these stories. 🙂
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio5 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@sarahabbas-zq3ni Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful reader. Thank you. I listened with rapped attention.
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening Sarah. Glad you enjoyed!
@ethanhunt67252 жыл бұрын
Ecstatic style of reading 🥰
@DarthWill34 жыл бұрын
*Scroll down and read this if you have watched **_The Grand Budapest Hotel._** Those who haven't will risk spoilers.* _[Holmes is clutching onto the edge while his feet dangle over the watery, rocky abyss. He stares up at Moriarty, frightened but furious.]_ *Holmes:* You mad, pathetic wretch. I hate you. *Moriarty:* Not as much as I hate _you,_ Mr. Holmes. _[He steps on Holmes' left hand, slowly crushing it. Holmes winces in pain. ]_ *Holmes:* _[sadly reciting]_ "'If this is to be the end, farewell!' cried the wounded piper boy..." _[Moriarty, in sadistic delight, keeps up the pressure until Holmes' hand gives way. Holmes is now holding on with just his right. Still he goes on with his poem.]_ *Holmes:* "...Whilst the muskets cracked and the yeomen roared, ‘Hurrah!’ and the ramparts fell." _[Now Moriarty applies his foot on the remaining, strong hand of his archenemy. A fiendish smile smears his face.]_ *Holmes:* "'Methinks me breathes me last, me fears!' said he-" _[There is a powerful thump, and Moriarty flies head-first, screaming, off the path over Holmes' head. Watson, in the midst of a diving shove, lands on his face and nearly goes over the edge, himself.]_ *Holmes:* _[ecstatic]_ Great heavens, you got him! _[Far, far below: Moriarty’s arms and legs flail as he disappears down into the deepest reaches of the Falls.]_ *Holmes:* _[chuckling with pride]_ Bravo, Watson! _[Watson gasps for an instant, then thrusts his arms down, stretching, to seize Holmes by the wrists.]_ *Watson:* Can't let _you_ take all the glory on this one, Holmes.
@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts2 жыл бұрын
😯 Wow! Thank you for this heartbreaking read. 🙁
@annskinner8467 Жыл бұрын
My most favourite episode! Been to Meiringen, had my photo taken with Sherlock! Visted the Falls, pretty terrifying. And the Jeremy Brett episode is wonderfully done too. Thanks Greg, no one reads as well as you ❤️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Agreed
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio7 ай бұрын
Cheers Ann as per
@annskinner84677 ай бұрын
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Have you visited there Greg? Be sure to wear waterproof clothing! It’s exactly as described in the story. 💦💦💦💦 In the TV series I like the way Holmes has a picture of the Reichenbach Falls at 221b, as a kind of portent
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio11 ай бұрын
Please note 2 mentions of the word copyright in the first two lines of the description.
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Ik but anyways thx
@kellys16757 жыл бұрын
Thanks 4 uploading these :) .x.
@jpnorstad6 жыл бұрын
Go away
@ringpop61775 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is great!!
@ringpop61775 жыл бұрын
Luv u!!
@roya-19Ай бұрын
The best readings… 👏👏
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio24 күн бұрын
Cheers 🍻
@tayday4245 ай бұрын
Raise your glasses, let us toast to the inimitable, the great and the good Sherlock Holmes.
@ABDULRAHMAN-pu2lo9 ай бұрын
Thank You Very Much
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio9 ай бұрын
You are welcome, sir!
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Or maybe ma'am 😜
@jerrykoston6494 Жыл бұрын
This is a very good story well written and directed jerry
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jerry
@sivanlevi3867 Жыл бұрын
Alas. The Final Problem will never be truly "final", for as long as there are stories to tell in this world, as long as mystery holds appeal in this world, Sherlock Holmes is a name immortal.
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Agreed, wonder why it is called the"last"problem .
@babybooandherhumandeb31884 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio4 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@Kington993 жыл бұрын
Isn't Moriarty's brother previously described as a station master?
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Yes, but who said he is evil too
@jamesmartinez56223 жыл бұрын
Dat moment when the guy Richie movies get like 3 things right
@bigbassfishing4203 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who did this for English class? ☝️
@suehanks9464 жыл бұрын
professor James Moriarty had a brother colonel James Moriarty a train conductor who is the professors little brother and the professor is a professor of mathmatics
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Yup
@user-rr1jw9cz1u10 ай бұрын
This story contains some wording which is similar to T.S.Elliott’s wording in a few poems. Who echos whom?
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio10 ай бұрын
I noticed ‘grimpen’ in one of Eliot’s poems yesterday. Odd coincidence!
@AlanMcGonigle-ho1tz6 ай бұрын
1:20. Coronal James Moriarty defends his brother. Is the Moriarty at Rickenback falls not James Moriarty. What have I done/missed.
@NickDiFrosciaАй бұрын
I remember this 😅
@claire56195 ай бұрын
great
@NickDiFroscia22 күн бұрын
Again back to reality ❣️
@thecountalucard6662 жыл бұрын
Which one’s your favorite?
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio2 жыл бұрын
The Red Headed League?
@thecountalucard6662 жыл бұрын
A good pick. Might be my biases showing, but I like the ones where Holmes shows he’s got a real sense of humanity and justice to him, one that doesn’t always coincide with the letter of the law.
@mysteriousstranger99205 жыл бұрын
The End?
@mysteriousstranger99205 жыл бұрын
🤫
@kateking39534 жыл бұрын
Not at all!
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Noooo
@reddwing43682 жыл бұрын
"Driving that train" You know the rest
@NickDiFrosciaАй бұрын
Back to reality ❣️.
@petechambers541 Жыл бұрын
A question to you Gregg , something I've only just noticed ..at the beginning of this story Holmes says to Watson you have probably never heard of professor Moriarty ,to which Watson says never, that's a mistake on Conan Doyle's part surely as Moriarty was discussed at great length in the valley of fear in Watson's presence and with it ending in Baxter stating will that king devil ever be caught and Holmes saying give me time .. obviously this is then after the events of the valley of fear ..well it's not a question but an observation I wonder if you'd noticed
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Жыл бұрын
I hadn't noticed that, but now that you've pointed it out... interesting! Perhaps a real Sherlock expert could tell us?
@amandagibbs242911 ай бұрын
Doyle does tend to make little inconsistencies in his writings, and that is one of them. Valley of Fear was written after The Final Problem despite taking place prior to it.
@radiant92304 жыл бұрын
Sherlock Holmes: Stanley Parable Edition
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio4 жыл бұрын
Who? What?
@radiant92304 жыл бұрын
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Look up a video game called The Stanley Parable. You'll find the game's narrator to be rather familiar.
@charlieheavey27513 жыл бұрын
online learning -->
@megancarrion14066 жыл бұрын
?
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
BTW who agrees that Moriarty sounds like monopoly. Say yes or no😂
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Me yes
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Smart people tend to be quite evil... Probably because they are tooooooooooooooo proud. Same goes to a mystery guy i know *spoiler alert* it is a boy btw 😅
@joker7971 Жыл бұрын
33:35
@adamh74844 жыл бұрын
11:50. 217
@angelamariegutierrez14273 жыл бұрын
13:53
@galateojlatteo Жыл бұрын
No, Sherlock Holmes died in this story?
@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Жыл бұрын
I don't think so, no.
@Ashleylele9 ай бұрын
Maybe I am overreacting 😅
@annskinner84677 ай бұрын
Shuuush
@laisbarbini2 жыл бұрын
6:30
@indethbed25462 жыл бұрын
8:35
@mihiro57742 жыл бұрын
16:13
@JimB73C3 жыл бұрын
There's no proof that they've been thoroughly tested! Produce the evidence of the trials its been put through. There hasn't been sufficient time!
@adarshshrivastava54713 жыл бұрын
Never ever coming to this video again
@fabriziom00102 жыл бұрын
Who asked
@arnepianocanada9 ай бұрын
To your discredit and loss. I agree with the "Who asked" post.