• Old Man in the Corner, The by Baroness Emma Orczy

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Old Man in the Corner, The by Baroness Emma Orczy

By: Mc bill frank
  • Summary

  • Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic "penny dreadful" newspaper accounts, with the occasional courtroom visit for extra laughs. He narrates all this information (while tying complicated knots in a piece of string) to a Lady Journalist who frequents the same tea-shop.
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Episodes
  • Suicide or Murder? & The End
    25 mins
  • The Living and the Dead & The Mysterious Death in Percy Street
    18 mins
  • A High-Bred Gentleman
    11 mins

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