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The Old Man in the Corner

by Baroness Emma ORCZY (1865 - 1947)

The Fenchurch Street Mystery

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. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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Listen next episodes of The Old Man in the Corner:
A Cunning Rascal , A High-Bred Gentleman , A Memorable Day & An Unparalleled Outrage , A Night's Adventure & All He Knew , A Sensation & Two Blackguards , A Terrible Plight , Conflicting Evidence & An Alibi , His Deduction & The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace , Mr. Errington , Non Proven & Undeniable Facts , Suicide or Murder? & The End , The Capital Charge & A Broken-Hearted Woman , The De Genneville Peerage , The Dublin Mystery & Forgery , The Edinburgh Mystery , The Liverpool Mystery , The Living and the Dead & The Mysterious Death in Percy Street , The Millionaire in the Dock , The Motive & Friends , The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway , The Prisoner , The Regent’s Park Murder , The Theft at the English Provident Bank , The York Mystery