Broken Oars Podcast Boat Race Sherlock Holmes Special: The Mystery of the Murdered Bow - Part Five

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We return as the mystery deepens!

Holmes and Watson have been called from their chambers at 221b Baker Street by Inspector Lestrade to investigate the apparent suicide of a young gentleman at a Cambridge College.

On arriving, they find Mr. Martin, the deceased, in his chambers, slumped over his desk, dead from a single gunshot wound to the head. The door had to forced by Mr. Potter, the porter, and no-one else was found in the room with him at the time of his discovery.

Investigating the scene, Holmes finds a priest's hole, common enough in the older Cambridge colleges, and a button.

Are they something? Or are they nothing?

Further investigations lead Holmes to the college boathouse where he learns from Mr. Pitman, that young Mr. Martin had just been awarded his seat in the bows of the Cambridge crew for the Boat Race. Mr. Muttlebury goes on to explain the intricacies and appeal of rowing to Mr. Holmes ... and the vital importance of the bow oar in any boat.

As they walk back to Cambridge, Holmes mulls over what he has learned ...

 

... is it something, or is it nothing?

The mystery deepens ...


(In last weekend's men's race, the press / media liked the Parrish brothers having a father who rowed for Cambridge. Maybe turns out the more significant help was having a mother who had been a very good @ULBC cox ... ? Just saying ... ).