- Holmes asks Watson to protect the new Lord of Baskerville Manor whose life seems to be threatened by a legendary, almost supernatural, hound.
- Dr. Mortimer, who has a general practice on Dartmoor, consults Holmes. His friend Sir Charles Baskerville has recently died, supposedly of a heart attack but Dr.Mortimer links the death to the myth of the hound of the Baskervilles, which, centuries earlier, killed wicked Hugo Baskerville and is said to haunt each generation. Sir Charles' young heir and nephew Henry is returning from abroad and the doctor fears for his safety. Sir Henry has a boot stolen from his hotel room and is followed by a bearded man. Holmes sends Dr. Watson off to Dartmoor with Mortimer and Henry, where he meets the butterfly collector and his sister Beryl, plus the very nervous housekeeper and valet to the Baskervilles, Mr. and Mrs. Barrymore, who appear to be signalling to someone on the moor...—don @ minifie-1
- After the death of Sir Charles Baskerville under strange and mysterious circumstances, Dr. Mortimer approaches the famed detective Sherlock Holmes to advise the heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, about his security. Sir Charles died of a an apparent heart attack but Morimer believes that he actually died of fright. He tells Holmes of the Baskerville family curse from when may years before Sir Hugo Baskerville attacked a young girl and was then reportedly killed on the moor by a gigantic hound. Homes is intrigued by the case and already, the new lord of the manor is experiencing strange happenings. On arrival at his hotel in London one of his new shoes goes missing; it then mysteriously re-appears and one of his old shoes is now missing. He's also received a note of warning indicating to Holmes that he is being followed. Unable to accompany him to the manor, Holmes dispatches Dr. Watson with the admonition that he is not to let Sir Henry go onto the moor alone.—garykmcd
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