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The sleuth investigates a Peruvian woman accused of sucking her children's blood. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1964.

A Peruvian woman is accused of sucking the blood of her children.

Another case for the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective tale first published in 1924.

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes ...... Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson ...... Norman Shelley
Ferguson ...... Stephen Jack
Dolores ...... Gladys Spencer
Mrs Ferguson ...... Josefina Ray
Mrs Mason ...... Margaret Welfit
Jack ...... Peter Bartlett

Producer Graham Gauld

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1964.

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30 minutes

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