Résultats pour "Arthur Conan Doyle" dans Surnaturel

Sherlock Holmes reist mit Dr. Watson nach Düsseldorf, um eine Mordserie aufzuklären, die die Stadt in Angst versetzt. Statt sich von den zahllosen Spuren verwirren zu lassen, beginnt Holmes, die Wege, Gewohnheiten und Lebensumstände der Opfer zu entschlüsseln. Eine Überlebende führt ihn schließlich zu einem Haus und liefert den entscheidenden Hinweis auf den Mann hinter den Verbrechen.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson folgen in Düsseldorf den Spuren eines unsichtbaren Täters, der sich unauffällig unter die Menschen mischt. Statt nur die Tatorte zu untersuchen, beginnt Holmes, die Gewohnheiten und Wege der Opfer zu entschlüsseln. Dann taucht ein geheimnisvoller Brief auf, der von einem Mann berichtet, der eine junge Frau entführt und angegriffen haben soll.

Sherlock Holmes folgt in Düsseldorf einer entscheidenden Spur, die ihn direkt zu Peter Kürten führt. Während die Polizei den Kreis um den gesuchten Mörder schließt, gerät auch dessen Ehefrau Auguste zwischen Angst, Liebe und Wahrheit. Ein geheimer Treffpunkt wird Kürten schließlich zur Falle.

Ein neuer Hinweis führt Holmes und Watson zu einer jungen Frau, die dem gesuchten Mörder nur knapp entkommen ist. Ihre Aussage bringt die Ermittler auf die Spur eines Hauses – und eines Mannes, der sich hinter bürgerlicher Unauffälligkeit verbirgt.

It is the autumn of 1910, and for 15 long years, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have battled R’lluhloig, the Hidden Mind that was once Professor James Moriarty. Europe is creeping inexorably towards war, and a more cosmic conflict is nearing its zenith, as in a single night all the most eminent members of the Diogenes Club die horribly, seemingly by their own hands. Holmes suspects it is the handiwork of a German spy working for R’lluhloig, but his search for vengeance costs an old friend his life.

This volume presents some of Conan Doyle s unduly neglected masterworks. Each begins in a quietly factual way, making all the more dramatic the crescendo of fear and puzzlement that ensues as each new circumstance is revealed. Even without his supremely logical brain child, Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle shows that his tales are unbeatable for thrills and excitement. Contents: Tales of terror: The horror of the heights, The leather funnel, The new catacomb, The case of Lady Sannox, The terror of Blue John Gap, The Brazilian cat.

Tales of Terror and Mystery narrated by Norman Gilligan, a collection of Arthur Conan Doyle stories including: "Tales of Terror", "The Horror of the Heights", "The Leather Funnel", "The New Catacomb", "The Case of Lady Sannox", "The Terror of Blue John Gap" "The Brazilian Cat Tales of Mystery", "The Lost Special", "The Beetle-Hunter", "The Man with the Watches", "The Japanned Box", "The Black Doctor", and "The Jew's Breastplate". These stories will keep you enthralled and in suspense.

Trapped by the strength of the public adoration of his character Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle was desperate to write other works not involving the sleuth. The Tales of Terror and Mystery have all the recognisable qualities that made Conan Doyle's work so popular - the attention to gruesome detail, the meticulous logic and the intricate and wittily bemusing plotting - yet they are free of the constraints put on Conan Doyle by Mr. Holmes.

Uncover one of Sherlock Holmes’s most unsettling cases in The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot by Arthur Conan Doyle. Set against the stark, windswept coast of Cornwall, this 1910 mystery follows Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate a series of inexplicable deaths and sudden madness afflicting a single family.

Während die meisten Abenteuer von Sherlock Holmes durch die Notizen und Publikationen von Dr. John Watson hinlänglich belegt und bekannt sind, gibt es auch eine gewisse Anzahl an Fällen, die der Öffentlichkeit damals geradezu zwingend vorenthalten werden mussten: Insbesondere im beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert hatte Holmes mit einigen höchst ungewöhnlichen Rätseln zu tun, deren Aufklärung gängige wissenschaftliche Anschauungen und normale irdische Zusammenhänge mitunter sprengten.

Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction. From the bloodsucking plant in "The American's Tale" to the bloodsucking wife in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," he reveled in the horror created by creatures who survived on the blood of men and women.

Holmes is just days away from bringing down the biggest criminal ringleader in London. But his quick and wicked foe is as cautious and intelligent as he. When Moriarty learns of Holmes' plans against him, he releases an evil on England the likes of which no civilized man had ever seen. In a desperate attempt to save England and, perhaps, the known world, Holmes and his trusty friend Watson travel across Europe to find the source of Moriarty's newfound power and end him and his wicked plan for good.

A frozen Arctic expanse, a captain who appears to be hardly of sound mind and a strange wailing from across the ice fields make for an eerie and desolate voyage. John M’Allister-Ray, a student of medicine aboard the Polestar, records the events in his diary whilst scarcely believing what he is witnessing.

The Ring of Thoth is a tale of fantasy, mystery, the supernatural and horror by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

"My murder will take place in a darkened séance room—shot twice in the chest.” The words are a premonition related to Arthur Conan Doyle when he answers a summons for help from a mysterious woman who identifies herself only as “a Spiritualist Medium of some renown.”