Welcome to Storytime Classics! In this video, we present The Five Orange Pips, the fifth story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1891. This chilling mystery introduces us to a case involving sinister threats and a secret society. When young John Openshaw seeks Holmes’ help after receiving a strange letter containing five orange pips, Holmes realizes he’s facing a far darker and more dangerous conspiracy than he initially thought.
Though this is Part 5 of our audiobook series, viewers can watch The Five Orange Pips as a standalone story. If you’d like to explore the earlier cases, including A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, and The Boscombe Valley Mystery, you can find them on our Dailymotion and YouTube channel!
📚 About The Five Orange Pips:
In this gripping tale, John Openshaw's uncle and father die under mysterious circumstances after receiving letters containing five orange pips and the letters "K.K.K." After John himself receives a similar letter, he turns to Sherlock Holmes for help. As Holmes investigates the case, he uncovers links to an American secret society and a trail of murder and revenge that crosses the Atlantic. The story is one of the darker entries in the Sherlock Holmes series, with a menacing atmosphere and a sense of foreboding danger.
✨ Trivia and Interesting Facts:
The Five Orange Pips is one of the rare cases where Sherlock Holmes is unable to prevent tragedy, adding a sense of vulnerability to his otherwise infallible character.
The story is one of the few in the Holmes canon that features the Ku Klux Klan, an American secret society, as part of the plot’s background.
The use of coded messages and symbols, such as the orange pips, reflects Conan Doyle’s fascination with secret societies and cryptic communication.
This is one of the most suspenseful and eerie stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and it has inspired numerous adaptations in radio, television, and other media.
First published in The Strand Magazine in November 1891, it is one of the more macabre and tragic stories in the Sherlock Holmes collection.
Credits: an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer and Jose Menendez
Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org).
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