Dear Greg, 24 year old speaking here! I have to thank you for your narration because it has reintroduced me to reading. I stopped reading for fun around 14 because school ruined it for me but like so many other people have commented, your voice is what really makes these stories. I am very grateful to you for bringing this enjoyment back into my life. Thankyou so much Maddie

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear. Cheers Maddie!

Keep adding these regularly. Please do not stop. Write your own Sherlock adventures if you have to.

Thank you Mr Wagland. I can never wrap my head around the fact that it is one man reading in all those different voices. It is like listening to the best of radio dramas. This goes for all your readings.

@judikingsman6132

Жыл бұрын

The man of a thousand voices ❤️

@joehockley2610

Жыл бұрын

I Know he's absolutely amazing no one i mean no can even compare I can't listen to anyone else read SH his readings of the valley of fear , the sign of 4 and a study in scarlet really blew my mind I refer to him as the G.O.A.T

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks D A

@mckavitt13

Жыл бұрын

And yet his voice (& reading style) are immediately recognisable!

@codeeasly5102

Жыл бұрын

Even it is rabbit hole mystery for me , how he does it , We need Sherlock home to solve , then again it will be read by Greg , 😛

Greg Magland's voice recalls very much that of David Burke, the first Watson to Jeremy Brett's Holmes. Finest details of accent and vocal timbre! A superbly clear series reader.

Sir Wagland, your voice is a Time Machine. As soon as I start listening one of your stories ( and I’m proud to say that I have listened to almost all of them during house chores, walking, and before I sleep) I step into the 19th century. You are a national treasure.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

5 ай бұрын

Very kind- thank you!

Oh this feels like a proper Holmes story, I quite like it.

Just when I thought I had listened to all your readings of Sherlock… I come across this… soooo excited!

Excellent Sherlock Holmes story. I love your narrations of Holmes and Watson. You bring them to life in the cinema of my mind.

Hooray! More Sherlock Holmes! More Greg Wagland! Having a bit of a rough ride these days. This story will be the equivalent of being met at my door with a hot toddy. Thank you, Mr. Wagland!

Thank you Greg, another audio adventure to allow the imagination to flourish in Victorian London is greatly appreciated! Well done good Sir!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Scotticus. Hope you're doing good. Happy Christmas etc.

Your narration and acting mr. Wagland, is a soothing balm for the mind, ear, and soul. Thank you.

Love it thank you. Live in Derbyshire, been to Hathersage many times....outdoor pool!! 2 of mine lived in Broomhill and Glossop Road when they were at Sheffield University and I used to bypass Dore and Totley driving the Chatsworth House route to visit or pick them up. Having been bed ridden 11 years now it was such a lovely surprise xx

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes I must make a pilgrimage to More / Totley. I expect the tunnel is still there? Thanks Jane.

Mr Waglund, my family would love if you read Christmas Eve at the Wardles from Pickwick Papers. Your readings are the bomb.

love these sherlock holmes stories they are the best, love your work

Oh, Greg! I'm so glad that you have gone on to reading the Holmes pastiches! What a joy to hear more new Holmes and Watson stories as only you can tell them!

I have missed Greg’s voice reading these Sherlock stories! I was so mesmerised and finished listening to all Sherlock stories ( read by Greg) during the first wave of COVID when we were forced to stay home! So glad he’s back 😊

Thank you for this most enjoyable tale, and for the back story regarding its’ author. I found that it had a subtly different rhythm than ACD but how wonderful you have shared it. As always, thank you for your masterful narration...warm, witty, precise, perfect!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks LCH

Bravo! The best Holmes pastiche I've read

Wonderful as always! But Mr Wagland could read an old phone book and keep us all clinging for the next word!

Most enjoyable story and in the authentic voice of Holmes and Watson

Oh I thought the title was "The Case of the Man Who Was Wanted by Arthur Whitaker."

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Ha! The importance of punctuation! Fork ‘andles, etc.

I do not as a rule like any tampering with the works of classic writers, but Mr. Whitaker, has done a splendid job here with Holmes.

Hello again Greg. This particular effort is very much closer to Doyle. The humbling of Lastrade is a cleaver device, as he can, at times, be a little overconfident in his abilities. Cheers.

Wog Greg you did an excellent job narrating this story,better than many of the professionals on Audible,Thanks bruv.

@moviemad56

Жыл бұрын

Ah! Greg, he damns you with faint praise... I understand that you *are* a professional, and a superlative one at that.

I think this works very, very well indeed. I especially like the little Conan Doyle-type detail flourish of the barely used ink blotter and the waste paper. Pleased to know the author finally gained recognition for this neat little story. Wonderfully read as usual thank you

Far better narration than others - particularly those more modern SH tales not written by Sir A C Doyle. I am aware this tale was also not written by Doyle but at least it was written at the right time, also a tale one can believe was written by Doyle and read by a consummate Holmes reader.

There remains one unanswered question at the end. Unless I missed it. Terrific pastiche. Very enjoyable. Thank you Greg.

I miss Greg’s voice! The best narrator of these stories ; I listened to the entire collection and returning of Sherlock Holmes during Covid! Best companion ever!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Ай бұрын

Thanks diw2756

Thank you, Greg. This is glorious. As always. Please, continue to give us more wonderful readings.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Will do!

Thank you, thank you - listening to you reading Sherlock Holmes stories is like eating ice cream and meringue covered in chocolate sauce in front of a log fire...if you run out of stories, just read a bus timetable.

@jojoe4093

Жыл бұрын

Maybe GWag can read a Bradshaw instead. Lol

@janerigg9358

Жыл бұрын

Agree with all of that except the chocolate sauce xx

@peachypie8018

Жыл бұрын

@@janerigg9358 Can I have your choccy sauce, them? x

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

OK! I'm more of a cheese board and biscuits/bread kind of person. You have a sweet tooth, peachy?

@peachypie8018

Жыл бұрын

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Yep indeed. The day is not complete without stuffing my face with sweet stuff but I don't turn my nose up at cheese,( not the stinky kind.) Merry Christmas, keep cosy and well. x

Thank you, Sir, for this most intriguing story. This delightful tale is one I had never read or heard before. You have the most wonderful voice and I love how your voice portrays each of the characters distinctly. I so appreciate your talent and look forward to hearing more of your masterpieces. 🥰🙏🏻🥰

I appreciate your hard work

Thank you for some delightful examples of the Sherlock Holmes pastiche👍And you do provide such great descriptions. I am happy that Mr Whitaker had his original manuscript. I did enjoy.

one of my favourite channels love the Sherlock readings

A precious link to sanity

Excellent story and wonderfully narrated. My time was well spent and thank you.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening fifty something!

A very interesting Sherlock Holmes story. Loved your reading of it:)

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great story and wonderful narration. Thank you.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great story, great reading, a new subscriber.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

I am literally in Baker Street, thank you

What tickles me is the way they read the newspapers for up-to-date and accurate information about individual crimes - can you imagine doing that now? Or reading them & believing them about anything at all? Some of the Holmes stories written by other authors are...not so good. There's one novel where he reveals that he's an alien from another planet, sent to do good on earth...dear me

@martavdz4972

Жыл бұрын

Of course I can, only it´s the newspapers´ websites 😂 There´s one radio in my country that still does traditional, fairly unbiased and detailed reporting. They have a good website.

Wonderful story and your rendition of it. Loved every moment...a real treat. To me it was pure Sherlock! Thanks so much.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

All got more than their ten guineas worth! Greg, your reading made this “forgery” almost an original! Life imitates Art because in the former the author’s carbon copy proved his creation in 1948; whereas in the latter in 1910 the ink blotter “reflecting” paper was the ship voyage clue!

@paddypup1836

Жыл бұрын

Dumb down your statement for me please

@TheNeilo-Audiosound

Жыл бұрын

@@paddypup1836 I think I sort of get it🤔 Hold on Actually I Don’t 😂

@Gottenhimfella

Жыл бұрын

@@paddypup1836 You need to click on "Show more" to read the entire blurb above the comments, which starts "This (in my opinion) is a great Sherlock Holmes pastiche..."

What a pleasure to keep receiving these wonderful installments

Ah! A new story to my ears. Are there any more Whitaker Holmes tales, or other non-Doyle Holmes writings that you have narrated? Splendid reading, by the way. Next time I should be prepared with a hot tea 🍵 at hand. 😉

Oh boy, I missed your voice. I listened to the Brazilian Cat almost every evening, as your voice soothed my I’ll soul through many turbulent seas. When my foundation get$ $table, I want to share & share a LIKE! Thank you so much! Your dramatic skills are SUPERB!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Evelan. Too much Brazilian Cat - rather scary!

An excellent story and an most excellent rendition of such by Mr. Wagland. Well done as always.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Earl.

This was amazing! It differed from Conan Doyle's only in the bit of humor, which I have never found in any other of the Sherlock stories. It is no wonder that his estate attributed it to him.

@martavdz4972

Ай бұрын

Conan Doyle´s stories are more visual. I can see the people and their clothes in my head, while reading sir ACD. And a bit emotional and domestic. There sometimes are passages where nothing really happens, Holmes is nervous that he can´t solve the case, that in turn makes Watson nervous, then you get a description of pipe smoke or heaps of newspapers or uneaten breakfast to illlustrate the tension. IMHO it was this contrast between the almost inhuman drive and intelligence vs. these simple domestic visual descriptions that made the stories so appealing. This story is more rational and plot-driven, it only gives you the general idea of people and places. It sees them as concepts, not as a source of visual details.

Thank you Greg as always. I found this pastiche rather impressive, since Whitaker managed to capture the personality of Watson, an underappreciated character, since he's the narrator and we only see Holmes through his eyes. However the ending was a letdown.

Absolutely ❤ this channel! I’m a huge Sherlock Holmes & Watson fan now. I have a hard time reading, but listening to these stories has been magical. Thank you.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Wrobbie. Glad you've enjoyed the tales! Thank you for commenting - appreciated!

Enjoyable, superb narration and good sound quality. Thank you.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

24 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Listened to all of the originals so many times, it is fun to hear the pastices as an antidote to my yearning for more! Read as perfectly as usual. 🤔 Thanks! 😁 🦴

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

Another wonderful story. thank you.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it AM

Greg Wagland's voice sounds much like David Burke, the first Watson of the Jeremy Brett series.

Good to hear your voice again Greg! I think I will like this more than Lupin.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

I think so too, Clara!

Oh man, I haven't gotten past the beginning yet and Began nodding!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

11 ай бұрын

Ha! Will you ever get through the first half?

@erinwallace4103

11 ай бұрын

I try. You're doing a great job. Especially the change of voices between characters.

Superb Holmes’s chronicle Narrated Greg style Wonderful Thanks

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dave!

Thanks for introducing me to this story! I could tell it wasn´t sir ACD´s work, it has a more clean-cut style, more story-oriented, less emotion, fewer visual details and a less surprising story twist. In fact, it sounds a bit like Agatha Christie. Reminds me of her story The Million Dollar Bond Robbery. I didn´t like it as a Sherlock Holmes story, but I liked it as a mystery story, if you know what I mean 😄

@LambentLark

Жыл бұрын

It's like the author was doing Sherlock Holmes instead of being Holmes. Does that make sense?

@LambentLark

Жыл бұрын

I did enjoy it though.

@martavdz4972

Жыл бұрын

@@LambentLark Absolutely 🙂 I agree, only would like to add that he does Sherlock Holmes very well, compared to some other pastiches I´ve read. Btw I enjoyed it, too 🙂

Love stories and great to hear Sherlock Holmes - nice reading.

Just found your channel and I’m very grateful for it, nice job all around!

Greg Wagland nails it again! Peace Love N Respect to you and your family; mine have enjoy your voice for years! Plus, when I read books with my family, I try to use different voices.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ace Ace

Thank you Mr Greg!!! Always a happy day when you post!!!

Lovely story. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you for sharing. ❤

I enjoyed that story. Thank you.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Rose. Cheers.

I have to say as a narrator you are the best I've ever heard!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Linda! V kind of you!

Superb as usual

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

You know, Mr. Magpie, There is a book by James Hogg called Confessions Of A Justified Sinner that may be up your alley. So creepy and compelling you dread the next page but can't stop reading.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Dare I?

@electrictofumuffins6384

Жыл бұрын

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio I feel bad mentioning it because it has really challenging accents throughout. But, if there is someone who could do it, that someone would be you.

You are the best reader of these and other stories,I feel like I'm watching a play 😊

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you Steve.

As expected, an excellent performance 👏 bravo!!!

Thank you for a new upload! Really enjoy the work you put in for us!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening, Lucy.

Great job Gregg thank you !

What a treat ! Thank you x

Perfect timing..thank you so much! 👍🏾

Delightful!

I always like how you welcome your friend Watson... 😄👍

extremely good as always. Thank you very much

A great movie in the mind 2 big thumbs up

A lovely listen! Thank you and keep them coming😇

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Hi Greg! It's so interesting to hear these tributes. I almost feel like I would have known this wasn't written by ACD just from the title and the sentence structure in the first few opening lines.

Love it! Beautifully written and read!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. Thanks Vicki.

Thanks as always

It may not be sherlock Holmes but you read it perfectly thanks Greg 👍 😀

Excellent tale. Is any of Arthur Whitaker's other work suitable for the channel?

@Gottenhimfella

Жыл бұрын

I don't think he wrote anything else. He was an architect (unemployed at the time he wrote this excellent story). He sent it to Conan Doyle, hoping they could collaborate, but was told he should invent his own character. CD purchased what he called this "fine story" to have the rights to use the plot, but never did.

Always enjoy these. Thanks as always, Greg. Mahe Ohna ✌️ Favour ALL

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Raven Keefer. Hope all well with you - cheers!

Wonderful presentation. Thank you.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very fun to listen to. Thank you.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening, Shari!

I like this one the best of your 3. I find it utterly convincing. For me it has the added charm of the Sheffield setting - I used to live there. (A couple of minor mispronounciations of place names!) Much enjoyed, thank you.

Love it. Thank You✨

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

7 ай бұрын

Welcome! Cheers Jody

This is a real good one

Thank you very much !! Truly impressive!! 👏

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for listening!

A good hour well spent. Brilliant reading. Just one small detail jarred. How did Sherlock find out where Booth had moved to? The writer glosses over it by having Holmes say he spent two hours finding it, but that I needn't bore you with details, when talking to Dr. Watson. Details are everything in Sherlock Holmes stories.

@jojoe4093

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@Gottenhimfella

Жыл бұрын

It seems likely that the other lodging would have been nearby, as it would mean Booth could travel on foot between the two in the deserted small hours, rather than take a cab with the attendant involvement of other parties. So Holmes had only to arrange for enquiries to be made at providers of lodgings in the close vicinity, regarding lodgers who were mostly absent, and it is plausible he might have an answer within hours. Possibly he could call at local watering holes to arrive at a short list. I agree that Doyle habitually explained small details, but sometimes they were too mundane to merit explanation. Having said all that, I did notice this loose end on listening to the story, and I must confess, it was a little jarring. But I thought in general it was a very fine effort. The notion of two tickets for one man was (I think) brilliant and entirely worthy of Doyle, because everything about passenger-ship ticket tracking was (and may still be - it's certainly the case on most trains) aimed at detecting insufficiency of tickets, rather than a surplus of them. Presumably this is because the latter is far from undesirable, commercially speaking.

I appreciate your Channel

Another excellent story. Enjoying listening to it with a pipe and a Guinness.

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Marc. A pipe - what a splendid idea!

Good one!

great stuff

Can't wait to listen ...I'm just arriving here

Love... Thank You!

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

Very good tale, well read! I wonder if other of any other of Conan Doyles stories were the work of ghost writers..

@justincarr8178

Жыл бұрын

That's a fascinating idea.Imagine at the height of Holmes mania when The Strand (I think) were publishing them and they were madly successful I wonder if Conan Doyle had writers block or if he found it difficult to write a story for the deadline and so a ghost 👻 writer did indeed write a story or 2 ,there are some rubbish ones like Silver Blaze or The Lions Mane.Hmmm food for thought Julie.

@martavdz4972

Жыл бұрын

@@justincarr8178 Silver Blaze isn´t rubbish, it´s a classic and popular SH story. For my part, I don´t think any of the stories were written by anyone else. I studied literature and wrote a paper on SH so I might have developed some instinct for this kind of thing. And my instinct says they were all written by sir Conan Doyle. The plots are very different but there are some subtle similarities. There´s roughly the same amount of visual details in every story. There´s roughly the same ratio of precision : sensationalism in every story. I could go on and on.

Dear greg I am currently working on the first of a trilogy of sherlock holmes stories, one is children's sherlock story the other is a more traditional sherlock story but with an extra twist,and the last one is a story set in the early 1990s involving a sherlock devote who uses holmes methods to solve a most perplexing crime . I am a novice writer and though I am confident that the plots for the stories are strong I am less cofident that I have paced the narrative and story line to its affect. I wonder if you would take a look at the draft and offer me some professional advice

Excellent

@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!