sherlock holmes and the case of the sussex vampire

Jack has been attempting to murder his half-brother by shooting poisoned darts at him, and his stepmother’s behavior of sucking the baby’s neck is thereby explained: she was sucking the poison out.

Holmes has deduced this and confirmed it by looking at Jack’s reflection in the window while his father’s attention was on the baby. Ferguson’s elder son, who is extremely jealous of his young half-brother. It turns out that the culprit is Jack, Mr. Ferguson as this is exactly what she has wanted: for the truth to come from someone else’s lips. Holmes then explains the truth about what has been happening, much to the relief of Mrs. He cannot imagine why his friend is doing this. Ferguson is doting on his younger son, Watson notices that Holmes is gazing at the window. Holmes examines the South American weapons displayed in the house and meets the children. Ferguson has known about the bloodsucking incidents. She also demands her child, who has been with the nurse, Mrs. He finds an agitated woman in the room upstairs – she speaks of all being destroyed, and of sacrificing herself rather than breaking her husband’s heart. Ferguson’s maid announces that her mistress is ill, and Dr.

Holmes’s trip is made simply to observe and confirm what he has already deduced. Ferguson’s house in Sussex, Holmes has deduced what is going on, and it has nothing to do with vampires. Ferguson her meals.Įven before Holmes and Watson set off for Mr. Only her Peruvian maid, Dolores, is allowed in. Ever since being found out by her husband, she has locked herself in her room and refused to come out. After the bloodsucking began, Jack has unaccountably been struck twice by his stepmother, although Mr. By his first wife, he has a 15-year-old son named Jack, who suffered an unfortunate accident as a child and now, although he can still walk, he does not have the full use of his legs. Robert Ferguson, who comes to 221B Baker Street the next morning, has become convinced that his Peruvian second wife has been sucking their baby son’s blood. Holmes receives an odd letter that makes reference to vampires. In today’s concluding offering, I consider The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire and it informs a root cause analysis in any best practices compliance program. Over this week’s blog posts, I have been exploring the first five stories from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, mining each story for themes and lessons related to the compliance professional, leadership and business ethics. We conclude our week of Sherlock Holmes-themed blog posts today.

Sherlock holmes and the case of the sussex vampire