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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Woman in the Big Hat

This series brings to life the many detectives of late Victorian London who were "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes," from R. Austin Freeman’s brilliant forensic expert Dr. John Thorndyke to Arthur Morrison’s notorious villain, private inquiry agent Horace Dorrington, William Hope Hodgson’s world-famous ghost hunter Carnacki and Baroness Orczy’s detective Lady Molly of Scotland Yard.

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The Woman in the Big Hat

Season 1 Episode 9 | 51m 35s | CC

Elvi Hale stars as Baroness Orczy’s detective Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. Lady Molly and her policewoman partner Mary Granard meet for tea only to find themselves at a murder scene. Why was the victim murdered, and who was the woman in the big hat who was last seen with him?

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