The Adventure of the Dancing Men [SEP] series
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
"The Adventure of the Dancing Men", a Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle published as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" third in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Five Orange Pips", part of "The
- "The Adventure of Henry Baskerville and a Dog", an episode of the NHK puppetry "Sherlock Holmes" is based on "Hound of the Baskervilles" and "The Dancing Men". In it, Holmes deciphers the code found in the school in parallel with investigating the real figure of "Monster Dog".
- In the BBC series "Sherlock":
- "The Dancing Men" inspired the second episode of series 1, entitled "The Blind Banker", where ciphers are a prominent