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The Mystery of the Amber Beads

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 Mystery of the Amber Beads

Season 2 Episode 12 | 47m 25s | CC

Who murdered Mrs. Arryford? The answer is obvious to Det. Sgt. Grubber, but not to Hagar the gypsy. To her, feelings are more reliable than facts and it takes all of her gypsy intuition to arrive at the right solution.

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