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The Ripening Rubies

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 Ripening Rubies

Season 1 Episode 12 | 49m 43s | CC

From society ballrooms to the East End dock, private detective and court jeweler Sutton (Robert Lang) follows a trail of stolen jewelry in this Victorian case of robbery and murder.

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