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.
The Secret of the Magnifique
Season 2 Episode 4 | 51m 33s | CC
Laxworthy, an elderly gentleman, conceives a plan of great international importance. With the aid of two ex-convicts, he secures the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French Navy. In their service to the French government, they will, of course, stand to make a profit themselves.
