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Summary: Charles Augustus Milverton is blackmailing one of Holmes's clients. Holmes and Watson break into Milverton's home to retrieve the compromising material. Solution: An aggrieved maid seeking revenge shoots Milverton, and the evidence is destroyed in the chaos.

Summary: Holmes matches wits with his arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty. A final confrontation occurs at the Reichenbach Falls. Solution: Both Holmes and Moriarty are presumed dead after a struggle, but Holmes eventually reappears, having faked his death.

Summary: Holmes is asked by Reginald Musgrave to investigate the disappearance of two servants. Solving an ancient family ritual leads to the discovery of a hidden treasure. Solution: The butler had found and tried to steal the treasure, resulting in his death inside a hidden vault.

Summary: The Baskerville family is threatened by a legendary demonic hound. Holmes uncovers that the hound is a trained animal used to kill heirs to the Baskerville fortune. Solution: The culprit, Mr. Stapleton, is exposed and the hound is killed, saving Henry Baskerville from his family's supposed curse.

Summary: Mr. Hilton Cubitt finds strange drawings of dancing men and seeks Holmes's help. The drawings are a coded message. Solution: The dancing figures are a secret code revealing threats; unfortunately, Holmes deciphers it too late to prevent Cubitt's murder.

Summary: Holmes returns, explaining his faked death to Watson and revealing a murder plot. Colonel Moran, Moriarty's right-hand man, is targeting him. Solution: Holmes baits Moran with a wax dummy and successfully captures the assassin.

Summary: The King of Bohemia seeks Holmes's help to retrieve a compromising photograph from Irene Adler. Holmes uses a disguise to find the photograph's location. Solution: Adler outwits Holmes, but she leaves behind the photograph as she no longer wishes to threaten the King's marriage.

Summary: Plans for the Bruce-Partington submarine have been stolen, with one of the designers found dead. Holmes traces the government documents. Solution: The dead man's brother, hoping to sell the plans, is revealed as the thief, but he is killed by an agent of a foreign power.

Summary: John Hector McFarlane is accused of murdering a builder for his inheritance. Holmes exposes hidden evidence in a fire. Solution: The 'victim' faked his death to frame McFarlane, but Holmes's sharp observation reveals the truth.

Summary: Helen Stoner fears for her life after her sister mysteriously dies. Holmes discovers the stepfather planned to kill Helen for her inheritance using a venomous snake, the 'speckled band'. Solution: Holmes thwarts the stepfather's plan, resulting in the snake turning back on the stepfather, killing him instead.

Summary: A precious gem, the Blue Carbuncle, is found in a goose's crop. Holmes tracks down the true thief. Solution: The stone had been stolen and accidentally fed to a goose; Holmes lets the inadvertent final thief go, as the man is repentant.