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The Case of the Jolly Hangman

Sherlock Holmes

Season 1Episode 28Aired 1955-05-09
The Case of the Jolly Hangman

The Case of the Jolly Hangman

Jessie Hooper hires Holmes to find her missing husband, William, and -- with the help of Lestrade's cousin MacDougal of Glasgow -- he his found hung -- like his grandfather. A rope salesman's laugh is the key clue. It is ironically the window that William never returned to repair that traps villain by his tie.