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On a Winter’s night of 1896, Holmes and Watson had gone to enjoy a classic play, Sweenie Todd. The drama of the demon barber draws comments from our sleuths, then they are called back stage for the sanity and safety of London. The cast share concerns over strange happenings.
Mr Humphries has found a blood soaked razor, and mud covered boots more than once, though those artifacts aren’t to be found at the moment. When Holmes follows up, he finds no unsolved razor murders on record. When evidence turns up, Humphries seems proven to not be making his story up.
Holmes opinion on the case is still out, other than having a matter of fraud afoot. Who is toying with Humphries, and why are they doing it? Sherlock doubts that Humphries is a sleep walker, or a murder, then he finds the worried man has been killed.
All that’s left is for Watson to finish relating this tale. The ruse hasn’t fooled Holmes, but he’ll still need to act fast as he holds his cards close to the vest while he reveals the killer.
