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Ep. 1073, The Great Ruby Robbery, by Grant Allen

The Classic Tales Podcast

Release Date: 09/26/2025

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Who stole an American heiress’s magnificent rubies?  Grant Allen, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

 

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If you’re going to the FanX convention in Salt Lake City on Saturday, you can see me twice, if you like. Three other narrators and I will be in a panel on audiobooks. We will also do a live performance of Agatha Christie’s short mystery: The Mystery of Marsden Manor. I’ll be there not only in person, but in costume as Hercule Poirot, a la the 1982 version of Evil Under the Sun, with Peter Ustinov as Poirot. If you come, please say hi!

 

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Today’s story first appeared in the Strand magazine, alongside the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, and also featured illustrations by Sydney Paget. I hope you like it.

 

And now, The Great Ruby Robbery, by Grant Allen

 

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