Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances, apparently run to death by a ghost hound from the foggy moors of England. Baskerville´s face bore an expression of terror and his body showed signs of exhaustion. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in by Sir Henry, the brother of Sir Charles, to solve the difficult case. Holmes is afraid, that when Sir Henry moves into Baskerville Hall, he could also be attacked by the hound. So he sends his friend Watson with Sir Henry to protect him and to find out more clues for the case.
Holmes stays at first in London and gets letters from Watson: descriptions of neighbors, of the servants and of anything that might be of relevance there. Meanwhile in Devon, strange things happen to Watson: The servant of the Baskervilles behaves strange and in the night he often hears strange noises.
Some days later Watson discovers Holmes in an old hut near the moor, who secretly came to Devon, because he thought it would be better in order to solve the case and to find out more about the hound.
Holmes and Watson go to the Baskerville Hall and while looking at family portraits, they realize that Stapleton, who lived near the Hall, was also a Baskerville. Now Holmes thinks that he could have been involved in the murder of Sir Charles.
One day when Sir Henry is on a visit at the Stapleton’s, Holmes and Watson follow him and hide in front of the house. When Sir Henry walks home, they see that Stapleton opens a door, where a giant hound comes out, and follows Sir Henry. Holmes shoots the hound in the last second. Then Holmes and Watson chase Stapleton, who flees from them. In his hurry Stapleton doesn’t watch the path, sinks into the moor and dies.
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