The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Charles Baskerville has died three months prior, leaving a manuscript with his doctor friend James Mortimer. The intent of the manuscript is to be a warning to members of the Baskerville line to be aware of their temperament and beware of the moor after dark.

Mortimer reads this document to Sherlock Homes and John Watson which tells of the fate of the wicked Hugo - a Baskerville ancestor, Sir Hugo is the picture of aristocratic excess, drinking and pursuing pleasures of the flesh. When a yeoman's daughter caught his eye and she did her best to avoid him, he and his friends carried her off to a room high up in Baskerville Hall. While Hugo and others drank, the girl climbed down the ivy on the outside wall and began making her way home across the moor (a marshy wasteland). When it was discovered that she was missing, one of the guests suggested using the hounds on her, which Hugo quickly acted on.

When the guests realized what was happening, thirteen of them rode off on their horses to stop Hugo and the hounds. Before they reach him, a frightened shepherd tells them he saw the chase, but that there was also "a hound of hell" close behind Hugo. His horse soon passes them, riderless and on its way back. Even the hounds that were in pursuit of the maiden are now just whimpering about. Three of the riders continue on, down into a clearing where they find the girl dead and a giant black hound tearing out the throat of Hugo Baskerville.

Thus starts the harrowing tale of "The Hound of the Baskervilles". A thrill ride for the ages!