The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes · Character
Harold Stackhurst
The headmaster whose school grounds become a murder scene, and whose friendship with the victim makes him both witness and suspect.
supporting
Also known as Stackhurst
First appearance: The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
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Head of The Gables coaching establishment; friend of Holmes and witness to McPherson's death; initially suspicious of Murdoch.
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Stackhurst runs the coastal school where Holmes's old acquaintance Fitzroy McPherson taught science, and he is the first to find the dying man staggering up from the beach. His brisk, self-possessed manner masks genuine…
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- Shoscombe Old Place suspects
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- Ian Murdoch
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- Ian Murdoch
professional · negative
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