THE MOSH BODY-COUNT
A catalogue of stabbings, shootings, poisonings, dismemberment and other fatalities
James Parker | |
Hacked to death with an axe by Mathew Johnson, in a murder sanctioned by Professor Jane Violet Moriarty so that she could pose as a client (named Violet Spedding) seeking help from Sherlock Holmes, in order that she could meet and woo Dr Watson, in a preposterously complex plot to exact revenge upon Holmes for the death of her brother, Professor James Moriarty. |
Mrs Norwood | |
The British Prime Minister's personal secretary. Mrs Norwood was kidnapped by a German Espionage Network headed by Ilsa Reichmann, a top German agent known as "Der Fuchs". Mrs Norwood was shot to death by Kessler, an impetuous spy, after she had outlived her usefulness. |
Jock McDougall | |
Shot to death by Diogenes Club secret agent William Gillette (disguised as a British Rail guardsman) on the roof of a speeding express steam train (the London-Edinburgh service) |
Charles Ignatius “The Impossible Magician” | |
Shot to death on-stage, in an elaborate murder devised by his assistant Alma Hawkins and rival stage illusionist Silas Palladin. |
Edward “Teddy” Strand | |
Stabbed to death in a guest room at Greystone Manor by Sherrinford Scott, the so-called "’Psychic Detective’ |
Charles Kingsley | |
Killed accidentally when he fell to the ground and split his head open during a tussle with his doppelganger, Ned Slater, a criminal associate of Professor Moriarty. |
Ned Slater | |
Assassinated (by unknown means) in a Scotland Yard prison cell by Dyall (posing as a police constable), a professional killer employed by Professor John Moriarty |
Professor Jane Violet Moriarty-Watson | |
Shot to death by Dr Watson at the Reichenbach Falls, Switzerland |
Jake Moriarty | |
Shot to death by Inspector Lestrade at the Reichenbach Falls, Switzerland |
Professor John Moriarty | |
Shot to death by Dr Watson at the Reichenbach Falls, Switzerland |
Dr Matthew Watson |
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Struck in the head with a rock, and then pushed into the river Thames to drown, in an act of murder committed by Jemima Winterton |
Dr Reginald Watson |
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Pushed by Jemima Winterton into the path of a hansom cab and then trampled to death by horses |
Dr Miles Watson |
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Burned to death at his London home in an arson attack perpetuated by Jemima Winterton |