The beautiful Adelaide Savage beseeches Sherlock Holmes to investigate her husband's cousin, Culverton Smith, a questionable scientist who she believes is leading her husband down a self-destructive path. And when Victor Savage dies of a rare parasitic fever--Smith's specialty--Holmes suspects a connection and comes face to face with the deadly disease himself.The character of Culverton Smith is truly wicked, the kind of villain it is impossible to have a shred of sympathy for. Here are some pictures of the evil one...




The man himself...
Writer: T.R. Bowen, Director: Sarah Hellings, ITV Airdate: March 14, 1994, PBS Airdate: November 30, 1995.