(04:27)
I suppose I don't get caught?

(04:27)
You don't. But that’s
unfortunately not much of a
surprise. Whenever a junkie,
prostitute, or homeless
person dies, it always gets
blamed on drugs.
SH

(04:28)
In this case, the “suicide”
seems convincing enough,
even though the body is
found in a hotel room. The
case was closed quickly.
SH

(04:30)
But someone knows?

(04:31)
Let’s say someone does.
And let’s say that person
threatens to reveal
everything if you don't
agree to their conditions.
What do you do?
SH

(04:34)
I would agree to their
conditions for as long as I
could to save my reputation.

(04:35)
Let’s say the blackmail
doesn't stop. The person
starts harassing you at work,
starts asking for bigger sums.
SH

(04:38)
My answer still stands: I try to
protect my reputation.

(04:38)
You will run out of money
eventually.
SH

(04:40)
When that moment comes, I might
be tempted to kill him.

(04:42)
Let’s say you go on a romantic
cruise on the Thames with your
wife. During the trip, you
discover your blackmailer is also
on the boat, masquerading as
the captain.
SH

(04:45)
I…throw him overboard? Try
the suicide card again?

(04:45)
Risky.
SH

(04:46)
Will you just tell me what
happened?

(04:47)
There’s a confrontation on the
boat, he says he has arranged
to expose the truth. He’s sick 
of the money, he wants revenge
for his friend.
SH

(04:47)
Only he knows how to stop
the truth from being exposed,
so if you throw him overboard,
you won’t be able to stop the
truth from coming out.
SH

(04:59)
Can I…throw him overboard
and then come up with a
story so my wife will believe
I’m in danger and someone
wants to ruin my reputation?
The victim’s friend can’t
have any proof or I would be
in prison already.

(05:00)
Thank you John, you have been
extremely useful.
SH

(05:02)
Wait! Did I get it right?

(05:17)
Sherlock?


April 18th
(15:34)
Guess who’s now in prison.
SH

(16:03)
It had better be the rent boy
killer.

(16:04)
It is indeed.
SH

(16:05)
Thank God, that’s where people
like that belong. How did you
solve it?

(16:06)
I searched the couple’s 
names in the Yard’s database,
and I found that the husband
had been interrogated a few
years ago after having been
identified as one of the dead
rent boy’s clients. The death
was declared a suicide, the man
had a credible alibi, the two
names were never pronounced
in the same sentence again.
SH

(16:08)
Months later, the man (Bill) and
his wife are on a boat with one
of the rent boy’s friends (Joey)
knows everything. The man is
threatened, he drugs the
friend, and throws him off the
boat. To preserve his
reputation, he convinces his
wife to run away with him.
SH

(16:10)
You have no idea how many
questions I have.

(16:10)
Go ahead.
SH

(16:12)
How did you know he was
being blackmailed?

(16:12)
It was the only explanation of
all the facts.
SH

(16:13)
Also, after the rent boy’s 
(Nathan), his friend and
colleague Joey told the police
that Nathan sometimes had a
sadist client who liked to push
things too far. That’s why the
police interrogated the clients.
SH

(16:14)
I’m guessing the interrogation
didn’t go as well as expected
by the rent boy’s friend.

(16:14)
It didn’t.
SH

(16:15)
What happened then?

(16:15)
Joey decided to seek revenge
in a different way. He told the
murderer he knew what had
happened, which was a bluff,
but Bill was terrified. He
confessed and agreed to pay
for Joey’s silence.
SH

(16:16)
Joey got greedy; Bill had the
means to pay. At least, at
first he had. Soon, money
wasn’t enough, Joey decided
he needed to destroy Bill’s life.
That takes us on the boat
where he managed to get
himself hired as captain.
SH