The Adventure of the Red-Headed League

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A Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1891, in which a tunnel is dug beneath a pawnbroker's shop.

Appearance

Mentioned once in Deathtrap.

Deathtrap

Season 9 · Episode 19 · S09E19

“In a scene right out of "The Case of the Red-Headed League," Niles's head emerges from the hole in the floor with his lantern.”
— Niles

From the same episode and category.

“There he is, Niles. That's our Yorick.”

“He's perfect, Frasier! The missing link to our backyard production of "Hamlet!"”

“Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him.”

“Of course, they'll probably just tear it down and put up a Bennetton, or Bath & Body Works, or Sunglass Hut.”