No Holmes Barred!

No Holmes Barred!


Episode 6: “Homeless Escargot”

March 27, 2024

Holmes’s collectors blindside him in a sting operation; Prendergast marches to City Hall to claim his rightful position; Pitezel returns home; Emeline writes home to announce her marriage.


No Holmes Barred was written, directed, and produced by Daniel Ciarrocchi.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Evan Kornblum.

Additional tracking and production, courtesy of Still Thinking Productions and The Coniferous Lounge.

Episode 6 of No Holmes Barred, “Homeless Escargot” stars:

Daniel Ciarrocchi as H.H. Holmes, Adolf Kraus, and Walter Vaulter

Matt Gall as Patrick Prendergast

Jenny Kessler as Emeline Cigrand

Jacob DeNobel as Ben Pitezel

Alex Bond as Ned Conner and George Chamberlain

Robby Priego as The Newsboy

Joe Bird as Cowie

Additional Voices by Steve Bortz, Dave Heilker, Evan Kornblum, Matthew Richardson

Additional credits: "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ; “Madness of Linda” by Rafael Krux; "Sun Up, Gunned Down” by Bryan Teoh; "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by William Steffe, who I don't need to cite, because the song is old as dirt and in the public domain now (See that, Disney? It'll be ok when it happens to you).