Adventures with Sherlock Holmes — Professor Moriarty and Reichenbach Falls

Sherlock Holmes battled many different kind of villains during his long career, from petty thieves to murderers to Nazis, but when Arthur Conan Doyle decided to put an end to Holmes in order to work on other projects, he knew that the Master Detective could only be challenged by a Master Criminal. Enter Professor James Moriarty. Although Moriarty only appears in one story, "The Final Problem," his legend looms large in the minds of fans. Holmes' struggle with Moriarty at Switzerland's picturesque Reichenbach Falls is an end worthy of the theatrical detective. However, Holmes is ultimately shown to have bested both Moriarty and the falls.

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