The story centers on the theft of the "Borgia Pearl," a valuable gem with a sinister reputation for bringing death to its owners.
Pursued by police, Conover hides the pearl inside one of six wet plaster busts of Napoleon in a pottery shop. The Pearl of Death (1944)
While demonstrating the flaws of a museum's security system to prove a point, Holmes inadvertently allows master criminal Giles Conover (Miles Mander) to steal the pearl. The story centers on the theft of the
After the busts are sold to various customers, a series of brutal murders begins. Victims are found with their spines snapped, surrounded by smashed china—the trademark of Conover’s henchman, a disfigured killer known as The Hoxton Creeper . The Pearl of Death (1944)