From the realm of conjecture: what if the star-crossed lovers
in "The Adventure of Abbey Grange" and "The Problem of Thor Bridge"
weren't simply victims of circumstance? What if the damsels in
distress weren't being unfairly persecuted?
Sherlock Holmes shared his reading interests on occasion, and
they tended to be wide and varied. Some of them were for
professional development purposes, yet others seem to exist to
expand his thinking.
Was Sherlock Holmes a book collector? And if he was, what kind
of care...
It's the third week of the month, and that means it's the
exotic animal episode. Last month we covered worms, and we
mentioned the slow-worm, which Mr. Sherman said kept the beetles
down.
A listener called in with a comment on that episode, and it
led to this one, where we...
“a general practitioner with very
limited experience and mediocre qualifications” [DYIN]
We know Watson had a serious medical career before he met
Holmes. But what do his qualifications mean? And aside from the
brandy, how did his training come in handy?
Helen Simpson's "The Medical Career of John H.
Watson"...
You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and provide answers to questions that arise, clarify muddy details, and look into some of the period terminology in this weekly podcast.