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Jul 25, 2024

“she seems indeed to be on a very different level” [SCAN] 

 
There is one woman in the entire Canon of Sherlock Holmes stories that we can instantly recall as an adventuress. You know who we're talking about.
 
Can you think of at least one other off the top of your head? We'll help with that. Plus, we'll explore...


Jul 17, 2024

“concealed it at Mapleton” [SILV] 

 
This month's Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist episode goes back to 1949 to Volume 4, Number 1 of The Baker Street Journal and Jay Finley Christ's article "Silver Blaze: An Identification (as of 1893 A.D.).
 
Here Christ looks at what contemporary readers of the Strand would...


Jul 11, 2024

“I flatter myself that I could find my way about.” [HOUN] 

Dartmoor and its surroundings provided the perfect setting for The Hound of the Baskervilles. Not only did the area have a sense of history (and prehistory) about it, but the sparse surroundings added to the mystique.
 
And the wonderful part is that if we...


Jul 3, 2024

“weighed down with some great anxiety [FIVE] 

 
Where would Sherlock Holmes be without fear and anxiety? It was a common state of mind for a number of his clients, but Holmes himself also exhibited anxious behavior from time to time.
 
In which stories can we find anxiety? Don't be nervous; we have 10 examples....