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Oct 30, 2024

“gone—stolen, vanished” [BRUC] 

 
A few episodes ago, we investigated various items that clients brought to Sherlock Holmes and items that acted as vital physical clues. It was something of a show-and-tell.
 
This time, we're flipping the idea on its head and considering various stories where something—or...


Oct 24, 2024

“with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit” [STUD] 

 
There were a number of individuals who exhibited strength in the Sherlock Holmes stories, to varying degrees. But which of them would you classify as the strongest?
 
One of our listeners had an idea as to who it might be, so we surveyed...


Oct 17, 2024

“the loss of the old black boot” [HOUN] 

 
Brown boot, black boot — these two items of Sir Henry Baskerville's went missing at the Northumberland Hotel shortly after he arrived in London. And they begin to put Sherlock Holmes on the scent of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
 
However, there's a wrinkle regarding...


Oct 9, 2024

“not the name of a young woman, Watson” [SUSS] 

 
Here's a strange one. We hear of the Matilda Briggs in one story. Do you know which story and what it was associated with?
 
This entry in our Travel Series takes us on a mysterious sea voyage that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write a short story and then borrow...


Oct 2, 2024

“Look at that!” [3STU] 

 
Sherlock Holmes had clients of all kinds. Some that visited him with vague fears. Others that were concerned about missing documents.
 
But when he had cases and clients that included a little show-and-tell — where a physical object was displayed — well, that is just a Trifle.
 
And...