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...
“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...
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.
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.