Aug 27, 2025
“took to the stage” [TWIS]
When faced with four months of an empty theater in a six-month lease in 1910, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did the only thing he could on a moment's notice: he turned to Sherlock Holmes.
The Stonor Case (later renamed The Speckled Band) went into production and is considered part of the...
Aug 20, 2025
“Well, but China?” [REDH]
Our recent episode about real people who inspired characters in the Sherlock Holmes stories spills over into this episode for our monthly Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist-themed episode.
Jay Finley Christ wrote a piece in 1949 that wasn't widely published until 1975 (if one can call...
Aug 13, 2025
“There are the originals” [LAST]
Sherlockians go to great pains to "play the game," meaning that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were real. If we can drop the mask for a moment, we all know they were creations of one Arthur Conan Doyle.
We also know that every author is inspired by people, names, and places...
Aug 6, 2025
“entirely mistaken” [CHAS]
The Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article we're discussing this month is by the legendary Jack Tracy, author of The Encyclopedia Sherlockiana and founder of Gaslight Publications.
"St. Saviour's, Near King's Cross" appeared in Vol. 27, No. 4 of the Baker Street Journal in 1977 and...