Oct 29, 2025
“I have never seen so tall a man” [SIGN]
Our series on the Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes continues on,
with a slightly different entry this time. Previous examples have
been fully developed stories; this is simply a story outline.
How it surfaced is just as interesting as the outline itself,
perhaps more....
Oct 22, 2025
“proceed to Waterloo” [HOUN]
For those looking to travel from London west to Dartmoor
(particularly those interested in stopping at Coombe Tracey), you
might do well to do as Dr. Watson did and meet Sir Henry
Baskerville at Paddington Station.
One small thing, though: there's another station that
will...
Oct 15, 2025
“so subtly influenced by it” [STUD]
It is well known that T.S. Eliot lifted lines from "The
Musgrave Ritual" and appropriated them for Murder in the
Cathedral, as well as found inspiration for Macavity in the
Napoleon of crime.
In this "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" episode, Don
Hardenbrook, BSI...
Oct 9, 2025
“a huge expanse” [HOUN]
There are four main characters in The Hound of the
Baskervilles: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, the hound, and the
moor. [Record scratch SFX]
Yes, the moor. Inspired by a clip from an old IHOSE episode,
we explore why this ever-present...
Oct 1, 2025
“traced in the Cornish branch of the great Celtic speech” [DEVI]
The Morley-Montgomery Award series rolls on, and this time we've jumped from 1979 (the last award granted, covered in Episode 453) to 1995. Dr. Margaret Nydell turns her philological attention to the Canon.
She specifically looks at Sherlock...