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May 21, 2026

“the business in the crypt” [SHOS] 

 
If you experience claustrophobia, this may not be the episode for you. Because it's all about being shut up in close spaces. And it's the monthly "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" episode.
 
Denise M. Rogers walks us through the gothic theme shared between Edgar Allan Poe...


May 13, 2026

“an exaggerated view of my scientific methods” [SUSS] 

 
We consider Watson a reliable narrator. At least we hope he is. And yet there are a number of times when Sherlock Holmes accuses his Boswell of romanticizing the factual.
 
Is Holmes simply taking issue with how Watson writes with a more emotional and...


May 6, 2026

“the hidden wickedness” [COPP] 

 
 
Vincent Starrett eventually became the dean of American Sherlockians, widely recognized as the foremost expert and significant collector, in part due to his publication of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes in 1933. This month's Morley-Montgomery Award episode comes to us from...