Jun 25, 2026
“These villains have coaxed this unhappy lady to London” [LADY]
Professor James Moriarty, Colonel Sebastian Moran, Dr.
Grimesby Roylott — it seems as if the male villains in the Sherlock
Holmes stories get all of our attention.
And yet, there are a number of women who are complicit in
Canonical crime —...
Jun 17, 2026
“a rough familiarity” [LAST]
According to one Sherlockian scholar, there is material in
"The Musgrave Ritual" that is strangely familiar. You may or may
not have picked up on it before. We certainly didn't.
E. Butler Richards, in Vol. 9 of Baker Street
Miscellanea, wonders if Watson or Holmes was pulling
the...
Jun 10, 2026
“Funds were wanting, however” [STUD]
Not every case Sherlock Holmes took involved a crime. Often
times, clients were dealing with a puzzling situation or a
conundrum without a crime. And taking their cases to Sherlock
Holmes was the best recourse.
And a number of these cases involved clients who were in
a...
Jun 3, 2026
“Corresponding member of the Swedish Pathological Society” [HOUN]
When James Mortimer, M.R.C.S. left behind his walking stick in
The Hound of the Baskervilles, it was filled with clues —
enough to lead Watson to his medical directory, which listed
Mortimer as a member of the Swedish Pathological...