One of the creepiest looking characters in the Sherlock Holmes
stories was Col. Lysander Stark, who chased after Victor Hatherly
with a meat cleaver in "The Engineer's Thumb."
But then we run across the name Lysander Starr in "The Three
Garridebs." What gives? We track the history of the name and
explore some possible origins for its use. It's just a
Trifle.
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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.