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The Moor as a Character
Season 9 Episode 458
“a huge expanse” [HOUN]
Credit: Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0There are four main characters in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, the hound, and the moor. [R…
Published on 15 hours ago
On the Chaldean Influences in Cornish
Season 9 Episode 457
“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 4…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
The Crown Diamond
Season 9 Episode 456
“What good are you going to get out of your diamond?” [MAZA]
We're back in the theater for another Sherlock Holmes story in our series on the Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes. It seems that Conan…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Lhassa & Mecca
Season 9 Episode 455
“amused myself by visiting Lhassa...looked in at Mecca” [FINA]
The Great Hiatus, as the interval between "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House" is known, has inspired a great deal of specula…Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Lumber Room
Season 9 Episode 454
“lumbering upon its way” [DEVI]
Across the Sherlock Holmes stories, we find a few mentions of what seems to be a strange and magical place in English residences: the lumber room. In old count…Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
The Location of Baskerville Hall
Season 9 Episode 453
“I was able to reach Baskerville Hall” [HOUN]
There are a handful of locations in the Sherlock Holmes stories that are regularly sought out by fans. Of course 221B Baker Street is at the top o…
Published on 1 month ago
The Stonor Case
Season 9 Episode 452
“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 Sh…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
John H. Watson Never Went to China
Season 9 Episode 451
“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 Theo…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Fabulous Originals
Season 9 Episode 450
“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 the…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
St. Saviour's, Near King's Cross
Season 9 Episode 449
“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 Gaslig…
Published on 2 months ago