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The Back Yards of Baker Street
Season 9 Episode 438
“I went into the back yard” [BLUE]
The third week of the month means we look at a piece of Sherlockian scholarship — particularly one that may not be as widely read or generally available to mo…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Capital Punishment
Season 9 Episode 437
“You have done your best to get an innocent man hanged.” [NORW]
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom evolved over a period of time. From the mid-17th century through 1820, the Bloody Code t…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Solitary Man-Uscript
Season 9 Episode 436
“so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy” [SOLI]
The latest installment in our review of Morley-Montgomery Award-winning articles is by Andrew Jay Peck, BSI ("Inspector Baynes"): "The Soli…
Published on 5 months ago
An Aborted Avatar
Season 9 Episode 435
“a strange, loud whiz” [EMPT]
We came across a quite unusual observation — a Trifle, if you will — in an old issue of The Baker Street Journal. An article by Antony Boucher called "An Aborted A…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Gypsies
Season 9 Episode 434
“general resemblance to an itinerant” [VALL]
A term we don't hear as frequently these days is "gypsy." Unless you're headed to see a Sondheim musical, which is about an entirely different Gypsy (…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
On Stage and Off
Season 9 Episode 433
“before my biographer had come to glorify me” [GREE]
Once again, we find ourselves in a "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the theorist"-themed episode, where we look at a piece of old scholarship. This time, w…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Man with the Watches (The Apocrypha Part 2)
Season 9 Episode 432
“I would read as easily as I do the apocrypha” [VALL]
The second in our series on the Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes — stories that are not in the original Canonical 60 but that have some relevant in…
Published on 6 months ago
The Alleged Use of Cocaine by Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Season 9 Episode 431
“you are mistaken about my alleged agents” [MAZA]
Along with the calabash pipe, deerstalker cap, and Inverness cape, one of Sherlock Holmes's traits is the use of cocaine. But should it be? …Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
North American Businesses
Season 9 Episode 430
“the great North American Continent” [STUD]
Picking up where we left off in Episode 428 ("British Businesses"), we're moving to the other side of the pond and doing a survey of businesses in No…Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
The Mathematics of Mrs. Watson
Season 9 Episode 429
“As to your dates, that is the biggest mystification of all.” [CREE]
It's not often that we get a piece of Sherlockian scholarship that had its origin in a mainstream publication. And in this c…Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago