“Who do you give your casting vote to?” [ENGR] The Mysterious Bookshop is an independent bookstore in New York City and is one of the oldes...
The Basics
Baker Street Elementary – Rebellion!
“the revolting business” [CARD] It's always pleasant to get along with others. It is, of course, how all great things are accomplished:...
Baker Street Elementary – I'll Drink to That
“Is alcohol permitted?” [MAZA] In the Sherlockian world, the saying made famous by John Bennett Shaw, BSI ("The Hans Sloane of My Age...
by Scott Monty
Episode 310: White Smoke

“we can bring it to a successful conclusion” [EMPT] When we discussed the Midwest Canonical Conclave in Episode 308, we weren't exactly...
Granada Sherlock Holmes Starring Jeremy Brett Remastered in 4K
“even more highly” [SCAN] The early days of watching the Granada/ITV production of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , starring Jeremy Bre...
Baker Street Elementary – Flowery Language
“What a lovely thing a rose is” [NAVA] Sherlock Holmes was not a fan of emotions, particularly when it came to his work. In The Sign of Fou...
Episode 309: Holmes In an Hour or Two

“good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences” [SCAN] Don't care for Sherlockian chronologies? Well, you're not a...
by Scott Monty
Baker Street Elementary - A Quarter for Your Thoughts
“It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand” [WIST] In "Wisteria Lodge," John Scott Eccles tells Sherlock Holmes about his st...
Episode 308: The BSI Midwest Canonical Conclave

“grazed the subclavian artery” [STUD] While the Baker Street Irregulars is the most well-known of Sherlockian societies, it is by no means ...
by Scott Monty
Baker Street Elementary – I Swear to God...
“dared only whisper their religious opinions with bated breath” [STUD] Was Sherlock Holmes religious? That was something we contemplated to...
Episode 307: The Evolution of 221B Con

“able to evolve from their own inner consciousness” [STUD] Now in its 12th year, 221B Con has become a mainstay of annual Sherlockian event...
by Scott Monty
Baker Street Elementary – What's in a Name?
“should you rather that I sent James off to bed?” [TWIS] One of the most vexing and early discrepancies in the Sherlock Holmes canon occurs...
by Scott Monty
Episode 306: The Golden Era of Sherlock Holmes and His Contemporaries

“the high opinion formed of him by his contemporaries.” [VALL] When the first Sherlock Holmes short stories came on the scene, they were so...
by Scott Monty
Baker Street Elementary – Coloring Our Perceptions
“an old dressing-gown of Holmes’s” [EMPT] If you see a silhouette with a pipe, magnifying glass, and deerstalker cap, you know it's She...
by Scott Monty
Featured Post
Episode 282: A History of the Woman
“to Sherlock Holmes, she is always the woman” [SCAN] This is a fascinating episode that brings us closer to the inside story of " The...