I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 319: The Sherlock Holmes Club in Denmark

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a member of an aristocratic club” [BERY] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjM7ng65UXpKzGAJv9KRIxQIPsewnkOAG_r5cdmWzDfcrCNopLeoGPA1PNDm32hYxJLmOp_C_DhQ_GzAK0yPJ817Rv_eiRH_GwccpMfZyVtzpAjABPm2yicpSwB_bbTl_RB7kjoS-VnQDftzODXuLcXPKiZTTaONMeSMPA6HZ4lFnJ_ks7MSEi5SJzWSI8S" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1000" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjM7ng65UXpKzGAJv9KRIxQIPsewnkOAG_r5cdmWzDfcrCNopLeoGPA1PNDm32hYxJLmOp_C_DhQ_GzAK0yPJ817Rv_eiRH_GwccpMfZyVtzpAjABPm2yicpSwB_bbTl_RB7kjoS-VnQDftzODXuLcXPKiZTTaONMeSMPA6HZ4lFnJ_ks7MSEi5SJzWSI8S=w640-h468" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Sherlockians from around the world joined the members of the <b>Sherlock Holmes Klubben i Danmark</b> earlier this year to mark their 75th anniversary. While the club first met in 1950, the Danish appreciation of Sherlock Holmes is as old as the Great Detective himself, when translations, movies, and parodies of his cases first graced the pages of the country’s newspapers. </p><p>Join us for a wide-ranging discussion with Christian Monggaard, BSI ("Neville St. Clair") to discover the exceptional community of artists and writers who first brought Holmes to the Danish public and formed the first societies. You’ll hear about noted the artists and illustrators Robert Storm-Petersen and Henry Lauritzen, and learn the twists and turns that led to Christian’s career as a film critic and journalist.</p><p>Of course we lead off with Sherlockian gatherings for the second half of November in "The Learned Societies" segment. Madeline Quinones is back with "A Chance of Listening," and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with something from the vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by October 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><div>As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporters</b></a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 319: The Sherlock Holmes Club in Denmark

“a member of an aristocratic club” [BERY] Sherlockians from around the world joined the members of the Sherlock Holmes Klubben i Danmark e...

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by Scott Monty

URGENT: Doctor Watson's Chocolate Bar

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I emerged with a little chocolate” [LION]</h4><p><br /></p><p>Interested in trying a Doctor Watson chocolate bar? Act fast -- Open Book Chocolates, a maker of fair trade organic craft chocolate bars with literary-inspired flavors, is <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gegallas/the-maltese-falcon-and-doctor-watson-chocolate-bars" target="_blank">crowdfunding that new flavor</a>, but only for the next couple of days! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQx1i8uWMxqYFZFRoLwnBH-2FNWrr1G7-P1E2D5BMgnXPKsWSEYGTwSfEfHRcnRKJ-WYXhH69LF4jG5FOYI5a5yl99MrY7kfAMQw5qVXrmuvDSFZAnuU5vJdbP46pvtm6kcKhXGiS42V5qMcYMyNeFohgR5CFm3KYUC_4WzOQGmRiHcE12t5Qw9ELNzn-Z/s678/Doctor%20Watson%20chocolate%20bar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="678" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQx1i8uWMxqYFZFRoLwnBH-2FNWrr1G7-P1E2D5BMgnXPKsWSEYGTwSfEfHRcnRKJ-WYXhH69LF4jG5FOYI5a5yl99MrY7kfAMQw5qVXrmuvDSFZAnuU5vJdbP46pvtm6kcKhXGiS42V5qMcYMyNeFohgR5CFm3KYUC_4WzOQGmRiHcE12t5Qw9ELNzn-Z/w435-h379/Doctor%20Watson%20chocolate%20bar.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><p>Why a Watson? Well, there is already a Sherlock Holmes chocolate bar... but as the creator explains, </p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">"there is currently a global cacao butter shortage.... This is a huge challenge, because cacao butter is an important ingredient in dark, milk, and white chocolate. Of these three varieties, white chocolate uses the most cacao butter, so we are currently unable to make more Sherlock Holmes (Earl Grey Tea & Honey in White Chocolate) bars. That's why we've decided to make our brand-new Doctor Watson chocolate bar!"</p></blockquote><p>So Doctor Watson is the same flavor as Holmes, tea and honey, but in the more affordable milk chocolate. </p><p>I've eaten <a href="https://www.openbookchocolates.com/" target="_blank">Open Book Chocolates</a> before, and they are quite tasty. They're based in Maryland and work with a bean-to-bar factory out of Virginia. Also part of this Kickstarter is a <i>Maltese Falcon</i> bar, brandy and coffee in dark chocolate (which -- heresy! -- is more to my taste than tea). </p><p>Also of interest may be <i>The Great Gatsby</i> (dark chocolate with mint julep), <i>Pride and Prejudice</i> (dark chocolate with blackcurrant and cinnamon), or if you're interested in something really unusual, <i>The Call of Cthulhu</i> is nori seaweed with two kinds of ginger. </p><p>Their shop is closed while the crowdfund effort runs, but you can see all their <a href="https://www.openbookchocolates.com/our-flavors" target="_blank">current flavors here</a>.</p><p>The funding period ends October 1, so if you're interested, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gegallas/the-maltese-falcon-and-doctor-watson-chocolate-bars" target="_blank">pledge now</a>. </p><p><span face="Inter, sans-serif" style="color: #282828;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p>

URGENT: Doctor Watson's Chocolate Bar

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

Baker Street Elementary – The Case of the Adventures

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“in such cases” [SIGN] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4Q9oyU5D70zjqiIx-pcIzgB18TAtaaxISwNtODu8S_9034lPM8AaNNOzIvix_C_1A95tNrhJd0PaYxLbGC2aVOCBExW8F3RTLOfMWRS3rlp0dT2wpI8TizVT0HhBCwCN1aFnktFIX4iJb0YHNX8YxmX5vpQ-EkOuzoJZTVIuSiK8ojZd7-USx8nOywn4O" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4Q9oyU5D70zjqiIx-pcIzgB18TAtaaxISwNtODu8S_9034lPM8AaNNOzIvix_C_1A95tNrhJd0PaYxLbGC2aVOCBExW8F3RTLOfMWRS3rlp0dT2wpI8TizVT0HhBCwCN1aFnktFIX4iJb0YHNX8YxmX5vpQ-EkOuzoJZTVIuSiK8ojZd7-USx8nOywn4O=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>There is a curious case of naming the stories that doesn't always strike the unobservant. Most of the Canonical Sherlock Holmes stories begin with the title "The Adventure of..."</div><div><br /></div><div>But to those who have been around a while, they notice the titles that did nothing in the night-time.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first six short stories ("A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-Headed League," "A Case of Identity," "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," "The Five Orange Pips," and "The Man with the Twisted Lip") do not contain "The Adventure of" in their titles. But the remaining half of the titles in what could become <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> begin the naming convention.</div><div><br /></div><div>Along the way, a few other stories break this pattern as well: "The Problem of Thor Bridge," "His Last Bow," and "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax."</div><div><br /></div><div>Why is this? </div><div><br /></div><div>The mystery of the titles may have its origins as far back as Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIu2m7SUazoTYV6TYD9t3Vj0-VNm7t-l4JUlthf4JnwnuYhKutyizl8ny55VAj7gf2_Ld7xung06UTSr1PBMbJVjow6gtV-KraBPKVyMXPKxT0MrMY-oc0iksmHyc2vjbfWqBzV91VnP8DsP6uI-q9U82vZvRWba4AIxERxoZ_iUhfWbNc5rFU0KWKMznW" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIu2m7SUazoTYV6TYD9t3Vj0-VNm7t-l4JUlthf4JnwnuYhKutyizl8ny55VAj7gf2_Ld7xung06UTSr1PBMbJVjow6gtV-KraBPKVyMXPKxT0MrMY-oc0iksmHyc2vjbfWqBzV91VnP8DsP6uI-q9U82vZvRWba4AIxERxoZ_iUhfWbNc5rFU0KWKMznW=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFRiXgEVXMWsVOXNMJAK883HqH8oVHPU_lx9Ak9i4LFJTWgBx-b_n3l986Zhfw87Ro2SZH9oLxCtli_6_efjSAg55xurc5rKAnjIpMBCeH3eo369YIXmGhVVYJ_vYX6VtmLwlKXz21NzYgk_Nac7WivXzfHTU1jwV4uSuJ9Nx2OvJvFudSsKP_C1O2QKRn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFRiXgEVXMWsVOXNMJAK883HqH8oVHPU_lx9Ak9i4LFJTWgBx-b_n3l986Zhfw87Ro2SZH9oLxCtli_6_efjSAg55xurc5rKAnjIpMBCeH3eo369YIXmGhVVYJ_vYX6VtmLwlKXz21NzYgk_Nac7WivXzfHTU1jwV4uSuJ9Nx2OvJvFudSsKP_C1O2QKRn=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFP46eV9jJeMA3hBczXD_GcM8mKR4zPP7k_QTkM9cTkjwrdVN_YqmEptpShidYIV1d2xx5O_Cy5g7MVM_E2ut6U6oXMmsi701cpEeFjCK8L7Ic0ehWl3OcSD_Plk0HULK8GOUJ6GeJSmxz4keyKPAiuIh_VVVu8gr44NwfWPCl_STaeAC0WRVZwMVf6P9v" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFP46eV9jJeMA3hBczXD_GcM8mKR4zPP7k_QTkM9cTkjwrdVN_YqmEptpShidYIV1d2xx5O_Cy5g7MVM_E2ut6U6oXMmsi701cpEeFjCK8L7Ic0ehWl3OcSD_Plk0HULK8GOUJ6GeJSmxz4keyKPAiuIh_VVVu8gr44NwfWPCl_STaeAC0WRVZwMVf6P9v=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjSh1bCjpVLwFeRkz_wRqZ9U1AiclR-uDgLFk48g53NO7zRXg5gMNIEeEsYiIVlSeD_wtcFKyioo9mVwbIU89IdVf_ZSnLhaFZbA-BruHRpRpx1qW91WP7g-ICcmZD9gZFFtR3YuvG7fe1-JLWS9UXpWLPivPsxUDr508E6N7gdMFMwPgoktIv8dmBS80M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjSh1bCjpVLwFeRkz_wRqZ9U1AiclR-uDgLFk48g53NO7zRXg5gMNIEeEsYiIVlSeD_wtcFKyioo9mVwbIU89IdVf_ZSnLhaFZbA-BruHRpRpx1qW91WP7g-ICcmZD9gZFFtR3YuvG7fe1-JLWS9UXpWLPivPsxUDr508E6N7gdMFMwPgoktIv8dmBS80M=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

Baker Street Elementary – The Case of the Adventures

“in such cases” [SIGN] There is a curious case of naming the stories that doesn't always strike the unobservant. Most of the Canonical ...

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by Scott Monty

The Escalator Is Down — And Sherlock Holmes Is on It!

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“with which he would have ascended” [REDC] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-UuoBaQVgs1n5XwweIMmp0w9--Gy_Y26QYw6UEzHVrID9jFrgEnKcUlIrbURaGdwP_SEFCdCiziQHFgRjJmhns1UNv-r-BATa_g6IpANG56i0sGDv-agqUWyUy150pRri4hQbXX-NdjvUmhnX07MRnrDcSbxNE3LGse6TqAIIbgC5RgMMDT1hoFdw_VMR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-UuoBaQVgs1n5XwweIMmp0w9--Gy_Y26QYw6UEzHVrID9jFrgEnKcUlIrbURaGdwP_SEFCdCiziQHFgRjJmhns1UNv-r-BATa_g6IpANG56i0sGDv-agqUWyUy150pRri4hQbXX-NdjvUmhnX07MRnrDcSbxNE3LGse6TqAIIbgC5RgMMDT1hoFdw_VMR=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><p>We really do hear of Sherlock everywhere these days.</p><p>In his monologue on September 24, Steven Colbert was determined to get to the bottom of just who shut down the escalator at the United Nations as President Trump was about to go up.</p><p>“Top minds are on the case,” Colbert said, before cutting away to press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said the Secret Service was “trying to get to the bottom of it.”</p><p>“And it’s not going to be easy to get to the bottom of it, since it was an ‘up’ escalator,” Colbert quipped.</p><p>He continued by showing a tweet from Leavitt, who suggested that if someone from the U.N. was responsible, they should be investigated and fired.</p><p>Then the show rolled a graphic with a magnifying glass and the words <strong>ESCALATOR INVESTIGATOR</strong>.</p><p>Upon return from the graphic, Colbert was wearing a deerstalker and holding a meerschaum pipe.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijMt-d1NCQWq7OT-tHBGBPJL0jdyRHlyxernpGRUV0zE7L5q_T-YPadp7SChB-7WMVRFsC7UpSf3xw0751_5n6zNd22-eE0YHnuPV9mZsGMpmX7fSHtuyQqiIksHMMtB0I43d_e_32NbUInGWHnkzn5Czak1HHfJeMHZjVxaQqVdVGkSz5gPRAroZPnFCp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijMt-d1NCQWq7OT-tHBGBPJL0jdyRHlyxernpGRUV0zE7L5q_T-YPadp7SChB-7WMVRFsC7UpSf3xw0751_5n6zNd22-eE0YHnuPV9mZsGMpmX7fSHtuyQqiIksHMMtB0I43d_e_32NbUInGWHnkzn5Czak1HHfJeMHZjVxaQqVdVGkSz5gPRAroZPnFCp=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xsxi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f95dc3e-69be-427a-b20a-b4658e56596b_1280x720.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The case was cracked, via a U.N. spokesperson, who revealed the identity of the person who stopped the escalator.</p><p>“Well, that de-escalated quickly,” Colbert concluded, before taking off his clever disguise.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/eTdotWy9ZxE?si=pvSzVXPy8CdEK20Z&t=297" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Watch the video</a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eTdotWy9ZxE?si=8Sxcx3ZIvcde_7gN" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p></p><p>The game’s afoot!</p><p><br /></p>

The Escalator Is Down — And Sherlock Holmes Is on It!

“with which he would have ascended” [REDC] We really do hear of Sherlock everywhere these days. In his monologue on September 24, Steven Co...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 318: Sherlock Holmes 5-Minute Mysteries

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the goodness of Providence.” [NAVA] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8FMhYxMxFSPrqd26wtFXiAZmamVxopFoUW_fSh6-7h7A6bkEj2Qyp7i7x1E-cik-HKiN-NpU7heYuiHq49rJ7l7yMPhFIx1uSmA630GTCxAMi9sn0YWMVJtcYyXpwlsEZGUQq6CER78-vrVgvwJ5RDFJKdTSFF62rPCC11uKKwxvHeTnwEDqTsTi2zBpe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="1551" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8FMhYxMxFSPrqd26wtFXiAZmamVxopFoUW_fSh6-7h7A6bkEj2Qyp7i7x1E-cik-HKiN-NpU7heYuiHq49rJ7l7yMPhFIx1uSmA630GTCxAMi9sn0YWMVJtcYyXpwlsEZGUQq6CER78-vrVgvwJ5RDFJKdTSFF62rPCC11uKKwxvHeTnwEDqTsTi2zBpe=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It began with an idea for a series of radio mysteries, each five minutes long, that listeners could solve by considering the evidence. Sherlock Holmes would then give the solution — and to make it even more interesting, Watson could conclude with a moral lesson reflecting the story. </p><p>Thanks to the author, journalist, and broadcaster <b>Kel Richards</b>, it became a popular feature on Australian radio, and <b>Ray Riethmeier, BSI </b>("Morrison, Morrison, and Dodd") thought it would make a wonderful book. Through a strange series of circumstances — destiny, perhaps? — Ray eventually found Richards and reunited  him with transcripts of the programs. Join us as we talk to Ray about the result: <b><i>Sherlock Holmes 5-Minute Mysteries</i></b>, a collection of fifty fair-play puzzlers that also enable personal, Christian exploration.</p><p></p><p>Next, we explore Sherlockian gatherings for the first half of November in "The Learned Societies" segment. Madeline Quinones is back with A Chance of Listening, and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with something from the vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by September 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><div>As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporters</b></a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 318: Sherlock Holmes 5-Minute Mysteries

“the goodness of Providence.” [NAVA] It began with an idea for a series of radio mysteries, each five minutes long, that listeners could so...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – I See Dead People

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I have no idea what he intends to go in for” [STUD] </h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicf0gTFUyq4MR51tC2krm0wrWlPliaf2zVuTm9KGflEdN6EpGqikEoGhYr5fUk6mADBBZe89U0ZBiUvFuI0w7jgGtQoGQT09ztA61nQzhfUltxR9Wt-oc4ApBYbW9oLSF-7sg5DwxF2xFhZLWBeQi8ktETfY7_Mid2HJM6DK9fm7ko8KCehQbKsEsF2c/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20210.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicf0gTFUyq4MR51tC2krm0wrWlPliaf2zVuTm9KGflEdN6EpGqikEoGhYr5fUk6mADBBZe89U0ZBiUvFuI0w7jgGtQoGQT09ztA61nQzhfUltxR9Wt-oc4ApBYbW9oLSF-7sg5DwxF2xFhZLWBeQi8ktETfY7_Mid2HJM6DK9fm7ko8KCehQbKsEsF2c/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20210.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When we first meet Dr. John H. Watson, M.D., he's wallowing in his situation at the Criterion. After running into his old dresser, Stamford, the latter tells Watson of a peculiar student in the chemical laboratory. Watson naturally assumes, <b><i>“A medical student, I suppose?”</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>It's a natural question from a medical man. Stamford indicates that Holmes's bedside manner may have been less than ideal for such a profession:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote><div>“Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes—it approaches to cold-bloodedness.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>Yet in denying knowledge of Holmes's intended area of study, Stamford completely missed an opportunity as he expressed horror at Holmes's practices:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote><div>“When it comes to beating the subjects in the dissecting-rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking rather a bizarre shape.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>Might this not be the makings of a future coroner? After all, when he came across dead bodies in various stories in the Canon, Holmes took great care to examine the corpses. We're told that he examined Drebber's body carefully, even sniffing the dead man's lips (STUD).</div><div><br /></div><div>Holmes was able to tell that William Kirwan was shot at a distance of more than four yards, as he examined the wound on the body and noted an absence of powder-blackening on the clothes (REIG).</div><div><br /></div><div>Indeed, Holmes made a careful study of many dead bodies over the course of his documented career: </div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><i>The Sign of the Four</i></b> — He examines Bartholomew Sholto’s rigid body at Pondicherry Lodge.</li><li><b>"The Boscombe Valley Mystery" </b>— He studies Charles McCarthy’s body at the crime scene.</li><li><b>"Silver Blaze"</b> — He looks at the body of John Straker, the murdered trainer.</li><li><b>"The Cardboard Box"</b> — He examines the severed human ears sent in a package.</li><li>"<b>The Resident Patient"</b> — He investigates the dead body of Blessington.</li><li><b>"The Norwood Builder"</b> — He inspects Jonas Oldacre’s supposed remains (which turned out to be those of a couple of rabbits)</li><li><b>"Black Peter"</b>— He examines Peter Carey’s corpse pinned to the wall.</li><li><b>"The Abbey Grange"</b> — He views Sir Eustace Brackenstall’s murdered body.</li><li><i><b>The Valley of Fear </b></i>— He examines the body of John Douglas in Birlstone Manor.</li><li><b>"The Bruce-Partington Plans"</b> — He inspects the corpse of Cadogan West, found on the tracks of the Underground.</li></ul></div></div><div>Sherlock Holmes would have made an excellent pathologist. Is it any wonder that Irregular Bob Katz would want to follow in his footsteps?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to Bob in <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/03/episode-93-nerve-and-knowledge.html#.VvuvUvkrLb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 93: Nerve and Knowledge</a>, as he and Andy Solberg talk about physicians in the Canon:</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="4331" data-dashlane-rid="f6c717c31d07c213" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4257060/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – I See Dead People

“I have no idea what he intends to go in for” [STUD] When we first meet Dr. John H. Watson, M.D., he's wallowing in his situation at th...

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by Scott Monty

Jeremy Brett: Gone Three Decades

<h4 style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Merriweather; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;">"the stage lost a fine actor" [SCAN] </h4><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iWmSgUZreZuL31HY5pCKhOluWkdM0F_vDpzMTL6fWZ1Ok3giNygYlfedO5o7pBeKnVf5GwlDi-TWOjw9bSzsfi1tUFAW38J3A9wks0D7Ynu4-gpOR2jchN-rGsb-1sE38O0PXAttV3T6/s1600/Jeremy+Brett.jpg" style="color: #013fd3; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iWmSgUZreZuL31HY5pCKhOluWkdM0F_vDpzMTL6fWZ1Ok3giNygYlfedO5o7pBeKnVf5GwlDi-TWOjw9bSzsfi1tUFAW38J3A9wks0D7Ynu4-gpOR2jchN-rGsb-1sE38O0PXAttV3T6/s640/Jeremy+Brett.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">On September 12, 1995, Jeremy Brett passed away at the age of 61 (although </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/14/obituaries/jeremy-brett-an-unnerving-holmes-is-dead-at-59.html" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">contemporary accounts gave his age as 59</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">). It's hard to believe that one of the most influential impersonators of Sherlock Holmes has been gone 30 years.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">Many have hailed Brett as the definitive Sherlock Holmes, although it can be argued that each generation has its own definitive Holmes. In our estimation, the value of Brett's performance in the Granada series are due in part to three things: </span><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">The careful crafting of the Victorian setting and (in the earlier episodes mostly) </span></li><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">The faithful adaptation of the many of the Sherlock Holmes stories</span></li><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">Brett's own interest and expertise in the Canon and Sherlock Holmes</span></li></ol><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">In </span><a href="https://www.wessexpress.com/products/a-study-in-celluloid-a-producers-account-of-jeremy-brett-as-sherlock-holmes" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>A Study in Celluloid</i></a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> (Wessex Press), Michael Cox, the producer of the Granada series, noted that often times in script readings, Jeremy would make suggestions to steer the writing toward the Canon, with entire paragraphs of dialog being lifted directly from the original writings. Indeed, the team even had their own reference guide that kept the production crew and cast well informed as to Holmes's appearance and habits called </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/42udNVw" rel="nofollow" style="color: #013fd3; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Baker Street File</a></i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/jeremy-brett-playing-a-part-b-w-paperback-edition" target="_blank">Jeremy Brett: Playing a Part</a></i> (MX Publishing) is Maureen Whittaker's performance biography of the actor with hundreds of incredible photos of Brett throughout his career. With a foreword from David Burke who played Granada's inaugural Dr. John H. Watson alongside Brett in the series, this book is a comprehensive review of Brett's career on stage and screen. It contains hundreds of rarely seen and some exclusive photographs with the kind permission of the Brett family, Granada Studios and many others. We <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/07/new-jeremy-brett-book-on-kickstarter.html" target="_blank">interviewed Whittaker about the undertaking</a>.<br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"></div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">We personally remember the outpouring of grief and memories that Sherlock Holmes fans shared online in 1995 — the early days of the Internet — through discussion forums and listservs, and wonder just how the web would have exploded had his death occurred in the present day. TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and the like would have exploded with emotion.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>In 2020, we used the 25th anniversary of Brett's passing to hear more about him. The late David Stuart Davies, BSI ("Sir Ralph Musgrave"), author of Bending the Willow, joined us to give his personal perspective on the matter: <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/09/episode-201-remembering-jeremy-brett.html" target="_blank">Episode 201: Remembering Jeremy Brett</a>.<br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="3254" data-dashlane-rid="bc39d5cc3bc4ea75" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16218056/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">Here are some happier memories of Brett, in his incarnation of Sherlock Holmes.</span></div><div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FcPb4FKUWWM?si=hvoI93mpahfeA1PL" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tell us how Jeremy Brett affected your view of Sherlock Holmes in a comment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>