Episode 316: The Sherlock Holmes Pub

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Here is the key. You can look for yourself.” [GOLD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJzqRNl6ZandmMsV2EC5dCCmGKFJF0IMc_VLQNQsdYdOzm9IZndkceWPE4W5FsxnSOHn0A98C1hBrXP4rhP456wHZb3a0znLLu62nVMjtkHUnXOxGa5qXxBXQ-sWPBosAjVB1wWmOdJJWENVa1N4bOS2yvtbqTgyoZZW4TP0DzYf0gcl0Zpol_5gvzuY2/s3173/ihearofsherlock316-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="3173" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJzqRNl6ZandmMsV2EC5dCCmGKFJF0IMc_VLQNQsdYdOzm9IZndkceWPE4W5FsxnSOHn0A98C1hBrXP4rhP456wHZb3a0znLLu62nVMjtkHUnXOxGa5qXxBXQ-sWPBosAjVB1wWmOdJJWENVa1N4bOS2yvtbqTgyoZZW4TP0DzYf0gcl0Zpol_5gvzuY2/w640-h430/ihearofsherlock316-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><p><br /></p><p>Imagine having the key to 221B Baker Street, and what it must feel like to open that door. And imagine being trusted to keep Holmes and Watson’s famous sitting room in good order. That rare honor belongs to <!--x-tinymce/html-->Roger Johnson, BSI ("<em>The Pall Mall Gazette</em>") and Jean Upton, BSI ("Elsie Cubitt"), a well-known couple among the small community of married Sherlockians. </p><p>Jean and Roger have preserved and maintained the sitting room at London’s Sherlock Holmes Pub for 30 years. Join us as we hear how the Northumberland Hotel evolved into the pub, and why Sir Henry Baskerville would have been an unlikely guest. </p><p>You'll learn the origin of the sitting room in 1951’s Festival of Britain, how Jean and Roger saved it from neglect, and how it stands today after the pub’s recent renovation.</p><p>Then we look ahead to Sherlockian gatherings for the last half of September in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment. Madeline Quinones is back with "<b>A Chance of Listening</b>," 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 August 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>We have some wonderful images of the pub, the sitting room, and the exhibition that led to it, courtesy of Roger and Jean and available exclusively for our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporters</b></a>. Join us on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock316.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 72.5 MB, 1:04:27</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="3174" data-dashlane-rid="188470f53ab0415f" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/37841025/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a number of new Sherlock Holmes books out by various authors. You'll want to check out the breadth of their offerings by <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">visiting the site</a> to learn more.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. 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Episode 316: The Sherlock Holmes Pub

“Here is the key. You can look for yourself.” [GOLD]  Imagine having the key to 221B Baker Street, and what it must feel like to open that d...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 315: The Sherlock Holmes LEGO Book Nook

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“you could just fill that gap on that second shelf” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTV3ny-I9hfd2pjTLWXu_WJ65krghyphenhyphen6ZWUU1VhCpVXNbKkDcQcuts0o_quZTg-ODNA2XBjSFRTKouo-dlIViizH2K9NSMuupXJk8FaHkkCMchltoxc9PFpMaYRD33KBXhPZJpZaSm3DQlg2d2suTvgHTDnc7IrxZQkIXXJPs1ClJR-I9Ndl3GhLJ7j_t7/s1800/ihearofsherlock315-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1800" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTV3ny-I9hfd2pjTLWXu_WJ65krghyphenhyphen6ZWUU1VhCpVXNbKkDcQcuts0o_quZTg-ODNA2XBjSFRTKouo-dlIViizH2K9NSMuupXJk8FaHkkCMchltoxc9PFpMaYRD33KBXhPZJpZaSm3DQlg2d2suTvgHTDnc7IrxZQkIXXJPs1ClJR-I9Ndl3GhLJ7j_t7/w640-h462/ihearofsherlock315-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>If you discovered Sherlock Holmes when you were young, you might still recall the joy of your first reading. The world of Baker Street is fun, so much so that some adults still extend the Great Detective's career with their own stories. </p><p>Many adults also enjoy LEGO as a nostalgic, relaxing, and creative outlet. That’s why we were eager to talk to LEGO Group Design Master Antica Bracanov and Graphic Designer Crisy Dyment about their creation of the LEGO Sherlock Holmes Book Nook. </p><p>Joining us from LEGO’s offices in Billund, Denmark, Antica and Crisy take us through the concept, the process, and the community of designers, engineers, and model-makers who brought it to life. You’ll hear how the key moments and objects Sherlock Holmes fans will recognize were selected, and how they were adapted to fit LEGO’s style and humor. You’ll find there are some self-described “Sherlock Holmes nerds” on the LEGO team, too.</p><p>Speaking of Sherlockian nerds (guilty), we share upcoming events for the first half of September in our "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment. Then, you will not want to miss this episode’s<b> Canonical Couplet</b> quiz, which this time is <b><a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">only open to our paying Patreon and Substack supporters</a></b>. This episode’s prize is a LEGO Sherlock Holmes Book Nook! Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by August 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. If your correct answer is selected at random, you’ll win!</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock315.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 55.6 MB, 58:07</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="4114" data-dashlane-rid="f6895cf181835e5b" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/37616870/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a number of new Sherlock Holmes books out by various authors. You'll want to check out the breadth of their offerings by <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">visiting the site</a> to learn more.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul></ul></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/sherlock-holmes-book-nook-10351" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Book Nook</a> (LEGO)</li><li><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lego-icons-sherlock-holmes-book-nook-10351-lego-systems-inc/1147390598?ean=0673419407489" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Book Nook</a> (Barnes & Noble)</li><li>Other episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose110" target="_blank">Episode 110: Sociable and Clubbable</a></li><li>The Learned Societies: <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" target="_blank">Sherlockian Calendar</a></li></ul><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>

Episode 315: The Sherlock Holmes LEGO Book Nook

“you could just fill that gap on that second shelf” [EMPT]  If you discovered Sherlock Holmes when you were young, you might still recall th...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 314: 52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a case for personal investigation” [SUSS] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DqG4kSwkCnL-7DcZCeXjeV5mLjxpnPWPpBGF4qlk60hgW7MaCdjcnZok0tib7_T2xavi9gXlQDDGBXnGt48l-_33kv0G7wH2ZXX_oux-Um3oZasT1KlxUHPnghLNdG2nxyo-0XIt6EdvrEpx_vQhoRHeh1rPS0aD7CrSX37wjzS9o-NMXnkN4YUac_KB/s2400/ihearofsherlock314-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DqG4kSwkCnL-7DcZCeXjeV5mLjxpnPWPpBGF4qlk60hgW7MaCdjcnZok0tib7_T2xavi9gXlQDDGBXnGt48l-_33kv0G7wH2ZXX_oux-Um3oZasT1KlxUHPnghLNdG2nxyo-0XIt6EdvrEpx_vQhoRHeh1rPS0aD7CrSX37wjzS9o-NMXnkN4YUac_KB/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock314-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>The number of Sherlock Holmes pastiches is endless. They include stories and novels set in any era, any place, and any time. They all bring the Great Detective to new audiences — so how do you go about selecting (just) fifty-two to explore? Join our conversation with Paul Bishop as we explore his new book, <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3Ixva0x" target="_blank">52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Stories</a></i></b>. Paul is the author of 15 novels and numerous TV and film scripts — and also a 35-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department.</p><p>Paul’s new book is a selection of Sherlockian pastiches chosen and recommended by the individual essay writers themselves. Beyond the plots and author bios, Paul’s writers give personal perspectives on why these stories were important to them, and the connection Sherlock Holmes has played in their lives. </p><p>Paul also discusses his writing career, which spans multiple genres including screenplays, westerns and other novels. He discusses his journey as an author, and how storytelling has shaped his life. We also talk about connecting with fellow writers, and the remarkable variety of people drawn to Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>Some of those remarkable people will be gathering in person and virtually in the weeks ahead, so you will want to hear about August events in “<b>The Learned Societies</b>” segment. Madeline Quiñones is back with “<b>A Chance of Listening</b>,” and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with <b>a copy of Paul's book </b>for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by July 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock314.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 71.2 MB, 58:12</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1198" data-dashlane-rid="d9a4482afaa861b5" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/37423015/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/2484a4/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a number of new Sherlock Holmes books out by various authors. You'll want to check out the breadth of their offerings by <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">visiting the site</a> to learn more.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul></ul></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3Ixva0x" target="_blank">52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels</a></i> (Amazon)</li><li><i><a href="https://geniusbookpublishing.com/collections/sherlock-holmes" target="_blank">52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels</a></i> (Genius Books)</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B000APTEIY/about?ccs_id=7b73a956-57d6-4a4c-96d6-bcc9ed116c9c" target="_blank">Paul Bishop's Amazon author page</a></li><li>Paul's newsletter: <a href="https://sherlockadjacent.substack.com/" target="_blank">Sherlock Adjacent</a></li><li>Paul opines on <a href="https://sherlockadjacent.substack.com/p/the-future-of-sherlock-holmes" target="_blank">The Future of Sherlock Holmes</a> (Substack)</li><li>Other episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose252" target="_blank">Episode 252: The Devil's Blaze</a> </li><li>The Learned Societies: <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" target="_blank">Sherlockian Calendar</a></li><li>A Chance of Listening: <i><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sherlocked-podcast/id1562549543" target="_blank">The Sherlocked Podcast</a></i></li></ul><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? 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Episode 314: 52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels

“a case for personal investigation” [SUSS]  The number of Sherlock Holmes pastiches is endless. They include stories and novels set in any e...

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Episode 313: Knave of Diamonds

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“it's the king of diamonds” [MAZA] </h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP205ZeCiZEGqzoqc4Ta1CVKjsUKgGh2QP0OwPtcjvROVcm_MJ16QHPtWSvZ0GGpRP4AlodR5xTfhUS9yzvF5BkLLifKL5kPcYtg0NJckP7l6fVRNiaS6MG4FBcKcseh9hQ86wxKQolcp4ChmoPrjE_oKTq4yND_2macGiszFVfFQoQTDyPulKmwT3VMCY/s2400/ihearofsherlock313-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP205ZeCiZEGqzoqc4Ta1CVKjsUKgGh2QP0OwPtcjvROVcm_MJ16QHPtWSvZ0GGpRP4AlodR5xTfhUS9yzvF5BkLLifKL5kPcYtg0NJckP7l6fVRNiaS6MG4FBcKcseh9hQ86wxKQolcp4ChmoPrjE_oKTq4yND_2macGiszFVfFQoQTDyPulKmwT3VMCY/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock313-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></h4><div><p>It took Laurie R. King six years to find a publisher for her first book, but it was worth the wait. She won the Edgar in 1994 for Best First Novel with <i>A Grave Talent</i>, which launched her Kate Martinelli series, set in San Francisco. That same year, <i>The Bee-Keeper’s Apprentice</i> introduced the impressive, young Mary Russell, who would meet and eventually marry the retired Sherlock Holmes — “the least marriageable man I knew,” according to Mary, in 1921.</p><p>Since then, Russell and Holmes have traveled the world in eighteen novels, finding mystery and adventure everywhere from the English countryside to Palestine to California. Along the way, Mary’s partnership with Holmes has evolved, usually in plots that mix real events with suspenseful intrigue. </p><p>Now <i>Knave of Diamonds</i>, the nineteenth book in the series, brings Mary a case not even Sherlock Holmes could solve: the very real theft of the Irish Crown Jewels from Dublin Castle years before. It comes with the sudden return of Mary’s unprincipled Uncle Jake, traveling on a cloud of fabrications and falsehoods.</p><p>Laurie R. King was named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 2022. Join us for a conversation about the Irish Crown Jewels, Laurie’s approach to storytelling, Mary’s background and her conflicting loyalties, and much more.</p><p>So you can see what’s coming, we share the first half of August in “<b>The Learned Societies</b>” segment. Madeline Quiñones is back with “<b>A Chance of Listening</b>,” and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with <b>a signed copy of <i>Knave of Diamonds</i></b> for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by July 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock313.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 58.1 MB, 59:00</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="9677" data-dashlane-rid="b247fc7da36ec07c" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/37228575/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/215638/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a number of new Sherlock Holmes books out by various authors. You'll want to check out the breadth of their offerings by <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">visiting the site</a> to learn more.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul></ul></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li><i><a href="https://amzn.to/4lx7gk8" target="_blank">Knave of Diamonds</a></i></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3OrgQHg" rel="nofollow" style="color: #484848; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Mary Russell series</a></li><li><a href="https://laurierking.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Laurie-KoD-Book-Club-Kit-02.pdf" target="_blank"><i>Knave of Diamond</i> reading group guide</a></li><li><a href="https://laurierking.com/" target="_blank">Laurie R. King's website</a></li><li>Other episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose281" target="_blank">Episode 281: The Lantern's Dance</a> </li><li>The Learned Societies: <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" target="_blank">Sherlockian Calendar</a></li><li>A Chance of Listening: <i><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elementary-my-dears/id1549576306" target="_blank">Elementary, My Dears</a></i></li></ul><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><br /><br />

Episode 313: Knave of Diamonds

“it's the king of diamonds” [MAZA]  It took Laurie R. King six years to find a publisher for her first book, but it was worth the wait. ...

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Episode 312: Worldwide Doyle

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“from Portsmouth at midday” [LAST] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigR6eJNxD6M6hn-hvbkU75PNnwG1WRba1hlIuS_dCzV36tqqsWA29ihhODwaUm-94Wx960tvH_DyNO5lqyerNTYZrJPTQbIfh6WsAEFTrMsGPjsm1wluniZXdLsHqZRnSG-nf-EVjPk9qvK0dTm6sV6Xm1rEaTmy-nh3W4fDtrw9jnBQr9uWExxUQFq6Gq/s1748/ihearofsherlock312-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1748" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigR6eJNxD6M6hn-hvbkU75PNnwG1WRba1hlIuS_dCzV36tqqsWA29ihhODwaUm-94Wx960tvH_DyNO5lqyerNTYZrJPTQbIfh6WsAEFTrMsGPjsm1wluniZXdLsHqZRnSG-nf-EVjPk9qvK0dTm6sV6Xm1rEaTmy-nh3W4fDtrw9jnBQr9uWExxUQFq6Gq/w640-h424/ihearofsherlock312-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>The Portsmouth Library is home to the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, largely made possible by the bequest of Richard Lancelyn Green. This world-renowned collection, the work of one of the foremost Doylean scholars, is a treasure trove for researchers, enthusiasts, and the public. The Collection preserves books, manuscripts, artifacts, and ephemera that illuminate Conan Doyle's life, his beloved Sherlock Holmes, and the cultural impact of his work.</p><p>Laura Weston is the Education and Learning Officer for the Collection at the Portsmouth City Council, making the collection accessible and engaging to a global audience. Laura joins us to discuss the annual Worldwide Doyle conference, a series of virtual talks by writers, fans, and academics who are passionate about Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. The program is taking place in June and July; all events take place at 7:00 pm BST and are free of charge, and will be available online.</p><p>How does a city like Portsmouth turn a literary archive into a global attraction — and why does it matter? What behind-the-scenes choices shape the talks and exhibits that bring Sherlock Holmes to life for new audiences? Laura discusses all of this, including the unexpected item in the Collection that made even its curator stop and say, “I didn’t see that coming.”</p><p>So you can see what’s coming, we share the full calendar of July in “<b>The Learned Societies</b>” segment. Madeline Quinones is back with “<b>A Chance of Listening</b>,” 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 June 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock311.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 66.1 MB, 1:11:20</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="5819" data-dashlane-rid="7cf177f65361cb6c" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/37089875/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a number of new Sherlock Holmes books out by various authors. You'll want to check out the breadth of their offerings by <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">visiting the site</a> to learn more.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul></ul></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li><a href="https://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conan-doyle/our-work/worldwide-doyle-2025-in-honour-of-professor-neil-mccaw" target="_blank">The Annual Worldwide Doyle Lecture Series 2025</a></li><li><a href="https://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conan-doyle" target="_blank">The Conan Doyle Collection at the Portsmouth Public Library</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa_Sef7oEEgfLexjP1cYNKS6uVHpWIJ0T" target="_blank">Worldwide Doyle 2023 and 2024</a> Lectures (YouTube)</li><li>Other episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose08" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 8: To Keep the Memory Green</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose153" target="_blank">Episode 153: The Rooms at 221B Baker Street</a> </li><li>The Learned Societies: <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" target="_blank">Sherlockian Calendar</a></li><li>A Chance of Listening: <i><a href="https://www.howeverimprobablepodcast.com/" target="_blank">However Improbable</a></i></li></ul><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>

Episode 312: Worldwide Doyle

“from Portsmouth at midday” [LAST]  The Portsmouth Library is home to the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, largely made possible by the beques...

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Episode 311: The Digital Archive at the Toronto Public Library

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“You can file it in our archives, Watson” [RETI] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB68g8FQRRi8054InJVIbZf_MidoSWPowUGPdBIviAqNGpMT881IYBgxkJavBPBC8DlCAgAq6iP6AOLnPvC2oA4Zw-t36yAVeVuk21DPx9MEYvMcxPEWBJc1SF13FvM2gEdNW-_0tEKjueRD2ZcfzTY0BAJrUX3p6ynXnwwd8AnAi1z_VjwwQhWuclX9OK/s800/ihearofsherlock311-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB68g8FQRRi8054InJVIbZf_MidoSWPowUGPdBIviAqNGpMT881IYBgxkJavBPBC8DlCAgAq6iP6AOLnPvC2oA4Zw-t36yAVeVuk21DPx9MEYvMcxPEWBJc1SF13FvM2gEdNW-_0tEKjueRD2ZcfzTY0BAJrUX3p6ynXnwwd8AnAi1z_VjwwQhWuclX9OK/w640-h360/ihearofsherlock311-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>North America is home to a number of public collections, libraries, museums, and archives that hold treasures related to Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Not least among them is the Toronto Public Library.</p><p>Home to the famed Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, the TPL is a great friend to Sherlockians and Doyleans everywhere and regularly welcomes visitors to view and research its more than 25,000 items related to Conan Doyle. And curator Jessie Amalo joined us to talk about the digital offerings of the collection.</p><p>What can an online researcher find in the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection? What's been digitized already and what's coming up? Jessie talks about all of this, plus some of unique and wonderful surroundings of the Toronto Public Library.</p><p>Speaking of Sherlockian gatherings, we share June events in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment, Madeline Quinones is back with <b>A Chance of Listening</b>, and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with something from the vaults for the winner.  Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by June 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). We have <b>extra material</b> from this show available only to supporters.</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock311.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 66.1 MB, 1:11:20</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="2947" data-dashlane-rid="59bec310c1fef693" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/36801600/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> celebrates 10 years of <i>The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories</i> with its final collection. Get your volumes today!</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul></ul></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li><a href="https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/" target="_blank">The Toronto Public Library Digital Archive</a></li><li><a href="http://www.acdfriends.org/collect.html" target="_blank">The ACD Collection</a></li><li><a href="http://www.acdfriends.org/shwalk.html" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Walk</a></li><li><a href="http://www.acdfriends.org/" target="_blank">Friends of the ACD Collection</a></li><li>Other episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose129" target="_blank">Episode 129: Pop Sherlock</a> </li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose126" target="_blank">Episode 126: Becoming the Gillettes</a></li><li>The Learned Societies: <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" target="_blank">Sherlockian Calendar</a></li><li>A Chance of Listening: <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF1Jo8oUK8AyOPFLCZEX0GFMFGSXom9hF" target="_blank">The Fortnightly Dispatch</a></i></li></ul><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? 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Episode 311: The Digital Archive at the Toronto Public Library

“You can file it in our archives, Watson” [RETI]  North America is home to a number of public collections, libraries, museums, and archives ...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 309: Holmes In an Hour or Two

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences” [SCAN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqnCe9ODTa_zY0IzmcsZNs41Xb2S4MdTzK5_LmkH6g6dkrXI7Dfy10_LZbfdx1BjxIIGhb90bqJL4gq2DLNDJUQi57UMBLDjahUK3vhyphenhyphennBwUN_8oCm5gDfa8DkvHEBltvVuR6_Lxdn1EVZGL76uIsnitcmdOddQcsYW_WrKIUjFVpABehux20WKAZOI28/s1333/ihearofsherlock309-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1333" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqnCe9ODTa_zY0IzmcsZNs41Xb2S4MdTzK5_LmkH6g6dkrXI7Dfy10_LZbfdx1BjxIIGhb90bqJL4gq2DLNDJUQi57UMBLDjahUK3vhyphenhyphennBwUN_8oCm5gDfa8DkvHEBltvVuR6_Lxdn1EVZGL76uIsnitcmdOddQcsYW_WrKIUjFVpABehux20WKAZOI28/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock309-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><p>Don't care for Sherlockian chronologies? Well, you're not alone! Neither did our guest today, and he's written a number of books on the subject.</p><p>Brad Keefauver, BSI ("Winwood Reade") is a member of the Sherlockian Chronologist Guild and author of <i>Holmes In an Hour or Two: A Sherlock Holmes Fan's First Sherlockian Chronology, or Create Your Own Timeline of Sherlock Holmes's Life in the Shortest Time Possible</i>. It's not a matter of simply picking dates or looking for discrepancies; creating a chronology can take into account all sorts of data, and trying to put it all together is truly a thinker's puzzle.</p><p>We have some Sherlockian society events we share in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment, and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of Brad's book for one lucky winner.  Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by April 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>).</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock309.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 54.6 MB, 58:49</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="11131" data-dashlane-rid="94031f3c6720935b" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/36183435/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/341210/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> is hosting a special event at Undershaw on May 17, with a livestream component. Sign up and celebrate 10 years of <i>The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories</i>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul></ul></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i><a href="https://amzn.to/4czp22J" target="_blank">Holmes In an Hour or Two</a></i> (Amazon)</li><li><a href="https://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sherlock Peoria</a></li><li><a href="https://bkeefauver5.wixsite.com/sherlockchronoguild" target="_blank">Sherlockian Chronologist Guild</a></li><li><a href="https://historicalsherlock.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-other-chronologists.html">The OTHER Chronologists</a> (Historical Sherlock)</li><li>Other episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose144" target="_blank">Episode 144: Chronologies of Sherlock Holmes</a> </li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose258" target="_blank">Episode 258: The Monstrum Opus of Sherlock Holmes</a></li></ul><li>The Learned Societies: <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" target="_blank">Sherlockian Calendar</a></li><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? 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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...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 308: The BSI Midwest Canonical Conclave

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“grazed the subclavian artery” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyQwB0-ElktBQRsNEeEr-ycjYLW9fteOKAgonc002ISIA4F0YErZnVqmL641-Jnvi-gDwgY4MxaupuHLnbtNfwP-FYS_yqYd-Hh3EDkfAkO0-rJnTH3hhCbPd6NceILo8uKkDwwVcG0pZhKTgroVTOqzDRmRmHski0ueO27DNhJ85JQ599Gqo_adT8Gif/s1200/ihearofsherlock308%20header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1200" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyQwB0-ElktBQRsNEeEr-ycjYLW9fteOKAgonc002ISIA4F0YErZnVqmL641-Jnvi-gDwgY4MxaupuHLnbtNfwP-FYS_yqYd-Hh3EDkfAkO0-rJnTH3hhCbPd6NceILo8uKkDwwVcG0pZhKTgroVTOqzDRmRmHski0ueO27DNhJ85JQ599Gqo_adT8Gif/w640-h434/ihearofsherlock308%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>While the Baker Street Irregulars is the most well-known of Sherlockian societies, it is by no means the only one — nor even the most important. There are gatherings happening every week, in person and virtually, of Sherlockian societies.</p><p>And just like the Sherlockian societies that sprouted up in those early years of the hobby, Steve Doyle, BSI ("<i>The Western Morning News</i>") thought it might be helpful to bring some of them together in a spirit of building Sherlockian community and creating connections.</p><p>And that's taking the form of the inaugural BSI Canonical Conclave, taking place in Indianapolis on April 26, 2025. We talk with Steve about what we might expect there and what he expects to come from this unique gathering. Whether you're attending or not, he shares vital information for your own activities.</p><p>We have some Sherlockian society events we share in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment, Madeline Quiñones tells us about another Sherlock Holmes podcast in "<b>A Chance of Listening</b>," and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge with something from the IHOSE vaults for one lucky winner.  Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by April 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>).</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock308.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 73.3 MB, 1:16:26</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="5416" data-dashlane-rid="8506cdc49c95d4b4" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35930280/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li>Exclusive for IHOSE listeners from <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a>: codes for <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdT14AxBwqMqON1zScLBHRecf2hd-2Q7fR-hHdlRDTrBS9K5w/viewform" target="_blank">5 free audio books</a>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? 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Find them all in our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihoseshows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archives</a>.</li><li>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery?indie=false&period=month#37883168" target="_blank"><img alt="goodpods top 100 mystery podcasts" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/leaderboard_badges/fiction_mystery_top50_month.png" style="height: 77px; width: 250px;" /></a><a href="https://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/fiction/mystery" style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Goodpods Top 100 Mystery Podcasts</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Goodpods? 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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 ...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 307: The Evolution of 221B Con

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“able to evolve from their own inner consciousness” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLPrr7cn5vTeO1I-x7TahZMoxS0qTaN4q6_synaTm1kLaqN6dLuvC6csWOXCWqlNbwGN55HFNqi2yQGWvOQxGYiYQBNAeG7kdfq5PbGNDknVN-tKyPf5Z1mx9fJ74J_hsL1xRVH1NHBHi9Ui2lg-cxOaOUiXInkX7Oe74puomJbu9D2jJ7WpLP7Zw1b8/s1000/ihearofsherlock307%20header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLPrr7cn5vTeO1I-x7TahZMoxS0qTaN4q6_synaTm1kLaqN6dLuvC6csWOXCWqlNbwGN55HFNqi2yQGWvOQxGYiYQBNAeG7kdfq5PbGNDknVN-tKyPf5Z1mx9fJ74J_hsL1xRVH1NHBHi9Ui2lg-cxOaOUiXInkX7Oe74puomJbu9D2jJ7WpLP7Zw1b8/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock307%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>Now in its 12th year, 221B Con has become a mainstay of annual Sherlockian events, drawing people from all over the world to Atlanta every April. It was founded as a response to <i>Sherlock</i> on BBC, but has expanded beyond that to include the original stories as well as all forms of media.</p><p>Last year, the founders announced that this year would be the final 221B Con. As we narrow in on that date, regular attendee and volunteer Johanna Draper Carlson isn't convinced that has to be the case. But the future isn't quite clear at this point.</p><p>We talk with Johanna about what's changed over the years, how it compares to other major "Cons," what to expect in April 2025, and what she hopes the future will bring. </p><p>We have some Sherlockian society events we share in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment, Madeline Quiñones tells us about another Sherlock Holmes podcast in "<b>A Chance of Listening</b>," and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge with something from the IHOSE vaults for one lucky winner.  Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by March 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). Just for our supporters, we'll be releasing a video version of this episode.</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock307.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 59.4 MB, 1:00:00</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="340" data-dashlane-rid="30bdc1a90da457a3" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35710485/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/47391c/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></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li>Exclusive for IHOSE listeners from <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a>: codes for <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdT14AxBwqMqON1zScLBHRecf2hd-2Q7fR-hHdlRDTrBS9K5w/viewform" target="_blank">5 free audio books</a>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? 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It would help other Sherlockians to find us.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>

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...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 306: The Golden Era of Sherlock Holmes and His Contemporaries

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the high opinion formed of him by his contemporaries.” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xaOcCvth4srV1czpVBX1Jg7RGS7MpWxBnsflQrxAT15IbarUfh6POpBK08kgKtBJ6_J80vJyWjvEUG2hm3tyTZ3JIFnZie1_UtilIs7R_gcu7OR89_XBT5SpgWbRJVhu80WUeWsqnDKEnFKvgO8kDl9nwB71_JHAZm7GN6tzM-KL94PLzbfitisgwOhz/s1706/ihearofsherlock306-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1706" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xaOcCvth4srV1czpVBX1Jg7RGS7MpWxBnsflQrxAT15IbarUfh6POpBK08kgKtBJ6_J80vJyWjvEUG2hm3tyTZ3JIFnZie1_UtilIs7R_gcu7OR89_XBT5SpgWbRJVhu80WUeWsqnDKEnFKvgO8kDl9nwB71_JHAZm7GN6tzM-KL94PLzbfitisgwOhz/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock306-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>When the first Sherlock Holmes short stories came on the scene, they were something of a novelty: non-serialized, self-contained tales that put the <i>Strand Magazine</i> on the map.</p><p>As with any success story, this one inspired imitators. These contemporaries of Sherlock Holmes inhabited the pages of the <i>Strand </i>and many other magazines of the day. Author Michael Cohen has stepped forward to catalog and categorize them from the years 1891 to 1914. This surprising array of characters includes those who were consciously not trying to be Sherlock Holmes, ranging from the occult to females, bumbling detectives, doctors and scientists, the criminal class and more.</p><p>In <i>The Golden Era of Sherlock Holmes and His Contemporaries</i>, Cohen gives us a handy and valuable resource; its subtitle indicates it is a Mystery Guide and Finding List. For readers interested in detectives in this golden era, this book is an essential companion to help identify and locate these sometimes famous, sometimes obscure detectives.</p><p>We also take a quick look at Sherlockian societies in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment, Madeline Quiñones tells us about her absolute favorite Sherlock Holmes podcast in "<b>A Chance of Listening</b>," and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz tests your knowledge with a reward of a copy of <i>The Golden Era of Sherlock Holmes and His Contemporaries</i> for one lucky winner.  Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by March 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>).</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock305.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 58.6 MB, 1:01:10</h3><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1589" data-dashlane-rid="f505e32ddb1de152" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35490380/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/0c3974/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><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li>Exclusive for IHOSE listeners from <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a>: codes for <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdT14AxBwqMqON1zScLBHRecf2hd-2Q7fR-hHdlRDTrBS9K5w/viewform" target="_blank">5 free audio books</a>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? 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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...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 305: That Ghastly Face

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a wistful look on his wrinkled face” [BLAN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCzpqN74Dn8NkD6sS5g9694kXbBrdA4cGT4sYtIwgOTXbzO3ms32u-akOuzZoFlzCwr9H4XNPkHGHx_aFSqH4UBXLRI4aNuU21YAwq5-R50SJdGsg2bOV4WB00iwBTlLZ1wURNZ1YXRH7lXVSnK76DlDJ4ZoQKe9VPkp2sbQpyn6EV92adAidGF5cEt2k/s1200/ihearofsherlock305-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1200" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCzpqN74Dn8NkD6sS5g9694kXbBrdA4cGT4sYtIwgOTXbzO3ms32u-akOuzZoFlzCwr9H4XNPkHGHx_aFSqH4UBXLRI4aNuU21YAwq5-R50SJdGsg2bOV4WB00iwBTlLZ1wURNZ1YXRH7lXVSnK76DlDJ4ZoQKe9VPkp2sbQpyn6EV92adAidGF5cEt2k/w640-h512/ihearofsherlock305-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>The first Sherlock Holmes adventure authored by Sherlock Holmes was “The Blanched Soldier.” It tells the tale of a family’s attempt to protect their son, a friend’s dedication to determining the truth, and Holmes’s actions to explain everything.</p><p>Ira Matetsky, BSI ("The Final Problem") edited this volume and in the process, assembled a group of Sherlockians who have unique talents to apply to the analysis of the story and the manuscript, which was generously made available from the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library.</p><p>This latest volume in the BSI Manuscript Series offers delights for the eyes as well as the mind, as the digital scan of the original manuscript as well as full color illustrations by Howard Elcock bring the volume to life.</p><p>Ira tells us a great deal about the book – and listeners will also be treated to stories about a key player from one of the contributors.</p><p>We'll cover the latest goings-on in Sherlockian societies in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment, Madeline Quiñones reports on a long-running Sherlock Holmes podcast in "<b>A Chance of Listening</b>," and the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz tests your knowledge with a reward of a copy of <i>That Ghastly Face</i> for one lucky winner.  Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by February 27, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>And just for <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporters</b></a> of the show, we have a collection of Howard Elcock's illustrations for your visual delight (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>).</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock305.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 58.6 MB, 1:01:10</h3><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="4324" data-dashlane-rid="9e80361c248d58cb" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35298220/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/4f4548/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><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li>Exclusive for IHOSE listeners from <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a>: codes for <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdT14AxBwqMqON1zScLBHRecf2hd-2Q7fR-hHdlRDTrBS9K5w/viewform" target="_blank">5 free audio books</a>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? 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It would help other Sherlockians to find us.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><br /><br />

Episode 305: That Ghastly Face

“a wistful look on his wrinkled face” [BLAN]  The first Sherlock Holmes adventure authored by Sherlock Holmes was “The Blanched Soldier.” It...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 304: Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“One of the most precious public possessions of the empire” [BERY] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04k_uQqUB_e4zzZXFZ-Ouelqaonx5hYKuWs09OjJQ7n2Sm7zk4wApvtY-SStrM3SQUPTtQUFM8523fdzu6LjwCDqzfLGF5OQzyLLjqd6kkUIRMjLk2Dcw4P12zzv0j2TmIakKrRptU1ccVLEbuh7unoP3rIHuILtyg7dqkyj5PlKK6RMY__GWXPp7zp_B/s2544/ihearofsherlock304-header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2013" data-original-width="2544" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04k_uQqUB_e4zzZXFZ-Ouelqaonx5hYKuWs09OjJQ7n2Sm7zk4wApvtY-SStrM3SQUPTtQUFM8523fdzu6LjwCDqzfLGF5OQzyLLjqd6kkUIRMjLk2Dcw4P12zzv0j2TmIakKrRptU1ccVLEbuh7unoP3rIHuILtyg7dqkyj5PlKK6RMY__GWXPp7zp_B/w640-h506/ihearofsherlock304-header.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><p>Joel Meadows began what eventually became <i><b>Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders: The Gene Genie</b></i> in 2002 while working on <i>Tripwire</i> as a quarterly print magazine.</p><p>He tells us the story of how it took two decades to bring this vision to life with illustrator Andy Bennett, and what the plans are for part two of the story. The initial Kickstarter for part one was wildly successful, and the Kickstarter for the sequel is under way. </p><p>The praise has been effusive: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>“A darn good romp” – Guillermo del Toro, Oscar-winning director</li><li>“Classic Sherlock Holmes! You can smell the chimney-smoke and feel the clatter of hooves. Here’s the character we all know and love, given a fresh polish for the 21st century!” – Ian Rankin, <i>Rebus</i></li></ul><p></p><p>The fusion of history and mystery form Joel's perfect nexus, and he's extending his efforts from graphic novel to a novella next. </p><p>We've moved the <b>Sherlockian News</b> to an exclusive bonus track for <b><a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporters</a></b> (watch for that to drop), and added a new segment: "<b>The Learned Societies</b>," all about activities going on in in Sherlockian groups. In this episode, we cover some of the BSI Weekend activities.</p><p>Madeline Quiñones had diligently prepared an installment of "<b>A Chance of Listening</b>," her review of Sherlockian podcasts, that we missed last epsiode, so we make up for it this time. And of course the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz awaits to test your Sherlockian knowledge. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will receive <i>Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders</i>. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by February 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>If you become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show, not only will you help to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and transcription services, but we have thank-you gifts at certain tiers and ad-free versions of the episodes for all patrons.</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock304.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 57.3 MB, 59:21</h3><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-rid="6c0a29db702d2ca8" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35093180/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/3d3f42/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><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li>Exclusive for IHOSE listeners from <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a>: codes for <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdT14AxBwqMqON1zScLBHRecf2hd-2Q7fR-hHdlRDTrBS9K5w/viewform" target="_blank">5 free audio books</a>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? 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Episode 304: Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders

“One of the most precious public possessions of the empire” [BERY]  Joel Meadows began what eventually became Sherlock Holmes and the Empire...

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by Scott Monty