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Bow Ties for Sherlock Holmes Fans

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We've been longtime customers of <a href="http://www.beautiesltd.com/" target="_blank">Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont</a>. Established as a mom-and-pop operation in the 1990s, they expanded from a simple newsletter to a catalog to an online presence in relatively short time. That the ties are all handmade in Vermont by local employees made it even better.<br>
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The company offers bow ties in a variety of materials such as woven or printed silk, linen and satin, in a number of sizes such as butterfly, slimline, very slimline, diamond point, and as pre-tied or self-tie models. For those not interested in bows, they also offer necktie versions of each pattern, as well as scarves for ladies, pocket squares, cummerbunds, vests, ascots and children's ties. Each pattern has a name that evokes something about the pattern, whether it's the colors, the design, where it's from, etc.<br>
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Imagine our surprise then, when browsing their summer sale, that we came across a bow tie that is inescapably Sherlockian: it's called <a href="http://www.beautiesltd.com/product/reichenbach-falls-bow-tie/" target="_blank">Reichenbach Falls</a>.<br>
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Bow Ties for Sherlock Holmes Fans

We've been longtime customers of Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont . Established as a mom-and-pop operation in the 1990s, they expanded from ...

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by Scott Monty

Think Twice About This Mysterious Theater Host

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While we had an opportunity last week to look at <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/05/one-of-best-features-of-jeremy-brett.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vincent Price and his introductions for <i>Mystery</i></a> on PBS, we thought we'd turn to another host who might be less well known to you.<br />
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We bring you, Vincent Twice, Vincent Twice, the host of "<a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mysterious_Theater" target="_blank">Mysterious Theater</a>" on <i>Sesame Street</i>. A parody of the original series as well as of its host Vincent Price, the Muppet version can be seen in a in front of a fireplace, seated in a plush armchair and surrounded by candelabras in a dimly lit room. Naturally, he introduces Sherlock Hemlock, the world's greatest detective, who attempts to solve some mysteries appropriate for <i>Sesame Street</i> viewers.<br />
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Below we have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EY5kvGaGlE&index=2&list=PLUHZPFBkJvfCHvIUslN2EeXXUkrkdDkLG" target="_blank">a playlist of the four known episodes of "Mysterious Theater"</a> starring Vincent Twice, Vincent Twice and Sherlock Hemlock: "The Missing Toast," "Dial M for Mother," "The Case of the Missing Cat" and "Circle Search."<br />
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Think Twice About This Mysterious Theater Host

"his reconstruction of this mysterious episode" [LAST] While we had an opportunity last week to look at Vincent Price and his...

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by Scott Monty

Book Review - Strongwood: A Crime Dossier

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When I first heard of<i> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816690936/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0816690936&linkCode=as2&tag=theconblo04-20&linkId=ORF3HACPCL5XMTQK" target="_blank">Strongwood: A Crime Dossier</a></i> by Larry Millett, I didn't even think it was a Sherlock Holmes story. I quickly glanced over the description and just saw that it was about a young woman, Addie Strongwood, in a 1903 Minneapolis (yes really, Minneapolis), who reportedly shot her lover, Michael Masterson. It wasn't until I was assured it was a Holmes pastiche and went back and read below the fold to discover that for some reason Sherlock Holmes in in Minneapolis (no, seriously Minneapolis), and subsequently helps solve the case.<br />
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Not only did I not realize this was a Sherlock Holmes story, I had never heard of the author, Larry Millett, nor did I realize that this was his seventh Sherlock Holmes story. Although this is not a judgment on the author, as even within the genre of Sherlock Holmes pastiches, there are undoubtedly thousands, if not tens of thousands, of authors, and I doubt anyone knows them all.<br />
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The story is told through a reconstruction of trial testimony, newspaper stories, Addie’s defense attorney journal entries, and her own account which is recounted in the <i>Minneapolis Tribune</i>. No really, the real <i>Minneapolis Tribune</i>. You see, as the author explains in the intro, this is a true crime story, that Millett has managed to weave Sherlock Holmes into. Well, that seems interesting.<br />
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Addie Strongwood, a working class girl has shot her upper-class lover and claiming self-defense. Through the story Millett build a mystery where the reader has to decide if Addie, a lower class working girl was the victim of rape or the perpetrator of blackmail against an upper-class member of society?<br />
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Sherlock doesn’t make an appearance until almost 100 pages into the book but, of course, makes a crucial discovery about the case. This part obviously didn't really happen. Well, actually it turns out, none of it happened. I know what I said earlier, but it's not actually based on a true crime, it's just written that way. Very convincingly. So much so, that you'll find many reviews of this book where people think it is real.<br />
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Larry Millett is a journalist in Minneapolis (yes a real journalist), and it is with that journalistic experience that he very convincingly writes the newspaper articles excerpted in the book, and even takes his deception to the level of writing in the introduction that this is a true crime that he stumbled across while researching his next Sherlock Holmes adventure.<br />
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Larry Millett is properly clever and creates a very engaging read with this book. Plus if you like the characters in the story, there are six other books featuring Sherlock Holmes and several of the other characters, most of them taking place in Minneapolis (no, I don't know why I'm giving Minneapolis such a hard time).
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Book Review - Strongwood: A Crime Dossier

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by Tac Anderson

You Won't Believe Where This Re-Creation of 221B Is

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We know there are versions of the sitting room at 221B Baker Street that can be found at the <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespub.com/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Pub</a> in London, the <a href="http://www.sherlockholmes.ch/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a> in Lucens, at <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/" target="_blank">221B (aka 239) Baker Street</a> in London, and in <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/7603051766/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Meirengen</a>, and Denny Dobry's basement in <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/05/221b-baker-street-reading-pennsylvania.html#.U2m4X_ldWSo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reading, Pennsylvania</a>, to name a few.<br>
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But did you know that <a href="http://minitonga.thing.com/" target="_blank">The Mini-Tonga Society</a> is a Sherlock Holmes group that is interested only in miniature recreations of 221B? Founded in 1979 by Dee Snyder, Dorothy Shaw and John Bennett Shaw, it was mostly a correspondence club whose members occasionally gathered and showed off their creations. Some were made by hand, while others hunted for pieces to complete their creation. Sadly, we can't seem to get any of the images to load on the Mini-Tonga Society's site.<br>
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