I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Baker Street Elementary – The Greatest Show of Dearth

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“and yet it amounted to nothing” [NORW] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLrx95aFPixqTWU3yj0iycdllezrUHfV8wfv2dDwD4jB3wbxCd5nqUgueVNgc45wDjue1M296szRtcN2qDmKmZV79Ynurmje7BzV_sSIh-O_y3IkJU1tDRFu9GLVreJAhf1nq3iJ5oU06TdFXf7shPRDH13V31lji85jv1vcD-q0RdKQgYkkej3ME3yAY/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20161.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLrx95aFPixqTWU3yj0iycdllezrUHfV8wfv2dDwD4jB3wbxCd5nqUgueVNgc45wDjue1M296szRtcN2qDmKmZV79Ynurmje7BzV_sSIh-O_y3IkJU1tDRFu9GLVreJAhf1nq3iJ5oU06TdFXf7shPRDH13V31lji85jv1vcD-q0RdKQgYkkej3ME3yAY/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20161.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Before Sherlock Holmes came along, detective stories, while satisfying, weren't all that revealing. Oh sure, the crimes would be revealed, but the methods were more opaque.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, Holmes showed his disdain for literary detectives:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><div>“Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends’ thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour’s silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.”</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-interview-1927/" target="_blank">a famous 1927 newsreel</a>, indicated his own dissatisfaction with the mysterious methods of such sleuths:</div><blockquote>“I used occasionally to read detective stories, it often annoyed me how in the old-fashioned detective story the detective always seemed to get at his results either by some sort of lucky chance or fluke, or else it was quite unexplained how he got there. He got there but he never gave an explanation how. Now that didn't seem to me quite playing the game. It seemed to me that he's bound to give his reasons why he came to his conclusions.” </blockquote><blockquote>“But when I began thinking about this, I began to think of turning scientific methods, as it were, onto the work of detection...I had as it were, a new idea of the detective and one which it interested me to work out. I thought of a hundred little dodges, as you may say, a hundred little touches by which he could build up his conclusions and then I began to write stories on those lines.”  </blockquote><p> Watch <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-interview-1927/" target="_blank">the entire clip</a>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/SirArthurConanDoyleSpeaks_272" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="640"></iframe><br /></p><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some of the best ideas come by starting with a blank sheet of paper, as we see at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – The Greatest Show of Dearth

“and yet it amounted to nothing” [NORW] Before Sherlock Holmes came along, detective stories, while satisfying, weren't all that reveal...

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Episode 272: Legends of the BSJ - Christopher Morley

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“For three hours we strolled about together” [RESI] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtUayXlFz-ROVGDciWmJV8Hztm4FzGo0WngThVvNZFqoRgfz99z4XmlF5pd1XAzFSXOcxHTZC_D3JdsJOgtscnYadWCib6O4q8gQNG-kWE078PuSAgE27SlOqSEiTKV9L0qDvf6IJdO06PClU7WQNTOuut4tAREZWMpDnlTlOTVx38lKyzGtQbuhh9Ape/s1245/ihearofsherlcok272-widescreen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1245" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtUayXlFz-ROVGDciWmJV8Hztm4FzGo0WngThVvNZFqoRgfz99z4XmlF5pd1XAzFSXOcxHTZC_D3JdsJOgtscnYadWCib6O4q8gQNG-kWE078PuSAgE27SlOqSEiTKV9L0qDvf6IJdO06PClU7WQNTOuut4tAREZWMpDnlTlOTVx38lKyzGtQbuhh9Ape/w640-h424/ihearofsherlcok272-widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>As we continue our look at some of the early Baker Street Irregulars associated with <i>The Baker Street Journal</i> (we began with its publisher Ben Abramson in Episode 269), we turn to Christopher Morley.</p><p>Morley was the right man at the right time with the right attitude, and Steven Rothman, BSI, 2s. ("<i>The Valley of Fear</i>") is the foremost expert on this legend of the <i>BSJ</i>.</p><p>We look at Morley's early life, his influences, his literary works, and his popularity leading up to and through the time of the establishment of Sherlockian societies.</p><p>There are Sherlockian news headlines and the ever-present <b>Canonical Couplet</b>. Did you win last time? Will you win this time? The winner will receive something Morley-esque. </p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by September 29, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 272: Legends of the BSJ - Christopher Morley

“For three hours we strolled about together” [RESI] As we continue our look at some of the early Baker Street Irregulars associated with Th...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Show and Don't Tell

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“revealed it to the victim” [SPEC] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6f2-K-pVowIHMw8UpZ8Y3bs8wp6QX4J28-653RRXzqSw4d3EqSCIJ4anwj8PxUMsNcCDjAJK3OeWRNbujIchFnWZcgLZE5RVH4qL6dAuSNzNRr5sLLmzcl33b0HyZi9kKMMyx5TQpfp4weoTHJnM3CQ1HheV5w7elCiScdmHNxE8f8wG-9tYHDMjKP8Z/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20160.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6f2-K-pVowIHMw8UpZ8Y3bs8wp6QX4J28-653RRXzqSw4d3EqSCIJ4anwj8PxUMsNcCDjAJK3OeWRNbujIchFnWZcgLZE5RVH4qL6dAuSNzNRr5sLLmzcl33b0HyZi9kKMMyx5TQpfp4weoTHJnM3CQ1HheV5w7elCiScdmHNxE8f8wG-9tYHDMjKP8Z/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20160.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Recall in "The Red-Headed League" how Sherlock Holmes was able to infer a number of facts about Jabez Wilson, leaving the pawnbroker astounded:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div></div></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><div>“Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.”</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Mr. Jabez Wilson started up in his chair, with his forefinger upon the paper, but his eyes upon my companion. “How, in the name of good-fortune, did you know all that, Mr. Holmes?” he asked.</div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>When Holmes went on to explain his observations and conclusions, Wilson became more cynical: </p><blockquote><div>Mr. Jabez Wilson laughed heavily. “Well, I never!” said he. “I thought at first that you had done something clever, but I see that there was nothing in it, after all.”</div></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sherlock Holmes, who prided himself on his ability to surprise people with his deductions, was taken aback and even suggested to Watson that like so many magicians, he shouldn't reveal his tricks:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><div>“I begin to think, Watson,” said Holmes, “that I make a mistake in explaining. ‘<i>Omne ignotum pro magnifico</i>,’ you know, and my poor little reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I am so candid.”</div></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We of course know that there isn't "nothing in it after all," but that it takes a considerable effort to train oneself in observation and deduction, as Sherlock Holmes did and as did Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle's instructor Dr. Joseph Bell.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Perhaps the boys of Baker Street Elementary are learning some lessons as well...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – Show and Don't Tell

“revealed it to the victim” [SPEC] Recall in "The Red-Headed League" how Sherlock Holmes was able to infer a number of facts abou...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 271: The Collected Papers of Sherlock Holmes and More

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“put the papers on the sundial” [FIVE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAdR4o54n1OITp9G-6DShtaqfYQG5UMMhvLHp4dee87cZ0mz6wfJuKYRP6bt2sJhvGGKaDyY7AD4pX9ykxeE6RVVlxA2YXyihyQRIoJHp9dNUbYN0g3F2B8Ix2RzaoD1SmIWEGkSAW9fSX0yJk93yhduFvEOxSzZPqC9fM2fQnbfdU-PNrlE-BaGT6-G-/s2048/ihearofsherlock271%20widescreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAdR4o54n1OITp9G-6DShtaqfYQG5UMMhvLHp4dee87cZ0mz6wfJuKYRP6bt2sJhvGGKaDyY7AD4pX9ykxeE6RVVlxA2YXyihyQRIoJHp9dNUbYN0g3F2B8Ix2RzaoD1SmIWEGkSAW9fSX0yJk93yhduFvEOxSzZPqC9fM2fQnbfdU-PNrlE-BaGT6-G-/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock271%20widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>David Marcum is still at it. 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Episode 271: The Collected Papers of Sherlock Holmes and More

“put the papers on the sundial” [FIVE] David Marcum is still at it. When we last left this prolific author and editor, he was 28 volumes in...

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by Scott Monty

Review: Sherlock Holmes: The Spider's Web

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“earnest in the investigation”  [RETI]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOYiEk1uRQQgLJfMJ5HMPs4ruYmKZvtofcWZCGnb6b28ueagbwuGI2BIPFzYGxIi0wv7dUoDgmaHYLu8CK7WwFZqBcpglJYpemZFy85-HCUoYCo3mR3FfujAu7NEuwr-CD92p7uJyFP7f0JbmO9Wi6IHeS2Awxe3f0D0tx1PBkMK45n4TrkXkFUVQI0gR/s1548/Spider's%20Web%20header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1548" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOYiEk1uRQQgLJfMJ5HMPs4ruYmKZvtofcWZCGnb6b28ueagbwuGI2BIPFzYGxIi0wv7dUoDgmaHYLu8CK7WwFZqBcpglJYpemZFy85-HCUoYCo3mR3FfujAu7NEuwr-CD92p7uJyFP7f0JbmO9Wi6IHeS2Awxe3f0D0tx1PBkMK45n4TrkXkFUVQI0gR/w640-h438/Spider's%20Web%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Who would have thought mixing a traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiche with Oscar Wilde's characters would work so well? Philip Purser-Hallard, that's who. </p><p>I picked up <i><a href="https://amzn.to/44djHsp" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: The Spider's Web</a></i> because I'd read and enjoyed some of Purser-Hallard's writings on <i>Doctor Who</i>. I was pleasantly surprised to find an authentic-feeling novel with quite the deductions. </p><p>Then a body is found at the Moncrieff house during a ball, and in wanders the cast of <i><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3KO7vr6" target="_blank">The Importance of Being Earnest</a></b></i>. It's all the more complicated when the dead man is claimed to be Bunbury. The case that unfolds is one based on gossip and blackmail, as suits the characters. </p><p>I suspect many of you will already know whether you want to read this at this point, whether or not I continue to say that the book is entertaining, with a deft balance between Wilde's facetiousness and Doyle's adventure. If you enjoy both of these authors, you'll definitely want to see Holmes meet Lady Bracknell. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3P0EXNv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="1548" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6Y-zntHExQIPblOcNJSw0PszWKnOdNvPyqTb-VHOD7VMQacZa0feeBW5HkcWBt5QgG5Xe1bNKqYyTH3frR3IArmAM1vVum5VHzBD_CUgyt1r2qyZpIu3BzgqegV-cAH6LQ2XAcdPmqmzqqfqC37ZryxRezBTC-_vR3tbNTATEdcei7db7qXnmlrQEjNo/s320/Spider's%20Web.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Thankfully, an author's note lists all the various characters and their Wildean sources, as those from <i><a href="https://amzn.to/45zZ4aF" target="_blank">An Ideal Husband</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/44hXrxm" target="_blank">A Woman of No Importance</a>, </i>and <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3qDxtGS" target="_blank">Lady Windermere's Fan</a></i> also appear. </p><p><br /></p><p>The connection between Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle is worth a mention here: both <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/08/langham-hotel-incorrectly-claims-to-be.html" target="_blank">attended a dinner at the Langham Hotel</a> with <b>J.M. Stoddart</b>, editor of <i>Lippincott's Monthly</i>, on 30 August 1889. It marked the first meeting between Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde and eventually resulted in <i>The Sign of Four</i> and <i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i>, both initially published in <i>Lippincott's</i>.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Adventures Continue</h3><p>After this book, Purser-Hallard wrote <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3spmOzY" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: Masters of Lies</a></i>, a wonderfully twisty double-cross on the reader. Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Mycroft Holmes investigate the suicide of a supposed spy, caught up with various document forgeries. It came out from Titan in May 2022. Both books are recommended. </p><p><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3P0EXNv" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: The Spider's Web</a> </i>by Philip Purser-Hallard, published by Titan Books, October 2020, is available in paperback and Kindle format <a href="https://amzn.to/3P0EXNv" target="_blank">on Amazon</a>.</p><p><br /></p>

Review: Sherlock Holmes: The Spider's Web

“earnest in the investigation” [RETI] Who would have thought mixing a traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiche with Oscar Wilde's character...

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

Baker Street Elementary – Lessons Learned

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Excuse the admiration of a connoisseur” [HOUN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvyTr0Cp49BO7JRHxBX5Hr1Mbf-1u9DZ3GIaqeKWTbVynE5CLM0DATRG3KgHSiByBVWFwalLDpH3r3XN_81m6iS6Z5Co4OYeBHqj0fpzZ-OkpUXqg4BPlXRSu4zUoKNbo7NtLRC1UvZDSwsMVC-jEzoIDxwvn-LVu3I22IfBwhZmiKl9uFlRNQsl-LNSm/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20159.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvyTr0Cp49BO7JRHxBX5Hr1Mbf-1u9DZ3GIaqeKWTbVynE5CLM0DATRG3KgHSiByBVWFwalLDpH3r3XN_81m6iS6Z5Co4OYeBHqj0fpzZ-OkpUXqg4BPlXRSu4zUoKNbo7NtLRC1UvZDSwsMVC-jEzoIDxwvn-LVu3I22IfBwhZmiKl9uFlRNQsl-LNSm/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20159.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the unexpected duties (evidently) of the inhabitant of Baskerville Hall was the recitation of his forbears who were represented in portraits in the main hall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When Sherlock Holmes first joins Sir Henry and Dr. Watson, his expression indicates some interest in the artwork:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Watson won’t allow that I know anything of art, but that is mere jealousy, because our views upon the subject differ. Now, these are a really very fine series of portraits.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While Sir Henry professes not to know much about art, he has studied up on his ancestors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“I don’t pretend to know much about these things, and I’d be a better judge of a horse or a steer than of a picture. I didn’t know that you found time for such things.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“I know what is good when I see it, and I see it now. That’s a Kneller, I’ll swear, that lady in the blue silk over yonder, and the stout gentleman with the wig ought to be a Reynolds. They are all family portraits, I presume?”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Every one.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br />“Do you know the names?”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br />“Barrymore has been coaching me in them, and I think I can say my lessons fairly well.”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The names of the artists indicate that the Baskerville family must have been particularly wealthy. Kneller was <b>Sir Godfrey Kneller, Baronet</b> (1646–1723), who was the leading Baroque portraitist in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kneller did portraits of many British admirals, and it is tempting to think he may have been the artist behind the painting of “Rear-Admiral Baskerville, who served under Rodney in the West Indies.” However, Admiral George Brydges Rodney didn't take command in the West Indies until the mid-18th century.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Reynolds was <b>Sir Joshua Reynolds</b> (1723–1792), one of the major European painters of the 18th century known particularly for his portraits. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. With the Baskervilles, he may have had quite a bit to work with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That's a lot for Sir Henry, who spent most of his time in the States and Canada, to take in. But he must have been a diligent student, as he knew this would be his life's work. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unlike one particular attendee of Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFVaPIZ5hIoOfZT27U27wmUcqUT7F6qEzP2X3lYDstWXKy7fMtWb5Q4LjVh-xDDYpBUx49XD8kxGDfchhizPdamQm3m2gwmpmpfKnIXLhmfmXupu55tq4ZAuSb5Y3-SLFDtKAyEJdUfP6uTiKcMynmJ6MsMLFKeNrO4OxdAdjAA1jEy2GLijOwikYqG7J/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20159.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFVaPIZ5hIoOfZT27U27wmUcqUT7F6qEzP2X3lYDstWXKy7fMtWb5Q4LjVh-xDDYpBUx49XD8kxGDfchhizPdamQm3m2gwmpmpfKnIXLhmfmXupu55tq4ZAuSb5Y3-SLFDtKAyEJdUfP6uTiKcMynmJ6MsMLFKeNrO4OxdAdjAA1jEy2GLijOwikYqG7J/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20159.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /></div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Lessons Learned

“Excuse the admiration of a connoisseur” [HOUN] One of the unexpected duties (evidently) of the inhabitant of Baskerville Hall was the reci...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 270: CrimeReads with Olivia Rutigliano

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“read twelve hours a day at the annals of crime” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8PYS5BMhw_n1llLXXlb_6_mAqu9ZvncCQ4KTlRcS5ncHj9a5j3lKQn-hgBlWQtPF8n_xbGJ9r28FZW42z3HFumTMPC4xc5d869cdIF_McnuYDjNGK3elt-_AXPl6B7mPoS8Z8XKspWp9BbAXHit6uolCi8YCkjoWX14o3cKY3QfhqE5RFn2AB4TYudbK/s1100/ihearofsherlock270%20widescreen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1100" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8PYS5BMhw_n1llLXXlb_6_mAqu9ZvncCQ4KTlRcS5ncHj9a5j3lKQn-hgBlWQtPF8n_xbGJ9r28FZW42z3HFumTMPC4xc5d869cdIF_McnuYDjNGK3elt-_AXPl6B7mPoS8Z8XKspWp9BbAXHit6uolCi8YCkjoWX14o3cKY3QfhqE5RFn2AB4TYudbK/w640-h362/ihearofsherlock270%20widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>We all come to Sherlock Holmes in our own way. And Olivia Rutigliano is the first on this program to discover the detective in one particular fashion.</p><p>We won't spoil it (you have to listen to find out), but suffice it to say it was enough to propel her not only into the world of detective fiction but an education and career in writing. Olivia is Associate Editor of CrimeReads, a vertical of LitHub and she is pursuing her doctorate at Columbia University, where her dissertation is "The Performing Detective: Investigation, Audience, and Acting in Victorian Entertainment." </p><p>As if that isn't enough to talk about, we also discuss the trajectory of crime fiction, the overlap of film (she studied film as an undergrad), and how there is a need for more intermingling of the worlds of academia and popular culture.</p><p>We also bring back the Sherlockian news and have our usual <b>Canonical Couplet</b>. Did you win last time? Will you win this time? A prize awaits. </p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by August 29, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 270: CrimeReads with Olivia Rutigliano

“read twelve hours a day at the annals of crime” [VALL] We all come to Sherlock Holmes in our own way. And Olivia Rutigliano is the first o...

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Baker Street Elementary – Get the Lead Out

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I even took a pencil and jotted them down” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCX9gjlCw4-WXubMa_7-s3HerRiEi_MKk9s0DWKG_B8qkx32lYPZDGElsdUckbcv62ZtXeIJ9ONBYbaBQ5DoGGuOxmTMr0CTjGang6VA4UIca5iOliZXbPxziOjYAqMML1OHlNHXOVH-njgIconsMTeB92dUcFbg3om5nLbZ0lVZoEESkFACLbr3DQWZvD/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.1.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCX9gjlCw4-WXubMa_7-s3HerRiEi_MKk9s0DWKG_B8qkx32lYPZDGElsdUckbcv62ZtXeIJ9ONBYbaBQ5DoGGuOxmTMr0CTjGang6VA4UIca5iOliZXbPxziOjYAqMML1OHlNHXOVH-njgIconsMTeB92dUcFbg3om5nLbZ0lVZoEESkFACLbr3DQWZvD/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> In Victorian times, pens were writing implements that were largely contained to desk work. The man who was out and about, actively pursuing his profession in the street, on trains, and at various locations other than an office or home would have a difficult time using a quill pen or fountain pen on the go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During Sherlock Holmes's time, it would have been rare to find someone in the field with a pen. Indeed, the first patent for a ball-point pen was issued in 1888.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The alternative was the pencil. Highly portable, never in need of a refill and easily sharpened with a knife, razor or sharpening device. In <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, when Jefferson Hope told his story, we were alerted to the presence of a pencil:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When he finished we sat for some minutes in a stillness which was only broken by the scratching of Lestrade’s pencil as he gave the finishing touches to his shorthand account.</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even at home in Baker Street, Watson himself tells us he whipped out a pencil to craft his definitive list of Sherlock Holmes's limits in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Holmes used a pencil to avail himself of clues to criminals in "The Reigate Squires" and "The Three Students."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And of course, in "The Copper Beeches" came his famous complaint:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools. I think that I have touched bottom at last, however."</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For all the mention of pencils in the Sherlock Holmes stories, there is one glaring omission: we never read about an eraser.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now let's see what the boys at Baker Street Elementary are up to with their pencils...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>P.S. As a reminder, we're still waiting for responses to our quiz from <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2023/07/baker-street-elementary-partners-in.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the previous Baker Street Elementary</a>. A prize awaits!</i></b></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HEXbWslurQG5OO2G1_CroduzzjxH7AYPK8OIllXeUd_I8KWsiGwCI50wCVlxXdOmYpfRow6By_k095tDxsSFqp3-PDf9BvH6afMQON4IBjrV8NSoWIHAr1KpGQFy75LvL2YLiG3xirD1uWA_MoF2suwtpNUegxWBB-V1B9lUXKfNg2gIi8y0dRXueOKL/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HEXbWslurQG5OO2G1_CroduzzjxH7AYPK8OIllXeUd_I8KWsiGwCI50wCVlxXdOmYpfRow6By_k095tDxsSFqp3-PDf9BvH6afMQON4IBjrV8NSoWIHAr1KpGQFy75LvL2YLiG3xirD1uWA_MoF2suwtpNUegxWBB-V1B9lUXKfNg2gIi8y0dRXueOKL/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSrrf6jzeZ-3AkDP1wVmai5oAyWpVATk1e0JcNEjIaDXHnjTaxLJfhTr9Qk9kMkgADqYLVV7o-ysd3U7CT1Wv4oyBpfN7v0f_C5Gx2IjYH6LKCCFnS7BNAw4_KcdGvWP6pRjrtbOxBWpRQEEZr0S7xc-e3eYakNXlQbdwFyjw2VU3EWheJ08r2OSyMaj5/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSrrf6jzeZ-3AkDP1wVmai5oAyWpVATk1e0JcNEjIaDXHnjTaxLJfhTr9Qk9kMkgADqYLVV7o-ysd3U7CT1Wv4oyBpfN7v0f_C5Gx2IjYH6LKCCFnS7BNAw4_KcdGvWP6pRjrtbOxBWpRQEEZr0S7xc-e3eYakNXlQbdwFyjw2VU3EWheJ08r2OSyMaj5/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwU3PCc0TiQJOrzWo7CHxYOP0UwHK2uMloYhBpzbomN8QfSWsp0ZFdu3COibtSycjbtvhoWgR7w9_pVU7UcLUyrKwmOK8OZLjFGcCmwGmEjdtAfIt_64zxEtktCMx1pQckmurxt0f6ulsyr2_haBI6fXc2rCRdLXnMmp8bpChSzb7HVIN723XtF_2Yk3K4/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwU3PCc0TiQJOrzWo7CHxYOP0UwHK2uMloYhBpzbomN8QfSWsp0ZFdu3COibtSycjbtvhoWgR7w9_pVU7UcLUyrKwmOK8OZLjFGcCmwGmEjdtAfIt_64zxEtktCMx1pQckmurxt0f6ulsyr2_haBI6fXc2rCRdLXnMmp8bpChSzb7HVIN723XtF_2Yk3K4/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVf5RX-f2I8bGOEV8HN8cC2o0-kkTLY1bL0eNYE3J-nJrEq6xNbNitZlZ2PPspp0stcb13IfhlgSwHHZ8ng6DLpSGwZtVzmRJWD-XBKaK-P5jMMqh7YyUFCcb4vWJVg7TK979dB-q1j0gc8Y2EQxSqANc-T9isRUUfNcKnd0mFR_YGBs0TZMe3jYL9OyQf/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVf5RX-f2I8bGOEV8HN8cC2o0-kkTLY1bL0eNYE3J-nJrEq6xNbNitZlZ2PPspp0stcb13IfhlgSwHHZ8ng6DLpSGwZtVzmRJWD-XBKaK-P5jMMqh7YyUFCcb4vWJVg7TK979dB-q1j0gc8Y2EQxSqANc-T9isRUUfNcKnd0mFR_YGBs0TZMe3jYL9OyQf/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20158.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /></div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Get the Lead Out

“I even took a pencil and jotted them down” [STUD] In Victorian times, pens were writing implements that were largely contained to desk wo...

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Episode 269: Legends of the BSJ: Ben Abramson Speaks

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“my strange old book-collector” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEist8JlK-MH2E60XiAIRR69r0WL99xh7omgEUIGRI6OYC1Q7BdTzKA6G01XhFoL6lo26rVfm-_Z4gPQ9zWA3_OVu82H6ftyEYwNFCkGXO1pCKVGdu2Rok7gjp9NTeN-jIKgGZI60g1HDIzC8ik7oaiWb3vGbt7LDEpIoR5AiGOLIJ5Qnbl9QpnGmr51hu7S/s1988/ihearofsherlock269%20widescreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="1988" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEist8JlK-MH2E60XiAIRR69r0WL99xh7omgEUIGRI6OYC1Q7BdTzKA6G01XhFoL6lo26rVfm-_Z4gPQ9zWA3_OVu82H6ftyEYwNFCkGXO1pCKVGdu2Rok7gjp9NTeN-jIKgGZI60g1HDIzC8ik7oaiWb3vGbt7LDEpIoR5AiGOLIJ5Qnbl9QpnGmr51hu7S/w640-h448/ihearofsherlock269%20widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Ben Abramson with Vincent Starrett at a signing event for ‘Books Alive’ Circa 1940. Location Unknown / Photographer Unknown (Source: <a href="https://intangibleinclinations.wordpress.com/2023/06/15/ben-abramson-speaks-about-the-bsi/" target="_blank">A Road of Intangible Inclinations</a>)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><p>There are some Sherlockians we wish we could have interviewed for this program — individuals long gone but fondly remembered — whose unique perspectives would be a boon to our listeners. Unfortunately, most of them are beyond our reach.</p><p>In this case however, we have one who is available to us but comes to us in a prepackaged interview. Ben Abramson, BSI ("The Beryl Coronet") was a bookseller and the first publisher of <i>The Baker Street Journal</i>. And he sat for an interview on the radio in 1954.</p><p>We share Ben's background, his early days as a bookseller, his move from Chicago to New York City, his association with some of the Sherlockian greats such as Vincent Starrett, Edgar W. Smith, and Peter Blau, and trace the rise and tragic fall of the <i>BSJ</i> and of Ben himself. </p><p>The winner of the previous episode's <b>Canonical Couplet</b> is revealed and we share yet another couplet for your identification. The winner will receive a copy of an Old Series BSJ as published by Ben.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by August 14, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 269: Legends of the BSJ: Ben Abramson Speaks

“my strange old book-collector” [EMPT] Ben Abramson with Vincent Starrett at a signing event for ‘Books Alive’ Circa 1940. Location Unknown...

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Two Baker Street Icons

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“She departed then and the lights went out” [NAVA]</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ES-_XhlmaDIfw83xHWqViZBbk-02WI9zyPXX7RqzT5OYyiSL4MJJSe1bJsrf2bDfl3f4pPBPM06TmFXXJoZoyjQ_lhEb9VOuewAZLU0-FJ5Bv90lJn_X5tLyDKawtDznSav-xdWD279izU1JrtRNeIVrOTZaB5Ly1BJPDwxicOQ5DCduTU2IY_WTUvL/s1280/Baker%20Street%20-%20theater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1280" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ES-_XhlmaDIfw83xHWqViZBbk-02WI9zyPXX7RqzT5OYyiSL4MJJSe1bJsrf2bDfl3f4pPBPM06TmFXXJoZoyjQ_lhEb9VOuewAZLU0-FJ5Bv90lJn_X5tLyDKawtDznSav-xdWD279izU1JrtRNeIVrOTZaB5Ly1BJPDwxicOQ5DCduTU2IY_WTUvL/w640-h582/Baker%20Street%20-%20theater.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This was a difficult week for fans of the theater, as two individuals associated with <i>Baker Street</i> passed away: <b>Jerome Coopersmith</b> and <b>Inga Swenson</b>.<p></p><p><i>Baker Street</i> was a 1965 musical with a book by Jerome Coopersmith and music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/remembering-ray-jessel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raymond Jessel</a>. It starred Fritz Weaver as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Gabel as Professor Moriarty, Inga Swensen as Irene Adler, and Peter Sallis as Dr. Watson.</p><p>We interviewed Fritz Weaver for <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 26: A Musical Stroll Down Baker Street</a>.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="3707" data-dashlane-rid="90c3e4cbae4d284d" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1115060/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p> </p><p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_(musical)" target="_blank">Baker Street</a></i> was a huge hit at the time, garnering three Tony nominations for Best Author - (Jerome Coopersmith), Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Inga Swenson), and Best Costume Design (Motley). It won one Tony for Best Scenic Design (Oliver Smith).</p><p>It was based on three Sherlock Holmes Stories: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Final Problem," and "The Empty House," and was set in 1897, amid Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.</p><p>Sadly, this week we learned that both Jerome Coopersmith and Inga Swenson passed away just one week apart.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Jerome Coopersmith (1925–2023)</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Coopersmith" target="_blank">Jerome Coopersmith</a> passed away on July 21 at the age of 97 in Rochester, NY. He was a prolific and award-winning writer, having penned some more then 100 projects, including 30 episodes of <i>Hawaii Five-O</i>, and a number of other shows including <i>The Streets of San Francisco</i>, <i>The Night Before Christmas</i>, and <i>The Gabby Hayes Show</i>.</p><p>But to Sherlockians, he'll be best remembered for <i>Baker Street</i>, which was only his second theatrical work. It was produced on Broadway by Alexander H. Cohen, directed by Harold Prince, and appeared at the </p><p>Coopersmith was a member of the Dramatists Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and a past officer of the Writers Guild of America, East.<br /><br />He was also a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Army, 94th Infantry Division from 1943-1945. He was the recipient of a Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, and European Theater of Operations Medal with three battle stars. </p><p>And in 2019, at age 94, like Sherlock Holmes, he was honored with the highest distinction of Chevalier, or Knight, in the National Order of the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his service to France in World War II. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZnPmQlT37roua4OPhcFuFGnrjpZtiTdkYcf3aO1wKf_5Ow6gM_12PejJoN44lmvaGc7yVy2_3vv1hPSR5lj9Jo8Rbl0iEc1NNucIm5PpzoDawDtXzde-B4qwBCE9ALHXSFUDvCImQWluL263mr_dculitCFxmnEv0tE_cFdP-CLfojdNPYKyZPpWRtCJ/s2304/Jerome%20Coopersmith%202014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2304" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZnPmQlT37roua4OPhcFuFGnrjpZtiTdkYcf3aO1wKf_5Ow6gM_12PejJoN44lmvaGc7yVy2_3vv1hPSR5lj9Jo8Rbl0iEc1NNucIm5PpzoDawDtXzde-B4qwBCE9ALHXSFUDvCImQWluL263mr_dculitCFxmnEv0tE_cFdP-CLfojdNPYKyZPpWRtCJ/w640-h520/Jerome%20Coopersmith%202014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jerome Coopersmith at the 2014 BSI Weekend (credit: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/qKYMeh" target="_blank">self</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Inga Swenson (1932–2023)</h2><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842421/" target="_blank">Inga Swenson</a> passed away on July 28 in California. She was nominated twice for a Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical — once for <i>Baker Street</i>, as noted above, and once for <i>110 in the Shade</i>.</p><p>She made her stage debut in 1949 in <i>Peg O' My Heart</i> at the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She had significant experience on stage before <i>Baker Street</i>, having made her Broadway debut in 1956, and continued her stage presence for many years before retiring in 1998.</p><p>Swenson got her training at the drama department of Northwestern and was a lyric soprano, which served her well in the first half of her career. But she was probably most widely known to television audiences for her role as Gretchen Kraus in the sitcom <i>Benson</i>, which ran on ABC Television from 1979–1986.</p><p>But her theater career is her most impressive; we can't even begin to do it justice here. Take a moment to check her other works on her <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842421/otherworks/?ref_=nm_pdt_wrk" target="_blank">IMDb profile</a> and her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga_Swenson" target="_blank">Wikipedia page</a>.</p><p>Swenson married sound engineer Lowell Harris in 1953 and by all accounts of Sherlockians in Southern California, they were simply a lovely couple and wonderful hosts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLHEjGX-QxFxlVLFS2nzy9RiQHKMvIZEaGvEA_oRYjlZiq9iFB9Rwo8IGmp44l8WADaPU2Dm058ivHcBKx0I8NTFb4kNaNCMAv-l-TfChKatAd3tl4BmJWgBBcaZ_z2FYPMrIqX4838ZsosQ1gqVeqkHNyQ8RLcu5fvemETH6_wC9mnTFKkLgn9cS1VpB/s1024/Baker%20Street%20-%20Fritz%20Inga%20Martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLHEjGX-QxFxlVLFS2nzy9RiQHKMvIZEaGvEA_oRYjlZiq9iFB9Rwo8IGmp44l8WADaPU2Dm058ivHcBKx0I8NTFb4kNaNCMAv-l-TfChKatAd3tl4BmJWgBBcaZ_z2FYPMrIqX4838ZsosQ1gqVeqkHNyQ8RLcu5fvemETH6_wC9mnTFKkLgn9cS1VpB/w424-h640/Baker%20Street%20-%20Fritz%20Inga%20Martin.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p>We mourn the loss of these two last connections to <i>Baker Street</i>.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Related: <i><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/remembering-ray-jessel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering Raymond Jessel, of Baker Street Fame</a></i></h4>

Remembering Two Baker Street Icons

“She departed then and the lights went out” [NAVA] This was a difficult week for fans of the theater, as two individuals associated with Ba...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes and the $64,000 Question

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “It was sixty-four” [MUSG]</h4><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8rWN9rpkCLaimKzE8mfYe2Td0wVpnuiDSPwR9Uk673eh3uwqHA1lO96AM9HgScrTCgtYafxnJchSkplKJhoEu3nnnzIhUlvIWGKlhOpPkuTNnZwxz81BEoh1AmbE58iWUuJR5oKBqGzecfQhn2H7_-ipvj4r98QIbffg-tyrjrMyC3KXNXWktbwiVIrnL" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="911" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8rWN9rpkCLaimKzE8mfYe2Td0wVpnuiDSPwR9Uk673eh3uwqHA1lO96AM9HgScrTCgtYafxnJchSkplKJhoEu3nnnzIhUlvIWGKlhOpPkuTNnZwxz81BEoh1AmbE58iWUuJR5oKBqGzecfQhn2H7_-ipvj4r98QIbffg-tyrjrMyC3KXNXWktbwiVIrnL=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Screengrab via <a href="https://youtu.be/Ytu4-oFPv48" target="_blank">YouTube</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />If you listened to <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles343" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 343</a> of the <b><i>Trifles </i></b>podcast, "<a href="https://ihose.co/trifles343" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canonical Sevens</a>," you'll know that the episode was inspired by Ruth Buchholtz's article "Seventy-Seven Canonical Sevens" from <i>The Baker Street Journal</i>.<p></p><p><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1575275797&color=%23af6ac0&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes: Trifles">Sherlock Holmes: Trifles</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/canonical-sevens" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Canonical Sevens">Canonical Sevens</a></div><p></p><p>Ruth was described as a contestant on "The $64,000 Challenge" [sic], having gone up against Bobbiye [sic] O'Rourke.</p><p>In the summer of 1956 millions of American viewers were glued to their television sets as, week-by-week, Air Force Captain Thomas O'Rourke and his wife Bobbye, answered questions about Sherlock Holmes on NBC's "The $64,000 Question."</p><p>We <a href="https://mediaburn.org/video/the-64000-question-the-buick-berle-show/" target="_blank">unearthed an archival clip of the show</a> in which Mrs. O'Rourke and her husband complete their heart-stopping journey. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/228100999?h=b5dde4cb41" title="vimeo-player" width="640"></iframe></p><p>Spoiler: they win $32,000 each.</p><p>Can you imagine being <i>paid </i>to showcase your knowledge of Sherlock Holmes?</p><div>If you'd like to try your hand at the questions without watching the video, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/86750224" target="_blank">we've got all of them on Patreon</a>. Just click through for access.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternatively, you can find them all in Peter Haining's <i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fsts%3Dt%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-home-_-Results%26tn%3DA%2520Sherlock%2520Holmes%2520Companion%26an%3DHaining" target="_blank">A Sherlock Holmes Companion</a></i>, published in 1980.</div><div><br /></div>