Episode 297: Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul
“the summit of St. Paul’s” [SIGN] After one episode, we find ourselves back in Minnesota — this time, talking with longtime author Larry Mi...
by Scott Monty
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Episode 297: Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul
“the summit of St. Paul’s” [SIGN] After one episode, we find ourselves back in Minnesota — this time, talking with longtime author Larry Mi...
by Scott Monty
“You really are an automaton,—a calculating machine!” [SIGN] To say Sherlock Holmes had trust issues would be an understatement. He admitte...
by Scott Monty
Episode 296: Spy Hunter
“You are here as a spy” [ILLU] In Spy Hunter , it’s 1914 and Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, forme...
by Scott Monty
“He was not studying medicine.” [STUD] From the very beginning of their association, we know that Sherlock Holmes was good at science-relat...
by Scott Monty
Nominations Are Open for the 2025 Susan Rice Mentorship Award
“twinkling in front of us through the gloom to guide us” [SPEC] Photo courtesy of Will Walsh, BSI Every profession, every hobby needs me...
by Scott Monty
Episode 295: Holmes Poirot
“two tickets for the theatre” [BRUC] Jeffrey Hatcher, BSI ("The Five Orange Pips") and Steve Hendrickson have teamed up for a new...
by Scott Monty
“on to other topics” [NAVA] We're often told to avoid talking about politics and religion in certain settings. Sherlock Holmes didn...
by Scott Monty
The 2024 BSI Trust Lecture
“a course of lectures” [COPP] The name Mattias Boström, BSI ("The Swedish Pathological Society") will be familiar to the I Hear o...
by Scott Monty
"He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century." [STUD] Completists and/or fans of Sherlock Holmes o...
“the folly of a monarch” [NOBL] Aside from "a certain gracious lady" who gifted Sherlock Holmes an emerald tie-pin at Windsor one...
by Scott Monty
Episode 294: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell
“there appeared a long telegram” [SECO] Nicholas Meyer's first Sherlock Holmes book, The Seven Per-Cent Solution , became and remains t...
by Scott Monty
“striking illustration” [ILLU] Arthur Conan Doyle made Sherlock Holmes famous in various periodicals and eventually books. But it was Holme...
by Scott Monty
Episode 293: Tales of Light, Shadow, and Darkness
“culminated in that moment of revelation” [3GAR] As an educator, Tracy Revels makes sure her students have fun learning. Which would explai...
by Scott Monty