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Baker Street Elementary – Takes One to Know One

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In "The Final Problem," Sherlock Holmes said that Professor Moriarty was "a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker." He also said "Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius," in <i>The Valley of Fear</i>. Interestingly, those are both stories in which Moriarty played a role. It seems fairly certain how Sherlock Holmes considered himself compared with the professor.<br />
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But when it came to sharing his observations – not only on his arch-nemesis, but on his method of observation and logic – Sherlock Holmes was only too willing to give a monologue. Watson's role was one of audience member rather than flatmate or colleague. It was clear that Holmes needed to give his soliloquies to someone, and Watson was the perfect foil.<br />
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And it looks like the boys of Baker Street Elementary got an early clue about that behavior...<br />
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Baker Street Elementary – Takes One to Know One

“a brain of the first order” [FINA] In "The Final Problem," Sherlock Holmes said that Professor Moriarty was "a geni...

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Episode 148: Roger Johnson and Jean Upton

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Another episode in our Florin Society series, this time with Roger Johnson, BSI ("<i>The Pall Mall Gazette</i>") and Jean Upton ("Elsie Cubitt"). The Florin Society of course refers to spouses who each have received an investiture from the Baker Street Irregulars.<br />
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Roger's and Jean's story was a fun one to explore, not the least of which was because they're deeply involved in the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. During our conversation, they shared some of the early history of the Society and its members and the secret behind how they're able to regularly access the legendary 221B Baker Street sitting room at the Sherlock Holmes Pub.<br />
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Plus, we learn that Roger got an intro to the world of Sherlock Holmes in a Pontine manner, Jean grew up in a house once inhabited by a legendary Baker Street Irregular, and had her photos used as official documentation of the Granada set. And that's before she moved across the Atlantic to join Roger! It's a love story and a story of mutual affection for Sherlock Holmes — something we can all appreciate.<br />
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Episode 148: Roger Johnson and Jean Upton

“a most united couple” [DANC] Another episode in our Florin Society series, this time with Roger Johnson, BSI (" The Pal...

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Trifling Issues in June

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If you've listened to more than one episode of Trifles, just a word of caution: don't skip the intro or the final few seconds of each show! We vary the introductions and the closing quotes. You may be amused.<br />
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We began the month of June with kind of a continuation of <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles74">the final episode in May</a>, in which we addressed the ins and outs of running a consultancy. Episode 75 - <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles75">Nummi in Arca: Or, the Fiscal Holmes</a> finds us ruminating about the payments that Sherlock Holmes extracted from various clients.<br />
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"I never read the Freddy books, so the first time I heard of him was at a Mohonk Mountain House mystery weekend early in the '80s. These were wonderful mystery weekends, first managed by Dilys Winn and Carol Brenner of Murder Ink, where a complicated and very bookish mystery was enacted by writers as victims and murderers and general suspects. These weekends were so popular they were sold out within an hour of going on sale like rock concerts. The players were divided into teams and worked to solve the mystery and then present it to the judges and other players — the top prize being guaranteed reservations for the next year.<br />
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"In '81 or '82 we were all so happy with our random team that we resolved to play together every year, with the magisterial consent of Carol and Dilys. At our first group meeting we met a fellow from the west coast who claimed to be a Sherlockian and was annotating the stories on note cards. His name was Les Klinger. When we convened the next year, the teams were all named for detectives, and it was Les who suggested we call ourselves the Freddy the Pig team as that was a detective the organizers were unlikely to choose for a team name. We won by a mile, and when we returned the following year, the teams were named after the rooms of a British estate, so we opted to be The Pigsty.<br />
"Also on the team were Karen and Billy Palmer, owners of Bogie's Restaurant on West 26th Street in New York, which for a decade became the center of the local mystery scene, and Henry Enberg, BSI. We enjoyed this weekend for many years until it began to be offered in the Neiman Marcus catalog and the clientele fell from its lofty heights of writers and fans to wealthy Texans.<br />
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"You may not know the Palmers, but they are well known to veteran local Holmesians, as we had a number of <a href="https://prioryscholarsnyc.wordpress.com/">Priory School</a> and <a href="http://ash-nyc.com/">Adventuresses</a>' meetings at Bogie's in the '80s. They had lots of local or visiting mystery authors signing books during Mystery Sundays and offered a general mystery quiz at which drinks were the prize. Billy's collection of old radio mysteries allowed one to be played every Sunday when no author was the centerpiece, and also inspired our radio recordings.<br />
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"You may have heard of ZPPR Productions because of the four cassette tapes offered for sale in the Merchants' Room and played widely at scion meetings. They were written by Andrew Joffe, Sarah Montague, Paul Singleton, and Henry Enberg and are very funny — they also entertained at the four Sherlockian cruises that ME Rich, the Stixes, and I arranged in the '80s and '90s. That's why they have a name in the Sherlockian community, but our other work was sold to public radio and were aired widely."</blockquote>
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We Hear of Freddy Everywhere

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There are a number of people in the Sherlock Holmes stories who wear glasses: Jephro Rucastle, Charles Augustus Milverton, Lord Robert St. Simon, Hosmer Angel, Wilson Kemp – are you sensing a pattern here?<br />
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Glasses play a central role in "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez," with the named object being found in the clutches of the murdered secretary. The strength of the prescription indicated that the suspect was "extremely short-sighted," and Holmes deduced that "anyone who wore such glasses could be slatternly in other respects." You might be interested in more about pince-nez; please click through to our <b>Trifles</b> episode "<a href="http://ihose.co/trifles46">A History of Pince-Nez</a>" for more.<br />
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And we come to discover quite a bit about the checkered history of Professor Coram and Anna as the case concludes. One might even deign to judge the character of Anna based on a number of decisions she made over the course of her life, both forced and voluntary. Perhaps the strength of her prescription correlates to the strain of flaws in her? Lots of discussion on this story is in the book <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/wrongpassage.html">The Wrong Passage</a></i> from the BSI Press Manuscript Series.<br />
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Baker Street Elementary – Extremely Short-Sighted

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Episode 147: Sherlock Holmes and Silent Films

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In 2014, the Sherlockian world was taken by complete and utter surprise when William Gillette's 1916 film <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> was discovered. It was the closest thing we'd ever have to seeing Gillette on stage, and Russell Merritt, BSI ("The Trepoff Murder") was part of the team that restored it.<br />
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Episode 147: Sherlock Holmes and Silent Films

“no ordinary merit” [REDH] In 2014, the Sherlockian world was taken by complete and utter surprise when William Gil...

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A Look into the Splügen Pass

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When we're reading the Sherlock Holmes stories, it's always gratifying to identify true locations and actual landmarks, as opposed to those that Watson cleverly hid from us. And there are really three levels of identification: 1) inability to definitively locate a building or setting; 2) ability to take Watson's clues and descriptions and use Holmes's own methods to make an identification; and 3) a flat-out undeniable real place.<br />
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For example, the exact location of 221B Baker Street has been disputed for years, made even more difficult by the destruction of pre-World War II buildings. It falls into the first category.<br />
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The second category would include places like Camford (in "The Creeping Man"), or <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2018/01/the-real-house-that-inspired-birlstone.html">Groombridge Place</a>, the house that was correctly identified as Birlstone Manor from <i>The Valley of Fear</i>. James Montgomery, BSI ("The Red Circle") managed to correctly identify the setting, years after H.W. Bell, BSI ("<i>The Valley of Fear</i>") had submitted what was thought to be the correct identity.<br />
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The third category is what gives the Canon its realism. It's one of the reasons that "the Game" makes sense: because Sherlock Holmes was thrust believably into our world. He lived in our city. He walked our streets.<br />
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So when we read of a location where we can say, "Hey, I know that place!" (or more appropriately, as Watson noted when Holmes described Sussex: "I know that country, Holmes." [SUSS]), we get an even greater sense of satisfaction and of connection with the stories. Examples might include the Reichenbach Falls, Waterloo Station, or the Simpsons – places we can still visit today.<br />
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So upon reading about the Splügen Pass in "<a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/illu.htm">The Illustrious Client</a>," that's enough to send one to the <i>Encyclopedia Sherlockiana</i> or Wikipedia:<br />
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"I am as sure that he killed his wife when the so-called     ‘accident’ happened in the Splügen Pass as if I had seen him do it."</blockquote>
That passage of course refers to Baron Adelbert Gruner. you've ever wondered about the Splügen Pass, here's your opportunity to learn a little more.<br />
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The Splügen Pass is a high mountain pass that marks the border between Italy and Switzerland. At its highest, it stands 6,945 feet (2,115 meters) and is recognized as the separation of the Western and Eastern Alps.<br />
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The pass was already in use in the Roman era, and from 1818 to 1823 the modern road was built at the behest of the Austrian authorities. In 1840, author Mary Shelley traveled through the pass on the way to Lake Como with her son. She describes the pass in her travel narrative, <i>Rambles in Germany and Italy</i>, published in 1844:<br />
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"A few years ago, there was no path except across this mountain, which being very exposed, and difficult even to danger, the Splügen was only traversed by shepherds and travellers of the country on mules or on foot. But now, a new and most marvellous road has been constructed - the mountain in question is, to the extent of several miles, cleft from the summit to the base, and a sheer precipice of 4,000 feet rises on either side. The Rhine, swift and strong, but in width a span, flows in the narrow depth below. The road has been constructed on the face of the precipice, now cut into the side, now perforated through the living rock into galleries: it passes, at intervals, from one side of the ravine to the other, and bridges of a single arch span the chasm. The precipices, indeed approach so near, in parts, that a fallen tree could not reach the river below, but lay wedged in mid-way. It may be imagined how singular and sublime this pass is, in its naked simplicity. After proceeding about a mile, you look back and see the country you had left, through the narrow opening of the gigantic crags, set like a painting in this cloud-reaching frame. It is giddy work to look down over the parapet that protects the road, and mark the arrowy rushing of the imprisoned river. Mid-way in the pass, the precipices approach so near that you might fancy that a strong man could leap across."</blockquote>
Sounds like the perfect place for an individual like Baron Adelbert Gruner to send his wife to her death.<br />
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A few years ago, the forum for Italy Magazine had <a href="http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/do-see/5838-splugen-pass.html">a thread on the Splügen Pass</a>, that territory between Italy and Switzerland. It's clear that over the years, the region has retained its 'sinister air':<br />
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Should you chance to pass through the Splügen Pass, take care. You don't want to end up in a scrapbook...<br />
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A Look into the Splügen Pass

"it happened in the Splügen Pass" [ILLU] When we're reading the Sherlock Holmes stories, it's always gratifying to ...

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Review: Moriarty's Final Problem

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Despite only appearing once in the Sherlock Holmes stories, Professor James Moriarity has made an indelible mark on the canon and Sherlockian scholarship. Frequently, many Holmesian pastiches feature Moriarity as the primary antagonist, focusing on his many parallels to Sherlock Holmes. However, these pastiches have used Moriarity to varying effect, portraying him as either criminal supergenius or merely serviceable villain.<br />
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But <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Moriartys-Final-Problem-Sherlock-Holmes-ebook/dp/B01ILYLF32">Moriarity’s Final Problem</a></i> by Lisa and Gina Gomez (published by 18th Wall Productions as part of their “<b>Sherlock Holmes: The Science of Deduction</b>” ebook series) manages a feat many pastiches rarely attempt: a focus on Moriarity’s activities after the events of "The Final Problem" and an exceptional insight into his motivations and psyche. <br />
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Unlike other efforts by John Gardner and Anthony Horowitz, <i>Moriarity’s Final Problem</i> has a very distinct focus: Moriarity’s plans for revenge against Holmes in the most cunning and devious manner…<br />
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One of the great aspects of <i>Moriarity’s Final Problem</i> is how the plot unfolds while revealing Moriarity’s mindset: this is not simply a case of I’m-going-to-get-you. In many ways, this feels as dramatic a turnaround as Holmes return in "The Empty House," but what makes this story especially clever is the how Moriarity chooses to exact his revenge on Holmes.<br />
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To say more would spoil the surprises: suffice it to say, Lisa and Gina Gomez manage to portray Moriarity in a manner that Conan Doyle would approve. Balancing a Machiavellian sense of intrigue with a stark anger, their Moriarity provides an extremely compelling read.<br />
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There is a strong sense of inevitability about the ending, but the authors manage a strong sense of suspense as they tell their tale. The only complaint about <i>Moriarity’s Final Problem</i> is that it feels a bit short, but not because of a lack of story. In fact, <i>Moriarity’s Final Problem</i> will have the reader wanting more from this pair.<br />
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Not only does <i>Moriarity’s Final Problem</i> by Lisa and Gina Gomez stand as a solid Holmesian pastiche, but also serves as a gateway for other books in 18th Wall Productions’ <b>Sherlock Holmes: The Science of Deduction</b> series...and I look forward to checking out more entries. </div>
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<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Moriartys-Final-Problem-Sherlock-Holmes-ebook/dp/B01ILYLF32">Moriarty's Final Problem</a></i> by Lisa and Gina Gomez is available as <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Moriartys-Final-Problem-Sherlock-Holmes-ebook/dp/B01ILYLF32">an ebook from Amazon</a>.</div>
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