I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

“NO GHOSTS NEED APPLY”   'Tis the season! The season for monsters and ghosts, that is. And who better to treat us with a discussion of monsters, ghosts, and various biblioventures des...

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“WE HAVE MUCH TO HOPE”   Why did Sherlock Holmes have clients? Because invariably, people found themselves in unfortunate circumstances and they needed help. Oftentimes, the sentiment w...

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“THE SUMMIT OF ST. PAUL’S”   After one episode, we find ourselves back in Minnesota — this time, talking with longtime author Larry Millett about his latest Shadwell Rafferty book, ...

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“YOU REALLY ARE AN AUTOMATON,—A CALCULATING MACHINE!”   To say Sherlock Holmes had trust issues would be an understatement. He admitted to Watson that he was unable to enjoy the typ...

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“YOU ARE HERE AS A SPY”   In Spy Hunter, it’s 1914 and Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes' protégée, s...

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“HE WAS NOT STUDYING MEDICINE.”   From the very beginning of their association, we know that Sherlock Holmes was good at science-related topics, thanks to Dr. Watson's list "Sherlock Ho...

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“TWINKLING IN FRONT OF US THROUGH THE GLOOM TO GUIDE US”    Photo courtesy of Will Walsh, BSI   Every profession, every hobby needs mentors. A mentor's job is to help new arrivals un...

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“TWO TICKETS FOR THE THEATRE”   Jeffrey Hatcher, BSI ("The Five Orange Pips") and Steve Hendrickson have teamed up for a new Sherlock Holmes play in which we find one mystery, separated...

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“ON TO OTHER TOPICS”   We're often told to avoid talking about politics and religion in certain settings. Sherlock Holmes didn't spend much time on those topics either, aside from repre...

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“A COURSE OF LECTURES”   The name Mattias Boström, BSI ("The Swedish Pathological Society") will be familiar to the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere audience. He previously appeared on Ep...

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 "HE APPEARS TO KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF EVERY HORROR PERPETRATED IN THE CENTURY." Completists and/or fans of Sherlock Holmes on stage may be interested in knowing that the final chapter of Hor...

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“THE FOLLY OF A MONARCH”   Aside from "a certain gracious lady" who gifted Sherlock Holmes an emerald tie-pin at Windsor one afternoon, we don't think of British royalty very often in t...

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“THERE APPEARED A LONG TELEGRAM”   Nicholas Meyer's first Sherlock Holmes book, The Seven Per-Cent Solution, became and remains the high-water mark for Sherlock Holmes pastiches. So whe...

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“STRIKING ILLUSTRATION”   Arthur Conan Doyle made Sherlock Holmes famous in various periodicals and eventually books. But it was Holmes's illustrators who put flesh on the bones and gav...

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“CULMINATED IN THAT MOMENT OF REVELATION”   As an educator, Tracy Revels makes sure her students have fun learning. Which would explain why at her college, students can take one of her ...

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“AND SO UNDER”   One of the side-benefits of reading the Sherlock Holmes stories is we have the opportunity to educate ourselves on terminology that is almost comprehensible. That is, w...

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“WE HAVE OUR STORY-TELLER HERE”   Glen Miranker is always good for a story. And more times than not, his stories involve fascinating items from his extensive collection. In this episo...

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“AS IF BY MAGIC”   Sherlock Holmes appeared to have other-worldly powers to some people in his orbit. It's not that he was employing black magic or supernatural powers; he simply was sk...

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 "WHEN WE GOT BACK TO SCOTLAND IT WAS EASILY HUSHED UP" Addy and Zabel, the investigative couple from Sherlock's Secretary , return in Nessie's Nemesis . Addy is still answering letters s...

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“QUICK INSIGHT INTO CHARACTER”    As Americans, it is always a joy to meet an Englishman, and doubly so if he portrays Sherlock Holmes. Luke Barton has done that not only on stage but ...

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“YOU ARE CERTAINLY JOKING, HOLMES”   Sherlock Holmes was a practical joker. The great consulting detective — known for his deductive reasoning skills, his numerous monographs, and t...

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“REMARKABLY RICH TENOR VOICE”    Following the feedback we got from our previous Legends of the BSJ episode on Edgar W. Smith , we thought we'd continue with another. This time, it's J...

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“A SMOKE-LADEN ATMOSPHERE”   To imagine Sherlock Holmes without tobacco is impossible. While he is most famously pictured with a pipe (the unwieldy and uncanonical meerschaum, mostly), ...

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“WE TURNED OUR FACES WESTWARD”    While Sherlock Holmes is a perennial British subject, his influence in and by America cannot be denied. Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes were admirers ...

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 “SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE” Mycroft Holmes spoke for all of us in "The Greek Interpreter" when he greeted Dr. Watson with the fateful line: “I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE SINCE YOU B...

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