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Episode 303: The Serpent Under

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2025/01/15

“the rapidity and noiselessness of a serpent” [STUD]Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Bonnie MacBird are back! In the sixth book in her series, Bonnie once again finds firm footing in London as Sherlock Holmes investigates a strange mystery involving a disfigured body, Windsor Castle, and some rather unpleasant reptilian encounters.We talk with Bonnie about the creative process, including the expert advice she received from two knights, her extensive research, and — wait for it — smoke enemas. No,

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Sherlock Holmes's Birthday is NOT January 6th After All

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2025/01/07

“We have judged it best that you should come late” [ENGR]Editor's note: This may seem like heresy to traditional Sherlockians, who've been celebrating Sherlock Holmes's birthday on January 6th for nearly a century.Erik Deckers, longtime contributor to the Canonical Couplet on the IHOSE podcast and chief instigator behind the satirical H & W Con, has written to tell us our math hasn't been mathing. Whether or not you choose to believe him, he provides an informative history and some convincing

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Happy 171st Birthday, Sherlock Holmes!

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2025/01/06

“he was a born boon companion” [VALL]Today is January 6th — and that marks the date on which we traditionally celebrate Sherlock Holmes's birthday.We say "traditionally," because there is no definitive statement of his actual date of birth in the Canon, but beginning withChristopher Morley, the date of January 6th has become the de facto accepted date for Holmes' birthday. Why? Well, there are a couple of reasons.Of all of the quotes in the Canon, William Shakespeare was the most oft-quoted author

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Baker Street Elementary – An Inkling of an Idea

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2025/01/05

“I take up my pen” [FINA]One of the great joys of contemplation is the practice of writing.When we're alone with our thoughts, we can take up a pen to write a journal entry, a heartfelt letter, or a thrilling adventure story, as the mood strikes us.And in doing so, we have many options for the type of writing implements we use. In "The Greek Interpreter," Mycroft Holmes makes this observation about an answer to an advertisement:“Here it is, written with a J pen on royal cream paper by a middle-aged

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Exclusive for IHOSE Fans: 2-for-1 Calendars

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2024/12/27

“a couple of wooden chairs and a deal table” [REDH]It's Carbuncle Day — "the second morning after Christmas" — the day that Watson visited Holmes and discovered him studying the battered billycock and getting drawn into the mystery of the Countess of Morcar's missing gem.While yesterday was Boxing Day (a day traditionally celebrated by giving boxes of Christmas gifts to the working class in Great Britain), it's not too late to still do some shopping — for you and for a Sherlockian in your life.If

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Prepare Yourself for H&W Con

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2024/12/23

“pestering me any more with your silly talk” [BLUE]It's always a joy when we hear about new Sherlock Holmes-related events, particularly when the attendees are guaranteed to have fun.So it was particularly gratifying to see that Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk carried the following press release related to that cult classic, Holmes & Watson (covered here previously in "A Very Different Holmes and Watson"):(SIOUX CITY, IOWA)—Organizers today announced the dates and location for the eagerly awaited

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Baker Street Elementary – Duck and Cover

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2024/12/22

“a nasty cropper” [STOC]We have to applaud the efforts of James Ryder in his ingenious solution to finding a hiding place for the blue carbuncle. Few in his situation would have known that a goose's crop would be the perfect receptacle for temporary storage of a gemstone.Yet, James Ryder was nowhere near as knowledgeable a fowl handler as his sister, Maggie Oakshott. If he were, he would have known that chickens and turkeys possess crops, but geese do not."A goose has no crop," Miss Mildred Sammons

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Tips for Making the Most of the BSI Weekend

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2024/12/19

“Let me have the straight tip and you won't be a loser”[SILV]With theBSI Weekendcoming up next month, we thought it might be helpful to provide a series of tips for the veteran attendees and the newbies alike.TheBaker Street Irregulars Weekendis happening January 15-19, 2025, and it's usually a pretty big deal if you're taking time out of your life to head into New York City for three or more days of activities with people you haven't seen in a year (or years!) or those you may have only known

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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas

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2024/12/17

“the number of the chapter is immaterial”[VALL]I love an advent calendar. During a cold, dark month, where the pressure to do just the right thing for other people can become overwhelming, it’s nice to have a daily gift to oneself.Here's a new style one, a type I wasn't previously familiar with, with content that's a gift for any Sherlockian: Derrick Belanger'sSherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas.Twelve traditionally styled stories are published with cliffhangers and labeled by date. You read the

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Members of the Baker Street Irregulars Read 'The Blue...

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2024/12/15

“Would you mind reading it to me aloud?” [STUD]One of the annual traditions of Sherlockians around the world is to read "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" sometime in the Christmas season.For some, it may take place while seated in a chair by the fire, with an eggnog close at hand. For others, it may be on Carbuncle Day (the second morning after Christmas). Whatever the tradition, it's al lovely way to acknowledge the only Sherlock Holmes Christmas story, which Christopher Morley rightly called

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Review: The Strange Case of the Pharoah's Heart

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2024/12/12

"...drawn in Egyptian letters..." [STUD]Sherlockian pastiche has always acquired inspiration from other literary works, famous historical figures and events, and even supernatural themes. Integrating several of these factors into a single story can lead to very irregular storytelling, focusing less on the mystery and more on the uniqueness of the theme.Timothy Miller's The Strange Case of the Pharoah's Heartis a uniquely intriguing piece of Sherlockian writing, integrating real-life historical

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Baker Street Elementary – That's Lame

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2024/12/08

“making my excuses” [SCAN]It isn't often that Sherlock Holmes makes a mistake. Or makes an excuse if he can't properly divine information from meager clues at hand.And yet, that is exactly the position Watson placed him in when he tested Holmes's powers in the opening of The Sign of Four.Handing Holmes a pocket watch, Watson asks him for his “opinion upon the character or habits of the late owner,” who happens to be, unknown to Sherlock Holmes, Watson's own brother.And in doing so, Watson admits to

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The Sherlockian Game Gets a Word in the Dictionary

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2024/12/05

“we wrestled for it all” [VALL]For over a century, Sherlockians have "played the game," a tradition of applying a range of literary criticism to the Sherlock Holmes stories.The tradition formally began with a paper delivered by Ronald A. Knox at Oxford in 1911 titled "Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes." This was well covered in Ronald Knox and Sherlock Holmes: The Origin of Sherlockian Studies by Michael J. Crowe (Gasogene Books, 2011).Other Sherlockian scholars followed, notably H.W

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Baker Street Elementary – Happy 10th Anniversary

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2024/11/24

“even in a decade” [SECO]As any parent knows, the days are long, but the years are short. And so it is with the children of Baker Street Elementary.It has now been 10 years since this Charles Schulz-inspired Sherlockian comic strip made its debut from the minds of Joe Fay, Rusty Mason, and Steve Mason. Here at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, we recognized the innocence and joy of Baker Street Elementary as a throwback to the Sunday comics of yore, and have featured this strip every other Sunday on

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The Calendrical Holmes

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2024/11/22

“carry about a portable Newgate Calendar” [3GAR]The Sherlock Holmes stories may be fixed at a certain point in time, but they are timeless classics that will forever showcase the talents of the world's first consulting detective and the friendship between him and his faithful friend and biographer, Dr. John Watson.As much as we'd like to lose ourselves in the "half-remembered, half-forgotten times of snug Victorian illusion, of gaslit comfort and contentment, of perfect dignity and grace," as Edgar

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Episode 299: Interrogating Sherlock Holmes

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2024/11/15

“I listen to their story, they listen to my comments” [STUD]Trial lawyers are supposed to be experts in conducting interviews and interrogating witnesses. Yet Stephen Chahn Lee discovered that such skills were hardly universal.Yet there was one shining example he could point to for questioning witnesses and getting to the truth. As you've already guessed, it is Sherlock Holmes.But then Lee turned his analysis and research to an eyewitness who he claims misled us—a central character whom we've always

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Baker Street Elementary – High Stakes

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2024/11/10

“never for such stakes” [EMPT]We all know Sherlock Holmes's reaction to the existence of vampires: “It's pure lunacy.”He was specifically referring to the widely accepted myth that vampires could be defeated by driving a stake through their hearts in order to pin them in their graves. The type of wood mattered too; oak and ash were preferred for their mystical qualities.Interestingly, in Bram Stoker's Dracula, the Count wasn't defeated with a stake through his heart. According to Mina Murray's

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Baker Street Elementary – Look on the Bright Side

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2024/10/27

“we have much to hope” [NAVA]Why did Sherlock Holmes have clients? Because invariably, people found themselves in unfortunate circumstances and they needed help. Oftentimes, the sentiment was “I come to you as a last resource,” as Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope explained.How appropriate was her surname? By the end of the story, Holmes located the document, saving the career of the cabinet secretary and restoring hope in his wife.Most cases begin with a severe sense of hopelessness or pessimism, Clients

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Baker Street Elementary – Trust Buster

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2024/10/13

“You really are an automaton,—a calculating machine!” [SIGN]To say Sherlock Holmes had trust issues would be an understatement.He admitted to Watson that he was unable to enjoy the typical innocent observation of the world around him in "The Copper Beeches":“Do you know, Watson,” said he, “that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I

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Episode 296: Spy Hunter

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2024/09/30

“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, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes' protégée, suspects a German spy.This is where H.B. Lyle's fourth installment in his Irregular series picks up. Ben joined us to share his journey as a writer focused on historical fiction, and how easily the ringleader of Holmes's street urchins turned to spycraft. The early days of MI5 and MI6 hold particular interest, and we

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