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You know the plots, but what about the minutiae?
Mar 31, 2022
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Scott Monty
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Discussions about the Sherlock Holmes stories. It's just a Trifle!
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30:23
Episode 453 - The Location of Baskerville Hall
Howard Brody uses Holmesian methods to place Baskerville Hall on the map
Sep 4
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Scott Monty
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Trifling Trifles #5 - Typewriters
There were a handful of cases in the Sherlock Holmes stories that involved typewriters.
Sep 1
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Scott Monty
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16:14
Episode 452 - The Stonor Case
The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes Part 5
Aug 28
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Scott Monty
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29:07
Episode 451 - John H. Watson Never Went to China
Jay Finley Christ debunks a previously-held claim about Watson's true identity
Aug 20
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Scott Monty
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21:41
Episode 450 - The Fabulous Originals
Who were some historical individuals who may have inspired Sherlock Holmes characters?
Aug 14
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Scott Monty
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27:45
Apocrypha
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29:07
Episode 452 - The Stonor Case
The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes Part 5
Aug 28
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Scott Monty
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Episode 448 - The Story of the Lost Special
The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes Part 4
Jul 30
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Scott Monty
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29:27
Episode 443 - How Watson Learned the Trick
The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes Part 3
Jun 25
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Scott Monty
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17:49
Episode 432 - The Man with the Watches
The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes Part 2
Apr 10
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Scott Monty
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23:58
Episode 426 - The Field Bazaar
The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes, Part 1
Feb 27
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Scott Monty
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25:59
Morley-Montgomery
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30:23
Episode 453 - The Location of Baskerville Hall
Howard Brody uses Holmesian methods to place Baskerville Hall on the map
Sep 4
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Scott Monty
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Episode 449 - St. Saviour's, Near King's Cross
Jack Tracy's research uncovers a previously hidden secret in London's parishes
Aug 6
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Scott Monty
2
26:08
Episode 444 - John H. Watson―Word-Painter
This Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article makes the case that Watson's prose was exceptional
Jul 2
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Scott Monty
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27:37
Episode 440 - On the Hound
Investigating the breed of the Hound of the Baskervilles
Jun 4
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Scott Monty
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24:39
Episode 436 - The Solitary Man-Uscript
Andrew Peck puts to rest the question as to who the Solitary Cyclist was
May 8
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Scott Monty
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19:53
Inside 221B
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17:54
Episode 102 - Inside 221B: On the Floor
“he slipped down upon the floor” [PRIO]
Dec 12, 2018
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Episode 98 - Inside 221B: The Gramophone
“modern gramophones are a remarkable invention” [MAZA]
Nov 14, 2018
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Scott Monty
14:08
Episode 93 - Inside 221B: Have a Seat
“Pray take a seat” [MAZA]
Oct 10, 2018
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Scott Monty
17:15
Episode 89 - Inside 221B: Stradivarius
Listen now (17 mins) | “off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony” [REDH]
Sep 13, 2018
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16:50
Episode 84 - Inside 221B: The Morocco Case
“neat morocco case” [SIGN]
Aug 8, 2018
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Scott Monty
20:09
Theorist
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21:41
Episode 451 - John H. Watson Never Went to China
Jay Finley Christ debunks a previously-held claim about Watson's true identity
Aug 20
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Scott Monty
2
Episode 446 - Untangling the Skein
Matt Hall's discovery smashes long-held beliefs about the original title of A Study in Scarlet
Jul 17
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Scott Monty
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29:09
Episode 442 - A Case of Identity: The Second Mrs. Watson
Who was the second Mrs. Watson? David Hammer has a theory.
Jun 19
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Scott Monty
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23:01
Episode 438 - The Back Yards of Baker Street
A look at Bernard Davies' identification of buildings in Sherlock Holmes's neighborhood.
May 21
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Scott Monty
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28:56
Episode 433 - On Stage and Off
William Baring-Gould takes us to the early years of Sherlock Holmes's career and training.
Apr 17
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Scott Monty
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28:26
Trifling Trifles
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16:14
Trifling Trifles #5 - Typewriters
There were a handful of cases in the Sherlock Holmes stories that involved typewriters.
Sep 1
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Scott Monty
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Trifling Trifles #4 - Tinker's Curse
A quick look at a phrase in the Sherlock Holmes stories
Aug 1
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Scott Monty
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5:13
Trifling Trifles #3 - Some Nerve
It does take nerve and knowledge
May 1
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Scott Monty
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5:04
Trifling Trifles #2 - Its Snakish Temper
Something's amiss in "The Speckled Band"
Apr 24
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Scott Monty
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8:27
Trifling Trifles #1 - Sherlockian Valentines
Some greeting cards inspired by Sherlock Holmes stories for Valentines Day
Feb 14
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Scott Monty
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8:42
Travel
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28:59
Episode 411 - The Continental
Holmes and Watson take off from London to evade Professor Moriarty. Where does their trip take them?
Nov 13, 2024
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Scott Monty
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Episode 406 - Matilda Briggs
The strange connection between a ship in an unpublished case and a real-life mystery
Oct 10, 2024
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Scott Monty
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18:46
Episode 402 – Fateful Voyages
“his attitude and manner told their own story” [SCAN]
Sep 11, 2024
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Scott Monty
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26:31
Episode 398 - The Journeys of Sherlock Holmes
A monograph investigating where Sherlock Holmes got to, with particular interest in unpublished cases
Aug 15, 2024
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Scott Monty
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33:38
Episode 393 - The Geography of The Hound of the Baskervilles
We follow the trail of Kelvin Jones who looked at real locations in Dartmoor in The Sherlock Holmes Journal
Jul 11, 2024
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Scott Monty
30:06
Games & Sports
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21:01
Episode 422 - Baritsu
Sherlock Holmes was before his time with his mastery of this martial art
Jan 30
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Scott Monty
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Watson's Billiard Playing
“chalk his billiard-cue” [MISS]
Feb 8, 2024
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Scott Monty
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23:23
Missing Three-Quarter One-Third Discovered
“this extraordinary league” [REDH]
Mar 2, 2022
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Scott Monty
19:19
Sherlock Holmes, Sportsman
Listen now (31 mins) | “I am a born sportsman” [LAST]
Dec 25, 2019
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Scott Monty
30:59
Swimming
“Going for a swim, I see.” [LION]
Nov 13, 2019
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Scott Monty
22:53
Women
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19:24
Episode 395 - Victorian Adventuresses
“she seems indeed to be on a very different level” [SCAN]
Jul 25, 2024
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Scott Monty
Episode 369 - Hosmeric Hypocrisy
“You’ll be interested to hear that I am engaged.” [CHAS]
Jan 25, 2024
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Trifles
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18:13
The Four Violets
"stained with violet" [IDEN]
Jul 27, 2022
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Scott Monty
25:47
Damsels in Distress
“she confessed with distress” [LADY]
Dec 1, 2021
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Scott Monty
26:59
Two Maids A-Missing
“Altogether there are eight maids” [MUSG]
Jun 30, 2021
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Scott Monty
23:09
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