Archive - Trifles

Episode 444 - John H. Watson―Word-Painter

This Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article makes the case that Watson's prose was exceptional

Jul 2 •

27:37

June 2025

Episode 443 - How Watson Learned the Trick (The Apocrypha Part 3)

The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes Part 3

Jun 25 •

17:49

Episode 442 - A Case of Identity: The Second Mrs. Watson

Who was the second Mrs. Watson? David Hammer has a theory.

Jun 19 •

23:01

Episode 441 - About the Moor

How true to life was the moor that Conan Doyle depicted in The Hound of the Baskervilles?

Jun 11 •

29:08

Episode 440 - On the Hound

Investigating the breed of the Hound of the Baskervilles

Jun 4 •

24:39

May 2025

Episode 439 - Bonus Content

We discovered something interesting about Karen Anderson, BSI ("Emilia Lucca") during the course of the episode, so we continued to chat about it.

May 28 •

3:44

Episode 439 - The Archaeological Holmes

A glimpse into Sherlock Holmes's research in "The Devil's Foot"

May 28 •

31:06

Episode 438 - The Back Yards of Baker Street

A look at Bernard Davies' identification of buildings in Sherlock Holmes's neighborhood.

May 21 •

28:56

Episode 437 - Capital Punishment

What offences were considered worthy of the death penalty in Victorian England?

May 15 •

28:53

Episode 436 - The Solitary Man-Uscript

Andrew Peck puts to rest the question as to who the Solitary Cyclist was

May 8 •

19:53

Trifling Trifles #3 - Some Nerve

It does take nerve and knowledge

May 1 •

5:04

Episode 435 - An Aborted Avatar

A trifling bit of history that was discovered by Anthony Boucher

May 1 •

20:58

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