Trifles
Sherlock Holmes: Trifles
Episode 403 - Baker Street Fables
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Episode 403 - Baker Street Fables

Remsen Ten Eyck Schenck makes some deductions about Sherlock Holmes' abilities in chemistry and music. You may be surprised.

“To a collector of fairy tales” [HOUN] 

Of the many things we know about Sherlock Holmes — or think we know about him — his knowledge of chemistry and his violin-playing skills are probably most closely associated with him.

However, in 1952, Remsen Ten Eyck Schenck pulled the evidence together and compared it with what merely passed as opinion in a Baker Street Journal article. And what he found is more than just a Trifle.

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Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra 

Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band 

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Sherlock Holmes: Trifles
You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and answers questions that arise, clarify muddy details, and look into some of the period terminology in this weekly podcast.