Trifles
Sherlock Holmes: Trifles
Episode 84 - Inside 221B: The Morocco Case
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Episode 84 - Inside 221B: The Morocco Case

“neat morocco case” [SIGN]

We all know that Sherlock Holmes used drugs. "A seven-per-cent solution" of cocaine is what he recommended to Watson in The Sign of Four.

But in the prelude to that, we’re told that Holmes took “his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case.” This case must have graced the interior of 221B Baker Street. But just what is it? And what do we really know of Holmes's drug mania? It’s just a Trifle.

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Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra

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

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Trifles
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.