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Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

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Scott Monty & Burt Wolder

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.

#409

Something's Missing

“gone—stolen, vanished” [BRUC] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnswvCnQUW9hjPhh125Llqfh3yPcAYQQSwD5k2MQ_8l_rUWnuzM1r1Pq1bxbhdfVL_yUQr_9383zPWWH0n7LBrbaZMLKtiwm6CnBOlIsmjhFVssa54LO0ChSQJyKjSXIrW8jFovYzqNUTTLnpMu6NLS5SeGTtnXZGtkf62woR7vM0oYCa8nUWBVXaWKc/s1435/409%20-%20Something%20Missing.jpg"> </a> A few episodes ago, we investigated various items that clients brought to Sherlock Holmes and items that acted as vital physical clues. It was something of a show-and-tell. This time, we're flipping the idea on its head and considering various stories where something—or someone—goes missing. What and who will be it? Tune in for this Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us [wherever you listen to podcasts] (https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691) . Links / Notes ---Previous episodes mentioned: ---<a href= "https://episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/ODIxMTU0NzQtMWI4ZS00YmRmLWI5YTMtMGIyM2U3ZTZjODdi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 402 - Something to Show For It</a> ---<a href= "https://episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/MTRlMzNjZjEtNjc5OS00MTQ5LWI1ZTctYzNmNWZlMmI2MDA2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 166 - Infectious Diseases</a> ---<a href= "https://episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/ODdiOTZlYjEtNjU4Zi00NDEzLTk0NzQtYjJjZTgzMWQ3YzYw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 271 - On the Scent with Sherlock Holmes, Part 3</a> ---Bonus artwork for our supporters on <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/posts/114599184/">Patreon</a> and [Substack] (https://trifles.substack.com/p/episode-408-the-strongest-man-in) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

30 Oct 2024

33 MINS

33:24

30 Oct 2024

#408

The Strongest Man in England

“with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit” [STUD] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2_tmaZwiQOW3TVio28tfvKGnqGXNqDQJQ8kk3nRM2lAmg8NR-L3FK1gayaUoOUpThdTjbFccMTPHs7A75L9hDo_QjinaqTSudYjk4ZN336r4KI9TM6_D9SjKyAL08JUZZ6W7cb3P_WnA2tvyh9FGuz4zQVhXP9oCPi6x3HuB9jcaxI9xgAfBrqJf41Y/s1433/408%20-%20Strongest%20Man.jpg"> </a> There were a number of individuals who exhibited strength in the Sherlock Holmes stories, to varying degrees. But which of them would you classify as the strongest? One of our listeners had an idea as to who it might be, so we surveyed the Canon and found a handful of others to make this a deeper discussion. Turns out it's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us [wherever you listen to podcasts] (https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691) . Links / Notes ---Bonus artwork for our supporters on <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/posts/114599184/">Patreon</a> and [Substack] (https://trifles.substack.com/p/episode-408-the-strongest-man-in) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

24 Oct 2024

25 MINS

25:44

24 Oct 2024

#407

That Old Black Boot

“the loss of the old black boot” [HOUN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvNSwgICI8GfP3jv6RSro_JDSc5__PZ1OZ0wCkhAmMnm5rbf12MSxYnpN1hSLWi8NvmZoiirev4WCkEOSUP5AryfZyMDZY-2L1aywbRC2wDASMVSEunay2Fs273odmI2Dw6HHKdrxAJOiZf-_-LIwWVAfKjmr9rlLNPKHQkNlc_AEWLO7GFSP-kTIzpY/s1252/407%20-%20Old%20Black%20Boot.jpg"> </a> Brown boot, black boot — these two items of Sir Henry Baskerville's went missing at the Northumberland Hotel shortly after he arrived in London. And they begin to put Sherlock Holmes on the scent of The Hound of the Baskervilles. However, there's a wrinkle regarding the old black boot that persists throughout the story. George Fletcher, BSI ("The Cardboard Box") made a note of this curious detail for the very first time in The Papers on the Sundial, a 2020 publication from The Five Orange Pips. And it's quite the Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us [wherever you listen to podcasts] (https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691) . Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-Advs-_-Result%26ds%3D30%26prc%3DUSD%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26rgn%3Dww%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2520Best%2520of%2520the%2520Pips%26xdesc%3Doff%26xpod%3Doff%26yrh%3D1955%26yrl%3D1955"> The Best of the Pips</a> (1955) ---<a href= "https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-Advs-_-Result%26ds%3D30%26prc%3DUSD%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26rgn%3Dww%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2520Best%2520of%2520the%2520Pips%26xdesc%3Doff%26xpod%3Doff%26yrh%3D2000%26yrl%3D1999"> The Best of the Pips Volume II</a> (1999) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

17 Oct 2024

20 MINS

20:13

17 Oct 2024

#406

Matilda Briggs

“not the name of a young woman, Watson” [SUSS] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2FFnSGrJwrsh5MKz9wPGOHqbqQ2z8hP2E3KgGu05kyab4X_wvHH5YC_1dae1iPUNjHcylQGQeglmRsRe9TYtMqne2xqJ8ERRkhBDJox47uhHH6tqh8c8inKWBSw1BKl1lI_428Uzg6D9203ZAGQGdFlt2k7QfkqFjP1T2xCnQPUfsBQDcy4DBF3BgAs/s1140/406%20-%20Matilda%20Briggs.jpg"> </a> Here's a strange one. We hear of the Matilda Briggs in one story. Do you know which story and what it was associated with? This entry in our Travel Series takes us on a mysterious sea voyage that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write a short story and then borrow a real name from this true tale and plant it in Sherlock Holmes story. What as the connection? Well, that's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us [wherever you listen to podcasts] (https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691) . Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Mary_Celeste" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Celeste</a> (Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia) --- [Mary Celeste] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste) (Wikipedia) ---<a href= "https://fourthgarrideb.com/2015/03/25/gibraltar-marks-the-return-of-sherlock-holmes-1995/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gibraltar Marks the Return of Sherlock Holmes (1915)</a> (The Fourth Garrideb) ---Previous episodes mentioned: --- [Episode 55 - Unpublished Cases: Weird Animals] (https://ihose.co/trifles55) --- [Episode 151 - Asians and Sherlock Holmes] (https://ihose.co/trifles151) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

09 Oct 2024

18 MINS

18:47

09 Oct 2024

#405

Something to Show for It

“Look at that!” [3STU] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpGObkET9NlWv5z00U85naYaNCbONEGKhdheVCoxPDyef_ugTV6R8cC5nBMnNkiWeZGJSe32S_5xH9Ch6k19V_MROq3W8enc4fjaqGlLsMZhauDGPv1Y_IGvOerxW_0txPIcMli0_jaWZOJIbtH3TWvb91fw07pL-nCS7vd-TcxLkH11y91swvDX3wPw/s1160/405%20-%20Something.jpg"> </a> Sherlock Holmes had clients of all kinds. Some that visited him with vague fears. Others that were concerned about missing documents. But when he had cases and clients that included a little show-and-tell — where a physical object was displayed — well, that is just a Trifle. And listen closely, because we ask for some input from you on this one! Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us [wherever you listen to podcasts] (https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691) . Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/NjcyZGNhYWYtNzU0My00ZjY1LTgxNTYtYjliZjcwYmIwYTBh"> I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 225: Evidence Boxes</a> ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

02 Oct 2024

25 MINS

25:15

02 Oct 2024

#404

Bohemian Alternatives

“She responded beautifully” [SCAN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGv9ot_V14OWJwUfciHCa4z2EYsAsPr38a9nSpJZuGGUlMiCfeqxGV3PU86YsN3AYbnc95kYYleanRNq3b5nRTVZgJBKZCSJhKJovUTXaXvx2DmfPrZ9lyhL_ZHAPrXSuO6NasF57d23nkphlSmn30pA2lXx8h_q3qoW8PTY4ZHd9QEmQ1i16HfQYsR6c/s1200/404%20-%20Alternatives.jpg"> </a> Occasionally — very occasionally — there are flaws in Sherlock Holmes's reasoning. Or, if not flaws, then something that doesn't quite hold up when we put our own magnifying lens against it. There is one such example in "A Scandal in Bohemia," as pointed out by a listener. One we had never considered before, but one that is just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us [wherever you listen to podcasts] (https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691) . Links / Notes ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

26 Sep 2024

20 MINS

20:10

26 Sep 2024

#403

Baker Street Fables

“To a collector of fairy tales” [HOUN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaobLrquWaAV2nNwo_t1Vy7aa8HQutxtDrqsETmc7s8vjtHqhl3kHmrCecSItwjv3hHpyt7fa-xCuQyv3qc9Vy80D3ZvlBsZVCIcqAa841r4Hc_mvBydZNpvYZzpldDEIx8FZYHZle7j_ymcF6NmEGNvOrJJDtMk9K0PDOG0jrSgcnMwmrt5VePc-DaI/s1200/403%20-%20Fables.jpg"> </a> 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] (https://ihose.co/BSJ) article. And what he found is more than just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us [wherever you listen to podcasts] (https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691) . Links / Notes ---Find the article discussed in this episode and others in the [eBSJ] (https://ihose.co/eBSJ) ---Other episodes mentioned: ---<a href= "https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2024/03/episode-377-effect-of-trades-on-body.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 377 - The Effect of Trades on the Body</a> ---<a href= "https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/04/episode-67-inside-221b-chemistry.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 67 - Inside 221B: Chemistry</a> ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

19 Sep 2024

21 MINS

21:20

19 Sep 2024

#402

Fateful Voyages

“his attitude and manner told their own story” [SCAN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxJht2Pp9DhATm1P_2EsK4xVqKKs811gooReKYLAMVIXVFQ9QFqM3LUA4CWWvqEN471o7QCOkdwwy4NGAcFRbwMHgyThnjwtAIRCPLj0tfpvgpdpADp_poH3_SUXzMapDIpqMJxazlrVFK5LEsCvcTJ5JUj0OY7oXK3lwriaLlW643TcxpkddbIyHrnE/s1127/402%20-%20Voyages.jpg"> </a> The tragedies on September 11 ensured that it is a date that will forever be stamped in the history books. What to do when it coincides with an episode drop date for Trifles on our monthly travel series? As we glanced through the Sherlock Holmes canon, we found that a number of trips and voyages were associated with tragic outcomes. Part of it was a matter of the times and the risks of traveling; others seemed to be associated with karma. Together, they're just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us [wherever you listen to podcasts] (https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691) . Links / Notes ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

11 Sep 2024

26 MINS

26:32

11 Sep 2024

#401

The Perfect Act of Telling a Story

“his attitude and manner told their own story” [SCAN] Last month, we lost prolific Sherlockian David Stuart Davies. But prolific doesn't quite cover it. He was insightful and delightful, he amused and schmoozed, he wrote and spoke, created and debated, was always elated. In his memory, we're taking a deeper look at his article "First Encounters of the Holmes Kind" from Vol. 47, No. 1 of The Baker Street Journal — an essay on why "A Scandal in Bohemia" was the perfect first short story for Sherlock Holmes. It's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1"> a five-star rating</a>. Links / Notes --- [The Baker Street Journal] (https:;/ihose.co/BSJ) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

04 Sep 2024

25 MINS

25:25

04 Sep 2024

#400

The Great 400

“he had actually won as much as four hundred” [EMPT] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n3xcde9AZfaAInA17YJwqulMJpbFVKfVmdZQOG35yfY4yVhQmDArP-VdQ1o3tV14bJjYQVMHXQxjqf3lElpGWcUhnsj8OzCKbPjmeOHXGUP9Ii41ckx93zQy3z9vl2pMsPbdZCr6ZUs0OUwtf7yR4BsBUF-9izPcnExikoklvO8iw15q58S8Jpau18A/s1920/Trifles%20400%20Widescreen.png"> </a> It's hard to believe, but we've managed to notch our 400th episode of Trifles. And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than by highlighting some of our favorite episodes from throughout the show. We put our usual amount of consideration and thinking into this effort, and we think it's something that will delight old listeners as well as new. It's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/favorites-from-the-great-400"> SoundCloud playlist of all episodes mentioned</a> ---<a href= "https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All SoundCloud playlists</a> ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

29 Aug 2024

24 MINS

24:17

29 Aug 2024

#399

Who Killed Charles Augustus Milverton?

“private revenge” [CHAS] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtevcUdULhOziLgQMre8ZAUFH0vlrqMHTu-V_Pgo5YQJsgV2DOY3myXz6cCo14u_a2cSKwgn9LW1zHn6rrAn7Chn2W8Ps3CYgB7LoLDTZGDEXY6rfj1r3zgOH_rUCiseSr0wNkkxcoPGWnDkCnrBuB8IDiy6GxSrqKZZx1Djyi5v4IxdH6Q7GpzxqAe0/s996/399%20-%20CHAS.jpg"> </a> In "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton," Watson tells us that a woman with a "dark, handsome, clear-cut face" lifted her veil and "emptied barrel after barrel into Milverton’s body," leaving him dead on the floor. But in the Summer 2024 issue of The Baker Street Journal (Vol. 74, No. 2), Carla Coupe wonders if Watson wasn't giving us the whole story. It's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Links / Notes --- [The Baker Street Journal] (https://ihose.co/BSJ) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

21 Aug 2024

19 MINS

19:18

21 Aug 2024

#398

The Journeys of Sherlock Holmes

“‘journeys end in lovers’ meetings,’ as the old play says” [EMPT] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnC9KioQbWkHMexMGRwQ5BVUXxOp5DX1aCJISWc1ggN2JyXZFSqddMZUVAaFC4j8aLOJKLwSVk4WLJDu-3FUYvzoQoWzkbRUIRE_uqwWDkmgnjBdMUhO76tpj9BTLkOCHC365rZM-h8wg0AKys08ZfeN1gAflNG7rmXkOVuVrE18ovtfZ00FAEtXERL0/s1280/398%20-%20Journeys.jpg"> </a> When it came to London, Sherlock Holmes preferred to stay put. That's what Paul Gore-Booth would have us believe. When he assessed the many tales, he found that most happened in London and its immediate suburbs. But Gore-Booth went one further: he conjectured about the locales of various unpublished cases. If you know Trifles, you'll recall that we delved into some of the unpublished cases in Season 2. Together, it's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gore-Booth,_Baron_Gore-Booth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Paul Gore-Booth</a> ---<a href= "https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/search/label/Unpublished%20Cases" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Season 2: Unpublished Cases</a> ---<a href= "https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/unpublished-cases?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soundcloud playlist of Unpublished Cases</a> ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

14 Aug 2024

33 MINS

33:39

14 Aug 2024

#397

Clumsiness

“I did it clumsily” [DANC] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-DtdcT1raIL7Pc0hUaDheOkL4gFbDy3RP5fdxjU94Wkxul4j0lu5_B-QFDKoNvYA84LBsFNZP7SO2fVczaLHm9-n1bJdOwb4wZLDRTC1xzo2ce5TZ2ioMQKFk-RbSGNTgpPP41Fc806KEWg66PTiQRmIOyVEqmhYw985LPAISPf1FB2gPb1An00f_eA/s1200/397%20-%20Clumsy.jpg"> </a> Sherlock Holmes was a man of great precision. We learn about his attention to detail and his preferences for improving the art of detection from the very first time we meet him. But there were instances of clumsiness — his own and from others — that crop up throughout the Canon. It's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

07 Aug 2024

18 MINS

18:33

07 Aug 2024

#396

Anxiety Part 2

“I am much more anxious” [MISS] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-C4KFo3iIUqPkahGsX9k6zt9csAGZ0NJIFim2DNB86iqR6GxvQ_iNJGapDSfnEauLltvm31JdtNzd6cmdNjQwZwpSSne41Mh_H8JnR5fmpwpvWtUwoxA7m2AG5wEAQGvsjHRNahPDsrWuaVzC5jn3q1teku2lRTu74U-A7VUT3oihtlEahANIi-peyE/s1416/396%20-%20Anxiety.png"> </a> Four episodes ago, we began a discussion about anxiety in the Sherlock Holmes stories. We managed to make from A Study in Scarlet up through The Hound of the Baskervilles. What about the rest of the Canon? Worry not! We continue the journey from The Return through The Case-Book. While Sherlock Holmes shows some anxiety in this half of the Canon, we'll find that his clients and others are more anxious. It's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2024/07/episode-392-anxiety.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 392 - Anxiety</a> ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

01 Aug 2024

26 MINS

26:08

01 Aug 2024

#395

Victorian Aventuresses

“she seems indeed to be on a very different level” [SCAN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZw1QxJJY1K_l95a3d_NgcmahCtEAeOTLFtgyO7_KzZE_ZJCnqUTNGXe_3i5_TSwFJ6mxWObc3fWEJjOuls3EO3_ROHzQBjFlH1qhafSTeJgThAHJLO747kBj7k-RcBQaWLUiSbJ5Ol4hI9WpsSVxym6rxTBNU9Oqezd8kuHIV_8q8sCS7h2Zku3ACXQ/s1437/395%20-%20Adventuress.jpg"> </a> There is one woman in the entire Canon of Sherlock Holmes stories that we can instantly recall as an adventuress. You know who we're talking about. Can you think of at least one other off the top of your head? We'll help with that. Plus, we'll explore just how the term "adventuress" evolved and what it meant in polite society. It's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Oh, and our supporters can watch this episode on video! Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes --- [The Adventuress] (https://jessnevins.com/victoriana/adventuress.html) (The Encyclopedia of Victoriana) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

25 Jul 2024

19 MINS

19:25

25 Jul 2024

#394

Silver Blaze: An Identification

“concealed it at Mapleton” [SILV] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtDZAPQig8FpeMX0n9Tov9k5iC3Vj70elW_8QUjfxX7OSNYUsmBdCr3eUYLQe9ZFMVn7JLFKdhtPkjYCA0ctxIabR8u7Izx5sxcqLCQrquVN33Li5-nSmpENzcgvhhIiUm6-wFoqFRvv5mfOxY4k_Kyrcv3ZzHoq5lYVQativVkdaFB2Z_NjrgxcGOig/s942/394%20-%20Silver%20Blaze%20Identification.png"> </a> This month's Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist episode goes back to 1949 to Volume 4, Number 1 of The Baker Street Journal and Jay Finley Christ's article "Silver Blaze: An Identification (as of 1893 A.D.). Here Christ looks at what contemporary readers of the Strand would have thought of Watson's tale, specifically identifying which horse Silver Blaze was supposed to be. Oh, and for our Patreon and Substack supporters, we have a video version of this episode. It's just a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---Jay Finley Christ's article is available through the <a href= "https://ihose.co/eBSJ" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">eBSJ</a>. ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

17 Jul 2024

22 MINS

22:02

17 Jul 2024

#393

The Geography of the Hound of the Baskervilles

“I flatter myself that I could find my way about.” [HOUN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL8y_oRK9jbS73xr7Bl_o1W45Av_tVt5vdIzBLz5WpGQxJmvRP5BuSSlp9RJ06vCH3Reu8JKcTHiIt4F9vv8NvwkeOVLDEvdIjtKcoNcSZMGfkLi0jLSGTZ5IYfhXt6-4vgBHy6iepgkv0fNnY5V5S3tUr5K3C1lzVilqM91K_W_xxi-WSqHyFt8tccg/s1228/393%20-%20Geography%20HOUN.jpg"></a> Dartmoor and its surroundings provided the perfect setting for The Hound of the Baskervilles. Not only did the area have a sense of history (and prehistory) about it, but the sparse surroundings added to the mystique. And the wonderful part is that if we were to set foot there in 2024, we would recognize the landmarks and even some of the buildings. In 1965, Kelvin Jones took to identifying some of the real-life locations that we find in the story and it's just a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. We also have some photos of the area from David Marcum, who recently made a pilgrimage to Dartmoor. You can find them on [Patreon] (https://www.patreon.com/posts/107914527) and <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com/p/episode-393-the-geography-of-the">Substack</a>. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/category/journal/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Sherlock Holmes Journal</a> from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

11 Jul 2024

30 MINS

30:07

11 Jul 2024

#392

Anxiety

“weighed down with some great anxiety” [FIVE] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKjwI1IBMjc1pmq0nZuZ9R9bGTiOjERrgNb14xRODdbpaLL24VBUUYp5c5MpIqrYx6yYDjdAMBvhN_gHB_YATqiHdiIbPQ09DXx-oRBwK8ypjCsbCA-rG7qHGEZM1WbMHAnGcmDTHhpxCQEO-NbvJvhM-rv8fQXsOmNVKHtE59FUhzo8rSO56_mQ2T6Q/s1375/392%20-%20Anxiety.jpg"> </a> Where would Sherlock Holmes be without fear and anxiety? It was a common state of mind for a number of his clients, but Holmes himself also exhibited anxious behavior from time to time. In which stories can we find anxiety? Don't be nervous; we have 10 examples. But there are still more to come that will feature in a discussion in a second part. It's just a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

03 Jul 2024

38 MINS

38:55

03 Jul 2024

#391

Maps & Floorplans

“I sent down to Stamford's for the ordnance map” [HOUN] <a style= "margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz6GUpXFKxFSwl5590KUORSmcbjXjAvBbKUbEjS0-fc-Mc8-4FZ53UNwQpgw5T6MGlggLCLRrCXk89YLvgNA4eVpSPMM-B2h6YOA3LzIr9_EoXp3GumkVeS-M_fPlE15Zk3L55iCc92By4QjppIjqJEo7ffI13QUJ14AKphRMLX2GCNOLDCZavy7D7BA/s1000/391%20-%20Maps.jpg"> </a> In a number of instances in the Sherlock Holmes stories, we find ourselves guided by maps. Not only as critical elements of the plot, but also as visual aids to readers. In which stories do we find maps? And what about those that required floorplans to be sketched out as well? It's just a Trifle. This topic was suggested by listener Ron Groenewoud, who'll be receiving a thank you gift for his efforts. If you have a topic you'd like to suggest and we use it on the air, we'll do the same thing for you. Just drop us a line at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FBookDetailsPL%3Fbi%3D31429154231%26searchurl%3Dan%253DWolff%2526ds%253D30%2526rollup%253Don%2526sortby%253D17%2526tn%253DSherlockian%252BAtlas%26cm_sp%3Dsnippet-_-srp0-_-title1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sherlockian Atlas</a> by Julian Wolff ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

26 Jun 2024

30 MINS

30:56

26 Jun 2024

#390

Sherlock Holmes, Linguist

“he is a remarkable linguist” [GREE] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6_iHTj68e9VcKAgHARCzINz4sWw9ymdoC4rv29Zt1UDchxi3wWaw-RtGIKQVBVLWMFJGNdA89SDyFoplR077hkvjeR3-hg7d_qmML3ibe3T6QvB8I1uM6vZN-HS-Oix60BD62PPEYGFgQYhnJPfdRspIsAFScHKp1Stzx7R0_drw_yC-RN0v5w3u3-g/s1117/390%20-%20Linguist.jpg"> </a> Sherlock Holmes has been translated into scores of languages all around the world (just ask [Don Hobbs)] (https://ihose.co/ihose64) . But what languages was he fluent in or have passing familiarity with? This is the question Dean W. Dickensheet tackles in Vol. 10 No. 3 of The Baker Street Journal in his article "Sherlock Holmes - Linguist." It's the latest in our series looking at old Sherlockian scholarship and it's just a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---The [eBSJ] (https://ihose.co/eBSJ) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

19 Jun 2024

34 MINS

34:02

19 Jun 2024

#389

Years of Mystery

“We have three years of the past to discuss” [EMPT] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjou-3kOltrZtfWKDoCtY4joAYrROCu9MLoT2ehNYKbiQZj_Ql9UspLG4Rtx4tik1J5PrwXK5cEKNqGhW5gtv-10xlG7IWoCEHv6yUouWvJOU38vdrLq7x6Jcz4qUuqzM0XdSbHaxGsd2G9fslxoab5abmzxNNmL6NfM_rS0dKz3jx1uAnbFeiFqpHgjrE/s866/389%20-%20Years%20of%20mystery.jpg"> </a> Once again, we pack our Gladstone bags and prepare for an episode where we travel. This time, we head to Sussex Downs and then across the Atlantic to New York in some of the early years of Sherlock Holmes's retirement. What brings us there is from the fertile imagination of Les Klinger, who posits a connection between Sherlock Holmes, Wilson Hargreave, and Andrew Carnegie. It's just a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes --- [Baker Street Rambles] (https://wessexpress.com/html/rambles.html) by Leslie S. Klinger --- [Floradora] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florodora) (Wikipedia) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

13 Jun 2024

21 MINS

21:37

13 Jun 2024

#388

Elderly in the Canon

“his age, and an affliction” [STOC] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8sUsKVuvwJENPPa1yuSVbtgcCqlSjNylk4eQYnW53-d6GfcT9bVchqzNyt66gJPpPM9D_x24ws27I6zcf5KG0XTg2fqcbETC-gQgWjsW9EQPWbDrLglRRhaUbxgPKKX927HEONVl4b8SrhgXxMFRojPfAo4qxTVIfcZxdJeplmtASVxaG1CXFTTB7ZqY/s814/388%20-%20Elderly.jpg"> </a> The panoply of elderly individuals in the Sherlock Holmes stories is impressive: Mr. Frankland, the old crank in The Hound of the Baskervilles, the miserly Josiah Amberley in "The Retired Colourman," Old Mr. Farquhar, the previous owner of Watson's practice. But there were many others, some of whom go almost unnoticed. What similarities do we see among them? How did Conan Doyle's writing about them change over time? It's just a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

06 Jun 2024

23 MINS

23:31

06 Jun 2024

#387

Linoleum

“the flooring was also thoroughly examined” [SPEC] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUku_XYEO9Cpn6dH0zxkcFZJAadN5qFQKH91WC9F5TnYZEFBoiCkwdwaYQOur3-yKq6NbEKVlX45nT-QQHNmevroiallMbg0ENnaAWxEJTyWlhPB0djTU3Y-s8UnDh0T8IObYZqILYUFORbo0oxlcic_quE0WlqPC_ntJRexFTS6PvKpbrnDznWEE8Bs/s1422/387%20-%20Linoleum.jpg"> </a> Cocoanut matting, bearskin rug, carpets — there are a number of notable floor coverings mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories. But flooring itself is less notable. Case in point: linoleum, which appears as a passing mention in just three stories, was a popular alternative at the time. What do we know about the history of linoleum, how was it manufactured, and what role did it play in the Canon? It's just a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes ---Previous episode mentioned: --- [Episode 102: Inside 221B: On the Floor] (https://ihose.co/trifles102) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

30 May 2024

26 MINS

26:35

30 May 2024

#386

Forests

“Vast sections of it have been cleared” [BLAC] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMncYpi3xjjkFeyGuIJy05ac-YUNbANGmjdF4KJkkG-XWMY5ZoSRpJirHOPIFB-Z84cKmz6ygB-OwA-BWhOmK7J5zoebWgVrCqD9ZOd5ElW8-Zo9ZnpjudOy3tJi3EfY8OSBf24xhcWwuE4tXd2oVVwJ2amViEvmPESW8l_sapkojRCU4avE2RDB7sp4/s1432/386%20-%20Forests.png"> </a> When you're really down in the details about something — something trifling, perhaps — it's difficult to see the forest for the trees, as the saying goes. Well, we've discussed trees in two previous episodes, so we thought it was time to look at the forests. There were scant mentions of forests in the Sherlock Holmes stories, but they're worth a Trifle. You can make topic suggestions to us — if we choose something you recommend (like the one today!), we'll send you a Sherlockian prize. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Links / Notes --- [Forest Row] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Row) --- [New Forest] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest) --- [Weald] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weald) ---Previous episodes mentioned: --- [Episode 274: Trees, Part 1] (https://ihose.co/trifles274) --- [Episode 276: Trees, Part 2] (https://ihose.co/trifles276) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

23 May 2024

23 MINS

23:51

23 May 2024

#385

The Long Road from Maiwand

“at Maiwand without losing my nerve” [STUD] <a style= "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOeDiEA630of7XE-ITigALWgSl1FjgEz0jzCBngN6u-1jKtqVzH_z5nAqXTzxvgVctjmCMJO-Tlpa08tzcVMMgm0dWVz4kPUrFKc1r6EWGRGWY6gyDz65Xkb4sONbYKADKV8YAG6keJKQn4DLwnjG81OWqkiOt4T9oRc8s3HfM0vV5g0EhLuynDySLqg/s1088/385%20-%20Maiwand.jpg"> </a> Maiwand: Saving the Guns by Richard Caton Woodville, 1883 (<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand#/media/File:Royal_Horse_Artillery_fleeing_from_Afghan_attack_at_the_Battle_of_Maiwand.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wikimedia Commons</a>) It is generally accepted that A Study in Scarlet, when Dr. Watson first met Sherlock Holmes, took place in 1881. Watson was just back from the war in Afghanistan, where he had been wounded at the Battle of Maiwand. But in 1940, Edgar W. Smith took a closer look at the timing between the battle, Watson's recovery time, travel to London and hotel stay, and came to a much different conclusion. He wrote it up in a pamphlet and it's just a Trifle. You can make suggestions as well — if we choose a topic you recommend, we'll send you a Sherlockian prize. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. BONUS: a digital scan of Smith's original pamphlet is available to our [Patreon] (https://patreon.com/trifles) or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> supporters. Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fsts%3Dt%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-home-_-Results%26ref_%3Dsearch_f_hp%26tn%3DThe%2520Long%2520Road%2520From%2520MAiwand%26an%3DEdgar%2520W.%2520Smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Long Road from Maiwand: an examination of the evidence bearing upon the dating of a certain encounter in the chemical laboratory at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in London</a> by Edgar W. Smith (Abebooks) --- [The eBSJ] (https://ihose.co/eBSJ) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

15 May 2024

21 MINS

21:08

15 May 2024

#384

Sherlock Holmes, Cabby

“Stop at a telegraph-office, cabby!” [SIGN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pBki-nzAjV_0CsHS-u9KB2OpE7YeJwbFBvqvi0CjZn2lGb9xqUMC4_L8wSOq3GefSmrSPgkAZ8AyQglAlV9vsS9chsi58wddxvrWKIoHg8ZkjH0x8SlRcRiZYFqkz3GovXxkocJHnctaJFecd5mbDs70yvHrhFiKM8DBPV7IGhqOcJE48XfK5nqTpyc/s1431/384%20-%20Cabby.png"> </a> Cabbies are everywhere in London – indeed, so common in some cases that they're simply overlooked (we see you, Jefferson Hope!). Could Sherlock Holmes have passed himself off as a cabby? There are certainly points in his career when it would have made sense. And a paper given at a Sherlock Holmes society in Denmark points in that direction. Hop on board with us in this monthly travel series episode! It's just a Trifle. You can make suggestions as well — if we choose a topic you recommend, we'll send you a Sherlockian prize. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Join our community today</a>. <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2273168" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a> Links / Notes ---"The Thomas Hogram Letters" by Sven Ranild is an expanded and translated version of a paper delivered in Copenhagen on September 19, 1987, at the Centenary Dinner of the Sherlock Holmes Klubben i Danmark and it appeared in the Summer 1991 issue of <a href= "https://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/journal/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Sherlock Holmes Journal</a>. --- [Episode 124 - Odd Jobs] (https://ihose.co/trifles101) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

09 May 2024

19 MINS

19:04

09 May 2024

#383

Wordplay

“very curious phraseology” [WIST] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7g15iMbaCwGFC3d1uG6cElLDrKA-n9a0ObF-7-A2LT4uQ62yBhlBP8AU_VapCkRvzkfjQSYfGeTLMaNZ_N4x-6Qq1SVpBKc_2l__zlZRn8EJ3vPCssx6KJaedPI3jRL-ZBXiLKxdEADsSXaLb4CLxUumnyZKQ-z4k4cx2LAIhcXOS7st5ma_79ICD-g/s707/383%20-%20Wordplay.jpg"> </a> Here's an interesting little subject that ought to intrigue many Sherlock Holmes fans: words. We are a literate bunch, and when we get to learn more about words — especially words with which we're unfamiliar — that makes us happy. This topic was suggested by listener Jennifer Cassasanto, who was curious about some of the foreign and antiquated terms in the Canon. Fair warning, though: this is a pun-filled zone. Word nerds unite! It's just a Trifle. You can make suggestions as well — if we choose a topic you recommend, we'll send you a Sherlockian prize. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Join our community today</a>. Links / Notes ---<a href= "https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DS.%2520Tupper%2520Bigelow%26cm_sp%3DSearchFwi-_-SRP-_-Results%26kn%3DAnglo%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An Irregular Anglo-American Glossary of More or Less Unfamiliar Words, Terms and Phrases in the Sherlock Holmes Saga</a> by S. Tupper Bigelow ---<a href= "https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2019/05/episode-124-odd-jobs.html"> Episode 124 - Odd Jobs</a> ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

02 May 2024

29 MINS

29:53

02 May 2024

#382

Will the Real Devil's Foot Stand Up?

“kept as a secret among them” [DEVI] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8ounPCt8E_EuM-ERhu_qTSGvR5v83YaGBLF8jbu9kFPaQK29eW9BGVqJLo51LEf9qsEn48ZHsa_BvciCAvBRF-zij5y3ulVZ2m8Nv1GXi10P2lvDi2a69GKcb46wr3KKixMxmwA2swHQO76MFHKoRRbYgDjKLgqrkpoWtQe0WyjU2f_H5kCCU-mSpgA/s1024/382%20-%20Devils%20Foot.jpg"> </a> When Dr. Leon Sterndale said there was only one known specimen of radix pedis dioaboli – devil's foot root – in a laboratory in Buda, it was clear that it was a poison unknown to science. Just what was it that was "used as an ordeal poison by the medicine-men in certain districts of West Africa"? Dr. Robert Ennis had an idea related to a substance we know well today, based on his observations in emergency rooms. And it’s anything but a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Join our community today</a>. <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2273168" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a> Links / Notes ---The [eBSJ] (https://ihose.co/eBSJ) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

25 Apr 2024

23 MINS

23:43

25 Apr 2024

#381

The Second Collaboration

“His collaboration may be very necessary” [ILLU] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLugS8QGCD9pr_zIhcXRqoYNx-n_ppW6F1r3bsSmsByPG_fHln_ZQMuBGaG4ftkK-bkYCnZx3N0C1RFtMiDC8BMjMYUYyKyfRqW-sxhNeVT2jESmYeahuaybZ5I4E6Fozakh-WTD4OR9YVUz4a4Ua1bVTrEAGOUL5SPNJAbR-FJly8OlNIcR2PHvfb3k/s1220/381%20-%20Second%20Collaboration.jpg"> </a> There's a curious phrase in the beginning of A Study in Scarlet that requires a little more consideration. Do you know what it is? John Ball, Jr. did. And his theory about what that phrase signified is an intelligent and plausible one, lifted from a 1954 issue of The Baker Street Journal and The Baker Street Reader. Along the way, we uncover a surprising fact about Ball. And it’s anything but a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Join our community today</a>. Find Trifles <a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. Links / Notes --- [John Ball Jr.] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ball_(novelist)) (Wikipedia) ---<a href= "https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fsts%3Dt%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-home-_-Results%26ref_%3Dsearch_f_hp%26tn%3DThe%2520Baker%2520Street%2520Reader%26an%3DShreffler"> The Baker Street Reader</a> (Abebooks) ---The [eBSJ] (https://ihose.co/eBSJ) ---All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a> ---Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com ---Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> to hear bonus material and be eligible for drawings. Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a> Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> ... Read more

18 Apr 2024

25 MINS

25:11

18 Apr 2024

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Matilda Briggs

#405

Something to Show for It

#404

Bohemian Alternatives

#403

Baker Street Fables

#402

Fateful Voyages

#401

The Perfect Act of Telling a Story

#400

The Great 400

#399

Who Killed Charles Augustus Milverton?

#398

The Journeys of Sherlock Holmes

#397

Clumsiness

#396

Anxiety Part 2

#395

Victorian Aventuresses

#394

Silver Blaze: An Identification

#393

The Geography of the Hound of the Baskervilles

#392

Anxiety

#391

Maps & Floorplans

#390

Sherlock Holmes, Linguist

#389

Years of Mystery

#388

Elderly in the Canon

#387

Linoleum

#386

Forests

#385

The Long Road from Maiwand

#384

Sherlock Holmes, Cabby

#383

Wordplay

#382

Will the Real Devil's Foot Stand Up?

#381

The Second Collaboration