Sherlock Holmes: Trifles podcast

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.

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.

 

#466

Who Wrote the American Chapters of A Study in Scarlet?

"Nine to seven." "Seven to five." [STUD] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" h... more

03 Dec 2025

28 MINS

28:11

03 Dec 2025


#465

Angels of Darkness

"upon the track of the avenging angels" [STUD] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1... more

27 Nov 2025

33 MINS

33:26

27 Nov 2025


#464

A Most Valuable Institution

"all the main ones in the press reports" [THOR] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: ... more

19 Nov 2025

19 MINS

19:13

19 Nov 2025


#463

Lucky Thirteen

"thirteen in number" [HOUN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https:/... more

12 Nov 2025

21 MINS

21:42

12 Nov 2025


#462

The Sherlock Holmes We Never Knew

"and actor and a rare one" [SIGN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "h... more

05 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:50

05 Nov 2025


#461

The Tall Man

"I have never seen so tall a man" [SIGN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" h... more

29 Oct 2025

22 MINS

22:27

29 Oct 2025


#460

Paddington vs. Waterloo

"proceed to Waterloo" [HOUN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https:... more

22 Oct 2025

18 MINS

18:56

22 Oct 2025


#459

T.S. Eliot and the Great Grimpen Mire

"so subtly influenced by it" [STUD] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= ... more

15 Oct 2025

23 MINS

23:36

15 Oct 2025


#458

The Moor as a Character

"a huge expanse" [HOUN] <a style= "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" href= "https://... more

09 Oct 2025

25 MINS

25:28

09 Oct 2025


#457

On the Chaldean Influences in Cornish

"traced in the Cornish branch of the great Celtic speech" [DEVI] <a style="margin-left: 1e... more

01 Oct 2025

28 MINS

28:34

01 Oct 2025


#456

The Crown Diamond

"What good are you going to get out of your diamond?" [MAZA] <a style="margin-left: 1em; m... more

25 Sep 2025

22 MINS

22:59

25 Sep 2025


#455

Lhassa & Mecca

"amused myself by visiting Lhassa...looked in at Mecca" [FINA] <a style="margin-left: 1em;... more

17 Sep 2025

21 MINS

21:43

17 Sep 2025


#454

The Lumber Room

"lumbering upon its way" [DEVI] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "htt... more

10 Sep 2025

21 MINS

21:20

10 Sep 2025


#453

The Location of Baskerville Hall

"I was able to reach Baskerville Hall" [HOUN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1e... more

04 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:24

04 Sep 2025


#452

The Stonor Case

"took to the stage" [TWIS] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://... more

27 Aug 2025

29 MINS

29:08

27 Aug 2025


#451

John H. Watson Never Went to China

"Well, but China?" [REDH] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://b... more

20 Aug 2025

21 MINS

21:42

20 Aug 2025


#450

The Fabulous Originals

"There are the originals" [LAST] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "ht... more

13 Aug 2025

27 MINS

27:46

13 Aug 2025


#449

St. Saviour's, Near King's Cross

"entirely mistaken" [CHAS] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://... more

06 Aug 2025

26 MINS

26:09

06 Aug 2025


#448

The Story of the Lost Special

"engage a special" [FINA] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://b... more

30 Jul 2025

29 MINS

29:28

30 Jul 2025


#447

Playing Tricks with the Law of England

"play tricks with me and I'll crush you" [ABBE] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: ... more

23 Jul 2025

33 MINS

33:03

23 Jul 2025


#446

Untangling the Skein

"another thread which I have extricated out of the tangled skein" [HOUN] <a style="margin-... more

16 Jul 2025

29 MINS

29:10

16 Jul 2025


#445

£100

"put £100 down in front of him" [BLUE] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" hre... more

09 Jul 2025

21 MINS

21:28

09 Jul 2025


#444

John H. Watson―Word-Painter

"I had painted" [TWIS] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blog... more

02 Jul 2025

27 MINS

27:38

02 Jul 2025


#443

How Watson Learned the Trick

"why should anyone play me such a trick?" [CARD] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right:... more

26 Jun 2025

17 MINS

17:50

26 Jun 2025


#442

A Second Case of Identity: The Second Mrs. Watson

"Is Mrs. Watson in?" [FINA] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https:/... more

19 Jun 2025

23 MINS

23:02

19 Jun 2025


#441

About the Moor

"traces of the ancient people" [HOUN] <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href... more

11 Jun 2025

29 MINS

29:08

11 Jun 2025