“the goodness of Providence. ” [NAVA]. It began with an idea for a series of radio mysteries, each five minutes long, that listeners could solve by considering the evidence. Sherlock Holmes would then give the solution — and to make it even more ...
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I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 318: Sherlock Holmes 5-Minute Mysteries

“the goodness of Providence.” [NAVA]


It began with an idea for a series of radio mysteries, each five minutes long, that listeners could solve by considering the evidence. Sherlock Holmes would then give the solution — and to make it even more interesting, Watson could conclude with a moral lesson reflecting the story.

Thanks to the author, journalist, and broadcaster Kel Richards, it became a popular feature on Australian radio, and Ray Riethmeier, BSI ("Morrison, Morrison, and Dodd")...

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Baker Street Elementary – I See Dead People

“I have no idea what he intends to go in for” [STUD]


When we first meet Dr. John H. Watson, M.D., he's wallowing in his situation at the Criterion. After running into his old dresser, Stamford, the latter tells Watson of a peculiar student in the chemical laboratory. Watson naturally assumes, “A medical student, I suppose?”

It's a natural question from a medical man. Stamford indicates that Holmes's bedside manner may have been less than ideal for such a profession:

“Holmes...

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Jeremy Brett: Gone Three Decades

"the stage lost a fine actor" [SCAN]



On September 12, 1995, Jeremy Brett passed away at the age of 61 (although contemporary accounts gave his age as 59). It's hard to believe that one of the most influential impersonators of Sherlock Holmes has been gone 30 years.

Many have hailed Brett as the definitive Sherlock Holmes, although it can be argued that each generation has its own definitive Holmes. In our estimation, the value of Brett's performance in the Granada series are due in...

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Baker Street Elementary – The Gift

“gifted with imagination” [SILV]

We enjoy the frivolities and the seriousness of the literary society the Baker Street Irregulars thanks to Christopher Morley, who founded the group in 1934.

Morley was widely known and admired in his day, a bookman, columnist, poet, novelist, and essayist, among other things.

One of our favorites of his is Prefaces Without Books, a compilation of 30 prefaces he wrote. Spanning from Tom Sawyer to The Complete Sherlock Holmes to The Essays of Francis...

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Episode 317: Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing

“Pooh, pooh! Forgery.” [SCAN]


Nicholas Meyer, BSI ("A Fine Morocco Case") is an accomplished storyteller who has made a mark in both the literary and film worlds. He's best known for his 1974 best-selling novel, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, which revitalized Sherlock Holmes for a new generation of readers. His other Holmes novels, including The West End Horror, The Canary Trainer, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols, and The Return of the Pharaoh, and Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram...

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