It Is NOT Always 1895

The Sherlock Holmes Club in Denmark

"a member of an aristocratic club" [BERY] 
Sherlockians from around the world joined the members of the Sherlock Holmes Klubben i Danmark earlie...

Sherlock Holmes 5-Minute Mysteries

 
It began with an idea for a series of radio mysteries, each five minutes long, that listeners could solve by considering the evidence. Sherloc...

Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing

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 f...

The Sherlock Holmes Pub

Imagine having the key to 221B Baker Street, and what it must feel like to open that door. And imagine being trusted to keep Holmes and Watson's famou...

The Sherlock Holmes LEGO Book Nook

If you discovered Sherlock Holmes when you were young, you might still recall the joy of your first reading. The world of Baker Street is fun, so much...

52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels

The number of Sherlock Holmes pastiches is endless. They include stories and novels set in any era, any place, and any time. They all bring the Great...

Knave of Diamonds

It took Laurie R. King six years to find a publisher for her first book, but it was worth the wait. She won the Edgar in 1994 for Best First Novel wit...

World Wide Doyle

The Portsmouth Library is home to the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, largely made possible by the bequest of Richard Lancelyn Green. This world-renown...

The Digital Archives at the Toronto Public Library

North America is home to a number of public collections, libraries, museums, and archives that hold treasures related to Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthu...

White Smoke

When we discussed the Midwest Canonical Conclave in Episode 308, we weren't exactly sure what to expect. Organizer Steve Doyle, BSI ("The Western Morn...

Holmes In an Hour or Two

Don't care for Sherlockian chronologies? Well, you're not alone! Neither did our guest today, and he's written a number of books on the subject.
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The BSI Midwest Canonical Conclave

While the Baker Street Irregulars is the most well-known of Sherlockian societies, it is by no means the only one — nor even the most important. There...

The Evolution of 221B Con

Now in its 12th year, 221B Con has become a mainstay of annual Sherlockian events, drawing people from all over the world to Atlanta every April. It w...

The Golden Era of Sherlock Holmes an His Contemporaries

When the first Sherlock Holmes short stories came on the scene, they were something of a novelty: non-serialized, self-contained tales that put the St...

That Ghastly Face

The first Sherlock Holmes adventure authored by Sherlock Holmes was "The Blanched Soldier." It tells the tale of a family's attempt to protect their s...

Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders

Joel Meadows began what eventually became Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders: The Gene Genie in 2002 while working on Tripwire as a quarterly pri...

The Serpent Under

Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Bonnie MacBird are back! In the sixth book in her series, Bonnie once again finds firm footing in London as Sherlock...

Sherlock Holmes: A Year in Review

Keeping track of everything going on in the Sherlockian world is no easy task. And yet, every year without fail, Ross Davies, BSI ("The Temple") overs...

Sherlock Holmes: Leviathan

Good storytellers transport us to other places and times by virtue of their ability to create interesting characters and pull us along as the plot unf...

Sherlock & Co.'s Sherlock

Regular listeners know that when we have an opportunity to speak with other individuals involved in audio productions, we jump at the chance. For our...

Interrogating Sherlock Holmes

Trial lawyers are supposed to be experts in conducting interviews and interrogating witnesses. Yet Stephen Chahn Lee discovered that such skills were...

Monsters & Ghosts

'Tis the season! The season for monsters and ghosts, that is.
And who better to treat us with a discussion of monsters, ghosts, and various bibl...

Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul

After one episode, we find ourselves back in Minnesota — this time, talking with longtime author Larry Millett about his latest Shadwell Rafferty book...

Spy Hunter

In Spy Hunter, it's 1914 and Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes' protég...

Holmes Poirot

Jeffrey Hatcher, BSI ("The Five Orange Pips") and Steve Hendrickson have teamed up for a new Sherlock Holmes play in which we find one mystery, separa...

Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell

Nicholas Meyer's first Sherlock Holmes book, The Seven Per-Cent Solution, became and remains the high-water mark for Sherlock Holmes pastiches. So whe...

Tales of Light, Shadow, and Darkness

As an educator, Tracy Revels makes sure her students have fun learning. Which would explain why at her college, students can take one of her classes a...

This Work of Storytelling

Glen Miranker is always good for a story. And more times than not, his stories involve fascinating items from his extensive collection.
In this...

Luke Barton as Sherlock Holmes

As Americans, it is always a joy to meet an Englishman, and doubly so if he portrays Sherlock Holmes. Luke Barton has done that not only on stage but...

Legends of the BSJ: James Montgomery

Following the feedback we got from our previous Legends of the BSJ episode on Edgar W. Smith, we thought we'd continue with another. This time, it's J...

A West Wind

While Sherlock Holmes is a perennial British subject, his influence in and by America cannot be denied. Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes were admirers...

Celebrating the Anniversary of the Oldest Sherlock Holmes Podcast

Mycroft Holmes spoke for all of us in "The Greek Interpreter" when he greeted Dr. Watson with the fateful line:
"I hear of Sherlock everywhere s...

Clutches of a Fiend

We've held off a bit on the traditional interview with the editor of the BSI Manuscript Series this season — not for any lack of interest, but simply...

Legends of the BSJ: Edgar W. Smith

This is the third in our series on Legends of the Baker Street Journal; we've previously explored publisher Ben Abramson (Episode 269) and BSI founder...

The Autistic Sleuth

From time to time, we see analysis and debate about whether Sherlock Holmes was autistic, had Asperger Syndrome, or is in some other way on the spectr...

Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles

The golden age of Hollywood brought us stars like William Powell and Myrna Loy, and of course Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
In Elizabeth Crowe...

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Canonical Cornerstones

What are the essential volumes that every Sherlockian should have in their library? John Bennett Shaw had an idea with what became known as The Shaw 1...

A History of the Woman

This is a fascinating episode that brings us closer to the inside story of "The Woman" — an honor bestowed every year by the Baker Street Irregulars —...