“a Norwegian named Sigerson” [EMPT] Every three years, the Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota host a conference. It's been their practice since 1995, and they've had some well-attended and well-regarded programs in that time. Julie McKuras, BSI ("The Duchess of Devonshire") and Gary Thaden are co-chairs of the latest conference, Dark Places, Wicked Companions, and Strange Experiences, which will be held August 8-11, 2019 in Minneapolis. We spoke with Julie and Gary about the history of the confere...
Apr 15, 2019•48 min•Season 12Ep. 166
“give me a true account of all that happened” [ABBE] We're fairly comfortable in taking Dr. Watson at his word. That is, we trust that what Watson tells us is the true eyewitness account of his time with Sherlock Holmes. But what if that wasn't the case? What if Watson's writings were actually a set of highly polished tales that masked the true drama behind the scenes at 221B Baker Street? That's the premise of by Terence Faherty, BSI ("Sir Charles Baskerville") from Wessex Press. Terence joined...
Mar 30, 2019•58 min•Season 12Ep. 165
“clad in a rude sailor dress with a pea-jacket,” [SIGN] The town of Chester, Illinois contains a few interesting items. One is the Chester Baskerville Society. Another is the Popeye and Friends Character Trail. And the common bond between both of them is Mike McClure, BSI ("Stimson & Co."), a member of the Baker Street Irregulars. Mike tells us about his involvement with Sherlock Holmes, about the early days of Elzie C. ("E.C.") Segar, creator of Popeye, and how the town of Chester and Sherl...
Mar 15, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 12Ep. 164
“an event of extreme importance” [SIGN] What do two energetic and passionate Sherlock Holmes fans do when they're sparked by a new Sherlock Holmes manifestation? Why, they establish a major event! That's exactly what Heather Holloway and Crystal Noll did, after discovering they each enjoyed Sherlock Holmes, albeit from two very different origins. Throw in the Canon, the BBC, Waffle House, and ground central for fan conventions, and you've got 221B Con. As you'll hear, Heather and Crystal went ab...
Feb 28, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 12Ep. 163
"tucked like an umbrella underneath his arm" [BLAC] The BSI Press is busy again this year, adding another volume to the Manuscript Series. In this instance, the book is Deadly Harpoon, the manuscript of "The Adventure of Black Peter," with associated articles. We spoke with the editor of this volume, Glen Miranker, BSI ("The Origin of Tree Worship"), who needs no introduction to regular listeners. In speaking with Glen, we discovered how broad and brooding this story is, and how Glen chose contr...
Feb 15, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 12Ep. 162
“good practical knowledge of British law” [STUD] Following the Baker Street Irregulars Weekend, the BSI Press is cranking again. We picked up three new volumes, and we're pleased to have the editors of one of them with us in this episode. Will Walsh, BSI ("Godfrey Norton") and Donny Zaldin, BSI ("The Last and Highest Court of Appeal") are the editors of Canon Law: Lawyers, Law, and the Sherlockian Canon. This is the second in the BSI Press Professions Series (the first being ). We talked with th...
Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 12Ep. 161
“singularly adapted to our needs” [MISS] With our first episode of 2019, we're pleased to welcome fellow podcasters Jeremy Latour and Arielle Lipshaw, hosts of . They came to our attention because of a couple of episodes they did on Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy and Arielle have a process they follow, complete with a quadrant, to help make sense of their assessments of how literary works are adapted from medium to medium. They have a good sense as to what works and what doesn't, and are prepared to de...
Jan 15, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 12Ep. 160
“Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science” [SIGN] We promised you a science-filled December, and we're keeping that promise. Following our previous episode on the at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ, we're pleased to welcome the crime historian E.J. Wagner to the show. E.J. wrote the 2007 Edgar Award winner and was a technical advisor for the Exhibition. We had a chance to sit down with her and talk about the influence of Sherlock Holmes on forensics (and vice versa), the futu...
Dec 30, 2018•58 min•Season 11Ep. 159
“They had among their exhibits” [VEIL] We're accustomed to seeing Sherlock Holmes on the printed page, screen, stage and even the Internet as a course of regularity. But it isn't all that often we have an opportunity to see an entire exhibition dedicated to Sherlock Holmes. Amy Noble Seitz and Geoffrey Curley join us to discuss how their respective teams at Exhibits Development Group and Geoffrey Curley + Associates collaborated with the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate and other Sherlock Holmes expert...
Dec 15, 2018•57 min•Season 11Ep. 158
“Volume 'H' in his encyclopaedia of reference” [PRIO] If you were looking for the Sherlock Holmes media pundit, you've come to the right place. Howard Ostrom is a completist of Sherlock Holmes material in media, and he's been on the hunt for decades. Howard has collected more than 4,300 names of individuals who have played Sherlock Holmes in various formats over the years, and has written the new book , with Thierry Saint-Joanis, BSI ("Monsieur Bertillon") as editor and illustrator, as an accura...
Nov 30, 2018•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 157
“colored plates illustrating the difference” [SIGN] Sherlockians and Holmesians everywhere have been waiting decades for a book like this. All it took was the enterprising mind of Nick Utechin, BSI ("The Ancient British Barrow") and the professional eyes at Wessex Press to bring it to life. For the first time anywhere, all of Paget's illustrations are reproduced in high quality images, scanned from the original Strand Magazine and 22 original prints photographed from collections around the globe...
Nov 15, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Season 11Ep. 156
“Leslie...is certainly a man of energy and character” [MISS] Without a doubt, one of the greatest Sherlock Holmes scholars of our time is Les Klinger, BSI ("The Abbey Grange"). Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, he updated and expanded the landmark Annotated Sherlock Holmes by William S. Baring-Gould, BSI ("The Gloria Scott"). His work took on two forms: The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, published by W.W. Norton, and The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, published by Wessex Press. But Les's...
Oct 30, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 11Ep. 155
"Your pictures are not unlike you" [3GAR] There's no question that being with other Sherlockians makes things eminently more enjoyable. And that was proven to be quite true during From Gillette to Brett V in Bloomington, Indiana earlier this month. Nearly 150 Sherlockians gathered to celebrate Sherlock Holmes on the screen, and there were a wonderful grouping of talented people who put on the program and participated in it. We caught up with a number of them and got their unique take on things. ...
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Season 11Ep. 154
“a single large airy sitting-room” [STUD] It's always fun to take a Sherlockian field trip. The British are fortunate in that they can hop on a train or in a car and find themselves at some of the original locations that inspired places in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Or certainly to Ground Zero: the rooms at 221B Baker Street in London. In the U.S., it's not always quite so easy (even though in Salt Lake City, the Vermissa Valley, and elsewhere). Which is why it's a pleasure to be able to step ...
Sep 30, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 11Ep. 153
“the well-wrought crisis of a play” [SIXN] Lee Eric Shackleford is a man of many talents. So many, in fact, that we don't have time to get into all of them in a single episode. Suffice it to say that between his play Holmes & Watson, his secret desire (and success!) in writing for Star Trek, and the web series Herlock, we find much to cover with Lee. A Sherlockian from his earliest years, we go on a journey with Lee from his fascination with Sherlock Holmes that spanned from the Basil Rathbo...
Sep 15, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Season 11Ep. 152
“I will cable to Mrs. Hudson” [LADY] Mrs. Hudson. We know her as one of the stalwarts of the Baker Street Scene. Together with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Mycroft, Inspector Lestrade, and Professor Moriarty, she's one of the most popular recurring characters in the Canon. But what do we really know about her? She only made an appearance in nine of the Sherlock Holmes stories. And other than her "stately tread," we don't have any knowledge about her physical being. Wendy Heyman-Marsaw is the aut...
Aug 30, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 11Ep. 151
“"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.” [CROO] We'll be honest. The CBS drama series Elementary, starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu doesn't get enough attention here on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. It's largely because Scott and Burt haven't carved out the time to watch it. As a weekly series, there's much more to absorb than the three-episode series that the BBC produced every few years. Fortunately, James O'Leary, a regular contributor on the IHOSE site, has made it his business t...
Aug 15, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 11Ep. 150
“requisitioned for the defense” [VALL] Conan Doyle's real-life turn as Sherlock Holmes has typically been shared through the George Edalji case. But there was another case involving one Oscar Slater that has been more of a footnote than a feature. Author Margalit Fox set out to change that. In , she has crafted a fascinating true-crime narrative thanks to her career as an explanatory writer (most notably as a senior writer for The New York Times). Our conversation with Ms. Fox ranges from the or...
Jul 30, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Season 11Ep. 149
“a most united couple" [DANC] Another episode in our Florin Society series, this time with Roger Johnson, BSI ("The Pall Mall Gazette") and Jean Upton ("Elsie Cubitt"). The Florin Society of course refers to spouses who each have received an investiture from the Baker Street Irregulars. Roger's and Jean's story was a fun one to explore, not the least of which was because they're deeply involved in the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. During our conversation, they shared some of the early histo...
Jul 15, 2018•1 hr 32 min•Season 11Ep. 148
"no ordinary merit" [REDH] In 2014, the Sherlockian world was taken by complete and utter surprise when William Gillette's 1916 film Sherlock Holmes was discovered. It was the closest thing we'd ever have to seeing Gillette on stage, and Russell Merritt, BSI ("The Trepoff Murder") was part of the team that restored it. We carried the news on our site, but now we're pleased to share the backstory of how it came to be, thanks to an interview with Russell Merritt, a University of California Berkele...
Jun 30, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Season 11Ep. 147
“a slight nick” [SILV] If you're a regular Sherlockian, you've likely discovered that many other people in this hobby also enjoy Star Trek (which makes the Spock / Leonard Nimoy connections all the more...fascinating, as Spock would say). But how often do you hear from a guest that Irene Adler was the Boba Fett of the Sherlock Holmes stories? That's exactly one of the unusual and unique takes we got from Nick Martorelli, BSI ("Seventeen Steps"), the Headmaster of the Priory Scholars of New York,...
Jun 15, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 11Ep. 146
“at this conference” [MAZA] Steven Doyle, BSI ("Western Morning News") is many things, among them half of the publishing team at Wessex Press and the Baker Street Journal. But more importantly for our topic on this episode, he's one of the sparking plugs behind . We haven't been able to make it to the previous four installments, so we asked Steve all about this conference dedicated to Sherlock Holmes of the stage, screen and radio. He shared the foggy origins of the show, along with some of his ...
May 30, 2018•52 min•Season 11Ep. 145
“The date being—?” [CREE] We all owe a debt of gratitude to the more clever, adventurous, and tireless among us – because this is the profile of the Canonical chronologist. The most famous among them is certain William S. Baring-Gould ("The Gloria Scott"), but he was flanked by other greats such as Bell, Christ, Blakeney, Zeisler, Dakin and more. Add to that list one of our contemporaries: Vincent Wright. Hailing from Indianapolis, this intrepid researcher and proprietor of Historical Sherlock j...
May 15, 2018•59 min•Season 11Ep. 144
"fixed like a plum" [SIXN] The casual reader wouldn't necessarily associate Sherlock Holmes with P.G. Wodehouse. Or P.G. Woodhouse with Sherlock Holmes. Fortunately, we're more of the formal types. And so are our guests! Three – count 'em, three – guests join us this time around. They are Curtis Armstrong, Elliot Milstein, and Ashley Polasek, and they are the two authors and editor of A Plum Assignment: Discourses on P.G. Wodehouse and His World. They are Wodehouse experts who also happen to (mo...
Apr 30, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Season 11Ep. 143
"he was a young schoolmaster" [MUSG] We're constantly impressed at the onion-like tendencies of Sherlockians. That's not to say that they're pungent or make you cry, but rather that like the genus Allium, when peeled, has a surprising number of layers. So it is with Rob Nunn, a relatively recent Sherlockian who has come blazing into our sites. Rob has been a contributor here on the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere site and has created his own blog. But his involvement with the Beacon Society and a ...
Apr 15, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 11Ep. 142
"He’s a man who is not to be beat." [SIGN] Baker Street Beat is many things: it's a book. It's a website. But more importantly, it's Dan's personal passion that combines many of his life interests. In this episode, Dan Andriacco — author, Sherlockian, journalist and more — joins us to talk about his fascinating history with Sherlock Holmes, how he came to write a number of successful books, from the Sebastian McCabe / Jeff Cody series to a variety of Sherlockian pastiches, the people he has met,...
Mar 30, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 11Ep. 141
"Has anything escaped me?" [HOUN] Sherlock Holmes has been associated with the stage since Charles Brookfield was the first to play the character in Under the Clock in 1893. Since that time, the great detective has been portrayed countless times by hundreds of actors in big productions from the West End to Broadway, as well as in community theaters everywhere. In this episode, we spoke with playwright David MacGregor, who is a resident artist at Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Mich...
Mar 15, 2018•49 min•Season 11Ep. 140
"the rushing stream of life in the Strand" [ILLU] The Strand Magazine and Sherlock Holmes are inextricably linked. It was the stories of the immortal detective, carried each month in that publication, that made it as popular as it was in the late 19th century and early 20th century. When the magazine published its last issue in 1950, it was the end of an era that spanned nearly 60 years. In the late 1990s, The Strand was given a new life by Andrew Gulli, who determined that the world was prepare...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 11Ep. 139
"in and among the trenches" [SIGN] In , we talked with Ross Davies about supporting the fighting men of World War I. Now we look at one man in particular and his service during the Great War: Sherlock Holmes. We of course know all about Holmes's long game, leading up to the capture of Baron Von Bork in "His Last Bow." But there's so much more information regarding his whereabouts, the doings of the government, the international forces at play, and even wine that deserves a deeper look. Hence, th...
Feb 15, 2018•1 hr 23 min•Season 11Ep. 138
"one of those boxes" [REDH] At the start of the First World War, there was a mass outpouring of sympathy and charity for the men fighting for Britain. The Royal family were not immune to this and in October 1914, the young Princess Mary, inspired by her visits to hospitals for injured soldiers, wanted to show her support. So she publicly announced her intentions to provide a gift for ‘every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front’. Such decorative boxes were fine for enlisted men, but what ...
Jan 30, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Season 11Ep. 137
