“passionate, whole-hearted, tropical, ill-balanced” [THOR]    Maria Gibson (nee Pinto) was a troubled woman. What could have driven her to her final acts? Is she a victim? A villain? A sympathetic ch

“a general practitioner with very limited experience and mediocre qualifications” [DYIN]    We know Watson had a serious medical career before he met Holmes. But what do his qualifications mean? And

“some arm-chair lounger who evolves” [STUD]  From a humble beginning to the heights of international fame and importance, the career of Sherlock Holmes was a rocket ride. And his personal relationship

“Altogether there are eight maids” [MUSG]   Two stories. Two jewels. Two lady's maids. And two strikingly similar circumstances. In "The Blue Carbuncle" and "The Six Napoleons," published just 11 year

“some secret society, some implacable organization” [VALL]  We know the Mafia, the KKK, and other named secret societies permeate the Sherlock Holmes stories. They add to the mystery and mystique of t

“the direct nature of the experiment” [BRUC]   It's the third week of the month, and that means it's time for our Exotic Animals feature! When you hear "rat" anywhere near the Sherlock Holmes stories,

“The best possible” [NOBL]   In Episode 231, we left you with a bit of a cliffhanger. The show was filled with answers to questions from listeners, and one asked about our favorite Sherlock Holmes sto

“they are pretty sure to ask questions anyhow, so it would be as well to have answers” [RETI]   We're doing something a little different for this episode. There are certain elements about the Sherlock

“That is very fortunate” [SCAN]   Sherlock Holmes didn't believe in superstition, the supernatural, or random guesses. He was a detective who dealt in facts and data. And yet, the canon of Sherlock Ho

“the whole story concerning the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant” [VEIL]   There is one scant mention of a cormorant in the Sherlock Holmes stories — in one of Watson's enticing t