Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

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Something Amiss in The Three Gables Oct 06, 2021

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"Have you noticed anything amiss with them of late?" [SILV] "The Three Gables" isn't likely to be found on anyone's "best of" list of Sherlock Holmes stories. It arrives late in the Canon, and rather weakly at that. But it is worth pointing out a few items within that are rather curious. One might even call them a Trifle. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes

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Inspired by Bob Byrnes' work in Baker Street Essays, Vol 1 No. 1
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Plotting Lovers Sep 29, 2021

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"it was her plot as much as mine" [ABBE] From the realm of conjecture: what if the star-crossed lovers in "The Adventure of Abbey Grange" and "The Problem of Thor Bridge" weren't simply victims of circumstance? What if the damsels in distress weren't being unfairly persecuted? That is, what if they plotted the demise of the hated member of their love triangle and were able to fool Sherlock Holmes? It's just a Trifle. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes

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Inspired by Bob Byrnes' work in Baker Street Essays, Vol 1 No. 1 and Vol II No. 1.
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- Episode 245: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
- Episode 180: The Eternal Triangle
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Sherlock Holmes, Book Collector Sep 22, 2021

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"Maybe you collect yourself, sir" [EMPT] Sherlock Holmes shared his reading interests on occasion, and they tended to be wide and varied. Some of them were for professional development purposes, yet others seem to exist to expand his thinking. Was Sherlock Holmes a book collector? And if he was, what kind of care did he take for his volumes? It's just a Trifle. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes

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Sherlock Holmes: Rare Book Collector by Madeline Stern
"Ex Libris Sherlock Holmes" by Howard Collins in Profile by Gaslight
"The Empty Bookshelf: or, the Missing Three Quartos: Reasonable Editions at a Comfortable Price" by Robert D. Madison, The Baker Street Journal, Vol. 71, No. 2 (2021)
Previous episode mentioned: Episode 62: Reference Sources
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Beetles Sep 16, 2021

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"pinned like a beetle on a card" [BLAC] It's the third week of the month, and that means it's the exotic animal episode. Last month we covered worms, and we mentioned the slow-worm, which Mr. Sherman said kept the beetles down. A listener called in with a comment on that episode, and it led to this one, where we look at this detestable insect, its place in Victorian England, and how it spread. It's just a Trifle. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes

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Inspired by Donald Jewell's Butterflies and Blind Beetles: Vol. 4 of the Sherlock Holmes Natural History Series
German cockroach (Wikipedia)
Croton bug (Epehemeral New York)
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Sep 08, 2021

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"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 character? If anything she was less two-dimensional than she is typically assumed to be. Could her demise have indeed been a murder rather than a suicide? It's just a Trifle. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes

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Inspired by Bob Byrnes' Baker Street Essays, Vol. II, Issue 1
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Watson's Medical Career Sep 01, 2021

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"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 aside from the brandy, how did his training come in handy? Helen Simpson's "The Medical Career of John H. Watson" in H.W. Bell's Baker Street Studies provides some insight into what Watson was telling us and what he wasn't. It's just a Trifle. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes

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Baker Street Studies by H.W. Bell (Amazon)
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The Evolution of Sherlock Holmes, Part 3 Aug 25, 2021

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"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 relationships took an opposite ride. This is the third and final entry in this series on the evolution of Sherlock Holmes. And it's anything but a Trifle. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes

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Episode 237: The Evolution of Sherlock Holmes, Part 1
Episode 239: The Evolution of Sherlock Holmes, Part 2
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Worms Aug 18, 2021

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"Why does fate play such tricks with poor, helpless worms?" [BOSC] On the third episode of every month in Season 5, we explore exotic animals in the Sherlock Holmes canon. This month's animal is a rare one: worms. While you may be thinking the only reference is the remarkable worm unknown to science that left Isadora Persano stark staring mad, there are a few others. But just a Trifle more. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes

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Poor Helpless Worms
I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 158: The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes
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A Window into Windows Aug 11, 2021

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"window-breaking Furies" [VALL]

Windows are everywhere in the Sherlock Holmes stories. But in certain cases, they form an essential part of the plot. In some cases, it may be transparent. In others, not so much.

Whether they're decorative, a passage of one form or another, or are broken in the course of a crime, some windows serve a purpose in the Canon. It's just a Trifle.

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Mullioned windows
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I Know That Country, Holmes Aug 04, 2021

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"It is full of old houses which are named after the men who built them centuries ago." [SUSS]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a master storyteller. He gave us memorable characters and plots that painted a picture over the course of the entire Canon. But more than plot or characters, place played an outsized role. What does the geography in the Sherlock Holmes stories tell us? It's just a Trifle.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A Quick Succession of Subjects
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