Jeb and Blake are joined by Ken Feder (Frauds, Myths & Mysteries , Fifty Sites) to discuss the question of whether Sherlock Holmes was largely a real person - namely Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Great Game - the playful (usually) exploration of the idea that Sherlock was real
Michael Saler, As If
Sherlockian and author Peter Lovesey wandering in the "western docks."
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Sherlockian Stanley MacKenzie in front of part of his collection of memorabilia.
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Holmes' deerstalker comes from actor Sidney Paget.
The phrase "elementary my dear Watson" and the big smoking pipe come from William Gillette.
There was a 1916 silent film that was lost until rediscovered in 2014.
The story of Sherlock's Violin
Doyle's father - Charles Altamont Doyle - troubled (but gifted) artist.
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Anna May Wong (actress)
In a number of films from the 30s Arthur Wontner was Holmes & Ian Flemming as Watson (This was Australian actor Ian Flemming, not the British action/spy novelist behind that other famous British crime solver, James Bond.) Wontner got the Sherlock role after he'd played a popular version of a Holmes-style knock off character called Sexton Blake.
Nimoy playing Sherlock
Lots of Star Trek connections to Sherlock.
Sherlockian and Scotland Yard official, Philip Dalton
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In a re-creation located in The Sherlock Holmes public house.
Smithsonian on the location of 221B Baker.
Nimoy Fashion Alert:
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Sherlockian H. R. F. Keating (and man guarding wizarding library from curious muggles...)
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Did Doyle introduce skiing to Switzerland?
Doyle's letter writing campaign on armor for British soldiers.
Cases Doyle worked on:
Sherlock Holmes and the Piltdown Controversy?
SciFi Series mentioned by Jeb
The Case of the Missing Link
Amazing little documentary about the Cottingley Fairies hoax.
