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Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

 Scott Monty

You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and answers questions that arise, clarify muddy details, and look into some of the period terminology in this weekly podcast.

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
23 minutes
Episodes
453
Years Active
2017 - 2025
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The Newgate Calendar

The Newgate Calendar

“You seem to be a walking calendar of crime” [STUD] 

Sherlock Holmes used the calendar to help him determine the significance of certain cluse and actions, noting phases of the moon and recurring…

00:24:55  |   Wed 27 Nov 2024
A Touch of the Dramatic

A Touch of the Dramatic

“it was a dramatic one” [GLOR] 

One of Sherlock Holmes's traits was that he was a master of disguise. And in the very first short story, "A Scandal in Bohemia," we find him in not one but two dis…

00:26:49  |   Thu 21 Nov 2024
The Continental

The Continental

“the Continental express” [FINA] 

When Sherlock Holmes was trying to outrun Professor Moriarty, the trail led from London to Switzerland. It was anything but a straight route. Our travel series tr…

00:29:00  |   Wed 13 Nov 2024
John Watson, Unreliable Narrator

John Watson, Unreliable Narrator

“you have erred, perhaps” [COPP] 

We have John H. Watson, M.D. to thank for the Sherlock Holmes stories, and we typically take them at face value. That is, we trust that Watson was telling us the …

00:21:25  |   Thu 07 Nov 2024
Something's Missing

Something's Missing

“gone—stolen, vanished” [BRUC]    A few episodes ago, we investigated various items that clients brought to Sherlock Holmes and items that acted as vital physical clues. It was something of a show…
00:33:24  |   Wed 30 Oct 2024
The Strongest Man in England

The Strongest Man in England

“with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit” [STUD]    There were a number of individuals who exhibited strength in the Sherlock Holmes stories, to varying degrees. But which …
00:25:44  |   Thu 24 Oct 2024
That Old Black Boot

That Old Black Boot

“the loss of the old black boot” [HOUN]    Brown boot, black boot — these two items of Sir Henry Baskerville's went missing at the Northumberland Hotel shortly after he arrived in London. And they…
00:20:13  |   Thu 17 Oct 2024
Matilda Briggs

Matilda Briggs

“not the name of a young woman, Watson” [SUSS]    Here's a strange one. We hear of the Matilda Briggs in one story. Do you know which story and what it was associated with?   This entry in our Tra…
00:18:47  |   Wed 09 Oct 2024
Something to Show for It

Something to Show for It

“Look at that!” [3STU]    Sherlock Holmes had clients of all kinds. Some that visited him with vague fears. Others that were concerned about missing documents.   But when he had cases and clients …
00:25:15  |   Wed 02 Oct 2024
Bohemian Alternatives

Bohemian Alternatives

“She responded beautifully” [SCAN]    Occasionally — very occasionally — there are flaws in Sherlock Holmes's reasoning. Or, if not flaws, then something that doesn't quite hold up when we put our…
00:20:10  |   Thu 26 Sep 2024
Baker Street Fables

Baker Street Fables

“To a collector of fairy tales” [HOUN]    Of the many things we know about Sherlock Holmes — or think we know about him — his knowledge of chemistry and his violin-playing skills are probably most…
00:21:20  |   Thu 19 Sep 2024
Fateful Voyages

Fateful Voyages

“his attitude and manner told their own story” [SCAN]    The tragedies on September 11 ensured that it is a date that will forever be stamped in the history books. What to do when it coincides wit…
00:26:32  |   Wed 11 Sep 2024
The Perfect Act of Telling a Story

The Perfect Act of Telling a Story

“his attitude and manner told their own story” [SCAN]    Last month, we lost prolific Sherlockian David Stuart Davies. But prolific doesn't quite cover it. He was insightful and delightful, he amused…
00:25:25  |   Wed 04 Sep 2024
The Great 400

The Great 400

“he had actually won as much as four hundred” [EMPT]    It's hard to believe, but we've managed to notch our 400th episode of Trifles. And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than by highl…
00:24:17  |   Thu 29 Aug 2024
Who Killed Charles Augustus Milverton?

Who Killed Charles Augustus Milverton?

“private revenge” [CHAS]    In "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton," Watson tells us that a woman with a "dark, handsome, clear-cut face" lifted her veil and "emptied barrel after barrel …
00:19:18  |   Wed 21 Aug 2024
The Journeys of Sherlock Holmes

The Journeys of Sherlock Holmes

“‘journeys end in lovers’ meetings,’ as the old play says” [EMPT]    When it came to London, Sherlock Holmes preferred to stay put. That's what Paul Gore-Booth would have us believe. When he asses…
00:33:39  |   Wed 14 Aug 2024
Clumsiness

Clumsiness

“I did it clumsily” [DANC]    Sherlock Holmes was a man of great precision. We learn about his attention to detail and his preferences for improving the art of detection from the very first time w…
00:18:33  |   Wed 07 Aug 2024
Anxiety Part 2

Anxiety Part 2

“I am much more anxious” [MISS]    Four episodes ago, we began a discussion about anxiety in the Sherlock Holmes stories. We managed to make from A Study in Scarlet up through The Hound of the Bas…
00:26:08  |   Thu 01 Aug 2024
Victorian Aventuresses

Victorian Aventuresses

“she seems indeed to be on a very different level” [SCAN]    There is one woman in the entire Canon of Sherlock Holmes stories that we can instantly recall as an adventuress. You know who we're ta…
00:19:25  |   Thu 25 Jul 2024
Silver Blaze: An Identification

Silver Blaze: An Identification

“concealed it at Mapleton” [SILV]    This month's Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist episode goes back to 1949 to Volume 4, Number 1 of The Baker Street Journal and Jay Finley Christ's article "Silv…
00:22:02  |   Wed 17 Jul 2024
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