With cohost Anastasia Klimchynskaya

Sherlock visits an opium den, smokes an ounce of tobacco and washes the face of a beggar.  

You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in The Strand Magazine here.

With cohost Mary Alcaro and special guest Ray Betzner

Sherlock Holmes matches pips with the KKK and then needs to pursue them on a midnight ship to Georgia.

Ray Betzner joins us to talk about the history of the Baker Street Irregulars organization.

You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in The Strand Magazine here.

With cohost Anastasia Klimchynskaya

Sherlock finally dons his deerstalker hat when he and Watson visit Boscombe Valley to solve a murder with a link to Great Britain’s colonial empire. Cooee!

You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in The Strand Magazine here.

With cohost Mary Alcaro

Holmes and Watson are visited by Miss Mary Sutherland, whose fiancé, Hosmer Angel, has disappeared.  They met at the gasfitters ball and after a whirlwind romance, his carriage arrived empty at the church for the wedding. Sherlock smokes his pipe, then picks up his whip. Seriously, an actual whip.

You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in The Strand Magazine here.

With cohost Curtis Armstrong

A league for redheads? Paying a man just for his ginger tendency? Holmes roars with laughter, then realizes he is faced with a “three-pipe problem.” After noticing the dirty knees of the pawnbroker’s assistant, Holmes tells Watson to bring his army revolver. In the end, only a daring capture saves Sherlock from ennui.

You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in The Strand Magazine here.

With cohost Monica Schmidt

Watson, now married, drops in on Holmes at Baker Street. A mysterious masked man visits with a case. And Sherlock must go up against “THE woman.” Of course, Holmes will solve the case.  Or will he? You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in The Strand Magazine here.

With cohost Mary Alcaro

Sherlock gets some four-legged help to follow scent of Jonathan Small (and his “small” companion), then enlists the “Baker Street Irregulars” for help. Watson, pining for Mary Morstan, secretly dreads finding her treasure, as this will make her unattainable for marriage.  By the end, Sherlock will say goodbye to good dog Toby and hello again to his cocaine syringe.

You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in Lippincott’s here:

https://rosenbach.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SIGN.pdf

With cohost Monica Schmidt and special guest Leslie S. Klinger

The Sign of Four was first published in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine in February 1890 in both Philadelphia and London. Sherlock is high on cocaine until Mary Morstan arrives with a “singular case” for him to solve. Watson is more interested in Mary than in finding the Great Agra Treasure. Leslie Klinger joins us to talk about annotated editions of Sherlock Holmes. 

You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in Lippincott’s here:

https://rosenbach.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SIGN.pdf

A Study in Scarlet was first published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887.

With cohost Curtis Armstrong.

Doyle takes us to his fantasyland version of the American west for Jefferson Hope's backstory, then we return to London to hear Hope’s account of his “crimes.” Was it justice or murder?

You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in Beeton’s here.

With cohost Dr. Anastasia Klimchynskaya. A Study in Scarlet was first published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887.

In this episode, we’ll cover part one of the story (Part I Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of JOHN H. WATSON, M.D., late of the Army Medical Department) and next week we’ll cover part two. You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in Beeton’s here:

https://rosenbach.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Beetons-Christmas-Annual-A-Study-in-Scarlet.pdf

In Part I of STUD, Watson and Holmes move into 221b Baker Street. When the police come calling for assistance, Holmes and Watson rush to the crime scene to unravel the scarlet thread of a tangled skein of murder.