“three times repeated” [FIVE] 

There's a familiar plot device that runs throughout a number of Sherlock Holmes stories. That number is three, but do you know which stories make use of it?

We discuss this recurring theme, where it's the most convincing, and why humans get hoodwinked by such arrangements. It's just a Trifle.

 

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  Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles144
• Shakespeare's sources of inspiration
• I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 91: The Confidence Game
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Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra

Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

 

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