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What Is Trifles?

You know the plots, but what about the minutiae?

Mar 31, 2022 •

Discussions about the Sherlock Holmes stories. It's just a Trifle!

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24:39

Episode 440 - On the Hound

Investigating the breed of the Hound of the Baskervilles

Jun 4 •

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5:04

Trifling Trifles #3 - Some Nerve

It does take nerve and knowledge

May 1 •

Trifling Trifles #2 - Its Snakish Temper

Something's amiss in "The Speckled Band"

Apr 24 •

8:27

Episode 433 - Bonus Content

The case of a fudged citation

Apr 17 •

4:11

Episode 401 - Bonus Content

Just a Trifle more...

Sep 5, 2024 •

3:25

Episode 395 - Victorian Adventuresses

“she seems indeed to be on a very different level” [SCAN]

Jul 25, 2024 •

19:23

Morley-Montgomery

24:39

Episode 440 - On the Hound

Investigating the breed of the Hound of the Baskervilles

Jun 4 •

Episode 436 - The Solitary Man-Uscript

Andrew Peck puts to rest the question as to who the Solitary Cyclist was

May 8 •

19:53

Episode 431 - The Alleged Use of Cocaine by Mr. Sherlock Holmes

How do we really know that Sherlock Holmes used cocaine? A physician examines the evidence.

Apr 3 •

25:22

Episode 427 - My Biblical Knowledge Is a Trifle Rusty

Henry T. Folsom's 1965 article looking at the religious beliefs of Sherlock Holmes.

Mar 6 •

29:45

Episode 423 - The Methods of Sherlock Holmes

Who was the mastermind behind an obscure 1893 quiz? Michael Meer's award-winning entry holds the solution.

Feb 6 •

26:19

Inside 221B

17:54

Episode 102 - Inside 221B: On the Floor

“he slipped down upon the floor” [PRIO]

Dec 12, 2018 •

Episode 98 - Inside 221B: The Gramophone

“modern gramophones are a remarkable invention” [MAZA]

Nov 14, 2018 •

14:08

Episode 93 - Inside 221B: Have a Seat

“Pray take a seat” [MAZA]

Oct 10, 2018 •

17:15

Episode 89 - Inside 221B: Stradivarius

Listen now (17 mins) | “off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony” [REDH]

Sep 13, 2018 •

16:50

Episode 84 - Inside 221B: The Morocco Case

“neat morocco case” [SIGN]

Aug 8, 2018 •

20:09

Theorist

28:56

Episode 438 - The Back Yards of Baker Street

A look at Bernard Davies' identification of buildings in Sherlock Holmes's neighborhood.

May 21 •

Episode 433 - On Stage and Off

William Baring-Gould takes us to the early years of Sherlock Holmes's career and training.

Apr 17 •

28:26

Episode 429 - The Mathematics of Mrs. Watson

A look at a classic piece of Sherlockian scholarship that doesn't get much attention, due to where it was published.

Mar 20 •

24:32

Episode 425 - Disguise Is Key

Maria Fleischhack looks at Germans in the Sherlock Holmes stories and their penchant for disguise

Feb 20 •

21:38

Episode 416 - Sherlock Holmes Was No Burglar

It's Tupper Bigelow for the defense as he proves that Sherlock Holmes was not a burglar.

Dec 19, 2024 •

28:44

Trifling Trifles

5:04

Trifling Trifles #3 - Some Nerve

It does take nerve and knowledge

May 1 •

Trifling Trifles #2 - Its Snakish Temper

Something's amiss in "The Speckled Band"

Apr 24 •

8:27

Trifling Trifles #1 - Sherlockian Valentines

Some greeting cards inspired by Sherlock Holmes stories for Valentines Day

Feb 14 •

8:42

Travel

28:59

Episode 411 - The Continental

Holmes and Watson take off from London to evade Professor Moriarty. Where does their trip take them?

Nov 13, 2024 •

Episode 406 - Matilda Briggs

The strange connection between a ship in an unpublished case and a real-life mystery

Oct 10, 2024 •

18:46

Episode 402 – Fateful Voyages

“his attitude and manner told their own story” [SCAN]

Sep 11, 2024 •

26:31

Episode 398 - The Journeys of Sherlock Holmes

A monograph investigating where Sherlock Holmes got to, with particular interest in unpublished cases

Aug 15, 2024 •

33:38

Episode 393 - The Geography of The Hound of the Baskervilles

We follow the trail of Kelvin Jones who looked at real locations in Dartmoor in The Sherlock Holmes Journal

Jul 11, 2024 •

30:06

Games & Sports

21:01

Episode 422 - Baritsu

Sherlock Holmes was before his time with his mastery of this martial art

Jan 30 •

Watson's Billiard Playing

“chalk his billiard-cue” [MISS]

Feb 8, 2024 •

23:23

Missing Three-Quarter One-Third Discovered

“this extraordinary league” [REDH]

Mar 2, 2022 •

19:19

Sherlock Holmes, Sportsman

Listen now (31 mins) | “I am a born sportsman” [LAST]

Dec 25, 2019 •

30:59

“Going for a swim, I see.” [LION]

Nov 13, 2019 •

22:53

Women

19:24

Episode 395 - Victorian Adventuresses

“she seems indeed to be on a very different level” [SCAN]

Jul 25, 2024 •

Episode 369 - Hosmeric Hypocrisy

“You’ll be interested to hear that I am engaged.” [CHAS]

Jan 25, 2024 •

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18:13

The Four Violets

"stained with violet" [IDEN]

Jul 27, 2022 •

25:47

Damsels in Distress

“she confessed with distress” [LADY]

Dec 1, 2021 •

26:59

Two Maids A-Missing

“Altogether there are eight maids” [MUSG]

Jun 30, 2021 •

23:09

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