“a singular set of people, Watson” [WIST]  <a style= "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQT6qNlJ4EVfUE_n8VlrEXUalVkLi0Emas3tDI0zIIPhjeUaxZLCXQRg1_cBfvIcr6XdKwwpYPKNtjSwzr0vP3zZBj5HbYuUEL1Cr5pHZIPE2oVpGtZbYQDxihRYfkM-T7cW6OKsHV5haTRsTfD087HgNdR5gYS2nJfCT24dDkd3WKoytnMznE9VPGfw/s1565/418%20-%20221B%20Worship.jpg"> </a> Image credit: The Baker Street Irregulars This podcast is a by-product of being active in the world of Sherlockians. But how did Sherlock Holmes societies first gain footing? What was the origin? In the inaugural episode of our new series on Morley-Montgomery Award winners (exceptional Sherlockian scholarship from The Baker Street Journal), Robert Keith Leavitt puts pen to paper in 1961 on what had only been an oral tradition until that time, putting everything in perspective for our little hobby. It's probably a little more than a Trifle.   Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.   All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today.   In Season 9, we'll be adding "Trifling Trifles" — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode — as an additional channel of content exclusively for our paying subscribers. Don't miss it! Leave Trifles a five-star rating on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.   Links / Notes <ul> <li><a href= "https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2001/05/01/morley-montgomery-award/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Morley-Montgomery Award</a></li> <li>All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a></li> <li>Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com </li> </ul>     Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra  Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a>  Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a>

<description>&lt;h4 style="text-align: center;"&gt;“a singular set of people, Watson” [WIST] &lt;/h4&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table class="tr-caption-container" style= "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a style= "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQT6qNlJ4EVfUE_n8VlrEXUalVkLi0Emas3tDI0zIIPhjeUaxZLCXQRg1_cBfvIcr6XdKwwpYPKNtjSwzr0vP3zZBj5HbYuUEL1Cr5pHZIPE2oVpGtZbYQDxihRYfkM-T7cW6OKsHV5haTRsTfD087HgNdR5gYS2nJfCT24dDkd3WKoytnMznE9VPGfw/s1565/418%20-%20221B%20Worship.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQT6qNlJ4EVfUE_n8VlrEXUalVkLi0Emas3tDI0zIIPhjeUaxZLCXQRg1_cBfvIcr6XdKwwpYPKNtjSwzr0vP3zZBj5HbYuUEL1Cr5pHZIPE2oVpGtZbYQDxihRYfkM-T7cW6OKsHV5haTRsTfD087HgNdR5gYS2nJfCT24dDkd3WKoytnMznE9VPGfw/w640-h456/418%20-%20221B%20Worship.jpg" width="640" height="456" border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1565" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: x-small;"&gt;Image credit: The Baker Street Irregulars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;This podcast is a by-product of being active in the world of Sherlockians. But how did Sherlock Holmes societies first gain footing? What was the origin?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the inaugural episode of our new series on Morley-Montgomery Award winners (exceptional Sherlockian scholarship from &lt;em&gt;The Baker Street Journal&lt;/em&gt;), Robert Keith Leavitt puts pen to paper in 1961 on what had only been an oral tradition until that time, putting everything in perspective for our little hobby. It's probably a little more than a Trifle.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for&lt;em&gt; Baker Street Journals&lt;/em&gt; and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on &lt;a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;In Season 9, we'll be adding "Trifling Trifles" — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode — as an additional channel of content exclusively for our paying subscribers. Don't miss it!&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: x-large;"&gt;Leave &lt;em&gt;Trifles&lt;/em&gt; a five-star rating on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;; listen to us &lt;a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;wherever you listen to podcasts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links / Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2001/05/01/morley-montgomery-award/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;The Morley-Montgomery Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;All of our social links: &lt;a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock"&gt;https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;h3&gt; &lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Performers:&lt;/strong&gt; Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Publisher Info.:&lt;/strong&gt; Washington, DC: &lt;a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/"&gt;United States Marine Band&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copyright:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0"&gt;Creative Commons Attribution 3.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

“a singular set of people, Watson” [WIST]         Image credit: The Baker Street Irregulars     This podcast is a by-product of being active in the world of Sherlockians. But how did Sherlock Holmes societies first gain footing? What was the...

The Origin of 221B Worship

“the compliments of the season” [BLUE]  <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZbJn09DTz9KRsMA3vOkoj4U96ieHZuqkSZLWkqqa1dYB1XF1HdbmYzlewndnQvGryYxXdy2N5FpqV8XxbeuUMqUAAWLISKSgh08O2gGn6f4r-NxuioLBIMkIU3Jn53V7UzA76oX1fdjUczpemfcn1KL57e1ybHPdHRSprOMaaYMh4ZAH2lxPcaz5vxI/s1015/417%20-%20Christmas.jpg"> </a> There is only one Sherlock Holmes story that takes place at Christmas: "The Blue Carbuncle," which took place on "the second morning after Christmas."  In his Gas-Lamp for the 1959 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual, editor Edgar W. Smith, BSI ("The Hound of the Baskervilles") entertained the idea of what was happening at Baker Street on Christmas Day. And that seemed like a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.   All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today.   And in Season 9 (debuting in 2025) we'll be adding "Trifling Trifles" as an additional channel of content only for our paying subscribers. Don't miss it!     Leave Trifles a five-star rating on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.   Links / Notes <ul> <li>All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a></li> <li>Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com</li> </ul>   Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra  Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a>  Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a>

<description>&lt;h4 style="text-align: center;"&gt;“the compliments of the season” [BLUE] &lt;/h4&gt; &lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZbJn09DTz9KRsMA3vOkoj4U96ieHZuqkSZLWkqqa1dYB1XF1HdbmYzlewndnQvGryYxXdy2N5FpqV8XxbeuUMqUAAWLISKSgh08O2gGn6f4r-NxuioLBIMkIU3Jn53V7UzA76oX1fdjUczpemfcn1KL57e1ybHPdHRSprOMaaYMh4ZAH2lxPcaz5vxI/s1015/417%20-%20Christmas.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZbJn09DTz9KRsMA3vOkoj4U96ieHZuqkSZLWkqqa1dYB1XF1HdbmYzlewndnQvGryYxXdy2N5FpqV8XxbeuUMqUAAWLISKSgh08O2gGn6f4r-NxuioLBIMkIU3Jn53V7UzA76oX1fdjUczpemfcn1KL57e1ybHPdHRSprOMaaYMh4ZAH2lxPcaz5vxI/w640-h482/417%20-%20Christmas.jpg" width="640" height="482" border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1015" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;There is only one Sherlock Holmes story that takes place at Christmas: "The Blue Carbuncle," which took place on "the second morning after Christmas." &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In his Gas-Lamp for the 1959 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual, editor Edgar W. Smith, BSI ("The Hound of the Baskervilles") entertained the idea of what was happening at Baker Street on Christmas Day. And that seemed like a Trifle.&lt;/p&gt; Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for&lt;em&gt; Baker Street Journals&lt;/em&gt; and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on &lt;a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;And in Season 9 (debuting in 2025) we'll be adding "Trifling Trifles" as an additional channel of content only for our paying subscribers. Don't miss it!&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: x-large;"&gt;Leave &lt;em&gt;Trifles&lt;/em&gt; a five-star rating on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;; listen to us &lt;a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;wherever you listen to podcasts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links / Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;All of our social links: &lt;a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock"&gt;https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;h3&gt; &lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Performers:&lt;/strong&gt; Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Publisher Info.:&lt;/strong&gt; Washington, DC: &lt;a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/"&gt;United States Marine Band&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copyright:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0"&gt;Creative Commons Attribution 3.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

“the compliments of the season” [BLUE]     There is only one Sherlock Holmes story that takes place at Christmas: "The Blue Carbuncle," which took place on "the second morning after Christmas."  In his Gas-Lamp for the 1959 Baker Street...

Christmas with Sherlock Holmes

“I have always had an idea that I would have made a highly efficient criminal” [CHAS]  <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7JQ1m_3tDZ975eg0RLhLylAV4Sbp-Fycd4pxy47lO_hHcmkbZI_gUZGP2R_MozxLAEYctmvSbO38wXLh0lLYTeK2F_skrwAN0aYflNJ10RZR4Uw-Bq5ledvMWsF0rOJqsZI1gaJHawX56YwyhfjMMYF7CR1fIOA8xYxQh0TQ140ND3swInkoq0QPeag/s2133/416%20-%20Burglar.jpg"> </a> In some cases, Sherlock Holmes was a bit of a vigilante in his pursuit of justice. He didn't mind breaking the law in a good cause. That led to him burgling various households.  Or did it? S. Tupper Bigelow, BSI ("The Five Orange Pips") was a lawyer by trade and disabuses us of the notion that Sherlock Holmes was a burglar. Some of it is a mere technicality, but it's all a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.   All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles a five-star rating on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.   Links / Notes <ul> <li>All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a></li> <li>Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com</li> </ul>     Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra  Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a>  Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a>

<description>&lt;h4 style="text-align: center;"&gt;“I have always had an idea that I would have made a highly efficient criminal” [CHAS] &lt;/h4&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7JQ1m_3tDZ975eg0RLhLylAV4Sbp-Fycd4pxy47lO_hHcmkbZI_gUZGP2R_MozxLAEYctmvSbO38wXLh0lLYTeK2F_skrwAN0aYflNJ10RZR4Uw-Bq5ledvMWsF0rOJqsZI1gaJHawX56YwyhfjMMYF7CR1fIOA8xYxQh0TQ140ND3swInkoq0QPeag/s2133/416%20-%20Burglar.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7JQ1m_3tDZ975eg0RLhLylAV4Sbp-Fycd4pxy47lO_hHcmkbZI_gUZGP2R_MozxLAEYctmvSbO38wXLh0lLYTeK2F_skrwAN0aYflNJ10RZR4Uw-Bq5ledvMWsF0rOJqsZI1gaJHawX56YwyhfjMMYF7CR1fIOA8xYxQh0TQ140ND3swInkoq0QPeag/w640-h480/416%20-%20Burglar.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2133" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;In some cases, Sherlock Holmes was a bit of a vigilante in his pursuit of justice. He didn't mind breaking the law in a good cause. That led to him burgling various households. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Or did it? S. Tupper Bigelow, BSI ("The Five Orange Pips") was a lawyer by trade and disabuses us of the notion that Sherlock Holmes was a burglar. Some of it is a mere technicality, but it's all a Trifle.&lt;/p&gt; Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for&lt;em&gt; Baker Street Journals&lt;/em&gt; and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on &lt;a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: x-large;"&gt;Leave &lt;em&gt;Trifles&lt;/em&gt; a five-star rating on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;; listen to us &lt;a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;wherever you listen to podcasts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links / Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;All of our social links: &lt;a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock"&gt;https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;h3&gt; &lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Performers:&lt;/strong&gt; Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Publisher Info.:&lt;/strong&gt; Washington, DC: &lt;a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/"&gt;United States Marine Band&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copyright:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0"&gt;Creative Commons Attribution 3.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

“I have always had an idea that I would have made a highly efficient criminal” [CHAS]     In some cases, Sherlock Holmes was a bit of a vigilante in his pursuit of justice. He didn't mind breaking the law in a good cause. That led to him...

Sherlock Holmes Was No Burglar

“You look like a general who is planning a battle” [HOUN]  <a style= "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD0iMq4n3plinsBGrGSdcYjRRP6Lp8lvQmCG6HI6GUfA7TerTEKSiVX9hKHTWTQIe7cIpzdZkit0A1pTsFvrtDrBmdoIhqef3bxiq22krgylB5wWJr7QlOTgONV9Hc8DVxX6tKf2D3hLVKvZefD5AQRkSMSjiJBGMkRBAh1Q5Ki52w3NbG5pR5_bgM8o/s1458/415%20-%20Battlestations.jpg"> </a> The Battle of Marengo, by Louis-François Lejeune (public domain - <a href= "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lejeune_-_Bataille_de_Marengo.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wikimedia Commons</a>)   One simple sentence in "The Abbey Grange" served as the spark to the fuse of this Trifles episode. In one sentence, Sherlock Holmes referenced two of Napoleon's battles — each with a different outcome. But it made us curious: what other famous battles were mentioned, either outright or by implication, throughout the Canon? We chose to discuss six of them. It's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.   All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today.     Leave Trifles a five-star rating on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.   Links / Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battle of Maiwand</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malplaquet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battle of Malplaquet</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battle of Agincourt</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Khartoum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Siege of Khartoum</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marengo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battle of Marengo</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battle of Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="https://themodernproper.com/chicken-marengo" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Chicken Marengo recipe</a></li> <li>Other episodes mentioned:</li> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/MTFkZWZjMDctMDRhYy00YTdiLWFhNzMtNDRkOTdhMjQxMDU5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 385 - The Long Road From Maiwand</a></li> </ul> <li>All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a></li> <li>Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com</li> </ul>     Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra  Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a>  Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a>

<description>&lt;h4 style="text-align: center;"&gt;“You look like a general who is planning a battle” [HOUN] &lt;/h4&gt; &lt;table class="tr-caption-container" style= "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a style= "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD0iMq4n3plinsBGrGSdcYjRRP6Lp8lvQmCG6HI6GUfA7TerTEKSiVX9hKHTWTQIe7cIpzdZkit0A1pTsFvrtDrBmdoIhqef3bxiq22krgylB5wWJr7QlOTgONV9Hc8DVxX6tKf2D3hLVKvZefD5AQRkSMSjiJBGMkRBAh1Q5Ki52w3NbG5pR5_bgM8o/s1458/415%20-%20Battlestations.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD0iMq4n3plinsBGrGSdcYjRRP6Lp8lvQmCG6HI6GUfA7TerTEKSiVX9hKHTWTQIe7cIpzdZkit0A1pTsFvrtDrBmdoIhqef3bxiq22krgylB5wWJr7QlOTgONV9Hc8DVxX6tKf2D3hLVKvZefD5AQRkSMSjiJBGMkRBAh1Q5Ki52w3NbG5pR5_bgM8o/w640-h474/415%20-%20Battlestations.jpg" width="640" height="474" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Battle of Marengo&lt;/em&gt;, by Louis-François Lejeune (public domain -&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lejeune_-_Bataille_de_Marengo.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: x-small;"&gt;Wikimedia Commons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;One simple sentence in "The Abbey Grange" served as the spark to the fuse of this Trifles episode. In one sentence, Sherlock Holmes referenced two of Napoleon's battles — each with a different outcome.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But it made us curious: what other famous battles were mentioned, either outright or by implication, throughout the Canon? We chose to discuss six of them. It's just a Trifle.&lt;/p&gt; Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for&lt;em&gt; Baker Street Journals&lt;/em&gt; and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on &lt;a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: x-large;"&gt;Leave &lt;em&gt;Trifles&lt;/em&gt; a five-star rating on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;; listen to us &lt;a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;wherever you listen to podcasts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links / Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Battle of Maiwand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malplaquet" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Battle of Malplaquet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Battle of Agincourt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Khartoum" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Siege of Khartoum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marengo" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Battle of Marengo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Battle of Waterloo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://themodernproper.com/chicken-marengo" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Chicken Marengo recipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Other episodes mentioned:&lt;/li&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/MTFkZWZjMDctMDRhYy00YTdiLWFhNzMtNDRkOTdhMjQxMDU5" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Episode 385 - The Long Road From Maiwand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;All of our social links: &lt;a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock"&gt;https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;h3&gt; &lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Performers:&lt;/strong&gt; Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Publisher Info.:&lt;/strong&gt; Washington, DC: &lt;a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/"&gt;United States Marine Band&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copyright:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0"&gt;Creative Commons Attribution 3.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

“You look like a general who is planning a battle” [HOUN]        The Battle of Marengo, by Louis-François Lejeune (public domain - )       One simple sentence in "The Abbey Grange" served as the spark to the fuse of this Trifles...

Battlestations!

“He disappeared upon the 3d of December” [SIGN]  <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLVFNxohcnhyhQC_z6B-3K-1c1kCLEVJZD9LCTKJlOcqwjJ-x4laUbVQbW_iH452bYZdN2hBv8qGZSOA6pqm3F6wfh2F-Y2gydGaaO5oTjBOPwrOSllOhrBTGY0ZAHamighiv0qYU6VXqBWwJSWfBEno2N1K3327Yuy-5x03bP2Fce0uZEmwr80eq-Gs/s1439/414%20-%20December.jpg"> </a>   "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" is inextricably linked with the month of December. But what about the other cases Sherlock Holmes handled in the final month of the year? Our research picked up only one other, and it isn't obvious by a careful reading of the Canon. Jay Finley Christ helps us out with a clever bit of detection and chronology to identify that second story. We compare and contrast these two December babies and it's just a Trifle. Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.   All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Substack</a> today. Leave Trifles <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a five-star rating</a> and listen to us <a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.   Links / Notes <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Other episodes mentioned:</li> <ul> <li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles06" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Episode 6 - Dating the Missing Three-Quarter</a></li> <li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles49" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Episode 49 - Sherlock Holmes and Rugby</a></li> <li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles52" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Episode 52 - The Second Morning After Christmas</a></li> </ul> <li>All of our social links: <a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a></li> <li>Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com</li> </ul>     Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra  Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: <a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/">United States Marine Band</a>  Copyright: <a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a>

<description>&lt;h4 style="text-align: center;"&gt;“He disappeared upon the 3d of December” [SIGN] &lt;/h4&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLVFNxohcnhyhQC_z6B-3K-1c1kCLEVJZD9LCTKJlOcqwjJ-x4laUbVQbW_iH452bYZdN2hBv8qGZSOA6pqm3F6wfh2F-Y2gydGaaO5oTjBOPwrOSllOhrBTGY0ZAHamighiv0qYU6VXqBWwJSWfBEno2N1K3327Yuy-5x03bP2Fce0uZEmwr80eq-Gs/s1439/414%20-%20December.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLVFNxohcnhyhQC_z6B-3K-1c1kCLEVJZD9LCTKJlOcqwjJ-x4laUbVQbW_iH452bYZdN2hBv8qGZSOA6pqm3F6wfh2F-Y2gydGaaO5oTjBOPwrOSllOhrBTGY0ZAHamighiv0qYU6VXqBWwJSWfBEno2N1K3327Yuy-5x03bP2Fce0uZEmwr80eq-Gs/w640-h480/414%20-%20December.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1439" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" is inextricably linked with the month of December. But what about the other cases Sherlock Holmes handled in the final month of the year?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Our research picked up only one other, and it isn't obvious by a careful reading of the Canon. Jay Finley Christ helps us out with a clever bit of detection and chronology to identify that second story. We compare and contrast these two December babies and it's just a Trifle.&lt;/p&gt; Do you have a topic you'd like to recommend? Email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com and if we use your idea on the air, we'll send you a thank-you gift.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for&lt;em&gt; Baker Street Journals&lt;/em&gt; and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community on &lt;a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href= "https://trifles.substack.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: x-large;"&gt;Leave &lt;em&gt;Trifles&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;a five-star rating&lt;/a&gt; and listen to us &lt;a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;wherever you listen to podcasts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links / Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt; &lt;li&gt;Other episodes mentioned:&lt;/li&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ihose.co/trifles06" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Episode 6 - Dating the Missing Three-Quarter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ihose.co/trifles49" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Episode 49 - Sherlock Holmes and Rugby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ihose.co/trifles52" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Episode 52 - The Second Morning After Christmas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;All of our social links: &lt;a href= "http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock"&gt;https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;h3&gt; &lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Performers:&lt;/strong&gt; Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Publisher Info.:&lt;/strong&gt; Washington, DC: &lt;a href= "http://www.marineband.marines.mil/"&gt;United States Marine Band&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copyright:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_3.0"&gt;Creative Commons Attribution 3.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

“He disappeared upon the 3d of December” [SIGN]       "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" is inextricably linked with the month of December. But what about the other cases Sherlock Holmes handled in the final month of the year? Our...

The December Cases

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.

Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

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