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| Entombment | 21 May 2026 | 00:22:59 | |
"the business in the crypt" [SHOS] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPNElHsbaBU0vzdoeHojfLo9cAgW1Pxk5V1XbJX5KCucarBBw-sHXOyadxN7FLXZ0bsbp553JQhesVNL73tfbOi729GTAgkbP7ANR3a17Px5uhpXohLSXCZC2lZC2lQOSATCTVqauTKz6ShyphenhyphentnU879sL_uh96uz9-jzhyFoZYiwyH5WwR5Mjd2Nx-kWg/s1700/490%20-%20Entombment.jpg If you experience claustrophobia, this may not be the episode for you. Because it's all about being shut up in close spaces. And it's the monthly "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" episode. Denise M. Rogers walks us through the gothic theme shared between Edgar Allan Poe and some of the Sherlock Holmes stories in her Baker Street Miscellanea article "Crypts, Secret Rooms and Subterranean Passageways: Entombment as a Motif in the Canon" from Spring 1990. It's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. Our Merch Store is open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today. Don't sleep on "Trifling Trifles" — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is "for those with ears attuned to catch the distant view-halloo!" This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack). Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links
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| Watson's Embellishments | 13 May 2026 | 00:30:13 | |
"an exaggerated view of my scientific methods" [SUSS] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzwMNShvGojduWXuuFfV5UKjov74K3shvVb8k7YOCwfDreRUFvgMhAMDt8_pJ1hne1HvLZzg2taE6D3LRWvpZg4n7JoQlDmfM_yl9wNWtaNbpAY0VB-LlSkuO9rKnYKnPpc53eEN0Ymq9jcBqj3LAJrcWHAjQ7ikyYLex6UicFZKEn0_P2oChpMFfRqA/s1600/489%20-%20Embellishments.jpg We consider Watson a reliable narrator. At least we hope he is. And yet there are a number of times when Sherlock Holmes accuses his Boswell of romanticizing the factual. Is Holmes simply taking issue with how Watson writes with a more emotional and imaginative framework? Or is it possible that Watson was also exaggerating to make the stories more exciting? It's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. Our Merch Store is open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today. Don't sleep on "Trifling Trifles" — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is "for those with ears attuned to catch the distant view-halloo!" This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack). Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links
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| A Study in Solecisms | 11 Mar 2026 | 00:21:02 | |
"I can't stand his lordship" [MAZA] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisadpwr3eTQt2D9dAIS1tEmguXj19-Ck3EkSuW6dhh2PIBlp247eWGYlWKq0yF-OLYfkh_nGN1UuQWU8TaR6GxN22FyQsD0BgFFgvwVl6KSi7E5ANXaNyiR-BagS4SmaPRlKx1FGnNftgpvLnFTVphDZHF3F1-5_-l25YkTK1iaNdbR5tg9YXvN6F-Epw/s838/480%20-%20Solecisms.jpg For hapless Americans, the titles used by peers in the Sherlock Holmes stories can be vexing indeed. One would think that Sherlock Holmes would be able to keep things straight. Between his devil-may-care attitude toward the upper class and Conan Doyle's own lack of breeding, Damian Thompson found a decided gap in the way certain members of the peerage are titled. And it's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. There's a new "Trifling Trifles" episode out — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is about the questionable judgment of the head of the Baker Street irregulars. This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack). Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today. Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links
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| Sherlock Holmes, Linguist | 19 Jun 2024 | 00:34:02 | |
"he is a remarkable linguist" [GREE] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6_iHTj68e9VcKAgHARCzINz4sWw9ymdoC4rv29Zt1UDchxi3wWaw-RtGIKQVBVLWMFJGNdA89SDyFoplR077hkvjeR3-hg7d_qmML3ibe3T6QvB8I1uM6vZN-HS-Oix60BD62PPEYGFgQYhnJPfdRspIsAFScHKp1Stzx7R0_drw_yC-RN0v5w3u3-g/s1117/390%20-%20Linguist.jpg Sherlock Holmes has been translated into scores of languages all around the world (just ask Don Hobbs). But what languages was he fluent in or have passing familiarity with? This is the question Dean W. Dickensheet tackles in Vol. 10 No. 3 of The Baker Street Journal in his article "Sherlock Holmes - Linguist." It's the latest in our series looking at old Sherlockian scholarship and it's just a Trifle. 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 Patreon or Substack today.Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts. Links / Notes
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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| Years of Mystery | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:21:37 | |
"We have three years of the past to discuss" [EMPT] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjou-3kOltrZtfWKDoCtY4joAYrROCu9MLoT2ehNYKbiQZj_Ql9UspLG4Rtx4tik1J5PrwXK5cEKNqGhW5gtv-10xlG7IWoCEHv6yUouWvJOU38vdrLq7x6Jcz4qUuqzM0XdSbHaxGsd2G9fslxoab5abmzxNNmL6NfM_rS0dKz3jx1uAnbFeiFqpHgjrE/s866/389%20-%20Years%20of%20mystery.jpg Once again, we pack our Gladstone bags and prepare for an episode where we travel. This time, we head to Sussex Downs and then across the Atlantic to New York in some of the early years of Sherlock Holmes's retirement. What brings us there is from the fertile imagination of Les Klinger, who posits a connection between Sherlock Holmes, Wilson Hargreave, and Andrew Carnegie. It's just a Trifle. 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 Patreon or Substack today. Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts. Links / Notes
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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| Elderly in the Canon | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:23:31 | |
"his age, and an affliction" [STOC] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8sUsKVuvwJENPPa1yuSVbtgcCqlSjNylk4eQYnW53-d6GfcT9bVchqzNyt66gJPpPM9D_x24ws27I6zcf5KG0XTg2fqcbETC-gQgWjsW9EQPWbDrLglRRhaUbxgPKKX927HEONVl4b8SrhgXxMFRojPfAo4qxTVIfcZxdJeplmtASVxaG1CXFTTB7ZqY/s814/388%20-%20Elderly.jpg The panoply of elderly individuals in the Sherlock Holmes stories is impressive: Mr. Frankland, the old crank in The Hound of the Baskervilles, the miserly Josiah Amberley in "The Retired Colourman," Old Mr. Farquhar, the previous owner of Watson's practice. But there were many others, some of whom go almost unnoticed. What similarities do we see among them? How did Conan Doyle's writing about them change over time? It's just a Trifle. 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 Patreon or Substack today.Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts. Links / Notes
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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| Linoleum | 30 May 2024 | 00:26:35 | |
"the flooring was also thoroughly examined" [SPEC] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUku_XYEO9Cpn6dH0zxkcFZJAadN5qFQKH91WC9F5TnYZEFBoiCkwdwaYQOur3-yKq6NbEKVlX45nT-QQHNmevroiallMbg0ENnaAWxEJTyWlhPB0djTU3Y-s8UnDh0T8IObYZqILYUFORbo0oxlcic_quE0WlqPC_ntJRexFTS6PvKpbrnDznWEE8Bs/s1422/387%20-%20Linoleum.jpg Cocoanut matting, bearskin rug, carpets — there are a number of notable floor coverings mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories. But flooring itself is less notable. Case in point: linoleum, which appears as a passing mention in just three stories, was a popular alternative at the time. What do we know about the history of linoleum, how was it manufactured, and what role did it play in the Canon? It's just a Trifle. 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 Patreon or Substack today.Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts. Links / Notes
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| Forests | 23 May 2024 | 00:23:51 | |
"Vast sections of it have been cleared" [BLAC] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMncYpi3xjjkFeyGuIJy05ac-YUNbANGmjdF4KJkkG-XWMY5ZoSRpJirHOPIFB-Z84cKmz6ygB-OwA-BWhOmK7J5zoebWgVrCqD9ZOd5ElW8-Zo9ZnpjudOy3tJi3EfY8OSBf24xhcWwuE4tXd2oVVwJ2amViEvmPESW8l_sapkojRCU4avE2RDB7sp4/s1432/386%20-%20Forests.png When you're really down in the details about something — something trifling, perhaps — it's difficult to see the forest for the trees, as the saying goes. Well, we've discussed trees in two previous episodes, so we thought it was time to look at the forests. There were scant mentions of forests in the Sherlock Holmes stories, but they're worth a Trifle. You can make topic suggestions to us — if we choose something you recommend (like the one today!), we'll send you a Sherlockian prize. 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 Patreon or Substack today. Links / Notes
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| The Long Road from Maiwand | 15 May 2024 | 00:21:08 | |
"at Maiwand without losing my nerve" [STUD] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOeDiEA630of7XE-ITigALWgSl1FjgEz0jzCBngN6u-1jKtqVzH_z5nAqXTzxvgVctjmCMJO-Tlpa08tzcVMMgm0dWVz4kPUrFKc1r6EWGRGWY6gyDz65Xkb4sONbYKADKV8YAG6keJKQn4DLwnjG81OWqkiOt4T9oRc8s3HfM0vV5g0EhLuynDySLqg/s1088/385%20-%20Maiwand.jpg Maiwand: Saving the Guns by Richard Caton Woodville, 1883 (Wikimedia Commons) It is generally accepted that A Study in Scarlet, when Dr. Watson first met Sherlock Holmes, took place in 1881. Watson was just back from the war in Afghanistan, where he had been wounded at the Battle of Maiwand. But in 1940, Edgar W. Smith took a closer look at the timing between the battle, Watson's recovery time, travel to London and hotel stay, and came to a much different conclusion. He wrote it up in a pamphlet and it's just a Trifle. You can make suggestions as well — if we choose a topic you recommend, we'll send you a Sherlockian prize. 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 Patreon or Substack today. BONUS: a digital scan of Smith's original pamphlet is available to our Patreon or Substack supporters. Links / Notes
Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | |||
| Sherlock Holmes, Cabby | 09 May 2024 | 00:19:04 | |
"Stop at a telegraph-office, cabby!" [SIGN] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pBki-nzAjV_0CsHS-u9KB2OpE7YeJwbFBvqvi0CjZn2lGb9xqUMC4_L8wSOq3GefSmrSPgkAZ8AyQglAlV9vsS9chsi58wddxvrWKIoHg8ZkjH0x8SlRcRiZYFqkz3GovXxkocJHnctaJFecd5mbDs70yvHrhFiKM8DBPV7IGhqOcJE48XfK5nqTpyc/s1431/384%20-%20Cabby.png Cabbies are everywhere in London – indeed, so common in some cases that they're simply overlooked (we see you, Jefferson Hope!). Could Sherlock Holmes have passed himself off as a cabby? There are certainly points in his career when it would have made sense. And a paper given at a Sherlock Holmes society in Denmark points in that direction. Hop on board with us in this monthly travel series episode! It's just a Trifle. You can make suggestions as well — if we choose a topic you recommend, we'll send you a Sherlockian prize. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Become a Patron! Links / Notes
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| Wordplay | 02 May 2024 | 00:29:53 | |
"very curious phraseology" [WIST] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7g15iMbaCwGFC3d1uG6cElLDrKA-n9a0ObF-7-A2LT4uQ62yBhlBP8AU_VapCkRvzkfjQSYfGeTLMaNZ_N4x-6Qq1SVpBKc_2l__zlZRn8EJ3vPCssx6KJaedPI3jRL-ZBXiLKxdEADsSXaLb4CLxUumnyZKQ-z4k4cx2LAIhcXOS7st5ma_79ICD-g/s707/383%20-%20Wordplay.jpg Here's an interesting little subject that ought to intrigue many Sherlock Holmes fans: words. We are a literate bunch, and when we get to learn more about words — especially words with which we're unfamiliar — that makes us happy. This topic was suggested by listener Jennifer Cassasanto, who was curious about some of the foreign and antiquated terms in the Canon. Fair warning, though: this is a pun-filled zone. Word nerds unite! It's just a Trifle. You can make suggestions as well — if we choose a topic you recommend, we'll send you a Sherlockian prize. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Links / Notes
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| Will the Real Devil's Foot Stand Up? | 25 Apr 2024 | 00:23:43 | |
"kept as a secret among them" [DEVI] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8ounPCt8E_EuM-ERhu_qTSGvR5v83YaGBLF8jbu9kFPaQK29eW9BGVqJLo51LEf9qsEn48ZHsa_BvciCAvBRF-zij5y3ulVZ2m8Nv1GXi10P2lvDi2a69GKcb46wr3KKixMxmwA2swHQO76MFHKoRRbYgDjKLgqrkpoWtQe0WyjU2f_H5kCCU-mSpgA/s1024/382%20-%20Devils%20Foot.jpg When Dr. Leon Sterndale said there was only one known specimen of radix pedis dioaboli – devil's foot root – in a laboratory in Buda, it was clear that it was a poison unknown to science. Just what was it that was "used as an ordeal poison by the medicine-men in certain districts of West Africa"? Dr. Robert Ennis had an idea related to a substance we know well today, based on his observations in emergency rooms. And it's anything but a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today.Become a Patron! Links / Notes
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| The Second Collaboration | 18 Apr 2024 | 00:25:11 | |
"His collaboration may be very necessary" [ILLU] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLugS8QGCD9pr_zIhcXRqoYNx-n_ppW6F1r3bsSmsByPG_fHln_ZQMuBGaG4ftkK-bkYCnZx3N0C1RFtMiDC8BMjMYUYyKyfRqW-sxhNeVT2jESmYeahuaybZ5I4E6Fozakh-WTD4OR9YVUz4a4Ua1bVTrEAGOUL5SPNJAbR-FJly8OlNIcR2PHvfb3k/s1220/381%20-%20Second%20Collaboration.jpg There's a curious phrase in the beginning of A Study in Scarlet that requires a little more consideration. Do you know what it is? John Ball, Jr. did. And his theory about what that phrase signified is an intelligent and plausible one, lifted from a 1954 issue of The Baker Street Journal and The Baker Street Reader. Along the way, we uncover a surprising fact about Ball. And it's anything but a Trifle. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today.Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts. Links / Notes
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| Thaddeus Sholto (Mis)Diagnosed | 04 Mar 2026 | 00:26:42 | |
"It confirms my diagnosis, as you doctors express it." [SIGN] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9Cx2URKhG5aePRZWaMWxNLycmeiURhtWvVLeoSEtelg_19t9YfITubvqR05urFHkXo5mMoFmGwwnoGs66jiQm0-4oORiCAoQ6tRQPpUHkJyhp0k4HCKy_JSwE2U_ukUCCHr5dylB7Wxk3v5kVFZEBd_AdQqu0CY518mQo_Ti6v-xS1cnyBh0pzfgHrw/s1441/479%20-%20Thaddeus.png Our latest Morley-Montgomery award episode features another dive into the medical world of Sherlock Holmes. But this time, it's about a diagnosis made by Dr. Watson. In 2004, Costa Rossakis, MD, BSI ("St. Bartholomew's Hospital"), a trained cardiologist, investigated exactly what was going on with the nervous Thaddeus Sholto. His article (but not his diagnosis) is just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. There's a new "Trifling Trifles" episode out — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is about the questionable judgment of the head of the Baker Street irregulars. This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack). Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today. Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links
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| To Go to Norwood | 11 Apr 2024 | 00:22:19 | |
"we shall certainly have to go to Norwood" [SIGN] The latest in our travel series takes us to Norwood. In particular, the Norwood in The Sign of Four. Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Mary Morstan take a cab to a seedier part of London, and then a four-wheeler south to Norwood. How long would it have taken them? And what else might we find in this London suburb? Michael Harrison assists with an essay from In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes, and it's just a Trifle.
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| The Manor House Case | 04 Apr 2024 | 00:22:54 | |
"consult me over that Manor House case" [GREE] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUSqy9MQTrKJZ2FSO9S0bAWiged_ip7GJr8sJTaI7tV8-QvpLTyA2BcURASNUTqgwhROu9eZRYO_2Ffb-m8LR7fa2HyKdjcV142t4SyJCUI2n7xSXzJkNJdA3eVbkYpLvAq-b322dDm6jFP1c1ef7NwIpL83xhFewJ6KKRT73wFKTzsi0Tsl-uD2h1Aw/s1280/379%20-%20Manor%20House.jpg In addition to fascinating cases and clients, the Sherlock Holmes stories saw some wonderful house names. How did some of them get their names? We look at the history of house names, call out the story names that were also house names, and mention a few of our favorite lesser-known country houses in the Canon. It's just a Trifle. Oh, and just for our Patreon and Substack supporters, we have some additional analysis in a bonus episode. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts. Links / Notes
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| B Is for Biscuit | 28 Mar 2024 | 00:25:17 | |
"one of biscuits" [GLOR] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr8LNMp7NHBK_h48OOGQCDyYNYjbsKwBjSjINAj1OueQkMyssGlfF2fMb7tgYxnOv-_MhcnM-QY3mIuJXgiTa5xHU5PSo_C-FDocUWIWngGfVoptZ1XvqNlcNLbmoicIBFsTGUq0FiSit7dwzi9j2ohLZ0IO2IT28lx7_7J2IHoDpnw5vR1hTua9Uf_o/s1218/378%20-%20Biscuit.jpg It's not often we find ourselves with a Muppets crossover, but after stumbling across a few trifling references in the Sherlock Holmes stories, we began to think about the Cookie Monster in Baker Street. Of course, there were no cookies in Baker Street. Only biscuits. Where might we find mentions of biscuits in the Canon? And what do we know about their variety and history? It's just another treat – a Trifle. Oh, and just for our Patreon supporters, we have a link to a very special Cookie Monster-themed Sherlockian item. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts. Links / Notes
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| The Effect of Trades on the Body | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:30:35 | |
"the weaver by his tooth or the compositor by his thumb" [COPP] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ulqweWfXj4KtT1Rc0vhUTOLrbzlvuNP45qci8m_r_j2_skcLjQB_mT7nKb3eh0bMDu_XgJVm6i1nud2Nxm9mnYcpbImJ34mAkmzr0I5MKKzzfcjwZvodFrmru9NonhpgCIzGqS6XanBmCV1UWtx-6xsVohjSW9oMbNcrAxmglIoeda_16Xo5W49rKLI/s894/377%20-%20Trades.jpg On the third week of every month, we look at a piece of Sherlockian scholarship in a series we call "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist." In this episode, the article "The Effect of Trades on the Body" by Remsen Ten Eyck Schenck from Vol. 3, No. 1 of The Baker Street Journal in 1953 serves as our anchor. Schenck offers a look at one of the monographs Holmes mentioned in The Sign of Four and proceeds to compare it with medical literature to draw conclusions about Holmes's work. And it's just a Trifle. Don't miss the bonus material we have for you - available on both Patreon and Substack. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Become a Patron! Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts. Links / Notes
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| Canonical Luggage and Railway Journeys | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:31:58 | |
"whatever luggage you intend to take" [FINA] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6x1uDtdjZkH7ONt40u_muqkV9v0WgW29UNJOf7_faM5mnE8rO3FiH0cFdWnn5VsyvnsPuaS-jshtySFnSSFX65xp6ALDztjevMO7602XOvdavvGYLQcaMZlgzcg6yTgQBm9j6llD5Cch889TidXi9VaO_u_KfE_MNgfO_MdOEaV9DrvTd2gclUAbr5fY/s1423/376%20-%20Luggage%20Railway.png We're back on the rails this week, with our monthly travel-related episode. This time, we turn to an article written by H.J. Curjel for The Sherlock Holmes Journal, Vol. 12, Nos. 3 & 4, Summer 1976. Specifically, we review his survey of stories in which railway journeys long and short took place, and specifically those in which luggage was mentioned or when people traveled without luggage. It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Half Measures | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:26:13 | |
"half-humorous, half-cynical" [DEVI] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4X367lBGOWszIHIyCO5lpxRAvzKTpWIBBB7oDZ8R4lvVgnljv_jUrpuNceK_miebPzc7L8hBtE4waQAZA9yYA2uYJlzDmH_S0boAI9Bu0p_FsRiXCMDh6aCZU35zafHuxqg0UqZG-ZTdiqZk3gdurl03uAh7YA1B5tr_1EX1r81N1Cx36xRKRMDinGA/s960/375%20-%20Half%20Measures.jpg Celebrate our terquasquicentennial with us as we take a full look at "half" mentions in the Canon. While there are nearly 400 instances of the word, there are a select few that tell us something about hte personality of Sherlock Holmes. Namely, that Sherlock Holmes used the term "half" strategically when he wanted to sound a certain way. It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Secret Societies | 29 Feb 2024 | 00:25:48 | |
"the secret societies must have done it" [STUD] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUA0FLnp3icaOHrL-bqYm5lZ1Fm-hRzFjAWTMlRxRcCqpHbGBjStDUoX7xFwR_kod-Cz4xfogzsPoxQjTyTxmHD5OOjXQLWCdk3YUy6cO8qo1HSQBzgD5y4gflf4TzypbJs2-HNFQ4X_y-EihXrN2SGd8HchqMOier78eYcmXdzi-4F0leWNWBuUnWZU/s1201/374%20-%20Secret%20Societies.jpg Here and there across the Sherlock Holmes stories, we find ourselves embroiled in the intrigue that involves secret societies. Many are of foreign origin, and they're almost always associated with death and violence. What are these organizations and in which stories can we find them? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Corpulence in the Canon | 21 Feb 2024 | 00:27:54 | |
"His body was absolutely corpulent" [GREE] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5Fn-jTUcOoNBupqyjk1Da7H3ahl7a8DhjeodP8pCOiMJNv68XXf8z-Uw6lgbygtN8XGhc2kpmbbTlm8uMQnr3pxHcx4oehLuM2UmXu7SzaUZB-xrSi3dyxjGlgxbcyHH-G22atsmetf5ulso_KyT7S3Ci-_ZVDyiAXXezD33p6_cXL3rugLBGjjais4/s1223/373%20-%20Corpulence.jpg Join us for another "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" episode, in which we bring a piece of Sherlockian scholarship about a trifling issue to you. This time, we look at Anna Brindisi Behrens' article "Corpulence in the Canon: Beyond Stereotypes" from the Winter 2023 issue of The Baker Street Journal (Vol. 73., No. 4). It's a look beyond the obvious, and as always, it's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Links / Notes
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| An Essex Adventure | 15 Feb 2024 | 00:25:44 | |
"not far from Frinton." [RETI] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7B_kDT9juDt-3ztgEF2iSxP28Kv2F_Cc1HQ4HIbQLH9vFxLikiXc-cXD8p2mFESe6a5zvcoIKJtXTXhTB3-LNOlw4ek4HBCs7NazptDVqZPMOjeaS75Ru3zEbgqkDhGQ0gQon37zZfsO2PzyGkMdxxXc13ey4Aw-6JWamFt1qH5hDQIcPHr91i1beGc/s1000/372%20-%20Essex.jpg It's travel time again! The second episode of every month in Season 8 is travel-themed, and we ride the rails again with "An Essex Adventure" by A. Godfrey Hunt from The Sherlock Holmes Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Winter 1992). Here we have the case of Holmes getting a client-cum-suspect out of the way. And in doing so, he sent Josiah Amberley with Watson on a wild goose chase to Essex. Why Essex, though? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Watson's Billiard Playing | 08 Feb 2024 | 00:23:24 | |
"chalk his billiard-cue" [MISS] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlojmBqSBA9II853kMhtGA_zAZUy3Z4Om1kvHxjkAakFaMk7yMrgbyOTdnyEAL2m9lOmtRy51u_ZVjKHNaLU95rTjAanwfu-I94tnzq4_qToK4iMNnrFRkdaPXO1Qhg0dDfRPzT8xOtPw6IdvqsO01M5usADhKNYWBbEohvtCfHxxN8hbYi8RN6DgHaPk/s1036/371%20-%20Watsons%20Billiards.jpg Back in Season 3, when we did a series on Games and Sports, we had one episode on billiards in the Sherlock Holmes stories. In this case, we were inspired by an article in the Sherlock Holmes Journal specifically mentioning Watson's billiard-playing habits. When did Watson start playing billiards? Who was Thurston? And other than at his club, where is it likely that he engaged in the game? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Shaving | 25 Feb 2026 | 00:25:14 | |
"we have had a close shave" [SIGN] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiMzfQJ926LRwwLr0L0uHtlvyXUnE9NHF4AS7VHTYFnl4sBz6w7NlANZL_l7tr0vmUtgTzofV3E9bvdxvMdABU1DbY8tiJ2U8HWeLX4_Z1pGXUNdtOhpeOSUWm2573gWL17TNRJ3bOGC3mfCXePifCU3bPhEd1W-h5pQcfOH1-cc4GNeakIVlMy4V6G8/s956/478%20-%20Shaving.png Holmes was always clean-shaven, Watson always had a mustache. This is the way of the world of Sherlock Holmes as we know it. But they didn't arrive at that state naturally. Like any good Victorian gentleman who eschewed whiskers, they had to shave. As did others in the Canon. We explore a bit of the history of shaving and its applications. It's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. There's a new "Trifling Trifles" episode out — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is about the questionable judgment of the head of the Baker Street irregulars. This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack). Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today. Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links
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| Hunting Crops | 01 Feb 2024 | 00:24:28 | |
"here's a hunting crop handy" [IDEN] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sBq-U4YvdhEtgXpp_RvbfNph1W2jffol_lCP2vxJOamvZUhO2fq46UkpW5NcmGial73lm3wBNzHT_71XDjNpyO3w-yAhoiLXAKozT2k34rXZNfB5WUFnkj4iHUDG0ksziBG8UYUscg0Qje3BhJAUibLuLRJYDIqqMWUF9OoJUI6EX3PHZOAB2JzDTNE/s910/370%20-%20Hunting%20Crops.png In the last episode, we reflected on Sherlock Holmes chasing James Windibank out of Baker Street. While he did so, he referenced his handy hunting crop. Hunting crops, do (ahem) crop up in the Canon from time to time. Who used them and why? What are they used for when not being brandished as weapons? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies.
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| Hosmeric Hypocrisy | 25 Jan 2024 | 00:18:14 | |
"You'll be interested to hear that I am engaged." [CHAS] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9yp-dIFsnc1USz7VH0SqXM_iq9ve0mw6hsF9suBi51VuMR9Bq57Kx4JVsx7ZSuB7fQcvbreu1jxgebPyGUEXaFbBTEnSpQhoR3TKYZvQ1iawE_xc9GB9hlccIsPrzJD_7_7f65U9EZQMC7t10FS8E3eHQYoqnLscEHx_VmF8OKe87YPMCBXZyYS03iU/s1280/369%20-%20Hosmeric.jpg The name of this show was inspired in part by William Hyder, BSI ("A Most Valuable Institution"), who includes a half sheet of a trifling matter in the dinner packet of the Baker Street Irregulars each year. And as has become our tradition, each January, we use his Trifle. Our attention turns to Hosmer Angel / James Windibank from "A Case of Identity," who led on Miss Mary Sutherland with whiskers, tinted glasses, a whispery voice, and a typewriter, before abandoning her. Holmes had no patience for a man who'd treat a woman this way. Until... And that's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| The Other Boarder | 18 Jan 2024 | 00:18:42 | |
"There was no other boarder" [VALL] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PQ0JHB4aIr_LTbWeMs2ljSRxALBi7YnVLCoIl6v_rOLwCIO0JsyJ-Faw5RvXSRV-mB6gTDwdVe8WIJezXs2V8OTgZdzl3WBHon9V5_seh74zg4xw_rxQVkpYNBOCQJ5EYghK6aZf3wXR0XH8Xdami6qYn7qX-A-aaxkxsw1FI2JYS3IPlujwPjYZYCU/s759/368%20-%20Other%20Boarder.jpg The third episode of every month in Season 8 finds us revisiting familiar ground: episodes under the "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" category, as we revisit old Sherlockian scholarship. This episode brings us to an overlooked chapter of a familiar book. It's James Keddie's "The Other Boarder" from Vincent Starrett's 221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes, in which he brings in a surprising discovery from "Behind the Times." And it's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our Patreon supporters are eligible for our monthly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| The Underground Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 10 Jan 2024 | 00:23:08 | |
"We traveled by the Underground" [REDH] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1RoF3VHUFobQgDqTEwWR43FlkeSqEwPoM261ZDdvuJiubi_1cCQ5bGtJ7XoXpdgXP1qC2ZUqi5sQ6YzZH6v-GmMongPBvOGeBCa7iN-AvHC6RsyiE0bFml3pqMsLzyq7Ef-jP-IyeJGlmab7vmZtenUVuypGwSM03odk27d16zAsiTRxD92a0GdKKHs/s1200/367%20-%20Underground.jpg We're kicking off a new monthly series for Season 8: travel. Highly appropriate, as we travel to New York for the Baker Street Irregulars Weekend. In this case, our travel is local within London. That is, the Underground. For as much as we associate Sherlock Holmes and London, his travel on the Underground was a bit limited. The late John Baesch, BSI helps us explore it. And it's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our Patreon supporters are eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Soothing Elements | 04 Jan 2024 | 00:32:49 | |
"I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere" [GREE] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo5pvL2bmAvRjc9mwEbvSrdLCqMiOsassr3Qy0gkkvE-m_L5ZeUF_HqRjoIsdSbhrBMvbe0ww6gvUCZRhXVew5qlNaNUyi_cFzKz46xcBFEOZY2AYZ310oEry2mOuJgECryPXR0JmpQDtJp9Yj55pJ4uTCeWhJRM7kwmRTO2Ik6OAPLq-y7frzCbccV4/s1437/366%20Soothing.png It's easy to think of Sherlock Holmes as an automaton — Watson himself called Holmes that exact word, remarking "There is something positively inhuman in you at times." And yet, if we consider the detective's demeanor with clients and the types of activities he found solace in, we find a softer side of Holmes. It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. All of our Patreon supporters are eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals and certain tiers receive thank you gifts. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Oh My! | 27 Dec 2023 | 00:37:47 | |
"Oh, my God! what a blind fool I have been!" [BERY] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm84cMjhd6nXyKrrEgJZ9Obed2myLBXzEOn0iuj_A3YKc0pdiF-Fggt2NCFuo5VU8Twd93xnp2HRam4Mx_H7Rv6OnZNBT9b5AzsDfikNqdgewZrEQ2H4evYnDMBp-gAtEMKYd2ELzAgGhsAefzVEE_xvY7snCj1Lvd-eEVJ3P3ZKifSXNneWM8TJhxOCc/s1280/365%20-%20Oh%20My.jpg Well, this is it. The final entry of Season 7 and of 2023. And it marks our 365th episode. We reach the final episode in a quartet of episodes that took us as many months to complete, honoring Alfred Hitchcock as an inspiration. And we look back at the origins of the show, what some of the running themes have been, and where we'll take it in Season 8. It's just a Trifle. Thank you to our loyal listeners, who are enthusiastic and encouraging. There's lots ahead, particularly for our Patreon community. Stay tuned! If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Watson à la Mode | 20 Dec 2023 | 00:31:23 | |
"a charming coquettish intimacy" [3GAB] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmlBv8MxcvzXEQDKZTf8XSWso6wWztw-mbJCZ_MqSfjJCxbPmoSBH4I3wHRQ_PSovhFN9x7LkqJvc1wp9GryGVdGUAsSahrILw5QMnKwW01d7OQC4NXfkXKvfp1BnkSWDHMFZVQX-ziu5SUGuc1H7h4ywjgYkvp3sb4dsiGM5LQpC-7DaZW6_NZ6pn_s/s759/364%20-%20Watson%20a%20la%20mode.jpg The final installment in this season's Masters Class is another Christopher Morley essay, "Watson à la Mode," from Vol. 1 No. 1 of The Baker Street Journal (1946). We discuss Morley's keen analysis of Watson's eye for fashion and an extraordinary conclusion about his marriages. It's just a Trifle. Oh, and we've issued a challenge to Trifles Patreon supporters, due before the next issue drops. A prize awaits! If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| The 12 Trifles of Christmas | 13 Dec 2023 | 00:26:52 | |
"the compliments of the season" [BLUE] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMnscmjt9FKnsRLIxKvqV0MUOw4uLq7p5fJUsOpZKIKl0Xa-4zxK1uDEc4n-rGEmGnBqOH0i-1WMFKf8NtpRB8WQNZuZagFcFA9fN4q4jI6DyA4CVGQD8oT9EGLgA4S03AHvlajypvrs07KEd_clU0sQZdhKutm5u4_ELr7Z1Fbj31qrZVrAaP3NbYXM/s1438/363%20-%2012%20Trifles.jpg Here it is, 12 days before Christmas — the perfect time to celebrate with you. So we're doing it in style. Listener Jim Zych was kind enough to share his trifling monograph "The 12 Sherlockian Days of Christmas," so we thought we might adapt it for you. So take a numerical journey through the Canon with us. It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community today. http://patreon.com/triflesHave you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Hand Washing | 06 Dec 2023 | 00:25:57 | |
"washed their hands of the matter" [GREE] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56FNKVQd4tuW_35ZZGhZA5JV0yJQ7YVU2csEmc5XXNSCzCSTbZIK_axqxdILTSaIDS8cSiep5ipUD3lYnVtwwcL-y-ur1R1arI_1oYylSgA9rmgMxZpMCa6FjAlG33Ri3RZMOAUcvEMV9Jlo9hoqBM7qbWyJEKphqU38Ux4X_IuaBWczEXP_Q0EGRW9s/s1432/362%20-%20Hand%20washing.png We like to think that the practice of hand washing is a universal occurrence. After a couple of years of a pandemic, it was certainly ingrained into the public's awareness (we hope). But when it comes to life in the Sherlock Holmes stories, where do we find instances of manual hygiene? And when were some individuals positively slovenly? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community today. http://patreon.com/triflesHave you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Bears | 30 Nov 2023 | 00:29:12 | |
"bear in mind" [MUSG] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-3b3x-nxksAP0-2sUkf4RBRB7StEnNHOR6cj3cJ9VS6u7rx-WBrl_z_6FnD_ZRdgEdDwLyjpuFSKcDEZ_z8Q57kC7eyyeu-Yh6yKRyI8oR3bVyTkYcF1qVOpw9iaM09laXUvfdH_UYZ6Ke7avHOi-GCIz5hFXF0sAcyCFL0AdZcXcWgg1uzXzZ-vZe4/s830/361%20-%20Bears.jpg Image credit: Russell Stutler Can you think of the instances when bears are mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories? We'll give you a minute. No? There are four specific mentions, but blink and you'll miss them. We cover them in this episode, along with exploring just why there are no bears in the United Kingdom. It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. And we have bonus material following this episode, just for our Patrons. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show.Links / Notes
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| Dr. Watson & Mr. Wilde | 18 Feb 2026 | 00:31:10 | |
"a bit of professional business between two gentlemen" [3GAR] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm0WZBR_U1e9hwztceMuRKt94sDFEmrtV7ToyrsTHvkA1ufx45gPAd-NjqIhpDhs8znVv6oQIcJLe_LG6OmtvC0DspRra-pa-qrioDoac61THDKiCDYsdyQKAz9dnVfgSnafcHUzSkhVyabDjiROHss-FUvKmStfp8FvrIUoXpKh3VBcary0Fb-ev8Yw/s759/477%20-%20Watson%20Wilde.png In this month's Mr. Sherlock Holmes the theorist, we turn again to a bit of British scholarship from the 1950s. James Edward Holroyd's chapter "Dr. Watson and Mr. Wilde" in Baker Street By-Ways does an exemplary job of comparing the timelines of the great detective and the great wit, who each had a connection to a certain dinner with J.M. Stoddart of Lippincott's. It's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. There's a new "Trifling Trifles" episode out — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is about the questionable judgment of the head of the Baker Street irregulars. This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack). Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today. Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links
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| By Jove! | 22 Nov 2023 | 00:25:26 | |
"By Jove, Watson; I've got it!" [CHAS] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLlWwg-JiosHF-l7DxsCvLenP9YGwUS944UWl_koAiZEBmnRVorSnLsuU1wJaEjMjuafxZtlCEh8Qzw0lkM0yt-byLM9VWZ91WR3sjgddOvL2cMlsJzRT5Qr7Wqh0Q7xYr2-CwmYHSb5Dbd_tB8PLH5XWnSYAG14E3szxqijkSJmSPxIJVy25R1cGmtg/s704/360%20-%20By%20Jove.png Last month, we contemplated the significance of the exclamation "By George!" So this month, we give ourselves over the gods as we explore "By Jove!" What's the significance of a Jovian exclamation, what's the connection to being jovial, and who is described as such in the Sherlock Holmes stories? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Dr. Watson's Secret | 16 Nov 2023 | 00:25:00 | |
"This terrible secret" [FIVE] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvkl25eCGGY5JUQ1c_XSBwsuNNcKUhwSJKGphcesCL8nzuIy98CJvzzPnfQA_h5gINFZSqWKb-w9hcq8r1wYaMDtglKRC_-p5OL9mVGCJV3BFTWuLnYLFH4sfo9MHdzqjUYWAOOCdTsrmWiayB_-fNT_dQGScHgqLnFzUCyKpgLPHvYCrWSiar13mIVE/s759/359%20-%20Watson%20secret.jpg Dr. Watson was a master of inconsistencies. Or perhaps sloppiness. Or, according to Christopher Morley, intentional obfuscation. With a little chronological detective work, he may have figured it out. Just what was Watson's secret, and why was he keeping it? He did it so well that not only did he keep it from his readers, but from Sherlock Holmes himself. It's the lastest Masters Class and it's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. And we have bonus material following this episode, just for our Patrons. Join our community today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Pencils | 09 Nov 2023 | 00:34:37 | |
"Now, then, give him the pencil." [GREE] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn0TuKomAjeFbc9Xod2gGCtpyVd0zhmojmc4W04HxSbBlHdg7Jo0xSgBgEiK_63KOCDr1ZnRvNctX8Taxw9uZw-iDTCwy4Kt1D4whrrFUjFhiw-zc5NhlUBb9MA91Q2Kuxc20ccw1yX3-MzVlWqeVEnhd4BbbkjIkAJ9sPOY58Ksb2vcwsj_dCzGR82E/s765/358%20-%20Pencils.jpg Writing implements are a part of daily life. They are today and they were when Watson was writing the stories. And from the very first story, Watson picks up a pencil to jot some notes. Where else do we find pencils, and how do they play into the importance of some of the Sherlock Holmes stories? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. And we have bonus material following this episode, just for our Patrons. Join our community today. Find Trifles wherever you listen to podcasts:Listen to Sherlock Holmes: Trifles Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Thanks! | 02 Nov 2023 | 00:31:16 | |
| Tigers | 25 Oct 2023 | 00:32:29 | |
"bag of tigers" [EMPT] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uuoJbYg-EIs1ZuW6YUJ2_kpmql0k8wfXxX0DFyUS56JbUNKXgKk8seh6xula5MrWDnJyfss5wFNo5by2Q36vd-vBvH-k9942-JaCPTu9OthiBAc__PCV-r3PrucQ4eFLyFRKTX0kVd2iJpAPmLVGPomtFnuao6tlEuVQaK86ZzFndEzpM-endoWoph0/s1419/356%20-%20Tigers.png We continue to clean up and cover a few more animals that we missed in previous seasons. The tiger was another foreign curiosity for Victorians, being native to Asia – from the Russian Far East through parts of North Korea, China, India, and Southeast Asia to Sumatra (yes, that Sumatra). While tigers in the Sherlock Holmes stories are few and far between, they're certainly mentioned. In what context? And where exactly? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Was Sherlock Holmes an American? | 19 Oct 2023 | 00:30:21 | |
"I'm a free-born American" [STUD] It's the final quarter of our Masters Class series, and this is the first of three essays we're going to bring you from the pen of Christopher Morley. Morely is important not only because he founded the Baker Street Irregulars, but because of his stature as a writer and person of his time. His essay "Was Sherlock Holmes an American?" first appeared in 1934 but it has enjoyed a life far beyond its original appearance. And it sets the tone for how interested and invested Sherlockians can make something of a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| By George! | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:33:26 | |
"By George, it's marvellous!" [GOLD] "By George!" It's an expression you've heard and read thousands of times, most likely. And it comes up in the Sherlock Holmes stories, naturally. We found "by George" in 10 stories. Which ones were they? Who utters it? And what does it mean? Take the quiz along with us. It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| The Dental Holmes | 05 Oct 2023 | 00:31:51 | |
"a set of excellent teeth" [RESI] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBFEvPhHU2j_sQtHAEAcHmRsGzCxPZQaNN3uAnB2p2DuiFBzPVqxbmcUgfGvYrbKppQGdoDxWXSZskbNKDOc5c-UOWdUlDq_66NpBZwXT44olY3BJ9qmeRuon8sWmgsjuRayfuMzL7fFfvoitkxVksMndMusBOWIlvld6FIFHPFLImZonNQl6KYIOxnc/s800/353%20-%20Dental.jpg Around these parts, we've surveyed the implications of teeth, teeth marks and other clues for the purpose of investigation and detection (listen to Episode 206), but we never looked comprehensively at teeth. In this episode, our discussion ranges from Oscar Wilde's choppers to the history of unfair stereotypes, to pondering how one can tell the cut from a tooth from the cut of a dull knife, and more. It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Lions | 27 Sep 2023 | 00:28:51 | |
"you used to shoot lions" [MAZA] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjam7KwaIKudrmkSpKJ3EvmVvMd04PfUBe7bsCD8cxFUTqKvl5lsp6f6rhWsq2Ons0_rSBhoyP4NGa72oTC1JZ9Y0oiO8cBfE5Moda7oTdgmTH3yNRQwtgzQtsUZ0DCxX5m2k9U1zYzrzLpOTEzyYNUzT7JtKp4jiLRXHNQiIrTwG9AuhSqIWR7IoYTIdk/s1000/352%20-%20Lions.jpg Back in Season 5, we had a recurring feature: each month, we looked at a particular exotic animal from the Sherlock Holmes stories. Langur, mongoose, baboon, jellyfish, worms — a menagerie, for sure. The full playlist is in our links. But we missed lions. Given our recent episode focusing on the terrible tragedy in "The Veiled Lodger," it made us realize there are more lions than just Sahara King in the Canon. It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| The Ripper and the Crown | 21 Sep 2023 | 00:29:46 | |
"He thought the tutor" [3STU] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KYGSQDcCKWgtQkk9BI3yz6UJyH3G8Gy1KEhNj2wcQzlziuKfndy5Rtae0mCljVB2z-Xv8IrJaseS0zc9LqqsLfxSbdu1Jdy0C-GMzkn1RV7MwrqmWyUkdCwt25HvTzNcklVbvjavnnmknQ1IZsChU3AMUpMDyke3lcICljT1GkA-SFOJOSfnbyvN9Ko/s1494/351%20-%20Ripper.jpg The final installment in our Masters Class series featuring the work of Michael Harrison takes us into the world of Jack the Ripper via The World of Sherlock Holmes. Ripperologists have racked their brains for a century and a half with respect to the identity of Jack the Ripper. Even more puzzling is why Sherlock Holmes never got involved in the case. Or, as Harrison surmised, never seemed to get involved. It involves a connection with the British royal family and a sense of timing. And it's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Revenge | 11 Feb 2026 | 00:34:10 | |
"a methodical revenge" [STUD] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8wUA1mNiaUdLMBnf7bQkvujq08EYdf8ad0wq-svcxEyLLFSco6Ik05rCU33w-Bf9zGbwFmNk1d8RngsC4ZC8a_gvqcIxvvy2q23NXs9JvmDzoCxR_b_YqzQUDQFTFU8uYGOP8CHRWr2fwnN6nKJqy3V2wquHGRjJ5esfm4tqbLMwXrYCrrcMJAIZVR8/s1603/476%20-%20Revenge.png They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But what about when it's just threatened? In this episode, we do a sweep of figures in the Sherlock Holmes stories who promised or exacted revenge. Did we catch them all? It's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. There's a new "Trifling Trifles" episode out — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is about the questionable judgment of the head of the Baker Street irregulars. This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack). Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today. Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links
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| Terrible Human Tragedies | 13 Sep 2023 | 00:30:43 | |
"the most terrible human tragedies" [VEIL] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYbUNFfTJKwS35I8_7N2sFMO5EcpA1y0d44tRRDEmrPqh0Gd1JRanPJnvbUJZTgO6DIQOtb6wTn15pJhVGSaZL2Oxdhr3YxNvgrgRNlw6VtUqONqPwnDC-OjRJj8WsPiOB2J03nmEKzjeuOq90gHaRvnWwVfopXzz7ZIQ4HDfe9nVjfIGIX_Rm_qPSTk/s935/350%20-%20Tragedy.jpg Having inadvertently left "The Veiled Lodger" out of our discussion about suicide in Episode 349, we put more focus on it in this episode. The introduction identifies it as "one of the most terrible human tragedies." Is it a tragedy in the classical sense, involving a fall from greatness that evokes pity and terror, or is it merely a sad story? And aren't most of Holmes's cases tragedies in the looser sense? What are some other tragic stories in the Canon? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Suicides in the Sherlock Holmes Stories | 07 Sep 2023 | 00:31:00 | |
"I only breathe it among ourselves—a suicide" [GOLD] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-X5C7whUdADxQpASne1WWiBtbcQ1nqSy_APudC50jlz7_B3kcQpR9MmvO7eqfMpv_wEmfznAwXwq1Y5Yp_0xCFjzRGwVHZdQN2_1un_VhvmnHbqzPQKLEPM_XbkGVulqf1m8T0DRDlMXNxjaOwWgJuKwwtVW-NYYe0ogrW9k2fIF3T404IYYwVfvsuo/s1245/349%20-%20Suicide.jpg LISTENER ADVISORY: This episode contains mentions of suicide, which some listeners may find disturbing. September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and as part of our series on monthly observances, we take a look at suicides in the Canon. Sherlock Holmes was never called in to investigate a suicide, but he encountered a few, along with a number of instances when suicide was attempted, assumed, and ruled out. Suicide is never a trifle, and if you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please dial 988. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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| Dueling Topics: The Real Birlstone Manor | 30 Aug 2023 | 00:32:35 | |
"at the Manor House in consultation with his two colleagues" [VALL] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3FDD3NGmfFdTQ33qAQuOU2OP2vrWRGET4SxZoo95yFJRiCslUb8E6JH-i81vkepCn4G7MlCHbzcsHhZbWVyDFwW-FO3VduzaO_IojRAnNA1C6kewxNBVdOGwMuLFIrq8dHlAmba8zldxnXCVYZEAEzwpvK8XErgyTAOU8NxNbiM3e5dFfUg0NT3jAng/s1200/348%20-%20Birlstone.jpg One of the great bits of fun of scanning the Sherlock Holmes stories is trying to determine the locations for some of the stories. In the case of The Valley of Fear, one of these identifications was made early on by Harold Wilmerding (H.W.) Bell. But his commitment to the Canon would be dashed a decade and a half later by a serendipitous discovery from the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, plus some intrepid footwork by James Montgomery. Just which house was the inspiration for Birlstone Manor? It's just a Trifle. If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies. Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for Baker Street Journals. Join our community of patrons today. Have you left us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. Links / Notes
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