Episode 513 – Chuckles

“with many chuckles” [HOUN]  

We typically don't guffaw ourselves through the Sherlock Holmes stories. They're not designed to bowl us over with amusement. Nor do we snicker, sneer, or chortle. 

But there was a good deal of chuckling going on in the stories. And Sherlock Holmes was doing most of it. In what situations did Holmes chuckle and what does that tell us about his outlook? It's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 512 – Holmes and Watson: Studies in Addiction

“I was well aware that the fiend was not dead, but sleeping” [MISS]  

Sherlock Holmes infamously used cocaine. Indeed, his habit was such that Dr. Watson, both as a friend and a medical man, was concerned for his health. But addictions in the Canon go beyond that. 

In this month’s “Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist” episode, we turn our attention to Baker Street Miscellanea No. 42 (Summer 1985) in which Robert S. Katz turned his own medical mind to the attention of Holmes's and Watson's addictions, and how they may have been inextricably linked. And it's just a Trifle. 

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• Episode 431 - The Alleged Use of Cocaine by Sherlock Holmes
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Episode 511 – Watson's Bull Pup

“I keep a bull pup” [STUD] 

Among all of the Canonical canines we run into — the spectral Hound, the inveterate Toby, both Carlos, the irascible and protective Roy — there is one that escapes our attention.

We of course refer to Watson's bull pup. But maybe there's a reason for that. Maybe — just maybe — it wasn't a dog at all. But what was it? Join us as we investigate the curious incident of the bull pup in the night-time. It's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 510 – Why He Isn't 'Sir Sherlock' Today

“services which may perhaps some day be described” [3GAR] 

In "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs," we're famously told that "Holmes refused a knighthood". Watson beguilingly only referred to it in passing, and we have no further information on the topic.

Peter Calamai, BSI ("The Leeds Mercury") developed a plausible theory that he put to the test in the Autumn 2012 issue of The Baker Street Journal  titled "Why He Isn't 'Sir Sherlock' Today." It garnered him the Morley-Montgomery Award that year. And it's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 509 – How Annoying

“Would that annoy you?” [STUD] 

Sherlock Holmes was not always the most patient of men. Then again there were others who had no capacity for tolerating delays, incompetence, or simple interruptions.

There are all manners of annoyances in the Sherlock Holmes stories and all kinds of people to annoy. Let's get to work! It's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 508 – £1000

“A thousand pounds! Great Lord of mercy!” [BLUE] 

One thousand pounds sounds like a lot of money — now and in Sherlock Holmes's time. How much would £1000 in 1895 be worth today?

In which stories do we find a mention of "a thousand pounds"? And what is going on around each of those sums? Answers to all of these questions and more are ahead. It's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 507 – Watson, Lomax, and the Goodly Volume

“departed to my rooms with a goodly volume under my arm” [ILLU] 

In this month’s “Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist” episode, it's a matter of a listener-suggested topic. After our Trifling Trifles look at Lomax the sub-librarian, Maxine Reneker wrote to us with an idea.

In 2020, Maxine teamed up with Marsha Pollak to pen "Watson, Lomax, and the Goodly Volume: Observations on the Illustrious Client," in The Baker Street Journal. It gives us a much better idea of what Watson was reading as he prepared for his encounter with Baron Gruner. And it's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 506 – A Study in Pink

“a little wisp of pink” [STUD] 

The Sherlock Holmes stories are filled with colors, from the stories with colors in the titles to the rich scenic details in each. What a great opportunity to explore the rainbow! 

We take this opportunity to explore the context of the color pink across the Canon. We even set it up like something of a quiz so you can play along in real time. Do you think you have what it takes to name the stories? It's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 505 – I Met Harry Murcher

“him who has the Holland Grove beat” [STUD] 

Harry Murcher. There's a name from the Sherlock Holmes stories that could be the answer to a particularly dastardly quiz.

In this episode, we'll get to meet Harry, courtesy of Sonia Fetherston, BSI ("The Solitary Cyclist"), whose article "I Met Harry Murcher: Getting Acquainted with Holland Grove's Elusive P.C." appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of The Baker Street Journal and won the Morley-Montgomery Award that year. It's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 504 – Victims of Circumstance

“some novel and suggestive circumstance” [BRUC] 

We've talked about victims before — people down on their luck, women powerless to do anything, and the like. Then we thought a little more about victims of circumstance.

There are a handful of clients and even side characters in the Sherlock Holmes stories who, through no intention of their own, find themselves in difficult straits. These are such victims. And it's just a Trifle. 

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Episode 503 – Solving the Problems of "The Red-Headed League"

“I see that there was nothing in it, after all.” [REDH] 

In this month’s “Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist” episode, we're getting aggressive: we're taking on a number of trifling things at once.

Greg Darak, BSI ("The Engineer's Thumb") wondered about various troubling items in "The Red-Headed League," a story popular not only for its plot but for its many problems. Dates, practical matters and more face Holmes and readers. These are many Trifles. 

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Episode 502 – The Thames River Police

“a clear reach of the river” [SIGN] 

Once again, a listener has inquired about a trifling topic that we hadn't given much thought to. And as the reference only appears in one place in the Canon, we were concerned there might not be enough to cover.

He wondered about the Thames River police force as mentioned in The Sign of Four. There's not much else to go on in the stories, but we found plenty from the historical record that gave us a sense as to what Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Athelney Jones were working with. And it’s just a Trifle.

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Episode 501 – The Spies Who Never Were

“several international spies and secret agents” [SECO] 

One of the wonders of "His Last Bow" is a snapshot of Britain before the Great War. We're treated to Sherlock Holmes still in top form in the last recorded case of his career, pitting him against the German spy Von Bork.

Michael Pollak, BSI ("The Blue Carbuncle") won the 2010 Morley-Montgomery Award for his article “The Spies Who Never Were with Some Observations on Holmes's Retirement” for his analysis of Conan Doyle's handling of espionage in the Canon, particularly when spy hysteria was running rampant. Was it sensational? Restrained? Accurate? It's just a Trifle.

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Episode 500 – Trifles @ 500

“I would willingly give five hundred” [REIG] 

Five hundred! It's astounding to think we've managed to notch 500 episodes of Trifles. But, do this weekly for nine and a half years, and the math seems to work.

To celebrate our quincentennial, we took an unorthodox approach — one inspired by a scene in The Valley of Fear. Random text on a given page. The exercise was a fascinating one and it produced a number of Trifles.

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Episode 499 – Who Was Barker?

“my friend and rival, Mr. Barker” [RETI] 

We occasionally get suggestions for topics, and this is one of those cases. Kai Johansen wondered “who was Barker?” — as in “Barker, my hated rival on the Surrey shore,” in “The Retired Colourman.”

It led us to a  short article in The Baker Street Journal by William Schweickert (Vol. 43 No. 2) that takes us through Mercer, Shinwell Johnson, and Langdale Pike and then proposes that Barker held a particularly important role. What was it? It’s just a Trifle.

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Episode 498 – Thorndyke on Holmesian Methods

“I’ve heard of your methods before now, Mr. Holmes” [NAVA] 

In this month’s “Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist” theme, we turn our attention to another detective — a contemporary of Sherlock Holmes: Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke.

The creation of R. Austin Freeman, Thorndyke appeared in 21 novels and 40 short stories published between 1907 and 1942. In Baker Street Miscellanea No. 9, Howard Brody uncovered Thorndyke’s opinion of Sherlock Holmes’s methods, and it’s just a Trifle. 

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Episode 497 – The Shivers

“It is not cold which makes me shiver” [SPEC] 

We've all had moments when we've shivered. Perhaps it's from being exposed to the cold for a while, so the entire body spasms in an effort to create heat. Or maybe it's a tingle along our spine, brought on by something that scares us.

We trace the appearance of shivers and shivering in the Sherlock Holmes stories, to determine who was shivering and why. We even explore a little about origins of the word itself. It's just a Trifle.

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Episode 496 – Holmes Alone

“the gap of loneliness and isolation” [MAZA] 

Holmes and Watson go together like every great paring. To think of one of them, one must, by simple association, think of the other. It seems almost anathema to consider them alone. 

In his 2009 Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article "Holmes Alone: Glimpses of Post-Watson Baker Street in 'The Mazarin Stone,'" Marshall Berdan, BSI ("Henri Murger") paints a very different picture than the lost-without-his-Boswell detective. His analysis is just a Trifle.

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Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band.
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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