Episode 82 - Sherlock Holmes's Underground Network

"the irregulars are useful sometimes" [RETI] 

Homeless children. A gossip columnist. A dog. What do all of these have in common? They're part of the underground network of helpers that Sherlock Holmes cobbled together.

With these individuals and more, Holmes was able to fan out across the great metropolis and gather information that helped him solve his cases. And they're the subject of this week's Trifles episode.

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• This episode: ihose.co/trifles82
• The Bakerloo line
• The Baker Street Irregulars
• Episode 58 - Sherlock Holmes's Index
• Episode 62 - Reference Sources

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Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
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Episode 81 - Unpublished Cases: Holmes's Early Clients

"before my biographer had come to glorify me." [MUSG] 

We've previously covered the tantalizing cases that Sherlock Holmes pulled out of his tin box. This time, we spend time thinking about some of his other clients before he met Dr. Watson.

There's one we know by name, but the speculation begins fairly early on, as we try to use Holmes's methods to determine who some of his other clients might have been in those first years of his consultancy.

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Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles81
• Tit-Bits (Wikipedia)
• Sherlock Holmes at Oxford by Nick Utechin (2nd edition 1981)
• "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook" by Agatha Christie

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Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
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Episode 80 - Inside 221B: The Wax Bust

"a wax-coloured model of my old friend" [EMPT] 

One of the handiest items found at 221B Baker Street has to be the wax bust of Sherlock Holmes. More than once it played a role as a decoy for Sherlock Holmes.

But when did Holmes commission it and how did it get to Baker Street? And was it even the same bust between the two tales? These questions and more await in the latest edition of Trifles.

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• The House of Wax
• The Tingler
• New Sherlock Holmes Wax Figure

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Episode 79 - Umbrellas in the Canon

"the streaming umbrella" [FIVE] 

London is supposed to be a decidedly rainy place. The place where one might expect to find an umbrella or two carried about.

But only a handful of stories of Sherlock Holmes included the mention of umbrellas, galoshes, waterproofs or other rain gear. We investigate the trifling matter of the few umbrellas in the Canon.

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• This episode: ihose.co/trifles79
• Episode 60 - Unpublished Cases: James Phillimore
• Fox Umbrellas (London)

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