Episode 465 – Angels of Darkness

“upon the track of the avenging angels” [STUD] 

The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes series continues with a three-act play that wasn't published until over a century after it was written by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The story of its discovery and dating is even more interesting than the play itself, which is reminiscent of the American chapters of A Study in Scarlet and is... Well, you'll hear. It's just a Trifle. 

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Download | 29.7 MB 23:35

Links

• The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes (The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library)
• The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes episode collection (Patreon | Substack)
• Other episodes mentioned:
• Trifles Episode 318 - Dr. Watson's Marriages 
• I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 13: A Life in Letters
• All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock
• Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com 
• Our merch site

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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Episode 464 – A Most Valuable Institution

“all the main ones in the press reports” [THOR] 

Sherlock Holmes knew how to use newspapers to his advantage. Time and again, we see him scanning the agony column and making clippings.

He told Watson "The press is a most valuable institution if only one knows how to use it." Just how did he use it and in which cases? It's just a Trifle. 

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Download | 20.6 MB 21:41

Links

• Other episodes mentioned:
• Episode 50 - The Agony Column
• New Sherlockian merch!
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• Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com 

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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Episode 463 – Lucky Thirteen

“thirteen in number” [HOUN] 

Ask the average citizen about the number thirteen, and it is likely to inspire terror, or at least some slight trepidation. Right up there with black cats and overturned saltshakers, the number thirteen has a long history associated with bad luck.

But what about in the Sherlock Holmes stories? Where does the number thirteen pop up and what can we infer from it? 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.

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Download | 20.6 MB 21:41

Links

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Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band.
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Episode 462 – The Sherlock Holmes We Never Knew

“and actor and a rare one” [SIGN] 

The monthly feature of Morley-Montgomery Award-winning articles continues apace, when we share these top-notch pieces of Sherlockian scholarship from the pages of The Baker Street Journal. 

This episode is from S.E. Dahlinger's truly remarkable 1999 article "The Sherlock Holmes We Never Knew," which gives us a better understanding of William Gillette and the play that made him a household name (and a fortune). It's a large article and a very significant Trifle. 

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Download | 39.5 MB 40:41

Links

• The Morley-Montgomery Award
• The Morley-Montgomery Award series of episodes (Patreon | Substack)
• Long Lost William Gillette Sherlock Holmes Film from 2016 Found
• Remembering William Gillette
• Other episodes mentioned:
• Episode 126: Becoming the Gillettes (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere)
• Episode 147: Sherlock Holmes and Silent Films (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere)
• Episode 34: William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere)
• All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock
• Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com 

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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