Sherlock Holmes fandom

I'll try to keep it short, but...

First of all, if you are a Sherlock Holmes fan, as I am, and I'm not a fanatic, I have run into some Sherlockians, you know, who would put my knowledge to shame.

So I'm not to that level.

But I've read every Sherlock Holmes story multiple times.

And when I wrote my Holmes version in the several chapters where Holmes is writing in his own voice, the voice I kept hearing in my head was Christopher Plummer speaking.

in the final 20 minutes of that movie, basically telling off the British government, you know, how dare you? You know, that was the tone I tried to take with Holmes.

As he unravels the conspiracy in New York, he becomes more and more skeptical of his own government, you know, which most Sherlockians would be appalled by, right? And understandably, but I had that Christopher Plummer.

Mycroft would surely be appalled by it.

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I should also mention that if you are of the theatrical type, well, there's all kinds of goings-on in the theater, and Peter Blau keeps a great list of those in his scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press.

But one group in Cleveland, Ohio, Dobama Theater, is doing a Sherlock Carol from December 3rd, 2026, to January 3rd, 2027th.

I had a chance to speak to the producer and director there and give them a little advice from we Sherlockians.

And they were kind enough to give a discount code to our listeners.

The fandom's huge.

They're known as the Sherlockians.

They call themselves the Sherlockians or the Baker Street Irregulars.

They're everywhere.

They're all over the world.

Yeah, a lot of people don't know this about Conan Doyle.

I mean, people who are fanatics and Sherlockians, they of course know that Conan Doyle had trained as a doctor.

He comes from a very impoverished background.

And he's born in Edinburgh, which is a great medical university at the time.

And as you say, Adrian Conan Doyle, who was the youngest son, takes great offense to this.

And this weird fight breaks out in the newspapers.

And I am told by Sherlockians that Adrian Conan Doyle was the kind of man who could get in a fight with his own shadow, which might explain why he got so offended.

But as you say, it's strange because, of course, his father said this.

And this is a very interesting, interesting, interesting essay written by Robert S. Katz, Dr. Robert S. Katz.

This is a topic that's been on the minds of Sherlockians for years and years and years, and we've had over the years a variety of people who've been expert in this sort of area.

You know, for example, Dr. David Musto at Yale, who was a specialist in, oh, sort of addictive diseases, and who founded the Yale Sherlock Holmes Society, the late David Musto.

But Bob has a really unique... twist on this question of addiction that's really worth revisiting.

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You've taken my breath away, Mr. Holmes.

Yeah, a lot of people don't know this about Conan Doyle.

I mean, people who are fanatics and Sherlockians, they of course know that Conan Doyle had trained as a doctor.

He comes from a very impoverished background.

And he's born in Edinburgh, which is a great medical university at the time.

And as you say, Adrian Conan Doyle, who was the youngest son, takes great offense to this.

And this weird fight breaks out in the newspapers.

And I am told by Sherlockians that Adrian Conan Doyle was the kind of man who could get in a fight with his own shadow, which might explain why he got so offended.

But as you say, it's strange because, of course, his father said this.