Show Notes
Jeb and Blake are joined by Ken Feder (Frauds, Myths & Mysteries , Fifty Sites) to discuss the question of whether Sherlock Holmes was largely a real person - namely Arthur Conan Doyle. The Great Game - the playful (usually) exploration of the idea that Sherlock was real Michael Saler, As If Sherlockian and author Peter Lovesey wandering in the "western docks."
Sherlockian Stanley MacKenzie in front of part of his collection of memorabilia.
Holmes' deerstalker comes from actor Sidney Paget. The phrase "elementary my dear Watson" and the big smoking pipe come from William Gillette. There was a 1916 silent film that was lost until rediscovered in 2014. The story of Sherlock's Violin Doyle's father - Charles Altamont Doyle - troubled (but gifted) artist.
Anna May Wong (actress) In a number of films from the 30s Arthur Wontner was Holmes & Ian Flemming as Watson (This was Australian actor Ian Flemming, not the British action/spy novelist behind that other famous British crime solver, James Bond.) Wontner got the Sherlock role after he'd played a popular version of a Holmes-style knock off character called Sexton Blake. Nimoy playing Sherlock Lots of Star Trek connections to Sherlock. Sherlockian and Scotland Yard official, Philip Dalton
In a re-creation located in The Sherlock Holmes public house. Smithsonian on the location of 221B Baker. Nimoy Fashion Alert:
Sherlockian H. R. F. Keating (and man guarding wizarding library from curious muggles...)
Did Doyle introduce skiing to Switzerland? Doyle's letter writing campaign on armor for British soldiers. Cases Doyle worked on: Major Alfred Wood George Edalji Sherlock Holmes and the Piltdown Controversy? SciFi Series mentioned by Jeb The Case of the Missing Link Amazing little documentary about the Cottingley Fairies hoax.
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Jeb and Blake go in research of... MOON MADNESS! Does the full moon drive people mad? Will this episode drive your hosts mad? Was In Search Of... not able to afford a fact-checker in season five? SO MANY QUESTIONS! This is our Halloween Episode for season five. This is our TIME TRAVEL episode for season five. This is... MOON MADNESS.
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Note: This episode briefly touches on the topic of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.
Jeb and Blake tackle In Search Of...'s S05E03 topic of Lee Harvey Oswald. Episode Summary This In Search Of episode examines the assassination of President John F. Kennedy through the lens of (at the time this aired) newly discovered acoustic evidence and Cold War intrigue. Rather than accepting the Warren Commission's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, the episode presents "new evidence" suggesting a conspiracy involving multiple gunmen, potential Soviet involvement, and even the extraordinary theory that the man killed by Jack Ruby may not have been the real Lee Harvey Oswald. The episode relies heavily on acoustic analysis of the Dallas police motorcycle tape (1978), testimony from KGB defector Yuri Nosenko, handwriting analysis of Oswald's Soviet diary, and the fringe theory of British investigator Michael Eddowes that a Soviet lookalike carried out the assassination. Notably, this episode aired just three weeks before the election of Ronald Reagan, and sits chronologically between two major investigations: Dr. James Barger's acoustic analysis work (1978) and the National Academy of Sciences' debunking of that analysis (1982).
Blake and Jeb discuss ISO's coverage of FAITH HEALING. The episode goes to places new and old. Jeb gives us historical context. Blake gets angry. Nimoy wears a lab coat.