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HOLMES NON-CANONICALS

SHERLOCK HOLMES was acquainted with many famous personages, albeit not always Canonically (i.e., not always specifically cited in Watson’s chronicles). Well researched are his interactions with the Count Vlad Dracula … Continue reading

March 20, 2013 · Leave a comment

HOLMES IN JAPAN

THE NEAREST that Sherlock Holmes ever got to Japan was his hiatus in Tibet, but this didn’t keep him from becoming one of Japan’s most popular folk heroes. Watson’s first … Continue reading

August 26, 2012 · Leave a comment

WATSON’S EYESIGHT, HOLMES’ EATING HABITS

FOLLOWERS OF Sherlock Holmes take everything written by Dr. John H. Watson as utter truth. It’s a charming conceit among Sherlockians that all of the tales were merely relayed to … Continue reading

August 17, 2012 · Leave a comment