Sherlock Says

Another dollop of Brett awaits our hosts Ansel and Rachael as they finish up discussing season 1 of the Granada TV adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. Find within; professional Best Girl Violet Hunter, adaptational misogyny from an extremely divorced writer, and a lovely series of picnics that are only slightly marred by the bit at the end where Sherlock Holmes Fucking Dies. Contact the pod! Linktree a...

In today's episode of Sherlock Says, Ansel and Rachael finally get to have fun and watch the first season of the Granada Television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, starring the man, the myth, the (allegedly) bisexual disaster himself, Jeremy Brett. Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX3ixKFo3lsvmq6U1pYn8m3cf7N6aOqkqUGCljCO0R00KZ3E 

Rachael and Ansel are back in the Idea Mines for another episode of Sherlock Says Book Club. This time, they finish reading Brian McCusky's How Sherlock Pulled the Trick and grapple with society's oldest question: why didn't Sherlock Holmes stop 9/11? Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX3ixKFo3lsvmq6U1pYn8m3cf7N6aOqkqUGCljCO0R00KZ3E 

In this episode of the Sherlock Says Book Club, Rachael and Ansel continue to read Brian McCusky's How Sherlock Pulled the Trick and have some notes for the author. Look out for discussions of cult deprogramming strategy, how the popular perception of Holmes is fueled by patriarchy, and (because this is the podcast it is) how this all ties into fandom. Wow that sure is a tumblr-ass list of to...

Hold onto your socks, lads, we're getting all intellectual. On this episode, Rachael and Ansel read the first part of How Sherlock Pulled the Trick by Brian McCuskey. The book is - among other things - an examination of how Doyle's spiritualist and pseudoscientific beliefs, far from being separate from Sherlock Holmes, are inextricably tied to him.  Join us for a rollicking discussion of...

On today's episode, your intrepid hosts visit the long-ago times to watch a Basil Rathbone Holmes film, Dressed to Kill . Why does it have a Bond title? Why does it seem like it was made in a drunken weekend? Why did they do this to Watson ??? Tune in and find out* *Finding out not guaranteed Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX3ixKFo3lsvmq6U1...

Editor's Note: Oops the cat fountain was left on for the first 20 minutes of the recording before the hosts noticed, sorry if it makes you have to pee. Ready for some horsing around? Because it's time for another Sherlock Says! This time, Rachael and Ansel are joined by Mick Sharpe to discuss The Adventure of Silver Blaze , a story that's shockingly not as racist as it could have be...

Your Stormy Petrels of Podcasting fly home to roost once again! Rachael and Ansel are joined by special guest Brian to discuss The Adventure of the Reigate Squire . No sorry, I mean The Adventure of the Reigate Squires . Or..... uh.... The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle ? Which is it, Arthur??? Discussion topics include the care and handling of a delicate Holmes, the finest brandies to smoke whil...

This week on Sherlock Says, your hosts Ansel and Rachael learn an important lesson about scheduling and crunch time because they needed an episode on short notice so they played a terrible mobile Sherlock Holmes visual novel dating game. Sadly, this killed them and your humble editor had to train an AI to sound like them so there'd be an episode this week. You can tell they're not real H...

In this episode of Sherlock Says, Rachael and Ansel are joined by Katharin to discuss The Adventure of the Cardboard Box , better known as that one they pulled from print because it was too violent. And frankly, I am personally offended by the rough handling of a rented rowboat, so that reputation is entirely deserved. Oh, and the ear thing too I guess. Also, I can't believe it!!!! He did it...

In this episode, Rachael and Ansel are joined by special guest Kamela to talk about The Adventure of the Naval Treaty , everyone's favorite episode of Seinfeld. I can't believe he did brain fever again, arthur you HACK Check out the Inland Seas! https://www.theinlandseasband.com/ Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX3ixKFo3lsvmq6U1pYn8m3cf...

God this is a long one, like wow, sorry about this. There's just too much gay about The Sign of the Four and we can't help ourselves. Also this book sucks, unrelated to all that. Take a shot because we said Homosocial again! Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX3ixKFo3lsvmq6U1pYn8m3cf7N6aOqkqUGCljCO0R00KZ3E  Contact the pod! Linktree at: h...

In this episode, Rachael and Ansel discuss the second entry in the Holmes canon and the second Holmes novel, The Sign of the Four . Spoiler alert: it's a bad book. It's a racist and misogynist book. But it's also the gayest book and that's a tune we can all dance to. So buckle up and try not to die of a sudden shock or bran fever or however these goddamn Victorians killed off a...

In this episode of Sherlock Says, Rachael and Ansel are rejoined by former cohost Christof to discuss Guy Ritchie's 2009 film adaptation Sherlock Holmes starring god's perfect Watson (Jude Law) and also a guy from some movie about a robot or something. Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX3ixKFo3lsvmq6U1pYn8m3cf7N6aOqkqUGCljCO0R00KZ3E  Con...

This week on Sherlock Says, Rachael and Ansel are joined by Eric to discuss The Adventure of the Redheaded League wherein Holmes becomes the weird little gremlin man we all want him to be all the time and tries to make Watson do more crime solving. Support Fearless Fest! https://fearlesscomedy.org/fearless-fest/ Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX...

Happy Valentines Day, Holmes fans! For this ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE of Sherlock Says, Rachael, Ansel and special guest Carly discuss the definitely not problematic at all story The Adventure of the Crooked Man, the only recorded case in fictional British Legal History of Breaking and Entering with Intent to Mongoose. Support the Arise Project! https://www.gtcuw.org/get-involved/join/arise-pro...

In this bonus episode, Rachael and Ansel discuss their trip to the Sherlock Holmes Exhibit at the Minnesota Historical Society and accompanying talk by Dr. Brian McCuskey. You know it was a good time when it prompts the hosts to talk about the things it made them think about for a full hour. Information and tickets for the exhibit available at https://www.mnhs.org/historycenter/activities/museum/s...

In this episode, Rachael and Ansel are joined by friend of the pod Adam to discuss the Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb , the one where Doyle goes all Star Wars and starts chopping bits off people! Get ready for thrills, chills, kills, and a special expert appearance from a real Science Dad! Content Warning: Gore, a severed finger, claustrophobia Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr....

Is there a better way to celebrate Sherlock Holmes fully entering the public domain than a podcast roasting the absolute hell out of the Doyle estate? I can't think of one! So the author's dead. What next? What do you do with the beloved work of such a bad person? What about work they disowned while alive? What about the beloved work of bad authors who are still alive and profiting? Is t...

Continuing our adventure into the life of that guy who wrote the logic reason man, it's time for World War 1! Also, he dies at the end of this one, which is good because He's Beginning To Strain Our Patience. Also a wizard shows up. Editor's Note: THIS EPISODE MAY BE LOUD! I'm changing up the volume I edit at because I've noticed released episodes tend to be a lot quieter...

We're going for the jingular with this holiday special of Sherlock Says ! Rachael and Ansel are joined by Rowan to discuss The Blue Carbuncle , probably among the top 3 goose-centric Sherlock Holmes mysteries of the canon. Join us for a light yuletide discussion of Holmes's praise kink, tips on how to yeet geese, and our pitch for the new hit show The Dukes of Marylebone . Also look out,...

In this episode I HATE THIS MAN HE'S THE DISNEY STAR WARS TRILOGY OF HUMANS! Grip THAT fact with your cerebral tentacle, Arthur!!! Content Warning: The Belgian Congo, child neglect Contact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX3ixKFo3lsvmq6U1pYn8m3cf7N6aOqkqUGCljCO0R00KZ3E 

In this episode, Rachael and Ansel dive still deeper into the troubling waters of Arthur. He's a bad man and I don't want to give him all his fancy titles anymore, he's just Arthur. That's what you get for profiting from war crimes, asshole! Content Warning: This episode contains discussion about the Second Boer War, so beware of talk about genocide, war crimes, concentration c...

Attention, Twin Cities local listeners! In this BONUS EPISODE of Sherlock Says, Rachael and Ansel review the interactive Sherlock Holmes theater experience from Sparkle Theatricals, The League ! Come out and become part of the Collective Holmes Amalgamation! There's lasers and car chases and unexpected developments. But hurry up, because the show only runs until Halloween 2022! And please, en...

Ghoooooould evening, boos, ghouls and spoooooooooky nonbinary folks! It's time for a chilling Halloween spooktacular meeeeedia re-booooo! Okay no that's awful. In this episode of Sherlock Says, Rachael and Ansel watch the irritatingly vaguely named Asylum film Sherlock Holmes , a movie that for reasons beyond human understanding forced one of the hosts to state "this is not a dinosa...