Baker Street Digressions

Sherlock Holmes Is Real

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A fictional docudrama about a supposed conspiracy to turn Sherlock Holmes from a historical figure to a fictional character over the last hundred years by person or persons unknown.

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Baker Street Digressions

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Latest episode

Jun 6, 2026

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Episodes

The Footage of the Unlucky Gambler 06.06.2026

The REAL Sherlock Holmes is Real crew is back to discuss "The Case of the Unlucky Gambler" as seen on the YouTubes as a TV show instead of being truly credited as Watson's documentary footage of his time with Sherlock Holmes. And Sergeant Wilkins is back, and smarter than ever!

Thursdays With Moriarty 29.05.2026

Regular listeners to Thursdays With Moriarty only, please. Feed reroute as per Incommoded Protocol 5 from darkest web channel.

The Footage of the Neurotic Detective 15.05.2026

Join the Sherlock Holmes Is Real panel of experts as they dissect the most mental-health-centered footage from Watson's late 1800s documentaries, re-edited by Moriarty's remnants of a gang to look like a 1950's TV show. Who is the real neurotic detective? And are Sedgely and Sedately signs of a parallel world infringing upon our own? So many questions! So few answers!

The Footage of the Moriarty Propaganda alias Young Sherlock 17.03.2026

Before heading out to St. Patrick's Day parades and other festivities if you have watched TV's new "Young Sherlock," best listen to SHIR's crack team of conspiracy wranglers to see if you might have been programmed for Irish boxing by the latest incursion into film by Moriarty's minions. IT COULD BE TOO LATE ALREADY. Is this just another review of yet another Sherlock Holmes based television show,...

The Footage of the Haunted Gainborough 22.02.2026

King, Thimbleburger, and Spielberg explore what went on with Watson's documentary footage of Sherlock Holmes investigating a Scottish ghost. Are gloves on the ground evidence that ghosts are near? Did Sherlock Holmes have a. technique that Velma Dinkley should have used? And are there ghosts in political offices?  All this and more from another close examination of the Watson footage we find on th...

The Footage of the Royal Murder and Irregular Break-ins 10.01.2026

Our usual team of experts goes live and on-camera for a session recorded at the annual Dangling Prussian night of the Montage Street Incorrigibles. Moriarty interference, text messages, and phone calls from New York City all give us troubles, and at the 40 minute and 52 minute marks you can hear where breaking news about Baker Street Irregulars take us off our usual course as we analyze Watson's d...

The Footage of the Baker Street Nursemaids 29.12.2025

In a Moriartian mix-up, this is actually episode five for 2025, delayed until after episode six. In this bit of Watsonian footage we see how child care can turn Watson's fatherly instincts into becoming a virtual punching machine to save his charge.

The Footage of the Baker Street Bachelors 29.12.2025

Talon King, Dr. Janet Peters, Mrs. Horace Thimbleburger, and Mr. Shecky Spielberg attempt to review the most mystifying Moriarty-minion-edit of Watson's documentary footage to date. John Watson, actually afraid of women? Impossible!

The Footage of the Night Train Riddle 30.08.2025

Watson gets to show off both his physical and mental skills in this latest documentary footage of his time with Sherlock Holmes, and we finally get to see one of the most famous figures in Sherlock's life, as well as insights into the pedigree of a particular character from Magnum PI. The truth is out there on the YouTubes and we're determined to figure it out!

The Footage of the Christmas Pudding 01.08.2025

Amazing as it may seem, our panel of experts came back for a second episode, like they might even be regulars now! Join Talon King, Mrs. Horace "Thingy" Thimbleberger, Dr. Janet Peters, and Shecky Spielberg as they explore Christmas pudding in July. How many Victorians named "John H. Something" with six wives were there? Who does Sherlock Holmes seem more frightened of than Professor Moriarty? And...

The footage of the Deadly Prophecy 04.07.2025

Sherlock Holmes Is Real has reloaded with a new group of experts to analyze Watson's documentary footage as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go to Belgium to see a theoretical beauty about a sleepwalking boy who predicts death, all in the case the YouTubes call "The Case of the Deadly Prophecy." How could Sherlock Holmes not be real? We've seen the footage!

The footage of the Wrong Podcast 30.03.2025

Hello. I've only got a few seconds here to type this, but, Chizzers just pushed some other podcast into this feed to add more confusion to this show's mission. Notice all the weird Sherlock TV shows that are coming out? Watson alive while Holmes is dead? Sherlock Holmes and his daughter? You don't think that's the Professor at work? Just like this "Bull Pup" discussion of an episode of CBS's Watso...

The Footage of the Careless Suffaragette 17.11.2024

When women's rights becomes a literally explosive topic in Victorian England, villains emerge . . . could we finally have found Moriarty in Watson's documentary footage? Or was it someone else, all along? The clues are here!

The Footage of the Impromptu Performance 09.09.2024

Talon King struggles to document the Watson documentary footage titled "The Case of the Impromptu Performance" on YouTube after being disturbed that another Watson seems to be documenting cases on a new podcast and distracting innocents from the original Watson. Sherlock Holmes works on stimulating beverages. Leskins shipping comes up. Watson has a scam for getting cigars in the night. And no AI w...

The Footage of the Eiffel Tower. And Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. 12.08.2024

The events of the past year may have taken their toll on host Talon King, and last episode's podcast takeover by complete strangers have not helped his mental state. This week's co-host might not be long-term.

The footage of the Imposter Mystery 06.07.2024

Bud, Marco, and LaDonna deep dive into episode twenty-nine of the 1954 TV series "Sherlock Holmes" starring Ron Howard and Marian Crawford, and they find that Bud can't get over a guy that looks like Matt Damon. And what is Marco drinking this week? Everything is same old, same old with your friends at Sherlock Holmes Is Real and here's the latest episode! It's all good!

The footage of the Vanished Detective 24.01.2024

Paul and Talon are joined by tea afficionado Heather Hinson who emphasizes the importance of letting Scotland Yard inspectors have their tea. Oh, and Watson has lost Sherlock Holmes, but we still have a double dose of Sergeant Wilkins, the unwritten hero of Sherlockian lore.

The Footage of the Thistle Killer 27.11.2023

Paul and Talon look into Watson's documentary footage of a Victorian serial killer apparently suppressed by official histories, and Inspector Lestrade's first foray into filming.

Special Report: The Chimp Who Looked Like Sherlock Holmes 06.08.2023

Paul and Talon jump online for breaking news about a new cover-up in the history of the great detective Sherlock Holmes, this time involving comics.

The Footage of the Laughing Mummy 01.05.2023

What happens when John H. Watson, documentary film-maker, attempts to create the first fishing show and only manages to catch Sardines? Talon King and Paul Thomas Miller explore the finer points of more Watson documentary footage of an attempted vacation and England's worst bed-and-breakfast,  as always diving deep into just how real Sherlock Holmes is.

The footage of the Graystone Inscription 07.01.2023

Does Watson's footage of the real events he re-wrote as "The Musgrave Ritual" make for a better story than the print version? Are lobsters and tomatoes a thing? And what was Sherlock Holmes's deal there? Talon King and Paul Thomas Miller are back analyzing Watson's documentary film like only such minds can analyze!

Blue Carbuncle Eve Special: A Christmas Goose 27.12.2022

As a very special Blue Carbungle Eve treat, the host of some other podcast reads "A Christmas Goose" by Mary O'Reilly. Gather 'round the old timey radio and give this tale a listen!

The footage of the Singing Violin 16.10.2022

Talon and Paul are back after an extra-long summer hiatus, and the analysis of Dr. Watson's evolution as a documentary film-maker is going strong. Talon's wandering accent is topped by his many pronunciations of the name "Durham," and Paul shows what a great musical ear he has for Watson's voice. Want to listen to talk of the REAL Sherlock Holmes as seen in Watson's footage? Then this is the podca...

The footage of the French interpreter 06.06.2022

The Sherlock Holmes Realist Society joins Talon and Paul for a second time as they examine the footage for the case Watson would eventually write up as "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter." 

The footage of the jolly hangman (and the Realists!) 30.01.2022

The brand new Sherlock Holmes Realist Society comes together to support and encourage our investigations of Watson's documentary footage by jumping straight into the fray. Watson's baby impression and the truth about Martha from "His Last Bow" are just a part of what you'll learn from this one. 

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