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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Jun 6, 2026

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Episodes

The footage of the Split Ticket analyzed 01.12.2021

Iread Bleakly, an analyst analyst, has appeared in Paul's absence to help review the footage of a nervous Irishman. Basil of Baker Street's reality is questioned. Suspicions are raised of leprechaunism and many other things.

The footage of the Shoeless Engineer tested 27.09.2021

The actual live footage of the real Sherlock Holmes solving the case Watson would write up as "The Engineer's Thumb" is analyzed by King and Miller, as their investigation of the Watson documentary footage continues. They test the footage with an audience again, this time pulling the entire John H. Watson Society into the testing lab with mixed results.

The footage of the Red-Headed League tested 21.08.2021

The two men who definitely haven't drank the "1954 TV" Sherlock Holmes Kool-Aid (because one of them doesn't know what Kool-Aid even is) are back to not only analyze Watson's documentary footage -- now they're testing it on human subjects!  The trans-Atlantic investigation of the fictionalizing of the real Sherlock Holmes continues!

The footage of the divinity fudge killer 10.07.2021

Talon King, Victorian film expert Paul Thomas Miller, and special guest, social anthropologist Raquel Rodriguez, look at some of the most disturbing of Dr. Watson's documentary footage to date -- his recordings of the serial killer called "Mother Hubbard" by the conspirators attempting to portray Watson's work as "just a TV show."

The footage of Harry Crocker 31.03.2021

Man about town Talon King and Holmesian boy genius Paul Thomas Miller examine the found footage of "The Case of Harry Crocker," and note how many people in Victorian England looked similar to each other, the one-sided nature of London houses, and more indications of Sherlock Holmes as more criminal than detective. Sherlock Holmes is real, and the footage is out there! 

The footage of the blind man's bluff 21.03.2021

Paul Thomas Miller and Talon King are back, with one of the worst sound engineers in the podcast industry, Jimmy "Army" Buckles. Is the result a listenable podcast? We don't know, but if you make it to the end, you can hear Talon's mum play a jaunty tune on her squeeze box.

The footage of the Winthrop pirate curse 26.12.2020

Casey Hills from "The Final Podblem" podcast joins Talon and Paul for some of the weirdest documentary footage so far, wherein a single word seems to derail logical thought, and at some point the guy who does the sound editing seems to come in and take Talon's place. It's an hour and a half of content nominally about less than a half hour of YouTube video. You can find The Final Podblem at https:/...

The footage of the scandalous ballerina parts 24.11.2020

It was the best of episodes, it was the worst of episodes, as our panel of experts analyzes the footage filed under "The Case of the Shy Ballerina," referencing Billy Wilder, the myth of British sex, Victorian hat use, the Watsonic poetry style, and then completely fall out of character by the end. Better luck next time, listeners!

The footage about the nose-pulling ghost 15.10.2020

Does adding a professional counsellor help the show, or does it just lead Talon and Randy to more perversity as Paul tries to keep a modicum of dignity to the proceedings? And it's October, so a Watson-abusing ghost is as seasonal as pumpkin spice scones! Join the our documentary-analyzing team of supposed experts for an hour or so of supposedly analyzing evidence that this supposed Sherlock Holme...

The footage of the questionable cowgirl 11.09.2020

With our resident Victorian film expert out of action this episode, amateur podcaster Talon King and Sherlock Holmes superfan Randy Davis attempt to analyze "The Case of the Texas Cowgirl" on their own. The results, missing the input of the more intelligent member of the team, are probably at the level this footage deserved.

The footage of the castle in Macleod's domain 26.08.2020

Talon King, Victorian film expert Paul Thomas Miller, Sherlock Holmes superfan Randy Davis, and special guest Professor Amity Cannon, expert in secret societies, all join forces to break down the documentary footage that Watson based his novel "The Valley of Fear" upon, which was released to the You Tubes as "The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun."

The footage of Sherlock's meth lab and Lady Beryl's face 05.08.2020

In our second review of Watson's documentary footage, Holmes and Wilkins spend a day in a questionable laboratory, Watson and Lestrade find a common bond, and Watson gives Lady Beryl her close-up. As we saw last time, John H. Watson left a lot out when he got around to writing about Sherlock Holmes instead of filming him. "The Case of Lady Beryl" reviewed as only a podcast called "Sherlock Holmes...

The footage of Watson's first day with Sherlock Holmes 23.07.2020

In season five's bold new adventure for "Sherlock Holmes is Real," new host Talon King welcomes Paul Thomas Miller for a thorough analysis of found documentary footage filmed by Dr. Watson himself, hidden on the internet under the guise of a 1954 TV show that no one really remembers being on TV. In this first episode, they cover Watson's first day with Holmes and "The Case of the Cunningham Herita...

The NEW Sherlock Holmes Is Real 19.07.2020

With the former hosts of the show lost to investigations and quarantine, Talon King pitches the new "Sherlock Holmes is Real." Because THIS time, Sherlock Holmes is really real.

Episode Twenty-Six: The Secret of Mary Morstan 13.05.2020

The pandemic has kept the usual hosts out of the studio, and their replacement tries hard to fill the void with a new Mary Morstan revelation . . . and a song.

Episode Twenty-five: Talon Take the Wheel! 27.03.2020

It was a time of much worry and woe. It was a time of care and concern. And yet one Sherlockian's brother finds podcast equipment and ignores all of that, recording some of the worst Sherlockian content you will hear all year.

Episode Twenty-four: Trick or Treek 30.10.2019

With half the hosts in a place we're not sure of, a mini-sode that we're not sure of somehow finds its way to the feed. Happy Moorville-ween!

Episode Twenty-Three: Moorville 01.09.2019

A familiar voice returns from a trip with a rather mundane tale to tell of a place called Moorville, Kansas. But that same voice has already told us a very different story.

The Adventures of Oopserman! 10.08.2019

Sherlock Holmes's true place as a hero with special gifts is revealed at last!

Episode Twenty-Two: That Jones Girl 30.07.2019

Toni Sutherland has suspicions about Chelsea Jones, and the trail to get to the heart of it all leads to some most curious folk.

Episode Twenty-One: The ABCD Scenario 31.05.2019

Toni's not happy with the network, and an anonymous caller goads Alan into telling the story of ABCD.

Episode Twenty: Puppets Against Wine 23.04.2019

Puppet Toni Sutherland and Puppet Alan King investigate a fermented conspiracy, only to be confronted with a surprise visitor from a foreign land.

Episode Nineteen: The Ratzegger Prophecies 08.03.2019

Following earlier investigations into "the Old Women of Houndsditch," a group of the earliest Sherlockians who were parodied by Ronald Knox, Toni and Alan focus on one particular member of that group and what he may have been seeing. 

Episode Eighteen: TALON KING LIVE!!! 03.03.2019

Bored with the same old "Sherlock Holmes is real" nonsense? Talon King, the not-a-Sherlock-guy brother of Alan King does some house-sitting and gets in some podcast-sitting at the same time! Hear stories! Learn things! If you listen to no other episode, this episode will not be like one of those!

Episode Seventeen: The Old Women of Houndsditch 28.01.2019

A letter from a Sherlockian author not unfamiliar to the podcast sends Alan King off on a conspiracy binge involving Ronald Knox working against Sherlockians, the British government using Conan Doyle to distract Vincent Starrett, and other things that co-host Toni Sutherland would rather he not.

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