Sherlock Holmes Is Real

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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. 

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!

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.

Toni and Alan delve into a Sherlock Holmes that actually was male . . . though not, perhaps, the Sherlock we know: The Sherlock Holmes of Esher. His legacy, both in offspring and a branch of Sherlockiana called "the Esherlockians" leads them to answers that were not immediately apparent.

Alan King explores an urban myth of a black hansom cab which appears annually to look for a man who called himself "Sherlock Holmes." Was an entire Sherlock Holmes scion society built just to stop that from happening? 

Toni Sutherland takes a close look at irene Adler's treatment at the hands of male Sherlockians of the past century. Alan King talks about an odd thing in a bibliography.

Alan King gathers a Sherlockian think tank of notables for a free-wheeling discussion of Sherlock Holmes conspiracies . . . and maybe Keith Richards, if you listen long enough.

Alan King returns from his shipping after he encounters a pirate connection, and follows the thread to eventually accuse Moriarty of all new crimes.

RANDOM BONUS MATERIAL!! Someone who is definitely NOT Alan King gives a talk that definitely has NOTHING to do with Sherlock Holmes, pondering the Joker, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and a few other cultural touchstones.

Toni seems to have given up on Alan, as he's traded in his usual conspiracy investigations for continuing to ship Andercroft and fixating on "The Empty Hearse." Why is this even a podcast?

Alan King prepares to go to 221B Con, meets an old adversary there, and comes back . . . changed.

Alan King travels to Indiana to see what insights he can gain from Vincent W. Wright, writer of the blog "Historical Sherlock." A new conspiracy is revealed, this time involving not Sherlock Holmes, but the other guy.

Sherlock Holmes Is Real returns for season two! A Sherlock Holmes fan club goes missing! A 1940s radio show host gets hoaxed . . . or does he? Another noisy restaurant interview! And a big government project with a Holmes brother called in? This show!

Letters to Sherlock Holmes are the theme of this holiday bonus episode.

Toni Sutherland and Alan King discuss what's been going on with the "Sherlock Holmes Is Real" podcast and what the true motivations behind it might have been. The season finale.

Toni Sutherland does a panel at a local conspiracy theorist convention and is cut off by a familiar voice in the crowd. Alan King goes on like he usually does, but Toni spends more time on her own conspiracy theory on Sherlock Holmes.

Toni Sutherland plays an audio file of Alan King trying to corner a man named Edgar Pettibone with conspiracy questions of all sorts. Questions are then raised about a hill that was named for Sherlock Holmes.

Toni Sutherland delves into Alan King's theories about Professor Moriarty and the fate of the Baker Street Irregulars. Chelsea Jones tracks down a man who calls himself "Porlock" for some nonsense.

Toni Sutherland interviews Rob Nunn, author of  The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street , and tries to find links to the conspiracy to keep Sherlock Holmes fictional. Conspiracy theorist Alan King goes on about the black armbands worn when Sherlock Holmes died. And the world's worst podcast guest appearance by a Sherlockian blogger whom we won't name here.