Sherlock Says

Don't go chasing waterfalls, friends. This week on Sherlock Says, your fearless hosts Rachael and Ansel are joined by friend of the pod Elena Stabile to throw Sherlock Holmes off a cliff. That's right, it's The Final Problem ! Arthur really thought he'd be free of this guy afterward, but then he kept needing to remodel his house, so don't expect it to stick. Twin Cities pe...

Welcome back, dear listeners, to another installment of Sherlock Says. Today, your intrepid hosts Ansel and Rachael are joined by special guest Loren Vork to dive deep into the world of Orientalism because Arthur got a bee in his bonnet about opium that month. That's right, it's The Man With the Twisted Lip , Doyle's racist PSA about....... beggars? What's with this dude? Edwar...

Have you ever wanted a short story to mirror the experience of sitting on public transit next to a crypto guy? No? Well, too bad! This week on Sherlock Says, your intrepid hosts Rachael and Ansel are joined by special guest Doc aka Theyself to discuss The Adventure of the Readhea - um, I mean the Stockbroker's Clerk . At least, I think it's not Redheaded League. No promises. Content Warn...

We ask the hard questions on this podcast, you know. Hard questions like "does tree go up". This time on Sherlock Says, your eternal hosts Rachael and Ansel are joined by artist Whittney Streeter to discuss The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual , one of the few stories in the canon that are narrated by Holmes! And we find out why there aren't a lot of those. Ahead lie experiments in...

Get out your child size 14 tennis shoes and your laser pointers, because it's time for Sherlock Says! Rounding off the coverage of BBC's Sherlock season 1, your intrepid hosts Ansel and Rachael breath a sigh of relief..... for now. This episode covers The Great Game , probably the best episode of Sherlock? Jury's still out. Join us for lots of random poisoning, horrifying bombings,...

The circus is back in town this week on Sherlock Says as Rachael and Ansel watch episode 2 of BBC's Sherlock: The Blind Banker , also known as the worst episode of this show for quite a while. I hope your bullshitometers are tuned and your racism gauges are properly calibrated because this one's "about" Chinese people. I'm so sorry. Content Warning: Detailed discussion of...

This week, on a very special 50th EPISODE SUPER SPECTACULAR, your hosts Ansel and Rachael return at last to where it began: the BBC's Sherlock . Covering episode 1, A Study in Pink , your humble presenters will begin to grapple with their demons and the various fandom skeletons in their closets. Editor's Note: Sorry this one came up late, I just completely forgot to upload and schedule i...

DISCLAIMER : In this episode, Rachael confuses Petrarch and Plutarch, causing great offense to the man who invented the Sonnet, and she is mortified. Welcome back, super sleuths, it's another Sherlock Says! This time, Rachael and Ansel are joined by local thespian  Kyle B. Dekker to discuss The Boscombe Valley Mystery , most famously known as "the story where that illustration of Holmes...

You've got a fever (needing to kill time) and we've got the prescription: One dose of Sherlock Says with Ansel and Rachael every 2 weeks. Taken for joint pain, muscle spasms, boredom, anxiety, and having to watch more House MD . Side effects may include rude doctors, exploding penises, hallucinations, exposure to transphobia, and events surrounding children that use some demonetization w...

Get your canes and Vicodin ready, kids! This week, Ansel and Rachael are reviewing House MD , a medical mystery television series from the mid-2000's that occasionally takes breaks from doing hate crimes and causing malpractice lawsuits to vaguely gesture in the direction of Sherlock Holmes.  Join everyone's second favorite grumpy doctor (because nobody beats Cox (wait that came out wron...

This week, Rachael and Ansel are joined by friend of the pod Marty to discuss the Sherlock Holmes module for the tabletop game Unlock! And, because they know their poor editor had so much work on the last two episodes, they made this one very short and fast to edit. I'm sure that's why, and for no other reasons. Ominous music: Creepy Halloween by UNIVERSFIELD Contact the pod! Linktree at...

Your daring hosts Ansel and Rachael are hitting the books again to answer the question of what could possibly link such disparate things as: - The Zodiac Killer (no not that one) - Charles Lindbergh (yes, that one) - The Kensington Runestone (Minnesotans know what we're talking about) Well, aside from this podcast, the answer is The Scientific Sherlock Holmes by James O'Brien, a book pur...

Look I'm not gonna sugarcoat this one, it's a very bad and poorly made show that slides off your mind like water. Your experts in residence Ansel and Rachael are about to go out of their way for 2 hours to tell you about Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century , winner of the Laziest Title Award, the ACAB Crown, and the Unintentional Dystopia Ribbon for Unexcellence in Worldbuilding. but at...

Welcome back! In this episode of Sherlock Says, your intrepid hosts Rachael and Ansel are joined by Eric Cohen of the Phoenix Theater in Minneapolis! They're reading The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet , Doyle's answer to the question "can one build a short piece of mystery fiction entirely out of asspulls?" Also they managed to rope poor Hugh Jackman into this. If you know what...

It's a Christmas present from the Furry Godfathers! This week, Ansel and Rachael are celebrating the season with The Great Mouse Detective ! Lots here to discuss as well: twink mice,  gay rats, burlesque in a childrens' film, and an overall confusion about what animals deserve sentience. Play along at home to see  how many times they mix up the main characters' names, because the ed...

Welcome back to Sherlock Says! This week, Rachael and Ansel are joined by friend/roommate of the pod Shane to discuss The Resident Patient , a Holmes story that is consistently included in best-of compilations for reasons your hosts cannot comprehend. Find enclosed: medicinal whippets, homoerotic hand observations, and discussions about the number of bitches celebrated author C. S. Lewis may or ma...

Buckle up, Phantom Thief enthusiasts! This week on Herlock Says, your hosts Ansel and Rachael team up Oceans-11, heist-crew style to talk about the granddaddy of the entire gentleman thief genre, Arsène Lupin! There's something for everyone: Rachael gets to show off her French accent, Ansel gets to talk about the Ouroboros of Guys, and your humble editor gets to make Persona 5 jokes! A propos...

In this week's Sherlock Says, Ansel and Rachael are joined by Sonja to discuss The Gloria Scott , or, Holmes' longform answer to Watson asking "have you ever dated anyone before me." And, because this is the podcast that it is, your hosts take a break in the middle to review a series about lesbian necromancers in space and talk about Anne Rice to the point that the Spongebob me...

Disclaimer: This episode was released well before the allegations against Neil Gaiman became public knowledge. We're leaving the episode up because we don't like revisionism on principle, but just know that we do not endorse or support Gaiman and our hearts go out to the victims of his actions. Welcome back to Ghoulock Slays - okay no that's not gonna work, nevermind forget I tried....

In this week's Sherlock Says, OH NO RACISM! We're back in the Marvel Milieu Mines to dig out another helping of the Guy Ritchie film series Sherlock Holmes - this time, the 2011 film, A Game of Shadows . And........ uh oh, guys.  Discussions abound about the relative lumpiness of beloved actor and Chernobyl star Jared Harris, Guy Ritchie's persistent and weird and utterly incorrect...

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...