Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and answers questions that arise, clarify muddy details, and look into some of the period terminology in this weekly podcast.

Sherlock Holmes: Trifles is a arts podcast hosted by Scott Monty & Burt Wolder, with 504 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Scott Monty & Burt Wolder hosts Sherlock Holmes: Trifles, a arts show with 504 episodes published.

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  Episode #503

  Solving the Problems of the Red-Headed League

  Aug 19, 202622 minS10

  "I see that there was nothing in it, after all." [REDH] In this month's "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" episode, we're getting aggressive: we're taking on a number of trifling things at once. Greg Darak, BSI ("The Engineer's Thumb") wondered about various troubling items in "The Red-Headed League," a story popular not only for its plot but for its many problems. Dates, practical matters and more face Holmes and readers. These are many Trifles. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. Our Merch Store is open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today . "Trifling Trifles" is back — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. This time, "Lomax" emerges from the sub-library. Make sure you're signed up so you don't miss this is exclusive benefit for our paying subscribers . Check it out ( Patreon | Substack ). Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links The Baker Street Journal All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock . com Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band . Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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  Episode #501

  The Spies Who Never Were

  Aug 5, 202621 minS10

  "several international spies and secret agents" [SECO] One of the wonders of "His Last Bow" is a snapshot of Britain before the Great War. We're treated to Sherlock Holmes still in top form in the last recorded case of his career, pitting him against the German spy Von Bork. Michael Pollak, BSI ("The Blue Carbuncle") won the 2010 Morley-Montgomery Award for his article "The Spies Who Never Were with Some Observations on Holmes's Retirement" for his analysis of Conan Doyle's handling of espionage in the Canon, particularly when spy hysteria was running rampant. Was it sensational? Restrained? Accurate? It's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. There's a new "Trifling Trifles" episode out — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is "A Peculiar Party". And peculiar it is. This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers . Check it out: Patreon | Substack Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today . Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links The Morley-Montgomery Award episode series ( Patreon | Substack ) All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock . com Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band . Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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  Episode #500

  Trifles @ 500

  Jul 29, 202629 minS10

  "I would willingly give five hundred" [REIG] Five hundred! It's astounding to think we've managed to notch 500 episodes of Trifles . But, do this weekly for nine and a half years, and the math seems to work. To celebrate our quincentennial, we took an unorthodox approach — one inspired by a scene in The Valley of Fear . Random text on a given page. The exercise was a fascinating one and it produced a number of Trifles. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. Be sure to investigate our "Trifling Trifles" series of episodes — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers . Check it out: Patreon | Substack Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Explore the store . Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock . com Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band . Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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  Episode #497

  The Shivers

  Jul 8, 202629 minS10

  "It is not cold which makes me shiver" [SPEC] We've all had moments when we've shivered. Perhaps it's from being exposed to the cold for a while, so the entire body spasms in an effort to create heat. Or maybe it's a tingle along our spine, brought on by something that scares us. We trace the appearance of shivers and shivering in the Sherlock Holmes stories, to determine who was shivering and why. We even explore a little about origins of the word itself. It's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. Our Merch Store is open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today . "Trifling Trifles" is back — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. This time, "Lomax" emerges from the sub-library. Make sure you're signed up so you don't miss this is exclusive benefit for our paying subscribers . Check it out ( Patreon | Substack ). Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock . com Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band . Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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  Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

  Holmes Alone

  Jul 1, 202626 minS10

  "the gap of loneliness and isolation" [MAZA] Holmes and Watson go together like every great paring. To think of one of them, one must, by simple association, think of the other. It seems almost anathema to consider them alone. In his 2009 Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article "Holmes Alone: Glimpses of Post-Watson Baker Street in 'The Mazarin Stone,'" Marshall Berdan, BSI ("Henri Murger") paints a very different picture than the lost-without-his-Boswell detective. His analysis is just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. There's a new "Trifling Trifles" episode out — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is "Lomax." This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers . Check it out ( Patreon | Substack ). Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today . Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links The Morley-Montgomery Award episode series ( Patreon | Substack ) All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock . com Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band . Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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