In what story did Sherlock Holmes die?

Answer 1

In 1893 After seeing the magnificent Reichenbach Falls in the northern Swiss Alps Conan Doyle decided the place would make a worthy tomb for Sherlock Holmes.

The Adventure of the Final Problem was published in Dec 1893 in The Strand magazine and later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.' People were so upset that many thousands cancelled their subscription to the magazine.

In 1901 Sherlock Holmes reappeared in The Hound of the Baskervilles. However it is clear that Holmes was not alive. This story took place before the incident at Reichenbach Falls.

Later Holmes really was brought back to life in 'The Adventure of the Empty House' published in 1903.

Answer 2

he was supposed to be " killed" at the Reichenbach Falls on the border of Switzerland and Germany, however he did not really die, just to make Professor Moriarty think that he had.

Actually, the evil Professor Moriarty went over the edge and down the falls. Holmes used a form of Japanese martial art he called baritsu to break the Professor's hold and push him off. Holmes tells this to Watson in the story, "The Empty House" in The Return of Sherlock Holmes. You'll find the text if you 'Google' it.

Answer 3

Sherlock Holmes didn't actually die in the Doyle stories. Although Doyle tried to kill him off once. Doyle got tired of writing about Holmes, and wanted to move on to other things. So he decided to kill Holmes, once and for all. In the story THE FINAL PROBLEM, Doyle wrote that Holmes plunged over the Reichenbach Falls in a death-grip struggle with his arch enemy Moriarity, and they both died together.

The world exploded in protests and recriminations. The day after the story was printed, Englishmen wore black armbands on their way to work, as if a relative had died. Doyle received so many pleas, and so much hatemail, and so many escalating offers of pay to resurrect Holmes, that he finally gave in. About two years after Holmes' "death", Doyle wrote a new story: to explain that Holmes really hadn't died at all, and where he'd been all that time. The story that brought Holmes back was THE EMPTY HOUSE.

Doyle gave up trying kill Holmes. He finally just retired him to raise bees in Sussex.

Answer 4

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the author did kill off Sherlock In the story, 'The Final Problem' But everyone was mad and unhappy with him, even Queen Victoria said she was mad at him killing him off, and then a few years later, he had another idea for a story and continued writing as if he never died.

Answer 5

Sherlock Holmes was "killed" in the short story The Adventure of the Final Problem first published in The Strand Magazine in 1893.

Answer 6

"The Adventure of the Final Problem."

Answer 7

Sherlock Holmes The Final Problem

Answer 8

Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.