Sherlock Holmes

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.

Sherlock Holmes' hair is raven black. This is its color in most physical appearances throughout the years, including all drawings (the traditional sketches being by Sidney Paget) and television shows such as Granada's version of the stories (starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes and David Burke/Edward Hardwicke as Watson). Only in the animated series called Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century was it a different color; that was blonde.

In 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band,' there was a whistle then a clanging noise, and they were caused by the whistle that Dr Roylott used and the closing of his safe door.

No one wrote the note. Only the one word 'MOOR' was printed; the rest was pasted newspaper clippings. If you insist on knowing this spoiler answer, it was sent by Beryl Garcia.

Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin, Emile Gaboriau's Monseiur Lecoq, Wilkie Collins' Sergeant Cuff, and Fergus Hume's Detective Gorby.

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Well, according to some, Conan Doyle got the name Holmes from Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the name Sherlock from a famous violinist

Sherlock Holmes' first case was 'The Gloria Scott' published in 1893, but the first published Sherlock Holmes story was the novel, 'A Study in Scarlet' (1887) which, coincidentally, was his first case where he was accompanied by Watson.

I'm not entirely sure he always left with three, considering the fact he ALWAYS forgot to grab his pistol. He always leaves with his jacket, tool/investigation kit, and most likely his hat. Although he didn't always bring his hat.

FAMILY FEUD:

PIPE

MAGNIFYING GLASS

HAT

GLASSES

WATSON

TRENCHCOAT

and some more!!

The following quotation is found in four variations throughout the stories making it the most used saying of Sherlock Holmes.

"Once you eliminate the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"

The Baker Street irregulars are the 7 different groups that help homes from time to time. They get payed 1 shilling a day but if they find a fatal clue, Holmes pays them 1 guinea (1 pound and 1 shilling).

Holmes concludes that Mr Wilson was a manual labourer because his right hand was 'quite a size larger' than his left, that had been engaged in writing as it was evident by his shiny right shirt-cuff and elbow patch on the left, he deduced that he had spent some time in China as Mr. Wilson had a fish tattoo with pink scales distinct to the methods of China and a Chinese coin on his watch-chain.

The conversation from 'A Scandal in Bohemia' went like this:

HOLMES: ". . . For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room."

WATSON: "Frequently."

HOLMES: "How often?"

WATSON: "Well, some hundreds of times."

HOLMES: "Then how many are there?"

WATSON: "How many! I don't know."

HOLMES: "Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed. . . ."

There are also steps leading further up to more rooms, but a count has never been given for those.

His main arch enemy was Professor James Moriarty.

He saw his cigarette when he walked up to the cave

I believe it was a methodology to determine if a crime had been committed, and way to not automatically jump to that conclusion. But I could have this completely wrong:

Example - you come home, and the vase of flowers is knocked over, and there's a puddle of water on the floor.

1) Can the facts be explained by natural law? If the window was open, it's possible the wind knocked the vase over. Or an earthquake could have occured. If natural law runs contrary to the facts (i.e. the window was closed and there were no earthquakes), go to 2.

2) Can the facts be explained by chance? Some things just happen sometimes, but it's rather unlikely that the vase randomly decided to fall over, so go to 3.

3) Can the facts be explained by design? That is, did someone plan and execute a crime here? Was there a motive, and an action? Prehaps our naughty Simaese cat has knocked the vase over to get at the fresh water inside? Clever plan, and an inspection of the wood floor shows the tell-tale wet pawprints. Elementary, my dear Ruckus!

- Justin Snow

I think that it depends on whether or not you believe that Sherlock Holmes was ever alive, or if he were simply a fictional character. If you are a Sherlockian, and believe that he was real, then I figure that he is probably dead by now, simply because he was 'supposedly' born January 6, 1854. Which at this point in time, would make him about 156 years old. It is possible, (I guess) that he could have lived that long, but I highly doubt it.

As for, if you believe that he was fictional, well.... he technically was never alive to begin with. Unless you are speaking of his life through the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In that case, I'm not exactly sure because it is claimed that he had died once at a waterfall, and later revealed himself to be alive the entire time. So, he may very well have died later on and has simply not 'come back to life' again.

Not in A Scandal in Bohemia.

In SCAN, Irene falls in love with a lawyer she had hired named Godfrey Norton. He's an impetuous, excitable but well-mannered guy described as a "remarkably handsome man, dark, aquiline, and moustached". The two of them get married, with Holmes being a witness to the ceremony.

Any romantic relationship between Holmes and the former Prima Donna comes from other people's imaginations (and maybe the recent movies directed by Guy Ritchie).

Because of the early Sherlock Holmes movies, the hat most commonly associated with him is the "deerstalker".

In the stories, the hat is never clearly identified, but it is described in one story as a "close-fitting cloth cap" and in another as "his ear-flapped travelling cap". A deerstalker fits both those descriptions, and would have been a common choice of cap in the setting (in both stories, he's in a rural area and out of doors much of the time).

However, the Holmes described in Conan-Doyle's stories would never wear such a hat at all times; it's a hat such as might be worn outdoors in the country, not one that anyone of the era would wear in downtown London. Contemporary illustrators drawing Holmes in the city would usually depict him in a top hat or bowler, both of which would have been considered appropriate urban headgear.

The setting of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" in April of 1883. The story was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and starts out in the city of London then moves to Stoke Moran.

Not often, most of the time the police (Scotland Yard) got in the way.

'The force of his character'

'My step daughter was here. I traced her.'

'Don't you dare meddle with my affairs.'

'Resemblance of a fierce bird of prey.'

All help describe Dr Roylott and can be used well to explain his character.

Kate Campbell is no longer on the show Holmes on Holmes. As of May 2014, she is on Decked Out. Kate Campbell is married.

The answer is:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!

Most people should know that!

Watson joins Holmes in his work because Watson is fascinated by the remarkable events.

Charlie Chaplin