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The goodness of roses, stormy petrels and a shockingly good breakfast all come to play in "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" - a perfect short story that has it all. Political intrigue! Brotherly betrayal! Practical jokes! Weird monologues!
We cover everything from Watson's old school friends to Holmes's theatricality in today's discussion. Thanks for listening!
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"The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by William Wandless.
“It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”
William H. Wandless (he/him) is a professor of English at Central Michigan University, where he gets to visit with Arthur Conan Doyle and his Victorian peers from time to time. He is also a poet and an author of speculative fiction, and he can be found on Twitter at @ArsGoetica.
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Holmes is hired by a young clerk to investigate a suspiciously good job offer - and ends up in a case of identity theft and robbery. "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" is an odd little story with a dramatic twist in the middle that stands it apart from other similar tales.
We discuss Dr. Watson, M.D., how much we long for a better robbery story than this one, and Watson's enduring crushes on men who look like rugby players in this week's discussion.
Content warning (and SPOILER ALERT!): This story contains a fairy graphic depiction of a suicide attempt by hanging. We read the passage out loud and discuss it.
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"The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Jack Carmichael.
“Human nature is a strange mixture, Watson. You see that even a villain and murderer can inspire such affection that his brother turns to suicide when he learns that his neck is forfeited."
Content warning (and SPOILER ALERT!): This story contains a fairy graphic depiction of a suicide attempt by hanging. It occurs about halfway through the story.
This episode is narrated by Jack Carmichael. Jack is a Kent-based Voice Over Artist/Actor and a graduate of East 15 Acting School. His personal career highlights so far include performing at Edinburgh Fringe with the comedy/puppet show "Ronnie and the Other World", puppeteering for the BBC Radio 4 Podcast "The Infinite Monkey Cage" and starring as DAX in the award-winning, sci-fi/comedy podcast "We Fix Space Junk". Jack also plays acoustic guitar, sings bass and is an amateur beat-boxer. Outside of the acting world, he enjoys running, baking and escape rooms!
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Holmes complains about the weather, insults a Scotland Yard detective and untangles some old family drama in this strange little story. Plus, Watson is married now! Did anything else meaningful happen? From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" is an oddly-paced, weirdly plotted short story about murderous Australians and the sins of our fathers.
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"The Boscombe Valley Mystery" by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Sarah Kolb.“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact,” he answered, laughing. “Besides, we may chance to hit upon some other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to Mr. Lestrade.”
"The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" is narrated by Sarah Kolb. Sarah is Colorado-based writer, podcaster, and arts marketer, with a passion for unconventional storytelling, detective stories, and rude women. You probably know her as the co-host of However Improbable! During the day, she’s a professional advocate for regional theatre, art education and gender parity in the arts. She's the marketing director at the Arvada Center, one of Colorado's largest theatre companies, and a board member of Athena Project Arts, a nonprofits that advocates for women's voices in artistic expression. Her first foray into podcasting was Superstition, a Southwestern gothic audio mystery.
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Welcome back to our discussion episodes! From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" is one of the nastiest tales in the canon - complete with a skin-crawling villain named Jephro Rucastle. It also stars one of our favorite women - the intrepid Violet Hunter. Sarah and Marisa check in with Holmes and Watson after our break from the stories, the creepy horror of this tale, some other iconic stories with horrible things hidden in the attic, and more.
Content warning: Deeply creepy behavior, gaslighting, abuse and imprisonment.
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"The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Sarah Kolb.
“Crime is common. Logic is rare."
"The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" is narrated by Sarah Kolb. Sarah is Colorado-based writer, podcaster, and arts marketer, with a passion for unconventional storytelling, detective stories, and rude women. You probably know her as the co-host of However Improbable! During the day, she’s a professional advocate for regional theatre, art education and gender parity in the arts. She's the marketing director at the Arvada Center, one of Colorado's largest theatre companies, and a board member of Athena Project Arts, a nonprofits that advocates for women's voices in artistic expression. Her first foray into podcasting was Superstition, a Southwestern gothic audio mystery.
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Content warning (and spoilers because... yikes!): Kidnapping, gaslighting, parental abuse, violence against animals.
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Marisa and Sarah weren't the only ones who were busy in the last year away from the show. So was Holmes - busy drinking that respect women juice. Legally.
In January of this year, the US copyright on The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes expired. This means that, for the first time, all the Holmes stories are no longer protected by copyright. What does this mean for Holmes? What do we hope comes out of it? Do we want to read your trashy Holmes romance novels? All those answers in today's case file!
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the closest that Arthur Conan Doyle comes to writing a real supernatural horror story (in his Holmes tales anyway) and one adaptation stands above the rest by truly committing to that idea. Happy Halloween and welcome to our case file on Hammer Film’s Hound of the Baskervilles!
Released in 1959 by Hammer Film Ltd., this horror-ified take on Doyle's classic story wasn't a commercial success at the time, but has gained cult status for its star-studded cast, moody scenic design, and over-the-top movie posters (A SIGHT TO STUN THE NERVES!) We talk about our love for old horror movies, Dracula on Dracula, and why it's so much fun to see lauded villain-playing, opera and heavy metal singing, Nazi-stabbing English acting legend Sir Christopher Lee... be the damsel in distress.
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A family curse. A desolate moor. An unexplained death. A monstrous dog. Arguably one of the most famous short stories of all time, The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four novellas about the great detective, and the first story Doyle wrote after Holmes’s (spoilers!) apparent demise in “The Final Problem.” It all comes together into a spine-tingling mystery that Watson's writing turns into a horror tale.
We discuss Watson's turn as a Gothic heroine, the genre-hopping joy of Hound, Dracula Daily, and how Sir Henry should have ended up with Beryl at the end of this one, actually.
Content warning: Racism, death, British preoccupation with bloodlines - and some animals meet some nasty ends in this story. Sorry - the dog dies in this one.
Spoiler alert: We talk extensively about what happens in "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House."
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Jenna Hanchey.
Chapter 13: Fixing the Nets
Chapter 14: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 15: A Retrospection
“And now I come rapidly to the conclusion of this singular narrative, in which I have tried to make the reader share those dark fears and vague surmises which clouded our lives so long and ended in so tragic a manner."
The Hound of the Baskervilles is narrated by Jenna Hanchey. Jenna is a critical/cultural communication professor by day, and a speculative fiction author and audiobook narrator by...uh...earlier in the day. All of her work, whether research or creative, aims to imagine and enact better futures. Her fiction has been published in Daily Science Fiction, the Apex Patreon, and Stupefying Stories, and is forthcoming in Nature: Futures. For more of her audiowork, check out the Bloodlines series by Emily S. Hurricane.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Jenna Hanchey.
Chapter 10: Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
Chapter 11: The Man on the Tor
Chapter 12: Death on the Moor
“That cold, incisive, ironical voice could belong to but one man in all the world."
The Hound of the Baskervilles is narrated by Jenna Hanchey. Jenna is a critical/cultural communication professor by day, and a speculative fiction author and audiobook narrator by...uh...earlier in the day. All of her work, whether research or creative, aims to imagine and enact better futures. Her fiction has been published in Daily Science Fiction, the Apex Patreon, and Stupefying Stories, and is forthcoming in Nature: Futures. For more of her audiowork, check out the Bloodlines series by Emily S. Hurricane.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Jenna Hanchey.
Chapter 7: The Stapletons of Merripit House
Chapter 8: First Report of Dr. Watson
Chapter 9: The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson]
“But the moor with its mysteries and its strange inhabitants remains as inscrutable as ever. Perhaps in my next I may be able to throw some light upon this also.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles is narrated by Jenna Hanchey. Jenna is a critical/cultural communication professor by day, and a speculative fiction author and audiobook narrator by...uh...earlier in the day. All of her work, whether research or creative, aims to imagine and enact better futures. Her fiction has been published in Daily Science Fiction, the Apex Patreon, and Stupefying Stories, and is forthcoming in Nature: Futures. For more of her audiowork, check out the Bloodlines series by Emily S. Hurricane.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Jenna Hanchey.
Chapter 4: Sir Henry Baskerville
Chapter 5: Three Broken Threads
Chapter 6: Baskerville Hall
“It’s an ugly business, Watson, an ugly dangerous business, and the more I see of it the less I like it. Yes, my dear fellow, you may laugh, but I give you my word that I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound in Baker Street once more.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles is narrated by Jenna Hanchey. Jenna is a critical/cultural communication professor by day, and a speculative fiction author and audiobook narrator by...uh...earlier in the day. All of her work, whether research or creative, aims to imagine and enact better futures. Her fiction has been published in Daily Science Fiction, the Apex Patreon, and Stupefying Stories, and is forthcoming in Nature: Futures. For more of her audiowork, check out the Bloodlines series by Emily S. Hurricane.
Professional Links:
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Jenna Hanchey.
Chapter 1: Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Chapter 2: The Curse of the Baskervilles
Chapter 3: The Problem
“Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!”
The Hound of the Baskervilles is narrated by Jenna Hanchey. Jenna is a critical/cultural communication professor by day, and a speculative fiction author and audiobook narrator by...uh...earlier in the day. All of her work, whether research or creative, aims to imagine and enact better futures. Her fiction has been published in Daily Science Fiction, the Apex Patreon, and Stupefying Stories, and is forthcoming in Nature: Futures. For more of her audiowork, check out the Bloodlines series by Emily S. Hurricane.
Professional Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennahanchey
Website: www.jennahanchey.com
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In the second of 2 discussions on the novella The Sign of Four, we dive into the story's messy and rather sad interpersonal drama by shining a light on the most understated of narrators - Dr. Watson himself, and the tension that is dividing his heart. Join us for a 221B vibe check (spoilers: bad vibes) as we take a look at the state of Holmes and Watson's friendship, and why Watson makes a choice that threatens it... as well as our narrative structure. Do we die defending Miss Mary Morstan? Is Doyle actually just a bad writer? Is The Sign of Four the queerest story in the canon?
Content warning: Drug use, murder, and serious themes of imperialism and racism. So much racism.
Listen to part 1 of our discussion on SIGN here: https://anchor.fm/however-improbable/episodes/Wild--dark-business-The-Sign-of-Four-discussion--Part-1-e1kbjrv
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A young woman named Mary Morstan comes to Baker Street with a most unusual problem… kicking off a tale of treasure, murder and romance. The Sign of Four blends decadence, imperialism, dark family secrets and literal buried treasure with an almost genre-bending romantic air and some interpersonal drama.
This is part 1 of 2 on our episodes covering Doyle's second novella. Today, we're building a theoretical backbone for this story, and examining what Holmes's actions and conflicts symbolize. We discuss Holmes's drug use as a symbol for London as a whole, what Doyle might have been trying to say about empire and power, and how SIGN is kind of like a noir.
Content warning: Drug use, murder, and serious themes of imperialism and racism. So much racism.
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The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Paula Brett
Chapter 10 - The End of the Islander
Chapter 11 - The Great Agra Treasure
Chapter 12 - The Strange Story of Jonathan Small
“For me,” said Sherlock Holmes, “there still remains the cocaine-bottle.” And he stretched his long white hand up for it.
The Sign of Four is narrated by Paula Brett. Paula is a queer, autistic theatremaker from London. Their practise includes clowning, puppetry, singing, dance, voiceover. and writing. Paula's show Villainex is all about queer identity, accessibility and what it is to really belong. You can ready more about Villainex HERE.
They can also be heard in award-winning podcast OBLIVITY, and in HYPATIA'S MATHEMATICAL MAZE for BBC Bitesize. Paula has contributed to Broccoli Productions ANTHEMS: PRIDE podcast, Drag Queen storyteller Mama G and the 2020 Virtual Collaborators Project. They are alumni of the Vital Xposure Wellspring program, and their play STATIC will receive a rehearsed reading at the Pen Theatre in June.
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