Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Dancing Men

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Dancing Men

Sherlock Sunday takes us back to 221 B Baker Street and the Granada Television’s faithful adaptations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A baffled Hilton Cubitt (Tenniel Evans) travels to London to hire Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) about some unusual drawings which have scared his wife (Betsy Brantley) nearly to death. After finding a pattern and dismissing them as more than simple vandalism, Holmes sets out to break the code arriving at the true answer too late to prevent tragedy from striking at Riding Horse Manor.

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The Strange Case of the Demon Barber

Sherlock Sunday takes us back to 40s radio and murder. Premiering on January 28, 1946 as part of The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes radio program, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) is put in the unlikely situation of being hired by a potential murderer to prove his guilt. Inspired by Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the actor playing the lead role in the musical is being gaslit to believe he has committed murders at night. Quickly dismissing the “evidence” of nightly crimes, Holmes is not quick enough to save his client’s life, but the world’s greatest detective does bring the killer to justice by taking the victim’s place upon the stage.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – A Scandal in Bohemia

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“There was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.”

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia

Sherlock Saturday takes us back to 221 B Baker Street and the Granada Television’s faithful adaptations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The first episode of the series introduces us to Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Dr. John Watson (David Burke) in one of the detective’s most famous cases: “A Scandal in Bohemia.” Hired by the King of Bohemia (Wolf Kahler), Holmes takes on the case to retrieve a compromising photograph from the home of Irene Adler (Gayle Hunnicutt) who the king is certain plans to use the photo to ruin his upcoming nuptials. 

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Holmes & Houdini #1

Holmes & Houdini #1

Holmes & Houdini #1 brings together the descendants of Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini who each are investigating different aspects of the same mystery. Only brought together in the final panel, we’ll have to wait for proper introductions until issue #2. What the first issue does do is introduce both characters separately to the audience. Erica Houdini, magician and thief, puts her unique skills to the test in order to search for information about the death of her boyfriend.

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