Sherlock Holmes Is Real

Our usual team of experts goes live and on-camera for a session recorded at the annual Dangling Prussian night of the Montage Street Incorrigibles. Moriarty interference, text messages, and phone calls from New York City all give us troubles, and at the 40 minute and 52 minute marks you can hear where breaking news about Baker Street Irregulars take us off our usual course as we analyze Watson's documentary footage of a royal murder in the Balkans.

In a Moriartian mix-up, this is actually episode five for 2025, delayed until after episode six. In this bit of Watsonian footage we see how child care can turn Watson's fatherly instincts into becoming a virtual punching machine to save his charge.

Talon King, Dr. Janet Peters, Mrs. Horace Thimbleburger, and Mr. Shecky Spielberg attempt to review the most mystifying Moriarty-minion-edit of Watson's documentary footage to date. John Watson, actually afraid of women? Impossible!

Watson gets to show off both his physical and mental skills in this latest documentary footage of his time with Sherlock Holmes, and we finally get to see one of the most famous figures in Sherlock's life, as well as insights into the pedigree of a particular character from Magnum PI. The truth is out there on the YouTubes and we're determined to figure it out!

Amazing as it may seem, our panel of experts came back for a second episode, like they might even be regulars now! Join Talon King, Mrs. Horace "Thingy" Thimbleberger, Dr. Janet Peters, and Shecky Spielberg as they explore Christmas pudding in July. How many Victorians named "John H. Something" with six wives were there? Who does Sherlock Holmes seem more frightened of than Professor Moriarty? And how is this podcast still on the air? You can answer some of those questions right here.

Sherlock Holmes Is Real has reloaded with a new group of experts to analyze Watson's documentary footage as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go to Belgium to see a theoretical beauty about a sleepwalking boy who predicts death, all in the case the YouTubes call "The Case of the Deadly Prophecy." How could Sherlock Holmes not be real? We've seen the footage!

Hello. I've only got a few seconds here to type this, but, Chizzers just pushed some other podcast into this feed to add more confusion to this show's mission. Notice all the weird Sherlock TV shows that are coming out? Watson alive while Holmes is dead? Sherlock Holmes and his daughter? You don't think that's the Professor at work? Just like this "Bull Pup" discussion of an episode of CBS's Watson show called "Teeth Marks." Good luck!

When women's rights becomes a literally explosive topic in Victorian England, villains emerge . . . could we finally have found Moriarty in Watson's documentary footage? Or was it someone else, all along? The clues are here!

Talon King struggles to document the Watson documentary footage titled "The Case of the Impromptu Performance" on YouTube after being disturbed that another Watson seems to be documenting cases on a new podcast and distracting innocents from the original Watson. Sherlock Holmes works on stimulating beverages. Leskins shipping comes up. Watson has a scam for getting cigars in the night. And no AI was used in the creation of this podcast. Though they're sure to steal from it, the grabby things.

The events of the past year may have taken their toll on host Talon King, and last episode's podcast takeover by complete strangers have not helped his mental state. This week's co-host might not be long-term.

Bud, Marco, and LaDonna deep dive into episode twenty-nine of the 1954 TV series "Sherlock Holmes" starring Ron Howard and Marian Crawford, and they find that Bud can't get over a guy that looks like Matt Damon. And what is Marco drinking this week? Everything is same old, same old with your friends at Sherlock Holmes Is Real and here's the latest episode! It's all good!

Paul and Talon are joined by tea afficionado Heather Hinson who emphasizes the importance of letting Scotland Yard inspectors have their tea. Oh, and Watson has lost Sherlock Holmes, but we still have a double dose of Sergeant Wilkins, the unwritten hero of Sherlockian lore.

Paul and Talon look into Watson's documentary footage of a Victorian serial killer apparently suppressed by official histories, and Inspector Lestrade's first foray into filming.

Paul and Talon jump online for breaking news about a new cover-up in the history of the great detective Sherlock Holmes, this time involving comics.

What happens when John H. Watson, documentary film-maker, attempts to create the first fishing show and only manages to catch Sardines? Talon King and Paul Thomas Miller explore the finer points of more Watson documentary footage of an attempted vacation and England's worst bed-and-breakfast,  as always diving deep into just how real Sherlock Holmes is.

Does Watson's footage of the real events he re-wrote as "The Musgrave Ritual" make for a better story than the print version? Are lobsters and tomatoes a thing? And what was Sherlock Holmes's deal there? Talon King and Paul Thomas Miller are back analyzing Watson's documentary film like only such minds can analyze!

As a very special Blue Carbungle Eve treat, the host of some other podcast reads "A Christmas Goose" by Mary O'Reilly. Gather 'round the old timey radio and give this tale a listen!

Talon and Paul are back after an extra-long summer hiatus, and the analysis of Dr. Watson's evolution as a documentary film-maker is going strong. Talon's wandering accent is topped by his many pronunciations of the name "Durham," and Paul shows what a great musical ear he has for Watson's voice. Want to listen to talk of the REAL Sherlock Holmes as seen in Watson's footage? Then this is the podcast for you, especially if you can get through the opening to the part where they actually talk.

The Sherlock Holmes Realist Society joins Talon and Paul for a second time as they examine the footage for the case Watson would eventually write up as "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter." 

The brand new Sherlock Holmes Realist Society comes together to support and encourage our investigations of Watson's documentary footage by jumping straight into the fray. Watson's baby impression and the truth about Martha from "His Last Bow" are just a part of what you'll learn from this one. 

Iread Bleakly, an analyst analyst, has appeared in Paul's absence to help review the footage of a nervous Irishman. Basil of Baker Street's reality is questioned. Suspicions are raised of leprechaunism and many other things.

The actual live footage of the real Sherlock Holmes solving the case Watson would write up as "The Engineer's Thumb" is analyzed by King and Miller, as their investigation of the Watson documentary footage continues. They test the footage with an audience again, this time pulling the entire John H. Watson Society into the testing lab with mixed results.

The two men who definitely haven't drank the "1954 TV" Sherlock Holmes Kool-Aid (because one of them doesn't know what Kool-Aid even is) are back to not only analyze Watson's documentary footage -- now they're testing it on human subjects!  The trans-Atlantic investigation of the fictionalizing of the real Sherlock Holmes continues!

Talon King, Victorian film expert Paul Thomas Miller, and special guest, social anthropologist Raquel Rodriguez, look at some of the most disturbing of Dr. Watson's documentary footage to date -- his recordings of the serial killer called "Mother Hubbard" by the conspirators attempting to portray Watson's work as "just a TV show."

Man about town Talon King and Holmesian boy genius Paul Thomas Miller examine the found footage of "The Case of Harry Crocker," and note how many people in Victorian England looked similar to each other, the one-sided nature of London houses, and more indications of Sherlock Holmes as more criminal than detective. Sherlock Holmes is real, and the footage is out there! 

We're one hand short this week, but we still get the scoop on body-less deer, what Watson is missing in Sherlock Holmes Year One, how long a makeshift mast lasts on the good ship Lady Emma, and that special place in Paddington where Watson was happy for a time.

Paul Thomas Miller and Talon King are back, with one of the worst sound engineers in the podcast industry, Jimmy "Army" Buckles. Is the result a listenable podcast? We don't know, but if you make it to the end, you can hear Talon's mum play a jaunty tune on her squeeze box.

Casey Hills from "The Final Podblem" podcast joins Talon and Paul for some of the weirdest documentary footage so far, wherein a single word seems to derail logical thought, and at some point the guy who does the sound editing seems to come in and take Talon's place. It's an hour and a half of content nominally about less than a half hour of YouTube video.

You can find The Final Podblem at https://semiautomagicinc.com/the-final-podblem and wherever great podcasts are downloaded.

It was the best of episodes, it was the worst of episodes, as our panel of experts analyzes the footage filed under "The Case of the Shy Ballerina," referencing Billy Wilder, the myth of British sex, Victorian hat use, the Watsonic poetry style, and then completely fall out of character by the end. Better luck next time, listeners!

We try to cheer you up from the stresses of the week, by talking about cesspools, a shocking look at night creatures, and Watson dies . . . on the terrace. (Did we mention the terrace part on the podcast, even? He does.) Enjoy another unpredictable episode of the Watsonian Weekly, just in case you don't enjoy anything else this week!

Does adding a professional counsellor help the show, or does it just lead Talon and Randy to more perversity as Paul tries to keep a modicum of dignity to the proceedings? And it's October, so a Watson-abusing ghost is as seasonal as pumpkin spice scones! Join the our documentary-analyzing team of supposed experts for an hour or so of supposedly analyzing evidence that this supposed Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson were real and . . . supposed!

With our resident Victorian film expert out of action this episode, amateur podcaster Talon King and Sherlock Holmes superfan Randy Davis attempt to analyze "The Case of the Texas Cowgirl" on their own. The results, missing the input of the more intelligent member of the team, are probably at the level this footage deserved.

Talon King, Victorian film expert Paul Thomas Miller, Sherlock Holmes superfan Randy Davis, and special guest Professor Amity Cannon, expert in secret societies, all join forces to break down the documentary footage that Watson based his novel "The Valley of Fear" upon, which was released to the You Tubes as "The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun."

In our second review of Watson's documentary footage, Holmes and Wilkins spend a day in a questionable laboratory, Watson and Lestrade find a common bond, and Watson gives Lady Beryl her close-up. As we saw last time, John H. Watson left a lot out when he got around to writing about Sherlock Holmes instead of filming him. "The Case of Lady Beryl" reviewed as only a podcast called "Sherlock Holmes is Real" would do it.

In season five's bold new adventure for "Sherlock Holmes is Real," new host Talon King welcomes Paul Thomas Miller for a thorough analysis of found documentary footage filmed by Dr. Watson himself, hidden on the internet under the guise of a 1954 TV show that no one really remembers being on TV. In this first episode, they cover Watson's first day with Holmes and "The Case of the Cunningham Heritage."

With the former hosts of the show lost to investigations and quarantine, Talon King pitches the new "Sherlock Holmes is Real."

Because THIS time, Sherlock Holmes is really real.

The pandemic has kept the usual hosts out of the studio, and their replacement tries hard to fill the void with a new Mary Morstan revelation . . . and a song.

It was a time of much worry and woe. It was a time of care and concern. And yet one Sherlockian's brother finds podcast equipment and ignores all of that, recording some of the worst Sherlockian content you will hear all year.

With half the hosts in a place we're not sure of, a mini-sode that we're not sure of somehow finds its way to the feed. Happy Moorville-ween!

A familiar voice returns from a trip with a rather mundane tale to tell of a place called Moorville, Kansas. But that same voice has already told us a very different story.

Sherlock Holmes's true place as a hero with special gifts is revealed at last!

Toni Sutherland has suspicions about Chelsea Jones, and the trail to get to the heart of it all leads to some most curious folk.

Toni's not happy with the network, and an anonymous caller goads Alan into telling the story of ABCD.

Puppet Toni Sutherland and Puppet Alan King investigate a fermented conspiracy, only to be confronted with a surprise visitor from a foreign land.

Following earlier investigations into "the Old Women of Houndsditch," a group of the earliest Sherlockians who were parodied by Ronald Knox, Toni and Alan focus on one particular member of that group and what he may have been seeing. 

Bored with the same old "Sherlock Holmes is real" nonsense? Talon King, the not-a-Sherlock-guy brother of Alan King does some house-sitting and gets in some podcast-sitting at the same time! Hear stories! Learn things! If you listen to no other episode, this episode will not be like one of those!

A letter from a Sherlockian author not unfamiliar to the podcast sends Alan King off on a conspiracy binge involving Ronald Knox working against Sherlockians, the British government using Conan Doyle to distract Vincent Starrett, and other things that co-host Toni Sutherland would rather he not.

Toni and Alan delve into a Sherlock Holmes that actually was male . . . though not, perhaps, the Sherlock we know: The Sherlock Holmes of Esher. His legacy, both in offspring and a branch of Sherlockiana called "the Esherlockians" leads them to answers that were not immediately apparent.

Alan King explores an urban myth of a black hansom cab which appears annually to look for a man who called himself "Sherlock Holmes." Was an entire Sherlock Holmes scion society built just to stop that from happening? 

Toni Sutherland takes a close look at irene Adler's treatment at the hands of male Sherlockians of the past century. Alan King talks about an odd thing in a bibliography.

Alan King gathers a Sherlockian think tank of notables for a free-wheeling discussion of Sherlock Holmes conspiracies . . . and maybe Keith Richards, if you listen long enough.

Alan King returns from his shipping after he encounters a pirate connection, and follows the thread to eventually accuse Moriarty of all new crimes.

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Someone who is definitely NOT Alan King gives a talk that definitely has NOTHING to do with Sherlock Holmes, pondering the Joker, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and a few other cultural touchstones.

Toni seems to have given up on Alan, as he's traded in his usual conspiracy investigations for continuing to ship Andercroft and fixating on "The Empty Hearse." Why is this even a podcast?

Alan King prepares to go to 221B Con, meets an old adversary there, and comes back . . . changed.

Alan King travels to Indiana to see what insights he can gain from Vincent W. Wright, writer of the blog "Historical Sherlock."

A new conspiracy is revealed, this time involving not Sherlock Holmes, but the other guy.

Sherlock Holmes Is Real returns for season two!

A Sherlock Holmes fan club goes missing!

A 1940s radio show host gets hoaxed . . . or does he?

Another noisy restaurant interview!

And a big government project with a Holmes brother called in?

This show!

Letters to Sherlock Holmes are the theme of this holiday bonus episode.

Toni Sutherland and Alan King discuss what's been going on with the "Sherlock Holmes Is Real" podcast and what the true motivations behind it might have been. The season finale.

Toni Sutherland does a panel at a local conspiracy theorist convention and is cut off by a familiar voice in the crowd. Alan King goes on like he usually does, but Toni spends more time on her own conspiracy theory on Sherlock Holmes.

Toni Sutherland plays an audio file of Alan King trying to corner a man named Edgar Pettibone with conspiracy questions of all sorts. Questions are then raised about a hill that was named for Sherlock Holmes.

Toni Sutherland delves into Alan King's theories about Professor Moriarty and the fate of the Baker Street Irregulars. Chelsea Jones tracks down a man who calls himself "Porlock" for some nonsense.

Toni Sutherland interviews Rob Nunn, author of The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street, and tries to find links to the conspiracy to keep Sherlock Holmes fictional. Conspiracy theorist Alan King goes on about the black armbands worn when Sherlock Holmes died. And the world's worst podcast guest appearance by a Sherlockian blogger whom we won't name here.

Toni Sutherland begins to delve into the Sherlock Holmes conspiracy theories of the curious individual called Alan King.