Sherlock Holmes Is Real
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA fictional docudrama about a supposed conspiracy to turn Sherlock Holmes from a historical figure to a fictional character over the last hundred years by person or persons unknown.
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Episodes
The footage of the Vanished Detective
January 24, 2024 04:04 - 1 hour - 94 MBPaul 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.
The Footage of the Thistle Killer
November 27, 2023 02:39 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBPaul 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.
Special Report: The Chimp Who Looked Like Sherlock Holmes
August 06, 2023 21:05 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBPaul 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.
The Footage of the Laughing Mummy
May 01, 2023 02:58 - 50 minutes - 46 MBWhat 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.
The footage of the Graystone Inscription
January 07, 2023 21:21 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBDoes 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!
Blue Carbuncle Eve Special: A Christmas Goose
December 27, 2022 00:05 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBAs 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!
The footage of the Singing Violin
October 16, 2022 22:40 - 54 minutes - 50 MBTalon 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 footage of the French interpreter
June 06, 2022 22:47 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBThe 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 footage of the jolly hangman (and the Realists!)
January 30, 2022 21:09 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBThe 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.
The footage of the Split Ticket analyzed
December 01, 2021 04:35 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBIread 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 footage of the Shoeless Engineer tested
September 27, 2021 01:39 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBThe 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 footage of the Red-Headed League tested
August 21, 2021 18:33 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBThe 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!
The footage of the divinity fudge killer
July 10, 2021 20:18 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBTalon 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."
The footage of Harry Crocker
March 31, 2021 02:37 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBMan 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!
March 22, 2021 -- Was Watson a Paddington bear?
March 21, 2021 19:18 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBWe'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.
The footage of the blind man's bluff
March 21, 2021 01:37 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBPaul 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.
The footage of the Winthrop pirate curse
December 26, 2020 02:26 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBCasey 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.
The footage of the scandalous ballerina parts
November 24, 2020 05:03 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBIt 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!
The footage about the nose-pulling ghost
October 15, 2020 11:40 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBDoes 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!
The footage of the questionable cowgirl
September 11, 2020 03:47 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBWith 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.
The footage of the castle in Macleod's domain
August 26, 2020 03:14 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBTalon 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."
The footage of Sherlock's meth lab and Lady Beryl's face
August 05, 2020 03:24 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBIn 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.
The footage of Watson's first day with Sherlock Holmes
July 23, 2020 00:32 - 40 minutes - 37 MBIn 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."
The NEW Sherlock Holmes Is Real
July 19, 2020 18:54 - 2 minutes - 2.59 MBWith 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.
Episode Twenty-Six: The Secret of Mary Morstan
May 13, 2020 03:00 - 12 minutes - 23.6 MBThe 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.
Episode Twenty-five: Talon Take the Wheel!
March 27, 2020 01:02 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBIt 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.
Episode Twenty-four: Trick or Treek
October 30, 2019 03:00 - 6 minutes - 5.6 MBWith 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!
Episode Twenty-Three: Moorville
September 01, 2019 02:08 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBA 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.
The Adventures of Oopserman!
August 10, 2019 20:33 - 5 minutes - 5.38 MBSherlock Holmes's true place as a hero with special gifts is revealed at last!
Episode Twenty-Two: That Jones Girl
July 30, 2019 04:18 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBToni Sutherland has suspicions about Chelsea Jones, and the trail to get to the heart of it all leads to some most curious folk.
Episode Twenty-One: The ABCD Scenario
May 31, 2019 03:39 - 12 minutes - 11 MBToni's not happy with the network, and an anonymous caller goads Alan into telling the story of ABCD.
Episode Twenty: Puppets Against Wine
April 23, 2019 03:03 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBPuppet Toni Sutherland and Puppet Alan King investigate a fermented conspiracy, only to be confronted with a surprise visitor from a foreign land.
Episode Nineteen: The Ratzegger Prophecies
March 08, 2019 23:17 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBFollowing 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.
Episode Eighteen: TALON KING LIVE!!!
March 03, 2019 02:04 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBBored 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!
Episode Seventeen: The Old Women of Houndsditch
January 28, 2019 03:03 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBA 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.
Episode Sixteen: The Sherlock Holmes of Esher
November 25, 2018 21:27 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBToni 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.
Episode Fifteen: The Black Hansom Cab of Peoria
October 11, 2018 23:20 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBAlan 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?
Episode Fourteen: Irene Was Not Clara
September 23, 2018 21:43 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBToni 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.
Episode Thirteen: The St. Louis Roundtable
August 11, 2018 03:21 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBAlan 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.
Episode Twelve: Saving Watson from the Pirates
August 05, 2018 23:13 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBAlan King returns from his shipping after he encounters a pirate connection, and follows the thread to eventually accuse Moriarty of all new crimes.
Bonus Bit: The Dark Art of Being Happy for No Reason
June 24, 2018 18:44 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBRANDOM BONUS MATERIAL!! 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.
Episode Eleven: Empty Hearses Couldn't Drag Me Away
June 18, 2018 02:51 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBToni 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?
Episode Ten: Con-ned Into Andercroft
April 30, 2018 03:07 - 14 minutes - 13 MBAlan King prepares to go to 221B Con, meets an old adversary there, and comes back . . . changed.
Episode Nine: Vincent Wright and Real Watsons
March 19, 2018 04:06 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBAlan 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.
Episode Eight: Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Fan Club
March 05, 2018 05:05 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBSherlock 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!
The Two Days After Christmas Episode 2017: Miracle on Baker Street
January 02, 2018 01:36 - 13 minutes - 6.32 MBLetters to Sherlock Holmes are the theme of this holiday bonus episode.
Sherlock Holmes Is Real #6: Return of the King
December 11, 2017 04:36 - 15 minutes - 7.24 MBToni 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.
Sherlock Holmes Is Real #5: Conspiracon
November 20, 2017 04:32 - 20 minutes - 9.6 MBToni 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.
Sherlock Holmes Is Real #4: Edgar Pettibone and the Peak
November 06, 2017 04:35 - 19 minutes - 8.75 MBToni 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.
Sherlock Holmes is Real #3: Morley-arty
October 28, 2017 19:31 - 21 minutes - 9.71 MBToni 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.