With cohost Dr. Anastasia Klimchynskaya. A Study in Scarlet was first published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887.
In this episode, we’ll cover part one of the story (Part I Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of JOHN H. WATSON, M.D., late of the Army Medical Department) and next week we’ll cover part two. You can find a pdf of the story as it originally appeared in Beeton’s here:
https://rosenbach.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Beetons-Christmas-Annual-A-Study-in-Scarlet.pdf
In Part I of STUD, Watson and Holmes move into 221b Baker Street. When the police come calling for assistance, Holmes and Watson rush to the crime scene to unravel the scarlet thread of a tangled skein of murder.
