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Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Stark Munro Letters (1895), with James MachinThis episode, we welcome to the podcast, James Machin, to talk about the new edition of The Stark Munro Letters (1895) he has edited for Edinburgh University Press. About James Machin James is a writer, researcher, and editor, whose recent books include the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle's version of The Stark Munro Letters (2024) and The Strange Stories of John Buchan for British Library Publishing (2025). He edited Faunus, the journal of The Friends of Arthur Machen, for over ten years, and has taught at Birkbeck (University of London), the Royal College of Art, an...
2025-07-3058 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Story of the Brown Hand (1898)This episode, we travel to Wiltshire where an Indian army surgeon is being hounded by a very unwelcome visitor, in ‘The Story of the Brown Hand’ from 1898. Read the show notes at https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2025/06/64-story-of-brown-hand-1898.html  You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Story_of_the_Brown_Hand Or listen to an audiobook version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-tK9m42tKY The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meant...
2025-06-2958 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Man from Archangel (1885)Hello and welcome to Episode 63. This episode we travel to the very north of mainland Scotland where one man’s solitude is interrupted by two mysterious castaways, in ‘The Man from Archangel’ from 1885. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Man_from_Archangel Or listen to a Librivox reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts2yXxclU-c The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.you...
2025-05-301h 01Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Adventure of the Second Wife, with Andrew FinkelThis episode, we welcome to the podcast journalist and author Andrew Finkel to talk about his debut novel The Adventure of the Second Wife (2024), a multi-layered mystery in which an avid Sherlockian investigate a missing Sherlock Holmes story… About Andrew Finkel Based for many years in Istanbul, Andrew Finkel has corresponded for international media including The Times, The Economist, TIME, CNN and for the Latitude section of The New York Times. He is also a contributing editor and restaurant critic for Cornucopia Magazine. His articles, editorials and broadcast commentaries have appeared in an equal variety of media t...
2025-04-2856 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (1893)Hello and welcome to Episode 61. Today, we return to Baker Street – or should that be Montague Street? – for another memoir of Sherlock Holmes, ‘The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual’ (1893). Read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Adventure_of_the_Musgrave_Ritual The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle And follow us on BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/doingsofdoyle.com). We don’t do Twitter no...
2025-03-311h 18Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Lost World (1912) - Part 3Hello and welcome to Episode 60. Today, we conclude our three-part discussion of The Lost World, Conan Doyle's classic novel from 1912. Read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Lost_World Read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2025/02/60-lost-world-1912-part-3.html  The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle And follow us @doingsofdoyle.com on BlueSky. We don’t do Twitter no mor...
2025-02-281h 01Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Lost World (1912) - Part 2Hello and welcome to Episode 59. Today, we rejoin Professor Challenger and his party of intrepid adventurers as they reach The Lost World, in part two of our three-part discussion of the celebrated novel. Read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Lost_World Read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2025/01/59-lost-world-1912-part-2.html  The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle A...
2025-01-311h 23Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastSelecting a Ghost, On Stage (2024)Hello and welcome to Episode 58. Today, we are delighted to welcome to the podcast Phil Cheadle and Edward Bennett, the director and star respectively of ‘Selecting a Ghost’, a stage adaptation of the Conan Doyle short story which was performed in Norwood, South London, in November 2024. Listen to our episode about ‘Selecting a Ghost’ here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2023/12/46-selecting-ghost-ghosts-of.html Read the Conan Doyle short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Selecting_a_Ghost Listen to the podcast here: The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, wh...
2024-12-2348 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Lost World (1912) - Part 1Hello and welcome to Episode 57. Today, we begin our long-awaited journey into The Lost World, Conan Doyle’s celebrated adventure novel which introduced Professor George Edward Challenger to the reading public. Read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Lost_World The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle And follow us @doingsofdoyle.com on BlueSky. Synopsis Edward Dunn Malone is a...
2024-11-301h 24Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastJohn Barrington Cowles (1884)Hello and welcome to Episode 56. Today, we journey to Conan Doyle’s hometown of Edinburgh where a young man falls foul of a mysterious, mesmeric beauty in ‘John Barrington Cowles’ (1884). Read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/John_Barrington_Cowles You can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2024/10/56-john-barrington-cowles-1884.html The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Synopsis At E...
2024-10-3059 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Blood-Stone Tragedy: A Druidical Story (1884)Hello and welcome to episode 55. This time, we look at a story that was for a long time not included in the works of Conan Doyle - 1884’s ‘The Blood-Stone Tragedy: A Druidical Story.’ Read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Blood-Stone_Tragedy:_A_Druidical_Story The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Synopsis Whilst travelling in the English Midlands, the narrator...
2024-09-3053 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Adventure of the Second Stain (1904)Hello and welcome to Episode 54. This time, we step into the world of international politics and diplomatic secrets in the Sherlock Holmes story ‘The Adventure of the Second Stain’ from December 1904. Read the story here: ACD Encyclopaedia – The Adventure of the Second Stain. Listen to an audiobook reading here: Magpie Audio – The Adventure of the Second Stain. Read the show notes here: Episode 54 Show Notes. Check out the Sherlock Holmes Society of London’s Scrapbook on The Second Stain The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you...
2024-08-311h 03Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Coming of the Huns (1910)Hello and welcome to Episode 53. Today, we discuss ‘The Coming of the Huns,’ one of Conan Doyle’s Tales of Long Ago, written and published in 1910. You can read the story here: ACD Encyclopaedia – The Coming of the Huns. Or listen to an audiobook reading here: The Coming of the Huns – Magpie Audio. The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Synopsis Weary of the infigh...
2024-07-3054 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastRound the Red Lamp (1894), with Roger LuckhurstThis episode, we welcome to the podcast Professor Roger Luckhurst to talk about his new edition of Round the Red Lamp (1894) for the Edinburgh University Press, and plenty of Gothic too. About Roger Luckhurst Roger Luckhurst is the Geoffrey Tillotson Chair of Nineteenth-Century Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of ten monographs and has edited many works of classic nineteenth century Gothic, including key works by Rider Haggard, Henry James, Stevenson, Stoker and Conan Doyle. Listeners to the Doings of Doyle podcast will have heard us make reference to his Science...
2024-06-3054 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Nightmare Room (1921)This episode, we discuss one of Conan Doyle’s little-known post-war stories, ‘The Nightmare Room’ from 1921. Read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Nightmare_Room Listen to an audiobook reading by Greg Wagland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFZwsEE8ua8 The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, subscribe to our YouTube channel for updates here: https://www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Synopsis The air of an ordinary if luxuriant and curiously incomp...
2024-05-3051 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Surgeon of Gaster Fell (1890)Welcome to Episode 50! This month, we look at a deeply personal work that Conan Doyle suppressed for almost thirty years before reissuing in heavily redacted form, ‘The Surgeon of Gaster Fell’ from 1890. You can the original 1890 version here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Surgeon_of_Gaster_Fell Or listen to a Librivox recording of the 1918 version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PouWLBMO0E (starts at 3:27:50). The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, subscribe to our YouTube chan...
2024-04-291h 12Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Pot of Caviare (1908)Hello and welcome to Episode 49. This month, we look at a classic Conan Doyle short story, one the author felt was “gloomy but of [his] best” - ‘The Pot of Caviare’ from 1908. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Pot_of_Caviare Or listen to an audio recording by Greg Wagland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yah89KYMwr8 The episode will be uploaded to our YouTube channel soon, where you can listen with closed captions. In the meantime, subscribe to our YouTube channel for updates here: ht...
2024-03-3146 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Great Shadow (1892)This episode, we travel to the Scottish borders at the end of the Napoleonic Wars for Conan Doyle’s 1892 novella The Great Shadow. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Great_Shadow Listen to the podcast below or at the Podcaster of your choice. Read the show notes here. The episode will be released on our YouTube channel and available for viewing with closed captions in a day or two. Subscribe to the channel here: www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Become a Patron
2024-02-2959 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastACD 2023 - The Year in ReviewThis episode, we break from our usual format to take a look at the last twelve months in the Doylean universe and make some recommendations of adaptations, events, and publications you may have missed. Apologies to anyone we have left out. So much happened last year, it was hard to keep track! If you know of something we have overlooked, please give it a mention in the comments. You can read the shownotes at www.doingsofdoyle.com  The episode will be released on our YouTube channel in the next few hours, with closed c...
2024-01-3155 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastSelecting a Ghost: The Ghosts of Goresthorpe Grange (1883)This episode, we return to a different incarnation of Goresthorpe Grange in ‘Selecting A Ghost’ from December 1883. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Selecting_a_Ghost And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2023/12/46-selecting-ghost-ghosts-of.html.  Listen to the podcast on your podcaster of choice.  The episode will be released on our YouTube channel in the next few hours, with closed captions shortly after. And if you are enjoying the podcast, please leave a rating or review on your podcaster of choice...
2023-12-2453 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe (c.1877)This episode, we discuss what is believed to be the first story Conan Doyle submitted to a publisher, ‘The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe’ (c.1877). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Haunted_Grange_of_Goresthorpe This episode will also be released on our Youtube channel, www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle. Closed captions will be available two days after the video is uploaded. Synopsis Following a particularly atrocious multiple murder in the mid-eighteenth century, Goresthorpe Grange in Norfolk has stood empty and uninhabited for a century, especially given...
2023-11-3057 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Worlds of Sherlock Holmes, with Andrew LycettThis episode, we welcome to the podcast author, journalist, and biographer Andrew Lycett to talk about his latest book, The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes, released in October 2023. The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes (2023) Questing was Sherlock Holmes’s business. He famously adopted the latest forensic techniques, channelled the Victorian passion for enquiry, kept abreast of the key scientific breakthroughs of his age, and conducted his investigations in an enigmatic and stylised manner. And the brains behind it all was, of course, the great Arthur Conan Doyle. In this deep dive into the contemporary world of...
2023-11-1545 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Adventure of the Empty House (1903)This episode, we return to Baker Street at the same time as Sherlock Holmes. It’s ‘The Adventure of the Empty House’ from September 1903. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Adventure_of_the_Empty_House An audiobook version read by Greg Wagland can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Hj_bi9Qto  Listen here or at our Youtube channel, www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle. Closed captions will be available two days after the video is uploaded. Next time on Doings of Doyle… We ar...
2023-10-291h 07Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastSomething of Themselves, with Sarah LeFanuThis episode, we welcome to the podcast biographer Sarah LeFanu whose wonderful book Something of Themselves: Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War was released in 2020. About Sarah LeFanu Sarah lives near Bristol in North Somerset and is a biographer whose subjects include the English writer and traveller Rose Macaulay; Samora Machel, the liberation leader and first president of Mozambique; and Marjorie Blandy, one of the early women who qualified as a doctor and who went to France in 1914 with the Women’s Hospital Corps. More recently, Sarah added Conan Doyle to he...
2023-09-2753 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastLot No. 249 (1892)This episode, we get wrapped up in Conan Doyle’s Mummytastic horror classic, ‘Lot No 249’ (1892). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Lot_No._249 An audiobook version read by Greg Wagland can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5A89sKeMGM Read the show notes here: https://bit.ly/DOD41sn  You can listen to the episode on your podcaster of choice or via our Youtube channel, www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle. Closed captions will be available two days after the video is uploaded. N...
2023-08-271h 04Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Brigadier in England (1903)This episode, we return to Brigadier Etienne Gerard of the Hussars of the Conflans shortly after his escape from Dartmoor Prison for more mishaps and misadventures in ‘The Brigadier in England’ (1903). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Brigadier_in_England Read the show notes. Listen to the episode here: Or at our Youtube channel, www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle. Closed captions will be available two days after the video is uploaded. Next time on Doings of Doyle… Ancient Egypt meets Victorian Englan...
2023-07-2842 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, with Jonathan CranfieldThis episode, we welcome to the podcast Jonathan Cranfield, Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, in the United Kingdom, and editor of Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes for the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle. You can find the book here: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-memoirs-of-sherlock-holmes.html  And read more about the Edinburgh Works project here: https://edinburgh-conan-doyle.org/ The shownotes can be found here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2023/06/39-memoirs-of-sherlock-holmes-with.html  A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after th...
2023-06-3056 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastStrange Studies from Life (1901)This episode, we explore Conan Doyle's life-long fascination with true crime through his 'Strange Studies from Life', dramatic retellings of nineteenth century murder trials, published in the Strand in 1901. You can read the stories here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Holocaust_of_Manor_Place https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Love_Affair_of_George_Vincent_Parker https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Debatable_Case_of_Mrs._Emsley And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2023/05/38-strange-studies-from-life-1901.html  A closed-caption version of t...
2023-05-2857 minRippercast- Your Podcast on the Jack the Ripper murders
Rippercast- Your Podcast on the Jack the Ripper murdersFrom Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Priory SchoolKarl and Jon welcome Mark Jones, the co-host of the podcast Doings of Doyle, to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon: The Adventure of the Priory School https://www.doingsofdoyle.com @adlerto
2023-05-071h 11Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Horror of the Heights (1913)This episode, we travel above the clouds in the company of hot-headed aeronaut Joyce-Armstrong in ‘The Horror of the Heights', from November 1913. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Horror_of_the_Heights Or hear an audio book version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1mV3iOfUT0  And read the show notes here: https://bit.ly/DOD37sn  A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Become a Pa...
2023-04-3047 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastArthur Who Wrote Sherlock, with Linda Bailey and Isabelle FollathThis episode, we are delighted to welcome to the podcast Linda Bailey and Isabelle Follath, respectively the author and illustrator of Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock (2023), a new children’s biography of Conan Doyle. You can find out more about the book here: https://www.andersenpress.co.uk/books/arthur-who-wrote-sherlock/ A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Please note that we had intermittent audio problems during recording and have done what we can to correct this. We hope this does...
2023-03-2944 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastA Literary Mosaic (1886)This episode, we join a cast of Conan Doyle’s literary heroes in his amusing short story, ‘A Literary Mosaic,’ also known as ‘Cyprian Overbeck Wells,’ which first appeared in December 1886. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Cyprian_Overbeck_Wells._A_Literary_Mosaic  A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Become a Patron If you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page or donate vi...
2023-02-2859 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Adventure of the Final Problem (1893)This episode, we travel to Switzerland with Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson for a showdown with the fiendish Professor Moriarty in ‘The Adventure of the Final Problem’ (1893). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Adventure_of_the_Final_Problem You can hear a reading by Greg Wagland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXnEehQkZGg A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Become a Patron If you are enjo...
2023-01-2952 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastConan Doyle and Crime Fiction, with Martin EdwardsThis episode, we are delighted to welcome to the podcast multi-award-winning crime novelist and President of the Detection Club, Martin Edwards, to talk about Conan Doyle and crime fiction. You can read the shownotes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/12/33-conan-doyle-and-crime-fiction-with.html Biography of Martin Edwards Martin Edwards is a multi-award-winning crime novelist, the President of the Detection Club, archivist of the Crime Writers’ Association and series consultant to the British Library’s highly successful series of crime classics, and therefore uniquely qualified to write this book. He has been a widely respected genre comm...
2022-12-2155 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Croxley Master (1899)This episode, we get in training to face Silas Craggs in Conan Doyle’s boxing story ‘The Croxley Master’ from 1899. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Croxley_Master And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/11/32-croxley-master-1899.html  For an introduction to Conan Doyle and sport, listen to our interview with Mark Alberstat in Episode 7 - https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2020/10/7-conan-doyle-and-sport-with-mark.html). A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: www.youtube...
2022-11-2950 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Curse of Eve (1894)This episode, we join an expectant father as he pensively awaits the arrival of his first born, in ‘The Curse of Eve’, one of Conan Doyle’s Round the Red Lamp stories. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Curse_of_Eve Or listen to a Librivox recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZevaD0khms (begins 2:07:35) And read the show notes here. A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com...
2022-10-2844 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastConan Doyle - Memories and Adventures, with Douglas KerrThis episode, we are delighted to be joined by Professor Douglas Kerr to talk about Conan Doyle’s fascinating and much overlooked autobiography Memories and Adventures, first published in 1924 and revised in 1930. You can read Memories and Adventures here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Memories_and_Adventures  And listen to the podcast here: www.doingsofdoyle.com  Access the shownotes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/09/30-conan-doyle-memories-and-adventures.html  A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy2...
2022-09-2951 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Mystery of Sasassa Valley (1879)This episode, we travel back to where it all began with Conan Doyle’s first published work, ‘The Mystery of Sasassa Valley’ (1879). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Mystery_of_Sasassa_Valley You can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/08/29-mystery-of-sasassa-valley-1879.html  A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA Next time on Doings of Doyle We are joined by Professor Douglas Ke...
2022-08-2847 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastA Foreign Office Romance (1894)This time, we head to Regency England where a cunning French spy manipulates the outcome of the Peace of Amiens, in ‘A Foreign Office Romance’ (1894). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=A_Foreign_Office_Romance  And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/07/28-foreign-office-romance-1894.html  Next time on Doings of Doyle We take a look at Conan Doyle's first published story, 'The Mystery of Sasassa Valley' (1879). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Mystery...
2022-07-3145 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastConan Doyle and Professor Challenger, with Stephen J. CarverThis episode, Paul and I are delighted to welcome to the podcast Dr Stephen Carver, author, biographer and recipient of one of the ACD Society’s Inaugural Doylean Honours for his excellent Wordsworth Editions blog on the Professor Challenger stories. We talk with Stephen about the appeal of Professor Challenger to readers and to Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist and Challenger’s spiritualist conversion, the perils and successes of the professional writer, plus gothic writing, dinosaurs and murdering evil-doers in scientific experiments. You can read the Professor Challenger stories here. Or visit Step...
2022-06-2949 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Maracot Deep (1929)This time we travel to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in search of new creatures and encounter ancient ones in The Maracot Deep (1929), Conan Doyle’s last novel. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Maracot_Deep And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/05/26-maracot-deep-1929.html A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA Next time on Doings of Doyle We wel...
2022-05-3052 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923)Hello and welcome to Episode 25. We’re back at Baker Street to drop in on Holmes and Watson for one of their more peculiar cases, ‘The Adventure of the Creeping Man’ from March 1923. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Creeping_Man Or listen to Greg Wagland’s reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAFqZclNOQ You can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/04/25-adventure-of-creeping-man-1923.html  A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode...
2022-04-3049 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe ACD Society, with Ross DaviesThis episode, we're joined by Ross Davies and guests to talk about the new hub of Doylean activity that is the ACD Society. You can find out more about the ACD Society here: www.acdsociety.com   The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. And you can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/03/24-acd-society-with-ross-davies.html  A version of the episode, with closed captions, will shortly appear on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA. Please like and subscribe so we can get a memora...
2022-03-3146 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Great Keinplatz Experiment (1885)This episode, we’re off to a German University town for a comic tale that draws on Conan Doyle’s school days and his early encounters with spiritualism - ‘The Great Keinplatz Experiment’ (1885). You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Great_Keinplatz_Experiment  The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. And you can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/02/23-great-keinplatz-experiment-1885.html  A version of the episode, with closed captions, will shortly appear on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube...
2022-02-2847 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Lord of Chateau Noir (1894)This episode, we head back into Gothic territory with a tale of cruelty and revenge set during the Franco-Prussian war, ‘The Lord of Chateau Noir’ from 1894. You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Lord_of_Ch%C3%A2teau_Noir Or listen to Greg Wagland’s audiobook version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S8hubCSDeU The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. And you can read the show n...
2022-01-3043 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastConan Doyle and the Cottingley Fairies, with Merrick BurrowThis episode, we are joined by Dr Merrick Burrow, Head of English and Creative Writing at the University of Huddersfield, to talk about The Cottingley Fairies: A Study in Deception, an exhibition Merrick has curated for the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery at the University of Leeds.    You can visit the exhibition online here: https://library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/1900/galleries/375/the-cottingley-fairies-a-study-in-deception You can read Conan Doyle's The Coming of the Fairies here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Coming_of_the_Fairies The episode can be heard here: http://doingsof...
2021-12-211h 01Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastJelland‘s Voyage (1892)This episode, we travel to nineteenth century Japan in the footsteps of one of Conan Doyle's childhood friends, and take part in a heist on the high seas in 'Jelland's Voyage' (1892). You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Jelland%27s_Voyage  Or listen to Greg Wagland's excellent reading of the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWEATwp0Q2o  And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/11/20-jellands-voyage-1892.html  A version of the episode, with closed captions, will shortly appear on...
2021-11-2848 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Silver Mirror (1908)It’s Hallowe’en, so settle down by the fire, pour yourself a stiff drink, and get ready for a Conan Doyle ghost story, ‘The Silver Mirror,’ from August 1908. You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Silver_Mirror And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/10/19-silver-mirror-1908.html  Next time on the Doings of Doyle… We head to nineteenth century Japan for ‘Jelland’s Voyage’ (1892). You can read it here:
2021-10-3147 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Adventure of the Resident Patient (1893)This time we travel from Baker Street to Brook Street in the company of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in 'The Adventure of the Resident Patient' (1893), one of the later Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893).  You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Resident_Patient  Or listen to an audio narration by Greg Wagland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGi_BCaTYMo  And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/09/18-adventure-of-resident-patient-1893.html  Next time on the Doings of Doyle… ...
2021-09-2745 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastUncle Jeremy's Household (1887)This episode, we enjoy a slice of Anglo-Indian gothic with Conan Doyle’s early short story Uncle Jeremy’s Household (1887), a tale with connections to a Doyle family mystery and a certain resident of Baker Street. You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Uncle_Jeremy%27s_Household Or listen to an audio narration by Greg Wagland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj_PRyDhFgU And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/08/17-uncle-jeremys-household-1887.html  Next time on the Doings of Doyle… We v...
2021-08-3057 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastConan Doyle and George Edalji, with Shrabani BasuHello and welcome to episode 16. This episode, Paul and I are delighted to welcome to the podcast journalist and author Shrabani Basu to talk about Conan Doyle, George Edalji and her new book The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer (Bloomsbury, 2021). In 1903, the quiet village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham is shocked by a spate of horrific horse maiming. Suspicion improbably falls on George Edalji, a quiet, socially awkward, brown-skinned young lawyer, the son of Shapurji Edalji, the first Indian to become vicar of an English parish. The Edaljis have been subject to prolonged persecution and racial abuse...
2021-07-2055 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastHow the Brigadier Held the King & How the King Held the Brigadier (1895)Episode 15 - We finally bring Brigadier Gerard to the podcast, with a discussion of two of his early exploits, 'How the Brigadier Held the King' and 'How the King Held the Brigadier' (1895).  You can read the stories here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=How_the_Brigadier_Held_the_King; https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=How_the_King_Held_the_Brigadier   The episode can be heard here: https://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. You can read the shownotes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/06/15-how-brigadier-held-king-how-king.html  Acknowledgements Thanks to our s...
2021-06-2951 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Terror of Blue John Gap (1910)Episode 14 - This time we trek through the caverns of the Peak District in search of a  prehistoric monster in Conan Doyle's 1910 short story 'The Terror of Blue John Gap.' A little gem of a tale, it harks back to Conan Doyle's early gothic fiction while being a precursor to The Lost World (1912). You can read the novel here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Terror_of_Blue_John_Gap  The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. You can read the shownotes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/05/14-t...
2021-05-3048 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Refugees: A Tale of Two ContinentsThe Refugees: A Tale of Two Continents,’Conan Doyle's fourth historical novel, was first published by Harper's Monthly Magazine in the first half of 1893. It explores the events surrounding Louis XIV's Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and how this impacts on a small group of Huguenots who are sent, as Conan Doyle put it, “flying like leaves before a hurricane.” You can read the novel here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Refugees The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. You can read the shownotes here: https...
2021-04-2143 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastConan Doyle and Napoleon with Cliff GoldfarbThis episode, we are delighted to welcome to the podcast Clifford S. Goldfarb, author of The Great Shadow (1997), to talk about Conan Doyle and Napoleon. As we mentioned in Episode 10, Conan Doyle had a life-long fascination with the Napoleonic era which began at his mother's knee, with tales of family members at Waterloo, and found its release in some of his finest historical works. We talk to Cliff about his interest in Conan Doyle's Napoleonic works, including the Brigadier Gerard stories, his collection of books, documents and notebooks and his many projects.   The ep...
2021-03-1347 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Adventure of the Devil's Foot‘The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot,’ the third story in the collection His Last Bow, was first published by The Strand Magazine in 1910. A tale of death and diablerie in Cornwall, it harks back to some of Conan Doyle’s earlier works... You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Devil%27s_Foot The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. And you can read the shownotes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/02/11-adventure-of-devils-foot.html  Acknowledgements Thanks to our sp...
2021-02-2845 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastA Straggler of '15 and WaterlooWelcome to Episode 10. This time, we travel back to the 1890s to discuss Conan Doyle's short story 'A Straggler of '15' and its stage play version which came to be known simply as 'Waterloo' (first performed 1894). Plus we cover a cast of luminaries of the Victorian stage, including Henry Irving, Bram Stoker and George Bernard Shaw.   You can read the story here and the play here. You can read the show notes here. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin Mac...
2021-01-2451 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastAn Exciting Christmas Eve, or, My Lecture on DynamiteToday, we join Otto Von Spee of Heidelberg for 'An Exciting Christmas Eve,' as he is duped into giving a lecture on dynamite... You can read the story here. You can read the show notes here. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  
2020-12-2439 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Captain Sharkey QuartetAhoy mateys! All aboard the Happy Delivery for a voyage to hell and back with Conan Doyle's unscrupulous pirate villain, the damnable Sharkey. You can read the stories here. You can read the show notes here. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2020-12-0446 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastConan Doyle and Sport with Mark AlberstatIn this first interview show, we talk to Mark Albertstat, co-editor of Canadian Holmes, the journal of Sherlockian society The Bootmakers of Toronto, about Conan Doyle and his fascination with sport. The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. The show notes can be read here. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2020-10-2941 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Case of Lady SannoxWe enter dark waters this episode with The Case of Lady Sannox, Conan Doyle's Gothic masterpiece, written in 1893. A sinister incident leads to a beautiful socialite withdrawing from polite society and a celebrated surgeon losing his mind...   You can read the story here. You can read the show notes here. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2020-04-1447 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Man with the Watches & The Lost SpecialIt's episode five and this time we're looking at The Story of the Man with the Watches and The Story of the Lost Special, two of Conan Doyle's Round the Fire stories written in 1898, and widely considered apocrypha of the Sherlock Holmes canon. To read the stories, click here and here. You can read the show notes here. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  
2020-03-1241 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastDanger!This month we're talking about Danger! Being the Log of Captain John Sirius (1914), Conan Doyle's prophetic tale of submarine warfare published during the outbreak of the First World War. To read the story, click here. For show notes, visit the website.   Acknowledgements Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2020-02-0547 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Captain of the Pole-starIt's time for another episode. This month we talk about Doyle's classic ghost story, The Captain of the Pole-star (1883). To read the story, click here. For show notes, visit the website. Acknowledgements Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2020-01-0838 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Winning ShotWelcome to the second episode of Doings of Doyle. This episode, we're talking about Doyle's 1883 short story The Winning Shot. To read the story, click here. For show notes, visit the website. Acknowledgements Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2019-12-0439 minDoings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast
Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle PodcastThe Doings of Raffles HawWelcome to the first episode of Doings of Doyle. This episode, we're talking about Doyle's 1891 novella The Doings of Raffles Haw.   To read the story, go to https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Doings_of_Raffles_Haw.   For show notes, visit https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2019/10/1-doings-of-raffles-haw.html.    Acknowledgements Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  
2019-11-0643 min