Episode 96: A Study in Spring

"See how beautifully the spring works" [STUD]Spring is here! Suh-per-ing is here! Life is skittles and life is beer...You may not have realized this, but more than a quarter of the Sherlock Holmes stories occurred in the spring. We took the opportunity to call out a few of them an delve into why the season worked as both a setting for the stories and as tool to juxtapose Holmes and Watson.Of course, we don't stop there, as we chat about what our 100th episode may contain (just four episodes away!), a trending book topic on Twitter, the masterful scholarship that William S. Baring-Gould leveraged to determine his chronology, and welcome special guests Tom Lehrer and Orson Welles.The Sherlockian news is here to get you caught up, our Gas-Lamp is from the current issue of the Baker Street Journal (Vol. 66, No. 1), Rob Nunn joins us as a victim contestant on Mental Exaltation, and we give you a sneak peek into what IHOSE Episode 97 will contain.Notes1:50 Welcome / witty banter2:45 "Burning Leaves in Spring" by Christopher Morley3:50 #RemoveALetterSpoilABook7:21 Preparing for our 100th episode9:23 Sponsor #1: Wessex Press13:28 Discussing the stories from the Sherlock Holmes stories in the spring According to William S. Baring-Gould, the following stories took place in the spring (March 21-June 20): SCAN, IDEN, BOSC, SPEC, COPP, YELL, STOC, REIG, FINA, EMPT, SOLI, PRIO, 3STU, WIST, 3GAB, SHOS34:41 A special guest waxes poetic on the power of peas41:10 What's wrong with this date?43:37 Sponsor #2: The Baker Street Journal46:38 The Sherlockian news1:00:14 Sponsor #3: Amanda Lester, Detective1:02:24 Mental Exaltation quiz show1:08:28 The Editor's Gas-Lamp1:14:47 Important announcements1:17:58 A preview of Episode #97SponsorsThis episode includes our two longtime sponsors and a special sponsor who is supporting us for the first half of this year:The Wessex Press, featuring Sherlockian Heresies The Baker Street Journal, where you should get your annual subscription in now to secure all four issues plus the Christmas Annual. And Paula Berinstein's Amanda Lester, Detective series for young adults.