Sherlock Holmes in 19th‑Century London: Crime, Forensics, and the Birth of the Victorian Detective

We explore how London’s fog‑shrouded streets and rising crime set the stage for a fictional detective whose name became synonymous with Victorian confidence in observation. The Met Police’s early reliance on simple tools gave way to emerging forensic science, while Doyle drew on his Boer War medical experience and journalism to craft Holmes as an embodiment of empirical reasoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices