Dec 9, 2009
In
the Sherlockian world, the "Great Hiatus" is known as the period
from 1891 to 1894 when Holmes was presumably dead after his
showdown with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. In the
real world, it meant that publication of new Sherlock Holmes
stories ceased after "The Final Problem" in December 1893 and
didn't resume until The Hound of
the Baskervilles appeared in 1901 as a retrospective (not a
resurrection) of Holmes. It wasn't until 1903 that the world saw
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes in "The Empty House." For those of
you who have been following, this podcast was on a hiatus of its
own. Scott and Burt have been busy in our professional lives (not
to mention having equipment issues and a hard drive failure thrown
in for good measure). But we're back! In this show, we recap of
what went on in the world of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts for 2009,
as well as what's coming up, and we even looked back at the hiatus
of that august publication The Baker Street Journal.
Listen now: