Podcasts about Sherlock Holmes

Our series of radio detectives played by multiple actors takes us today to Baker Street and four men who donned the deerstalker cap of Sherlock Holmes. First, Basil Rathbone is the great detective in "The Tankerville Club" (originally aired on Mutual on April 22, 1946). Next, Tom Conway steps in as Holmes in "The Adventure of the Horseless Carriage" (originally aired on ABC on February 24, 1947). Then, John Stanley stars in "The Adventure of Lady Waverly's Imitation Pearls" (originally aired on Mutual on April 4, 1948). Finally, John Gielgud is Sherlock in the syndicated episode "The Speckled Band."

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF A Scandal in Bohemia A Dramatic Reading by Carolyn Ossorio This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio trades police reports, crime scenes and courtroom testimony for gaslit streets, royal secrets and the fog-shrouded world of 221B Baker Street. Settle in for a special dramatic reading of “A Scandal in Bohemia,” Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes story and the unforgettable introduction of Irene Adler. When a mysterious masked visitor arrives at Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes finds himself drawn into an exceedingly delicate problem. A powerful European king is preparing to marry, but somewhere in London exists a photograph capable of destroying the match—and perhaps considerably more. The photograph belongs to Irene Adler, an American opera singer and former lover who has absolutely no intention of surrendering it. Holmes accepts the challenge with his customary confidence. There will be surveillance, disguises, deception and an elaborate trap designed to reveal exactly where Adler has hidden the evidence. There is only one problem. Irene Adler is playing the game, too. First published in 1891, “A Scandal in Bohemia” endures because Doyle does something remarkable with the Sherlock Holmes formula: he gives the world's most famous detective an adversary capable of seeing the board every bit as clearly as he does. This isn't a tale of grisly murder or elaborate violence. Its weapons are intelligence, observation, manipulation and the dangerous assumption that you've already figured out the person standing across from you. And for Holmes, Irene Adler will forever become simply: “The Woman.” Turn down the lights and join Carolyn for a journey into Victorian London and one of the most celebrated adventures in the Sherlock Holmes canon.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF A Scandal in Bohemia A Dramatic Reading by Carolyn Ossorio This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio trades police reports, crime scenes and courtroom testimony for gaslit streets, royal secrets and the fog-shrouded world of 221B Baker Street. Settle in for a special dramatic reading of “A Scandal in Bohemia,” Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes story and the unforgettable introduction of Irene Adler. When a mysterious masked visitor arrives at Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes finds himself drawn into an exceedingly delicate problem. A powerful European king is preparing to marry, but somewhere in London exists a photograph capable of destroying the match—and perhaps considerably more. The photograph belongs to Irene Adler, an American opera singer and former lover who has absolutely no intention of surrendering it. Holmes accepts the challenge with his customary confidence. There will be surveillance, disguises, deception and an elaborate trap designed to reveal exactly where Adler has hidden the evidence. There is only one problem. Irene Adler is playing the game, too. First published in 1891, “A Scandal in Bohemia” endures because Doyle does something remarkable with the Sherlock Holmes formula: he gives the world's most famous detective an adversary capable of seeing the board every bit as clearly as he does. This isn't a tale of grisly murder or elaborate violence. Its weapons are intelligence, observation, manipulation and the dangerous assumption that you've already figured out the person standing across from you. And for Holmes, Irene Adler will forever become simply: “The Woman.” Turn down the lights and join Carolyn for a journey into Victorian London and one of the most celebrated adventures in the Sherlock Holmes canon.

Stefan, Kuba and Quinn discuss all of the Sherlock Holmes adaptions and which ones were based and which cringe Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497 Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents? Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!) THANKS Y'ALL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll... Read Jason Myles in Current Affairs Magazine here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/.../donald-trump-is-a-pro... Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/ Read Jason in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/rainbow-and-machine

A coded message arrives at Baker Street, and Sherlock Holmes already knows whose shadow is behind it. A free audiobook chapter read by Bree Carlile on Bite at a Time Books. Join Host Bree Carlile as she reads The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle. Follow along as Bree shares her passion for books, audiobooks, and bringing stories to life in these classic novel audiobooks. Busy schedule? Each episode is just one chapter, or bite of a classic novel, play or short story, which means you can fit in your reading goals while getting ready for work, bed, or on your commute. Follow, rate, and review Bite at a Time Books where we read you your favorite classics, one bite at a time. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. We would love to hear from you! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, or YouTube @BiteAtATimeBooks, or find all of our links, including to our Facebook Group and sign up for our newsletter at BiteAtATimeBooks.com (link in bio). We are now part of the Bite at a Time Books Productions network! https://biteatatimebooksproductions.com If you ever wondered what inspired your favorite classic novelist to write their stories, what was happening in their lives or the world at the time, check out Bite at a Time Books Behind the Story wherever you listen to podcasts. https://biteatatimebooksbehindthestory.com

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THE DEVIL'S LEDGER Week of August 24, 2026 It is still freakin' August. This week on The Devil's Ledger, we surrender to the heat and turn our attention toward masked lunatics, black-eyed children, Victorian blackmail, spectacular fraud, and another trip into a supernatural dimension that desperately needs better lighting. We begin with The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week: The Chucky Mask Spree. Philadelphia police say a masked man targeted at least half a dozen people during a bizarre early-morning spree, including a 40-year-old jogger whom he allegedly chased after asking whether she was ready to die. Surveillance cameras captured the suspect wearing a Chucky-style doll mask—and investigators noticed that beneath it he appeared to be wearing another black face covering. Fictional monsters are considerably less entertaining when someone decides to wear their face in the real world.

LBC Irregulars: A Sherlock Holmes PodcastRadio Show - Episode 23: The Accidental MurderessWelcome to the 23rd episode of our coverage of Sherlock Holmes as he appeared on vintage radio shows!Join your host, Jarrod Alberich, The Yard Sale Artist, and friends, as we listen to an actual old-timey radio show together and then chat about it afterward.This episode's feature:The Accidental Murderess from "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".This episode's guest(s): Jason "Weasel Skull" Alberich & Pat "DJ Kristatos" Sampson!#LBCIrregularsLet us know what you think!Email the show at contact@longboxcrusade.comThis podcast is a member of the LONGBOX CRUSADE NETWORK:LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/longboxcrusadeVisit the WEBSITE: http://www.longboxcrusade.com/Follow on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LongboxCrusadeFollow on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/longboxcrusadeLike the FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/LongboxCrusadeSubscribe to the YOUTUBE Channel: https://goo.gl/4LkhovSubscribe on APPLE PODCASTS at:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-longbox-crusade/id1118783510?mt=2Thank you for listening and we hope you have enjoyed this episode of LBC Irregulars: A Sherlock Holmes Podcast - Radio Show.#sherlockholmes #sherlock #holmes #holmesandwatson  #mystery #radiodrama #radioshow #radio #TheAccidentalMurderess

The man who bought the twenty-room house next door to the Powells keeps no car, no telephone, and every light in the place burning through the night, and a neighbor's dog that trots up his front walk drops dead on it without a mark.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Sound Advice” (July 10, 1978) ***WD00:46:00.024 = Theater Five, “Neighbor” (November 26, 1964) ***WD01:06:44.069 = Columbia Workshop “Halfpint Flask” July 06, 1939)01:36:02.931 = Harry Lime, “Golden Fleece” (October 12, 1951)02:00:31.656 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Decoy” (July 26, 1980)02:29:01.635 = The Haunting Hour, “Unidentified Body” (July 28, 1945) ***WD02:53:50.416 = The Hermit's Cave, “The Story Without End” (January 11, 1942) ***WD03:16:45.483 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Stolen Rembrandts” (1945-1950) ***WD03:41:07.269 = Sherlock Holmes, “Singular Affair of the Ancient Egyptian Curse” (March 10, 1947)04:10:56.579 = Mystery House, “Bases Loaded” (June 14, 1946) ***WD04:36:57.839 = Inner Sanctum, “No Coffin For The Dead” (February 20, 1945) ***WD05:05:38.551 = Show Close(ADU) = Air Date Unknown(LQ) = Low Quality***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0751

LBC Irregulars: A Sherlock Holmes PodcastEpisode 20: The Eligible BachelorLCB host Brad Abraham stops by 221B as we discuss "The Eligible Bachelor”. This extended version of Doyle's The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor causes quite the division on ratings this episode.  Can we decipher why the visual representation is so different from the written version?  More importantly can we decipher between a leopard, a jaguar, and a cougar by the end of the episode?#LBCIrregularsLet us know what you think!Email the show at contact@longboxcrusade.comThis podcast is a member of the LONGBOX CRUSADE NETWORK:LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/longboxcrusadeVisit the WEBSITE: http://www.longboxcrusade.com/Follow on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LongboxCrusadeFollow on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/longboxcrusadeLike the FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/LongboxCrusadeSubscribe to the YOUTUBE Channel: https://goo.gl/4LkhovSubscribe on Apple Podcast at:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-longbox-crusade/id1118783510?mt=2Thank you for listening and we hope you have enjoyed this episode of LBC Irregulars: A Sherlock Holmes Podcast.#LBCIrregulars #SherlockHolmes #Sherlock #Holmes #holmesandwatson #TheEligibleBachelor

Here're 17 twisted riddles to boost your brain power. Solving riddles is a great way to train your brain and also an enriching, fun experience. Imagine you're Sherlock Holmes and you get the task you need to complete, no matter what! Time to turn on your attentiveness to detail, sharp mind and start thinking outside the box! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bonus episode, we salute the late Peggy Webber, who passed away on August 15th at the age of 100. One of the radio era's most versatile performers, she wrote, directed, and acted in thousands of episodes. She sometimes played multiple parts in a single episode, and we'll hear an example of that talent as we enjoy some of her radio performances. First, she's a woman in need of help from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in "The Adventure of the Tolling Bell" (originally aired on ABC on April 7, 1947). Then, she's both a woman who asks The Saint to find her missing brother and a landlady who loves a bribe in "No Hiding Place" (originally aired on NBC on November 19, 1950). Finally, we'll hear her in one of her well-known recurring roles as Joe Friday's mother in "The Big Speech" from Dragnet (originally aired on NBC on April 19, 1951).

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"I see that there was nothing in it, after all." [REDH]      In this month's "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" episode, we're getting aggressive: we're taking on a number of trifling things at once.     Greg Darak, BSI ("The Engineer's Thumb") wondered about various troubling items in "The Red-Headed League," a story popular not only for its plot but for its many problems. Dates, practical matters and more face Holmes and readers. These are many Trifles.      If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift.   Our Merch Store is open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today.    "Trifling Trifles" is back — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. This time, "Lomax" emerges from the sub-library. Make sure you're signed up so you don't miss this is exclusive benefit for our paying subscribers.  Check it out (Patreon | Substack).     Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts   Links The Baker Street Journal All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com    Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band. Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0      

Sherlock Holmes never once used deduction.   Open any of the stories and watch what he actually does. He notices a tan line on a wrist or mud dried on a boot and leaps to the best-fitting explanation. Then he went looking for evidence. Deduction guarantees its conclusions. What Holmes did was guess. He was better at it than everyone around him because he treated guessing as a discipline.   The discipline of guessing is one of the most useful thinking skills nobody ever taught you.   Let's get into it. What Is Abductive Reasoning? There are three kinds of reasoning. School taught you two of them.   Deduction moves from a general rule to a specific conclusion. For example, all mammals have hearts. Dogs are mammals. So dogs have hearts. If the starting statements are true, the conclusion must be true.   Induction goes the other way, from specific observations to a general pattern. For example, if you see a thousand white swans, you conclude all swans are white. Probably right, but never guaranteed. Europeans believed exactly that until they reached Australia and found black swans. I covered both in an earlier episode on logical reasoning skills.   Abduction is the third kind, the one school skipped, and it runs reasoning backward. You start at the far end, with the result or fact in front of you, then you work back to whatever would explain it. For example, the lawn is wet at six in the morning. You didn't see it rain, and nothing rules out a broken sprinkler. But rain explains it best, so you accept it for now and get on with your day.   Notice that you did that without deciding to. You are running abductive reasoning constantly, on faces and sales numbers and to explain the silence after you finish talking in a meeting. We all leap from evidence to an explanation and then treat the explanation as fact. You already know how to do this. What you don't have is the habit of catching yourself at it and doing it deliberately when it matters.   Now go back to Holmes. In A Study in Scarlet, the first thing he ever does on the page is shake hands with a stranger and say, "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive." Holmes explains it later. The man had a medical look but a soldier's bearing. His face was dark, but his wrists were fair, so the tan came from somewhere hot. His left arm hung stiffly, so it had been injured. None of those clues proves anything on its own. Holmes asked which single story would cover them all: an army doctor, wounded and sent home from the Afghan war. That is abduction, not deduction, and Conan Doyle used the wrong word for it his entire career. Why AI Can't Do Abductive Reasoning Abduction is the only one of the three that creates a new idea. Deduction draws out what was already inside the starting statements, and induction stretches a pattern you already saw. That difference used to be a philosopher's distinction. It matters now because AI has gotten very good at the other two. AI finds patterns in billions of examples and extends them, induction at a scale no human can match. What it cannot reliably do is face a fact that fits no pattern and come up with an explanation worth betting on. That leap is still uniquely human, and the people who make it well are getting more valuable every year.   Meanwhile, abduction as a skill is getting harder to keep, because search engines and chatbots now answer most questions in under a minute, and abduction doesn't work that way. It asks you to live with "probably" for a while, holding an answer you know might be wrong and working anyway. How to Improve Your Abductive Reasoning Skills None of this is a talent you either have or don't have. Watch a good doctor or a talented designer at work, and you will see the same four moves. Each one can be practiced. 1. Notice What Doesn't Fit In 1847, a Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis ran a maternity clinic in Vienna. It had two wards, one staffed by doctors and one by midwives, and in the doctors' ward new mothers were dying of fever at three times the rate. Some women gave birth in the street rather than be admitted, and the street births survived at a better rate.   Everyone was ignoring the numbers. Semmelweis treated the numbers as the question. What could explain the best-trained people in the hospital losing the most patients? His answer came when a colleague cut his finger during an autopsy and died of the same fever. Doctors went from dissecting corpses straight to delivering babies. Midwives never touched corpses. He ordered handwashing in chlorine, and the deaths collapsed decades before anyone had heard of germ theory.   Charles Sanders Peirce, the philosopher who gave the skill its name, built that noticing into his own definition of abduction. The surprising fact is observed, he wrote, and only then does the search for an explanation begin. When something fits what you already believe, we accept it without noticing. Surprise is the alarm that the automatic version has failed. It means the failure that matters happens before any of the reasoning starts. The risk is that you cannot explain a surprise you never see. We have spent years learning to rationalize them away.   When reality does something you didn't predict, write it down before you talk yourself out of it. 2. Generate More Than One Explanation Last week I told you about the chrome-looking keyboard snafu. An HP laptop was running below plan, and none of the data would say why. Before anybody knew about the keyboard, I asked the product team what they thought was happening.   I got three answers. It needs more memory. It needs a bigger hard drive. It needs longer battery life. Each one arrived with a competitor's machine held up beside ours. That one has more memory. That one has the bigger drive. Every comparison was accurate, and each one had been picked because it supported the answer.   Three explanations sounded like the work was done. All three said the same thing: that we were losing on specifications, which is what the team was already organized to believe. None of the explanations would have sent someone into a store on a Saturday to watch a customer make the purchase decision.   So when you catch a genuine surprise, run it through this sequence instead:   State the surprise in one sentence. "Sales dropped 15% in a quarter when we improved the product." If you can't state it cleanly, you don't yet know what you're explaining. Force at least three explanations. The third is usually where the thinking starts, because the first two are the ones everybody already believes. Include one explanation you don't want to be true. If every explanation on your list flatters you and your team, the list isn't finished. Write down what each explanation would predict. If A is true, what else should you be able to see? That turns a guess into something you can check. 3. Choose the Best Explanation, Not the First One Philosophers call abduction "inference to the best explanation," and the key word is "best." Best doesn't mean first, and it rarely means the cleverest.   The one you want covers the most facts while assuming the least. Then, before you commit, decide what evidence would make you drop it. A doctor hearing chest pain does this out loud, ruling out the dangerous explanation first even when she expects it to be something ordinary. 4. Hold It Loosely and Test It Cheaply The best explanation is still a bet, nothing stronger. The moment you forget the word "bet," the skill starts working against you. Many will make a sharp abductive leap, fall in love with it, and then spend six months protecting it instead of testing it.   Designers handle this better than almost anyone. A prototype is an abductive test, the cheapest way to let the world argue with your guess before you commit real money. Whatever your field, find your version of the prototype. Good innovators are wrong as often as everyone else. They just find out sooner, and it costs them less.  Try This Before Friday Think of the last thing at work that went differently than you expected. A deal that died, a number that moved the wrong way, a good person who quit. You already have an explanation for it. Notice how fast it came. Somebody asked what happened, and you had an answer before they finished the question, and everyone nodded, because it was reasonable, and reasonable answers end conversations.   Go back to it this week. Not to find out whether you were right, because you were probably close enough. Go back because two other explanations fit those same facts and you never considered either one. Find them, and make one something you would rather not be true.   Then find the smallest test that would tell them apart. A phone call. One question to somebody who was in the room. It is almost never expensive, and that is the part worth sitting with, because it means the answer has been sitting there the whole time and nobody went and got it. Conclusion Abductive reasoning is how new ideas enter the world, and Holmes made a career of it under the wrong name. The more leaps you make and test, the sharper the next one gets.

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Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you compliance related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership or general interest for the compliance professional. ·      DOJ probes over interlocking Boards.   (Bloomberg) ·      The Lakers and a federal probe.  (Athletic) ·      FT Business books of the year-the long list is out.   (FT) ·      L3Harris CEO ousted for COI. (WSJ) To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out my latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes back Vince Walden, CEO of konaAI, which is the sponsor of this podcast series. Vince is well known for his leadership in data analytics, machine learning, and AI, and we take a deep dive into all of these topics through the lens of the Scoular FCPA Enforcement action. The Scoular case is a unique learning tool for using data analytics, machine learning, and AI for compliance. In this matter, roughly 2,000 near-$2,000 payments were tied to customs brokerage activity. This case illustrates broader uses of data analytics beyond numbers, including mining unstructured text in invoice and payment-description fields (e.g., repeated terms like “re-inspection fee” and Spanish phrases) and linking it to structured AP data. Walden explains how combining structured and unstructured data reduces investigator bias, how round-dollar and repetitive payments to high-risk vendors can be continuously risk scored using hundreds of tests, and how machine learning can “find more like this” across large transaction populations. We discuss integrating communications data when available, using monitoring within typical 30–60-day payment cycles to prevent payments, supporting self-disclosure decisions amid DOJ guidance, and launching a minimum viable analytics program by starting with AP spend, invoices, POs, and payments pulled from ERP systems. Key highlights: Structured vs. Unstructured Data Red Flags Round Dollars Text Mining and Three Lines Transactional Fingerprints Machine Learning for Compliance Linking Comms and Payments Prevention Through Monitoring Continuous Improvement and ROI Self-Disclosure and Culture Data 90-Day Analytics Roadmap Resources: konaAI Vince Walden on LinkedIn Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom's latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all love detective stories: we enjoy watching, reading, listening to them. Sherlock Holmes's adventures are our all-time favorites. We love guessing who the mastermind is, which move from the criminal to expect, who the next victim will be, what the main evidence is. When we were kids, many of us dreamed of becoming policemen, right? Riddles are a new way to stimulate our brains to go along with some kind of investigation. Human beings are curious and they can't resist solving an interesting puzzle: be it Sudoku or a Rubik's cube. Our brains need practice and some refreshing exercise. Just like our bodies! Without exercise we get lazy and lose our muscles and without brain exercise we stop being quick minded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional. Top stories include: 4 things states can do to combat federal corruption. (JustSecurity) Fury now greater at health care execs. (NYT) Former Tricolor CEO must face criminal charges. (Reuters) JPMorgan de-banks Polymarket. (WSJ) To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom's latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Those of good fellowship" [VALL]    We return to Baltimore and the rich history of one of America's oldest Sherlock Holmes societies, the Six Napoleons of Baltimore. Greg Ruby and Mike McSwiggin join us to talk about the group's origins and its upcoming 80th anniversary.    We hear about their first encounters with Sherlock Holmes and then travel back to 1946, when six Baltimore Sherlockians gathered for dinner and founded what would become the Six Napoleons. We also discuss the wonderfully complicated story behind its name, which connects a local Baltimore woman to Napoleon's family and, of course, to a famous Holmes adventure.   Today, the group continues its traditions of scholarship, trivia, and, above all, fun. We talk about their memorable "inquisition" used to induct new members, its twice-yearly meetings, and its 80th anniversary celebration this September, which features our own Scott Monty as guest speaker.    We also discuss Greg Ruby's Sherlockians of Baltimore (SOBs), a newer organization that meets quarterly, on Saturdays. It's a conversation about 80 years of Sherlockian friendship—and a reminder that the game is still very much afoot in Baltimore.   Our "Learned Societies" segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the first half of October. Then, it's a new edition of "Examining the Pictures," with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, as he begins a review of the BBC's Sherlock series. Finally, the Canonical Couplet quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of something from the IHOSE vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by August 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.   As a reminder, our supporters can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. Join us on the platform of your choice: Patreon | Substack   And if you need some show swag or gift ideas, or if you want to show off your good taste to other Sherlockians, check out our Merch Store, with mugs, notepads and more.   Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to us wherever you listen to podcasts.   Links Sherlockians of Baltimore Other episodes mentioned on the show: Episode 26: A Musical Stroll Down Baker Street (interview with Fritz Weaver) Episode 128: Sherlockian Coin Collecting (Greg Ruby) Episode 225: Evidence Boxes (Deborah Clark) Episode 246: Sherlock Holmes and the British Empire (Mike McSwiggin appearance) Episode 324: Sherlockian Road Tripping (Greg Ruby) I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere / Trifles Merch Store     Explore more here. Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock.   And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or the player of your choice? It would help other Sherlockians find us. Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.  

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional. Top stories include: The blueprint for investigations. (Bloomberg) FinCEN revokes corporate disclosure law. (Law360) Misconduct complaints soar at DOJ. (Reuters) OpenAI Ethics Chief resigns. (FT) To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom's latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 15: A Retrospection — The Final Chapter, by Arthur Conan Doyle | A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the fifteenth and final chapter of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read slowly and softly for anyone lying awake in the small hours. The moor is behind us. It is the end of November, and Holmes and Watson are back where they began — either side of a blazing fire in the sitting room at Baker Street, on a raw and foggy London night. Over the course of one long evening, Holmes finally sets out the whole of it: who Stapleton really was, where he came from, how the hound was bought and hidden, and every quiet step of a plan that had been running long before anyone thought to look for one. You can listen offline, any time you wake in the night, in the Anchored app —

We start with a little baseball nostalgia and somehow ends with us debating whether a man would trade a live rattlesnake for chicken tenders—which, honestly, is a pretty accurate summary of the intellectual journey you've signed up for with this funny podcast.The crew kicks things off after learning Daryl Strawberry was spotted in the stands shaking hands with an old teammate, which naturally gets everybody talking baseball, Strawberry's career, and his St. Louis-area connection. From there, we smoothly transition—as only a professional broadcasting operation like ours can—into one of the most stressful decisions a parent can make: where the heck is your kid going to college?Rizz is getting ready to hit the road for Fayetteville and is making a strong sales pitch for the University of Arkansas. Moon brings his own college-tour experience to the table, including some serious love for Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama campus. Rafe weighs in on Fayetteville, Madison, Laramie and more as the guys break down a ranking of the best college towns in America.Ann Arbor takes the top spot, but that doesn't stop the crew from debating Arizona State, Virginia, Florida, Florida State, Wisconsin, Berkeley, Purdue, Wyoming and Illinois. There are beautiful campuses, brutal winters, business schools, Walmart money and the eternal parental dream of convincing your kid that the school YOU like is obviously the school THEY should like. Parenting!Then we arrive in Florida.And things immediately get stupid.It's time for Fake News or Florida, the game where contestants have to decide whether a ridiculous headline actually happened in Florida or whether the show made it up. The problem is that writing fake Florida headlines is nearly impossible because actual Florida keeps producing material that sounds like it was written by three raccoons sharing a laptop.Was a woman dressed as a hot dog arrested after covering a neighbor's car in toilet paper? Did police arrest Chuck E. Cheese while he was still in costume? Did someone throw an alligator through a drive-thru window? Did a guy in a Batman onesie detain a burglary suspect? Could a 300-pound feral hog interrupt somebody doing a crossword puzzle? And, most importantly, how much faith should anyone place in Moon as a lifeline?The answers become increasingly concerning.We also encounter a runaway kangaroo, a rainbow-painted manatee statue, a man hiding a gun under silicone breasts, a burglar with a live ferret stuffed down his pants, hundreds of mysteriously delivered shower curtains and the possibility of a rattlesnake-for-chicken-tenders barter economy.Moon spends much of the game carefully analyzing every detail, constructing thoughtful arguments and then discovering that Florida does not recognize the laws of logic. It's like watching Sherlock Holmes investigate a gas-station parking lot at 2 a.m.This funny podcast packs baseball talk, college-town arguments, listener chaos, bizarre headlines, St. Louis humor and enough Florida news to make you wonder whether the state should simply start issuing press releases titled, “You're Not Going To Believe This One Either.”It's another episode of The Rizzuto Show where celebrity and sports talk collide with weird news, sarcastic humor and the kind of daily comedy that probably shouldn't count as educational—but technically you will learn several things.Mostly about ferrets.Come for Daryl Strawberry and the college debate. Stay for the moment everyone has to seriously consider whether someone tried to exchange a live rattlesnake for chicken tenders.That's the kind of journalism this funny podcast is brave enough to tackle.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 14, by Arthur Conan Doyle — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — Chapter 14 of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read slowly and softly for anyone lying awake in the small hours. This is the chapter the whole book has been walking towards, and Conan Doyle gave it the same name as the novel itself. Holmes, Watson and Lestrade lie waiting among the rocks above Merripit House while a great white fog rolls in off the mire, thickening minute by minute over the one path they need to keep clear. What follows is the most famous night on Dartmoor in English fiction — and then, quietly, the unwinding of it. The long walk out across the Grimpen Mire the next morning, guided by wands planted in the peat. An old black boot lifted from the slime. An abandoned tin mine on an island in the bog, and the last of Stapleton's secrets laid bare in the daylight. There is no need to follow the plot tonight, and no need to reach the end. Let the rhythm of the Victorian prose and the hush of the moor after the fog has lifted do the work while your body settles. If you drift off in the first few minutes, that is exactly what this reading is for. Books at Bedtime is the sleep story series from Calming Anxiety, hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett — alongside Coffee Break for the Soul and the daily ten-minute guided meditations. If classic audiobooks help you sleep, this series is written for those long, wakeful hours. You can take the whole library with you — download Anchored on iOS. Access over 3,000 searchable, offline-ready audio sessions, sleep stories with Books at Bedtime, and built-in nightlight features for the small hours.

"a clear reach of the river" [SIGN]    Once again, a listener has inquired about a trifling topic that we hadn't given much thought to. And as the reference only appears in one place in the Canon, we were concerned there might not be enough to cover.     He wondered about the Thames River police force as mentioned in The Sign of Four. There's not much else to go on in the stories, but we found plenty from the historical record that gave us a sense as to what Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Athelney Jones were working with. And it's just a Trifle.     If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift.   Our Merch Store is open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift).  Start shopping today.    "Trifling Trifles" is back — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. This time, "Lomax" emerges from the sub-library. Make sure you're signed up so you don't miss this is exclusive benefit for our paying subscribers.  Check it out (Patreon | Substack).     Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts   Links The Thames River Police Museum Dismemberment in Victorian London: The Thames Torso Murders (The Power of the Criminal Corpse, University of Leicester) All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com    Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band. Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0      

Are you ready to put your detective skills to the test with 15 mind-bending riddles? These tricky challenges are designed to stump even the sharpest sleuths, so grab a pen and get ready to crack the case! Plus, solving riddles isn't just fun—it's also a great way to keep your brain young and active. By stretching your mental muscles and thinking outside the box, you're giving your noggin a workout that can help maintain cognitive function as you age. So, dive into these detective riddles, challenge your intuition, and give your brain the exercise it craves! You never know, you might just uncover your inner Sherlock Holmes in the process. Let's crack these cases together!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a man not yet sixty with the face of someone eighty, who sleeps only by daylight and spends every night awake with a buckhorn knife within his reach, ever since a woman came to him in a dream.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Long Way From Home” (June 09, 1978) ***WD00:45:43.568 = Theater Five, “A Little Knowledge” (November 25, 1964)01:09:03.546 = Big Town, “Fatal Joke” (March 01, 1949) ***WD01:38:29.576 = Harry Lime, “Operation Music Box” (October 05, 1951)02:03:50.732 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Dream Woman” (July 19, 1980) ***WD02:31:08.192 = The Haunting Hour, “Uptown Express” (June 17, 1945)02:55:58.095 = Hermit's Cave, “Notebook On Murder” (September 15, 1940)03:20:26.062 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “King Murdered” (1945-1950) ***WD03:44:39.315 = Sherlock Holmes, “Queue For Murder” (March 04, 1947) ***WD04:14:18.238 = Mystery House, “Murder Hires a Hall” (June 07, 1946) ***WD04:38:24.888 = Inner Sanctum, “Death In Depths” (February 06, 1945)05:08:02.259 = Show Close(ADU) = Air Date Unknown(LQ) = Low Quality***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0742

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 13: Fixing the Nets, by Arthur Conan Doyle — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — Chapter 13 of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read slowly and softly for anyone lying awake with a busy mind. Tonight the net begins to close. Sherlock Holmes returns to Baskerville Hall, and over a late supper he notices something in an old family portrait on the wall — a face beneath a plumed hat and curling love-locks that he has seen somewhere far more recently. From that single quiet observation, the whole tangled case begins to draw together. Holmes and Watson leave for Coombe Tracey, call upon Mrs Laura Lyons, and lay the last of the traps. Lestrade arrives on the evening express. And Sir Henry is asked to do the one thing he has been warned against all along — to walk home alone across the moor. This is a slow, unhurried reading. There is no need to follow the plot, and no need to reach the end. Let the rhythm of the Victorian prose and the hush of Dartmoor at night do the work while your body settles. If you drift off in the first few minutes, that is exactly what this is for. Books at Bedtime is the sleep story series from Calming Anxiety, hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett — alongside Coffee Break for the Soul and the daily ten-minute guided meditations. If classic audiobooks help you sleep, this series is written for those long, wakeful hours. You can take the whole library with you — download Anchored on iOS. Access over 3,000 searchable, offline-ready audio sessions, sleep stories with Books at Bedtime, and built-in nightlight features for the small hours.

Sleep Story for Insomnia — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 12: Death on the Moor | A Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Audiobook | Books at Bedtime A sleep story for insomnia, read slowly and softly for anyone lying awake in the small hours. This is Chapter 12 of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — Death on the Moor — narrated for Books at Bedtime by Martin Hewlett, clinical hypnotherapist, former frontline paramedic and host of Calming Anxiety. Tonight the mist settles low over the moor and the light drains slowly out of the western sky. Watson sits alone in a stone hut among the ancient dwellings, waiting in the dark for a stranger to return. A step on the gravel. A voice he knows better than any other in the world. And Sherlock Holmes, thin and weathered and quietly amused, is sitting on a stone outside the door. What follows is a long, low-voiced conversation in the twilight — two friends piecing a puzzle together while the chill comes down and the stars come out over Dartmoor. And then, far off across the shadowy plain, a cry. A prolonged yell of horror that turns the blood to ice. The deep, muttered rumble of something running in the darkness. A stumbling chase over broken ground, gorse and boulders and the moon rising behind them. And a shape lying still against the silver stones. This is one of the most atmospheric chapters in all of Sherlock Holmes — night air, granite, moonlight and mist — and it is read here at a deliberately unhurried pace, with long pauses and a lowered voice, so that the story can carry you down into sleep rather than keep you up. You do not need to follow the plot. You do not need to remember a single name. Let the words blur at the edges. Let the moor go quiet. If you drift off long before Holmes and Watson reach the gates of Baskerville Hall, that is exactly what this recording is for — the story will still be here tomorrow night. Best listened to lying down, in the dark, with the volume low. The Hound of the Baskervilles was first published in 1902 and is in the public domain. Books at Bedtime sits alongside the daily ten-minute guided meditations of Calming Anxiety and the reflections of Coffee Break for the Soul — a free library for anxiety relief, insomnia, overthinking and the long nights. You can also take the whole library with you and download Anchored on iOS. Searchable, offline-ready audio sessions, sleep stories with Books at Bedtime, and a built-in nightlight for the small hours.

A woman comes to Baker Street with a hundred pounds a year, a typewriter, and a fiancé who has vanished into thin air as if he had never existed at all. Sherlock Holmes never leaves his chair but deduces its solution anyway. Somewhere in a plush sleeve, a torn glove, an ill-fitting boot, the truth is already sitting in plain sight — waiting only to be noticed by those who know how to think. "A Case of Identity" was first published in The Strand Magazine in September 1891, and later collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician best known for creating Sherlock Holmes, one of the most enduring detectives in fiction. Beyond the Holmes canon, he wrote historical novels, science fiction, and non-fiction throughout his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey ho hey it's Sherlock Says! This week, your hosts Rachael and Ansel are joined by Katie Grace Hennen to discuss The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, the best Sherlock Holmes story to feature the description of someone's head being smashed like a rotten pumpkin! I would have made more Smashing Pumpkins references in this description but I genuinely do not care for them, and also the world is demonstrably not a vampire, no matter what that guy says.Check out Katie's play! https://minnesotafringe.org/shows/2026/cyranoContent warning: A lot of domestic abuse, significant animal abuseContact the pod! Linktree at: https://linktr.ee/sherlocksayspod?fbclid=PAAaalIOau9IFlX3ixKFo3lsvmq6U1pYn8m3cf7N6aOqkqUGCljCO0R00KZ3E 

Sleep Story for Insomnia — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 11: The Man on the Tor | Arthur Conan Doyle | Books at Bedtime A long, slow bedtime story for sleep and insomnia. Tonight, Chapter 11 of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, read aloud by Martin Hewlett — clinical hypnotherapist, former paramedic, and host of the Calming Anxiety podcast. It is the 18th of October, and Dr Watson finally has two threads to pull. A name behind the initials L. L. And a stranger living somewhere among the stone huts on the hillside. He drives to Coombe Tracey to sit across from Laura Lyons and ask her, gently at first and then not gently at all, about a letter that was burned but not quite burned enough. On the road home he is waylaid by old Frankland, flushed with victory and wine, who takes Watson up to his roof, sets his eye to a telescope, and shows him a small figure carrying a bundle across the empty moor. And so the sun goes down over the great Grimpen Mire, gold on one slope and grey shadow on the other, while Watson sits waiting in the dark of a stone hut for its tenant to come home. When the footsteps finally arrive, the voice that speaks is one he knows better than any voice in the world. This is unhurried, low-stimulation listening built for a mind that will not switch off. No sudden music, no startle, no urgency in the telling. Just a steady voice, a Victorian moor, and thirty minutes of somewhere else to be. If sleep comes before Watson lights his cigarette, that is exactly as it should be. You are not expected to reach the end. Best listened to lying down, with the lights out and the volume set a shade lower than feels right. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in 1902 and is in the public domain. Books at Bedtime is part of the Calming Anxiety family of shows, alongside the daily 10-minute guided meditation and Coffee Break for the Soul. New sleep stories, guided meditations and clinical hypnotherapy sessions arrive every week. Anchored, the companion app to Calming Anxiety, arrives on iOS on the 13th of August 2026 — with a dedicated Books at Bedtime section, offline listening for the nights the signal drops, and a built-in nightlight for the small hours. If this reading helped you sleep, please pass it to someone who lies awake, and leave a 30-second rating or review on Apple Podcasts. It is the single kindest thing you can do to help another tired person find us. Sleep well… and be kind.  

In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes back his good friend and colleague Mike Volkov and takes a deep dive into the Asante Berko FCPA guilty verdict. They question why Berko went to trial given the strength of the case, discuss the power of recorded statements like requests to use private email, and highlight Goldman Sachs compliance personnel as corroborating witnesses after the firm stopped the transaction and disclosed it. They conclude with compliance lessons that include rigorous deal due diligence, escalation of red flags, sampling internal communications, and monitoring attempts to move discussions off-channel. Key highlights: Quick Jury Verdict Recordings And Emails Goldman Compliance Witness Sentencing Trial Penalty SEC Settlement Strategy Compliance Lessons Red Flags Resources Berko Trial Blog Post series on FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report Mike Volkov on LinkedIn Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom's latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A rookie cop makes one stupid decision off duty and it follows him for years. Then he becomes the kind of voice the internet rarely expects: blunt about police mistakes, serious about constitutional rights, and willing to say “cops need to do better” without turning it into cop-bashing content. Retired New Haven, Connecticut officer Jason Bandy joins us to talk about what actually changes behavior in law enforcement and what just creates more heat than light.We get specific about the legal stuff people argue over daily: Fourth Amendment basics, when police can demand ID, why “failure to ID” gets abused, and why “treason” isn't the right label for rights violations when there are already real civil and criminal remedies. We also dig into the parts of policing the public rarely sees, like how weak supervision lets bad reports and bad probable cause survive long enough to embarrass everyone in court, and how promotions can reward test-taking instead of street-level competence and judgment.Then we step into the modern chaos where policing meets social media: First Amendment audits that expose training gaps, rage-bait clips that train viewers to escalate, TikTok cop clout, and viral videos that spark big legal questions fast. We react to a Tesla driver blaming autopilot for speeding, a security guard claiming “lawful orders” without clear authority, and an arrest over a “dangerous games” law where an officer tries to take someone's camera as “evidence.” Jay also shares his book, Citizens Law, built to explain American law and police encounters in plain English for civilians and cops alike.Subscribe for more real talk, share this with someone who argues about stops online, and leave a review with the biggest myth you want us to break down next.send us a message! twocopsonedonut@yahoo.comSupport the showPlease see our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TwoCopsOneDonut Join our Discord!! https://discord.gg/BdjeTEAc *Send us a message! twocopsonedonut@yahoo.com

Sleep Story for Insomnia — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 10: Extract from the Diary of Dr Watson | Arthur Conan Doyle | Books at Bedtime A slow, calming bedtime story for sleep and insomnia. Tonight, Chapter 10 of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, read aloud by Martin Hewlett — clinical hypnotherapist, former paramedic, and host of the Calming Anxiety podcast. Dr Watson sets aside his letters to Sherlock Holmes and turns instead to his private diary. It is the 16th of October. The moor is banked in with rolling cloud, the rain drizzles against the windows of Baskerville Hall, and Watson confesses to a weight at his heart — a feeling of impending danger he cannot name. Barrymore the butler comes forward with a grievance, and then with something far more valuable: the memory of a single letter that reached Sir Charles on the morning he died, and the charred scrap of a postscript signed with two initials. L. L. Then the rain sets in, the light fails over the great mire, and a second stranger waits in a stone hut somewhere out on the moor. This is slow-paced, low-stimulation listening designed to quieten a racing mind at the end of the day. There is no jump, no startle, no sudden music — just a steady voice, a Victorian mystery, and a soft place to land. If you struggle to fall asleep, if your thoughts start their loudest work the moment your head hits the pillow, or if you simply want a gentle classic audiobook to drift off to, let this one carry you. Best listened to lying down, lights low, with the volume just a little quieter than feels necessary. You are not expected to reach the end. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in 1902 and is in the public domain. Books at Bedtime is part of the Calming Anxiety family of shows, alongside the daily 10-minute guided meditation and Coffee Break for the Soul. New sleep stories, guided meditations and clinical hypnotherapy sessions are released every week. Anchored, the companion app to Calming Anxiety, arrives on iOS on the 13th of August 2026 — with a dedicated Books at Bedtime section, offline listening for the nights the signal drops, and a built-in nightlight for the small hours. If this reading helped you sleep, please share it with someone who lies awake, and leave a 30-second rating or review on Apple Podcasts. It genuinely helps another tired person find us. Sleep well… and be kind.  

Sleep Story for Insomnia — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 9: The Light Upon the Moor by Arthur Conan Doyle | Books at Bedtime If you can't sleep tonight, let this one carry you down. This is a long, slow sleep story for insomnia — Chapter 9 of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, read aloud at a deliberately unhurried pace for anyone lying awake with a racing mind at two in the morning. Read by Martin Hewlett, clinical hypnotherapist and former frontline paramedic. No sudden volume jumps, no startling music, no reason to open your eyes. You are not supposed to follow every word — drifting off halfway through is exactly the point. If you wake in the night, start it again wherever you like. In tonight's chapter, Dr Watson sends his second report from Baskerville Hall. A candle burns at a western window in the small hours. A light answers it from somewhere out on the moor. Watson and Sir Henry sit up through two long, dark vigils to find out who is signalling, and what they uncover on the moor is stranger than either of them expected — a cry on the wind, a chase over wet granite, and a silent figure standing black against the moon. Why classic detective fiction works so well as a sleep aid: the language is rich but the stakes are someone else's. Your brain is given somewhere gentle to rest that isn't your own worry list. That's the whole principle behind Books at Bedtime — a bedtime story for grown-ups who simply cannot switch off. Use this for insomnia relief, for anxiety at night, for shift-work sleep, or just as a quiet audiobook to fall asleep to. Pop it on low, on a sleep timer if you have one, and let the moor do the rest. The Hound of the Baskervilles was first published in 1902 and is in the public domain. Anchored, the Calming Anxiety app, arrives on iOS on 13 August 2026 — with the full Books at Bedtime library, offline listening for when the signal drops, and a soft built-in nightlight for the small hours. Sleep well. And when you wake… be kind.  

Sleep Story for Insomnia — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 8: First Report of Dr Watson | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story for sleep and insomnia, read slowly and softly for anyone lying awake in the dark. Tonight, Books at Bedtime continues The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Chapter 8 — the First Report of Dr Watson. The narrative changes shape here. Holmes has stayed behind in London, and from this point onward Watson tells the story through his own letters, written by candlelight from Baskerville Hall and dated the thirteenth of October. He writes of the moor and how its vastness sinks into the soul. Of the prehistoric huts scattered across the hillsides. Of the escaped convict who has not been seen for a fortnight and is surely long gone. Of Sir Henry's growing attachment to Miss Stapleton, and of the curious look of disapproval that crosses her brother's face whenever the baronet pays her attention. There is a walk to the two great weathered stones where the legend of the wicked Hugo is said to have begun. A lunch at Merripit House. An introduction to Mr Frankland of Lafter Hall — red-faced, choleric, ruinously fond of a lawsuit, and lately to be found on his own roof with a telescope, sweeping the moor for a glimpse of the convict. And then, at two o'clock in the morning, a stealthy step in the corridor. A long black shadow. A candle held against the glass of an empty room, and Barrymore staring out into the blackness of the moor. There is some secret business going on in this house of gloom. This is a full-length classic audiobook chapter, read as a sleep story — no sudden music, no jarring endings. Just a familiar Victorian mystery, told at a pace made for drifting off. If you fall asleep before Watson finishes his letter, that is exactly as it should be. The chapter will still be here tomorrow night. Read by Martin Hewlett, clinical hypnotherapist, former paramedic and host of Calming Anxiety — the daily 10-minute guided meditation podcast. Books at Bedtime and Coffee Break for the Soul are the story companions to the daily show, made for the small hours. The Hound of the Baskervilles is in the public domain. Sleep well, my friend. In everything, be kind. 

Sleep Story for Insomnia — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 7: The Stapletons of Merripit House by Arthur Conan Doyle | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story for sleep and insomnia, read slowly and gently by Martin Hewlett of Calming Anxiety. This is Chapter 7 of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Hound of the Baskervilles — a free audiobook read designed to quiet a busy mind and carry you softly down into sleep. Morning light floods the mullioned windows of Baskerville Hall, and for a moment the grim impression of the night before is eased away. But Dr Watson has a test to run at the Grimpen post office, and a walk out across the moor that will change everything he thinks he knows. Out among the boulders he meets Mr Jack Stapleton, the naturalist of Merripit House — a man who knows the ground better than anyone, and who leads Watson to the edge of the great Grimpen Mire, where the earth itself waits to swallow the unwary. And then, drifting across the moor, comes a long, low moan that the country folk have a name for. If you struggle with insomnia, anxiety at bedtime, or a mind that will not switch off, this is a story to be listened to in the dark. There is no need to follow every thread. Let the words become a sound to rest inside, and if you drift away before the end, that is exactly as it should be. Part of Books at Bedtime and Coffee Break for the Soul from Calming Anxiety, hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett — bringing you calm, relaxation and better sleep, one chapter at a time. Sleep well, my friend. And in everything, my friend, be kind.  

An aging millionaire's fixation on a battered toy car draws his family into a tense mystery rooted in a tragedy from the past.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Hundred Dollar Difference” (May 19, 1978) ***WD00:44:49.646 = Sherlock Holmes, “Horseless Carriage” (February 24, 1947) ***WD01:13:45.557 = Mystery House, “A Killing In Market” (May 31, 1946)01:39:11.056 = Inner Sanctum, “Death Is An Artist” (January 23, 1945)02:08:47.121 = Jeff Regan, “The Man Who Came Back” (August 21, 1948) ***WD02:37:47.050 = The Key, “Ninety-Three-Year-Old Man” (1956) ***WD03:03:15.060 = Lights Out, “The Story of Mr. Maggs” (December 01, 1942) ***WD03:29:48.621 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD03:58:09.534 = Philip Marlowe, “Deep Shadow” (March 21, 1950)04:27:44.319 = Blackstone The Magic Magician, “The Ghost That Trapped a Killer” (October 03, 1948) ***WD04:39:26.334 = The Black Mass, “Death of Halpin Fraser” (May 20, 1964) ***WD05:10:33.358 = Show Close(ADU) = Air Date Unknown(LQ) = Low Quality***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0734

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 6: Baskerville Hall by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A sleep story for anyone lying awake with a busy mind. Tonight, Books at Bedtime continues Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles with Chapter 6 — Baskerville Hall — read slowly and softly by Martin Hewlett, host of Calming Anxiety. Dr Watson leaves Baker Street behind and travels down into Devonshire with Sir Henry Baskerville and Dr Mortimer. Sherlock Holmes stays in London with his parting instruction: report the facts, and leave the theorising to him. The journey carries them past sunlit orchards and gabled houses, and then out onto the great brooding moor. There are armed guards at the little wayside station, a convict loose on Dartmoor, and a house of long shadows waiting at the end of the avenue — and in the dead of the night, Watson hears the sob of a woman somewhere inside Baskerville Hall. Let the words carry you. There is nothing to follow and nothing to remember — if you drift off before the end of the chapter, that is exactly what this recording is for. You can always come back to it tomorrow night. This is a classic audiobook reading for relaxation, insomnia relief and deep sleep — part of the Books at Bedtime and Coffee Break for the Soul series from Calming Anxiety, hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett. Take Calming Anxiety with you anywhere — download Anchored on iOS. Access over 3,000 searchable, offline-ready audio sessions, sleep stories with Books at Bedtime, and built-in nightlight features for the small hours.

Dr. Jill Carnahan joins me today for Part 2 of our gem-packed two-part series. In this episode, she expands on her story and discusses the importance of a flow state and staying curious. We also talk about all things related to biotoxin illness. If you have not yet listened to Part 1, I suggest you go back and listen to it to hear the first part of her story.   How to detoxify your body after mold exposure: Increase your glutathione production by taking it, doing liposomal, or with an IV to help your liver dump the toxins into the bile and excrete them Use clay, charcoal, chlorella, probiotics like Saccharomyces, or N-acetylcysteine to bind the toxins Use prescription binders to assist in getting the toxins out of the body Dr. Jill Carnahan's Bio: Dr. Jill Carnahan is a board-certified Integrative Holistic Medicine specialist known as Your Functional Medicine Expert®️ and often referred to as the "Sherlock Holmes of Medicine," for solving the case of the most well-known medical mysteries.  Utilizing state-of-the-art lab testing and biochemical analysis, she helps each patient identify the root cause of their illness by identifying nutritional or metabolic imbalances that may be contributing to their symptoms. Dr. Jill uses nutritional protocols and supplements, lifestyle changes, and medication to increase the patient's level of function and always seeks the gentlest and least invasive ways to restore health and optimize healing.  She has also sustained a 5+ year waiting list as the Medical Director of Flatiron Functional Medicine, a widely sought-after practice. As a survivor of breast cancer, Crohn's disease, and toxic mold illness, Dr. Jill brings a unique perspective to treating a variety of complex and chronic illnesses and has traveled the world sharing her knowledge of hope, health, and healing live on stage as well as through newsletters, articles, books, podcasts, and social media. Her memoir, Unexpected, is out now which is the highlight of our interview today. In this episode: Dr. Carnahan shares how she got exposed to mold and how it affected her (1:34) Symptoms of mold exposure (3:37) How to detoxify yourself after being exposed to mold (5:48) The differences between Lyme and mold (8:54) The importance of addressing trauma (13:00) How to start with addressing trauma (16:17) How to deal with stress (17:01) Dr. Carnahan explains what a flow state is (19:39) Why is it important to be curious? (21:49) Lab tests everyone should do before turning thirty (24:01) Links & Resources Use code TURMERIC to get 10% off ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TURMERIC ⁠Use Code Glutathione to get 10% off Glutathione⁠ ⁠Use Code BIND to get 10% off Envirobind⁠ Follow Your Longevity Blueprint  On ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠ | ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Get your copy of the Your Longevity Blueprint book and claim your bonuses here⁠ ⁠Find Dr. Stephanie Gray and Your Longevity Blueprint online⁠   Follow Dr. Stephanie Gray on ⁠Facebook⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠and LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Integrative Health and Hormone Clinic⁠ ⁠Podcast production by Team Podcast⁠ Guest Social Media Links: • ⁠Instagram⁠ (@drjillcarnahan) • ⁠Twitter⁠ (@DocCarnahan)  • ⁠Facebook⁠  • ⁠Website⁠  Relative Links for This Show: ⁠https://readunexpected.com/freechapter/⁠ ⁠https://retrainingthebrain.com/⁠ ⁠https://guptaprogram.com/⁠ ⁠https://www.primaltrust.org/⁠

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"several international spies and secret agents" [SECO]    One of the wonders of "His Last Bow" is a snapshot of Britain before the Great War. We're treated to Sherlock Holmes still in top form in the last recorded case of his career, pitting him against the German spy Von Bork.   Michael Pollak, BSI ("The Blue Carbuncle") won the 2010 Morley-Montgomery Award for his article "The Spies Who Never Were with Some Observations on Holmes's Retirement" for his analysis of Conan Doyle's handling of espionage in the Canon, particularly when spy hysteria was running rampant. Was it sensational? Restrained? Accurate? It's just a Trifle.     If you have a question for us, please email us at trifles@ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift.   There's a new "Trifling Trifles" episode out — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. We release these at the beginning of every month. The latest episode is "A Peculiar Party". And peculiar it is.    This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers.  Check it out: Patreon | Substack   Our Merch Store is now open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today.      Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts   Links The Morley-Montgomery Award episode series (Patreon | Substack) All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com    Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band. Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0        

Which detective is better, Edgar Allan Poe’s Auguste Dupin or Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes? I mean it’s obviously Holmes but that won’t stop Jacob Haller discussing two genre defining stories, Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841) and Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” (1892). John McCoy with Jacob Haller.

Sleep Story for Insomnia — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 5: Three Broken Threads | Books at Bedtime Drift off to sleep with a classic bedtime story. If insomnia has you lying awake, this gentle, slow-paced reading is designed to quieten a racing mind and carry you softly into deep, restful sleep. Tonight, Books at Bedtime continues Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles with Chapter 5 — Three Broken Threads. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson return to the Northumberland Hotel, where Sir Henry Baskerville is in a state over a missing boot. A bearded stranger has been following them through London. A telegram is sent to Devonshire to test whether Barrymore is truly at his post. And a cab driver named John Clayton delivers a piece of news that leaves Holmes quite speechless. Three threads. All of them broken before the evening is out. You do not need to follow the story. You do not need to remember a word of it. Let the voice become background — a warm, familiar presence in the dark — and let sleep arrive in its own time. This is a public domain classic, read aloud for relaxation and sleep by Martin Hewlett, host of the Calming Anxiety podcast and creator of Coffee Break for the Soul. No sudden music. No jarring edits. Just a calm voice, a good story, and permission to stop thinking. Perfect as a sleep aid, for insomnia, night-time anxiety, long journeys, or any evening when your mind refuses to settle. Sleep well, my friend. In everything you do — be kind.  

Fall Asleep to Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Chapter  4 | A Bedtime Sleep Story for Insomnia & Relaxation | Books at Bedtime Fall asleep to the timeless storytelling of Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles. This relaxing bedtime audiobook is read slowly and softly to calm a busy mind, ease insomnia, quiet anxious thoughts, and gently guide you towards deep, restorative sleep through the soothing rhythm of classic literature. Tonight we continue with Chapter Four of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous mystery,  By the fire at 221B Baker Street, Dr Mortimer unfolds an old manuscript from 1742 and reads the strange legend of Hugo Baskerville and the great black hound of the moor — then turns to a more recent newspaper account of the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville out on the lonely Devon moorland. Let the voices of Holmes and Watson, and the hush of that candlelit room, carry you along at a slow, peaceful pace, so your racing thoughts can drift into the background while you rest comfortably in bed. Whether you are struggling with insomnia, anxious or overthinking at 2am, or you simply love falling asleep to classic audiobooks, this Books at Bedtime episode is a calm, screen-free way to zone out and unwind before sleep. Books at Bedtime combines classic audiobooks with mindful relaxation to help you fall asleep naturally, reduce anxiety, and enjoy a peaceful night's sleep. Perfect if you are looking for: Falling asleep naturally Relief from insomnia and a racing mind Relaxing bedtime stories and classic audiobooks for sleep Mindful relaxation before bed Calming anxiety and overthinking at night A soothing voice to zone out to If you enjoy these bedtime stories, you will find over 3,000 guided meditations, sleep stories, and panic attack relief sessions inside the Anchored app. Sleep well. Martin.  

Fall Asleep to Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Chapter  3 — The Curse of the Baskervilles) | A Bedtime Sleep Story for Insomnia & Relaxation | Books at Bedtime Fall asleep to the timeless storytelling of Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles. This relaxing bedtime audiobook is read slowly and softly to calm a busy mind, ease insomnia, quiet anxious thoughts, and gently guide you towards deep, restorative sleep through the soothing rhythm of classic literature. Tonight we continue with Chapter Three of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous mystery, "The Curse of the Baskervilles." By the fire at 221B Baker Street, Dr Mortimer unfolds an old manuscript from 1742 and reads the strange legend of Hugo Baskerville and the great black hound of the moor — then turns to a more recent newspaper account of the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville out on the lonely Devon moorland. Let the voices of Holmes and Watson, and the hush of that candlelit room, carry you along at a slow, peaceful pace, so your racing thoughts can drift into the background while you rest comfortably in bed. Whether you are struggling with insomnia, anxious or overthinking at 2am, or you simply love falling asleep to classic audiobooks, this Books at Bedtime episode is a calm, screen-free way to zone out and unwind before sleep. Books at Bedtime combines classic audiobooks with mindful relaxation to help you fall asleep naturally, reduce anxiety, and enjoy a peaceful night's sleep. Perfect if you are looking for: Falling asleep naturally Relief from insomnia and a racing mind Relaxing bedtime stories and classic audiobooks for sleep Mindful relaxation before bed Calming anxiety and overthinking at night A soothing voice to zone out to If you enjoy these bedtime stories, you will find over 3,000 guided meditations, sleep stories, and panic attack relief sessions inside the Anchored app. Sleep well. Martin.  

Fall Asleep to Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Chapter 2 — The Curse of the Baskervilles) | A Bedtime Sleep Story for Insomnia & Relaxation | Books at Bedtime Fall asleep to the timeless storytelling of Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles. This relaxing bedtime audiobook is read slowly and softly to calm a busy mind, ease insomnia, quiet anxious thoughts, and gently guide you towards deep, restorative sleep through the soothing rhythm of classic literature. Tonight we continue with Chapter Two of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous mystery, "The Curse of the Baskervilles." By the fire at 221B Baker Street, Dr Mortimer unfolds an old manuscript from 1742 and reads the strange legend of Hugo Baskerville and the great black hound of the moor — then turns to a more recent newspaper account of the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville out on the lonely Devon moorland. Let the voices of Holmes and Watson, and the hush of that candlelit room, carry you along at a slow, peaceful pace, so your racing thoughts can drift into the background while you rest comfortably in bed. Whether you are struggling with insomnia, anxious or overthinking at 2am, or you simply love falling asleep to classic audiobooks, this Books at Bedtime episode is a calm, screen-free way to zone out and unwind before sleep. Books at Bedtime combines classic audiobooks with mindful relaxation to help you fall asleep naturally, reduce anxiety, and enjoy a peaceful night's sleep. Perfect if you are looking for: Falling asleep naturally Relief from insomnia and a racing mind Relaxing bedtime stories and classic audiobooks for sleep Mindful relaxation before bed Calming anxiety and overthinking at night A soothing voice to zone out to If you enjoy these bedtime stories, you will find over 3,000 guided meditations, sleep stories, and panic attack relief sessions inside the Anchored app. Sleep well. Martin.  

A Broadway couple buys the vacant Connecticut house no agent in town will touch, covers the den wall with a floor-to-ceiling photograph of an African jungle, and begins to notice that the lion in the picture doesn't always hold the same pose.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The House on Chimney Pot Lane” (April 28, 1978) ***WD00:45:28.916 = The Haunting Hour, “Date In The Dark” (June 03, 1945) ***WD01:10:28.151 = The Hermit's Cave, “The House With a Past” (June 27, 1937)01:34:32.198 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Millionaire Threatened” (1945)01:59:10.650 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Haunted Bagpipes” (February 17, 1947)02:28:37.363 = Mystery House, “Bury Me Not” (May 26, 1946) ***WD02:54:24.361 = Inner Sanctum, “Desert Death” (January 09, 1945)03:23:44.926 = Jeff Regan, “The Diamond Quartet” (August 14, 1948)03:52:43.766 = The Key, “Night Prowler” (1956)04:16:47.055 = Lights Out, “Uninhabited” (December 22, 1937) ***WD (LQ)04:45:34.772 = Strange Adventure, “The Five Tickets” (1945) ***WD04:48:49.470 = Calling All Detectives, “A Man Admits To Murder” (June 15, 1948) ***WD (LQ)04:56:47.879 = Incredible But True, “The Face of Death” (1950-1951)05:00:28.938 = Show Close(ADU) = Air Date Unknown(LQ) = Low Quality***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0725