When we think about detectives, Sherlock Holmes is probably the first image that comes to mind. The iconic deerstalker hat, the pipe, the looming presence and fierce intellect.
But what if there is a deeper truth to be told? A truth about the creation of Sherlock Holmes himself and the birth of modern forensic detection?
As improbable as it might seem, the most famous consulting detective of the Victorian age was… an Edinburgh doctor named Joseph Bell, and he is the subject of NYTimes bestselling author and medical historian, Dr Lindsey Fitzharris’s brand-new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes, and Dr Fitzharris joins us for this latest episode.
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Presenters: Rebecca Rideal & Raksha Dave
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Rowan Jacobs
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Executive Producer: Jamie East
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