Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast

This time we travel to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in search of new creatures and encounter ancient ones in The Maracot Deep (1929), Conan Doyle’s last novel. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Maracot_Deep And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/05/26-maracot-deep-1929.html A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA Next time on Doings of Doyle We welcome Dr Stephen Carver, one of the winners of the ACD Society Inaugural Doylean Honours, to discuss Professor Challenger. You can read Stephen’s award-winning blog here: https://wordsworth-editions.com/blog/professor-challenger Become a Patron If you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon. Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Hello and welcome to Episode 25. We’re back at Baker Street to drop in on Holmes and Watson for one of their more peculiar cases, ‘The Adventure of the Creeping Man’ from March 1923. You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Creeping_Man Or listen to Greg Wagland’s reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAFqZclNOQ You can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/04/25-adventure-of-creeping-man-1923.html  A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA Next time on Doings of Doyle… We travel underwater to explore The Maracot Deep (1928) … You can read the next story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Maracot_Deep Become a Patron If you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon. Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This episode, we're joined by Ross Davies and guests to talk about the new hub of Doylean activity that is the ACD Society. You can find out more about the ACD Society here: www.acdsociety.com   The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. And you can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/03/24-acd-society-with-ross-davies.html  A version of the episode, with closed captions, will shortly appear on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA. Please like and subscribe so we can get a memorable channel URL!   Next time on the Doings of Doyle…   We will be investigating a Sherlock Holmes story from The Case-Book, 'The Adventure of the Creeping Man' (1923). You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Creeping_Man  Or listen to Greg Wagland's audio reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAFqZclNOQ Become a Patron If you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon. Thanks also to guests Gretchen Altabef, Derrick Belanger, Bonnie MacBird and Otto Penzler. Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This episode, we’re off to a German University town for a comic tale that draws on Conan Doyle’s school days and his early encounters with spiritualism - ‘The Great Keinplatz Experiment’ (1885). You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Great_Keinplatz_Experiment  The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. And you can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/02/23-great-keinplatz-experiment-1885.html  A version of the episode, with closed captions, will shortly appear on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA. Please like and subscribe so we can get a memorable channel URL!   Next time on the Doings of Doyle…We will be talking to Ross Davies about the ACD Society and hearing from some of those involved in, and recognised at, the Inaugural Doylean Honours in January 2022.Become a PatronIf you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page.   AcknowledgementsThanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon.Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com.Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This episode, we head back into Gothic territory with a tale of cruelty and revenge set during the Franco-Prussian war, ‘The Lord of Chateau Noir’ from 1894. You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Lord_of_Ch%C3%A2teau_Noir Or listen to Greg Wagland’s audiobook version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S8hubCSDeU The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. And you can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/01/22-lord-of-chateau-noir-1894.html   A version of the episode, with closed captions, will shortly appear on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA. Please like and subscribe so we can get a memorable channel URL!   Next time on the Doings of Doyle…A complete change of tone and pace with the light-hearted body-swap story, The Great Keinplatz Experiment (1885) which can be read here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Great_Keinplatz_ExperimentBecome a PatronIf you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page. Bonus material for this episode is now available exclusively for Patreon supporter. AcknowledgementsThanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon.Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com.Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This episode, we are joined by Dr Merrick Burrow, Head of English and Creative Writing at the University of Huddersfield, to talk about The Cottingley Fairies: A Study in Deception, an exhibition Merrick has curated for the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery at the University of Leeds.    You can visit the exhibition online here: https://library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/1900/galleries/375/the-cottingley-fairies-a-study-in-deception You can read Conan Doyle's The Coming of the Fairies here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Coming_of_the_Fairies The episode can be heard here: http://doingsofdoyle.podbean.com/. And you can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/12/21-conan-doyle-and-cottingley-fairies.html  A version of the episode, with closed captions, will shortly appear on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA. Please like and subscribe so we can get a memorable channel URL!   Next time on the Doings of Doyle…We travel to the Franco-Prussian war for a Gothic treat, ‘The Lord of Château Noir.’ You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Lord_of_Ch%C3%A2teau_NoirBecome a PatronIf you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page. Bonus material for this episode is now available exclusively for Patreon supporter. AcknowledgementsThanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon.Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com.Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This episode, we travel to nineteenth century Japan in the footsteps of one of Conan Doyle's childhood friends, and take part in a heist on the high seas in 'Jelland's Voyage' (1892). You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Jelland%27s_Voyage  Or listen to Greg Wagland's excellent reading of the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWEATwp0Q2o  And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/11/20-jellands-voyage-1892.html  A version of the episode, with closed captions, will shortly appear on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSy23ujzPCKpttfaUwceFfA. Please like and subscribe! Next time on the Doings of Doyle… We are joined by Dr Merrick Burrow, curator of the Cottingley Fairies exhibition at the Brotherton Library, Leeds, UK, to talk about Conan Doyle and Fairies. Become a Patron If you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon.  Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/      

It’s Hallowe’en, so settle down by the fire, pour yourself a stiff drink, and get ready for a Conan Doyle ghost story, ‘The Silver Mirror,’ from August 1908. You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Silver_Mirror And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/10/19-silver-mirror-1908.html  Next time on the Doings of Doyle… We head to nineteenth century Japan for ‘Jelland’s Voyage’ (1892). You can read it here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Jelland's_Voyage Become a Patron If you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon.  Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/      

This time we travel from Baker Street to Brook Street in the company of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in 'The Adventure of the Resident Patient' (1893), one of the later Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893).  You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Resident_Patient  Or listen to an audio narration by Greg Wagland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGi_BCaTYMo  And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/09/18-adventure-of-resident-patient-1893.html  Next time on the Doings of Doyle… We return with Conan Doyle to his native Edinburgh for a classic ghost story, The Silver Mirror (1908). And just in time for Halloween too... You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Silver_Mirror  Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon.  Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This episode, we enjoy a slice of Anglo-Indian gothic with Conan Doyle’s early short story Uncle Jeremy’s Household (1887), a tale with connections to a Doyle family mystery and a certain resident of Baker Street. You can read the short story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Uncle_Jeremy%27s_Household Or listen to an audio narration by Greg Wagland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj_PRyDhFgU And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/08/17-uncle-jeremys-household-1887.html  Next time on the Doings of Doyle… We visit Baker Street proper with The Adventure of the Resident Patient (1893). Read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Resident_Patient  Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon. Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/