Episodes

Friday Oct 28, 2022
The Curse of Eve (1894)
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
This episode, we join an expectant father as he pensively awaits the arrival of his first born, in ‘The Curse of Eve’, one of Conan Doyle’s Round the Red Lamp stories.
You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Curse_of_Eve
Or listen to a Librivox recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZevaD0khms (begins 2:07:35)
And read the show notes here.
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
A young doctor enters a prize-fight to earn his tuition fees in ‘The Croxley Master’ (1899). You can read the story here.
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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/

Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Conan Doyle - Memories and Adventures, with Douglas Kerr
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
This episode, we are delighted to be joined by Professor Douglas Kerr to talk about Conan Doyle’s fascinating and much overlooked autobiography Memories and Adventures, first published in 1924 and revised in 1930.
You can read Memories and Adventures here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Memories_and_Adventures
And listen to the podcast here: www.doingsofdoyle.com
Access the shownotes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/09/30-conan-doyle-memories-and-adventures.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
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Next time on Doings of Doyle
We delve into Conan Doyle’s medical writings with the controversial short story ‘The Curse of Eve’ (1894).
You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Curse_of_Eve
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/

Sunday Aug 28, 2022
The Mystery of Sasassa Valley (1879)
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
This episode, we travel back to where it all began with Conan Doyle’s first published work, ‘The Mystery of Sasassa Valley’ (1879).
You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Mystery_of_Sasassa_Valley
You can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/08/29-mystery-of-sasassa-valley-1879.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 are joined by Professor Douglas Kerr, General Editor of the Edinburgh University Press New Critical Editions, who recently won a Doylean honour from the ACD Society for his introduction to Conan Doyle’s autobiography, Memories and Adventures (1924).
You can find out more about the Edinburgh Critical Editions here: https://edinburgh-conan-doyle.org/
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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/

Sunday Jul 31, 2022
A Foreign Office Romance (1894)
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
This time, we head to Regency England where a cunning French spy manipulates the outcome of the Peace of Amiens, in ‘A Foreign Office Romance’ (1894).
You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=A_Foreign_Office_Romance
And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/07/28-foreign-office-romance-1894.html
Next time on Doings of Doyle
We take a look at Conan Doyle's first published story, 'The Mystery of Sasassa Valley' (1879).
You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Mystery_of_Sasassa_Valley
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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/
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

Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Conan Doyle and Professor Challenger, with Stephen J. Carver
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
This episode, Paul and I are delighted to welcome to the podcast Dr Stephen Carver, author, biographer and recipient of one of the ACD Society’s Inaugural Doylean Honours for his excellent Wordsworth Editions blog on the Professor Challenger stories.
We talk with Stephen about the appeal of Professor Challenger to readers and to Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist and Challenger’s spiritualist conversion, the perils and successes of the professional writer, plus gothic writing, dinosaurs and murdering evil-doers in scientific experiments.
You can read the Professor Challenger stories here.
Or visit Stephen's website here.
And read the show notes here.
Next time on Doings of Doyle
We travel to the early nineteenth-century for some diplomatic intrigue in ‘A Foreign Office Romance’ (1894). You can read the story here.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon. And, of course, to Stephen Carver.
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/

Monday May 30, 2022
The Maracot Deep (1929)
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
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
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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/

Saturday Apr 30, 2022
The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923)
Saturday Apr 30, 2022
Saturday Apr 30, 2022
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
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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/

Thursday Mar 31, 2022
The ACD Society, with Ross Davies
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
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
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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/

Monday Feb 28, 2022
The Great Keinplatz Experiment (1885)
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
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/

Sunday Jan 30, 2022
The Lord of Chateau Noir (1894)
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
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.
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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/

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