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Curious Clogs and Clever Contraptions: When Sherlock Holmes inspired a Crime

“If I had only been there!” he cried. “It is evidently a case of extraordinary interest, and one which presented immense opportunities to the scientific expert. That gravel page upon which I might have read so much has been long ere this smudged by the rain and defaced by the clogs of curious peasants. Oh, Dr. Mortimer, Dr. Mortimer, to think that you should not have called me in! You have indeed much to answer for.”

–Sherlock Holmes, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Curious as to how reading Sherlock Holmes gave rise to a creative crime spree that was (historically speaking) paying homage to onan Doyle's love of history? See my original bog here, complete with photographs:
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