The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street

"he was a young schoolmaster" [MUSG]

We're constantly impressed at the onion-like tendencies of Sherlockians. That's not to say that they're pungent or make you cry, but rather that like the genus Allium, when peeled, has a surprising number of layers.

So it is with Rob Nunn, a relatively recent Sherlockian who has come blazing into our sites. Rob has been a contributor here on the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere site and has created his own blog. But his involvement with the Beacon Society and a unique Sherlock Holmes novel have propelled him into the realm of other Sherlockians as well.

Rob takes us on a journey that helps frame how he managed to conceive of Sherlock Holmes not as the master detective, but as The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street.

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Notes

1:38 Hello there!

5:22 Wessex Press

6:44 Undergraduate pagan rituals

8:30 Welcome Rob Nunn

12:27 Finding other Sherlockians around St. Louis

22:00 Holmes in the Heartland

28:16 The Baker Street Journal

29:49 Rob's book The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street

39:22 Interesting Though Elementary

43:03 Involvement with the Beacon Society

48:10 Teaching Sherlock Holmes to different age levels

53:27 Pardon us

58:35 Canonical Couplet

Links

• This episode: ihose.co/ihose142

• Rob's first night among Sherlockians

• Sherlockian societies in St. Louis:

• • The Harpooners of the Sea Unicorn (website and Facebook Page)
  • The Parallel Case of St. Louis (website and Facebook Page)

• St. Louis Research Collection of Sherlockiana

• St. Louis Event: Holmes in the Heartland

• The Criminal Masterimind of Baker Street

• Interesting Though Elementary (Rob's blog)

• The Beacon Society - including lesson plans

• Shannon Carlisle, Beacon Award Winner on IHOSE

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