Sherlock Holmes Is Real
Episodes
The Footage of the Moriarty Propaganda alias Young Sherlock
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Before heading out to St. Patrick's Day parades and other festivities if you have watched TV's new "Young Sherlock," best listen to SHIR's crack team ...
The Footage of the Haunted Gainborough
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
King, Thimbleburger, and Spielberg explore what went on with Watson's documentary footage of Sherlock Holmes investigating a Scottish ghost. Are glove...
The Footage of the Royal Murder and Irregular Break-ins
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our usual team of experts goes live and on-camera for a session recorded at the annual Dangling Prussian night of the Montage Street Incorrigibles. Mo...
The Footage of the Baker Street Nursemaids
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a Moriartian mix-up, this is actually episode five for 2025, delayed until after episode six. In this bit of Watsonian footage we see how child car...
The Footage of the Baker Street Bachelors
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Talon King, Dr. Janet Peters, Mrs. Horace Thimbleburger, and Mr. Shecky Spielberg attempt to review the most mystifying Moriarty-minion-edit of Watson...
The Footage of the Night Train Riddle
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Watson gets to show off both his physical and mental skills in this latest documentary footage of his time with Sherlock Holmes, and we finally get to...
The Footage of the Christmas Pudding
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amazing as it may seem, our panel of experts came back for a second episode, like they might even be regulars now! Join Talon King, Mrs. Horace "Thing...
The footage of the Deadly Prophecy
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sherlock Holmes Is Real has reloaded with a new group of experts to analyze Watson's documentary footage as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go to Belgi...
The footage of the Wrong Podcast
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello. I've only got a few seconds here to type this, but, Chizzers just pushed some other podcast into this feed to add more confusion to this show's...
The Footage of the Careless Suffaragette
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When women's rights becomes a literally explosive topic in Victorian England, villains emerge . . . could we finally have found Moriarty in Watson's d...
The Footage of the Impromptu Performance
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Talon King struggles to document the Watson documentary footage titled "The Case of the Impromptu Performance" on YouTube after being disturbed that a...
The Footage of the Eiffel Tower. And Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The events of the past year may have taken their toll on host Talon King, and last episode's podcast takeover by complete strangers have not helped hi...
The footage of the Imposter Mystery
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bud, Marco, and LaDonna deep dive into episode twenty-nine of the 1954 TV series "Sherlock Holmes" starring Ron Howard and Marian Crawford, and they f...
The footage of the Vanished Detective
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul and Talon are joined by tea afficionado Heather Hinson who emphasizes the importance of letting Scotland Yard inspectors have their tea. Oh, and ...
The Footage of the Thistle Killer
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul and Talon look into Watson's documentary footage of a Victorian serial killer apparently suppressed by official histories, and Inspector Lestrade...
Special Report: The Chimp Who Looked Like Sherlock Holmes
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul and Talon jump online for breaking news about a new cover-up in the history of the great detective Sherlock Holmes, this time involving comics.
The Footage of the Laughing Mummy
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when John H. Watson, documentary film-maker, attempts to create the first fishing show and only manages to catch Sardines? Talon King and...
The footage of the Graystone Inscription
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does Watson's footage of the real events he re-wrote as "The Musgrave Ritual" make for a better story than the print version? Are lobsters and tomatoe...
Blue Carbuncle Eve Special: A Christmas Goose
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a very special Blue Carbungle Eve treat, the host of some other podcast reads "A Christmas Goose" by Mary O'Reilly. Gather 'round the old timey rad...
The footage of the Singing Violin
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Talon and Paul are back after an extra-long summer hiatus, and the analysis of Dr. Watson's evolution as a documentary film-maker is going strong. Tal...
The footage of the French interpreter
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Sherlock Holmes Realist Society joins Talon and Paul for a second time as they examine the footage for the case Watson would eventually write up a...
The footage of the jolly hangman (and the Realists!)
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The brand new Sherlock Holmes Realist Society comes together to support and encourage our investigations of Watson's documentary footage by jumping st...
The footage of the Split Ticket analyzed
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Iread Bleakly, an analyst analyst, has appeared in Paul's absence to help review the footage of a nervous Irishman. Basil of Baker Street's reality is...
The footage of the Shoeless Engineer tested
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The actual live footage of the real Sherlock Holmes solving the case Watson would write up as "The Engineer's Thumb" is analyzed by King and Miller, a...
The footage of the Red-Headed League tested
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The two men who definitely haven't drank the "1954 TV" Sherlock Holmes Kool-Aid (because one of them doesn't know what Kool-Aid even is) are back to n...
The footage of the divinity fudge killer
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Talon King, Victorian film expert Paul Thomas Miller, and special guest, social anthropologist Raquel Rodriguez, look at some of the most disturbing o...
The footage of Harry Crocker
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Man about town Talon King and Holmesian boy genius Paul Thomas Miller examine the found footage of "The Case of Harry Crocker," and note how many peop...
The footage of the blind man's bluff
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Thomas Miller and Talon King are back, with one of the worst sound engineers in the podcast industry, Jimmy "Army" Buckles. Is the result a liste...
The footage of the Winthrop pirate curse
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Hills from "The Final Podblem" podcast joins Talon and Paul for some of the weirdest documentary footage so far, wherein a single word seems to ...
The footage of the scandalous ballerina parts
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was the best of episodes, it was the worst of episodes, as our panel of experts analyzes the footage filed under "The Case of the Shy Ballerina," r...
The footage about the nose-pulling ghost
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Does adding a professional counsellor help the show, or does it just lead Talon and Randy to more perversity as Paul tries to keep a modicum of dignit...
The footage of the questionable cowgirl
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With our resident Victorian film expert out of action this episode, amateur podcaster Talon King and Sherlock Holmes superfan Randy Davis attempt to a...
The footage of the castle in Macleod's domain
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talon King, Victorian film expert Paul Thomas Miller, Sherlock Holmes superfan Randy Davis, and special guest Professor Amity Cannon, expert in secret...
The footage of Sherlock's meth lab and Lady Beryl's face
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our second review of Watson's documentary footage, Holmes and Wilkins spend a day in a questionable laboratory, Watson and Lestrade find a common b...
The footage of Watson's first day with Sherlock Holmes
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In season five's bold new adventure for "Sherlock Holmes is Real," new host Talon King welcomes Paul Thomas Miller for a thorough analysis of found do...
The NEW Sherlock Holmes Is Real
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the former hosts of the show lost to investigations and quarantine, Talon King pitches the new "Sherlock Holmes is Real." Because THIS time, Sher...
Episode Twenty-Six: The Secret of Mary Morstan
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has kept the usual hosts out of the studio, and their replacement tries hard to fill the void with a new Mary Morstan revelation . . . an...
Episode Twenty-five: Talon Take the Wheel!
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was a time of much worry and woe. It was a time of care and concern. And yet one Sherlockian's brother finds podcast equipment and ignores all of t...
Episode Twenty-four: Trick or Treek
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With half the hosts in a place we're not sure of, a mini-sode that we're not sure of somehow finds its way to the feed. Happy Moorville-ween!
Episode Twenty-Three: Moorville
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A familiar voice returns from a trip with a rather mundane tale to tell of a place called Moorville, Kansas. But that same voice has already told us a...
The Adventures of Oopserman!
10 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sherlock Holmes's true place as a hero with special gifts is revealed at last!
Episode Twenty-Two: That Jones Girl
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Sutherland has suspicions about Chelsea Jones, and the trail to get to the heart of it all leads to some most curious folk.
Episode Twenty-One: The ABCD Scenario
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Toni's not happy with the network, and an anonymous caller goads Alan into telling the story of ABCD.
Episode Twenty: Puppets Against Wine
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Puppet Toni Sutherland and Puppet Alan King investigate a fermented conspiracy, only to be confronted with a surprise visitor from a foreign land.
Episode Nineteen: The Ratzegger Prophecies
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Following earlier investigations into "the Old Women of Houndsditch," a group of the earliest Sherlockians who were parodied by Ronald Knox, Toni and ...
Episode Eighteen: TALON KING LIVE!!!
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bored with the same old "Sherlock Holmes is real" nonsense? Talon King, the not-a-Sherlock-guy brother of Alan King does some house-sitting and gets i...
Episode Seventeen: The Old Women of Houndsditch
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A letter from a Sherlockian author not unfamiliar to the podcast sends Alan King off on a conspiracy binge involving Ronald Knox working against Sherl...
Episode Sixteen: The Sherlock Holmes of Esher
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Alan delve into a Sherlock Holmes that actually was male . . . though not, perhaps, the Sherlock we know: The Sherlock Holmes of Esher. His l...
Episode Fifteen: The Black Hansom Cab of Peoria
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alan King explores an urban myth of a black hansom cab which appears annually to look for a man who called himself "Sherlock Holmes." Was an entire Sh...
Episode Fourteen: Irene Was Not Clara
23 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Sutherland takes a close look at irene Adler's treatment at the hands of male Sherlockians of the past century. Alan King talks about an odd thin...
Episode Thirteen: The St. Louis Roundtable
11 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alan King gathers a Sherlockian think tank of notables for a free-wheeling discussion of Sherlock Holmes conspiracies . . . and maybe Keith Richards, ...
Episode Twelve: Saving Watson from the Pirates
05 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alan King returns from his shipping after he encounters a pirate connection, and follows the thread to eventually accuse Moriarty of all new crimes.
Bonus Bit: The Dark Art of Being Happy for No Reason
24 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
RANDOM BONUS MATERIAL!! Someone who is definitely NOT Alan King gives a talk that definitely has NOTHING to do with Sherlock Holmes, pondering the Jok...
Episode Eleven: Empty Hearses Couldn't Drag Me Away
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Toni seems to have given up on Alan, as he's traded in his usual conspiracy investigations for continuing to ship Andercroft and fixating on "The Empt...
Episode Ten: Con-ned Into Andercroft
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alan King prepares to go to 221B Con, meets an old adversary there, and comes back . . . changed.
Episode Nine: Vincent Wright and Real Watsons
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alan King travels to Indiana to see what insights he can gain from Vincent W. Wright, writer of the blog "Historical Sherlock." A new conspiracy is re...
Episode Eight: Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Fan Club
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sherlock Holmes Is Real returns for season two! A Sherlock Holmes fan club goes missing! A 1940s radio show host gets hoaxed . . . or does he? Another...
The Two Days After Christmas Episode 2017: Miracle on Baker Street
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Letters to Sherlock Holmes are the theme of this holiday bonus episode.
Sherlock Holmes Is Real #6: Return of the King
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Sutherland and Alan King discuss what's been going on with the "Sherlock Holmes Is Real" podcast and what the true motivations behind it might ha...
Sherlock Holmes Is Real #5: Conspiracon
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Sutherland does a panel at a local conspiracy theorist convention and is cut off by a familiar voice in the crowd. Alan King goes on like he usua...
Sherlock Holmes Is Real #4: Edgar Pettibone and the Peak
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Sutherland plays an audio file of Alan King trying to corner a man named Edgar Pettibone with conspiracy questions of all sorts. Questions are th...
Sherlock Holmes is Real #3: Morley-arty
28 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Sutherland delves into Alan King's theories about Professor Moriarty and the fate of the Baker Street Irregulars. Chelsea Jones tracks down a man...
Sherlock Holmes is Real #2: Killing the Death of Sherlock Holmes
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Sutherland interviews Rob Nunn, author of The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street, and tries to find links to the conspiracy to keep Sherlock Ho...
Sherlock Holmes is Real #1: Matters of Never Life and Never Death
14 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Sutherland begins to delve into the Sherlock Holmes conspiracy theories of the curious individual called Alan King.