Sherlock Holmes lives on, of course, but Conan Doyle has also become a compelling character in fiction. On the page, stage, and screen, the author can be found solving crimes that no one else can. 14.

Forget the Robert Downey Jr. and Henry Cavill movies. There are many more hidden Sherlock Holmes gems out there.

May 22 is Sherlock Holmes Day, which was also the birthday of Holmes' creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Here are 10 little-known facts about the world's most famous detective.

Instead of writing a full script, Wigram wrote out the plot out his idea for a Sherlock Holmes film as a story. Then, he had British artist John Watkiss draw a 25-page comic book out of his story.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) was the earliest collection of the short fiction, with 12 tales of Holmes and colleague Dr. Watson solving crimes and attempting to right social wrongs.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson almost never were. In early notes written in 1886 for the first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, their creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, ...

The Sherlock Holmes Museum, officially at 221b Baker Street, London, is actually at number 239. 10. Dr Watson’s first name is John but his wife calls him James in The Man With the Twisted Lip.

In the Arthur Conan Doyle story, “The Silver Blaze,” Sherlock Holmes discusses the theft of a race horse from a country estate that is guarded by a fierce watch dog. "Is there any point to ...

The Man Behind the Detective. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes in 1887, with the publication of A Study in Scarlet.The sharp-witted detective, along with his loyal companion Dr. John ...

Sherlock Holmes was a Stradivarius-playing violinist who loved opera. Here are 10 musical facts as told by Holmes's sidekick, Dr. Watson. Listen to Tim Lihoreau at 6am for his Friday Five a Day: five ...

Sherlock Holmes is returning to Redlands’ LifeHouse Theater in “Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles,” opening 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15. The play, written by LifeHouse founder ...

Sherlock Holmes was very much our guiding star and Sherlock Holmes teaches us a very valuable lesson in forensic science, and that is don't develop your final theory till you have all the facts, ...