The May 10th meeting has been cancelled. The Stormy Petrel Executive have made a decision at their semi-annual meeting.
We will resume in-person meetings beginning with the June meeting. We will be back to meeting at the Chatham (UBC) on the first Tuesday of the month.
Details of the June meeting will be posted soon.
Fran Martin, President
This meeting will take place via Zoom and will be run by our “Priory Schoolmaster” Sheldon Goldfarb. The attendees will be treated to Sheldon’s reading of his Musings on the story.
What is the story for May’s meeting? “The Crooked Man” which was first published in the Strand Magazine and in Harper’s Weekly in July 1893.
(taken from “The Sherlock Holmes Companion – An Elementary Guide by Daniel Smith)
This is a case featuring a locked room, a mysterious creature, a piercing scream heard by the staff, a dead man’s face contorted in fear.
It is a tale of betrayal and revenge. What more could you ask for?
(written by Fran in 1999)
When: Tuesday, May 3rd at 7:00 pm (West Coast Time)
For more information, please e-mail Fran at: franziskah@shaw.ca
The adventure for discussion
“The Reigate Puzzle” “The Reigate Squire” “The Reigate Squires”
We will be discussing all three at the next meeting of the Stormy Petrels of BC. This meeting will be via Zoom.
Published in The Strand Magazine (as “The Reigate Squire”) in June 1893 and in Harper’s Weekly (as “The Reigate Puzzle”) also in June 1893.
Arthur Conan Doyle raked this case as the last one on his list, and although it is not a very strong story, he included it in his top twelve list because “…it contained so many examples of Holmes’s ingenuity.”
According to Richard Lancelyn Green’s essay in “The Baker Street Dozen”, this adventure was based on an article written by Alexander Cargill, a handwriting expert, and published in the Edinburgh Medical Journal” in 1890.
In this adventure, good old Dr. Watson whisks an exhausted Holmes off to the countryside to rest after some strenuous work in France.
Alas, crime does not take a break, and Holmes is drawn into solving a crime.
Robbery; Murder; Blackmail…
When: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 7:00 PM (West Coast Time)
For more information, please contact Fran at: franziskah@shaw.ca
Did you know that Vancouver’s first forensic investigator, John Vance, was internationally known as Canada’s Sherlock Holmes?
John Vance helped detectives solve many crimes during his 42-year career. He was such a success, that in 1934 there were seven attempts on his life.
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 (from 6:00 to 8:00 PM) Eve Lazarus will draw on her stories from her BC best-selling books about the John Vance. “Blood, Sweat, and Fear”. We will learn all about Vancouver’s own Sherlock Holmes!
Eve Lazarus is a reporter and author and hosts and produces the Cold Case Canada true crime podcast. Her books include: “Murder by Milkshake”, Blood, Sweat, and Fear”, “Cold Case Vancouver Exposed : Searching for the City’s Hidden History”.
Tickets are still available through the Roedde House Museum website.
Vancouver's Official Sherlock Holmes Society 