The Final Podblem: The Solitary Cyclist, Or: The Bastard Tax

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The boys read a story that tells you why you should always leave women the frig alone on their commutes and also never literally play cards for ownership of them, we learn the surprisingly interesting history of the bicycle and its role in modern feminism, and meet the newest member of the Podblem Posse: Fortunio, the Modern Chicken In The City! It's--there's a lot, you guys.

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https://sherlock-holm.es/stories/pdf/a4/1-sided/soli.pdf

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The Final Podblem: The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, Or: A Fleet Of Security Turtles

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Holmes and Watson face off against their fiercest foe yet, a man who threatens to unravel the very fabric of Victorian society with a weapon against which they have no defense: evidence of things they absolutely said and did. Also: horrifying vintage postcards, the origins of the athletic shoe as crimewear, snorting your way to better night-vision, and an exclusive review of the new 1904 burgling kits!

The Detective Soup of the Week is: Three-Bean Blackmail

Free e-text of this week's story:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/108


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The Final Podblem: The Adventure Of The Beryl Coronet, Or, Swanboat Adjacent Benihana

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 Sherlock and Holmes find a client who fell down and lost his crown, and Nick and Casey discuss swanboat logistics, lizard wizards, what it means to receive a mug declaring you World's Best Frenemy, the genetic configuration referred to as the Smaug Sequence, the holy symbol of the trickster-god Harold Hill, and HYPERVINTELUTION.

Free e-text of this week's story:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661?source=post_page---------------------------

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The Final Podblem: The Read Headed League, or: What If Holmes, But Crime?

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 The chapdudeladbois discuss being ginger for fun and profit, what the  hell a Raffles is, how capitalism turns adherence to the law into a  luxury not everyone can afford, and the finer points of objectively  insane Minnesotan vernacular. Also, Nick shares his very own real-life  Minute of Deduction and Casey is literally as wrong about how this story  ends as it is possible to be, like it's almost kind of impressive how  backwards he got it.

The Detective Soup of the Week is: Suspicious Delicious.


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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1661/1661-h/1661-h.htm

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The Final Podblem: The Adventure Of The Speckled Band, Or: Cheetah BIG Cat, This Too Smol!

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British Bigfoot throws a blacksmith in a brook, and other less  alliterative occurrances! Assault with a deadly critter! The latest in  stupid architecture! A new candidate for Parliament is spottéd! Nick  tells us whether or not there are snakes and whether those snakes need  the cheese left off their burgers or whether they're kinda making a big  deal out of nothing.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1661/1661-h/1661-h.htm

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