tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post1831854391770668715..comments2024-03-26T09:32:26.565-05:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: Was Grover Cleveland actually Jack the Ripper?Sherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-54273676258850788402015-06-22T12:34:42.193-05:002015-06-22T12:34:42.193-05:00Hey, man - I believe it. And Abraham Lincoln was ...Hey, man - I believe it. And Abraham Lincoln was a Vampire Hunter, too! I read that in a book somewhere, so it must be true. Right? <br /><br />Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-37056485232951230412015-06-22T09:49:03.767-05:002015-06-22T09:49:03.767-05:00I debated even putting that work in my chronologic...I debated even putting that work in my chronological Reference List of Autobiographies, Biographies, and Qusi-biographies of ACD, but here is how I ended up listing it:<br /><br />In “The Strange Case of Dr. Doyle: A Journey into Madness & Mayhem”, Daniel Friedman MD and Eugene Friedman MD, a father-and-son team exposes the similarities of two very strange men, Jack the Ripper and Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlockian scholar and historian Peter E. Blau commented, “I've just finished reading "The Strange Case of Dr. Doyle" . . . god help anyone who thinks it's a biography of Conan Doyle!” After reconsidering his first comment Peter’s revised review stated it this way, “The Strange Case of Dr. Doyle, by Daniel and Eugene Friedman (Garden City: Square One, 2015; 339 pp., $29.95), is sub-titled as "a journey into madness & mayhem," and is written in alternate chapters, offering a biography of Conan Doyle and a description of a tour he led in 1910 along the trail of Jack the Ripper's murders. The tour is invented, but allows the authors to explain their conclusions about the Ripper, and the dust jacket's front flap promises that ‘if you maintain a sharp mind and a keen eye, at the end of your journey you may just uncover a truth you never expected to find.’ They're certainly correct.”Howard Ostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974147547261766167noreply@blogger.com