Thursday 1 December 2016

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD



On This Day in Weird, December 1...

1887: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional "private consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes appears in print for the first time, subsequently outliving his creator and taking on a literary life of his own, including multiple clashes with Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, the Phantom of the Opera, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, rampaging Martian invaders, and London's elusive real-life Jack the Ripper.


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