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The truth about Sherlock Holmes: he's actually Henry David Thoreau

4 mins | Dec 8, 2017

Sherlock Thoreau. You heard that right. Erin Blakemore, writing in JSTOR Daily, explores the unusual theory that the residents of 221b Baker Street and the cabin at Walden were in fact the same person.

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