Word: conan
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Denis Percy Stuart Conan Doyle, son of Sherlock Holmes's creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was a dedicated spiritualist like his father. Among other British believers in "the creed of life after death" his collection of "spirit photographs" was famous, and he maintained that he was in constant communication with his father, who died in 1930. Sir Arthur had not once "advised me wrong," he said. "The only time I did not follow his instructions, I was nearly killed." Wrote Doyle in this week's London Sunday Dispatch: "The life and teachings of our Lord showed the existence...
...Holmes and H. Marion Crawford, grandson of Novelist F. Marion Crawford, as the bumbling Watson. Filmed in London and Paris by Sheldon (Foreign Intrigue) Reynolds, the opening show had a nice period flavor, but the script, written by Reynolds, was inferior to even the feeblest efforts of A. Conan Doyle...
...courts. Nevertheless, in Oklahoma City, the city council recently passed an ordinance banning crime and horror comics. Some council members opposed the ordinance on the ground that the wording was so vague it could be used to ban the writings of Edgar Allan Poe or Arthur Conan Doyle. In Houston, spurred by Page One editorials in Jesse Jones's Chronicle, the city council also passed an ordinance similar to Oklahoma City...
...Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr. New yarns lovingly constructed by a pair of contemporary Sherlock fans from "unsolved cases" mentioned in the original stories (TIME, April...
...Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr. New yarns lovingly constructed by a pair of contemporary Sherlock fans from "unsolved cases" mentioned in the original stories (TiME, April...