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Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast

Pearl Bryan

Shrabani Basu

Victor Lustig

George Taylor

Adele Spitzeder

Cliff Goldfarb

Robert Nicholls

Earle Leonard Nelson

Kaspar Hauser

Benjamin Bathurst

Betsy Aardsma

FRANCIS TUMBLETY

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Beekman Hill

Eliza Armstrong

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Hello and welcome to episode 16. This episode, Paul and I are delighted to welcome to the podcast journalist and author Shrabani Basu to talk about Conan Doyle, George Edalji and her new book The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer (Bloomsbury, 2021). In 1903, the quiet village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham is shocked by a spate of horrific horse maiming. Suspicion improbably falls on George Edalji, a quiet, socially awkward, brown-skinned young lawyer, the son of Shapurji Edalji, the first Indian to become vicar of an English parish. The Edaljis have been subject to prolonged persecution and racial abuse for the last fifteen years, since a series of anonymous letters appeared in 1888. Despite the flimsy evidence in the case, George Edalji is convicted of the maimings and is sent to prison. When he is released early, his conviction hangs over him and he is unable to return to his chosen profession. Frustrated, he writes to the one man he believes can help, the great author of detective fiction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Paul and I talk to Shrabani about the details of the Edalji case, the evidence of police corruption Shrabani has unearthed, and the small-town racism that feels as relevant today as it was then. You can read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/07/16-conan-doyle-and-george-edalji-with.html  Next time on Doings of Doyle Conan Doyle’s Anglo-Indian gothic tale, Uncle Jeremy’s Household (1887). Read it here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Uncle_Jeremy%27s_Household Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons on Patreon. Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Hello and welcome to episode 16. This episode, Paul and I are delighted to welcome to the podcast journalist and author Shrabani Basu to talk about Conan Doyle, George Edalji and her new book The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer (Bloomsbury, 2021). In 1903, the quiet village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham is shocked by a spate of horrific horse maiming. Suspicion improbably falls on George Edalji, a quiet, socially awkward, brown-skinned young lawyer, the son of Shapurji Edalji, the first Indian to become vicar of an English parish. The Edaljis have been subject to prolonged persecution and racial abuse for the last fifteen years, since a series of anonymous letters appeared in 1888. Despite the flimsy evidence in the case, George Edalji is convicted of the maimings and is sent to prison. When he is released early, his conviction hangs over him and he is unable to return to his chosen profession. Frustrated, he writes to the one man he believes can help, the great author of detective fiction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Paul and I talk to Shrabani about the details of the Edalji case, the evidence of police corruption Shrabani has unearthed, and the small-town racism that feels as relevant today as it was then. You can read the show notes here: <a href="https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/07/16-conan-doyle-and-george-edalji-with.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2021/07/16-conan-doyle-and-george-edalji-with.html</a> Next time on Doings of Doyle Conan Doyle’s Anglo-Indian gothic tale, Uncle Jeremy’s Household (1887). Read it here: <a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Uncle_Jeremy%27s_Household" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Uncle_Jeremy%27s_Household</a> Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: <a href="http://www.belangerbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.belangerbooks.com</a>, and to our patrons on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/doingsofdoyle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at <a href="http://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.arthur-conan-doyle.com</a>. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>). Licensed under Creative Commons:  By Attribution 3.0 License. <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>

Conan Doyle and George Edalji, with Shrabani Basu

Small-town politics and old-fashioned racism come into play when the household of an Indian vicar in Great Wyrley, in Staffordshire, England is targeted for harassment. In 1903, a series of animal mutilations and maiming afflict the area and the vicar's son, a solicitor by the name of George Edalji, is convicted. Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ My Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/forgdark/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Giant Wyrm" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “A stupid hoax.” London Standard, July 26, 1895. “Cattle-maiming – fresh atrocities at Great Wyrley.” The Guardian, August 28, 1907. “Cattle-maiming – the new situation at Great Wyrley.” The Guardian, August 29, 1907. “Edalji is restored.” Washington Post, December 1, 1907. “Extraordinary hoax.” Essex County Standard, August 24, 1895. “Labourer sent to penal servitude.” London Times, November 7, 1934. https://www.casebook.org/press_reports/times/19341107.html “'Poison pen' letters.” The Guardian, November 7, 1934. “Strange persecution of a clergyman.” Birmingham Daily Post, January 20, 1893. “Strange persecution of a clergyman.” Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury, April 1, 1893. “The Edalji case – a mysterious letter from Walsall.” The Observer, January 20, 1907. “The Edalji case – prisoner to be released this week.” The Observer, October 7, 1906. “The maiming outrages – an arrest at Wolverhampton.” The Guardian, September 6, 1907. “The renewed Wyrley outrages.” Manchester Guardian, April 1, 1904. “The Staffordshire maiming outrages.” The Penny Illustrated Paper, November 14, 1903. “The Wyrley outrages.” The Guardian, September 7, 1907. Costello, Peter. Conan Doyle, Detective: The True Crimes Investigated by the Creator of Sherlock Holmes. London: Constable &amp; Robinson, 2006. Doyle, Arthur Conan. “The Case of Mr. George Edalji.” New York Times, February 2-3, 1907. Risinger, D. Michael. “Boxes in Boxes: Julian Barnes, Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the Edalji Case.” International Commentary on Evidence 4:2 (2006). Weaver, Gordon. Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son: The George Edalji Case. Cambridge: Vanguard Press, 2006. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapurji_Edalji https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/18/arthur-conan-doyle-set-up-by-police-fabricated-letters https://britishheritage.com/features/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-and-the-case-of-george-edalji

Small-town politics and old-fashioned racism come into play when the household of an Indian vicar in Great Wyrley, in Staffordshire, England is targeted for harassment. In 1903, a series of animal mutilations and maiming afflict the area and the vicar's son, a solicitor by the name of George Edalji, is convicted. Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: <a href="https://www.straightupstrange.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.straightupstrange.com/</a> My Patreon: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/forgdark/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.patreon.com/forgdark/</a> Opening music from <a href="https://filmmusic.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://filmmusic.io</a>. "Giant Wyrm" by Kevin MacLeod (<a href="https://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://incompetech.com</a>). License: CC BY (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>) "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (<a href="https://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://incompetech.com</a>). License: CC BY (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “A stupid hoax.” London Standard, July 26, 1895. “Cattle-maiming – fresh atrocities at Great Wyrley.” The Guardian, August 28, 1907. “Cattle-maiming – the new situation at Great Wyrley.” The Guardian, August 29, 1907. “Edalji is restored.” Washington Post, December 1, 1907. “Extraordinary hoax.” Essex County Standard, August 24, 1895. “Labourer sent to penal servitude.” London Times, November 7, 1934. <a href="https://www.casebook.org/press_reports/times/19341107.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.casebook.org/press_reports/times/19341107.html</a> “'Poison pen' letters.” The Guardian, November 7, 1934. “Strange persecution of a clergyman.” Birmingham Daily Post, January 20, 1893. “Strange persecution of a clergyman.” Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury, April 1, 1893. “The Edalji case – a mysterious letter from Walsall.” The Observer, January 20, 1907. “The Edalji case – prisoner to be released this week.” The Observer, October 7, 1906. “The maiming outrages – an arrest at Wolverhampton.” The Guardian, September 6, 1907. “The renewed Wyrley outrages.” Manchester Guardian, April 1, 1904. “The Staffordshire maiming outrages.” The Penny Illustrated Paper, November 14, 1903. “The Wyrley outrages.” The Guardian, September 7, 1907. Costello, Peter. Conan Doyle, Detective: The True Crimes Investigated by the Creator of Sherlock Holmes. London: Constable &amp; Robinson, 2006. Doyle, Arthur Conan. “The Case of Mr. George Edalji.” New York Times, February 2-3, 1907. Risinger, D. Michael. “Boxes in Boxes: Julian Barnes, Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the Edalji Case.” International Commentary on Evidence 4:2 (2006). Weaver, Gordon. Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son: The George Edalji Case. Cambridge: Vanguard Press, 2006. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapurji_Edalji" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapurji_Edalji</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/18/arthur-conan-doyle-set-up-by-police-fabricated-letters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/18/arthur-conan-doyle-set-up-by-police-fabricated-letters</a> <a href="https://britishheritage.com/features/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-and-the-case-of-george-edalji" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://britishheritage.com/features/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-and-the-case-of-george-edalji</a>

61 - The Case of George Edalji

Arthur Conan Doyle hat der Welt nicht nur Sherlock Holmes beschert, er hat auch forensisch an der Aufklärung realer Verbrechen mitgewirkt, wenn er der Gerechtigkeit zum Sieg verhelfen wollte. Der Fall George Edalji ist ein Beispiel für den enthusiastischen Einsatz des weltbekannten Autors. Hören Sie die Geschichte von George und seiner Familie und helfen Sie uns als Team-Mitglied der SOKO HOLMES noch mehr Licht in diese verzwickte Geschichte zu bringen: https://www.paypal.me/krimikiosk Interessante Bücher zur Story: OUTRAGE von Roger Oldfield (http://www.outrage-rogeroldfield.co.uk/) &amp; THE PARSON'S SON von Gordon Weaver. Musik: Stephen Ross . Quellenangaben: http://bit.ly/RIPGeorgeEdalji 

Arthur Conan Doyle hat der Welt nicht nur Sherlock Holmes beschert, er hat auch forensisch an der Aufklärung realer Verbrechen mitgewirkt, wenn er der Gerechtigkeit zum Sieg verhelfen wollte. Der Fall George Edalji ist ein Beispiel für den enthusiastischen Einsatz des weltbekannten Autors. Hören Sie die Geschichte von George und seiner Familie und helfen Sie uns als Team-Mitglied der SOKO HOLMES noch mehr Licht in diese verzwickte Geschichte zu bringen: <a href="https://www.paypal.me/krimikiosk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.me/krimikiosk</a> Interessante Bücher zur Story: OUTRAGE von Roger Oldfield (<a href="http://www.outrage-rogeroldfield.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.outrage-rogeroldfield.co.uk/</a>) &amp; THE PARSON'S SON von Gordon Weaver. Musik: <a href="http://www.stephenross.net/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Ross </a>. Quellenangaben: <a href="http://bit.ly/RIPGeorgeEdalji" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/RIPGeorgeEdalji </a>

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