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'I'm poison to Sherlock fans'
Rodger Garrick-Steele, who claims Conan Doyle was a plagiarist and
poisoner, on the Hound of the Baskervilles centenary
Interview by Sarah X Hall
Friday August 3, 2001
The Guardian
Rodger Garrick-Steele is a historian from Dawlish in Devon who has
spent 11 years researching a book on whether Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
was really the author of the Hound of the Baskervilles.
It is exactly 100 years since the Hound of the Baskervilles was
serialised for Strand magazine and the results were historically
phenomenal - no book has ever been as successful. I have uncovered
the original manuscript of the book entitled An Adventure on Dartmoor
which appears to have been written by Conan Doyle's friend Bertram
Fletcher-Robinson. As soon as the press got hold of this story they
went bananas all over the world.
On Monday I received a phone call from the BBC asking me to give a
television interview. I also found the time to do a Radio 4 interview
at St Andrew's church in Ipplepen on a bench outside Fletcher-
Robinson's grave. I've had constant phone calls and faxes from
Brazil, South Africa and the whole of Europe. I even had a call from
the Russians, saying they were the personal television company for
President Putin. Unfortunately, they rang back to say they were
awfully sorry but the president was going somewhere else and taking
them with him, so I hope that happens at a later date.
Of course, I've stayed away from the international gathering of
Sherlock Holmes fans on Dartmoor this week. I'm poison to them as
I've been saying that Conan Doyle used poison to murder Fletcher-
Robinson. They all dress up as their favourite characters so there
are about 17 Sherlock Holmes and 44 Dr Watsons. They have a lot of
fun but they are pretty furious with me.
"They don't want to believe what I'm saying, but if only someone
would look at the evidence, maybe they would see that I'm right.
Conan Doyle did chase young women and he was involved with adultery,
but nobody's perfect.
I went to the gym on Wednesday because when you're an author you sit
on your backside all day and the weight piles on.
Over the past few months, I've been talking to Hollywood about making
a film based on my book. It won't be out for another few years but it
would undoubtedly change my life. I haven't seen much money.
I've also been in touch with a guy in the US who does hypnotic
regression. If you look at a photo of myself and Sir Arthur you will
find that we look like brothers. He wants to put me on film and
regress me to find out if I really was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. If he
does I would be interested to know just how many women I did enjoy.
Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2001
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