In Search Of… S03E12 Sherlock Holmes
Usually I go through these episodes blow-by-blow, but this time I won’t because a) I’m kind of busy this week and b) this one won’t
Steampunk, Frankenstein, Fantasy soap operas, Leonard Nimoy and More
Usually I go through these episodes blow-by-blow, but this time I won’t because a) I’m kind of busy this week and b) this one won’t
We open on a bunch of Native Americans. Okay, didn’t see that coming. I thought ‘Indian Astronomy’ as in ‘Astronomy from India’. My bad. I
I’ll get to the episode in a moment, but first I want to look at the title: Bermuda Tringle Pirates. I use no hyperbole whatsoever
Cold open on Bigfoot. You heard me. Clear, unambiguous footage of three sasquatches walking along, while Nimoy gives us time, date and place. He then
Leonard Nimoy sounds a lot less enthusiastic than usual this episode, as he explains that statistically the most dangerous body of water in the word
Cold open on a nuclear explosion. Very well, In Search Of. You have my attention. Nimoy says that, sure nuclear tests were big in the
It’s an episode on cryonics — an idea so terrible I can’t even be bothered debunking it. Just google ‘debunking cryonics’ or ‘cryogenics = crap’
Jack the Ripper. *Deep sigh.* Okay, let’s do this. Silhouette of a man on a brick wall. A woman a red dress that looks kind
Water seekers. Dowsers. People with the supposed ability to find water with a stick. It’s… look, it’s uninteresting. Sorry, dowsers. Sorry sceptics. I know you
We open on some mice and an eerie musical cue. Nimoy tells us that some of these mice have genes from several other mice, some