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The Case of the Green Wallpaper
Episode 2 of 5
In 19th-century Edinburgh, medical student Arthur Conan Doyle is at the cutting edge of the new discipline of forensic medicine. Read by Robin Laing.
Historian Lindsey Fitzharris investigates the real-life inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, travelling from the fog-bound streets of 19th-century Edinburgh to Gilded Age Manhattan.
As a medical student in 1870s Edinburgh and long before literary success, Arthur Conan Doyle finds himself at the cutting edge of the new discipline of forensic medicine.
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Read by Robin Laing
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
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Tue 3 Nov 2026
11:45
麻豆社 Radio 4
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