What explains the timeless appeal of Sherlock Holmes?

NPR | By Adrian Ma,

Daniel Ofman, Tinbete Ermyas

Published March 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM EDT

What's behind the timeless appeal of the quintessential fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who's been around for 140 years? Host Adrian Ma speaks with expert Sherlockian, Otto Penzler.

Adrian Ma

Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

Daniel Ofman

Tinbete Ermyas

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