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Batman, Sherlock, Columbo, Jessica Fletcher, Poirot, and Mma Precious Ramotswe: Who's the World's Greatest Detective? Credit: mashable composite / Bob al-Greene Grab your magnifying glass and get ...

Batman may claim to be the world's greatest detective but few would dispute that no fictional character has a greater claim to that title than Sherlock Holmes. The OG detective invented by Sir Arthur ...

The world’s most famous fictional detective has several impressive skills that you may want to emulate. Sherlock Holmes is the undisputed heavyweight champion of fictional detectives, routinely ...

An origin story is an interesting concept for a Sherlock Holmes game. There are so many iconic adventures of the fictional detective at the top of his game, masterfully unraveling tales such as the ...

No matter which Sherlock Holmes you visualize as you read the canon — the suave, top-hatted Jeremy Brett? Perhaps the ever-so-tightly-suited Benedict Cumberbatch? — you’re wrong. The “real” Holmes was ...

Some fictional characters are just too great to fade away. Look no further than Batman, James Bond, the Wicked Witch of the West and the original crew of the Starship Enterprise. Those nonexistent ...

This is a Short History Of The Pinkerton Detective Agency. A ⁠Noiser⁠ podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. With thanks to Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, a historian, and author of Allan Pinkerton, ...