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  2. Sherlock Holmes - Wikipedia

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    Sherlock Holmes (/ ˈ ʃ ɜːr l ɒ k ˈ h oʊ m z /) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients ...

  3. Edmond Locard - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Edmond Locard (13 December 1877 – 4 May 1966) [1] was a French criminologist, the pioneer in forensic science who became known as the "Sherlock Holmes of France". He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace". This became known as Locard's exchange principle.

  4. Locard's exchange principle - Wikipedia

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    Edmond Locard (1877–1966) was a pioneer in forensic science who became known as the Sherlock Holmes of Lyon, France. [1] He formulated the basic principle of forensic science as: "Every contact leaves a trace". It is generally understood as "with contact between two items, there will be an exchange." Paul L. Kirk [2] expressed the principle ...

  5. Professor Moriarty - Wikipedia

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    Professor Moriarty's first appearance occurred in the 1893 short story "The Adventure of the Final Problem" (set in 1891). [2]The story features consulting detective Sherlock Holmes revealing to his friend and biographer Doctor Watson that for years now he has suspected many seemingly isolated crimes to actually all be the machinations of a single, vast, and subtle criminal organisation.

  6. Arthur Conan Doyle - Wikipedia

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    Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.

  7. Are werewolves real? The facts and history behind the myth

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    Real or imaginary, one thing's for sure, werewolves are likely here to stay. "We’re never gonna stop telling werewolf tales," Wood says. "It’s just a part of us.

  8. 221B Baker Street - Wikipedia

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    221B Baker Street is the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.In the United Kingdom, postal addresses with a number followed by a letter may indicate a separate address within a larger, often residential building.

  9. Are witches real? Everything to know on spells, magic and more

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    For the most part, Blake says evil movie witches — the kind who use spells to cast evil curses on people — really don't exist. But she adds that doing magic spells of any kind requires ...