Come back with us to the surgeons hall of 1870s Edinburgh, where a certain Arthur Conan Doyle is watching bodies being dissected.
Meet notorious surgeon Joseph Bell, the real life inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, whose pioneering forensics methods unlock some of Victorian Britain's darkest murders.
Kate is joined by Dr Lindsay Fitzharris for this episode, whose new book Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes, is out now.
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