I LOVE PBS: "Holmes vs Doyle" - is a biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories... And Jurassic Park! - Since I donated money to PBS they activated my Passport and I can WATCH ANY SHOW AT ANY TIME... A Super Valuable Thank You Gift!

https://www.pbs.org/show/lucy-worsleys-holmes-vs-doyle/

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I learned a lot about the Man behind the stories... He was a doctor... And one of his professors at Medical School, Dr. Joseph Bell, thought that every doctor should be able to observe the patient for Clues to their Health... Sherlock Holmes is famous for his ability to observe Clues... And is a tribute to Dr Bell... [Similar to how James Bond is based on William Stephenson]

Doyle was excited about buying the latest technology... In his case he owned some of the very first motor cars, motorcycles and movie cameras... In this TV show there are many films of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at home... Interviews... Playing with his five children... Home movies! 

And then in 1918 one of his sons died of the influenza... And Doyle became interested in spiritualism and contacting dead people... He became very enthusiastic about this practice and even held a seance with Harry Houdini... a known skeptic... And when it was all over, Houdini said that it was totally fake and that the Doyle was just a senile old man... Believing in the possibility of talking to his son... 

Doyle also wrote other books... Including one that involved a man who found dinosaur eggs and raised them to be living creatures... The basic plot of Jurassic Park... 

ALSO!

https://www.pbs.org/show/lucy-worsley-investigates/

Lucy Worsley (a Gem) re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence and follows new clues.

https://www.pbs.org/show/agatha-christie-lucy-worsley-on-the-mystery-queen/

a deep dive into the author Agatha Christie...

Great Book: "Wolves Eat Dogs" by Martin Cruz Smith... A Murder Mystery with Detective Arkady Renko... (we met him in Gorky Park) Set in Chernobyl, Ukraine among the Squatters who live in the Forbidden Zone...

The poison was radioactive Cesium... it happens to look exactly like Table Salt... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_Eat_Dogs

This Book has a Detailed Study of the Lifestyles and Philosophy of People that Moved TO THE ATOMIC DISASTER ZONE because of the Free Housing that was abandoned by people FLEEING the Deadly Radioactivity...

For Example: Poor Old People... They Understand That Radioactivity will kill you in about 20 years BUT... If You Are Already Sixty Years Old... Everything will kill you in about 20 years... so why NOT move into the FREE Houses...

One thing I Did Not Know is... Chernobyl IS IN Ukraine... Not Russia... But at the Time of the Disaster... It Was a Part of the Soviet Union - USSR... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster