What a one-sided, dumbed-down, disrespectful commentary on the rich and multifaceted mind that was A. C. Doyle! As if the Sherlock Holmes stories/novellas are the only ones of any worth in his varied opus. Some of his supernatural/weird stories are actually very fine and enjoyable literature.
I give a thumbs-up for the video and for Mr. Doyle's honour. What we tend to call "spiritualism" is actually Spiritism which did become a fad in the late decades of the 19th century. If he got convinced by the existence of spirits it would be good to deepen a research about more details of his life. He had a scientific mind and there is no denial on that so Why not? Mediuns have been everywhere for millenium. Congrats for the video again.
It’s not accurate to say Conan Doyle’s interest in Spiritualism inspired his belief in fairies. In fact, the truth is quite the opposite. Doyle’s Father, who died in a mental institution, and his uncle Dickie (a famous Illustrator) both had lifelong beliefs in fairies, a relatively common thing in Scotland at the time. Conan Doyle’s similar beliefs began when he was quite young. While his promotion of the infamous Cottingley fairy episode did make him look ridiculous to many, his belief was sincere. Incidentally, while the girls involved in the Cottingley fairy photograph incidents later confessed that their images were mostly fraudulent, they claimed that they had, in fact, seen real fairies “down the beck” and Frances, the younger of the two, claimed one of the fairy photos was genuine to her dying day.
A bit of a nut case, with lots of unproven claims. Just like his hero Sherlock Holmes. Both ACD and SH are insufferable; the only guy who could stand them is Dr Watson.
And yet he was involved in a number of real criminal cases. Solving a number of cases some high profile. Worth learning about.
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What a one-sided, dumbed-down, disrespectful commentary on the rich and multifaceted mind that was A. C. Doyle! As if the Sherlock Holmes stories/novellas are the only ones of any worth in his varied opus. Some of his supernatural/weird stories are actually very fine and enjoyable literature.
I give a thumbs-up for the video and for Mr. Doyle's honour. What we tend to call "spiritualism" is actually Spiritism which did become a fad in the late decades of the 19th century. If he got convinced by the existence of spirits it would be good to deepen a research about more details of his life. He had a scientific mind and there is no denial on that so Why not? Mediuns have been everywhere for millenium. Congrats for the video again.
It’s not accurate to say Conan Doyle’s interest in Spiritualism inspired his belief in fairies. In fact, the truth is quite the opposite. Doyle’s Father, who died in a mental institution, and his uncle Dickie (a famous Illustrator) both had lifelong beliefs in fairies, a relatively common thing in Scotland at the time. Conan Doyle’s similar beliefs began when he was quite young. While his promotion of the infamous Cottingley fairy episode did make him look ridiculous to many, his belief was sincere. Incidentally, while the girls involved in the Cottingley fairy photograph incidents later confessed that their images were mostly fraudulent, they claimed that they had, in fact, seen real fairies “down the beck” and Frances, the younger of the two, claimed one of the fairy photos was genuine to her dying day.
Ok and what is your source?
thank you SO much, this helped me a lot on my school project on Arthur Conan Doyle!
I came here bcoz of the anime titled Detective Conan
Not a single image of Jeremy Brett??? Come on.
Thank you
i want the elementary drink.
The Fairies are coming continues to sell millions of copies in West Hollywood even today!....
I'm here for english T^T
Sherlock Holmes⁉️
Doesn't she look like the wife of red viper from GOT
Ouch. Your speaking voice is sharp and abrasive. So, for me it's gonna be a no.
hey edwin
Masonic handshake
The girls from the Cottingley fairies confessed that the whole thing was a hoax so how did he continue to believe? Lol
Conan Edogawa LOL
go play
A bit of a nut case, with lots of unproven claims. Just like his hero Sherlock Holmes.
Both ACD and SH are insufferable; the only guy who could stand them is Dr Watson.
Fairy detective
eww
Poor thing.
FIRST yeet
he was defenitely mad lmao