Sherlock Holmes can be old-school, punk, steampunk, or just a boor with great cheekbones. He’s survived silent films, ...

The biggest competition of the BBC's Sherlock had a much better ending than Cumberbatch's adaptation, and it was thanks to ...

FICTION: These Sherlock Holmes stories — some by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ... It doesn't take a sleuth of Holmes' order to deduce that this fascination flourished throughout ensuing decades.

For example, Holmes and Watson were up for grabs, but certain character traits introduced in the later stories, like Holmes' love of dogs and Watson's second marriage, were off limits.

Klinger brought suit against the estate, arguing that Sherlock Holmes and the other familiar elements of his stories — sidekick Dr. Watson, nemesis Moriarty, the famous lodgings at 221B Baker ...

Actor Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," circa 1984. (TV Times via Getty Images) All of Doyle’s stories, save for 19, were adapted.

A number of copyrighted works released in 1927 have now fallen into the public domain, including the last two Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.