Elementary 1x15

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

Discussion post for Elementary 115 - 'A Giant Gun, Filled With Drugs'

Spoilers in the comments.

What did you think?

Comments

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

Was the case he was talking about at the start 'The Aluminum Crutch'?

No, it was "The Crooked Man."

[ibishtar.livejournal.com]

The mongoose story, or the story of the dead man in a locked room with the ice?

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

Both?

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

No. The dry ice story is not in ACD canon.

[ibishtar.livejournal.com]

I thought that was a riff on the famous riddle of the man hanging dead from the ceiling above a puddle of water in a room with no furniture and locked from the inside, which I always thought came from Sherlock Holmes, but google won't confirm this so I must be wrong.

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

It would be screamingly famous if it were canon. The hanging clown/man, puddle of water, riddle - only involves a block of melted ice, not dry ice under the bed. Curious where the dry ice one originated.

Could be an urban legend: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=45199