Conan Doyle - plagiarist and murderer?

A leading pathologist is part of a distinguished team which is hoping to exhume the body of a Westcountry man who they claim could be the real author of the classic Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles.

The team, led by Paignton-based author Rodger Garrick-Steele and scientist Paul Spiring, believe the exhumation of Ipplepen-journalist Bertram Fletcher Robinson could raise the cultural profile of the South Devon village.

Mr Garrick-Steele claims that Conan Doyle used the plot for the classic tale without acknowledging the contribution of Fletcher Robinson before poisoning him to prevent being exposed.


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