Terrible Human Tragedies

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the most terrible human tragedies” [VEIL]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYbUNFfTJKwS35I8_7N2sFMO5EcpA1y0d44tRRDEmrPqh0Gd1JRanPJnvbUJZTgO6DIQOtb6wTn15pJhVGSaZL2Oxdhr3YxNvgrgRNlw6VtUqONqPwnDC-OjRJj8WsPiOB2J03nmEKzjeuOq90gHaRvnWwVfopXzz7ZIQ4HDfe9nVjfIGIX_Rm_qPSTk/s935/350%20-%20Tragedy.jpg"> <img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYbUNFfTJKwS35I8_7N2sFMO5EcpA1y0d44tRRDEmrPqh0Gd1JRanPJnvbUJZTgO6DIQOtb6wTn15pJhVGSaZL2Oxdhr3YxNvgrgRNlw6VtUqONqPwnDC-OjRJj8WsPiOB2J03nmEKzjeuOq90gHaRvnWwVfopXzz7ZIQ4HDfe9nVjfIGIX_Rm_qPSTk/w640-h640/350%20-%20Tragedy.jpg" width="640" height="640" border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="934" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div> <!--x-tinymce/html--> <div>Having inadvertently left "The Veiled Lodger" out of our discussion about suicide in Episode 349, we put more focus on it in this episode. The introduction identifies it as "one of the most terrible human tragedies." </div> <div> </div> <div>Is it a tragedy in the classical sense, involving a fall from greatness that evokes pity and terror, or is it merely a sad story? And aren't most of Holmes's cases tragedies in the looser sense? What are some other tragic stories in the Canon? It's just a Trifle.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><em>If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies.</em></div> <div> </div> <p>Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for <em>Baker Street Journals</em>. <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Join our community of patrons today</a>.</p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: center;">