Sherlock Holmes' most famous case, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, was published on March 25th 1902 and the story may well have a distinct Welsh connection.
Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyles's first wife had strong links to Wales and they would have visited regularly Baskerville Hall in Clyro, Powys. It is thought that Conan Doyle may have got the idea for his story from local land owner Black Vaughan, who according to legend, owned a pack of wild hounds which he would set on people who annoyed him at nearby Hergest Ridge, sometimes with fatal results.
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