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Nick Redfern on ‘Hounds of the Baskervilles From Demon Dogs to Sherlock Holmes’
1. What was the inspiration behind Hounds of the Baskervilles From Demon Dogs to Sherlock Holmes? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fetish?
Nick Redfern : Basically, the idea of the book is to demonstrate to people the little-known fact that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took his inspiration for The Hound of the Baskervilles from existing folklore, legends, myths, tales and real-life encounters with huge, blazing-eyed, black hounds of a definitive paranormal nature in the UK. The British Isles has a very rich history extending back centuries and right up to the modern era of encounters with spectral, phantom black dogs. So, it’s essentially the case that the book is the “truth behind the fiction” of the Doyle novel.
2. I have seen some Arthur Conan Doyle documentaries lately revolving around Sherlock Holmes. He tried to escape the character but Sherlock’s fame always came back to haunt him and kept him on the storyteller’s path with the detective mysteries. What are some of your thoughts about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s life and writing?
Nick Redfern: First and foremost I would say that Doyle possessed the two most important attributes when it comes to writing good, solid, adventurous and atmospheric fiction: (A) the ability to weave a story that captivates and enthralls the reader; and (B) the talent to create life-like, believable characters to who the reader can relate, and who have image, style and a sense that they really exist. Doyle had a fine writing ability, a keen eye for what the public wanted, and also a deep belief in the existence of a very real world of the paranormal and supernatural – all of which helped create some great, classic stories. CONTINUED..
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