The Dreadful Event

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Imagine that it is December 1893 and you are picking up your copy of The Strand, eager to read the next installment in The Sherlock Holmes series. Except, instead of it being just the NEXT in a series, it's the last. Dr. Watson narrates "It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr Sherlock Holmes was distinguished. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had enough. He was tired of Sherlock, sick to the stomach of him even. 20,000+ subscribers to The Strand magazine were sick themselves, disgusted that Sherlock had been killed off. The magazine held on by a thread, nearly done in by "the dreadful event." Enthusiasts of the story were said to have decked themselves in mourning dress, though this may have been a rumor started by Arthur Conan Doyle's son during an interview. Either way, the crowd was in an uproar over it, and it is said that Doyle was shocked over the torrent of verbal assaults thrown his way in regards to Sherlock's death. It would not be until 1903 that Sherlock was resurrected, and Watson was once again at the sleuth's beck and call. Are you a fan of Sherlock Holmes? I am! Source: Google