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International Society of Infallible Detectives (Carolyn Wells)

The International Society of Infallible Detectives was a team of the most well-known detectives of the late 19th and early 20th century. Their adventures were a parody by author Carolyn Wells, in which the detectives proved ineffectual as a team, mainly because each detective insisted on solving the mystery himself. The society was led by Sherlock Holmes and came to order at the society’s headquarters on Fakir Street in London. They investigated the robbery of the Mona Lisa painting, as well as other crimes. Membership included: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Arsène Lupin, Craig Kennedy, Monsieur Lecoq, Rouletabille, A.J. Raffles (E.W. Hornung), C. Auguste Dupin (Edgar Allan Poe), S.S. “The Thinking Machine” Van Dusen (Jacques Futrelle), Philip Trent (E.C. Bentley), Ebenezer Gryce (Anna Katherine Green), Calvin “Scientific” Sprague (Francis Lynde), Luther Trant (William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer), and M. Eugène François Vidocq.
Alias The International Society of Infallible Detectives
Real Names/Alt Names Holmes, Watson, Lupin, Kennedy, Lecoq, Rouletabille, Raffles, Dupin, Van Dusen, Trent, Gryce, Sprague, Trant, Vidocq
Characteristics Detective, International Society of Infallible Detectives, Belle Époque
Creators/Key Contributors Carolyn Wells
First Appearance “The Adventure of the Mona Lisa” in Century Magazine (January 1912)
First Publisher The Century Company
Appearance List “The Adventure of the Mona Lisa” in Century Magazine (January 1912), “The Adventure of the Clothes-Line” in Century Magazine (May 1915)
Sample Read “The Adventure of the Lost Baby” in the Washington DC Evening Star (1913) by Carolyn Wells [PGAU]
Description The International Society of Infallible Detectives was a team of the most well-known detectives of the late 19th and early 20th century. Their adventures were a parody by author Carolyn Wells, in which the detectives proved ineffectual as a team, mainly because each detective insisted on solving the mystery himself. The society was led by Sherlock Holmes and came to order at the society’s headquarters on Fakir Street in London. They investigated the robbery of the Mona Lisa painting, as well as other crimes. Membership included: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Arsène Lupin, Craig Kennedy, Monsieur Lecoq, Rouletabille, A.J. Raffles (E.W. Hornung), C. Auguste Dupin (Edgar Allan Poe), S.S. “The Thinking Machine” Van Dusen (Jacques Futrelle), Philip Trent (E.C. Bentley), Ebenezer Gryce (Anna Katherine Green), Calvin “Scientific” Sprague (Francis Lynde), Luther Trant (William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer), and M. Eugène François Vidocq.
Source Society of Infallable Detectives – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki
The Adventure of the Clothes-line in Century Magazine (May 1915) | Frederic Dorr Steele
The Adventure of the Clothes-line in Century Magazine (May 1915) | Frederic Dorr Steele