The Adventure of the Creeping Man

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"The Adventure of the Creeping Man" is a late Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a professor’s bizarre, animal-like behavior linked to a dangerous rejuvenation experiment.

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instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story
detective fiction work
short story
adaptedAs radio drama
television episode
author Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
canonicalStatus part of the Sherlock Holmes canon
centralMystery Professor Presbury’s bizarre, ape-like conduct
collection The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
companionOfInvestigator Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Professor Presbury NERFINISHED
Roy (Professor Presbury’s dog) NERFINISHED
Trevor Bennett NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe NERFINISHED
firstPublicationMedium The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED
firstPublishedIn Hearst’s International (US) NERFINISHED
The Strand Magazine (UK) NERFINISHED
followedByInCollection The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane NERFINISHED
franchise Sherlock Holmes canon NERFINISHED
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasIllustrationInOriginalMagazine yes
hasRejuvenationSerumSource experiments involving monkey glands GENERATED
investigator Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
language English
literaryPeriod early 20th century literature
mainCharacter Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
narrator Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
originalForm periodical publication
originalPublicationLanguage English
partOf The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
plotElement animal-like behavior of a human
mysterious nocturnal prowling
rejuvenation experiment
violent reaction of a dog to its master
precededByInCollection The Adventure of the Three Garridebs NERFINISHED
protagonist Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1923
series Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
settingCountry England
settingLocation Camford (fictional university town) NERFINISHED
theme dangers of scientific overreach
ethical limits of medical experimentation
workOf Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes containsStory The Adventure of the Creeping Man