My name is James Bennett Frohman, son of Mary who married the grandson of the great Charles Frohman of New York City who built a multi-million dollar theater syndicate throughout these great United States and Europe from 1880 to 1930. My great grandfather Charles Frohman journaled many accounts of his vast theater business and his travels with his best friend, William Hooker Gillette.William was a true genius, aside from being the greatest stage actor in 1900, and the man who broug...

William Gillette in real life brought Sir Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes to the theater stage in over 1300 plays. Gillette in real life often took on the persona of Sherlock and this story portays him switching to and from Sherlock. Fall of the Musketeers is a fast moving historical detective mystery which takes place in Pheonix, Arizona. You will be introduced to the best known stage actors of 1899, and a peek into their complex lives, hot emotions, and how they interact with Sherlock. Enj...

This short story is in the form of a letter from Mrs. Dana Wood to her husband at sea, first mate John Wood of the whaler ship MATHEW HAUT, out of New London, Connecticut, in the year 1913. Mrs. Wood was William Gillette’s cook and introduced in a previous James Michael Walker novel, The Case of the Flying Corpse. Enjoy Mrs. Wood’s mystery letter which takes place at Gillette's Castle.

Times around 1900 where marked by heavy steel coal fired steam engines, wood heated drafty homes, horses worked the fields, and whaling was at its apex. Electricity, phones and automobiles were rare and only available to wealthy. Everyone worked hard and often died early. Entertainment for those that had extra money was provided by hundreds of theaters, musicals, and stage plays. Newspapers were short, set with lead type and oily carbon ink on rough rag paper with no room for fake news. En...