by E. J. Wagner
Utah, 68
vacuum cleaner, 89, 147
Valley of Fear, The, 61, 76, 91, 94 vampirism, 17, 153–155, 201–203, 206,
207, 213
venomous poisons, 43, 45
Vesalius, Andreas, 4
Victoria (sailing ship), 174
Vidocq, Eugène François, 67, 91, 133
ballistic evidence and, 129
crime scene and, 78–79, 80, 83 disguises of, 63–66, 68, 71
dossier file system of, 96
Villeneuve, Geoffrey, 38
Virchow, Rudolf, 6
Vucetich, Juan, 104, 105
Walton, Charles, 20, 22–23
“Wanted” descriptions, 99
Warren, Sir Charles, 83
Watson, Dr., 2, 7, 8, 27, 99, 104, 119, 131, 146, 201, 202, 203, 212
on black hound legend, 18–20
on blood analysis, 169–170, 189 on crime scene clues, 79–80
on Holmes’s disguises, 61–62, 66–67
poisoning cases and, 43, 47–48 on time of death, 8
Webb, Detective Inspector, 152–153 Webster, J. M., 21
Webster, John, 160–162
Wells, Samuel, 192
werewolf legend, 17, 187–189
Whicher, Jonathan, 204, 205, 206–207 Willemse, Cornelius W., 210
wireless telegraph, 74
witchcraft, 17, 21, 22, 23, 25, 29–30, 47, 194
Witchcraft Act of 1735, 30
Witthaus, Rudolph, 57
Wollaston, William, 175
women
accused poisoners, 42–43, 47, 48, 49–51, 204–205
disguised physician, 74–75
makeup use, 150–151
poison victims, 44–45, 52–55, 57–58 tattooing fad, 93
Wood, Alexander, 59
Wood, Edward, 182–183
Wood, George B., 200
Woodhouse, Sims, 189–190
World War I, 124, 164, 165
World War II, 29–30, 75
wound treatment, 39–40, 194–195
Xanthrophan morgani praedicta, 39
“Yellow Face, The,” 131
Zola, Emile, 163
