<P> Conan Doyle had not written about Sherlock Holmes in eight years, having killed off the character in the 1893 story "The Final Problem". Although The Hound of the Baskervilles is set before the latter events, two years later Conan Doyle would bring Holmes back for good, explaining in "The Adventure of the Empty House" that Holmes had faked his own death . </P> <P> He was assisted with the plot by a 30 - year - old Daily Express journalist named Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870--1907). </P> <P> His ideas came from the legend of Richard Cabell (d. 1677), of Brook Hall, in the parish of Buckfastleigh, Devon, which was the fundamental inspiration for the Baskerville tale of a hellish hound and a cursed country squire . Cabell's tomb survives in the village of Buckfastleigh . </P> <P> Squire Richard Cabell lived for hunting and was what in those days was described as a' monstrously evil man' . He gained this reputation for, amongst other things, immorality and having sold his soul to the Devil . There was also a rumour that he had murdered his wife, Elizabeth Fowell, a daughter of Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet (1593--1674), of Fowelscombe . On 5 July 1677, he died and was laid to rest in the sepulchre . The night of his interment saw a phantom pack of hounds come baying across the moor to howl at his tomb . From that night on, he could be found leading the phantom pack across the moor, usually on the anniversary of his death . If the pack were not out hunting, they could be found ranging around his grave howling and shrieking . In an attempt to lay the soul to rest, the villagers built a large building around the tomb, and to be doubly sure a huge slab was placed . </P>

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