In 1956, John D. Clark theorized in an article in The Baker Street Journal that Wolfe was the offspring of an affair between Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler (a character from "A Scandal in Bohemia").
I 1956 fremsatte John D. Clark den teori i Baker Street Journal at Wolfe var produktet af en affære mellem Sherlock Holmes og Irene Adler (en person i "Skandale i Bøhmen").