X Marks The Spot Where The Body Was Found Notes: No case in over a week. Nothing of real interest since the case of The Bilious Barking Bouncing Baby Bassinet (I shudder to remember the details of that case, and yet I would trade my current peace for another like… Continue reading
Widow Four Times A Widow, She Will Brave The Altar Once More Madame Carnehomme Will Walk Up The Aisle Again- Will The Fates Be Kinder To Her This Time Than They Have Been Thus Far? “Zometimes I wonder if I am Cursed!” Says the Charming Mme. Carnehomme Madame Carnehomme, the… Continue reading
Villains A Policeman’s Guide To Villains Chapter 8: Villains In Crimes Involving Toffs How to Identify a Toff Style of Murder 1) Your suspects: do any of them have Titles? For these purposes, “Sir” and “The Hon.” both count as titles. 2) The victim: had he a Title? If he… Continue reading
Undetectable Poison Notes: I have included this page out of sheer admiration for the character of Dr. Brambleweir, who I dearly wish was a Veridical Personality, and not consigned merely to the pages of books and magazines. Sigh… Continue reading
Telegrams The Documents In The Case Of Gamehen, Thumbscrew, and the Bishop’s Secretary These telegrams form an important part of my solution of this troublesome case. I present them in order. The first telegram: The Bishop’s Reply: The next two telegrams, both from Pimsley, arrived in rapid succession: The Bishop… Continue reading
Secrets Introduction If you’ve been Detecting for any amount of time at all, you will have noticed something that may strike you as a bit odd: Secrets. Many people have them. And most people who have Secrets don’t want to share them with anyone, even with a Seeker After Truth… Continue reading
RElatives, Acquisitive If you are a Subscriber to this fine Periodical, you are, according to our recent Member Survey, a Rich Old Man. With Christmas only a month away, you are, no doubt, in the process of sending out Invites to the Familial Manse for the traditional Old-Fashioned Christmas Family… Continue reading
A Poster (it is a fancied-up version of my O is for Omens post) Here! I made this for you! You can print it out, if you want to, and stick it on your wall, where it will Look Fabulous. Probably. Depending on the wall. And your printer. And… Continue reading
Quicklime Madam, You are in a Pickle and No Mistake! Most of us DO NOT EXPECT to commit MURDER. But Sometimes The Unexpected Happens And we find ourselves with A Corpse on our hands. At these times… You Can Count On Quigley’s Quicklime!!!! Quigley’s Quicklime: Dissolving Inconvenient Corpses since 1801… Continue reading
Person or Persons Unknown Front Row: Mary, Hamish, Hammett, Holmes Back Row: Edgar, Grimm, “Topper,” The Village Witch, Mr. Moppet, Mrs. Moppet, Victoria Moppet (aka “Lil”), “Sweepsie,” Rue, MacAbre A Logical Conundrum Use the Clews below and the picture above to solve The Crime. Write in with Your Solution, making… Continue reading
