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Isolated House
« on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 6:26am » |
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Ten friends rented a house in the countryside in the middle of winter for the holidays. Slowly one by one they were killed off, now only six remain. Each of the victims had been murder at 10:00, or so it seemed. The victim would be found in bed the next day after being killed.
The suspects are the six left:
1. Timothy
2. Anna
3. Dorothy
4. Benjamin
5. Arnold
6. Stephen
You may begin investigating! 
(For those who aren't familiar with my weird riddles, what you have do is ask questions to the suspect, look around, see what they carry, etc... If you still don't understand take a look at 'Stolen Painting' or 'Bank robbery' to get the idea.)
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #1 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 9:41am » |
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I wait 5 days and blame it on whoever's left 
I make them do an IQ-test to see how intelligent they are, and ask them why the hell they stayed for 3 more days after the first person was killed..
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #2 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 10:33am » |
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on Sep 2nd, 2003, 9:41am, towr wrote:| I wait 5 days and blame it on whoever's left |
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Could be that you're not able to find out this way, because after five days - you are dead!
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Well, the third murder at the latest should have aroused their suspicion.
For a more conventional start:
What do the suspects have in their pockets and do they have alibis?
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #3 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 10:43am » |
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on Sep 2nd, 2003, 10:33am, wowbagger wrote:
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Nah, I'd never be one of those ten friends, my friends are smarter 
Where they killed in the same location of the house? (Which would make me wonder why they keep going there, but hey, they do it in bad horror movies as well)
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #4 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 11:21am » |
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Nobody said that particularly nosy people can't get killed!
Maybe we should rethink taking part in this investigation...
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #5 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 12:13pm » |
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hmm..
Well, suppose they are nosy and smart, then they would bunch up and see who/what kills someone at 10:00. After the first two time they should either know who/what did it, or get a clue and stay out at 10:00.
So.. Did any of them see anything around 10:00 ?
Wait, can we assume one of the suspects did it? (Must've not been such great friends then )
"the dishwasher did it"
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #6 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 1:36pm » |
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I wait 5 days and blame it on whoever's left
I make them do an IQ-test to see how intelligent they are, and ask them why the hell they stayed for 3 more days after the first person was killed..
The house is isoslated, hence the title. They're kinda snowed in lets say, they just can't leave the house.
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For a more conventional start:
What do the suspects have in their pockets and do they have alibis?
1. Timothy
Pocket: Pens, pencils, note-books
Alibis: Playing cards with Arnold and Timothy, i fell safer around other people.
2. Anna
Pocket: Cards, stuuf to do magic tricks with.
Alibis: Same as Timothy
3. Dorothy
Pocket: Keys, cooking knife
Alibis: Making a chocolate cake in the kitchen, i always kept a cooking knife with me for protection.
4. Benjamin
Pocket: Nothing but a camera
Alibis: Can't remember exactly, probably in my room.
5. Arnold
Pocket: Noting
Alibis: Same as Timothy
6. Stephen
Pocket: Book
Alibis: Same as Benjamin
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #8 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 2:00pm » |
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What do the crimescenes look like (location, cause of death and props)?
Were the murders all in the same day? (Cause I thought it was once a day, but they all onyl give one alibi.)
Let's do a chemical analysis on the cake, and conviscate it (if it's safe to eat we'll have a party later )
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #9 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 2:13pm » |
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1. The bodies were found in their bed the next day
2. The alibi are for the third murder.
3. Wahoo! Party, i love chocolate cake. Hmmmmmmm
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #10 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 2:17pm » |
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Any clues as to how they were killed? Like a knife in their forehead, or a shocked look (caused by an amazing card-trick), or puncture-marks in the hand from hitting a needle placed upright against their alarmclocks that went of at 10:00 or something else?
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #11 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 3:44pm » |
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It was the judge - he faked his own death and then killed the rest from hiding. Finally, he committed suicide!
Oh, wait... That was 10 other people in another isolated house.
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #12 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 4:46pm » |
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Any clues as to how they were killed? Like a knife in their forehead, or a shocked look (caused by an amazing card-trick), or puncture-marks in the hand from hitting a needle placed upright against their alarmclocks that went of at 10:00 or something else?
1st dead: Drowed
2nd dead: Stangled with a skipping rope
3rd dead: Stabbed in the head with and metal comb and pieces of a broken mirror in his heart.
It was the judge - he faked his own death and then killed the rest from hiding. Finally, he committed suicide!
Oh, wait... That was 10 other people in another isolated house.
Now i come to think about it, it is alot like 'And then there was none'. Same reason anyway, the murder wanted to show he could commit the perfect crime.
Now you know why, you need who and how. (how not hard)
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #13 on: Sep 2nd, 2003, 11:42pm » |
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what are the alibis for the other two murders?
Are there any fingerprints on the skippingrope, comb and pieces of mirror? And if so do they match the fingerprints of any of the suspects?
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« Reply #14 on: Sep 3rd, 2003, 2:53am » |
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on Sep 2nd, 2003, 11:42pm, towr wrote:| what are the alibis for the other two murders? |
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1. Timothy
1st murder: First night in the house we were kinda of having a party.
2nd murder: We keep playing games scared the murder would strick again. I think there were only three people not playing, not including the murder
2. Anna
1st murder: Party
2nd murder: Playing Cards
3. Dorothy
1st murder: When to the kitchen in the basement to bring up the last cake.
2nd murder: In the kitchen, i kinda spend my life in there.
4. Benjamin
1st murder: Was taking photos on my digital camera
2nd murder: In my taking photos, experimenting with different angled photos.
5. Arnold
1st murder: Party, I was not paying attention to the other peope. I don't thnik many of us did, we gone pretty drunk.
2nd murder: Cards
6. Stephen
1st murder: Party
2nd murder: I my room reading, did not think the murder would strick again.
7. Mary (2nd to be murdered)
1st murder: Party
2nd: dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No fingerprints.
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #15 on: Sep 3rd, 2003, 3:49am » |
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Where was the first victim drowned? (Analyse the water in the lungs.)
Where is the broken mirror of which pieces are in the third victim's heart? In his/her room?
Whose metal comb was used?
Is Anna known to have ropes for magic tricks?
Does Dorothy only have private keys, or do some of them fit the locks of the friends's rooms (assuming the doors can be locked)?
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #16 on: Sep 3rd, 2003, 4:54am » |
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Is there anything interesting in Benjamin's digital photographs?
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #17 on: Sep 4th, 2003, 8:35am » |
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Where was the first victim drowned? (Analyse the water in the lungs.)
The water was bottled water.
Where is the broken mirror of which pieces are in the third victim's heart? In his/her room?
Whose metal comb was used?
The victim's comb and broken mirror
Is Anna known to have ropes for magic tricks?
Somtimes.
Does Dorothy only have private keys, or do some of them fit the locks of the friends's rooms (assuming the doors can be locked)?
Well there ain't locks on the doors
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Is there anything interesting in Benjamin's digital photographs?
There are photo of the party. But Stephen is not on any of the photos taken around 10 (there's a clock on the camera), nor of Dorothy.
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #18 on: Sep 4th, 2003, 9:08am » |
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Why is it assumed the victims were killed at 10:00?
Were there any fights between the friends?
Is there any special relation between the victims?
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« Reply #19 on: Sep 4th, 2003, 9:19am » |
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on Sep 4th, 2003, 9:08am, towr wrote:Why is it assumed the victims were killed at 10:00?
Were there any fights between the friends?
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1. Cos Sephen said he heard a sound like someone was being strangled the second night, he was the to alert the house. The other victims were last see at about 9.50.
2. Sometime between Nat and Dorothy but just as jokes, Nat was quite childish and she was the one would made everyone laugh.
3. They were close friends.
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #20 on: Sep 5th, 2003, 7:31am » |
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So Nat was killed first? You didn't give an alibi for him, but for Mary you did.
Were Nat and Mary more than close friends?
on Sep 2nd, 2003, 4:46pm, Kitty wrote:1st dead: Drowed
2nd dead: Stangled with a skipping rope
3rd dead: Stabbed in the head with and metal comb and pieces of a broken mirror in his heart. |
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Er, what about the fourth? Ten friends minus six survivors (to date) makes four dead, right?
Or are we supposed to play the remaining friend (who would then be above suspicion, of course)?
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« Reply #21 on: Sep 5th, 2003, 8:52am » |
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Er, what about the fourth? Ten friends minus six survivors (to date) makes four dead, right?
Or are we supposed to play the remaining friend (who would then be above suspicion, of course)?
Oh, did not notice 
4th - muffled by map.
So Nat was killed first? You didn't give an alibi for him, but for Mary you did.
Mary was killed the second night, Nat the first night.
Were Nat and Mary more than close friends?
They were all close friends but yeah they were going out together.
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #22 on: Sep 7th, 2003, 5:02am » |
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Shal li kill one more person to make it more exciting (+ easier)?
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Re: Isolated House
« Reply #23 on: Sep 7th, 2003, 7:01am » |
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aha, so you're the murderer!
What does/did everyone do for a living?
And who leaves what to whom in his/her will? (or basicly, did anyone have anything material to gain by the deaths)
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« Reply #24 on: Sep 7th, 2003, 12:47pm » |
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There still studing at the university. These are the field where they set the studies in:
1. Timothy - English literature
2. Anna - Maths
3. Dorothy - Food technology
4. Benjamin - Photography
5. Arnold - Bioecology
6. Stephen - Maths
1st dead: Drowed - Mary - Sports
2nd dead: Stangled with a skipping rope- Nat - Child Psychology
3rd dead: Stabbed in the head with and metal comb and pieces of a broken mirror in his heart. - Jack - Hairdresser
4th dead: Muffled by map.- Izzy - Geography
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