A Ghostly Murder

Characters: Dr. Black (The Dead Body) Miss Scarlet Colonel Mustard Miss White Reverend Green Mrs. Peacock Professor Plum Mr. Taupe the family solicitor (lawyer) Hogarth (the butler) CLUE MYSTERY PUZZLE

 Dr. Black was found dead by hanging  Dangling between the first and second floors of his mansion  His servant, Hogarth found him  He normally slept on the balcony with a book  He died the night of a party in which all of his friends were there.  He knew he would be murdered. He made a video to tell his friends.  He said he saw murder in his friends eyes.  He doesn’t name his killer, in case he was accidently wrong.  Link to ASL Link to ASL DR. BLACK’S DEATH

Five of Mr. Black’s 6 friends will receive money from his estate upon his death. The murderer will not receive money The 6 guests MUST stay in the house until they solve the murder or NO ONE will get any money. This is called “disinherited” Link to ASL THE WILL

Somewhere in the house is a hidden box The guests must find the box Inside the box is a clue The clue will point to the killer! The puzzle IS a picture of the inside of this box. ASL Link HOW TO SOLVE THE MURDER

She works for Mr. Black as a housekeeper All of her friends mistakenly thought she used to be married to Mr. Black She was NOT married to Mr. Black Her friends laughed at their mistake Professor Plum was late, he didn’t find out his mistake. Mrs. White has been stealing from Mr. Black Mrs. White gave a Vase to her sister which she stole. MISS WHITE

Colonel Mustard sold forgeries of paintings to Dr. Black This means he cheated his friend out of money. COLONEL MUSTARD

Miss Scarlet is a computer genius. She helped her friend put his financial accounts online. His important financial accounts started to disappear. She said she didn’t know why. She lied. She was stealing from him. MISS SCARLET

Mrs. Peacock is Mr. Black’s neighbor. She drew a fake 200 year old map. This map showed Mr. Blacks swimming pool and tennis courts on HER property. This was not true. But she forced Mr. Black to “buy” it from her to keep his pool and tennis courts. This is also stealing. MRS. PEACOCK

Reverend Green wrote a book called Sermons from a Country Parson. It was a best seller and made a lot of money. Reverend Green stole the sermons from Mr. Black’s father’s journals. He did not give Mr. Black’s father credit for authorship. This is called plagiarism. It is also called stealing. REVEREND GREEN

Professor Plum lost money in a business deal with Mr. Black He started a Roulette-A-Meal diet program Everyone who gave him money for this program lost their money Professor Plum also skimmed 22% off the top. This means he stole money from his friends, Including Mr. Black. PROFESSOR PLUM

A loyal servant He did NOT kill Mr. Black He did notice Mr. Black’s sleeping pills were low the night before he died He suspects someone put them in Mr. Black’s wine to make him tired. HOGARTH

All of the friends searched all night but no luck. They went to bed. Professor Plum says he saw the ghost of Mr. Black in the hallway carrying a candle. Miss Scarlet sais she saw Mr. Black’s ghost in the kitchen. Everyone was scared that he came back to haunt them. Hogart found the box in the attic the next day. ASL Link THE SEARCH FOR THE BOX

Use the magnifying glass to read the answer in the back of the clue story book. Hint: The killer stole the box, removed the REAL Clue and put in a fake clue. ASL Link AND THE MURDERER IS…

Hint: Did you see a wedding ring in the box? Hint: But Mrs. White Never married Mr. Black Hint: Who didn’t know that? MORE HINTS IF YOU ARE STUCK