Classic Mysteries

HEY GUYS sorry for not posting!! I've been real busy I promise :(BUT this week's episode is great! For our first puzzle, we have a mind-bending mystery concerning death, a will, and who gets the fortune. For the second, we have a man framed on circumstantial evidence that we need to prove innocent, and for the final puzzle... a foolish man makes an attempt at "the perfect crime." N

SORRY FOR NOT POSTING I'm still alive I swear, I'll post an update next week :)This week, we read the wildly dramatic ending to the Nailed Shoes trilogy - Thorndyke dunks on the prosecution in court, with some startling evidence. Can't miss this one!Remember, send book recommendations to [email protected] you ever feel like donating, you can do it either directly or b

This week, we dig even deeper into R. Austin Freeman's story "The Man With the Nailed Shoes" - and we even gain a suspect! However, that suspect is soon cleared (or so we think) of suspicion, as Thorndyke himself takes on the case of his defense. We'll see where this goes...Remember, send book recommendations to [email protected] you ever feel like donating, you can d

This week, for our first puzzle we hear about a murder in a restaurant... and we need to locate an elusive clue to convict the culprit. Secondly, we hear about the story of a man who answered a newspaper ad... and died. Our job is to discover how his murder was pulled off. For our final puzzle, we're given the age-old riddle of boat captains racing to a place... when they're suppos

This week, we begin a new story: The Man With the Nailed Shoes, by R. Austin Freeman. We meet Christopher Jervis and his detective friend John Thorndyke as they begin to unravel the mysterious stabbing of a man on a lonely beach framed by cliffs.The book I'm readingRemember, send book recommendations to [email protected] you ever feel like donating, you can do it eith

This week is such a banger! The first puzzle was a difficult one - we had to figure out exactly how a forgery was committed. In our second one, a murder is committed! There are few marks in the snow around the body, so there are limited clues to work with. The third puzzle is a weird question of how an eccentric old man escaped a bathroom (not a regular bathroom - a room with a bat

This week, we finish off the Agatha Christie story "The Adventure of the Cheap Flat." We break into yet another home, traumatize an italian man, and nearly get shot by that same man. The police are brought in, and everything is explained. Remember, send book recommendations to [email protected] you ever feel like donating, you can do it either directly or by becoming

This week, for our first puzzle, we get to hear from a world traveler trying to get his hands on a huge sum of money. It just so happens... that his story doesn't quite line up. In our second story, we get a glimpse into Prof. Fordney's Criminology class, and get to learn a valuable lesson along with his students. For our final puzzle of the week, we hear about a mysterious murder

This week, we're back with the beginning of an Agatha Christie story! The story begins with a party, and ends with... well, you'll have to see. At the party, Hastings overhears a rather puzzling story about an absurdly cheap flat, and things only escalate from there.Remember, send book recommendations to [email protected] you ever feel like donating, you can do it eit

In the first puzzle of the week, we read about chaos & murder in a political(?) convention - and how we need to solve it all, among the chaos. The second story has to do with dead uncles, open windows, and escape ladders, and it's up to us to find the hole in the setup. The last puzzle is the most American thing I've ever read - Fordney attends a baseball game (with Babe Ruth,