Halloween Mystery

  Evil Never Dies
    This Mystery is a DOWNLOAD!

       
6 Prime Suspects - can accommodate up to 60

The Plot

He was called Evil-Eyed Emil. When he looked at people with his infamous right eye, so the story went, bad things invariably happened. Townspeople cringed and covered their faces as Emil came near, not daring to look directly into his ominous orb.

And, as he was being driven out of Reaper Junction on Halloween night exactly 100 years ago, Emil vowed to return one day to wreak his vengeance on the mob and its progeny for the way he had been so rudely tossed out.

That cryptic curse was all but forgotten by today's generation of Reapers who laughed at such nonsense. But, the laughter has stopped. For last night, shockingly and unexpectedly, a local resident staggered into the town square and announced that Emil had been sighted in the woods and, true to his century-old proclamation, someone had been the  victim of Emil's anger.

The deceased was Grimsby Graves, the patriarch of a family whose ancestors had helped found Reaper Junction in 1770. The Graves seemed to have had their fingers  in every pie that was ever baked in Reaper Junction. The history books say that it was, in fact, the Graves brothers who had led the torch-lit mob that oversaw Emil's abrupt exit into the stormy night.

So, how then can justice be done? How can someone who is already dead be brought to trial? And, can the court truly find a jury of his "peers?" Or, will the explanation be less scintillating and more sinister? 

Could someone have used Emil as a scapegoat to cover a homicide that was well planned and willingly perpetrated by an Emil imposter? Only solid investigative skills and superior sleuthing can identify a killer and, perhaps, enable Emil to finally rest in peace.

The Suspects

• Complete instructions on how to conduct the investigation of Grimsby Graves's murder.
   
• Roles for all suspects that include family backgrounds and recollections of events surrounding the murder.
   
• An invitation to the mystery party.
   
• The morning edition of The Reaper Harvest, the local newsletter, with the story of Graves's death.
   
• Instructions for the facilitator, and a letter from the county sheriff explaining the investigation.
   
• A series of written clues that can be exchanged or revealed.
   
• Key supporting information such as an investigative report, and results of the coroner's examination.
   
• "The Denouement" that is revealed at the end of the investigation and ties the event together. Remember: MOTIVE, MEANS and OPPORTUNITY will point to the guilty party.