Sunday, October 26, 2008

Who Dun It?

I'm a murder story junkie. I love who dun its. Did the butler or pool man do it? Did mom or dad do it? Did the doctor or nurse slip a deadly substance into the needle? Questions, questions and questions. Such intrigue. Sitting on edge with twist after twist so that you can't guess who murdered who. I can't help it. I've been hooked most of my life.

I love forensics too with all the new technologies at the disposal of experts. Step by step I enter into that fantasy land of murder and throughout the book or movie I'm trying to figure out the guilty party and in doing so, I feel like Sherlock Holmes. How the blood flows throughout my body!

It started years ago. I bought every one of Agatha Christi's mystery books. I'd read them every spare moment. Then I switched to authors like Stephen King, Dean Kuntz and Patricia Cornwell to name a few. These novels/books were in even more detail and were so interesting I had to keep on reading and couldn't hardly put them down.

Ever been to a mystery dinner party ? What fun. One party I attended was very well done. The murderer was sitting across the table from me. I knew him well, I thought, and didn't think he could hide the fact that he was the bad guy. I really thought he would give it away but, I was wrong. He actually was a very good actor. He ran around and around the room pointing a fake gun while his captor followed also holding a fake gun. Bang! Bang! He fell to the floor with fake blood oozing out from his coat.

The host keeps everyone involved and on edge stating there's a murderer in the room right now and may be sitting at one of the ten tables. Clues are placed on each table and the people at each table confer with each other hoping to solve the case. If you haven't been to one of these parties, you're really missing out on loads of fun! If you don't know of someone who's having one, have one yourself.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wait a second. Are you proposing that people gather in homes and interact and work together and have fun? I don't know. That's pretty radical.