PSU Murder Mystery

[ChewyLSB]

This is just for fun. Basically, I will make a story, and I will leave the ending open, and it's your job to figure out who did it and how.

The story is fairly long... so...

A couple of rules:
1. Chewy is exempt from being the killer, as he is the detective.
2. There is going to be a detail that links it to one person and does not allow it to be anyone else.
3. Assume that everyone (besides Chewy) has a motive to be the killer.

Anyways, have fun.

EDIT: This story, however, is taken from an episode of Detective Conan (Case Closed in the dub). I'm making this topic to see if these types of topics would be popular on PSU. I have a unique story waiting, but only if this topic is popular.

PSU: MD was well underway, and the group was enjoying their trip to Vermont. No developers showed up this time, but that didn't stop everyone from enjoying themselves. The group decided to visit a ski lodge, and it was nearing the end of the day, so they were all chatting and having fun around the dinner table. The people in this particular lodge are Hamma, Jennyboo, Sputty, Chewy, Dharkbayne, and SDM.

"Whoa, look at the time. 7:55 already. I don't want to miss my favorite show on right now," Hamma said.

"That soap again? What intrigued you to suddenly become such a huge soap fan?" Jennyboo asked.

Hamma shrugged, and left everyone else at the table. "Anyone want any snacks? I'll run out to the store really quickly," SDM offered.

"In the middle of a blizzard? It'll take you at least 15 minutes each way," said Chewy.

"Ah, so what. So what do you all want?"

A list was quickly made, consisting of Potato Chips, Ice Cream, Celery, Cookies, and Peanuts. "Alright. I'll be back later..."

Dharkbayne left soon after, saying that he wanted to hit the slopes, despite the blizzard.

"Dhark, you're freakin crazy, you know that? Come on Chewy, we should clean this place up. Jennyboo, do you wanna help?"

"Eh? No... I need to go take a bath."

"Ooh, can I help?"

Sputty quickly received a slap across the face, and Jennyboo left.

At 8:10, Chewy and Sputty were cleaning the TV Room, and they both spotted Hamma, deeply engrossed with the soap. Chewy noticed that he was eating a full meal, complete with a glass of martini.

30 minutes later, at 8:40, Sputty and Chewy were done cleaning the house, and at 8:41 Dharkbayne returned from the slopes.

"How were the slopes?"

"Terrible... the blizzard didn't help much either."

"So why'd you go out in the first place?"

"The challenge?"

The three of them were having an animated conversation around the dinner table, and at 8:43, Jennyboo came down from her bath.

"That was quite a long bath"

"What's it to you?"

"Hey, where's Hamma?"

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about him. He always records his soap's and watches them again. He doesn't like to be interrupted," Jennyboo said.

At 8:46, SDM returned with the snacks.

"Sorry guys, but the store was fresh out of Ice Cream and Celery."

"Aw man, I love celery. Oh well..."

After some animated talking, the group was starting to get worried.

"It's 9:35 already, where's Hamma? He's had enough time to watch his soap twice already..." Chewy said.

"I'll go check on him," SDM said.

About 30 seconds later, a holler was heard from the TV Room. "Hamma... he's... he's... DEAD!"

Everyone else came rushing into the room. Hamma's sitting on his knees, wide eyed and two stab wounds in his back. His hands were tied behind his back, and his mouth was gagged. He was also quite covered in blood from seeping out his back.

Chewy instantly realized that this wasn't a natural position to die in. Either he survived and put himself in that position, or the killer put him that way.

"My god..."

Sputty examined the body, and deduced that the time of death was around 8:20. Sputty also realized that he was stabbed through the lungs, which would mean that it would take about 10 minutes for him to die, while he runs out of oxygen. The table he was sitting behind with his dinner on it had a tipped over bowl of soup, a fork, and a knife at the base of it. However, the dinner plate, spoon, and martini glass were found much farther, lying with dried blood clots on them.

"Why are those pieces of silverware so much farther away..."

"Why does it matter? It was probably swept away during the struggle" Dharkbayne reasoned.

"Hey, look at this!" Jennyboo exlaimed.

She was looking at the lodge safe. There were a lot of scratches around the handle of the safe.

"Isn't it obvious? Someone tried to rob Hamma, as soon as we got here, he put all of his valuables in that safe. Hamma saw him as he was in this room, and the thief killed him.," SDM proclaimed.

Chewy walked to the window, which was broken in. A set of footsteps was seen going straight to the window in a 90 degree angle, and a set leaving.

"It's obvious that none of us did it. It was probably someone outside who wanted to make a quick score."

"Wait a second. Don't leave. This wasn't a robbery. Someone in this room was the killer," Chewy stated.

"What?! How was this not a simple thievery?"

"Look at the footsteps. They come quite boldly, walking parllel to the house about 10 feet out, and then walking straight to the window. I know that if I were to try to rob someone, I would creep up along the wall. Also, if this was a thievery, why didn't they take Hamma's gold watch? That'd be worth quite a bit."

Everyone looked at Hamma's wrist. Indeed, his watch was left on his wrist.

"No... this wasn't just a simple thievery. This was a premeditated attack. Since no one else knows Hamma outside of this lodge, the killer is inside this very room! Everyone is a suspect, no one leaves this room."

"That's ridiculous, I was at the slopes. It's a 10 minute drive from here to there. I even have the ski lift ticket right here." Dharkbayne showed Chewy a ski lift ticket, the entering time being 8:20 and the leaving time being 8:30. Today's date was also clearly printed on the ticket as "1/14"

"You all know where I was, I was at the store buying your snacks. It's a long drive here and back," SDM reasoned.

"Well, Chewy knows where I was the whole time, I was with him cleaning the house. I did leave for a couple of minutes to take out the garbage..." Sputty said.

"And you, Jennyboo?"

"Well, I was, uh, taking a bath! You know very well where I was!"

"Interesting... well that's too bad. I know who the killer was! It was..."

And that's the end of the story. Given these clues, figure out who the killer was and how (s)he did it.

[JetRaiden]

uh....GREAT! :)

[Derfud]

Sputty did it, the the victim was found to have had forced sexual entry through every orifice.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

I shot everyone, including the detective, with my high-powered USAS-12 automatic shotgun.

East side, bitch.

[Doop]

I steal candy from children.

[I Hate Pants]

East side, bitch.
EASTSIDDAZ!!!!!!!!!!

[firecrackerNC]

Jenny killed Hamma because she has a secret lover.

[Everay]

i think it was Boo!

:gasp:

[AztecWarrior]

He matrixed at the AMS, right?

[ChewyLSB]

/sigh. I easily put 5 hours of thinking into this story, and it took almost an hour to write. I can't really say I'm surprised, though.

[DaShiznit]

It was either Jenny or SDM. Maybe jenny because she was Hamma's secret lover and she had someone else lined up and Hamma found out and threatened to tell the otehr guy, and she then killed him. Or SDM, because it would have been easy to sneak back in after he left. And what kind of convienience store runs out of Ice Cream and celery? Really...

[Hezzy]

It was jenny;


She tried to stop them from checking on Hamma
She used the silverwear to create scratches on the safe to make it look like a robbery
She points out the scratches
Dhark and SDM are both cancelled out because of the times.

Her motive? No idea. Maybe she wanted Hamma out of the way so she could run PSU?

[ChewyLSB]

Remember, you're operating under the assumption that everyone has a motive. You don't need to figure out the motive...

[firecrackerNC]

I think it was the Chewy person. He sounds suspicous and sneaky. I bet it was him.

[ViperGTS]

I bet it was viper. Hes a sneaky little bastard.

[Hezzy]

It could've been sputty: he knew an aweful lot about how Hamma died. But he never left.

[Gigabein]

I think it's Jenny. She probably scratched up the safe hoping someone would buy the story of a random thief, which is why she pointed it out in the first place. The bath would be a simple way to wash off any blood on her hands.

then there's this:

"Hey, where's Hamma?"

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about him. He always records his soap's and watches them again. He doesn't like to be interrupted," Jennyboo said.

And finally, Jenny is the only one that could put him in bondage *ahem* without resistance, unless of course that martini was drugged or Hamma is secretly tristing with SDM.

I suspect the dinner plate, spoon, and martini glass is either an important clue or a red herring.

[firecrackerNC]

/sigh. I easily put 5 hours of thinking into this story, and it took almost an hour to write. I can't really say I'm surprised, though.


So you wasted 6 hours of your life writing a story we solved in like 2 minutes. Ouch Id get a receipt and try to get those 6 hours of your life back.

[ChewyLSB]

That's part of the fun of making this story. It's fun to see people attempt to solve it. I won't say if anyone's solved it yet, though.

[Smaug]

/sigh. I easily put 5 hours of thinking into this story, and it took almost an hour to write. I can't really say I'm surprised, though.

This story you 'thought up' sounds an awful lot like a certain episode of "case closed" on adult swim. You have changed some details, but the basic idea is still the same. Give credit where its due.

I'm going to say that SDM killed hamma. He didn't actually go to the store to get the food, he had already bought it. And when he left, he parked the car in the woods, went around to the window to the room hamma was in, went in, and killed him. That's how it happpened on the show.

[ChewyLSB]

This story you 'thought up' sounds an awful lot like a certain episode of "case closed" on adult swim. You have changed some details, but the basic idea is still the same. Give credit where its due.

I'm going to say that SDM killed hamma. He didn't actually go to the store to get the food, he had already bought it. And when he left, he parked the car in the woods, went around to the window to the room hamma was in, went in, and killed him. That's how it happpened on the show.

You're right, I did take this story from an episode of Detective Conan. However, I made a unique story, but I haven't quite finished it. I realize I shouldn't have done this, but I decided to make this topic to see if these types of topics would be popular here. That's the reason why I used an episode of Detective Conan with different details in this topic. When I said I spent that long making a story, I meant my unique one. I'm sorry I made it sound like that.

[Smaug]

No problem. That show pwns btw :p.

edit: I'm right though, correct?

[Roswell34]

im a dumbass couldnt figger it out lol

[ChewyLSB]

I won't say smaug. When I said you were correcet I meant you were correect about your assertion about the story... I edited my first post...

[AztecWarrior]

AHA!

Col. Mustard, with the lead pipe, in the study.

BITCHES.

[UncleDynamite]

Dhark, with a tree branch, in Game Discussion.







Okay, haven't actually read the story. I'll do it later.

[Heavygain]

Well... its obvious that Hamma has using the kinfe as a sex toy but then the fell off his poodle and landed on the knife.



bitch.

[SDM]

I'm going to say that SDM killed hamma. He didn't actually go to the store to get the food, he had already bought it. And when he left, he parked the car in the woods, went around to the window to the room hamma was in, went in, and killed him. That's how it happpened on the show.
OHSHITZ. Does killing the admin. result in bannation? :scared:

[Sputty]

...You forgot to mention, I tied him up for anal lovin' and when I went to get the lube I got sidetracked.
Poor Hamma
my pen0r goes untouched again

[Rbstr]

I think Jenny was in on it too, if i my fiance was just mudered i'm betting i would be very hysterical/crying/screaming/ect.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

You guys are all dead anyway, I wallhacked you in like the first 5 minutes.

[Angel_of_Death]

I say it wasn't Jenny, it seems to obvious. SDM, too obvious. So Sputty.

[Smaug]

:cool:

[Peacemaker]

Definatly Jen. No histerics. Pointed something out that was completly random. Obviously didnt make Hamma panic untill she got him right were she wanted him. Could have washed off the blood.

[Entra]

If Hamma died at around 8:20 and was stabbed 10 mins prior to his death, he should have been attacked at 8:10, which at that time both Chewy and Sputty was cleaning the tv room where Hamma was in. Strange.

But Dharkbane said himself that it takes him 10 mins to get to the slopes. Yet, he left shortly after 7:55 when SDM left to buy his snacks. If Dharkbane went directly to the slopes at that time, he should have entered the slopes and his ticket punched in at around 8:05 to 8:10 but his ticket clearly shows 8:20 leaving at 8:30. That means it would have took him 20 mins to reach the slopes, doubling the time where he said earlier that it only takes him 10. If Dharkbane used that time when he supposely left and murdered Hamma from the window at close to 8:10, it can be that he left for the slopes soon after and punched in at 8:20, 10 mins after the crime scene. He could have then used the other 10 mins to clean up and left the slopes at 8:30 arriving a little over 10 mins back to the lodge at 8:41.
But Hamma had to have been dead at 8:10 where we know Sputty and Chewy where there cleaning up the room at that time. It must be that Hamma was dead while both of the cleaners presumed he was eating while watching the soaps. So if this is the case, someone had to have moved him later on in the night to make it look like he was robbed. That may explain the dry blood marks next to the dinner plate while the rest of the silverware was separated from it. That's my deduction on it. Now I'm not sure who actually moved Hamma. If Dharkbane was the only one involved, he would have that extra minute from earlier to change the crime scene, but how could he have been able to clean himself up in under a minute? Perhaps there is an accomplice??

If that's not right, at least I hope it was interesting. Detective Conan is awesome btw, unfortunately I missed that episode though. "Nexxt Hinnt!"

EDIT: It may well be SDM since he does have more leeway due to time in his alibi though I find Dharkbane's suspicious because his ticket alibi does have some holes. It may well be his downfall. Also, Hamma may not have been dead right at 8:10 but was dying. That's probably why he was gagged and his lungs pierced so he wouldn't make a big commotion.

[jsloan31]

Wow.

I think Entra is a real detective :p.

[ChewyLSB]

Well, this topic has reached the point of no return, the point where no one else posts, so I might as well post the end of the story.

"I know who the killer was!"

"Really. Then enlighten us. Who was the killer?" SDM inquired.

"Simple. Everyone in here is suspicious, except for Sputty, as he was with me the entire time. He did leave for about 3 minutes, but there was no way he had enough time to kill Hamma.

"Jenny's alibi was that she was taking a bath. Unfortunately, this isn't a very strong alibi, as it is very simple to sneak out of the bathroom, as it's on the first floor and leave the door locked. Also, taking a bath is a great way to get rid of any DNA evidence linking to you.

"Then there's SDM. SDM claimed that he went to the store,"

"I DID go to the store," SDM interrupted.

"It looks like you did, but look at what you're missing. Celery and ice cream. Everything else you brought was non-perishable, and could have been easily brought with you in your luggage. Celery would spoil, and Ice Cream would melt in luggage.

"And the final suspect, Dharkbayne."

"I think you've lost it, Chewy. I was at the slopes, remember? I have the ski ticket right here..."

"Dharkbayne looks like he's in the clear, but his alibi isn't foolproof. His ticket only has the month and day, but it never states the year. If Dhark had premeditated this a year earlier, he could have gotten the ticket last year, and simply kept it until today."

"Oh good job, Chewy," Jennyboo said sarcastically, "you've narrowed down the suspects from 4 to 3."

"But have I? There's one thing the killer missed. Hamma knew who the killer was, so he left us a clue.

"Look at the silverware around the table. When Sputty and I entered here at 8:10, Hamma was eating dinner. His silverwear included a bowl of soup, a dish, a martini glass, a knife, and a spoon.

"Of course, the question is, where is this all going? Well, if you notice, every piece of silverwear besides the spoon, the dish, and the martini glass are all very close to the table, but those three specific utensils are much farther away, lying on the nearby sofa.

"So what does this mean? Hamma left us a clue. If you will, Sputty, could you take the spoon, dish, and martini glass and put them where they used to be on the table? Match them up with the blood clots."

Sputty did what he was told, and picked up the three pieces of silverwear back on the table, matching them up with the dried up blood clots.

"Where the hell is this all leading? what does it matter where they were?" demanded Dharkbayne.

"Hamma knew the identity of his murderer, and as it took him a fairly long time for him to die, he left us a crpytic clue. Think about the the first letter of each of those pieces of silverwear."

30 seconds later, every person in the room was glaring at SDM.

"Oh... come on. You can't possibly believe that just because a spoon, a dish, and a martini glass were left on the table that I was the killer?!"

"That would normally be true, but you recognized Hamma's clue! You came here to discover the body so that Sputty could determine the time of death, so that your alibi would work. However, when you realized Hamma's clue, you quickly swept away the three pieces of silverwear so that no one would get the clue!"

"SDM... you didn't..."

"... I... I did... he... he had it coming... I had to..."

So there you have it. This topic did much better than I expected it to, so once I finish my second unique story, I'll post it here. Mystery stories are very hard to write, and it's very hard to keep it interesting. I have much more respect for the writers of Detective Conan than when I started.

[SDM]

YEAH, I DID IT!
I KILLED THE MUTHAFUGGER, AND I WILL CUT YOU!!!
Now, whoever is taking over Admin, needs to wip out my custom title


SDM
I killed Hamma IRL