ALERT: Pillowcases from Grandma

FIRST NAME TOPIC TRIM COLOR BIRTHDAY MONTH

Allan                Dinosaurs    Brown                  May

Elliot                Trucks         Red                     January

Frank              Cowboys     Blue                    April

Joe                  Dogs           Green                  September

Peter               Hockey       Yellow                 March

Epilogue: Writing a Newspaper Article

Sticklehaven Review

Far off island finds 10 Corpses



What guests thought to be a private vacation turned out to be to be a series of mysterious murders with an anonymous killer which was presumed to take the role as one of the guests. There were 10 guests that arrived on Indian Island thinking that it was a time to relax the name of the guests are Anthony Marston, Mrs. Ethel Rogers, General Macarthur, Thomas Rogers, Emily Brent, Lawrence Wargrave, Dr. Armstrong, William Henry Blore, Phillip Lombard, and Vera Claythorne dying in that supposed order. Each of these victims was murdered or was possessed to murder themselves in a psychological influence of the killer. Deaths involved forms of cyanide poisoning, overdose of choral or physically harming weapons. None of the law enforcement right now can tell who the killer was as it remains a mystery only assuming that one of the guests was in fact the killer which is the only fact that can be predicted with 10 corpses though no suspect. Fred Narcott, a civilian often made errands for the estate, but only can say, “I couldn’t make the trips to the estate with the weather conditions and such I wasn’t even aware of who the owner was at the time or who was hosting these people, though not once did I think this island would be a place where anyone would be found dead . . .”. Each murder took place on several different days in the month of August starting with the arrival on the eighth of the month. On the other hand police investigated this matter thoroughly when as an elderly women miles away that remains anonymous claiming that she heard the gunshot over the quiet waters of the early to afternoon hours. In retrospect the women claim cannot be verified as accurate not knowing enough information, but has been documented knowing that she is a civilian of a local town miles from the location. She comments, “It was the early hours I didn’t even know what to expect, but I could have sworn that I heard the faintest noise in the distance over the water . . . along with a flock of shocked birds, but I didn’t really know what to expect at that point in this matter until I heard later on the bodies were reported.” There were also other reports during the early hours claiming that there had been a delay claiming that two gunshots had been fired off the set of the residence of Indian Island. One of these reports was from a man who happened to be passing by while walking near the beach. “The firing times were off by a lot I remember that as I was taking a stroll in the first signs of clear weather that we have had during the past couple days, but as the opportunity came about during this long period of time I heard a low sound coming from over the water. Sometime after is when I heard an even louder sound from across the water in which I questioned and reported immediately . . . though I had no clue about any of those people or had any relations with any of the following.” This is all the information that is presently acknowledged at the moment, but there will be more reports over the next few weeks bridging the investigation that remains a mystery at the moment.

April 29: Chapter 15 & 16 & Epilogue

In the final chapter of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None we discover that the only remaining are Phillip Lombard, Willam Blore and Vera Claythorne. Wargrave and Dr. Armstrong have just supposedly died and the remaing are on twists and turns with false accusations. Who will die next??? The simple answer is Blore who had his head crushed with a marble bear of some sort so then the disbelief to Vera that Lombared isn't the killer resumes to him being that way. They both assume that Dr. Armstrong is alive when he is later found washed up on shore from the ocean. With Vera's final conclusions she thinks that the murderer is Lombard so in an instant she takes the revolver (gun) and shoots him directly through the heart. She finds a pleasure and relief with the fact that she is in total solitude and with the psychological aspect taking over in her final hours she thinks that the line to the last of the nursery rhyme involves the tenth Indian boy running off and getting married thinking that Hugo is awaiting her with a proposal, but she then recalls that the little Indian boy hangs himself as the end of the rhyme finding a noose set up in her bedroom. She is tired and has just this constant remorse with murders she committed as expected and what I predicted she hangs herself letting go of everything, but what no one knew is that Justice Wargrave was alive during the time when he faked his death . .  . HOLY! In the final events of this novel it is found out that ten people were found dead on Indian Island. Though no one can determine who the killer is at any rate so it remains a mystery with the fact that U.N. Owen was actually one of the victims, but also the killer.

In  a final turn out it has Wargrave writing a letter explaining how he was U.N. Owen in which he describes just this big trial of being guilty or not guilty and choosing his suspects wisely investigating each prior background. It shows how he encountered Hugo Hamilton who once supposedly loved Vera, but realized how crazy she actually was after killing Cyril all for him never once thinking that Hugo might love Cyril. Though always in his life he has this instinctive motive that he had this urge to kill at one point in his life, but wanted too make it an unpredictable crime that no one would figure out only ever knowing 3 things about this mystery which were:
1) That Edward Seton was definitely guilty
2) The seventh verse of the nursery rhyme involving how Armstrong was pushed and swallowed by the ocean waters and deceived by Wargrave
3) And the brand of Cain which basically symbolized Wargrave as a person in which to suspect

And describes after stating all of the clues in which he left how he is going to kill himself and make it appear as if all of them were murder as if nothing had happened that involved him . . . a perfect, scandalous perception before death  of what it is like to commit murders and be the killer. . . AMAZING END!!! (I was right about suspecting Wargrave, but never believed that he would fake his death in order to proceed with the murders and also having Armstrong as an ally all along)

ALERT: Buying a House

ADDRESS PRICE LOT SIZE # OF ROOMS TYPE

5th Avenue $ 189,000 35,000 sq ft 9 Ranch

Elliot Circle $ 193,000 24,000 sq ft 11 Farmhouse

Forest Drive $ 174,000 16,000 sq ft 10 Garrison

High Street $ 186,000 32,000 sq ft 8 Bungalow

Oakland Road $ 177,000 21,000 sq ft 12 Colonial

April 28: Chapter 13 & 14

Well I guess I am smoking what Blore is smoking . . . they found Wargrave dead which I never expected . . . damn everyone is dying and Vera is going crazy and as you know the crazy one always go overboard, but not always that is overly generalized. Though it is really suspicious how Vera just keeps adding to her constant remorse though I do not have a clue how she could pull off killing off most of the guests. She is also is starting to realize that she cannot trust just anybody which is not surprising if anyone noticed that every character was also feeling this way. It was like a spiral of affects on one another . . . killings one after the next though who would suspect the guilty Ms. Claythorne. It is like she has everyone wrapped around her finger in some way even though she notices all these things that go around in the house. Eventually, she secludes herself and just thinks about how great Hugo is and she planned the death of Cyril just for him. It was like she was some sort of pawn in a way that made her think that Hugo could actually love her and not use her. The kid at any rate was bound to die and not live long though it wasn't necessary for her to just go and plan a so called "accidental death". Insanity does get the better of people and that was probably her main motive because her first act of killing was out of selfishness. She is filled with so much guilt with all the murderous deaths that her imagination gets the better of her becoming a reality with just the detail of something with hands trying to kill her and this weird seaweed stench that is just overbearing. And don't forget maybe this is a pretense, but somehow she got distracted by the black hook that was hanging on the ceiling that she just now noticed . . . a later suicide? Maybe . . . though Armstrong goes missing and somehow Lombard gets is bad ass revolver back and Blore is being a frickin idiot in assuming its him when he goes through this series of investigations assuming again that it is Armstrong since his suspects are being eliminated with the noticing that there is again a broken Indian and only three remain . . . UH OH! What happened to Armstrong . . . Oh damn another suspect gone amiss. ( 0.0 )

April 27: Chapters 11 & 12

Damn, my mind totally was wrong . . . stupid Rogers had to die. Though now I am suspecting others like Vera Claythorne or even the frickin dingbat Wargrave who investigates everyone when it's leading to his own suspicion. Vera's motive would probably have to be her overwhelming guilt from the incident with Cyril . . . I mean she killed a kid to decide selfishly that in doing this she would still retain a love that cannot be the same. She thought that if Hugo got the inheritance he would be obligated to marry her, but in the end that did not actually happen. The fact that people are dying are also making her go insane. She is being far-fetched when she doesn't even notice that she might be the one who is doing all these acts of murders out of this overly possessing guilt that bridges this pure insanity. Though on the other hand there is Justice Wargrave. He seems to have this really indecisive trait that is like he is or he isn't behind this all. Yet he does possess this almost stalkerish knowledge that makes him more superior to the other characters with the fact that he appears to know more about them then first thought. An instantaneous plot to just accuse everyone . . . like a big court hearing for all of the crimes the guest supposedly committed. He really doesn't have any motive accept bringing justice to the people he thinks that deserve to be punished for what they've done to corrupt minds of what was thought to be innocent and minor acts. Though I think from the beginning it could have been everyone killing everyone just by Wargrave assuming an identity and confronting all the guests with threats, but eventually everyone may just die.

OK and then later there is again the murder of Emily Brent. She in the beginning was kind of a psychotic religious freak. Many of the others who are reading this along with me thought in any case she should die because she was acting mad with all her religious mania. She was too falsely accused to be the murderer with the suspicion of Blore, but turns out every time he accuses someone he ends up being wrong and accuses the next prior to the last murder. And if in noticing the poem at the beginning provides a lot of information giving clues or red herrings that involve each murder. When Emily Brent died it followed:

Six little Indian boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.

And with this information there was in fact a bee that was buzzing around at the time of her death and she was injected with cyanide with a needle that resulted to be like a sting and she just died. Though everyone now is watching their own backs investigating and seeing if anyone in the house possessed instruments that may have caused all the deaths or if anyone could have been physically strong enough for the case of the Generals death. They did find the syringe and the sixth china figure in which there was no evidence . . . at any rate they all suspect each now with the remaining five in the house. In no case is Blore logically smart enough to pull off deaths without being caught by Justice Wargrave and the Justice definitely a suspect as well as Vera, but Lombard even with his appearance of arrogance cannot be logical though his revolver is missing and he seems like a compulsive liar. Dr. Armstrong may have something to do with it that he seems to be hiding, but he cannot be trusted by any. YES! No longer for money, but maybe a spot in a corner for punishment . . . :D

April 26: Chapter 9 Activity

A place in history that should be recognized for its mysterious accounts (ghosts O.o ) is Mary Roff's home in the mid-1800's. Her story basically involved an insanity of some kind which was formally described as a state of possession where spirits alone acted through her body as some kind of vessel. Through her life they many diagnosed it as a mental disease describing the early stages in trances, speaking in different language or gibberish slurred words, voices that made her do things that she shouldn't. Eventually her case progressed in worse symptoms putting Mary in a mental institution claiming that these voices became overbearing insisting she rid herself of blood in her body which put her to a demise as she ended her last days at the age of nineteen with a sharp cut of a razor. Mary's father, Asa Roff started believed that she was possessed when he himself was a sane man, but with the memories of Mary they moved from the house. Years later a thirteen year old girl started showing the same signs in Mary Roff's possession her name was Lurancy Vennum. Eventually with the new going around the town of Watseka Asa Roff took her in as the family was also going to put her in a mental institute. They say that Lurancy could have been possessed by Mary Roff so the girl started noticing and knowing things about the Roff family, memories that were not hers. For the few months that she stayed with the Roff's it was as if she were Mary herself. When the day came to leave, Lurancy cried for these people whom she had no relevance or prior relationship to, but some believe that while living with the Roff's she pretending and assumed the role of Mary Roff. This in happening is the greatest recollection of possession documenting in history in Watseka, Indiana.

This is a good setting for a mystery thriller novel because it would be something I would typically write about. I like the simple ideas of demonic possessions, witchcraft, or supernatural behavior such as temporary insanity. If I were to write a mystery thriller it would have many of these different ideas. Characters should be developed and add just the bridge between life and death that would make anyone go crazy. It's like that movie "House on Haunted Hill" about the abandoned insane asylum with many reformed doctors and patients still roam and how the guests all had to stay to gain some sort of profit, but at the same time be there for a reason in which they learn from this devastating, evil experience. Possession in any book seemed like it would build up this suspense for the characters or have these clues that lead to certain things. Just kind of imagine a house with reformed accounts of possession where there was so much supernatural occurrence that characters were psycho with the "who killed who" kind of idea . . . an ideal location in other words. (-_-" I am kind of crazy myself . . . )

April 25: Chapters 7 & 8

OK! So in chapter 7 they are going more into depth Emily Brent.... she is judgemental and fowl played in not knowing what she talking about even with her crucial, cynical "bible morals". It introduces supposed murder in which Brent was accused involving Beatrice Taylor in how she got pregnant and was abandoned by Brent with the immoral misconduct causing the young girl to kill herself. Emily Brent should be the next to die with the way she presented her thought in this matter, driving a girl to suicide . . . it is surprising that she does not go to hell even with the bible on her side, oh Emily, God is watching and you have been bad even for an old hag even in near death. Though slowly the characters also come to see that the past two deaths were not suicides, but in fact murders and start investigating and searching for this mysterious killer. No one really seemed brutal enough to be suspicious in this chapter though they did give more background knowledge on the characters, but we are yet to have more information on Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Rogers and their supposed attempt in the death of Jennifer Grady, they are still both on my list of killers. Maybe Mr. Rogers wanted all the money for himself and killing his wife would give him more than desired . . . a planned out state of gain. Yes!

In chapter 8 the investigation continues with the recent murders of Anthony Marston and Mrs. Rogers in how they could have been murdered or in what time frame it could have been done. So three men of the group Blore, Dr. Armstrong, and Lombard tour the island in search for where the killer might be . . . for all we know the killer is amongst the group of guests staying on the island for all they know. They all check the cliff to see if it was even possible for someone to climb up and down for a quick escape off the island. Then there is a brief interlude between the General and Vera Claythorne where they talk and get to know each other . . . the General talks about his past relations with his wife Leslie and recalls the suicide mission of Richmond and how they everyone in that triangle ended up alone, but Vera does not understand as he utters in a whisper his wife's name, true love. As the men resume they come back to the house noticing that someone is inside Mrs. Rogers room attempting to catch the killer they find Rogers . . . a fail. I still suspect Roger because among all the characters his just seems farther away than everyone else. He is briefly brought up for god sake and then he happens to be in his deceased wife's bedroom to simply "pay his respects" or is he going to some how get rid of the body? Suspicious . . .

April 22: Chapters 5 & 6

In chapter 5 every character witnessed the death of Anthony Marston who was poisoned by cyanide through the whiskey he was drinking causing him to choke. They describe who may have done it when know one knew him that well to say that they could have done anything like that.The most logical reason that most made an assumption to was that Marston committed suicide, but Henry Willam Blore and Dr. Armstrong begged to differ because Marston was not a man who did something so non sensible. Most of the characters were shocked by this fact which made each individual recollect if what they did was actually a sense of murder. It make Justice Wargrave recollect the case of Edward Seton who he sentenced to death even though evidence happened to be on his side. General Macarthur recollected on jealousy of Arthur Richmond who had an affair with his wife Leslie which ended up with Macarthur sending Richmond into a suicide mission and the years after when Leslie died. In Vera Claythorne's side story was one of love and such with the murder or accidental death of her lover, Hugo's son, Cyril, who drowned. All Vera wants is to know that no more people are going to die. What is strange about this chapter is that Rogers notices that instead of ten Indians on the display table there are only nine following the nursery rhyme which is ironic because the first line reads "Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine" which is what happened to Marston as he chokes from the poison in his drink. Though I still suspect Rogers because the character is not described enough and he appears little noticing only the small things that could have been moved easily he is the butler after all.

In chapter 6 we come to the story of Dr. Armstrong and a frightening dream in which he performs a surgery on a woman which turns out to be the body of Anthony Marston while he is being watched by Emily Brent as she preaches her moralistic values. Though the dream is shortly interrupted by Rogers who tells him to check on his wife because she is not breathing as it turns out she is pronounced dead, but they do not know why she did not take any drugs or such or any fluids so what the frick could have killed her? Personally the death might be posed because I thought the butler and his wife were in on getting the money, but now the butler is distraught knowing that his wife is dead. Blore does have the idea that Rogers may have wanted to get rid of his wife because all women he says generally are a menace so all the more reasoning to lie and get rid of them in secret. Rogers could have at any point giving his wife something with a poison or a drug slipped into a fluid taking it right back and washing out the container . . . so Blore may be on to assuming Rogers as the killer of the mystery of these strange deaths. Following this problem is not getting off the island because everyone wants to leave yet they cannot with Narracott not on time pertaining to give supplies to the estate. Oh, and Rogers in my opinion is on the verge of insanity he points out that now there are only eight Indian china figures when there were ten the night before . . . this is very noticeable how? It pertains to the plot though with the rhyme continuing "Nine little Indian boys traveling in Devon; One overslept himself and then there were eight" which happened to Mrs. Rogers as she just abruptly overslept and died not waking up the following morning. I still suspect Rogers, I feel he acts oblivious to each of the situations yet he has not shown his feelings or to actually admitted to killing, he is the only one you really have to keep an eye toward not knowing what he does with spare time and such.

April 21: Chapters 3 & 4

In a brief overview of chapter 3 I found that each character has a potential secret or accusations that was made presumed for murdering people. The gramophone shows the 10 people what they have done wrong and what it may lead to.There is also the revealing of the private detective, Henry William Blore who in his own firm was requested to come to this state and hide his identity, as a result he was still found out. Personally I think that this indicates more of a secret that has to do with the get together of people, they all came to meet the Owens which have yet to be identified though are presumed unknown with the initials on all the letters sent to some of the guests shown as U.N. Owen. Each character is left with perceptive thoughts and reasoning on why they are here at the supposed "Owen estate" though are these people real at any point? Every character seemed unsure and confused. There is also a deceptive vibe that anyone can see in the open . . . the Rogers so far seem the most suspicious because they just happen to be authorizing and running this estate while the owners just "happen" to be gone, it is ridiculous to have the butler and wife take care of the property knowing that most are in it for there benefit of gaining money or profit from the owners . . . they are probably dead. Though it is still hard to tell . . . what is going on and what is to come?

In Chapter 4 all characters seemed compelled by the offenses that accused them of nothing. Each character gave a thorough sense of what had happened in those actions stating that each was an accident and were deprived attention with each assumed murder. Justice Wargrave always is trying to get something out of all of these people and among them wants to be the first to leave, but why? As of what they have determined now it is a mystery to who the host or hostess is who invited them to the estate and there is no official owner of this property at the moment so all the characters question logic pleading their innocence. Every character is willing to leave the following day except Anthony Marston who I am now assuming to take the role of the killer because he is even more suspicious to actually want to stay and solve this potential mystery on who would know everyone including their extensive backgrounds or past lives. Another suspicious character could be Justice Wargrave because why in the world would he want to leave after shortly arriving? Is he an accomplice in some fiasco of a plan? Or the butler and wife, the Rogers who are so willing just easily letting them leave? So many are suspected in my mind they each give off this indecisive atmosphere that it is hard to tell. Who knows they might as well stay.