Vocabulary
What is paranormal?
Things that are strange or mysterious and cannot be explained by science. It includes ghosts, UFOs, and unusual events that seem beyond normal life.
Who is Dorothy Sayers?
She is a crime/murder mystery author
This is the specific room in the house where Morris Tribe was found deceased, locking the door from the inside.
The loo (bathroom)
This was the affectionate nickname, Feyther and Naomi named their youngest daughter.
Bindle
According to his daughter Bindle, Feyther was "terrifically good" at performing these shows for the children.
Magic tricks
What is a psychic
a person who says they can sense or know things that others cannot, like predicting the future or talking to spirits.
The Scotland Yard detective who first raised the hunch that Feyther got away with murder.
Jackie Moulton
This is the specific year in which Naomi's murder and the locked-room mystery took place.
1937
Feyther wrote weekly letters to his three children at boarding school, which he called these.
The Bulletins
In a bulletin, Feyther admitted to giving Morris an injection at 11 PM for this specific purpose.
Vision
What is a hesitation wound?
They are the small cuts that show a person stopped and thought before hurting themselves badly.
The post-mortem report concluded that the three wounds on Morris's neck were from what type of wounds?
Hesitation wounds
What were two odd things that Feyther did at the scene of the crime?
He washed Morris's hands and placed the razor in his hand.
Two weeks after Naomi's murder, this woman, 17 years younger than Feyther, appears in the letters helping to take care of him.
Mary Gaston
Feyther told Dorothy Sayers his brother-in-law was a little unbalanced due to receiving this injury during war.
head injury
What is a seance?
The meeting where people attempt to contact the dead.
Morris's sister-in-law's statement supported the suicide verdict by recalling Morris told her he would use this method if he killed himself.
Morris Tribe was described as struggling with this addiction, as evidenced by his sister-in-law's statement and the presence of alcohol in his room.
alcohol
By the autumn after Naomi's death, Mary Gaston was co-writing the bulletins and signing off using this nickname.
Mousey
Feyther stated in a bulletin that he intended to satisfy and "hang on" to Mary's father, Mr. Gaston, to get this.
Money and wealth
What is post-mortem?
An examination to determine the cause of death (autopsy)
The panel of six murder detectives concluded that Feyther was the main suspect, using this theory favoring the most likely scenario.
Ockham's (Occam's) razor is a rule for choosing the best explanation when you have many choices. Think of it like this
Feyther claimed Morris was reading books about this type of fictional story, suggesting he copied his suicide from one.
A murder/detective story crime
This is the large sum of money Mary's wealthy father, Mr. Gaston, left behind when he died in the Queen's Road house.
$700,000
Feyther's chilling song, "I Married a Wife," states that he laughed till he cried because he was________
single again