Mystery Types
The general term for any mystery that needs to be solved.
What is Whodunit?
The person who commits the crime.
What is the perpetrator.
The small details that detectives find and add up to draw their conclusions.
What are clues.
Patrick was leaving his wife in Lamb to the Slaughter. This was her what?
What is motive?
An old fashioned word that is found in mysteries written long ago.
What is purloin.
In this type of mystery, the suspects would not normally be part of a crime.
What is cozy.
If 3 people have motive and opportunity to commit a crime, they could all be considered this.
What are suspects.
The sum of all the clues that lawyers use to argue a case.
What is evidence.
On Law and Order, the detectives often do this to suspects to get them to confess.
What is interrogate?
The kind of irony you would most often find in a mystery story.
What is dramatic.
If you can't tell how the murder occurred it is probably this type of mystery.
What is a locked-room mystery.
In order to do this, a lawyer would need to find lots of evidence proving their client was innocent.
What is exonerate.
False clues that might confuse readers of a mystery.
What are red herrings.
The video we watched in class about crop circles is an example of this.
What is a real world mystery.
Black Widow and Catwoman are both this kind of criminal.
What is a cat burglar.
Noir mysteries that focus on "seen it all" detectives are this type.
What is hard-boiled?
DNA evidence, fingerprints, witness testimony, and a confession could all do this to a suspect - making them seem very guilty.
What is incriminate.
When Sherlock Holmes lays out the whole crime and explains it, he is making one of these.
What is a deduction.
Tommy and Spider did not have a good one of these in The Framing Game so Coach thought they could be guilty.
What is an alibi?
Stealing a small item would not be considered this type of crime.
What is a felony?
Stories that are full of suspense and keep you on the edge of your seat.
What are thrillers.
I saw it happen.
What is a witness.
The lab that examines blood splatter evidence would be doing this type of crime solving work.
What is forensic science.
The perpetrator in The Dying Detective.
Who was Culverton Smith?
A feeling.
What is a hunch?