MURDER SIMULATION
This is a programme which can be run for high school teens with groups ranging from 10 - 50. The following document describes the materials needed and the way in which the evening could be structured. It is vital that the venue be set up prior to the teens arriving and that all the participants are clear of the story before it begins (have read through Information sheets)
Materials:
Car; Hose Pipel; Rope; Masking tape; Ink Pads; Tray with two cups (one full of coffee), the other empty; Eno (a fizzy substance taken in water for indigestion) and a glass; Brush; Spread sheets (appendix 1); Information sheets (appendix 2); Pens.
Structure:
Four venues are to be used. Each prop is to be finger printed using a piece of masking tape and the appropriate fingerprint stamped onto it (in italics).
VENUES | CHARACTERS | EVIDENCE |
Kitchen | Butler and the Maid | Tray (butler, wife, deceased) |
Bedroom | Wife |
Eno, glass, brush (wife, deceased) |
Patio | Mistress | |
Lawn, outside | Brother and Sister-in-law | Car, Hose (brother, maid, butler), Rope (brother, butler) |
Programme:
Epilogue: Murder Simulation:
A suggested epilogue is a talk on the lines of Who killed Jesus? The talk revolves around identifying who was responsible for Jesus' death. The options are: (1) Judas: One of Jesus' disciples - John 12:3-6. (2) Caiphas: the Jewish High Priest - Matthew 26:57,65; Mark 15:8-11. (3) Pilate: the Roman Governor - Luke 23:4-22; John 19:16. (4) Soldiers: the Roman soldiers who actually carried out the act of crucfixion. (5) Jews: the Nation of Israel - Acts 2:36; 7:51-52; 1 Thess 2:1; Acts 4:27. (6) Us: The cross was not just something done for us but it was something done by us - He died because we sinned! (7) Jesus Was Not Killed - He Laid Down His Life! He went to the cross voluntarily - Galatians 2:20; Romans 8:32. We need to know that: (a) Christ died for us; (b) Christ died for us that He might bring us to God; (c) Christ died for our sins; and (d) Christ died our death.
On January 30, 1998, Norman Jones was found dead in his car at the bottom of the vineyard which he managed and part owned. Why did he die- could it be murder- who dun it???
Instructions:
Visit each of the 4 locations in order to gather as much information as possible so that you can establish who murdered Norman Jones (if it was murder at all). You have 20 minutes at each location to gather the information. This may include taking fingerprints, observations, and asking verbal questions. No evidence may be removed from any of the locations. You will be requested to came to a conclusion only after all 4 locations have been visited (not before).
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MURDER MYSTERY
Norman Jones woke up at 5am on that misty Friday the 30/1/1998 and went for his usual jog through the vineyard. He returned early as he experienced heartburn. At 6am he returned to his bedroom to find his wife, Isabelle, dressing. She gave him some Eno’s to ease the heartburn. He dressed in his blue pinstriped suit, as him and his brother were to meet the lawyers to discuss division of the vineyard (the two brothers had inherited the vinyard from their father) and to discuss possible heirs (both him and his brother have no children). He opened up discussion about the meeting with his wife, she became angry with him and through a brush at him, leaving a red mark above his left eye. The butler knocked on the door, during the commotion, to serve their morning coffee and waited for a reply. Instead Isabelle flung the door open and flew down the stairs enraged.
He (the butler) left the tray at the door and ran after her, embracing her and stroking her hair as he comforted her. They had been "seeing" one another for 5 months. The telephone rang and Norman answered from upstairs. It was Georgette Jones, his sister-in-law. After the usual small talk, she asked him if he was thinking of leaving his share of the vineyard to his wife, so that he could lead his younger brother, Alfred, in the same direction. He avoided answering and she hung up the phone in a rage.
He looked at his watch and realised that he had to leave in 10 minutes if he were to make the meeting in town. He ran down the stairs and grabbed a freshly baked muffin (baked by Johan the butler). Kissing his wife on the cheek, he took his keys and headed for the door.
While he was on his way, the maid (Elizabeth), found a letter lying next to the phone while she was making the bed. It was from a "maid hiring service" and she became violently angry as she thought her job was on the line. 9am came and him and his brother greeted one another in the waiting room of the lawyer’s office. Secretly they despised one another. Even though they both owned the property, Norman managed the vineyard and earned a greater percentage of the profit. At 9:20, they were called in and the meeting lasted for 3 hours – no decision was made and the brothers parted, not speaking to each other.
During the time of the meeting Johan (the butler) and Elizabeth (the maid) went about their normal chores around the home and Isabelle sat on the porch painting a watercolour of the estate.
Georgette (sister in law) was doing the weekly shop at Woolworths, Alfred (the brother) had dropped her off before driving on to the meeting.
Norman drove to a coffee shop to meet up with, Monica, his mistress, who he had signed over his portion of the estate to. As he kissed her, Georgette walked past with her Woolworths trolley and for the first time realised that he was having an affair.
As Alfred, picked Georgette up at the corner of Kimble and Honour street, she called Isabelle on the phone and explained what she had seen. Isabelle had sounded shocked and she heard her say to Johan that she was loosing out on inheritance.
Norman explained to Monica that he could not get a divorce and angered she told him to take her home. Norman arrived at his gates at 2:30pm. Johan motioned to him to climb out the car and he tied him up with rope, pushed him into the back of the car, drove it to the bottom of the vineyard and attached a pipe from the exhaust to the car.
He died 30 minutes later. Alfred and Georgette found the car on their way to the house for tea.
Instructions:
Character sketches:
Norman Jones
Isabel Jones
Alfred Jones
Georgette Jones
Johan (Butler)
Elisabeth (Maid)
Monica (Mistress)
This programme was written by Alex and Sharon Smith. The epilogue, Who Killed Jesus? was written by Mark Tittley.
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