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Mystery Man

The Mystery Man is back! And more devious than ever...

The Mystery Man (who could also be a woman, it's a mystery after all) has kidnapped eight characters from the stories of Agatha Christie. Trouble is, we don't know who he's kidnapped!

In an email to the official Christie Community, the Mystery Man has revealed that beginning Thursday, July 7th 2011, he will allow one character per week the chance to speak.

And this is the place to put your theories and ideas to the Christie community, or just to browse to catch-up on all the latest events should you not want to use Twitter to follow the game. 

Victim 8

Moderator2 05 Jul 11 at 12:39 p.m. GMT

Whatever you do, do not name the character in the forum, it will ruin the game for other players! Though feel free to help others along, just don't make it too easy for them. Anyone guilty of making it too easy will find themselves bumped off! (and banned from entering the competition).

All four messages from Victim 8 have now been released, they were:

"It’s easy for me to get hold of poison"

"This family really trusts me"

"There is a lot of training in my job"

"My wife Anna didn’t want a divorce"

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agatha_cz 04 Sep 11 at 4:51 p.m. GMT

agatha_cz

still nothing :-( looking and looking and still nothing :-((( making tables - nothing :-( I'm sooo desperate! 

Already have! Thanks LauraPoirot :-)

agatha_cz 04 Sep 11 at 1:23 p.m. GMT

still nothing :-( looking and looking and still nothing :-((( making tables - nothing :-( I'm sooo desperate! 

Syanne 31 Aug 11 at 11:01 a.m. GMT

Success. :) Love the word play ...

poopygill 30 Aug 11 at 12:30 p.m. GMT

FINALLY done it - many thanks to dr_sheppard_1!!! Its so blindingly obvious now that I know what it was!

Can't wait for the next one now!

dr_sheppard_1 30 Aug 11 at 11:28 a.m. GMT

Translation:Anna6566

also I have found him urra. Many thanks to LauraPoirot. Your tip of the 25.08. (Anagram of the surname) and a small table helped me on the jumps.

All other next fun! anna

Anna6566 30 Aug 11 at 10:48 a.m. GMT

Hurra auch ich habe ihn gefunden. Vielen Dank an LauraPoirot. Ihr Tip vom 25.08. (Anagramm aus den Nachnamen) und eine kleine Tabelle haben mir auf die Sprünge geholfen.

Allen anderen weiter viel Spass!anna

poopygill 30 Aug 11 at 10:11 a.m. GMT

Guys I still don't get it :( I've found all 8 victims, and written the names out, and I have read the clues about not getting 'mixed up' or 'muddled up' but I must be being REALLY dense because I STILL don't get it!

Is it an anagram of the letters of the victims (I'm not particularly good at anagrams, but I can't make anything from the surnames of the victims :S ) or is it a character that would go for these particular victims...or is it something completely different?!

Please help!!!

ivi21 30 Aug 11 at 10:02 a.m. GMT

HURRAAAH! I FOUND HIM!

As usual I complicated it and it was simple. I knew what to do, but I was searching for something different

Thanks everyone, your clues was really helpful.

ivi21 30 Aug 11 at 10:02 a.m. GMT

HURRAAAH! I FOUND HIM!

As usual I complicated it and it was simple. I knew what to do, but I was searching for something different

Thanks everyone, your clues was really helpful.

GKCfan 29 Aug 11 at 10:22 p.m. GMT

Here is the final clue of the game!

Victim 8 - My wife Anna didn’t want a divorce. #agathachristiegame http://goo.gl/wdAS0

This should be all you need to get the final victim... IF you've read the book in question.

Selma_F 29 Aug 11 at 10:17 p.m. GMT

When this contest is over, will someone please tell those of us who didn't figure out all the victims -- who the victims where and the mystery man also?  (it may just be me that doesn't know.)

I enjoy playing, but I've only figured out Victims 1, 2, 3, and 5.

Real life is interfering with my reading and searching.  (Though I did find one of the victims while on my way to a funeral...someone else was driving).

Thanks ahead of time.

ElizabethPoirot 29 Aug 11 at 5:05 p.m. GMT

I FOUND THE MYSTERY MAN!!!! Oh my goodness this has been sooo much fun!! I really will miss it - hope it comes back soon! Thanks sooo much to everyone - I haven't been posting a lot (just moved in to college!) but I certainly have been staying active and reading all the forum posts...I really never could have done it without you all! Thanks so much :)

I think I might watch Psycho too, it's one of my favorite movies. :) Agatha Christie, however, still remains the "Queen" of Crime! ;)

ElizabethPoirot 29 Aug 11 at 4:35 p.m. GMT

FINALLY FOUND VICTIM 8! Thanks so much, dr_sheppard_1, socks_daventry, inspectorgrant, agathasmykid, pat_september...and everyone really! Now to start to put it all together to find the mystery man...don't even know how to begin!!

SocksDaventry 29 Aug 11 at 1:39 p.m. GMT

Elizabeth, I found Pat_september's Aug. 25 clue very helpful to narrow down the list of books to check:

Pat_september

just found victim 8 as well, it's from one of the best known novels one would enjoy reading when one is not a Poirot fan... off to discovering the Mystery Man.. not that i realyy want to as this would mean the end of this game...

InspectorGrant 29 Aug 11 at 9:51 a.m. GMT

ElizabethPoirot

I absolutely CANNOTTT figure this last one out!! I appreciate what I think are clues from you all, but I feel sooooo close but I just can't find this last victim!! Any obvious clues I'm missing? The clues officially given are soo broad... :(

If you are looking for Victim Number 8 try Agathasmykid's post of 26/8 at 5:26 am and take note of the avatar used by Agathasmykid as well!

Good luck, Elizabeth

natsimard 29 Aug 11 at 4:52 a.m. GMT

Finally! I found the last victim as well as the Mystery Man. What a great game this was and what a wonderful on-line community! Thank you to all who gave great unofficial clues, I don't think I could have done it without your help.

To those who are still looking for the Mystery Man, I found the most helpful hints were from LauraPoirot and Mr.West. on Aug. 25th. Good Luck everyone! I truly hope they do this again, prize or no prize...

jnfrc 28 Aug 11 at 11:48 p.m. GMT

YEAH!!!!!!!   FOUND EVERYONE!  This has been really fun.  Thank you for all those wonderful clues, couldn't have done it without them. 

til next year~~

ElizabethPoirot 28 Aug 11 at 10:14 p.m. GMT

I absolutely CANNOTTT figure this last one out!! I appreciate what I think are clues from you all, but I feel sooooo close but I just can't find this last victim!! Any obvious clues I'm missing? The clues officially given are soo broad... :(

Agathasmykid 28 Aug 11 at 9:33 p.m. GMT

InspectorGrant

Pat_september

InspectorGrant

Agathasmykid

I want to reward myself for completeing the game so am going to relax and watch a murder mystery this evening.  I have speant so much time with Christie's works during this game that I am going to watch something different tonight; Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.  Not a traditional murder mystery per se, however it seems a good choice for tonight.

Happy Hunting!

the mystery man must have influenced you into choosing this peculiar movie  i must say that the actor I'm thinking of did carried a certain "Hitchcock'ian" aura with him throughout at least some of his other roles... i would say.

He certainly did, Pat!  All those goings-on in his old home provided excellent training for some later events

Later events such as working with a former James Bond?..lol

GKCfan 28 Aug 11 at 8 p.m. GMT

Here is the third clue for Victim 8:

Victim 8 - There is a lot of training in my job. http://t.co/1vyzILW