Volume 2 Issue 1 Brought to you quarterly by Masterpiece Mysterys
A policeman came home and told his wife about two guys down by the canal, one of them was drinking battery acid and the other was eating fireworks. "That's terrible!" she exclaimed. "What did you do with them?" He replied, "Oh, I charged one and let the other off."
Mastermind Joins Crime Writers Of CanadaJuanita Violini, the Writer and Director of Masterpiece Mysterys, is now a full member of the Crime Writers of Canada. This organization is open to writers of fictional and factual crime, and those with an interest in the genre. "I was thrilled to discover that my many Mystery Scenarios (over 40 to date) and my continuing work in the business qualified me for professional membership," says Violini.
The legendary con artist Steve Comisar got his start at an early age. His first scam took the form of an innocent- looking ad in a national magazine touting a SOLAR POWERED CLOTHES DRYER for $49.95. “Scientifically proven, space age method,” the ad declared, “using only the power of the sun.” Suckers who ordered Comisar’s product were soon surprised to receive … a short length of clothesline.
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YOUR OWN MYSTERY - Classes at Aberthau Juanita Violini will be conducting classes on how to Host a Mystery Party during March at Aberthau Mansion, arguably the best venue in Vancouver for a Mystery.
The finale is a Mystery Party at Aberthau, with the participants' own invited guests! Check out the West Point Grey Community Centre for details.
Raymond Chandler’s Lady in the Lake (1946) starring Robert Montgomery
Mix an excellent whodunnit plot, one of Mystery's hardest-boiled detectives, and a one-of-a-kind cinematic feat where you become the detective, and you get a classic must-see for a rainy Saturday afternoon!
An uneducated, illiterate psychic named Arthur Price Roberts had a long and uncanny history of amazing intuitions. Among his many achievements: he picked a killer’s picture out of police mug shots from an old case and announced where he was working in another country; and he tracked down a stolen taxi, while it was being driven, 24 hours after the theft.
In Milwaukee, in 1935, Roberts warned police: “Going to be lots of bombings - dynamitings! I see two banks blown up and perhaps the city hall. Going to blow up police stations. Then there’s going to be a big blowup south of the Menomonee River and it’ll be all over.” Because Roberts was well known for his strange talents, extra precautions were taken.
Eight days later the village hall was blasted to bits. Two people died and others were injured. The next day the dynamiters blew up two Milwaukee banks and two police stations. A huge sixth explosion obliterated a garage and was heard eight miles away. Two young men were inside when the fifty pounds of dynamite for their sixth bomb accidentally detonated. Roberts had correctly predicted the entire series of explosions, including the final blast, which was accidental.