MURDER AT THE CONCRETE CASTLE WHO DID IT? WITH WHAT WEAPON? NO, WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FAMOUS BOARD GAME. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A TPAC MURDER MYSTERY. WE HAVE LOTS OF SUSPECTS BUT SO FAR, NO ANSWERS. WE INVITE YOU TO KILL SOME TIME AND PUT YOUR DETECTIVE SKILLS TO WORK. TAKE A STAB AT SOLVING THE WHODUNNIT BELOW, “MURDER AT THE CONCRETE CASTLE.”
MYSTERY: It was a dark and stormy night when the curtains opened for “Murder at the Concrete Castle” on the Williams stage. The groundbreaking show invited the audience to help the cast determine and capture a murderer. Act I opened with a scene in a lounge where a group of prestigious individuals, Colonel Ranch, Mrs. Hummingbird, Miss Velvet, Mr. Verdigris, Mrs. Brown, and Professor Puce, arrived one by one to enjoy a fancy dinner party. Or so they thought. As the play unfolded and Act I ended, giving way to the intermission and then Act II, the curtain opened to Miss Velvet, dead in front of the lounge fireplace. By the end of the show, the audience had solved the mystery. Mrs. Hummingbird, in a fit a jealous rage had murdered Miss Velvet in the lounge with the candlestick. The cast was welcomed with loud applause and started walking to the front of the stage to take their bows, but Miss Velvet hadn’t moved. She remained on the ground in front of the fireplace. Confused, the cast hurried to her side and quickly noticed this wasn’t just great acting — Miss Velvet was dead. 10
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