"The Black Riddle" Interviews

WARNING: THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE READ THROUGH FROM START TO FINISH, BUT TO BE READ VIA THE LINKS IN EACH SUSPECT'S MURDER FILE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black was always going on about one thing or another. I just thought this was another one of his whims.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plum went off to look at the books in the Library. Black wanted to think about the clue he had found, so he went off to his Study - very unsporting - we hadn't finished our game! I went to the Ballroom to wait for Vivienne.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, I went straight there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huh? Oh, I think I put it down somewhere in the Ballroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I waited in the Ballroom for Vivienne to come back. She was gone a very long time. She eventually came back and we went to the Lounge together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The one from the Lounge that Black showed us all, the one from the broken vase in the Billiard Room, the one on the Piano in the Ballroom and Vivienne told me the one from the Dining Room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not at first - but after finding a couple of clues I realised it must be true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, mother and I went there together for a chat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I knocked it over on the mantlepiece, then Mrs. Peacock used it. I think she left it in the Dining Room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, I went straight there to meet up with Mike.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went to the Study to find Dr. Black - but he wasn't there. I waited for him in there for a while, but eventually gave up and went back to the Ballroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Err... Oh yes, I did. It was lying on the desk in the Study. I didn't touch it. Terrible thing. I heard it go off while I was in the Ballroom with Colonel Mustard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ones from the Lounge, Dining Room, Ballroom, Billiard Room and Study.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitely. All of the evidence in the Library prooved it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went to the Library to look through Edward Black's diaries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I looked Edward Black's diaries and found the clue for the Library. I also found advice on how to solve the riddle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He stayed there for a while helping me decrypt the clue I had found. He left after we had solved it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I stayed in the Library for some time - but eventually went to the Lounge to find the others..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erm, the one that I decrypted in the Library, the one from the Billiard Room and the one from the Lounge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be honest - I thought that it would be very nice if the riddle was true. That statuette must be worth a fortun!.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vivienne and I went to the Dining Room for a chat. I want to ask her a few questions about her and Michael; but I never got the chance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The candlestick? Oh yes, I left it in the Dining Room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went to the Study to talk to David.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was on my way to the Lounge, when I bumped into Blanche - Mrs. White - in the Hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, we went to the Lounge together. We compared notes about the riddle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let me see now... The one from the Lounge ofcourse, the Dining Room, Black told me about the one from the Billiard Room; there was the one Blanche and I found in the Hall and then she also told me about the one from the Kitchen. I think that's all of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David's father always believed the tale, so I suppose that I did as well. Finding those clues tonight certainly indicated it was true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. White and I went to the Kitchen for a cup of tea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The one in the Kitchen? Yes, I think Blanche put it in her pocket, muttering something about using it later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went to the Library. It's very peaceful in there; though I found the Professor already there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not very long. Peter had most of the code cracked before I got there. We finished it off together and then I left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went to the conservatory for some peace and quiet; and a bit of a think.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Without thinking, I was playing with it in the Conservatory; and took it with me when I went to look for a candle. I put it down in the Dining Room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found it in the Dining Room. I used it to look at the writing in the secret passage and still had it with me when I got to the Lounge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wandered along the secret passage to the Lounge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let me think - thes ones from the Conservatory, the Lounge, the Library and the Kitchen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know. I suppose now we'll never know.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The reverend and I went to the Kitchen for a cuppa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got it from a cupboard in the Kitchen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the reverend left me, I did a bit of tidying up before I left. I don't like things lying around dirty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went to the Hall - the dust in that room is terrible!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went to the Lounge together and talked about the clues we'd both found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm... The one Dr. Black showed us, the one the reverend and I found, the one that Mrs. Peacock and I found - and all the ones that Mrs. Peacock told me.