# Homicidal Maniac loose in this thread ( a game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225 "2003-10-13T18:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/1 "2003-10-13T18:14:14Z")
The game is that we are in a large mansion on a dark and stormy night. I Zebra have been killed in the study. The killer is, well nobody knows who the killer is not even me. Not yet. Everyone should post where they are wandering through the mansion. To be the killer dash off an email to me where in you knock me off in a witty manner and then I will choose who wrote the best death and that person shall be the killer. I’ll post the death to the thread (and email the killer) Everyone else will be in the victim pool. The killer will then select a victim and write an email to the victim(s) and the victim will in turn post their death scene to the board. The other people in the mansion can start guessing who the killer is and the killer if named will confess. Basically a writing contest/ guess who is writing this contest. So post where you are in the mansion and then if you want to be considered for killer email how you did me in to [zebrazebra123@hotmail.com](mailto:zebrazebra123@hotmail.com). I’ll pick the killer by 9 tonight EST and then the fun can begin. If we are having a lot of fun we could streatch out the game by getting a new killer. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/2 "2003-10-13T22:19:42Z")
OH come on people! Still plenty of good rooms to meet your untimely end in available. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/3 "2003-10-14T01:24:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I Zebra have been killed in the study. No!! Not Zebra! :shrug: I guess it beats bein buck nekkid together in an open grave again. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/4 "2003-10-14T01:58:23Z")
I’m in the loo. Adjusting my tie. ---
**Author:** ![PucksRaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PucksRaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PucksRaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/5 "2003-10-14T02:05:09Z")
Hmm. I’m in the upstairs hallway. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/6 "2003-10-14T02:37:56Z")
I’m asleep on the couch. Knock out. Maybe murdered… or maybe I did it myself. Which may or may not have been… murder. Or was it? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/7 "2003-10-14T03:38:06Z")
I’m in the library, browsing through musty old books, and shiny new books, and everything in between. I want a library like this some day, with bookshelves filling all the wall space and soft comfy chairs to read in. ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/8 "2003-10-14T06:23:51Z")
I’m in the kitchen fixing a ham sandwich. _trots off to the kitchen to fix a ham sandwich_ ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/9 "2003-10-14T06:28:20Z")
I’m under the bed flipping through porno mags. Wait… Who’s bed is this?? ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/10 "2003-10-14T09:50:07Z")
I’m in the cellar, raiding the wine bottles ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/11 "2003-10-14T09:50:10Z")
I’m in the cellar, raiding the wine bottles ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/12 "2003-10-14T12:58:18Z")
I’m in the poorly lit garage preparing power tools for some home maintenance projects I want to start tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/13 "2003-10-14T13:52:40Z")
I’m in the garden smelling the roses. Kathy ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/14 "2003-10-14T14:32:23Z")
I`m lost. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/15 "2003-10-14T14:43:42Z")
I’m in the kitchen sharpening the big knives. To cook dinner with. Why do you ask? **Grasshopper** is probably raiding the fridge, my back is to em (and eir back is to me). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/16 "2003-10-14T22:20:52Z")
Got a killer yet? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/17 "2003-10-14T22:24:56Z")
I’m in the den watching “SVU”. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/18 "2003-10-14T23:35:07Z")
Zebra was studying in the study. He was a very studious Zebra. He was studying some artwork to see if it was faked. When suddenly a cat jumped out and starteld the studying Zebra. That wasn’t his cat and that startled the startled Zebra even moor. Suddenly everyone else in the house heard a no ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/19 "2003-10-14T23:45:08Z")
AAAAAA IGNORE THAT POST! (I think the killer should go after the hampsters) back in a second. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225/20 "2003-10-14T23:58:20Z")
Amended rules on accusing a murderer. You must be in the house during a murder to accuse someone. Remember the murderer is someone in the thread already so that limits the suspects. The murderer must wait until at least three accusations are made after a murder OR three hours pass which ever comes first. You may only accuse once per murder cycle. You do not accumulate accusations. If you do not accuse after a murder and then the killer strikes again you do not get two guesses in the next cycle. I Zebra will be posting all ‘murders’. The killer is emailing them to me. That way only I and the killer know who is doing this. If you are murdered you identical twin/triplet ect may come into the house looking for your killer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicidal-maniac-loose-in-this-thread-a-game/207225.md?page=2)