# Maniac on the loose (part deux)..A game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800 "2003-10-22T00:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/61 "2003-10-24T23:52:28Z")
After trying to convince **Maureen** to take off her shirt and failing, **Johnny Bravo** finally addresses the crowd at large. “ **AQA** couldn’t have been the murderer,” he says, popping the small disk from his recorder and putting it in the expensive widescreen TV. “I have proof.” [lightning flashes as **AQA’s** alibi plays in high definition] ---
**Author:** ![Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Age_Quod_Agis)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/62 "2003-10-25T00:02:36Z")
Out of Character: Thank goodness I was gone for the public display of my romantic ineptitude. How embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Age_Quod_Agis)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/63 "2003-10-25T00:07:45Z")
[I’m about to head out for the night, so on the off-chance noone has solved the murders, here is my alibi for the next murder]: **AQA** sets off to find his girlfriend. On the way, he passes a library. He heard about these things one time on tv, so he stops in to check it out. In the library, shadows from lit candles dance along the walls filled with leather-bound volumes. **AQA** runs his fingers along a few of the books and notices that they are carpetted under a layer of dust and cobwebs. “Sheesh, doesn’t _anyone_ read anymore?” He spies a book entitled “Open Sesame” and his face lights up. Thinking the book has something to do with Sesame Street, he grabs it and pulls, and a low, grinding rumble fills the room. When **AQA** uncovers his eyes and emerges from under a table, he notices that one panel of the library wall has opened to reveal a secret tunnel leading back into murky darkness. He can’t see anything through the pitch dark, but he can hear something that sounds like the echo of heavy breathing. He grabs a candle and goes into the tunnel to investigate. He’s gone no more than a few steps into the tunnel when he hears the low rumble of the door closing behind him. His panicked breathing picks up. The darkness seems to hug a little closer now. A rock tumbles behind him and he turns around to look, expecting to see the flash of a blade or the blunt end of a club. It’s a rat creeping toward him. He exhales in relief . . . and accidentally blows out the candle. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/64 "2003-10-25T14:05:33Z")
Well then people who is the murderer? ---
**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 25, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/65 "2003-10-25T14:50:07Z")
Well! It’s _obvious_ to me! It’s… [passes out from the liqour excesses] ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/66 "2003-10-25T14:54:12Z")
**AQA** is not the murderer. **Zebra** is not the murderer. **mlerose** is not the murderer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/67 "2003-10-25T15:33:57Z")
OOC: [Are you sure there are clues in the murder posts?] ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/68 "2003-10-26T01:11:38Z")
Kat gyt\_fx Scuba\_ben Mullinator mlerose Idiot Boy Age Quod Agis Maureen Minuse AQA and mlerose Leaves \*\*Maureen, Idiot Boy, Scuba\_Ben gyt\_fx, and Kat \*\* One of those five is the killer. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/69 "2003-10-26T01:51:04Z")
**Cynical Dreamer** Puts her back against the wall and suspiciously eyes all the others in the room. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/70 "2003-10-26T02:59:36Z")
Is that a real Viking battle axe mounted on the wall above **Cynical Dreamer’s** head? ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/71 "2003-10-26T04:39:26Z")
**Kuroko** puts on her detective hat and loudly accuses **gyt\_fx** , just so she has an excuse to dramatically shout something. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/72 "2003-10-26T07:47:30Z")
I want to accuse… **Idiot Boy**. It’s obvious that he’s just using that name to throw off suspicion and he’s actually a homicidal genius. **Kat** grabs the Double Fudge Brownie ice cream out of the freezer and proceeds to eat it straight from the carton. Murders always stress her out, and she needs a little comfort food. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/73 "2003-10-26T14:36:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simple Dreamer \* > \*\*OOC: [Are you sure there are clues in the murder posts?] \*\* I am positive… **gyt\_fx** is not the killer… **Idiot Boy** is not the killer… There will be a 3rd murder by the end of the day, I’m told… ~J ---
**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 26, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/74 "2003-10-26T14:40:29Z")
I think I’m beginning to see a pattern in the clues. But, as I’m a drunken rage-a-holic, I will withhold my guess 'til the next murder. to the killer: I have you now! ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/75 "2003-10-26T16:33:08Z")
OOC: [Oh, I changed my name to **Hot Buttered Toast**. This is (the former) **Kuroko** , by the way. I doubt that this will significantly affect the list of suspects in any way, except by permeating the thread with the scent of butter.] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/76 "2003-10-26T16:51:10Z")
Angry that she wouldn’t take off her shirt, **Johnny Bravo** accuses **Maureen** of the murder. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/77 "2003-10-27T01:16:44Z")
**Blackeyes** , wondering where everone is, heads over to find Age Quod Agis. ---
**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 27, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/78 "2003-10-27T15:31:17Z")
I accuse **Kat**. Baseless accusations are the most fun! ---
**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 27, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/79 "2003-10-27T16:02:55Z")
The killer has a “head” fetish. So, it’s obviously **Jimmy Chitwood**. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800/80 "2003-10-27T19:29:15Z")
Is it just me or is this killer really lazy? Come on! Kill someone already! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-on-the-loose-part-deux-a-game/208800.md?page=5)