tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post6948629127291166541..comments2024-03-18T04:40:38.214-05:00Comments on Murderous Musings: How to kill peopleChester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-26783583924090071052012-09-23T19:31:30.054-05:002012-09-23T19:31:30.054-05:00Sounds funny, Mike! What's the title? Let us k...Sounds funny, Mike! What's the title? Let us know when we can get it!<br /><br />Carola Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796872169346386593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-28313266257561447012012-09-23T19:22:36.373-05:002012-09-23T19:22:36.373-05:00Carola,
There are so many interesting ways to kill...Carola,<br />There are so many interesting ways to kill people in our mysteries. In a manuscript I just completed, visible signs indicated the victim had been shot, stabbed, hanged, run over, hit over the head, thrown off a cliff, suffocated and poisoned. Turns out these were all after the fact and the true cause of death occured earlier. P.S. this mystery is a spoof of our genre.<br />Mike BefelerMike Befeler, author of geezer-lit and paranormal mysterieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16941634330184333446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-9569021157892813812012-09-22T17:01:55.885-05:002012-09-22T17:01:55.885-05:00Absolutely, Earl. I hate to think how many victims...Absolutely, Earl. I hate to think how many victims have been done in by daggers, gun shots, and blunt instruments, but each story is individual because of characters, plot, setting, and the writer's voice.<br />Carola Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796872169346386593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-70283393623835015092012-09-22T12:29:50.545-05:002012-09-22T12:29:50.545-05:00Carola, You reminded me of something. Not only do ...Carola, You reminded me of something. Not only do we have to think up new ways to do away with victims, but we have to be sure the method is timely. Can't wait for the tram.Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528164359512905392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-68784358114640909342012-09-22T11:12:05.378-05:002012-09-22T11:12:05.378-05:00Carola, I've seen several true crime documenta...Carola, I've seen several true crime documentaries lately in which antifreeze was used to poison a victim. Also, using someone's deadly allergy to certain things - peanuts, bee stings, and shellfish, for example, as a murder weapon. Regardless of the method used, however, it always comes down to how well the story is written, doesn't it?Earl Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349667172813175960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-72501779934618440452012-09-21T19:54:30.692-05:002012-09-21T19:54:30.692-05:00Eugene used to have trams. Now we have dedicated b...Eugene used to have trams. Now we have dedicated bus lanes and hybrid buses. Plus ca change!<br /><br />Insulin is another holding back--hate to SPOILER <br /><br />but I use it in A Colourful Death, the 2nd Cornish Mystery. Out in UK next June, so it should be available in Australia then.<br />Carola Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796872169346386593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-76937465329038404702012-09-21T18:44:15.258-05:002012-09-21T18:44:15.258-05:00Things don't change very much, do they? Here n...Things don't change very much, do they? Here now in the Gold Coast of Australia they are digging up bits of road to replace the train lines which they ripped up fifteen years ago. More of the same...<br /><br />You certainly have run the gamut of ways to murder. A simple holding back of medication which is essential for keeping people alive works for me. In your writing period I guess that would be digitalis.<br /><br />Of course there's the old favourite - rat's bane. What an interesting discussion!Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-18332849842326747582012-09-21T16:59:43.569-05:002012-09-21T16:59:43.569-05:00I just read a Marian Babson with a cheese wire, bu...I just read a Marian Babson with a cheese wire, but IIRC (god, my memory!) it was stolen as a piece of misdirection, not actually used. There's no way you can come up with a different method every time. Concentrate on characterization and plotting!Carola Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796872169346386593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-44496508434168073862012-09-21T13:25:28.222-05:002012-09-21T13:25:28.222-05:00I dearly wanted to kill my murder victim by using ...I dearly wanted to kill my murder victim by using a cheese wire, but I think Anne Perry used that method first. <br />It's hard to think of neat and quiet ways to dispose of a victim, that don't require a lot of physical strength--but since I have decided that the killer in my story is female, that's the kind of method I need. It's given me a new appreciation for the cleverness of the mystery writer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com