81 entries in Games / Murder Game
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
James G. Thompson Jr. Who Killed Mr. X? written name is divined with story presentation
Also published here Apr. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 43)
291
James G. Thompson Jr. The Passing of Sherlock Holmes medium out of room, then returns to divine type of murder and a playing card transposes with the Ace of Spades (Death Card)
Related toAlso published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 103)
621
Phil D'Rey Who Done It? detective routine, ventriloquism props, no trick
1943
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)
33
James G. Thompson Jr. Shades of Sherlock Holmes! medium out of room, then returns to divine type of murder and a playing card transposes with the Ace of Spades (Death Card)
Also published here 1944 136
James G. Thompson Jr. Who Killed Mr. X written name is divined with story presentation
Also published here 1944 162
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley The Crime Doctor several spectators select a crime and write it down, performer divines all
1947 69
Bob Hummer Instruction Sheet for Improved It's Murder with rotatable disk, spectator selects murder and victim while performer's back is turned, both are divined
Related to 1947 1
Clettis V. Musson A Detective's Dream four cards with possible weapons and four cards with suspects
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
3
Gerald Kosky The Plot's the Thing two plots and routine for murder game
Also published here Dec. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 217)
867
Milbourne Christopher The Mentalist Solves A Murder one of four men, blindfolded
1952 7
Jack Yates Murder Must Foul murder game, with instruction cards for spectators
1954 26
Howard A. Adams Da Da Da Dumm murder games using three spectators
May 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 307)
27
Bobby Bernard Key To the Crime
Inspired by
  • Gen "Phantni" Grant's "Dial X"
1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
37
Gerald Kosky Prayer for the Dead several spectators sit in a circle, one selects to be "dead", performer divines him
1959 29
Stewart James Skip Tracer same spelling principle, applied to murder mystery plot with clue cards
Inspired by Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
26
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Murder, INC. murder game, with ten pieces of information and assistant organizing everything while performer is out of the room
Also published here 1967 38
Jules Lenier Psychometric Detective four people, rough smooth edges of torn paper to code
Also published here Mar. 1968 167
George B. Anderson Find the Killer five people select a weapon, spectator gets dowsing rod and finds person with weapon that matches prediction
Variations 1968 27
Orville Wayne Meyer It's Murder items from murder scene are taken by spectators and performer then knows who has what
1969 99
Ben Christopher Mental Detective see also p. 728 for comment by Eric Kaufman
Oct. 1973 677
Charles "Cicardi" Scott Murder, He Said! cards with different people, prediction, murder theme
1975
Magick (Issue 118)
587
Gerald Kosky, Jack Vosburgh The Plot's The Thing Instruction game, divination of removed items or murder
  • Plot #1... The Big Robbery
  • Plot #2... It's Murder
Inspired byAlso published here 1975 110
Gerald Kosky Crime Detector several jobs are correctly assigned, Pseudo Psychometry with murder game plot
1975 122
Burling Hull The Who Dunnit Mystery four weapons in row on table, selected weapon, victim and murderer divined
1976 44
Karl Fulves It's Murder No. 50, word code
1979 80
Karl Fulves Murder, Inc. a red card in a packet is designated as killer and its position remembered, then black card with same value cut at same position, performer divines it all
Inspired byRelated to 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1314
Bob Hummer It's Murder with rotatable disk, spectator selects murder and victim while performer's back is turned, both are divined
Variations 1980 40
Karl Fulves Murder in a Matchbox three match boxes, performer's back is turned and a small gun, a bill and a die are put in boxes, performer knows which object is where and what side is on top of the die
1980 69
P. Howard Lyons It's Murder - No Book no book method, with rotatable disk, spectator selects murder and victim while performer's back is turned, both are divined
Inspired byRelated to 1980 96
Orville Wayne Meyer Das Mörderspiel
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 12 No. 12, 1955
Nov. 1980
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
100
Jack Yates Accusation murderer, crime and witnesses selected from lists, all divined, Age Cards principle
Variations 1980 1
Ken De Courcy Accusation - part 2 murderer, crime and witnesses selected from lists, all divined, Age Cards principle
Inspired by 1980 7
Mike Caveney A Bloody Prediction murder story, prediction of a stabbing wound, comedy routine
1981 57
Peter Donello Sherlock Holmes' Mental Clue' prediction of chosen name, location and weapon, clue plot
1981
Magick (Issue 298)
1487
Stephen Tucker Exhibit 'A' four objects in box and also names written on paper, knife is selected and blood is found on blade, murder presentation
Variations 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas))
14
Thomas Alan Waters Cashseer box with rolls of bills, amount of bills is secretly removed and divined by performer, other variations:
  • Poison (with small liquid bottles)
  • Mr. Ree (murder mystery, clue)
  • Essencery Perception (with five vials of perfume)
  • ReMarkerable (color match)
Inspired by 1984 553
Robert Cassidy Clue Outdone using Clue cards and the Jaks Wallet, revealing criminal, weapon and location
1984 50
Rudolf Braunmüller Eine Mordsgeschichte
Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
157
Gay Ljungberg Murder Game murder story, spectator choose waepon and murderer, prediction written in a book at the end of a detective story
May 1985
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 10)
1288
Jules Lenier Psychometric Detective No. 19, four people, rough smooth edges of torn paper to code
Also published here 1985 38
Jack Yates Clue six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds different colored disc, murder game
Variations 1986 51
Terry Nosek Foul Play observations on the Clue / Murder game effect
  • Setting the Stage
  • The Scene and Site
  • The Focal Point
  • The Rest of the Characters
  • The Five Suspects
  • The Weapons
  • The Murder Location
  • And the Identity of the Murderer
Related to Feb. 1986
Magick (Issue 365)
1825
Terry Nosek Foul Play - Part II observations on the Clue / Murder game effect
  • The Black Box
  • The Working
  • The Special Force
  • The Psychological Blockage
  • The Secret
  • How It Works
Related to Mar. 1986
Magick (Issue 367)
1835
Karrell Fox "Getting Away with Murder"
Also published here 1986 44
David Britland Open and Shut Case with liar/truthteller presentation
Inspired by May 1987
The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3)
81
Roy Johnson Focus on Murder ten cards with names, number and person at position remembered, divined
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1989 52
Roy Johnson Murder! simplified routine
Inspired by 1989 55
Roy Johnson The Murder Game three spectators with weapons, fourth spectator locates murder
Inspired by 1989 66
Robert E. Neale The Hanging No. 57, one spectator is murderer, chosen with cards, noose tied from rope, it tightens only at guilty spectator
1990 120
Docc Hilford Rear Window murder's name is divined, murder game presentation
1990 28
Philip T. Goldstein Mix Me Deadly murder, weapon and victim chosen from game cards and divined, using single riffle shuffle
Also published here 1991 30
Karl Fulves Witness six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds murderer
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1992 78
Sam Schwartz Partner in Crime version of "Witness" in which criminal has a partner
Inspired byRelated to 1992 80
Ted Karmilovich Murder, He Wrote paper bag with slips of paper, on one is murder written and on one victim, performer divines both
Aug. 1992
Magick (Issue 476)
2379
Timothy Hyde Zip-Lock Psychometry using clear plastic zip-lock bags, various presentations
  • Watch This
  • Lie Detector
  • Murder
Inspired by Oct. 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 4)
12
Roy Johnson Es geht um Mord! ten cards with names, number and person at position remembered, divined
Related toAlso published here May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
118
Karl Fulves Pack of Lies No. 12, three red and black cards, spectators with red cards tell the truth, performer finds out who hides the Ace of Diamonds
Also published here 1995 20
Karl Fulves Murder by Calculation No. 14, using four suspects on paper cards with phone numbers on their back and calculator, name spelled out on upside-down display
1995 18
Karl Fulves Who Done It? No. 49, murderer divined by assistant
1995 70
Karl Fulves Crime Does Not Pay No. 51, murderer divined by assistant
1995 72
Karl Fulves Guilty Party No. 61, using a confederate
1995 87
Chase Goforth Nada Clue using set of the game Clue, prediction of room, suspect and weapon
1995
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
98
Karrell Fox Getting Away with Murder
Also published here Oct. 1997 3
Roy Johnson Tätersuche three cards with "lie" and three with "truth"
  • Die Fünfer-Version
Inspired by 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
122
Karl Fulves Body of Evidence "Without Words", non-card version with twenty doll-house furnishings, murder mystery presentation
1998 50
Karl Fulves Lie To The Machine murderer chosen with five cards, calculator used to find him
1998 92
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Mord Incorporated murder game, with ten pieces of information and assistant organizing everything while performer is out of the room
Also published here 1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3)
109
Simon Lovell The Murder Mystery four objects in box and also names written on paper, knife is selected and blood is found on blade, murder presentation
Inspired by 2000 31
Docc Hilford A Study in Scarlet while performer is in other room a member of the audience is chosen to play Jack the Ripper and he writes his initials on a match, performer divines murder, while lights are out
2002 18
Docc Hilford IMPending Doom finding murder using imp bottle, as bottle with poisson, center tear with dissolvo paper
2002 6
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Murder Mystery! clock layout, murder presentation
Inspired by
  • "Time and Again" (Robin Robertson, Card Modes, 1983)
2003 88
Robert Fellows Five-Minute Murder Mystery combination of Seven Keys to Baldpate, murder mystery presentation, Premonition
2003 224
Robert Cassidy The Options Force and a Murder Mystery people write down, locations, names and weapons, one of each is selected and divined by performer
2004 132
Tom Stone Channeling Holmes five person take an object each from the table and hide it, performer divines who has which object
Inspired by
  • Ed Mellon's "Quantimental"
2007 9
Christoph Borer Mord am runden Tisch prediction in envelope, murder and victim are predicted, various ideas for using the same method in different contexts
2010 20
Ted Karmilovich Murder, He Wrote murder game, around 30 billets are selected, on one is victim and on one murder written, performer in other room returns and solves crime
2011 8
Mike Caveney Lie Detector lie detector prop, used in murder mystery routine
Related to 2013 135
Jim Steinmeyer Elementary! cards with victim, weapon and murderer, choice predicted
Also published here 2014 35
Jim Steinmeyer "Elementary!"
  • Conjuring
cards with victim, weapon and murderer, choice predicted
Also published here Apr. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 4)
32
Max Maven Mix Me Deadly
  • Lost Horizons
murder, weapon and victim chosen from game cards and divined, using single riffle shuffle
Also published here June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
30
Mark Gibson Murder Mystery five cards with the words liar, liar, truth, truth, murderer on them are distributed amongst five spectators in envelopes, question "are you the murderer" is used to divine all words
Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
82