Murder Game

66 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 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)
Also 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 Practical Mental Effects 136
James G. Thompson Jr. Who Killed Mr. X written name is divined with story presentation
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 162
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley The Crime Doctor several spectators select a crime and write it down, performer divines all
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 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 It's Murder! 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
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 217) 867
Milbourne Christopher The Mentalist Solves A Murder one of four men, blindfolded
 		1952 One Man Mental Magic 7
Jack Yates Murder Must Foul murder game, with instruction cards for spectators
 		1954 Minds in Close-Up 26
Howard A. Adams Da Da Da Dumm murder games using three spectators
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (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 More Miracles in Mentalism 29
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 Between Two Minds 38
Jules Lenier Psychometric Detective four people, rough smooth edges of torn paper to code
Also published here Mar. 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 5) 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 You, Too, Can Read Minds 27
Orville Wayne Meyer It's Murder items from murder scene are taken by spectators and performer then knows who has what
 		1969 HEX! 99
Ben Christopher Mental Detective see also p. 728 for comment by Eric Kaufman
 		Oct. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 12) 677
Cicardi Murder, He Said! cards with different people, prediction, murder theme
 		1975 Magick (Issue 118) 587
Burling Hull The Who Dunnit Mystery four weapons in row on table, selected weapon, victim and murderer divined
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 44
Karl Fulves It's Murder No. 50, word code
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 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 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 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 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 69
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 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 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 Accusation 1
Ken De Courcy Accusation - part 2 murderer, crime and witnesses selected from lists, all divined, Age Cards principle
Inspired by 1980 Accusation 7
Mike Caveney A Bloody Prediction murder story, prediction of a stabbing wound, comedy routine
 		1981 Magicomedy 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 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mynd) 553
Robert Cassidy Clue Outdone using Clue cards and the Jaks Wallet, revealing criminal, weapon and location
 		1984 The Art of Mentalism 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 Self-Working Paper Magic 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 Clue and other Mysteries 51
Karrell Fox "Getting Away with Murder"
Also published here 1986 For My Next Trick... 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 Silver Special 52
Roy Johnson Murder! simplified routine
Inspired by 1989 Silver Special 55
Roy Johnson The Murder Game three spectators with weapons, fourth spectator locates murder
Inspired by 1989 Silver Special 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 Self-Working Rope Magic 120
Philip T. Goldstein Mix Me Deadly murder, weapon and victim chosen from game cards and divined, using single riffle shuffle
Also published here 1991 Thavant 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 Deceptive Practices 78
Sam Schwartz Partner in Crime version of "Witness" in which criminal has a partner
Inspired byRelated to 1992 Deceptive Practices 80
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 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 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 Easy Magic 18
Karl Fulves Who Done It? No. 49, murderer divined by assistant
 		1995 Easy Magic 70
Karl Fulves Crime Does Not Pay No. 51, murderer divined by assistant
 		1995 Easy Magic 72
Karl Fulves Guilty Party No. 61, using a confederate
 		1995 Easy Magic 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 Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 4) 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 Mutus Nomen 50
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 Son of Simon Says! 31
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Murder Mystery! clock layout, murder presentation
Inspired by
  • "Time and Again" (Robin Robertson, Card Modes, 1983)
 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 88
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 The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy 132
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 Prevedere 20
Mike Caveney Lie Detector lie detector prop, used in murder mystery routine
Related to 2013 Wonders 135
Jim Steinmeyer Elementary! cards with victim, weapon and murderer, choice predicted
Also published here 2014 Treacherous Impuzzibilities 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