Cozy mysteries and great detective mysteries both show us that people will believe what their eyes see, but to find the truth you need to learn that the physical can be deceiving. It is human nature for us to look at what is presented to us, and believe it. For example, in Agatha Christy’s “The Blue Geranium” and Jacquez Futrelle’s “The Problem of Cell 13” both show characters being misled by the clues left behind.
“The Blue Geranium” shows us how clues can be placed to lead you away from the true criminal. This short story features, what is described as, a “ghost story” that is told at a dinner party among friends. Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, the hosts of the dinner party, tell this ghost story about Mrs. Pritchard and her husband George. …show more content…
This short story is about a man called “The Thinking Machine” and there was no problem he couldn’t solve. One day The Thinking Machine was challenged by Dr. Ransome that he could not escape a prison in seven days. The Thinking Machine, knowing he could prove Dr. Ransome wrong, accepted the challenge. He was brought to the prison, searched and entered the cell wearing regular clothes and having nothing but toothpaste, one five-dollar bill, two ten-dollar bills, and polished shoes. Dr. Ransome and the warden put him in the cell and lock the …show more content…
The guard retrieved it and brought it to the warden. When the warden examined the piece of white linen, attached to it was a five-dollar bill. The linen also contained a message that read, “Finder of this please deliver to Dr. Charles Ransome.” The warden was happy; he had intercepted the Thinking Machines first attempt to escape. The message to Dr. Ransome was “Epa cseot d’net niiy awe htto n’si sih. T.” Confused the warden wonder what this coded message could mean, but none the less was happy about intercepting the message.
When the first attempt had failed, the warden was ready for the second. When a prison guard came with The Thinking Machine’s dinner, The Thinking Machine started a conversation. He asked the guard if he would be willing to help him escape for a financial compensation. However, the guard was an honest man and went to the warden to report this. The warden was happy to have stopped his second
“The Blue Geranium” shows us how clues can be placed to lead you away from the true criminal. This short story features, what is described as, a “ghost story” that is told at a dinner party among friends. Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, the hosts of the dinner party, tell this ghost story about Mrs. Pritchard and her husband George. …show more content…
This short story is about a man called “The Thinking Machine” and there was no problem he couldn’t solve. One day The Thinking Machine was challenged by Dr. Ransome that he could not escape a prison in seven days. The Thinking Machine, knowing he could prove Dr. Ransome wrong, accepted the challenge. He was brought to the prison, searched and entered the cell wearing regular clothes and having nothing but toothpaste, one five-dollar bill, two ten-dollar bills, and polished shoes. Dr. Ransome and the warden put him in the cell and lock the …show more content…
The guard retrieved it and brought it to the warden. When the warden examined the piece of white linen, attached to it was a five-dollar bill. The linen also contained a message that read, “Finder of this please deliver to Dr. Charles Ransome.” The warden was happy; he had intercepted the Thinking Machines first attempt to escape. The message to Dr. Ransome was “Epa cseot d’net niiy awe htto n’si sih. T.” Confused the warden wonder what this coded message could mean, but none the less was happy about intercepting the message.
When the first attempt had failed, the warden was ready for the second. When a prison guard came with The Thinking Machine’s dinner, The Thinking Machine started a conversation. He asked the guard if he would be willing to help him escape for a financial compensation. However, the guard was an honest man and went to the warden to report this. The warden was happy to have stopped his second