News and photos

Issue No 14:
19 August 2002

• We are working on a new boys action mystery for 8 boys called "Who Defeats The Slimy Monster?". Send us an email via info@merrimysteries.com if you would like us to let you know when it is ready.

• Unfortunately because some people have been downloading our kits for free, we have had to implement an extra layer of security. For existing clients, now when you click to download a file from the download page you have to enter your email address and the password. If you have forgotten the email address you used when you ordered or the password, you can send us an email via info@merrimysteries.com with details of when you ordered and your name. Then we will send you the email address and password to use.

In this issue, we have articles about:

• Our photo competition winners
• Feedback on "Death On The Mound"

Our photo competition winners

Thank you for all your wonderful entries. The three winners are:

• Jill McCullough (USA) for a photo from her One Of The Girls party
• Richard Figer (USA) for a photo from his Celebrity Celebrations party
• Robin Ludmer (USA) for a photo from her daughter's Who Stole The Cookies From The Cookie Cupboard? party.
  

We are commencing a new competition with a closing date of 1 Oct 2002 (see photos.htm for details).

Here is Jill's photo from her reading forum group "One Of The Girls" party:

Jill sent in this feedback:

"Dear Stephanie,

It was such fun! We had a wonderful group - all good sports - and they participated so well! Only three actually guessed the murderer; we all agreed that we had had enough clues to figure it out, too.

The funniest was our Mrs. Whiteknuckle - she is a tiny elderly woman, and I gave her all the extra clues, which, coming from her, as they were quite 'juicy' as it were, made it so funny! She did such a good job adlibbing her part (everyone wanted to know how she knew what she knew - she said things like, "Well, I was walking past the fountain meditating, so I saw the bodies!") that three people voted for her as murderer!!

Thank you so much!!!

Jill McCullough"

Here is Robin's winning photo from her daughter's "Who Stole The Cookies From The Cookie Cupboard?" party:

Feedback on "Death On The Mound"

"Stephanie,

We finally had our Death on the Mound party and it was so much fun!

We served hamburgers, hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts, cracker jacks, and had strawberry shortcake for dessert. Mouldy Cheese brought a cheese platter with cheese from her "parent's shop" and Slammit Suzie brought candy from her "parent's factory". This theme was perfect for us since we and many of our friends are baseball fans. Our guests really enjoyed the story line and had so much fun becoming their character.

Thanks for writing this wonderful murder, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! I also enjoyed working with you on this project! We look forward to hosting more murders in the future!

Thanks again,

Stacey"

Stacey and Joe:

David Martin from Australia sent a photo of Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix from his "Celebrity Celebrations" party: