The Perfect Murder story
Brothers Paul and Henri plot to kill their Aunt Rosalie to inherit her fortune. Paul has Henri grind glass into fine powder, and Paul adds it to the egg mixture that is supposed to make a soufflé for Rosalie's dinner. However, that night Rosalie insists on eating something else, and the next morning Paul dies when he eats an omelette made out of the lethal egg mixture. Directed by: Robert Stevens. Story by: Stacey Aumonier, Victor Wolfson.
10 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| greedy heir | choice | Paul and Henri wanted wanted their inheritances from Rosalie posthaste. |
| aunt and nephew | major | Rosalie and her inheritance seeking nephews Paul and Henri. |
| brother and brother | major | The brothers Paul and Henri attempted to knock off their wealthy aunt. |
| how to murder someone and get away with it | major | Paul and Henri brainstormed various ways of doing in their elderly aunt without getting caught (e.g. letting a cold draught in through the window, poisoning her food) before finally settlings on putting finely ground glass into her soufflé. |
| parricide | major | The brothers Paul and Henri attempted to knock off their wealthy aunt. |
| poetic justice | major | Paul put shards of glass in the eggs to kill Rosalie, but by an ironic twist of fate she changed her mind and the eggs were later served to Paul who promptly died in well deserved agony. |
| coping with a bad hangover | minor | Rosalie nursed a hangover after Paul plied her with wine. |
| master and servant | minor | Aunt Rosalie and her housekeeper Ernestine. |
| medical occupation | minor | Rosalie's physician pronounced her to be in excellent health. |
| poison murder | minor | Paul and Henri tried to get their aunt to eat a powdered glass laced soufflé. |