Make My Death Bed story
Married Elise Taylor is having an affair with married Bish Darby. While Bish's wife is away, Elise's husband walks in on the pair and shoots Bish dead. When the police call Bish's wife, she confesses to the murder, thinking that Bish drank her poisoned saccharin. Directed by: Arthur Hiller. Story by: Babs H. Deal, Henry A. Cogge.
11 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| extramarital affair | choice | Bish and Elise were carrying on an affair behind the backs of their respective spouses. |
| husband and wife | major | Jackie Darby hatched a plot to poison murder her sweet voiced, unfaithful husband, Bish Darby. Elise was having an affair behind her husband Ken's back. Dr. Bob and Della Hudson. |
| murder | major | Ken Taylor walked in on his wife Elise as she was fooling around with Bish Darby. Ken Taylor subsequently shot Bish dead and was arrested on the spot. Ironically, we learn that Jackie Darby had simultaneously plotted to murder her philandering husband by means of poisoned saccharin. |
| poison murder | major | Jackie tried and failed to take out her husband by duping his lover into poisoning his coffee with tainted saccharin. |
| spouse murder | major | Jackie plotted to do away with her cheating husband by having his lover unknowingly lace his coffee with tainted saccharin. |
| brother and sister | minor | Bob was annoyed when his kid sister wouldn't believe him that their train wasn't leaving until tomorrow. |
| golf | minor | Ken Taylor explained to Bish Darby the virtues of golf, whilst playing darts. |
| law enforcement | minor | A uniformed police officer took in Ken on a murder charge. |
| mother and daughter | minor | Jackie briefly assured her excited young daughter that they'd go on a train ride tomorrow. |
| mother and son | minor | Jackie briefly interacted with her young son. |