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I love Locked Room mystery novels! I've been on a quest to understand all the possible solutions, and now I'm sharing them with you, along with the exact puzzle pieces you will need to make each solution work.
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@janekalmes 3 года назад

Want to learn more about writing Howdunits? Watch this next! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IHn26nviHlM.html

@Seldarius Год назад

I‘d add, though technically not a murder, varieties of fake-out locked room murders. Those usually come in two flavours: 1. Nobody is the murderer - the victim committed suicide, but set it up to look like a murder. 2. Nobody was murdered - the „victim“ is alive but needed, for whatever reason, to look like they are dead. Bonus points for a doctor who’s in on it. Extra bonus points for vanishing body. (Spoilers ahead) A very clever combination of both can be found in „And then there were none“ by Agatha Christie.

@janekalmes Год назад

Good points! I love And Then There Were None.

@TheExhaustipatedBookworm Год назад

I just want to say, that you are the most helpful and informative mystery novel writing RU-vidr

@janekalmes Год назад

Thank you so much!

@bostonhayworth1264 2 года назад

Why is it that EVERY time I watch you I cant help but smile???

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@julialednicky7542 2 года назад

This segment required a lot of research & analysis. Thank you for presenting us with this unique information & take! Good job, Jane!

@janekalmes 2 года назад

My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@EcceHumanitatis 3 года назад

An outstanding example of a classic locked-room mystery can be found in Death of A Solitary Chess Player (also titled A Room to Die In) by Jack Vance (writing as Ellery Queen), written in 1965.

@janekalmes 3 года назад

Thank you, I will look that up!

@DavidMacDowellBlue 5 месяцев назад

Honestly I would use these four: 1. Time Shift 2. Secret Egress 3. Hidden Person 4. Mechanical Trick There was a famous COLUMBO episode in which a man called the victim, tricking him into saying a command word for the victim's two dogs to attack and maul him to death. Hence #4

@davidfriend4328 2 года назад

Great video! Love Monk too. Another incredible series (with every episode an Impossible Crime) is the hugely popular British show 'Jonathan Creek', about a creator of elaborate magic tricks who also solves unfathomable mysteries.

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Awesome, I’ll look for that one!

@sabershenanigans Год назад

Yes! I love Jonathan Creek!

@Finians_Mancave 2 года назад

Great video. I just found your channel... Subscribed! Have to offer one small correction: The character in the last clip was named Dexter Larson (Not "Dexter Morgan" as you were calling him). Dexter Morgan is the title character of the hit TV series Dexter, and I thought it was odd the Monk writers would use that name when it's so strongly identified with a different, well-known series. In fact, when you first said the name, I assumed the writers did it as a conscious nod to the Dexter show for some reason. So of course I looked it up, and discovered the character's true name. I'm guessing either you never saw the Dexter show -- or conversely, were a huge fan and had Dexter on the brain when you wrote your notes, lol.

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Ack, you’re right! I must have had Dexter on the mind. Glad you’re enjoying the channel!

@Graid 2 года назад

Thank you, this is excellent! It's great to have some ACTUAL more concrete suggestions as to how to write mystery as opposed to vagueness like 'have clues' or 'make a red herring'.

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful! If you’re interested in writing red herrings, this might help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jm7UIJF9wp0.html

@scottsteele1908 8 месяцев назад

Love your channel! But I also feel good. I wrote a locked door reverse mystery novel that used a 5th type of locked door method. The victim was killed in a locked room, and killed after the murderer left, in fact she was not even in the building when the victim died. No patsy, but an innocent person did trigger the murder weapon that was never found or taken out of the room. Just to make it harder for me to write, the murderer wore only a skimpy dress and heels, and went through a metal detector and was escorted by a security in and out of the locked room. It was so tough, even the detective could not figure it out; the murderer told him after the two fell in love. So there is a 5th way but a tough novel to write I admit.

@janekalmes 8 месяцев назад

Wow, Scott, that sounds amazing!

@scottsteele1908 8 месяцев назад

The skimpy dress was actually a HUGE part of the novel. Seeing her go through security, the detective knew she was dressed that way as proof she could not hide anything on her. She actually was. A slit cut in the lining of her minidress allowed her to conceal a 3D printed ghost hun of sorts that used a non-metallic bullet.

@britishcrimewriter-LeeWood 3 года назад

Superb. I hope other people can appreciate how much research went into putting this together.

@janekalmes 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Lee!

@markphillips7538 Год назад

Okay I just have to say Thank You! I have been bouncing around various writing channels for a long time and most focus on an outlines, personal vlogs, or motivational stuff which I have little need of. The mechanics, deep diving into the gears, and seeing how things work has been what I have been craving. And now I have found your channel and I am so happy. Thanks again.

@janekalmes Год назад

Awesome, welcome aboard!

@JillMaurer 3 года назад

Such an interesting video! I'm definitely looking forward to the alibi video.

@janekalmes 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Jill! I’m having a lot of fun putting Perfect Alibis together.

@haldisolsen8725 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Thank you. Have you read Johnathan Dickenson Carr, master of the locked room mystery of thec1930s to 1960s. A wonderful method for a locked room mystery (forgot book title). The murderer killed the victim. Jacked up a corner of the roof from the outside. went back in, locked door, left key and climbed out opening, then lowered the roof. He went to a planned alibi.

@janekalmes 5 месяцев назад

Very nice! I suppose I’d call that a Gains Access murder (or “Gains Egress?”) Sounds like a good book!

@TheAtWhatCostBlog 3 года назад

Excited for the new book! As a West Michigander, I’m pumped about the setting! Great video!

@janekalmes 3 года назад

Marybeth, thank you so much! I loved writing it!

@jesbrimer3096 3 года назад

This is sooo helpful! It makes me want to scratch what I have written or start a new project! Thanks for this video!

@janekalmes 3 года назад

Thanks, Jes, I’m so glad you found it helpful!

@nanikindro8037 2 года назад

Thank you for your content

@janekalmes 2 года назад

You're so welcome!

@CBlancowriter 2 года назад

Great video, i´ve just worked on a locked room novel and was thinking on a sequel and this video is very helpful. Have a nice day

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Thanks, you too!

@kacemaireche1689 2 года назад

Really good. Thank you

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@tennyim 2 года назад

thank you!

@janekalmes 2 года назад

You’re so welcome!

@kellyoliverbooks2880 2 года назад

Your videos are the best! Is there a list of the order to watch?

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Thanks so much! I’d watch this list: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L9cwWw8D_vo.html or this one: ru-vid.com/group/PL3KL6Jqx65Dh0AjbnhwQ6roDNuQyriWHj

@ASDoes-el6vy 2 года назад

Very helpful formalisation of the locked room murder. Good luck with your book!

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@valeriacpla6320 Год назад

I love all the Monk references

@janekalmes Год назад

Haha, awesome!

@girlwarriorx5536 2 года назад

The Danganronpa franchise, which I heavily enjoy, has 3 locked room mysteries; one per game (Chapters 4, 5, and 3, respectively). While I found that the ones in the first and third games were rather simple in terms of the basic premise, the one in the second game is one of the most clever, interesting, and unique murder mysteries I have ever encountered and I would highly recommend checking out the franchise purely for that case. EDIT: Just saw that you liked this, so I'll give you a little hint; it feels like a combination of 2 of the ways you mentioned with a very, VERY unique character based twist.

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Thanks, I will put it on my list!

@girlwarriorx5536 2 года назад

@@janekalmes It's a trilogy of anime styled visual novels dealing with whodunnit murder games, and while the dialogue is....not the greatest....the cases are always interesting. They have 5 cases each, and then a final one where they figure out the secrets of the murder game.

@janekalmes 2 года назад

@@girlwarriorx5536 Sounds cool!

@subarunatsuki1902 Год назад

I am actually here because of Danganronpa and the locked room mysteries xD

@kellyoliverbooks2880 2 года назад

Great video

@janekalmes 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@Anonymationsthecoolanimator 2 года назад

After watching you, I felt encouraged to write a detective story otherwise I was just thinking that I have gone mad in quarantine who is plotting impossible crimes and watching bloody detective shows and anime. Shows are my inspiration, and I always try to do something different i.e. I try not to cheat even if it was not intentional and I came up with some extreme ideas for writing. I also think that exploring different places and learning about science helps in discovering new scenarios and tricks.

@janekalmes 2 года назад

I’m so glad you’re feeling inspired!

@smordhorst2368 3 года назад

Yes to the alibi video. 👍

@janekalmes 3 года назад

I hope to have it up next week!

@chickenfate5235 Год назад

What about the body being planted after the fact? Which is that?

@janekalmes Год назад

Hmm… sounds as though it might be a time-shifted murder? But it’s possible you’ve caught onto a new solution I haven’t seen.

@chickenfate5235 Год назад

@@janekalmes Oh, like a location-shifted murder? It wasn’t in the room at all.

@janekalmes Год назад

@@chickenfate5235 ahh, gotcha! I’ve been calling plots like this “Place-shifted Murders.” Usually these take place either (1) to move the body out of an intimate location, like the villain's home, and into a more public location that allows the suspect pool to widen or (2) to establish a Distance Alibi. It sounds like in the example you’re talking about, the villain is place-shifting the murder in order to restrict the suspect pool to people who might have been able to access the locked room. Very, very interesting! Is this from a particular story, or your own invention?

@omniframe8612 Год назад

Can a locked room be a small town? Or does that evolve into another form of mystery?

@janekalmes Год назад

I wouldn't call that a locked room, since it has so many people in it, and does have a lot of potential exits. I suppose I'd call that a "traditional mystery--" which is a very good thing!

@omniframe8612 Год назад

@@janekalmes thank you for the response! I didn’t think id get one so soon 🙏🏾🙂