Script Kill

A remote countryside inn on a stormy night. The power went out at 10:15 PM and came back at 10:40 PM.

Whitmore University's old theater building was supposed to be empty at midnight. But when campus security responded to a triggered alarm at 12:30 AM, they found drama professor Helen Marsh dead in the prop storage room backstage — struck on the head with a heavy brass candlestick from the school's production of Macbeth.

The Silk Gallery, a prestigious modern art gallery in downtown, hosted a private exhibition opening last night. At 11:20 PM, renowned art collector Victor Hale was found dead in the locked VIP lounge on the top floor — poisoned.

The Belmont family's annual New Year's dinner at their Manhattan penthouse ended in tragedy. At exactly midnight, patriarch Victor Belmont raised his champagne glass for a toast, took a sip, and collapsed.

Arctic Research Station Erebus sits 200 miles from the nearest settlement on the Svalbard archipelago. During a week-long blizzard that grounded all helicopters, lead climatologist Dr.

The Midnight Express, a luxury overnight train from Vienna to Istanbul, departed at 11:00 PM. At 2:15 AM, conductor Heinrich discovered the body of Professor Elias Krone in his private sleeper compartment — Car 3, Room 7.

The Emerald Lotus Monastery in the mountains of Yunnan province is home to a priceless 600-year-old Jade Buddha statue. During the annual Lantern Festival, the monastery opened its gates to guests.

NovaTech's CEO, Daniel Reeves, was found dead in his corner office at 7:15 AM on Monday morning — slumped over his standing desk, a half-finished cup of green tea beside him. Cause of death: insulin overdose, administered via a nearly invisible needle mark on his neck.