Crosby Soroptimists’ latest fundraiser challenged teams to devise the perfect murder.
Four famous detectives were on hand to set the crime scene, give details of modern-day forensics, and then to conduct the investigation. Columbo, Vera, Taggart and Sister Boniface took turn to ‘interview’ the ringleaders, scrutinise their methods and decide how foolproof were their dastardly plans.
Many and varied were the schemes. Some famous personalities might come to sticky ends – whether through an exploding shotgun on a grouse moor or a fishing trip ‘accident’. One philandering victim would ‘trip’ down cellar stairs – but might the murderer get caught on CCTV? Another’s drunken stupor would, the team claimed, be a cover for a deadly dose of helium. Or how about the plot to do away with the person who habitually ignored the piles of dog-poo left by his precious pooch? Would Hightown’s receding tide ultimately remove the evidence?
The detectives’ scoring showed a three-way tie. By popular vote of all present the winning team was ‘Table Quatre’. Their complex idea of murdering Dracula – doing away with the Undead with the help of a vacuum cleaner – won the day. The team wore their ‘blood’-spattered medals with pride.
Sister Boniface (aka Soroptimist Sandy Taylor) thanked everyone for their active and imaginative participation. “We were particularly delighted to welcome Soroptimists from Liverpool, Bootle and Widnes. I’m sure they had a ‘dead good’ night”.
The evening raised £847.00 and will go into SI Crosby’s fund for charitable donations.
