Murder Mystery

[Sterling Malory Archer]

Hi. Can people help me develop characters for a murder myster. Just basically motives for the murder. About 10-15 people are needed. Here is some I have already:

Revenge
• Imagine Sue and Bill are deeply in love, but Sue carries a deep and dark hurt. Bill comes to hate the person that hurt her--so much so that he plots to kills that person.

Envy
• Anthony and Phil were both hired five years ago, but Phil has gotten two promotions and is dating the girl Anthony loves. Phil suddenly comes into a large inheritance and proposes to his girlfriend. Anthony can't take it anymore, and here starts your story.

Murder for Love
• Timothy spends all his time caring for his crippled son. (His wife died in the accident that crippled the son.) He tells Janice, who's in love with him, that he doesn't have time for a relationship. She feels her only option is to kill the son.

Murder for Money
• Shane and Sam are two sons in a wealthy family. The father is about to die and tells them he's giving them each half his fortune. The problem is, Shane needs all of it to pay off his gambling debt.

Murder to Save Another
• Picture a man named Eric who has worked for the FBI for 15 years. He pulls up to the school on a Wednesday, but his son never comes out. Soon he receives a call and learns he must murder his boss to get his son back alive.

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Just forget the names lol. Just pretend that they all linked to one guy. So ideas people?

 

[Germanicus]

There's always the Joker style "some men just wanna watch the world burn" bull crap. Than there's the idea of murdering out of desperation, as if a beggar killed while mugging someone. And accidental, which leads to huge moral dilemma. Can't forget those.

 

[Sterling Malory Archer]

There's always the Joker style "some men just wanna watch the world burn" bull crap. Than there's the idea of murdering out of desperation, as if a beggar killed while mugging someone. And accidental, which leads to huge moral dilemma. Can't forget those.

Thanks for your input.

 

[SandVillageShinobi]

I like the idea of the third and fifth ones.

 

[Venus]

What about a psychopath that kills when he sleeps or drinks, but make him smart so he is able to cover up the murders like nothing happened. He himself doesn't know he's a murderer.

I don't know, just have a crazy person anyways?