Murder Mystery Game Party Game and Theme Kit - Print Yourself - Ghost of Marnie Andersen, For 8, 10 and 12 Girls Ages 9 To 14 and 3 Adults. Can Be Used As A Slumber Party or One Day Event.

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famous English actress
celebrate the life of a
Stratford, England, to
Castle Wellington in
Mattie Wellington at
party given by Lady A Samantha Elizabeth Mystery

requested at a formal The Ghost of Marnie Andersen
Your presence is
Date: __________________
type party date, press tab
The Ghost of Marnie Andersen
A Samantha Elizabeth Mystery
Time: __________________
type party time, press tab Sams great-aunt Lady Mattie, has
invited Sam and her friends to her
Location: type
_______________
location, press tab castle in Stratford, England. The
occasion being a party that Sams
Dress: _________________
mid-19th century attire
great-aunt gives each year in memory
of a famous actress who lived in this
old castle from 1630 to 1650. The
RSVP: _______________
type party rsvp, press tab
event will include a formal English
buffet supper, 19th century music and
You are invited to take the part of: games, and of course, a mystery.
_______________________
paste character name, press enter
SAMANTHA ELIZABETH DAWES-SMYTHE - You are the much loved 16 year-old grand niece
of Lady Mattie Wellington, lately of Wellington Castle, Stratford, England. You have never visited
your great aunt in her castle, and this weekend is special because she has also invited your four
best friends. You are a typical teenager, and you excel in school. You play alto sax in your schools
jazz band and also study ballet. Your friends call you SAM.
Props: sheet music
ALLISON KATZ - You are Sam anthas best friend and next door neighbor. You love dancing,
especially ballet, better than school or anything. You think this is going to be a super weekend -
staying in a real castle in England and hope to meet some nice English boys. Your friends call you
ALLIE
Props: ballet shoes
BARBARELLA DAHL - You are descended from an old aristocratic family and want to become a
fashion model more than anything else in the world. You love lots of good and expensive clothes
and have more clothes than any of your friends. You also are very vain about your beautiful hair
and are always combing or brushing it. You are also excited about the upcoming weekend and look
forward to visiting with another member of royalty. Your friends call you BARBIE.
Props: hair brush and mirror
ANASTASIA OAKLEY - You, at 16, are very athletic and aspire to the Olympics next year. You
have been trying out for your high school football team for the past two years without success,
but w ill not give up trying. You are really a good quarterback, thanks to your oldest brother. You
also like poetry and write a fair amount of poetry yourself. Your friends call you ANNIE.
Props: football and book of poems
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GEORGETTE WHIZ - You are the most intelligent of your 16 year old friends - especially in math
and social sciences. You enjoy solving difficult problems and you tutor your friends on Wednesday
evenings, over pizza and coke. You are also a coke freak. Your friends call you GEE.
Props: math book and a 6-pack of caffeine-free coke.
GEORGIANNA PEACH - You are the 15 year old daughter of an English lord and an Australian
business woman. You live in London each summer and Sydney each winter. Your family owns a
mansion in both cities and you have tons of friends. You are looking forward to meeting Sam and
her friends from the U.S. Your friends call you GEORGIA after an American aunt.
Props: pictures of your homes in London and Sydney.
TH ERESA BELLE - You are the 16 year old daughter of a Shakespearean actor. You live in
Stratford and are studying acting and dance at Covent Garden. You have been selected to play a
small part in your schools production of Twelfth Night. Your friends call you TINKER.
Props: book of plays by Shakespeare
ROBERTA SOX - You are the 16 year old cousin of Georgia. Horses are your passion and you
attend one of the most prestigious English riding schools in London. Youve lived in London all your
life and never want to live anywhere else, but, youd love to visit the U.S. and see some real
western rodeos. Your friends call you BOBBIE.
Props: books or pictures of horses
LADY MATTIE WELLINGTON, your hostess, is Samantha Elizabeth Dawes-Smythes great aunt
and the mistress of Castle Wellington. She has lived in Stratford, England since she w as 3 years
old and was married to Sir William Wellington at the age of 18. Sir William, who is rumored to
have been a romantic rogue, died fighting a dual 3 years later. Lady Mattie never re-married.
She entertains frequently in the castle, her home which she inherited from her late husband.
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Props: sheet music
ALLISON KATZ - You are Sam anthas best friend and next door neighbor. You love dancing,
ALLIE
Props: ballet shoes
BARBARELLA DAHL - You are descended from an old aristocratic family and want to become a
fashion model more than anything else in the world. You love lots of good and expensive clothes
ANASTASIA OAKLEY - You, at 16, are very athletic and aspire to the Olympics next year. You
but w ill not give up trying. You are really a good quarterback, thanks to your oldest brother. You
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PAULINE DOTTE - You are a 16 year old typical Englilsh gal who just loves mysteries and have
read most of Agatha Christi and Oliver Wendell Holmes. You have been to Sams Aunt Matties
castle many times and have never seen Marnie Andersens ghost, but continue to hope that shell
appear during one of your visits. Your friends call you POLKA.
Props: A few Agatha Christi novels
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PENELOPE TAYLE - You are the 1 6 year old niece of the Earl of Stanwick and have actually seen
Marnies ghost when you visited Lady Matties castle last year. You love mysteries, but your
passion is tennis and hope someday to play at Wimbledon. Your friends call you PONY.
Props: tennis racquet
and the m istress of Castle Wellington. She has lived in Stratford, England since she was 3 years
old and was married to Sir William Wellington at the age of 18. Sir William, who is rumored to
have been a romantic rogue, died fighting a dual 3 years later. Lady Mattie never re-m arried.
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Props: sheet music
ALLISON KATZ - You are Samanthas best friend and next door neighbor. You love dancing,
ALLIE
Props: ballet shoes
BARBARELLA DAHL - You are descended from an old aristocratic fam ily and want to become a
fashion m odel more than anything else in the world. You love lots of good and expensive clothes
ANASTASIA OAKLEY - You, at 16, are very athletic and aspire to the Olym pics next year. You
but will not give up trying. You are really a good quarterback, thanks to your oldest brother. You
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PAULINE DOTTE - You are a 16 year old typical Englilsh gal who just loves mysteries and have
read most of Agatha Christi and Oliver Wendell Holmes. You have been to Sams Aunt Matties
castle many times and have never seen Marnie Andersens ghost, but continue to hope that shell
appear during one of your visits. Your friends call you POLKA.
Props: A few Agatha Christi novels
PENELOPE TAYLE - You are the 1 6 year old niece of the Earl of Stanwick and have actually seen
Marnies ghost when you visited Lady Matties castle last year. You love mysteries, but your
passion is tennis and hope someday to play at Wimbledon. Your friends call you PONY.
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Props: tennis racquet
THEODORA BAER - Your family is prominent in the financial world, particularly banking. You are
interested in the solar system and are in the process of creating a text book to introduce other
young people your age to the mysteries of the solar system. Your friends call you TEDDY.
Props: books about the solar system
VIRGINIA SNA PP - Your flair for creating fashion out of nothing has given you an edge w ith
your friends. They are always asking your advice on what to wear for special school events and
other occasions. Your friends call you GINGER.
Props: Fashion magazines
and the mistress of Castle Wellington. She has lived in Stratford, England since she was 3 years
old and was married to Sir William Wellington at the age of 18. Sir William, who is rum ored to
have been a romantic rogue, died fighting a dual 3 years later. Lady Mattie never re-married.
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I'm sorry I can't visit you
personally tonight. Although I'd
love to meet you all, especially
Barbie, who wants to be a model.
I always wanted to be a model,

too, just as someone in my
household wanted to be an actress
like me.
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Servants of the Castle and their Descendants

Winthorp Eliza
1600 - 1661 1615 - 1665
Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Castle Wellington Died in Castle Wellington
Cause of death: natural Cause of death: natural
causes causes
Butler to Marnie, he was Cook for Marnie
said to be a dashing man
Winthorp II
Antoninette
1630 - 1700
1650 - 1683
Born in Grenoble, France
Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Stratford, England
Died in Stratford, England
Cause of death: at home
Cause of death: in a
of natural causes
hospital from unkown illness
Charles Giselli Danielle Emil
1672 - 1736 1685 - 1751 1673 - 1716 1665 - 1715
Born in Stratford England Born in Marseilles, France Born in Stratford, England Born in London, England
Died in Grenoble, France Died in Paris, France Died in Stratford, England Died in Stratford England
Cause of death: at home Cause of death: son Louis' Cause of death: at home Cause of death: at home
from tuberculosis home of natural causes from loneliness from a weak heart
Louis
Chantal
1710 - 1760
1735 - 1770
Born in Paris, France
Born in Paris, France
Died in Paris, France
Died in Paris, France
Cause of death: unknown,
Cause of death: murdered
at home
in her lover's home
Allain Marie
1755 - 1825 1765 - 1820
Born in Paris, France Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Grenoble, France Died in Stratford, England
Cause of death: at home Cause of death: at son
from a broken heart Winthorp's home from
heart failure
Winthorp III Francoise

1790 1793 - 1833
Born in Grenoble, France Born in Lyon, France
Bulter to Mattie Died in Castle Wellington
Cause of death:
pneumonia
Armand
1814
Born in Stratford, England
Gardener to Mattie
Servants of the Castle and their Descendants
Clarice Pierre
1601 - 1651 1600 - 1623
Born in Grenoble, France Born in Paris, France
Died in Castle Wellington Died in Beaux Park
Cause of death: unknown Cause of death: gun shot
illness during a duel
Marnie's housekeeper
Widowed at a rather
young age
Aimee Chaucer
1622 - 1665 1612 - 1675
Born in Grenoble, France Born in London, England
Died in Castle Wellington Died in Kensington, England
Cause of death: childbirth Cause of death: knife
Marnie's personal maid wound from a duel
Clarice's daughter married Gardener to Marnie
to Chaucer in later life when he was young and
after he calmed down a wild, he fought and won a
bit few duals
Gorges Emilie
1665 - 1740 1690 - 1751
Born in London, England Born in York England
Died in Stratford, England Died in Kensington, England
Cause of death: natural Cause of death: at home
causes due to natural causes
Allain Nicole
1720 - 1780 1735 - 1794
Born in Kensington, England Born in Bordeauz, France
Died in Kensington, England Died in Grenoble, France
Cause of death: murdered Cause of death: at son
by a jealous lover at Arnaut's home after years
Bear's Claw Tavern of ill heath
Arnaut Annette
1765 - 1825 1773 - 1800
Born in Birmingham, England Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Asbury Park Died in Grenoble, France
Cause of death: suicide Cause of death: childbirth
Hattie Georges Dominique Lynette Renoir
1794 1790 1795 1800 - 1824 1790 - 1850
Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France
Laundress for Mattie Cook for Mattie Died in Grenoble, France Died in Grenoble, France
Cause of death: childbirth Cause of death: natural
causes, at home
Georges II Bette Derislaux Julinette Ellie
1810 - 1850 1812 - 1890 1812 1825 - 1865 1824
Born in Stratford, England Born in Stratford, England Born in Grenoble, France Born in London, England Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Kensington, England Died in Stratford, England Died in Portland, England
Cause of death: natural Cause of death: thrown
causes from a horse
Nicholas
1843
Born in London, England
Charles
1844
Born in London, England
Marnies Servants
(Log #1)
Marnies servants all originated from the south of France, in the town of Grenoble. From my
memory and according to information which has been passed down from generation to genera-
tion and finally to me, (the youngest in my immediate family), the following are the names
and titles of Marnies servants during her 20 years of life here in this castle. She came here
with her brother at the age of 10 and died at the age of 30. These same servants, and then
their descendants, have remained in the castle to serve throughout the years, up to the present
days.
Winthorp butler he was said to be a dashing man

Chaucer gardener when he was young and wild, he fought and won a few duals.
Ariel laundress she was beautiful when whe was young, however hard work turned
her hair gray while she was in her 20s. She was so talented that
Marnie often chose her to act in many of the plays she produced to
entertain her guests.
Eliza cook married to the dashing Winthorp
Aimee maid Marnies personal maid - she was Clarices daughter and I believe,
ended up married to Chaucer in later life after he calmed down a
bit. She died a year or so later giving birth to Georges. That was
the same year Marnie died.
Clarice housekeeper widowed at a rather young age, I heard.
Staunton chauffeur not much is known - he was smart but not overly handsome, and
came to work for Marnie when he was 23. He was said to have
been in love with Ariel. As far as I know, he was not part of the
family of Winthorp and Clarice - family history unknown. He
suddenly married a woman names Antoinette who was employed in
an adjacent estate, but always loved Ariel and would do anything
for her. He was killed 10 years after Marnie died.
...Years ago, I asked my; grand-mere why some of their names and ours were not French - she
said that we servants from Grenoble preferred to Anglicize our names after serving in
England for awhile. English names were considered more dignified.
Lady Matties Servants
(Log #2)
(Completed in January 1850 by Ellie and pieced together from docu-

ments and handwritten notes meticulously preserved and passed down in
the family)
Those of us who are Lady Matties servants are all from
Grenoble, France, as were Marnies. We are all direct descendants of
one or more of Marnies servants, and somehow, distantly related to
each other, according to legend.
I am the youngest and the last in my immediate family to
serve the castle. I am a direct descendant of Aimee. Winthorp III,
Lady Matties butler, a direct descendant of the first Winthorp, Marnies
butler, has a son, Armand, who is Lady Matties gardener. He has been
paying a bit of attention to me lately. I dont mind.
My memory, not being what it should be these days, simply does
not lend itself to remembering all the people in between Marnies and
Matties servants, however to the best of my ability to piece together
all the handwritten notes and legal documents, Ive done my best to
preserve the family history. Theres a family tree around here (I
thinkWinthorp has it). If he does have it, then maybe I can fill in the
blanks soon.
Lady Matties servants as of Jan. 1850
Winthorp III butler - age 60 - descendant of the first Winthorp

Armand gardener - age 36 - son of Winthorp II and
Francoise and great, great, great, great grandson of
Winthorp and Eliza
Dominique cook - age 55
Ellie maid/housekeeper - age 26 - descendant of Aimee
Georges II carriage driver (chauffeur) - age 40
Hattie laundress - age 56
I know by now, you probably dont believe in me - but you
are looking in the wrong place. Its not Ellie - really -
I mean, shes not the ghost!
If you really want to know how I died - you must go back

to 1649.
In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and their fiancees from

London, paid me a visit for a month, on their way to
France. My cousin Emilys fiancee in particular, namely,
Charles, the Earl of Northbrook, was so dashing, he practically
and literally swept me off my feet, as you say. I did
not encourage him, although I did not ignore him either.
He would have fought a dual for me, I know, if there had
been someone to dual with.
I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my personal maid, was

smitten and he also with her. Now, this is an unusual
circumstance, you see, because servants were not to flirt
with the aristocracy and vice-versa.
My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at each other, rather

lovingly, I might add, and left in a huff. I cant blame
her. I was just happy she didnt see how I looked at him,
too. Well, I feel I must continue, having gotten this far.
Emily came back to the castle for a visit - alone. One

night she came upstairs - presumably to go to bed - when she
apparently saw a dim candle light in the turret and saw
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someone arranging books on a table. (I often did this
myself - it was my favorite hideaway, you see). And, Aimee
often came into the turret to pick up and re-arrange things
also.
I saw her stop and I simply turned and wished her a good
night and since she was leaving early the next morning, I
bid her good bye also. I had the feeling she was startled
to see me there. I finished what I was doing and went to
my rooms and changed into my white night dress, then
suddenly remembered that I wanted a book to read, returned
to the turret and as I was reaching for a book from the table
someone, unseen by me, came up behind me and with a
scarf, quickly wrapped it around my neck and choked the
life out of...ME. She was so startled and hopefully, appalled
at what shed done.
she quickly removed the scarf from my neck, took the key
from a table, hustled out of the turret and locked me
inside, dropping the key and the scarf on the floor outside
the door. I think she must have heard someone coming and
probably disappeared into one of the rooms off the hallway.
You may wonder why I say she. I never saw the persons
face, but I just think it was a she. I also think Emily
was the Inspectors chief suspect because she left so abruptly
- but it could never be proven. No one was charged.
Later, when I was missed, and after my chauffeur, Staunton,

had driven Emily in the carriage to a hotel in town, my
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butler, Winthorp, found the key to the turret on the floor and
found my body inside. Now that everyone knows what
happened, I will not haunt the castle again. I left many
messages and clues around in the past 200 years, but no one
really took me seriously before. Thank you dear friends!
Please solve this mystery for me so I can rest in peace.
My burning question is, who would want to kill me? And

why? What was her motive? Was I correct about the sex of
my killer? These questions have bothered me all these
years.
Could it have been my distant cousin, Emily, or her sister?

Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice? Or even Aimee? Certainly
not Winthorp, Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved Ariel,
you know, but I knew. I can hardly believe any of these
would harm me. Please help!
Love, Marnie
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Ariels Diary
3 September 1650
I Ariel, desperately want to be an actress. I

know I have talent. Marnie tells me I do. She
lets me have all the good parts in her little
plays. Staunton believes in me and would do
almost anything for me. But, he doesnt have
any influence with Marnie. Marnie doesnt
really know how jealous I am of her, nor does
she encourage me to fulfill my dreams of
becoming a real actress. I actually think
Marnie deliberately keeps me from realizing
my dreams. She thinks shes keeping me happy
just continuing to give me amateur parts in
her amateur plays.
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When Marnies cousins came to give her the
news about the new play, I was more desperate
than ever. I cant contain myself. I want so
much to ask Marnie if I can go with her to the
tryouts. I dont dare ask her. How can I get
there? Marnie most certainly will not let me
go. Should I ask Staunton to drive me? No, I
cant do that - hell be driving HER.
The opportunity is here. Emily is here. She

came back alone to visit Marnie. I can get rid
of Marnie, put the blame on Emily and be free
to try out for the play myself. Staunton will
be free to drive me to town for the tryouts.
Ill ask him when Emily is due to leave, so I
can make my plans.
I asked Staunton - he said Emily is leaving

early tomorrow morning. This will give me
plenty of time. Ill spy on Marnie and Emily to
find the perfect opportunity.
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I saw Emily stop at the turret to say good-bye
to Marnie and then she retired to her rooms.
I saw Marnie go to her rooms, then almost
immediately back to the turret. This was my
chance. I tip toed to the turret, so she
wouldnt hear me, picked up the red scarf from
the table in the hallway and came up behind
her, wrapped the scarf around her neck and
pulled. It was so easy. She dropped to the floor
and I quickly left, remembering to lock the
door behind me. I hears someone coming, so I
dropped the scarf and the key running across
the hall to the linen closet. Luckily it was
unlocked, so I hid there until the coast was
clear.
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4 September 1650.
Well, it sure has been exciting here. Winthorp
found the scarf and key on the floor, unlocked
the door and found Marnie lying on the floor
inside the turret. Meanwhile, Staunton was
driving Emily in the carriage to a hotel in
town. Winthorp sent one of the neighbors for
the local constable and the constable and
Staunton arrived about the same time.
Staunton had to go back into town and bring
Emily back to the castle for interrogation,
much to her chagrin.
Winthorp explained he went looking for Marnie

when she didnt come down for breakfast, saw
the scarf and key on the floor in front of the
turret door and opened the door to investigate.
Emily was a suspect, but it could not be proven
that she was near the turret. Then, of all
things, I missed the tryouts, because the
Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of us
and ordered us to remain at the castle until
they completed the investigation. I am really
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upset. I did all this for nothing. Ive got to
leave - Ill go into the city, maybe Ill get
another chance. Or, maybe Ill go live like a
hermit in the country. Ill leave soon, as soon
as the investigation is complete, so no one will
suspect me.
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SCOTLAND YARD
REPORT OF DEATH
NAME OF DECEDENT: Marnie Andersen
DATE OF INCIDENT: 4 September, 1650
DISPATCHED BY: Local Stratford Constable, Harry Sommes
TIME OF DISPATCH: 9:03 PM
DATE OF DISPATCH: 4 September, 1650
WHO PRONOUNCED THE DECEDENT DEAD: Dr. P. Watson, coroner
TIME AND DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 9:33 PM, 4 September,

1650
WHERE WAS DECEDENT PRONOUNCED: at residence - Castle

rd
Wellington - inside 3 floor turret room
WHO IDENTIFIED THE DECEDENT: Winthorp, the butler and Aimee

the maid
HOW IS THE IDENTIFIER RELATED TO DECEDENT: household staff
ADDRESS OF DECEDENT: Castle Wellington, Stratford
AGE:30 SEX: F RACE: W DOB: 1 May, 1620
NEXT OF KIN: RELATIONSHIP: Emily Hart, distant cousin (not

yet notified)
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ADDRESS OF NOK: 12 Blaine Lane, London
PRIVATE PHYSICIAN: Henry Oglethorp, M.D.
THE DECEDENT
DATE AND TIME DECEDENT WAS FOUND: 4 Sept. , 8:30 PM
DECEDENT FOUND BY: RELATIONSHIP: Winthorp, butler
DESCRIBE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE DECEDENT WAS

DISCOVERED: Butlerwas performing nightly patrol of castle -
saw key on floor outside turret & red silk scarf on flr. a
few ft. away. Butler unlocked door and found decedent
lying face up on flr., not breathing. Butler sent
chauffeur, Staunton for constable
WHEN WAS THE DECEDENT LAST SEEN ALIVE, AND BY WHOM:

4 Sept, approx. 6:30 PM by Emily Hart
WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES: Saw Ms. Andersen in turret -

said Good-bye as she was leaving next morning - instead,
she left shortly after Staunton returned, acc. to
Staunton.
WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF DECEDENT WHEN LAST SEEN ALIVE:

unknown, but presumably alive and well
MEDICAL HISTORY
DOES THE DECEDENT HAVE A MEDICAL HISTORY: none known

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ARE THERE ANY MEDICATIONS PRESENT (IF SO, LIST): none evident
DID DECEDENT HAVE ANY BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT HAVE

BEEN RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT: none known
THE SCENE
DESCRIBE POSITION OF DECEDENT WHEN HE/SHE WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND:

decedent was found lying on her back, beside table. One
open book was beside her righthand on the floor.
WAS DECEDENT MOVED BY ANYONE FROM THIS ORIGINAL POSITION: no

DETAILS: NA
DESCRIBE CLOTHING OF THE DECEDENT: wearing long white night

dress
DESCRIBE APPARENT INJURIES TO BODY: none apparent, pending

thorough exam
DESCRIBE ARTIFACT OR PARAPHERNALIA FOUND AT THE SCENE RELEVANT

TO THIS INVESTIGATION:
key and red silk scarf on floor outside turret room. Key
fits turret room door. Red silkscarf not familiar to any
household member
DID DECEDENT HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH LOCATION WHERE FOUND:

yes. According to Aimee, decedent liked to study her
scripts here for hours at a time.
Page -4-
TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS
WAS BODY TRANSPORTED FROM PLACE OF DEATH TO ANOTHER LOCATION:
YES: X NO:
IF YES, WHO AUTHORIZED TRANSPORT: household staff
FOR WHAT PURPOSE WAS TRANSPORT AUTHORIZED:

preparation for memorial service and burial
DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION
CITY WHERE DEATH OCCURRED: Stratford
DATE AND TIME OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 4 September, 1650, 9:33 PM
rd
PLACE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: residence - Castle Wellington, 3 flr.
turret room
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF DEATH:

pending thorough physical examination - possible natural
causes, coronary occlusion, or possible homicide due to
mysterious circumstances in which decedent was found.
SIGNATURE AND BADGE NUMBER OF INSPECTOR:
S. Holmes #44679 4 September, 1650, 9:43 PM

SAMS CLUE - read by SAM
In 1649, a year before Marnie Andersens death, when she was 29,
a mature actress, but still extremely beautiful, relatives
from London visited her for a month. They had news for her,
that her uncle, (a famous actor), wished for her to try out for
a play that was to be performed for royalty.
ANNIES CLUE - read by ANNIE
The turret room was locked when the butler found Marnie
there. The butler found the key on the floor outside the
room. A red silk scarf was found a few feet from the door
on the floor.
ALLIES CLUE - read by ALLIE
All of Marnies servants came from the same town in

southern France.
BARBIES CLUE - read by BARBIE
Lady Matties servants came from the same town in

southern France as Marnies servants.
Find a clue hidden somewhere
hidden clue used in scene 10
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Find the center of the page by folding the first page in
half. Cut all other pages in the center. Staple these SamAntics
sheets together. Wrap this page around the cut pages
to form your booklet, or just staple together. presents
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
PARTIPLANNER FOR
ADULT HOST
Created by SamAntics
Party Games for Tweens and Teens
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THE GHOST OF MARNIE ANDERSEN Winthorp III, butler, who will greet the guests upon their
arrival at the castle and show them to the library,
This guide is designed to aid the ADULT HOST, playing where the Adult Host playing Lady Mattie will greet
the part of LADY MATTIE WELLINGTON, in preparing them.
for the party, and guiding the mystery party game guests
through each scene, resulting in the mystery being Please remind the young guests that they should not
solved in a timely and organized fashion. read beyond the end of each scene, nor read clues until
directed to do so in their GUEST MANUALS. Remember
Lady Matties character, which has a major part in the to lead the players in discussions after each clue is read
script, is designed to help keep the party organized, the and other appropriate times as the mystery progresses.
rules observed, and the young players in order. The
Adult Host, as Lady Mattie, should dress in 1850s period For a Sleep-over Game:
dress as do the young guests. The game celebrates the era of the 1850s and begins in
the late afternoon, upon arrival at Castle Wellington and
The Adult Host is also responsible for aiding the young is played in thirteen scenes, the first five scenes taking
hostess, playing SAM, in casting her guests according to place in the evening, and the final eight the next
the character profiles printed with the invitations and morning, searching for the Ghost Note and attempting
mailing the invitations early enough to receive her to solve the mystery of Marnies death. Plan 1.5 hours
RSVPs. Also, please remember to include examples of in the evening and 2 hours in the morning.
period dress with the invitations.
For a One-day Game:
It is also the Adult Hosts duty to help bring each scene The game celebrates the era of the 1850s and upon
to an end (appropriate times to go back to the buffet, arrival at Castle Wellington is played in thirteen scenes,
end the meal, begin discussions, end the day, etc., etc.) scenes 1a through 8a and 9 through 13. Menus,
recipes and shopping list are optional. Tea takes place
The Adult Host is responsible for setting the scene, in Scene 6a.
identifying the various rooms in the castle by utilizing Recipe for scones is included in the recipe section
room signs (library, 3rd floor ballroom, turret, guest
bedrooms, dining room, Ellies room) and Marnies
portrait in the ballroom.
Optionally enlist the help of a male to play the part of
PARTIPLANNER FOR ADULT HOST FOR 8, 10, 12PLAYERS 1 PARTIPLANNER FOR ADULT HOST FOR 8, 10, 12PLAYERS 2
GAME CONTENTS (For 12, 10 and 8 young players) prop to organize your party.
All items printed from the party file. Mark the check box PARTY PROPS YOU PROVIDE
to ensure a complete kit. Envelopes for Invitations (11, 9 or 7)
announcement size work nicely
PartiPlanner for Adult Host (youre reading it) 4 envelopes for clues (Scenes 5, 7, and 8)
Includes: 3 envelopes (Scene 11)
Menus, Recipes & Shopping List Long white dress (Scene 9)
Game Ideas Croquet Game or Tenpins (optional)
Adult Host Manuals for 12, 10 or 8 players Ouija Board (optional)
Ghost Note (Scene 5 and Scene 10) Music during supper in the Ballroom, or tea in the
3 Blank Note Pages (Scene 11) dining room, such as Rimsky-Korsakov,
Marnies Portrait Tchaikowsky, Brahms, and Strauss
6 Room Signs Books stacked on tables or shelves in Library
Castle Wellington Sign Possible prizes for most original and most
Invitations (11, 9 or 7) obvious solutions to the mystery.
Invited Guest Profiles (12, 10 or 8)
(Include 11, 9 or 7 with Invitations) THE GUESTS
Examples of Period Dress (12, 10 or 8) For 8 Players
(Include 11, 9 or 7 with Invitations)
Thank You Cards (11, 9 or 7) Samantha Elizabeth Dawes-Smythe (Sam)
Guest Manuals - for 12, 10 or 8 Young Players Allison Katz (Allie)
4 Clues (Scenes 5, 7, and 8) Anastasia Oakley (Annie)
Place Cards (13, 11 or 9) Barbarella Dahl (Barbie)
Log # 1 Marnies Servants (Scene 7) Georgette Whiz (Gee)
Log # 2 Lady Matties Servants (Scene 8) Georgianna Peach (Georgia)
Family Trees (Scene 10) Theresa Bell (Tinker)
Letter from Marnie (Scene 12) Roberta Sox (Bobbie)
Hidden Clue Note (Scene 11)
Scotland Yard Inspectors Report (Scene 10) Add for 10 Players
Ariels Diary (5 pages) (Scene 13)
Prop usage slips, which you can attach to each Pauline Dotte (Polka)
Penelope Tayle (Pony) planning to attend. You need all characters at the party
so finding out in plenty of time to invite another guest is
Add for 12 Players highly recommended. If you find you dont have all the
players, you should ask another guest to play the extra
Theodora Baer (Teddy) part and if you have too many players you can create a
Virginia Snapp (Ginger) twin and two girls share a part. Use the Party Planner
section at the end of this booklet to help you organize
OTHER CHARACTERS (those in bold type play the guest list.
active parts in the party).
A few days before your party, purchase your food
i Adult host: Lady Mattie Wellington - Sams supplies; see the shopping list near the end of this
great-aunt and the Mistress of Castle booklet.
Wellington
i Optional, Winthorp III - butler, who greets the Carefully read the Adult Manual before the party.
guests on their arrival at the castle.
i Ellie Lady Matties maid (Scene 13 only - see Its important to the plot that you hide all materials at the
** in Party Preparations for suggestion) times specified. Use the prop usage slips to help you.
i Audette - mystery character brought to the
castle by Ellie (Scene 13 only - see ** in Party Please keep Scene 13's dialogue, characters and plot a
Party Preparations for suggestion) surprise to the guests.
i Marnie Andersen - seventh century actress-
comedienne **Just a suggestion: Ellies and Audettes characters
i Dominique - cook, who prepares the supper and may be played by two parents who are picking up the
breakfast and tea girls at the end of the party. The Scene 13 Scripts
could be handed to them secretly upon their arrival and
PARTY PREPARATION Ariels Diary to the parent who will play Audette.
It is assumed you have printed all the materials from the
party file before continuing to prepare for the party. THE DAY BEFORE THE PARTY COLLECT AND
PREPARE THE PROPS (Enlist the help of friends
Mail out your invitations at least two weeks before your and/or parents)
party date. If you have not received a reply seven days
before your party, phone the guest and confirm she is Prepare the buffet dishes (recipes included in this
booklet) (or your menu, the suggestions are not OUTDOOR GAMES
required for the script)
Set the buffet table with a table cloth and floral CROQUET is believed to have originated in France as
center piece and candles paille-maille. Later it became the English game of pall-
Set out china, flatware and glasses for the mall (pronounced pell-mell).
guests, and use your most attractive serving
dishes, as the buffet is hosted in the ballroom in Croquet is played with wooden balls and mallets, sets of
Lady Mattie Wellingtons castle which are sold in many game, toy and hardware stores.
Prepare the dining room for tea and scones The object of the game is to navigate a course of wire
(Scene 6a) arches or wickets as shown in the drawing below. The
Hang Marnies portrait in ballroom distance between stakes (up to 70 feet) may be adjusted
Hang the room signs for conditions in your plot of ground.
Hang Castle Wellington sign on the front door
Croquet game or tenpins (set up in yard before Any number of persons up to ten may play. Each may
guests arrive) play for himself alone, but if you have an even number
Write a guest name on each guest manual (their of players it is customary to play as teams. Ten players
character name) might form two teams of five each, or five teams of two
Cut out each clue and place them in separate each. Eight players might form two teams of four each
envelopes with the clue readers name on each or four teams of two each. With five players, it is best
envelope (used in Scenes 5, 7, and 8) for each player to play for himself alone.
Fold the Ghost Note and place in its envelope.
Write: To Be Opened By Lady Matties Guests Each player starts in turn by laying his ball between the
on the envelope, and on the inside flap, write in starting stake and the first wicket. He must hit his ball
ink, Look for a clue for Sam under a pillow
Cut out Find a hidden Clue (for Scene 11)
You may want to place the prop usage slips on
each prop.
Now youre ready for a SimpliFun party.
through the first two wickets with one stroke. If he fails playing partners, the first team that has all of its players
to do this, he picks up his ball and awaits his next turn to home safely is the winner. If a player wishes, he may
try again. Having gone through two wickets, he has two avoid hitting the home stake after passing through the
additional strokes to try to traverse the third wicket. last two wickets, and so become a rover. Then, in his
Each time he knocks his ball through the proper wicket, turns, he may play on the other balls, helping his
he is allowed another stroke. But each wicket must be partners and interfering with the progress of his
played in the direction shown. The ball must go all the opponents. But he must hit the home stake before he is
way through a wicket to count. One added stroke is finished.
allowed for hitting the turning stake.
Such things as boundaries may be determined by
When playing partners, players of each team alternate ground rules. It is often the practice to return a ball to
in starting and play in the same turn after that. the point where it passed beyond a mallet length from
the rectangle formed by the wickets and end stakes.
If a player hits his ball so that it strikes another ball
(either an opponents or his partners), he gets two extra TENPINS is another lawn bowl game. A home
strokes. He may lay his ball a mallet-head length away carpenter with a lathe may turn out realistic pins with
from the other ball (wherever it comes to rest) and take broad flat bottoms so they will stand up well on the lawn.
his two strokes from there; or he may roquet by placing But a set of ten blocks cut about six inches long from a
his ball against the other and striking it so that both balls 2" x 4" will be satisfactory. Or use empty 2 liter soda
are moved; or he may croquet by holding his own ball bottles. A little water can be added to weight them
against the other with his foot or hand and striking it so down.
that only the other ball moves. After roquet or croquet,
he gets only one more stroke. The object of roquet or To start, set up
croquet is to knock an opponents ball out of a the pins about four
threatening position or to help place a partners ball in a inches apart as
more favorable position. A ball hit by a player is dead shown in the
to him, and he may not play on it again until he has gone diagram, below, so
through another wicket or hit a stake in correct that one of the
sequence front pins, when
bowled over, may
The first player to complete the course in order and hit strike and upset
the starting or home stake wins the game. When the pins directly behind it. The first bowler rolls a ball
from a line about 30 feet from the front pin, trying to and adds something else that describes the subject; for
knock down as many pins as he can. Any pins that are instance , I spy a picture of a brown cow. The play
knocked over on the first try are set aside by the pin goes around the circle, each player repeating exactly all
boy - the other bowler or a Good Samaritan bystander, that has been said before and adding one more word or
if there is one around. Then the bowler rolls a second phrase to describe the subject. The new word or phrase
ball. He scores as many pins as he knocks over with may be inserted anywhere after I spy a picture...., but
both balls in his frame. the rest of the sentence must be repeated in the exact
order as before. In the example given you might
The players bowl in turn until each has bowled ten eventually come to: I spy a picture of a brown, Jersey
frames. If a player knocks down all ten pins with his first cow and two horses eating in a green pasture near a
ball, he scores a strike. To the ten points he gets for bubbling brook that passes under a bridge over which
this frame are added all of the pins that he knocks over runs a road that leads up to a white, colonial house with
with his next two bowls. If he knocks over all ten pins green shutters...... This goes on until all but one player
with two balls in a frame, he scores a spare, and to his (the winner) have missed and dropped out.
ten points are added the pins knocked down with his first
ball in the next frame. CHARADES
If possible, mark the positions of the pins in some way For this long-popular party game, divide the guests into
so that they can be set up in the same places for each two teams. Each team gets together and thinks up well-
frame. It is a good idea, too, to provide a backstop known sayings, slogans, mottoes, titles of books or
behind the pins, but place it at an angle so balls will not current movies, etc. A word or syllable limit may be
bounce back and knock down pins from behind. placed on the charades. Each team decides on as many
charades as there are members of the other team and
INDOOR GAMES writes each down on a slip of paper.
I SPY When the teams get together, first a member of team A

draws one of team Bs slips. He then tries to convey the
The subject may be a person, a picture or anything that syllables or words to his team so that they will guess the
contains a reasonable amount of detail. Suppose a charade within a three-minute time limit. Someone
picture of a farm landscape is chosen. The first player keeps track of the time. The person acting out the
says, I spy a picture. The second may say, I spy a charade may not say a word or try to form words or
picture of a cow. The third repeats what has been said sounds with his lips. He may only shake his head yes or
no, as members of his team try to guess the parts of his revealed in the message window. Will it tell you YES .
charade. . . or NO? Will it give you a NUMBER . . . or SPELL out
the answer?
Some conventions are usually permitted in Charades.
For instance, the charade may be announced as a The Ouija Board has been used both as a toy and as a
slogan or book title or whatever it is. When he begins, means of receiving messages or answers to questions.
the actor may raise fingers first to show the number of A great deal of discussion has taken place as to whether
words in the charade, and then to show the number of or not the messages and answers are authentic
the word he is acting out. A chopping motion with his communications from the spirits of the dead. Many
right hand on his left elbow indicates that he is breaking Spiritualists and investigators into the occult have held
a word up into syllables. As an example, he might begin that the board is a means for making direct contact with
to act out the charade, Handsome is as handsome the dead and that the messages which are spelled out
does, by giving the sign for syllables. Then he might are from the dead.
hold up one hand and point to it until someone on his
team guesses hand. He points to that person and Others have held that the messages are not true
nods his head to show that hand is correct. Then, for messages, but are the result of muscular tension and
the second syllable, he might pretend to add up a unconscious direction of the hand. Whether or not either
column of figures in order to find the sum. And so on. group is correct, the Ouija Board is a source of much
enjoyment and the messages can cause much
A member of team B gives the second charade, and the merriment when a group is assembled for a pleasant
game goes on until each player has given a charade, evening.
unless the game grows tiresome before that. The team
with the most correct guesses wins. SUGGESTED BUFFET SUPPER MENU
OUIJA BOARD purchase at a toy store Paper Cup Frozen Salad

Meat Loaf Wellington
The mysterious mystifying game. Turn out the lights . . Hot Potato-ham Salad
. and ask the Ouija Board! Peas with mint
Hot rolls and sweet butter
Sit opposite your partner and rest your fingers lightly on
the glowing planchette. Now ask your question. Voide (dessert)
Concentrate very hard . . . and watch as the answer is White and red grapes, apples and pears
Gingerbread 1/8 Teaspoon Salt
Cheddar or brie cheese slices Pineapple, 8-Ounce Can Crushed, well Drained
1 Banana, Diced
Drynke 1/4 Cup Chopped Pecans
Iced Spice and Fruit tea Cherries, Drained, 1 1-Pound Can Pitted
4 Drops Red Food Color (Optional)
Sovouries (may be offered as a bedtime snack)
Small sandwiches, such as: Combine sour cream, lemon juice, sugar, salt, pineapple,
Cucumber with mint-butter sandwiches banana, pecans, coloring (if used), and cherries. Spoon
Crab and Olive tea sandwiches into large, fluted paper muffin cups which have been
Tomato and aged cheddar sandwiches placed in 3-inch muffin pans. Cover with plastic wrap
and freeze.
SUGGESTED BREAKFAST MENU (You may adjust
ingredient quantities for the size of your party) Remove from freezer about 15 minutes before serving.
Peel off paper cup and place salad on greens.
Croissants with Marmalade *
Simple Scones MEAT LOAF WELLINGTON Serves 12
Hot Fruit compote
Hot Double Berry Tea 2 10 Oz. Cans condensed Cream of Mushroom or
Golden Mushroom Soup
*(invented just before end of the 18th century by a 4 Pounds Ground Beef
Scotswoman, thus starting an English tradition) 1 Cup Fine Dry Bread Crumbs
2/3 Cup Finely Chopped Onion
RECIPES 2 Eggs, Sightly Beaten
(you may adjust ingredient quantities for your party 2 Teaspoons Salt
size) 2/3 Cup Water
4-6 Tablespoons Drippings
PAPER-CUP FROZEN SALAD Serves 12-15 2 8 Oz Pkgs. Crescent Dinner Rolls
2 Cups Sour Cream Mix thoroughly 1 cup soup, beef, bread crumbs, onion,
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice eggs and salt. Shape firmly into two (8x4 inches)
Cup Sugar loaves; place in shallow baking pans. Bake at 375
degrees F. for 1 hour. Spoon off fat. Separate 2 (8 2/3 Cup Milk
ounce pkgs.) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls; place 2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice
crosswise over top and down sides of meat loaf, Teaspoon Dried Mint Flakes, Crushed
overlapping slightly. Bake 15 minutes more. Blend
remaining soup, water and drippings. Heat; stir now In a saucepan, combine celery, salt and water. Cook for
and then. Serve with loaf. 15 minutes or until just tender. Add peas; bring to boil.
Cover; cook over low heat 5 minutes or until tender.
HOT POTATO-HAM SALAD Serves 10 Drain; add remaining ingredients. Heat; stir now and
then.
2 10 Oz. Cans Condensed Cream of Celery Soup
1 Cup Water GINGERBREAD Serves 12
4 Teaspoons Vinegar
1/4 Teaspoon Pepper 1 Cup Butter, Softened
6 Cups Cubed Cooked Potatoes 1 Cup Sugar
3 Cups Cubed Cooked Ham 2 Eggs, Well Beaten
Cup Diced Sweet Pickle 2 Cups Flour
4 Tablespoons minced Green Onion 1 tsp. Cinnamon
Sliced Hard Cooked Egg 1 tsp. Ground Cloves
Parsley Sprigs 1 tsp. Ground Ginger
1 Cup Dark Molasses
In large skillet, blend soup, water, vinegar and pepper. 1 tsp. Baking Soda*
Add potatoes, ham, pickle and onion. 1 Cup boiling Water
Powdered Sugar
Heat; stir now and then. Garnish with egg and parsley.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, flour, cinnamon,
PEAS WITH MINT Serves 10 cloves, ginger and molasses. Mix thoroughly. Dissolve
soda in boiling water and add to batter. Mix well. Pour
4 Cups Thinly Sliced Celery into greased 9"x12" pan and bake at 375 degrees for
Teaspoon Salt about 30 minutes. When cool, dust with powdered
2 Cups Water sugar. (This is a cake-like gingerbread.)
2 10-Ounce Packages Frozen Peas
2 10 Oz. Cans Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup This is also good with whipped cream to which
crystallized ginger has been added. TOMATO AND AGED CHEDDAR SANDWICHES
Serves 10
ICED SPICED & FRUIT TEA Makes 14 cups
1 Cup Grated X-Sharp Cheddar Cheese
48 Oz. Cranberry Juice Cup Diced Fresh Tomato
1 Rounded tsp. Instant Tea Mayo
to 3/4 Cups Sugar 8 Thin Slices of Bread, Crusts Removed
23 Oz. Pineapple Juice
1 tsp. Real Lemon Combine cheese, tomatoes and mayo thoroughly.
5 Cups Water Spread on four slices of bread, cover and cut each into
1/4 tsp. Cloves & 2 Cinnamon Sticks in a Bag four triangles.
Simmer a couple of hours. Chill. Serve over ice in your CRAB AND OLIVE TEA SANDWICHES Yield 20.
nicest glasses.
8 Oz. Cream Cheese, Softened
1/4 lb. Fresh or Frozen Crabmeat - Drained
Cup Pitted Black Olives - Drained and Chopped
40 Slices Cocktail Rye or Pumpernickel
1 Medium cucumber - Pealed and cut into 20 Thin Slices
1 Bunch Fresh Watercress Sprigs (4 Oz. +/-)
1 tsp. Coarsely Shredded Lemon Peel
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in crabmeat and

the olives; Spread 1 tsp. of mixture on each slice; Top
20 with cucumber slice and sprig of watercress. Sprinkle
lemon peal on top. Top with remaining bread slices.
CUCUMBER WITH MINT BUTTER SANDWICH Serves

12
1 Tbsp. Sour Cream
Oz. Fresh Mint Leaves - Chopped HOT DOUBLE BERRY TEA Yield - 10 cups tea
2 Sticks of Sweet Butter
Pinch Salt 10 Cups Water
1-2 Large Cucumbers, pealed and sliced thin 15 Blackberry Flavored Tea Bags
30 Slices of White Bread - remove crusts 10 Tbsp. Seedless Raspberry or Strawberry Jam
5 tsp. Lemon Juice
Blend sour cream and mint leaves, adding butter one 10 Tbsp. Sugar
Tbsp. at a time. Spread half of the bread with mixture.
Add 5 to 6 slices of cucumbers to each slice, overlapping In a saucepan, bring water and jam to a boil. Remove
slightly. Add bread tops. Cut in half, lengthwise. from heat and add tea bags; cover and steep 5 minutes.
Remove tea bags; stir in sugar and lemon juice. Pour
HOT FRUIT COMPOTE Yields 10 - 1 cup servings into tea cups and garnish, if desired, with lemon twists.
6 Cup Prunes or Apricots (May be dried) SIMPLE SCONES Yields: 8 servings

Cup Pineapple Chunks
1 1/2 Cups Applesauce 2 cups all-purpose flour
Cup Pears 1/3 cup sugar
Cup Peaches 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tsp. Cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
tsp. Nutmeg teaspoon salt
tsp. Ginger 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
Juice & Grated Rind of Lemon cup raisins (or dried currants)
cup sour cream
Combine drained fruits, either fresh or canned, and 1 large egg
arrange in casserole. Combine remaining ingredients
and cover fruit, mixing lightly. Bake uncovered in 250 Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat
degree oven for at least 1 hour. The longer it bakes the oven to 400 degrees.
better it is. Serve hot for breakfast. Other fruits may be In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking
substituted. powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour
mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your
fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse
meal), then stir in raisins.
In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth. SHOPPING LIST
Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture for
until large dough clumps form. Use your hands to press BUFFET SUPPER
the dough against the bowl into a ball. (The dough will
be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be Sour Cream (2 cups)
enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will Dozen Eggs
come together.) Cheddar or Brie Cheese
Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7-to 8- 2 8 oz. Pkgs. Refrigerated Crescent Rolls
inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. Sprinkle with remaining 4 lbs. Ground Beef
1 tsp. Of sugar. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; 3 Cups Cooked Ham
place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with parchment 2 10 Oz. Pkgs. Frozen Peas
paper), about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 Potatoes
to 17 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and serve warm or at Banana
room temperature. Onion
Green Onions
Celery
Pecans
Dry Bread Crumbs
1 8 Oz. Can Crushed Pineapple
1 1 lb. Can Pitted Bing Cherries
2 10 Oz. Cans of Condensed Cream of Mushroom
or Golden mushroom Soup
2 10 Oz. Cans of Condensed Cream of Celery Soup
2 10 Oz. Cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
Sweet Pickles
48 Oz, Cranberry Juice
23 Oz. Pineapple Juice
Instant Tea
Rolls from the Bakery or purchase refrigerated rolls &
bake
Fresh Parsley Sprigs
Milk
Fruit: White and Red Grapes, Apples and Pears
SHOPPING LIST 15 Blackberry Flavored Tea Bags
for
SOVOURIES (snacks)
SHOPPING LIST FOR TEA
Cocktail Rye or Pumpernickel Bread
2 Loaves of Thin White Sandwich Bread Loose tea or use Hot Double Berry Tea Recipe
1 Cup x-sharp Cheddar Cheese included above.
1 Tomato Ingredients for Scones (or purchase them at your
3 Cucumbers favorite bakery or coffee shop)
1 Bunch Fresh Watercress Sprigs raisins or dried currants
1 Lemon sour cream
Oz. Fresh Mint Leaves eggs
1 8 Oz. Cream Cheese flour, sugar, unsalted butter, baking powder, baking
Sour Cream soda
1/4 lb. Fresh or Frozen Crab Meat
Small Can Chopped Black Olives
Sweet Butter CONDIMENTS & SPICES REQUIRED
SHOPPING LIST Butter Ground Cinnamon

for Cloves Dark Molasses
BREAKFAST Cinnamon Sticks Flour
Sugar, ginger, nutmeg Baking Soda
Croissants from the Bakery All purpose flour Baking Powder
Scones Dried Mint Flakes Salt & Pepper
Marmalade One large egg Vinegar
1 Cup Applesauce Lemon Juice Mayonnaise
Cup Pineapple Chunks Powdered Sugar Sour cream
Cup Peaches
Cup Pears
6 Cups of Dried or Canned Prunes or Apricots Recipes are provided by the Hearthstone Inn,
raisins or dried currants ( plus cups) Campbells and Friends.
Seedless Raspberry or Strawberry Jam
Fresh Lemons for Rind and Twists
Party Planner
Add for 10 or 12
Date and Time: players
Character assignments:
Pauline Dotte (Polka)
For 8 or more players Penelope Tayle (Pony)
Samantha Child host
Allison Katz (Allie) Add for 12 players

Anastasia Oakley (Annie)
Barbarella Dahl (Barbie) Theodora Baer

(Teddy)
Georgette Whiz (Gee)
Virginia Snapp (Ginger)
Georgianna Peach
(Georgia)
Theresa Bell (Tinker)
Roberta Sox (Bobbie)
*Lady Mattie Wellington Adult host
*Ellie Scene 13 only
*Audette Scene 13 only
Winthorp III Optional
* Other characters, see page 5
A PARTY FAVOR
The Adult Hostess (Mattie) may want to present her
guests with a special memento to remember their visit
to Castle Wellington. Heres a suggestion which is in
perfect style for what theyll be wearing to Castle
Wellington. The young hostess, Sam, may want to
make them for her friends.
Ribbon Fans
Use some pretty, but sturdy wrapping paper and some

narrow ribbon. Cut a 15"x 8" piece for each player.
Fold the paper accordion-style, starting at a short end.
Open paper and cut small slits on each fold 1" from
the top. Thread ribbon through the slits and make a
knot at each end.
Re-fold fan and staple together about 1 inch from the

bottom. Tie a ribbon around the stapled part, making
a bow. Gently open
the top. When youre
finished, it will look like
this:
PARTIPLANNER FOR ADULT HOST FOR 8, 10, 12PLAYERS 29

to form your booklet. presents
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
Adult Manual
for 8 Players for
slumber party
SETTING THE SCENE: SCENE 1 - IN THE CASTLE
WINTHORP III, GREET THE GUESTS AS THEY LADY MATTIE:

ARRIVE AT THE CASTLE AND SHOW THEM TO THE Welcome Samantha dear - and these are
LIBRARY, WHERE THEY WILL BE GREETED BY your friends - lets see if I can remember -
SAMS GREAT-AUNT MATTIE. LEAVE TO HELP Annie, Allie, Barbie, and Gee. Its so nice
DOMINIQUE WITH DINNER PREPARATIONS. to see you and Im glad you could all
come.
LADY MATTIE, AS THE GUESTS ENTER THE
LIBRARY, PLEASE ASK THEM TO BE SEATED AND Now, Id like you to meet Bobbie, Georgia
THEN HAND EACH GUEST HER SCRIPT and Tinker, your new English friends. You
all look so lovely.
SAM: Its great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie.

Were very excited about the party
honoring the great English actress, Marnie
Andersen. and were happy to meet you
also, Bobbie, Georgia and Tinker.
ANNIE: How did you get the name Tinker?
TINKER: Well, my last name is Belle. When I was

little, everyone started calling me Tinker.
Now, I guess Tinkers my name rather
than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, I hope you have a wonderful
weekend. You have a couple of hours to
play some games that Ill teach you before
Adult Manual for 8 player for slumber party 1 Adult Manual for 8 player for slumber party 2
dinner is served. Have you ever played SCENE 2: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
croquet? Its a very popular game here in LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT MATTIE
the English countryside.
My dears, lets go out to the lawns where EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN Guest Manual for 8.
the croquet game is all set up for us. You
may leave your Guest Manual for 8S LADY MATTIE:
here in the library. Well meet back here Well, how did you enjoy the games?
in the library for a short visit before dinner.
Ill get you started on the game and when SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
its time for you to come to the library, Ill
call you. ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
ALL: OK. ALLIE: I cant believe Im here - in England.
LADY MATTIE, AFTER GAMES ARE OVER, ASK THE BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
GIRLS TO COME BACK INTO THE LIBRARY.
GEE: Did she really live here?
BOBBIE: Yes, Gee. Do you know the legend?
SAM: Tell us, Bobbie.
BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her

servants. She lived here 20 years, and in
1650, two hundred years ago, her body
was found in the turret, near our
bedrooms, by the way.
GEORGIA: There is some question as to who was

here in the castle at the time, but her
butler, Winthorp, found her.
TINKER: And, no one was ever charged with her SAM: But, Barbie, Aunt Mattie told me shes
death; and the cause was never very friendly and very funny, too. She
determined. She haunts the castle now was a comedienne.
and then. Her portrait is in the ballroom.
Youll see it when we go up for dinner. LADY MATTIE:
Thats right - but you probably wont even
SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you see her.
serious?
BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
TINKER: Yes, one of our friends has actually seen leaves messages.
her ghost.
GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
GEORGIA: Thats Bobbie, Tinker. You HAVE seen
Marnies ghost, Bobbie - havent you? BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear - so she
probably will.
BOBBIE: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. TINKER: Oh, - I DO hope she does.
I saw her walking away from me. She
was beautiful - like she was floating; she GEORGIA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
was wearing something long and flowing, Bobbie?
kind of frothy and all white.
BOBBIE: Just in the right place at the right time, I
ANNIE: Oh - maybe well be lucky enough to see guess.
her ghost, too.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: I certainly hope so. Lets go up to the 3rd floor ballroom.
Thats where the buffet is set up, and
BARBIE: I certainly hope NOT! dont forget to look at Marnies portrait.
GEE: Whats the matter, Barbie?
BARBIE: I dont think I want to see a real ghost.
SCENE 3: IN THE BALLROOM LADY MATTIE:
OK, everyone ... please help yourselves to
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom. the buffet.
ANNIE: Oh, I feel like a princess!

PLAYERS, LAY SCRIPTS ASIDE - ENJOY SUPPER.
ALLIE: I wish Marnie would show up at dinner.
Just look at her portrait. She was PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
beautiful!
BARBIE: Hush, Allie.
GEE: Im starved. Lead me to the food.
SAM: Gee, youre always thinking of food.
BOBBIE: Well, Lady Matties cook is wonderful. Im

sure youll like the food.
GEORGIA: Ive been here many times and I always

overeat.
TINKER: Me, too. I feel SO FAT when I leave.
GEORGIA: Youll really love the food here, its SOOO

English - very different from what youre
used to, I imagine, Gee.
BOBBIE: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot

dogs, everyday?!
ALL: Laughter.
SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time
is it?
LADY MATTIE:
Shall we sit here and chat awhile before LADY MATTIE:
bedtime? Lots of time for you gals - I may just retire
for the evening. If you need me, Ill be in
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I dont think my room. You may come down to
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet. breakfast in your nighties and PJs.
ANNIE: Yeah - shes afraid shell see a ghost.
ALLIE: I hope she does. IF TIME PERMITS, A GAME MAY BE INTRODUCED

HERE.
BARBIE: You are all trying to scare me.
MATTIE, DURING THIS TIME, PLACE ENVELOPE
GEE: Naw, Barbie, we wouldnt do that. WITH THE GHOST NOTE ON THE FLOOR IN
FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET, AND
BOBBIE: Barbie, dont be afraid. Marnie probably SAMS CLUE UNDER SAMS PILLOW.
wont appear.
GEORGIA: If she does, she wont hurt you. Well be

right here.
TINKER: Shes really very shy and she was very

beautiful. So, how could she possibly hurt
anyone!
GEORGIA: I hear that a Prince from somewhere

asked her to marry him and she refused.
BOBBIE: She was too beautiful for only a Prince.

She could have married a King!
SCENE 5: SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON ANNIE: Bobbie said she went to bed.
ALLIE, WALKING PAST THE TURRET TOWARD ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it.
YOUR BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE (Hand envelope to Gee)
FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET.
BARBIE: OH - it must be from the ghost. Must we
ALLIE: (pick up envelope) Oh, my gosh, what read it alone?
could this be?
BOBBIE: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait!
ANNIE: What does it say?
GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ GHOST NOTE
ALLIE, READ WHAT THE ENVELOPE SAYS.
IM SORRY, I CANT VISIT YOU PERSONALLY
TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
GUESTS ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A
MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MODEL,
BARBIE: Thats us! See, I told you! This is very TOO, JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
scary! WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME.
GEE: Wed better tell Lady Mattie about this. BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe
Im not scared anymore!!!!
BOBBIE: I think she went to bed.
GEE: How would she know were here?
GEORGIA: Lets open the envelope.
BOBBIE: How would she know our names?
TINKER: Yeah, - were the overnight guests. It
should be OK. This is exciting. GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably
knows everything that goes on here.
GEORGIA: What do you think, Sam?
TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!!
SAM: I dont know - I think we should open it
with Great-Aunt Mattie. GEE: Theres something else. (look at the
inside of the envelope flap) Listen to this: TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left
Look for a clue under Sams pillow. the message for us.
SAM: I simply dont believe any of this. This BOBBIE: I believe so, too!
must be a prank. Now she...or it IS
scaring ME - a clue.....under my pillow? ANNIE: But, the clue to what?
GEORGIA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway! DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Where was this note, Gee? 1) Why cant she meet us tonight?
2) What is this clue for?
GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap.
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe for us to go to bed -
ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure enough - since our ghost wont be visiting.
there it is. Maybe someone else was
supposed to visit. SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie must
be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what
ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model? the clue is for.
With the name Barbie??? And who knows
Sam? GEE: Lets hurry and see!
BARBIE: Yeah, wait a minute. Lady Mattie didnt

mention any other overnight guests. ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND SAMS
BED.
GEE: No - I believe it was Marnie who wrote the
note. And I believe she meant the note SAM, REACH UNDER YOUR PILLOW, PULL OUT
for US, and the clue also. CLUE AND READ SAMS CLUE ALOUD AND
PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL.
BOBBIE: Gosh, Im kinda sorry she wont be visiting
us. IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS,
GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, RELATIVES
and other signs. FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH.
THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER UNCLE - A LADY MATTIE, BEFORE BREAKFAST, PLACE
FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT ANNIES CLUE UNDER ANNIES COFFEE CUP,
FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR ALLIES CLUE IN ALLIES Guest Manual for 8, AND
ROYALTY. PLACE ALL THE MANUALS AT THEIR PLACES ON
THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
DISCUSSION:
Does this pertain to her death? PLACE LOG #1 (MARNIES SERVANTS) UNDER
ALLIES CHAIR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
GEORGIA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said
in her note that someone in her
household wanted to be an actress like
her.
SAM: So my clue could have some bearing on

her death.
ALL: Lets sleep on it.
SAM: Yeah, Im kinda tired.
ALL: Me, too.
EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND

YOUR MANUALS TO SAM.
SAM, PLACE ALL MANUALS AND GHOST NOTE ON

TABLE IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM
DOOR.
THE SCRIPTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BREAKFAST

IN THE DINING ROOM.
SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM TINKER: It said, IM SORRY I WONT BE
VISITING YOU TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH
LADY MATTIE: ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
Good morning everyone. Did you sleep ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS TO
well? BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO
BE A MODEL, TOO, JUST AS
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie, SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
left us a note last night. WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE
ME.
LADY MATTIE:
But, Sam, thats highly unlikely. Ghosts SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.
dont.....
ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbies
ANNIE: Yes, she really did! name and that she wants to be a model?
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, TO ALLIE: Id like to know that, too.
BE OPENED BY MATTIES OVER-
NIGHT GUESTS. BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
BARBIE: And we found it on the floor in front of the GEE: What do you think about it, Georgia?
door to the turret. Scary!
GEORGIA: Its all very puzzling, to say the least.
GEE: So - we opened it. Was it OK to open it
without you? BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it last,
I believe.
BOBBIE: We didnt want to wake you, Lady Mattie.
GEE: It wasnt under my pillow this morning. I
LADY MATTIE: thought you had it, Georgia.
Well, you are my overnight guests - so
you had every right to open it. What did GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it.
the note say?
SAM: No, I havent seen it this morning.
TINKER: Havent seen it. GEORGIA: Looked for the clue. It was there, just as
she, er... it said - under Sams pillow.
ANNIE: Me either.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! Well, what did it say - Im nearly dying of
curiosity.
BARBIE: Not me, I havent seen it.
SAM: Something about relatives visiting Marnie
GEE: Its gone - disappeared right out of our a year before she died.
room. Oboy!
ANNIE: Yeah - relatives from London.
SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all
our manuals, and thats not all, Great-Aunt ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.
Mattie.
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: Well, this is some mystery - where did the
And, whats not all? note come from - then the clue and
what could it mean?
SAM: On the inside of the envelope flap, was a
hand-written note. ANNIE: Yeah, what does it have to do with
anything?
LADY MATTIE:
What did it say? LADY MATTIE:
Well, maybe itll become clearer today.
GEE: Tell her, Sam.
BOBBIE: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too shy
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under Sams to visit. Remember Tinker told you she
pillow. So we did. was shy for an actress. I think thats why
she, ..her ghost, that is.., left the note.
LADY MATTIE: She knew we all wanted to see her,
Did what? except for Barbie, and she didnt want
Barbie to be afraid. I honestly dont know
how she knew about you, Barbie. And, I SCENE 7: MORE CLUES?
think the missing Ghost Note is a REAL
mystery. Maybe itll show up. Lets look SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under your
for it right after breakfast. chair?
ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind, - it IS -

a log of Marnies Servants.
And,...heres something in my manual.
ANNIE: And, whats this under my coffee cup?
ALLIE: Lets see what you have!
ANNIE: It has my name on it.
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it.
GEORGIA: So, lets see what they are. Open them

up. What do they say?
ANNIE: Okay, here goes!
READ ALOUD ANNIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN

YOUR MANUAL
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE

BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR A
FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.
ALL: WOW!!!
ALLIE: Ill read mine. GUESTS.
READ ALOUD ALLIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN
YOUR MANUAL ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a
member of Marnies household and she
ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE was an amateur actress.
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies
BOBBIE: Lets talk about these clues and what professional status and killed her for it?
they might mean.
GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed?
LADY MATTIE, DURING THE FOLLOWING Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious
DISCUSSION, PLACE LOG #2 (LADY MATTIES causes?
SERVANTS) IN GIRLS BEDROOM ON BARBIES BED
AND BARBIES CLUE UNDER THE LOG. THEN SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
DRAPE A FANCY LONG WHITE DRESS OVER A know what happened to the note. Do
CHAIR IN THE TURRET FOR SCENE 9. COME you think Marnie took it back?
RIGHT BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM.
ANNIE: Why would she do that?
SAM: What about the Log of Marnies Servants
that Allie found under her chair? ALLIE: This is a mystery well never solve, Annie.
ALLIE: (Pick up the Log of Marnies Servants) BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the
Yeah - lets look at it - A ha! Listen to note is gone.
this? (Read Ariels description from the
Log). GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the
hallway when we went to bed. Did anyone
ARIEL - LAUNDRESS - SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WHEN in the castle have access to the area
SHE WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD WORK while we slept?
TURNED HER HAIR GRAY WHILE SHE WAS IN HER
20's. SHE WAS ALSO TALENTED AND WAS OFTEN SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee; the maid,
CHOSEN BY MARNIE TO ACT IN MANY OF THE Ellie, could have come around during the
PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO ENTERTAIN HER night or very early before we woke up.
We did have clean towels in our written by a ghost. You know, there just
bathrooms this morning so she must have may be an Inspectors Report
been in this wing, if she was in our somewhere in my desk in the library.
bathrooms.
ALLIE: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get to
BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But, the bottom of it.
why would she take the note that was
meant for us? BARBIE: OK - and lets get hold of Ellie, Lady
Matties maid first.
GEORGIA: Well, our manuals are on the breakfast
table this morning - so she must have put GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.
the Ghost Note someplace else for some
reason. Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her. BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the note.
TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity. GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake.
GEORGIA: Its kind of spooky to think Marnie might TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway
have taken it back and was wandering just in case Ellie might have put it there
around while we slept. and we missed it.
BOBBIE: Why on earth would she do that? Just to GEORGIA: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
make us nervous? It must be Ellie. Lets
just ask her where it is. BOBBIE: Right you are, Georgia.
LADY MATTIE, COMING BACK INTO THE DINING EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR
ROOM: YOUR BEDROOMS TO FRESHEN UP AND DRESS.
Knowing your record of solving mysteries,
I bet you girls will solve this one quickly. ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
Ive heard how you all solved the CASE IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE.
OF THE MISSING RING. Now, we are
faced with another very strange mystery - LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THEIR
an appearing and disappearing note BEDROOM.
SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE? NOTE.
SAM: Theres another strange paper on your SAM: Well, theres nothing here.
bed, Barbie. What is it?
ANNIE: Why dont we look in the turret?
BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady
Matties servants this time, and there is ALLIE: Yeah, Ive never been in a turret.
something under it, - its another clue.
Want me to read it? BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door.
ALL: Yeah!! GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting or

screaming scaredy cat.
BARBIE, READ ALOUD BARBIES CLUE AND
PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL. BOBBIE: Lets look very carefully.
LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE SAME GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room.
TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS MARNIES
SERVANTS. TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all.
BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about Lady GEORGIA: Check for false walls and hidden
Matties servants. stairways.
GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the servants LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM
Marnie had, with duals, acting, and love AS SOON AS BARBIE BEGINS HER DIALOGUE.
interests.
BOBBIE: Yes, these old castles are excellent places
LADY MATTIE: for hiding things, and for ghosts to
While you look in the bedroom for your wander around.
Ghost Note, Ill find my maid, Ellie, and
bring her up here.
EVERYONE, SEARCH BEDROOM FOR GHOST
SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET! HIDDEN CLUE NOTE IS ON ELLIES BED FOR
ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK
LADY MATTIE: NOTE PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE
There you are. Whats up? DESK OR TABLE IN ELLIES ROOM
SAM: Were going to the turret. Come with us EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET THOROUGHLY
Aunt Mattie.
ANNIE: Did you find Ellie? BOBBIE: (Notice a white dress laying across a
chair) Look here - laying across this chair
ALLIE: Does she have the note? - a filmy white dress!
Thats the same dress I saw Marnies
BARBIE: Im not going inside. ghost wear. I know it is. Filmy and
frothy!
GEE: Lady Mattie, is there any reason Barbie
should be such a scaredy cat? BARBIE: Cant be - youre kidding me!
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id

None whatsoever. But, thats OK, Barbie remember that dress forever. Its so
and no,... Ellie must have gone shopping, beautiful!
tho she rarely leaves when we have
guests. I didnt see an envelope with the BARBIE: Lets go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
ghost note anywhere either. I, of course,
didnt check Ellies room closely. Perhaps ALL: Okay!
wed better do that.
SAM: Well search the turret, then meet you in BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES
the library. SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
LADY MATTIE, TACK OR TAPE LETTER FROM
MARNIE ON THE BEDROOM WALL WHERE THE EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY
GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE
SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW BOBBIE: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up
MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM with an explanation from Ellie.
MATTIE, BRING FAMILY TREES TO THE LIBRARY GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be
WITH GHOST NOTE. ALSO HAVE THE able to solve very quickly.
INSPECTORS REPORT IN YOUR HAND.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Well that was a wasted trip. COMING INTO LIBRARY,
I have news for you, ladies Ellie was
GEORGIA: Not a note to be found! not in her room. I havent been able to
ascertain where she might have gone, but
TINKER: Its as if it existed only in our imaginations. look what I found in her room
SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a cute SAM: The Ghost Note!
place tho, and I wouldnt mind staying in
there. LADY MATTIE:
And more logs....or rather....it looks like
GEORGIA: No false walls or hidden stairways? Family Trees of Marnies and my
DARN!! servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two
Logs and now the Family Trees where
ANNIE: Marnie wasnt there. we could easily find them.
BOBBIE: But we found Marnies dress - the one I ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did
saw her wear last year. someone else?
ALL: Impossible! It was just a white dress! GEE: May I see the Family Trees, Lady
Mattie?
ALLIE: The Ghost Note wasnt there, either.
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: It also wasnt in the bedroom. So, where Sure, Gee, here they are. (Hand them to
is it? Gee). And there was a handwritten note
about another clue being hidden
somewhere. I left it on Ellies bed - thats GEORGIA: OK and Bobbie - look for secret panels
all it said-find a clue hidden and stuff.
somewhere.
BOBBIE: Im not sure finding another clue is going
GEE: Another clue? So far the clues havent to mean anything. None of the others
been much help in clearing up Marnies mean anything. They are just bits of info.
ghostly antics, let alone her completely ...throwing us...
mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created
the Family Trees and the Servant SAM: Thats it, Bobbie! Youve got it! The
Logs. clues are only meant to confuse us and
keep us off the track.
BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to keep
Marnies memory alive. GEE: Off the track of what, Sam?
SAM: I know, but theres got to be an SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnies
explanation for these 4 clues and also ghost, or even her death, if we could.
what we are supposed to do with them!
BOBBIE: I think youre right!
ANNIE: Where should we look for this Hidden
Clue? LADY MATTIE:
I came across the Scotland Yard
ALLIE: Maybe where we havent looked before. Inspectors Report (WAVE IT AROUND)
but it said approximately the same thing
BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a lot that ANNIES CLUE alluded to, that the
- but havent really looked around here red scarf and key were found on the floor
very closely. outside the turret and no cause of death
found, so no suspect was arrested.
BOBBIE: Lets search the library while were here.
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - thats
GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books? really odd. Shes definitely got something
to do with both.
TINKER: Ill do that. Georgia, check under things.
ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on BOBBIE: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going
the Ghost Note and envelope and the crazy!
Hidden Clue Note to see if theyre the
same. SAM: Yeah - whatever shes doing doesnt make
a whole lot of sense.
ALLIE: Yeah, - if they are - then that means....
GEE: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe we
GEE: That the ghost wrote them all or Ellie need to look at the Family Tree a little
wrote them all. Its that simple! closer. Lots of hidden secrets in
family trees and maybe some hidden
SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that clues there, too.
Ellie likes to play games with the guests or
that Marnies ghost really does exist! ANNIE: Okay, lets start from the beginning.
ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnies SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about
death? the family tree exactly. (Take clue from
your manual and it aloud)
ALLIE: Ellie didnt have anything to do with that!
IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS
BARBIE: But she may know who really did. DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS,
BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, RELATIVES
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH.
someone else does.... THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER UNCLE, A
FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows, FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR
why keep it a secret? She needs to help ROYALTY.
us out here.
ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from your
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get manual and read it aloud)
SO curious?
GEORGIA: Yeah, why? BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON Marnies maid. Thats probably not
THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. unusual in that day and age.
ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so
servants. Some interesting people! (Take everyone can see them) And, Sam,
your clue from your manual and read it according to theFamily Trees, it looks
aloud). like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III
were related, too.
ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. BOBBIE: Lady Matties servants ancestors and
Marnies servants were related, tho
BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties distantly.
servants. Not interesting at all! (Take
your clue from your manual and read it ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices
aloud). Family Tree. There is Ellie, born in
1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was
LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE SAME Renoir.
SERVANTS. GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She
was only 2 years younger than Marnie.
GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
the servants who lived and served during ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related
Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to to each other. That doesnt help us
1650. discover what happened to Marnie, or the
reason she is haunting this castle,... if
SAM: So lets look at the Servant Logs and SHE is.
Family Trees again. The clues didnt tell
us anything! GEE: I think the clue must be that Marnies
personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she wrote
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS. in the Log of Lady Matties Servants. It
was hidden in the Log and the Family TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
Tree. Where did you find the Hidden
Clue Note? ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the
castle?
LADY MATTIE:
It was in Ellies room on the floor. She LADY MATTIE:
probably dropped it when she left. Still employed here - well, all those on the
log of my servants, which Ellie
ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here completed this year, 1850, except
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the Francoise, Armands mother and Winthorp
servants who worked for Marnie. IIIs wife; Charles, Hatties husband;
Lynette and Renoir, Ellies parents.
LADY MATTIE: Lynette is Dominique and Hatties sister,
Exactly! by the way. And, Bette, Georges wife;
Derislaux and Julinette, Georges brother
ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any closer and his wife and their 2 children, Nicholas
to knowing how Marnie died, or why shes and Charles.
haunting the castle.
The ones I just mentioned, which are no
GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will longer my servants, found other
haunt the place where he or she died employment when I no longer needed so
under mysterious circumstances, until the many servants. They all are still very
cause is found, or known, or until justice is close and attend all the servants birthday
done. parties and such.
BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any
case - Marnie? Or someone else? a problems while serving here for Marnie,
relative or maybe the descendant of her 200 plus years ago.
servant, Aimee?
BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could probably
GEORGIA: That would be Ellie. tell us more about those servants, since
she knows so much about them.
BOBBIE: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM
leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont mean
to be so nosy! ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are
gone, - look here in her closet - but she
LADY MATTIE: dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the
I dont believe that for a minute! Come floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why?
with me to Ellies room. Perhaps youll (Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesnt
see something I havent. say much.
LADY MATTIE:
LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES ROOM. Look, heres some blank note paper just
LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT LOGS like the paper the Ghost Note was
ON THE LIBRARY TABLE. written on, and envelopes, too. She
appeared to be enjoying playing ghost all
these years and I never guessed.
GEE: So, Ellie decided to play ghost? That

certainly is a plausible answer to all of this.
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know Im kind of sorry.

I bet your guests always enjoyed thinking
Marnie actually left messages and signs.
ANNIE: Now, there wont be any more. Will your

parties still be the same?
LADY MATTIE:
Not for me.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnies

memory?
LADY MATTIE: England would like to join us on our next
Sure! trip. Wed love it if you would.
BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery.
silly.
BOBBIE: Wed love to - just let us know when and
GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam. where.
LADY MATTIE: GEORGIA: What a great weekend!

Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her
to come back. I kind of enjoyed the TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to come,
mysteries and I hate to see it all end, too. Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed meeting
each other.
SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
have gone? GEORGIA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love
your clothes.
LADY MATTIE:
Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps BOBBIE: I think weve found some new friends for life.
shes there. She had no siblings
according to the Family Tree. ALL: Yeah. W e sure have.
BOBBIE: Im afraid this is what they call a Cold SAM: Lets go back to the bedroom and pack
Case. together.
GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely cold! ALL: OK, lets!
ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a LADY MATTIE:

mystery for us to solve. Ill be in the library if you need me.
BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here. WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY. THEYLL
BE THERE SHORTLY.
GEE: Maybe you three gals from Merry Olde
SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES! SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. Wait
til you hear about this!
ANNIE: Hey, whats this tacked to the wall? Its in
the same handwriting as the other notes, GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs and
but not the 4 clues - Im sure of it! Trees.
Check it out!
SAM: Here are both, Gee.
ALLIE: Lets see - what is it?
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this
BARBIE: Take it down, Annie. document tacked to our wall. The
envelope says its a letter from Marnie.
ANNIE: Okay, - here it is - you read it, Gee. Its
an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM LADY MATTIE:
MARNIE. (Hand envelope to Gee) Let me see it, Gee.
GEE: (Take letter from envelope) GEE: (Hand document to Lady Mattie)
GEORGIA: Well, what is it? LADY MATTIE:

It certainly looks authentic and old, and
GEE: Its a three page document - maybe a also very well written. It appears to be a
letter like the envelope says. letter. Since it was tacked to your wall,
I think you gals ought to read it. Barbie,
GEORGIA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family why dont you begin reading it. Will you
Tree and Marnies Servants log are please read the first page? (Hand first
there. We may need them. page to Barbie)
GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it to BARBIE: I know by now, you probably dont believe
Lady Mattie. in me - but you are looking in the wrong
place. Its not Ellie - really - I mean, shes
EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND not the ghost!
THE FAMILY TREE AND MARNIES SERVANTS
LOG. If you really want to know how I died - you
must go back to 1649. turret and saw
In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and their LADY MATTIE:

fiancees from London, paid me a visit for Gee, heres the second page. (Hand Gee
a month, on their way to France. My the second page)
cousin Emilys fiancee in particular,
namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook, GEE: ...someone arranging books on a table. (I
was so dashing, he practically and literally often did this myself - it was my favorite
swept me off my feet, as you say. I did hideaway, you see.) And, Aimee often
not encourage him, although I did not came into the turret to pick up and re-
ignore him either. He would have fought arrange things also.
a dual for me, I know, if there had been
someone to dual with. I saw her stop and I simply turned and
wished her a good night and since she
I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my was leaving early the next morning, I bid
personal maid, was smitten and he also her good bye also. I had the feeling she
with her. Now, this is an unusual was startled to see me there. I finished
circumstance, you see, because servants what I was doing and went to my rooms
were not to flirt with the aristocracy and and changed into my night dress, then
vice-versa. suddenly remembered that I wanted a
book to read, returned to the turret and as
My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at I was reaching for a book from the table
each other, rather lovingly, I might add, someone, unseen by me, came up behind
and left in a huff. I cant blame her. I was me and with a scarf, quickly wrapped it
just happy she didnt see how I looked at around my neck and choked the life out
him, too. Well, I feel I must continue, of...ME. She was so startled and
having gotten this far. hopefully, appalled at what shed done,
she quickly removed the scarf from my
Emily came back to the castle for a visit - neck, took the key from a table, hustled
alone. One night she came upstairs - out of the turret and locked me inside,
presumably to go to bed - when she dropping the key and the scarf on the floor
apparently saw a dim candle light in the outside the door. I think she must have
heard someone coming and probably My burning question is Who would want
disappeared into one of the rooms off the to kill me? And why? What was her
hallway. motive? Was I correct about the sex of
my killer? These questions have bothered
You may wonder why I say she. I never me all these years.
saw the persons face, but I just think it
was a she. I also think Emily was the Could it have been my distant cousin,
Scotland Yard Inspectors chief suspect Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice?
because she left so abruptly - but it could Or even Aimee? Certainly not Winthorp,
never be proven. No one was charged. Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved
Ariel you know, but I knew. I can hardly
Later, when I was missed, and after my believe any of these would harm me.
chauffeur, Staunton had driven Emily in Please help! Love, Marnie
the carriage to a hotel in town, my
ANNIE: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way
LADY MATTIE: better than any Inspectors Report.
Allie, here you read the last page. This is
certainly a revelation, isnt it? (Hand Allie TINKER: You remember - the clue we couldnt
the last page) find? It must have been something about
1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to
ALLIE: Butler, Winthorp, found the key to the know how she died, wed have to go back
turret on the floor and found my body to 1649'.
inside.
ALLIE: It says in the Log that Aimee later
Now that everyone knows what happened, married Chaucer, the gardener.
I will not haunt the castle again. I left
many messages and clues around in the BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and
past 200 years, but no one really took me Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
seriously before. Thank you dear friends!
Please solve this mystery for me so I can SAM: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone
rest in peace. think?
GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee, not LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH COME
Marnie. UP WITH A PERFECT SCENARIO AND THEN VOTE
ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO OFFER A
BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets PRIZE FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND THE MOST
discuss each possibility and see what we OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.
come up with.
SOME THINGS TO SUGGEST AS DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT TOPICS TO HELP THE GUESTS SOLVE THE
SCENARIO? MYSTERY!
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW < Motive
WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE! Jealousy - professional,
ID LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. personal, love based
Who would do anything for Ariel?
< Obvious suspects

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Others?
< Opportunity
Anyone in the castle that night
< Method
< Mistaken identity? Is it possible?
< Why did Marnie think the killer was a she?
< Who do you think the real ghost is? Marnie or

Ellie? Or someone else?
SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED??
< Did the ghost write the logs, notes and (to be read by Lady Mattie after the ladies discuss
clues? Or did Ellie write them? their own scenarios)
< Did anyone compare handwriting? Motive

Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very
talented amateur actress, and Marnie always
offered her the best parts at the plays with which
she often entertained her guests.
Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her

cousin because she had all the advantages in life.
Love based - Aimee was jealous of Emilys

relationship with Charles and also the attention he
paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything for
Ariel, even though he later married someone
else. Ariel, herself, never married.
The Obvious Suspects are

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Aimee
Opportunity
Emily, Ariel, Aimee and Staunton were in the
castle that night. Emily was there for another
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of the
castle and Staunton was readying the carriage to
take Emily to a hotel in town early in the
morning. Aimee was in her room crying over
Charles. wondered where you disappeared to.
Method was, of course, strangulation. ELLIE:This is Audette and she has some very important
information about Marnies death that she
Mistaken Identity? uncovered in an old trunk. She found a diary
At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie, written by Ariel, Marnies laundress. Ariel wrote
thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you remember, in her diary about Marnies death - er, murder.
was caught by Emily flirting with Charles. And,
remember, the first time Emily saw Marnie in the AUDETTE: Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
turret, she was dressed in her day clothes. A alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy,
little later, she saw a woman in the turret in her which youll discover when you read her
night clothes. diary.
Marnie thought the killer was a she because the killer LADY MATTIE:
came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A man How did you find the diary?
would use his hands. The killer used a scarf because
her hands Were not large enough or strong enough to AUDETTE: I purchased this old farmhouse in the
strangle someone. country and found the trunk in the attic.
The trunk contained a lot of old costumes
The real ghost is Marnie. She used Ellies stationery and this diary.
and wrote the logs, notes and clues.
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: Well, how did you find Ellie?
Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the kitchen. Ill
just go see who it is. AUDETTE: I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an
Inspector White. I didnt tell him what Id
LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME BACK found - I just asked him where to find
WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE. Castle Wellington and told him I had
something to deliver there. He said hed
LADY MATTIE give it to his friend to deliver.
Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie,
please introduce your guest. Weve ELLIE: Georges brought an envelope to the
castle, given to him by Inspector White, ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie?
who is a friend of his. Since the envelope
was addressed to person in charge, I BARBIE: Or, did Emily?
opened it. Im usually in charge of the
interior operations of the castle, so I GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? Weve actually
thought it might pertain to that. Sorry. tried to figure it all out - who had
opportunity, motive, all that stuff.
LADY MATTIE:
Dont be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in the AUDETTE: Well, here in the diary - Ill open it to the
envelope? page where it begins. The page is dated
3 September, 1650.
ELLIE: Audette had written to us of her discovery
of the diary and thought wed like to see it SAM: Thats not the date of Marnies death - the
before anyone else, since so much time 4th of September was the date on the
has passed and the persons involved were constables report. Im sure of it.
no longer alive.
AUDETTE: Yes, that was the day Marnie was found in
AUDETTE: Yes, you see, Im a history buff and I the turret and according to this - well, Ill
would rather preserve important give you each a page to read, if you like,
documents than have them buried in then youll all know the truth.
some inspectors files. Since so much
time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard SAM: Yeah, lets each read a page aloud. That
surely wont be interested in solving the sounds like fun.
mystery now, would they?
AUDETTE: Here, Sam, you read the first page.
SAM: I sure wouldnt think so. Wow, this is
really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel (HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE DIARY)
wrote in her diary.
SAM: Its entitled Ariels Diary. Its dated 3
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnies September 1650. I, Ariel, desperately
mysterious death? want to be an actress. I know I have
talent. Marnie tells me I do. She lets me
have all the good parts in her little plays. Emily and be free to try out for the play
Staunton believes in me and would do myself. Staunton will be free to drive me
almost anything for me. But, he doesnt to town for the tryouts. Ill ask him when
have any influence with Marnie. Marnie Emily is due to leave, so I can make my
doesnt really know how jealous I am of plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily is
her, nor does she encourage me to fulfill leaving early tomorrow morning. This will
my dreams of becoming a real actress. I give me plenty of time. Ill spy on Marnie
actually think Marnie deliberately keeps and Emily to find the perfect opportunity.
me from realizing my dreams. She thinks
shes keeping me happy just continuing to AUDETTE: Here is page 3. Who will read it?
give me amateur parts in her amateur
plays. ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.
AUDETTE: Who wants to read the second page? AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE.
ALLIE I do. My names Allie. Ill read it. ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! I saw Emily stop at
the turret to say good-bye to Marnie and
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE then she retired to her rooms. I saw
Marnie go to her rooms, then almost
ALLIE: It begins:When Marnies cousins came to immediately back to the turret. This was
give her the news about the new play, I my chance. I tip toed to the turret, so she
was more desperate than ever. I cant wouldnt hear me, picked up the red scarf
contain myself. I want so much to ask from the table in the hallway and came up
Marnie if I can go with her to the tryouts. I behind her, wrapped the scarf around her
dont dare ask her. How can I get there? neck and pulled. It was so easy. She
Marnie most certainly will not let me go. dropped to the floor and I quickly left,
Should I ask Staunton to drive me? No, I remembering to lock the door behind me.
cant do that - hell be driving HER. I heard someone coming, so I dropped the
scarf and the key running across the hall
The opportunity is here. Emily is here. to the linen closet. Luckily it was
She came back alone to visit Marnie. I unlocked, so I hid there until the coast was
can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on clear.
AUDETTE: Here is the final page. Which one of you she was near the turret. Then, of all
wishes to read it? things, I missed the tryouts, because the
Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of
BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read it. I get sad and us and ordered us to remain at the castle
weepy reading stuff like this. until they completed the investigation. I
am really upset. I did all this for nothing.
GEE: OK, Ill read it. Im Gee. Ive got to leave - Ill go into the city,
maybe Ill get another chance. Or, maybe
AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGE TO GEE Ill go live like a hermit in the country. Ill
leave soon, as soon as the investigation
GEE: Its dated, 4 September 1650. I dont is complete, so no one will suspect me.
know how she could have slept all night,
knowing what she did. Heres what she GEE: Thats all she writes.
wrote the next morning: Well, it sure has
been exciting here. Winthorp, found the LADY MATTIE:
scarf and key on the floor, unlocked the Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
door and found Marnie lying on the floor to us. Well just wonder, I guess,
inside the turret. Meanwhile, Staunton whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
was driving Emily in the carriage to a hotel woman she must have been.
in town. Winthorp sent one of the
neighbors for the local constable and the SAM: Were all glad you came back, Ellie, and
constable and Staunton arrived about the brought Audette with you before we left.
same time. Staunton had to go back into
town and bring Emily back to the castle for ALLIE, ANNIE, BARBIE, GEE: YEAH!!!
interrogation, much to her chagrin.
LADY MATTIE:
Winthorp explained he went looking for Well, you ladies will all be leaving today
Marnie when she didnt come down for and Georges will be ready to drive you
breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the into town as soon as you are ready. I do
floor in front of the turret door and opened home youll all come back next year to
the door to investigate. Emily was a visit, even though there probably wont be
suspect, but it could not be proven that another mystery to solve. But, then, you
never know.
SAM, ALLIE, ANNIE, BARBIE, GEE:

Well come back, we promise.
WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED PLAYING

GHOST OF MARNIE ANDERSEN
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Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

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SCENE 1 - IN THE CASTLE SCENE 2: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT MATTIE
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Its great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie. EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN YOUR GUIDES.
honoring the great English actress, Marnie LADY MATTIE:
also, Bobbie, Georgia, and Tinker. SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
ANNIE: How did you get the name Tinker? ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
TINKER: Well, my last name is Belle. When I was ALLIE: I cant believe Im here - in England.
Now, I guess Tinkers my name rather BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
than Theresa.
GEE: Did she really live here?
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
ALL: OK

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SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
serious? leaves messages.
TINKER: Yes, one of our friends has actually seen GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
her ghost.
BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear - so she
GEORGIA: Thats Bobbie, Tinker. You HAVE seen probably will.
Marnies ghost, Bobbie - havent you?
TINKER: Oh, - I DO hope she does.
BOBBIE: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. GEORGIA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
I saw her walking away from me. She Bobbie?
was beautiful - like she was floating; she
was wearing something long and flowing, BOBBIE: Just in the right place at the right time, I
kind of frothy and all white. guess.
ANNIE: Oh - maybe well be lucky enough to see LADY MATTIE:

her ghost, too.
ALLIE: I certainly hope so.
BARBIE: I certainly hope NOT!
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom.

PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
Just look at her portrait. She was
beautiful!


overeat.
GEORGIA: Youll really love the food here, its SOOO

BOBBIE: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot

dogs, everyday?!
ALL: Laughter.
SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY is it?
LADY MATTIE: LADY MATTIE:
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I dont think

Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet.
IF TIME PERMITS, A GAME MAY BE INTRODUCED
ANNIE: Yeah - shes afraid shell see a ghost. HERE.
ALLIE: I hope she does.
GEE: Naw, Barbie, we wouldnt do that.
BOBBIE: Barbie, dont be afraid. Marnie probably

wont appear.

right here.

anyone!


SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time
SCENE 5: SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it.
(Hand envelope to Gee)
ALLIE, WALKING PAST THE TURRET TOWARD
YOUR BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE BARBIE: OH - it must be from the ghost. Must we
FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET. read it alone?
ALLIE: (pick up envelope) Oh, my gosh, what BOBBIE: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait!
could this be?
BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe
ALLIE, READ WHAT THE ENVELOPE SAYS. Im not scared anymore!!!!
BARBIE: Thats us! See, I told you! This is very GEE: How would she know were here?
scary!
GEE: Wed better tell Lady Mattie about this.
GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably
BOBBIE: I think she went to bed. knows everything that goes on here.
GEORGIA: Lets open the envelope. TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!!
TINKER: Yeah, - were the overnight guests. It GEE: Theres something else. (look at the
should be OK. This is exciting. inside of the envelope flap) Listen to this:
Look for a clue under Sams pillow.
SAM: I simply dont believe any of this. This
SAM: I dont know - I think we should open it must be a prank. Now she...or it IS
with Great-Aunt Mattie. scaring ME - a clue.....under my pillow?
ANNIE: Bobbie said she went to bed. GEORGIA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
Where was this note, Gee?
GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap. 2) What is this clue for?
ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure enough - ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe for us to go to bed -
there it is. Maybe someone else was since our ghost wont be visiting.
supposed to visit.
SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie must
ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model? be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what
With the name Barbie??? And who knows the clue is for.
Sam?
GEE: Lets hurry and see!
mention any other overnight guests.
ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND SAMS
GEE: No - I believe it was Marnie who wrote the BED.
note. And I believe she meant the note
for US, and the clue also. SAM, REACH UNDER YOUR PILLOW, PULL OUT
CLUE AND READ SAMS CLUE ALOUD AND
BOBBIE: Gosh, Im kinda sorry she wont be visiting PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL.
us.
DISCUSSION:
GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages Does this pertain to her death?
and other signs.
GEORGIA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left in her note that someone in her
the message for us. household wanted to be an actress like
her.
BOBBIE: I believe so, too!
ANNIE: But, the clue to what? her death.
DISCUSSION TOPICS: ALL: Lets sleep on it.

1) Why cant she meet us tonight?
SAM: Yeah, Im kinda tired. SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM
ALL: Me, too. LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie,

EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND left us a note last night.
LADY MATTIE:
TABLE IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM ANNIE: Yes, she really did!
DOOR.
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, TO
THE SCRIPTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BREAKFAST BE OPENED BY MATTIES OVER-
IN THE DINING ROOM. NIGHT GUESTS.
BARBIE: And we found it on the floor in front of the


without you?
LADY MATTIE:
TINKER: It said, IM SORRY I WONT BE

ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS TO
BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO
SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE BARBIE: Not me, I havent seen it.
ME.
GEE: Its gone - disappeared right out of our
SAM: Yep, those were the exact words. room. Oboy!
ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbies SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all
name and that she wants to be a model? our manuals, and thats not all, Great-Aunt
Mattie.
ALLIE: Id like to know that, too.
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
GEE: What do you think about it, Georgia? hand-written note.
GEORGIA: Its all very puzzling, to say the least. LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it last, GEE: Tell her, Sam.
I believe.
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under Sams
GEE: It wasnt under my pillow this morning. I pillow. So we did.
thought you had it, Georgia.
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it.
GEORGIA: Looked for the clue. It was there, just as
SAM: No, I havent seen it this morning. she, er... it said - under Sams pillow.
TINKER: Havent seen it. LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Me either. SAM: Something about relatives visiting Marnie

a year before she died.
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!!
ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month. SCENE 7: MORE CLUES?
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under your
chair?
ANNIE: Yeah, what does it have to do with
anything? ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind, - it IS -
a log of Marnies Servants.
LADY MATTIE: And,...heres something in my manual.
BOBBIE: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too shy ANNIE: And, whats this under my coffee cup?
to visit. Remember Tinker told you she
was shy for an actress. I think thats why ALLIE: Lets see what you have!
She knew we all wanted to see her, ANNIE: It has my name on it.
except for Barbie, and she didnt want
Barbie to be afraid. I honestly dont know ALLIE: And, this has my name on it.
how she knew about you, Barbie. And, I
think the missing Ghost Note is a REAL GEORGIA: So, lets see what they are. Open them
mystery. Maybe itll show up. Lets look up. What do they say?
for it right after breakfast.

YOUR MANUAL
ALL: WOW!!!
ALLIE: Ill read mine.

YOUR MANUAL
BOBBIE: Lets talk about these clues and what GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the
they might mean. hallway when we went to bed. Did anyone
in the castle have access to the area
SAM: What about the Log of Marnies Servants while we slept?
that Allie found under her chair?
SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee; the maid,
ALLIE: (Pick up the Log of Marnies Servants) Ellie, could have come around during the
Yeah - lets look at it - A ha! Listen to night or very early before we woke up.
this? (Read Ariels description from the We did have clean towels in our
Log). bathrooms this morning so she must have
been in this wing, if she was in our
ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a bathrooms.
was an amateur actress. BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But,
BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies meant for us?
professional status and killed her for it?
GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed? table this morning - so she must have put
Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious the Ghost Note someplace else for some
causes? reason. Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her.
SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
know what happened to the note. Do
you think Marnie took it back? GEORGIA: Its kind of spooky to think Marnie might
have taken it back and was wandering
ANNIE: Why would she do that? around while we slept.
ALLIE: This is a mystery well never solve, Annie. BOBBIE: Why on earth would she do that? Just to
BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the just ask her where it is.
note is gone.
LADY MATTIE: SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
ALLIE: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get to SAM: Theres another strange paper on your
the bottom of it. bed, Barbie. What is it?
BARBIE: OK - and lets get hold of Ellie, Lady BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady
Matties maid first. Matties servants this time, and there is
GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious. Want me to read it?
BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the note. ALL: Yeah!!
GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake. BARBIE, READ ALOUD BARBIES CLUE AND
TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway
just in case Ellie might have put it there BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about Lady
and we missed it. Matties servants.
GEORGIA: It cant have disappeared into thin air. GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the servants
Marnie had, with duals, acting, and love
BOBBIE: Right you are, Polka. interests.
EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR LADY MATTIE:

YOUR BEDROOMS TO FRESHEN UP AND DRESS.
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS NOTE.
IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE.
SAM: Well, theres nothing here.
ALLIE: Yeah, Ive never been in a turret.
BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door. SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!
GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting or LADY MATTIE:

SAM: Were going to the turret. Come with us
BOBBIE: Lets look very carefully. Aunt Mattie.
GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room. ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all. ALLIE: Does she have the note?
GEORGIA: Check for false walls and hidden BARBIE: Im not going inside.
stairways.
BOBBIE: Yes, these old castles are excellent places should be such a scaredy cat?
for hiding things, and for ghosts to
wander around. LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Well search the turret, then meet you in

the library.
EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET THOROUGHLY
BOBBIE: (Notice a white dress laying across a

- a filmy white dress!
ghost wear. I know it is. Filmy and
frothy!
BARBIE: Cant be - youre kidding me!
BOBBIE: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
remember that dress forever. Its so MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
beautiful!
BOBBIE: Well that was a wasted trip.
BARBIE: Lets go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
GEORGIA: Not a note to be found!
ALL: Okay!
TINKER: Its as if it existed only in our imaginations.
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a cute
SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE place tho, and I wouldnt mind staying in
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. there.
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY GEORGIA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
DARN!!
ANNIE: Marnie wasnt there.
BOBBIE: But we found Marnies dress - the one I

saw her wear last year.
ALL: Impossible! It was just a white dress!
BARBIE: It also wasnt in the bedroom. So, where

is it?
BOBBIE: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up

with an explanation from Ellie.
GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be
able to solve very quickly. ALLIE: Maybe where we havent looked before.
LADY MATTIE: BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a lot
- but havent really looked around here
SAM: The Ghost Note! very closely.
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: Lets search the library while were here.
ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
someone else?
GEE: May I see the Family Trees, Lady
Mattie? GEORGIA: OK and Bobbie - look for secret panels
and stuff.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Im not sure finding another clue is going
the Family Trees and the Servant SAM: Thats it, Bobbie! Youve got it! The
Logs. clues are only meant to confuse us and
Clue? LADY MATTIE:
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - thats SO curious?
really odd. Shes definitely got something
to do with both. GEORGIA: Yeah, why?
ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on BOBBIE: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going
BARBIE: But she may know who really did. manual and read it aloud)
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies
someone else does.... servants. Some interesting people! (Take
your clue from your manual and read it
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows, aloud).
why keep it a secret? She needs to help
us out here. BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties
servants. Not interesting at all! (Take Family Tree. There is Ellie, born in
your clue from your manual and read it 1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was
aloud). Renoir.
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She

GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of was only 2 years younger than Marnie.
the servants who lived and served during
Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related
1650. to each other. That doesnt help us
discover what happened to Marnie, or the
SAM: So lets look at the Servant Logs and reason she is haunting this castle,... if
Family Trees again. The clues didnt tell SHE is.
us anything!
GEE: I think the clue must be that Marnies
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS. Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she wrote
in the Log of Lady Matties Servants. It
SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was was hidden in the Log and the Family
Marnies maid. Thats probably not Tree. Where did you find the Hidden
unusual in that day and age. Clue Note?
GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so LADY MATTIE:

everyone can see them) And, Sam,
according to theFamily Trees, it looks ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here
like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
were related, too. servants who worked for Marnie.
BOBBIE: Lady Matties servants ancestors and LADY MATTIE:

distantly. ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any closer
to knowing how Marnie died, or why shes
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices haunting the castle.
GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will LADY MATTIE:
haunt the place where he or she died
under mysterious circumstances, until the LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES ROOM.
cause is found, or known, or until justice is LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT LOGS
done. ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this

case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
relative or maybe the descendant of her
servant, Aimee?
GEORGIA: That would be Ellie.
TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the

castle?
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any

problems while serving here for Marnie,
200 plus years ago.

tell us more about those servants, since
BOBBIE: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her

to be so nosy!
SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam.
ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are LADY MATTIE:
dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why? have gone?
(Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesnt
say much. LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: Im afraid this is what they call a Cold

Case.
certainly is a plausible answer to all of this. GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely cold!
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know Im kind of sorry. ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a
I bet your guests always enjoyed thinking mystery for us to solve.
BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
parties still be the same? GEE: Maybe you three gals from Merry Olde
England would like to join us on our next
LADY MATTIE: trip. Wed love it if you would.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnies SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery.
memory?
where.
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: What a great weekend!
BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel
silly. TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to come,
Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed meeting
each other. SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
GEORGIA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love ANNIE: Hey, whats this tacked to the wall? Its in
your clothes. the same handwriting, as the other
notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure of
BOBBIE: I think weve found some new friends for life. it! Check it out!
ALL: Yeah. W e sure have. ALLIE: Lets see - what is it?
SAM: Lets go back to the bedroom and pack BARBIE: Take it down, Annie.
together.
ALL: OK, lets! an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM
MARNIE. (Hand envelope to Gee)
LADY MATTIE:
GEE: (Take letter from envelope)
GEORGIA: Well, what is it?
GEE: Its a three page document - maybe a

letter like the envelope says.
GEORGIA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family

Tree and Marnies Servants log are
there. We may need them.
GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it to

Lady Mattie.
EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND

LOG.
SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. Wait find? It must have been something about
til you hear about this! 1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to
know how she died, wed have to go back
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs and to 1649'.
Trees.
SAM: Here are both, Gee. married Chaucer, the gardener.
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and
document tacked to our wall. The Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
SAM: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone
LADY MATTIE: think?
GEE: (Hand document to Lady Mattie) GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee, not
Marnie.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets
BARBIE: (Read page 1) discuss each possibility and see what we
come up with.
LADY MATTIE:
DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT
GEE: (Read page 2) SCENARIO?
LADY MATTIE: HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW
WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE!
ALLIE: (Read page 3) ID LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

better than any Inspectors Report. WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE GHOST OF
MARNIE ANDERSEN PARTY.
TINKER: You remember - the clue we couldnt
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
Adult Manual
for 8 Players for one
day party
SETTING THE SCENE: SCENE 1a - IN THE CASTLE

ARRIVE AT THE CASTLE AND SHOW THEM TO THE Welcome Samantha dear - and these
LIBRARY, WHERE THEY WILL BE GREETED BY are your friends - lets see if I can
SAMS GREAT-AUNT MATTIE. LEAVE TO HELP remember - Annie, Allie, Barbie, and
DOMINIQUE WITH DINNER PREPARATIONS. Gee. Its so nice to see you and Im glad
you could all come.
LIBRARY, PLEASE ASK THEM TO BE SEATED AND Now, Id like you to meet Bobbie,
THEN HAND EACH GUEST HER SCRIPT Georgia and Tinker, your new English
friends. You all look so lovely.

honoring the great English actress,
Marnie Andersen. and were happy to
NOTE: meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia and
Tinker.
FOR ONE DAY GAME, PLAY SCENES 1a
THROUGH 8a, THEN CONTINUE PLAYING ANNIE: How did you get the name Tinker?
SCENES 9 THROUGH 13.
FOR SLEEP OVER GAME, PLAY SCENES 1 little, everyone started calling me Tinker.
THROUGH 13. Now, I guess Tinkers my name rather
than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, I hope you have a wonderful day.
Adult Manual for 8 players 1 day party 1 Adult Manual for 8 players 1 day party 2
You have a couple of hours to play some SCENE 2a: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
games that Ill teach you. Have you ever LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT
played croquet? Its a very popular MATTIE
game here in the English countryside.
EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN GUEST MANUALS
My dears, lets go out to the lawns where
the croquet game is all set up for us. LADY MATTIE:
You may leave your GUEST Well, how did you enjoy the games?
MANUALS here in the library. Well
meet back here in the library for a short SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
visit after the games. Ill get you started
on the game and when its time for you ANNIE: This is funbeing invited hereI mean.
to come to the library, Ill call you.
ALLIE: I cant believe Im herein England.
ALL: OK.
BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
LADY MATTIE, AFTER GAMES ARE OVER, ASK
THE GIRLS TO COME BACK INTO THE LIBRARY. GEE: Did she really live here?

was found in the turret, near the
bedrooms.

butler, Winthorp, found her. BARBIE: I dont think I want to see a real ghost.
SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you LADY MATTIE:
serious? Thats right, but you probably wont even
see her.
TINKER: Yes, one of our friends has actually seen
her ghost. BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
leaves messages.
GEORGIA: Thats Bobbie, Tinker. You HAVE seen
Marnies ghost, Bobbie, havent you? GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
BOBBIE: Yes, last yearhere in the castle, in the BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear, so she
hallway on the third floornear the turret. probably will.
was beautifullike she was floating; she TINKER: Oh, I DO hope she does.
was wearing something long and flowing,
kind of frothy and all white. GEORGIA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
Bobbie?
ANNIE: Oh, maybe well be lucky enough to see
her ghost, too. BOBBIE: Just in the right place at the right time, I
guess.
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: I certainly hope NOT! Why dont you all go on up to the 3rd floor
ballroom to look at Marnies portrait.
ALL: Good idea, lets go.
SCENE 3a: IN THE BALLROOM SCENE 4a: BACK IN THE LIBRARY
SAM: Here we are...in a ballroom. LADY MATTIE:

Shall we sit here and chat awhile?
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie.
ALLIE: I wish Marnie would show up. Just look
at her portrait. She was beautiful! ANNIE: Yeah, Barbies afraid shell see a ghost.
BARBIE: Hush, Allie. ALLIE: I hope she does.
ANNIE: She was gorgeous! Why did she die so BARBIE: You are all trying to scare me.
young?
ALLIE: I heard she was actually 30; thats not
too young. BOBBIE: Barbie, dont be afraid. Marnie probably
wont appear.
ANNIE: No, I guess notbut too young to die.
EVERYONE, HEAD BACK TO THE LIBRARY right here.

beautiful. So, how could she possibly
hurt anyone!
ANNIE: Dont worry, Barbie. Shes probably a

friendly ghost.

BOBBIE: She was too beautiful for only a Prince. SCENE 5a: EXPLORING THE BEDROOM
ALLIE: Wow, thats awesome! THE BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE
FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE
SAM: Lets go up to the bedroom and look TURRET.
around.
ALLIE: (pick up envelope) Oh, my gosh, what
LADY MATTIE: could this be?
Ladies, when you return from the
bedroom, well have tea in the dining ANNIE: What does it say?
room.
ALL: Wow!!!
TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIES GUESTS
BARBIE: Thats us! See, I told you! This is very

scary!
FOR SCENE 6a:
MATTIE, WHILE THE LADIES ARE IN THE GEE: Wed better tell Lady Mattie about this.
BEDROOM, PLACE ANNIES AND ALLIES CLUES
ON THE TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM. BOBBIE: I dont know where she is.
PLACE LOG #1 (MARNIES SERVANTS) UNDER A GEORGIA: Lets open the envelope.
CHAIR AT THE TABLE.
TINKER: Yeah,- were the guests. It should be
PREPARE TO SERVE TEA AND SCONES IN THE OK. This is exciting.
DINING ROOM AFTER THE LADIES RETURN
FROM THE BEDROOM (Scene 6a.) GEORGIA: What do you think, Sam?
SAM: I dont know. I think we should open it
with Great-Aunt Mattie. here.
ANNIE: We dont know where she is. TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!!
ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it. GEE: Theres something else. (look at the
(Hand envelope to Gee) inside of the envelope flap) Listen to
this: Look for a clue for Sam under a
BARBIE: OH! It must be from the ghost. Must we pillow.
read it alone?
BOBBIE: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait! must be a prank. Now sheor itIS
scaring ME; a clue under a pillow?
GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ GHOST
NOTE GEORGIA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH ID LOVE TO MEET YOU GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope
ALL, ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A flap.
TOO, JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure
WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME. enough, there it is. Maybe someone
else was supposed to visit.
Im not scared anymore!!!! ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model?
With the name Barbie??? And who
GEE: How would she know were here? knows Sam?
BOBBIE: How would she know our names? BARBIE: Yeah, wait a minute. Lady Mattie didnt
mention any other guests.
GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she
probably knows everything that goes on GEE: No, I believe it was Marnie who wrote
the note. And I believe she meant the ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND THE
note for US, and the clue also. BED.
BOBBIE: Gosh, Im kinda sorry she wont be SAM, REACH UNDER THE PILLOW, PULL OUT
visiting us. CLUE AND READ SAMS CLUE ALOUD AND
GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages
and other signs. IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left ACTRESS, BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL,
the message for us. RELATIVES FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A
MONTH. THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER
BOBBIE: I believe so, too! UNCLE - A FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER
TO TRY OUT FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE
ANNIE: But, the clue to what? PERFORMED FOR ROYALTY.
DISCUSSION TOPICS: DISCUSSION:

1) Why cant she meet us today? Does this pertain to her death?
GEORGIA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe.. said in her note that someone in her
SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie her.
must be too shy to meet us. I just
wonder what the clue is for. SAM: So my clue could have some bearing
on her death.
GEE: Lets hurry and see! (LEAVE THE
GHOST NOTE ON THE HALLWAY ALLIE: Lets go back to the dining room and talk
TABLE) about it.
SAM: Yeah, I want to know more.
ALL: Me, too. without you?
BOBBIE: We didnt know where you were, Lady

EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT TAKE Mattie.
YOUR MANUALS WITH YOU TO THE DINING
ROOM. LADY MATTIE:
Well, you are my guests, so you had
every right to open it. What did the note
say?
SCENE 6a: IN THE DINING ROOM FOR TEA
LADY MATTIE, PLEASE SERVE THE LADIES TEA VISITING YOU TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH
AND SCONES. ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie, TO BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS
left us a note. WANTED TO BE A MODEL, TOO,
JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY
LADY MATTIE: HOUSEHOLD WANTED TO BE AN
But, Sam, thats highly unlikely. Ghosts ACTRESS LIKE ME.
dont.....
SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.
ANNIE: Yes, she really did!
ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, Barbies name and that she wants to be
TO BE OPENED BY MATTIES a model?
GUESTS.
BARBIE: And we found it on the floor in front of
the door to the turret. Scary! BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
GEE: So, we opened it. Was it OK to open it GEE: What do you think about it, Georgia?
GEORGIA: Its all very puzzling, to say the least. hand-written note.
BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it LADY MATTIE:

last, I believe. What did it say?
GEE: No, I dont have it. I thought you had it, GEE: Tell her, Sam.
Georgia.
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under the
GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it. pillow. So we did.
SAM: No, I havent seen it either. LADY MATTIE:

Did what?
TINKER: Havent seen it.
ANNIE: Me either. she, er, it saidunder the pillow.
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! LADY MATTIE:

Well, what did it say? Im nearly dying of
BARBIE: Not me, I havent seen it. curiosity.
GEE: Its gonedisappeared right out of our SAM: Something about relatives visiting Marnie
sight. Oboy! Or, maybe I forgot and left a year before she died.
it by the turret.
ANNIE: Yeahrelatives from London.
SAM: You must have left it there, Gee. And
thats not all, Great-Aunt Mattie. ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.

And, whats not all? Well, this is some mystery. Where did
the note come fromthen the clue,
SAM: On the inside of the envelope flap, was a and what could it mean?
ANNIE: Yeah, what does it have to do with SCENE 7a: MORE CLUES?
anything?
SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under the
LADY MATTIE: chair?
ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind. It
BOBBIE: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too IS, its a log of Marnies Servants.
shy to visit. Remember Tinker told you
she was shy for an actress. I think thats ANNIE: And, whats this on the table?
why sheher ghost, that isleft the note.
She knew we all wanted to see her, ALLIE: Lets see what you have!
Barbie to be afraid. I honestly dont ANNIE: It has my name on it.
know how she knew about you, Barbie.
And, I think the missing Ghost Note is ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. (Pick up
a REAL mystery. Maybe itll show up. the clue with your name on it)
Lets continue to look for it.
GEORGIA: So, lets see what they are. Open them

(READ ALOUD ANNIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN
YOUR MANUAL)

ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR
A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.
ALL: WOW!!!
ALLIE: Ill read mine. AND WAS OFTEN CHOSEN BY MARNIE TO ACT IN
(READ ALOUD ALLIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN MANY OF THE PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO
YOUR MANUAL) ENTERTAIN HER GUESTS.
ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. member of Marnies household and she
was an amateur actress.
BOBBIE: Lets talk about these clues and what
they might mean. BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies
LADY MATTIE, DURING THE FOLLOWING
DISCUSSION, PLACE LOG #2 (LADY MATTIES GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed?
SERVANTS) ON THE BED IN THE BEDROOM AND Or...did she die of natural, but
BARBIES CLUE UNDER THE LOG FOR SCENES 8 mysterious causes?
AND 8a. THEN DRAPE A FANCY LONG WHITE
DRESS OVER A CHAIR IN THE TURRET FOR SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
SCENE 9. COME RIGHT BACK INTO THE DINING know what happened to the note. Do
ROOM. you think Marnie took it back?
SAM: What about the Log of Marnies ANNIE: Why would she do that?
Servants that Allie found under the
chair? ALLIE: This is a mystery well never solve,
Annie.
ALLIE: (Pick up the Log of Marnies Servants)
Yeah, lets look at it. Aha! Listen to this! BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the
(Read Ariels description from the Log). note is gone.
ARIEL - LAUNDRESS - SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL GEE: We were in the hallway, so it should be
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD there, or maybe, in the bedroom. We
WORK TURNED HER HAIR GRAY WHILE SHE need to go back and look around again.
WAS IN HER 20's. SHE WAS ALSO TALENTED Does anyone in the castle have access
to that area? disappearing note written by a ghost.
You know, there just may be an
SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee, the maid, Inspectors Report somewhere in my
Ellie, could have come around anytime. desk in the library.
BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. ALLIE: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get
But, why would she take the note that to the bottom of it.
was meant for us?
BARBIE: OK, and lets get hold of Ellie, Lady
GEORGIA: She must have put the Ghost Note Matties maid first.
someplace else for some reason.
Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her. GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.
TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity. BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the note.
GEORGIA: Its kind of spooky to think Marnie might GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake.
around recently. TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway
just in case Ellie might have put it there
TINKER: Why on earth would she do that? Just to and we missed it.
make us nervous? It must be Ellie.
Lets just ask her where it is. GEORGIA: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
LADY MATTIE, COMING BACK INTO THE DINING BOBBIE: Right you are, Georgia.
ROOM:
Knowing your record of solving EVERYONE, HEAD TO THE BEDROOM AGAIN,
mysteries, I bet you gals will solve this JUST TO SNOOP AROUND.
one quickly. Ive heard how you all
solved the CASE OF THE MISSING ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
RING. Now, we are faced with another IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE.
very strange mysteryan appearing and
LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THE SCENE 8a: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
BEDROOM.
SAM: Theres another strange paper on the

Matties servants this time, and there is
something under it; its another clue.
Want me to read it?
ALL: Yeah!!

LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE

SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS
MARNIES SERVANTS.
BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about

Lady Matties servants.
GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the

servants Marnie had, with duals, acting,
and love interests.
LADY MATTIE:
While you look in the bedroom for your
bring her up here.
EVERYONE, SEARCH BEDROOM FOR GHOST SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!
NOTE.
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Well, theres nothing here. There you are. Whats up?
ANNIE: Why dont we look in the turret? SAM: Were going to the turret. Come with us
Aunt Mattie.
ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door.
ALLIE: Does she have the note?
GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting
or screaming scaredy cat. BARBIE: Im not going inside.
BOBBIE: Lets look very carefully. GEE: Lady Mattie, is there any reason Barbie
should be such a scaredy cat?
GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room.
LADY MATTIE:
TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all. None whatsoever. But, thats OK,
Barbie and no,... Ellie must have gone
GEORGIA: Check for false walls and hidden shopping, tho she rarely leaves when
stairways. we have guests. I didnt see an
envelope with the ghost note anywhere
LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM either. I, of course, didnt check Ellies
AS SOON AS BARBIE BEGINS HER DIALOGUE. room closely. Perhaps wed better do
that.
BOBBIE: Yes, these old castles are excellent
places for hiding things, and for ghosts SAM: Well search the turret, then meet you in
to wander around. the library.
MARNIE ON THE BEDROOM WALL WHERE THE SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR
GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE CLUE AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
HIDDEN CLUE NOTE IS ON ELLIES BED FOR
ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO
NOTE PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE LIBRARY
DESK OR TABLE IN ELLIES ROOM
EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET

THOROUGHLY

chair) Look here - laying across this
chair - a filmy white dress!
frothy!
BOBBIE: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id

remember that dress forever. Its so
beautiful!
BARBIE: Lets go to the library and tell Lady

Mattie.
ALL: Okay!
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES
SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A BARBIE: It also wasnt in the bedroom. So, where
FEW MINUTES IN THE TURRET is it?
ROOM
BOBBIE: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up
MATTIE, BRING FAMILY TREES TO THE with an explanation from Ellie.
LIBRARY WITH GHOST NOTE. ALSO HAVE THE
INSPECTORS REPORT IN YOUR HAND. GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be
able to solve very quickly.
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: Not a note to be found! COMING INTO LIBRARY,
I have news for you, ladies Ellie was
TINKER: Its as if it existed only in our not in her room. I havent been able to
imaginations. ascertain where she might have gone,
but look what I found in her room
SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a
cute place tho, and I wouldnt mind SAM: The Ghost Note!
staying in there.
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: No false walls or hidden stairways? And more logs....or rather....it looks like
DARN!! Family Trees of Marnies and my
servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two
ANNIE: Marnie wasnt there. Logs and now the Family Trees
where we could easily find them.
BOBBIE: But we found Marnies dress - the one I
saw her wear last year. ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did
someone else?
ALLIE: The Ghost Note wasnt there, either. Mattie?
Sure, Gee, here they are. (Hand them
to Gee). And there was a handwritten GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
note about another clue being hidden
somewhere. I left it on Ellies bed - TINKER: Ill do that. Georgia, check under things.
thats all it said-find a clue hidden
somewhere. GEORGIA: OK and Bobbie - look for secret panels
and stuff.
GEE: Another clue? So far the clues
havent been much help in clearing up BOBBIE: Im not sure finding another clue is
Marnies ghostly antics, let alone her going to mean anything. None of the
completely mysterious death! Looks like others mean anything. They are just bits
Ellie created the Family Trees and the of info. ...throwing us...
Servant Logs.
SAM: Thats it, Bobbie! Youve got it! The
BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to clues are only meant to confuse us and
keep Marnies memory alive. keep us off the track.
SAM: I know, but theres got to be an GEE: Off the track of what, Sam?
explanation for these 4 clues and also
what we are supposed to do with them! SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnies
ghost, or even her death, if we could.
Clue? BOBBIE: I think youre right!
ALLIE: Maybe where we havent looked before. LADY MATTIE:

BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a Inspectors Report (WAVE IT
lot - but havent really looked around AROUND) but it said approximately the
here very closely. same thing that ANNIES CLUE alluded
to, that the red scarf and key were found
on the floor outside the turret and no GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
cause of death found, so no suspect why keep it a secret? She needs to help
was arrested. us out here.
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get
thats really odd. Shes definitely got SO curious?
something to do with both.
GEORGIA: Yeah, why?
ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on
the Ghost Note and envelope and the BOBBIE: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going
Hidden Clue Note to see if theyre the crazy!
same.
SAM: Yeah - whatever shes doing doesnt
ALLIE: Yeah, - if they are - then that means.... make a whole lot of sense.
GEE: That the ghost wrote them all or Ellie GEE: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe
wrote them all. Its that simple! we need to look at the Family Tree a
little closer. Lots of hidden secrets in
SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that family trees and maybe some hidden
Ellie likes to play games with the guests clues there, too.
or that Marnies ghost really does exist!
ANNIE: Okay, lets start from the beginning.
ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about
Marnies death? SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about
the family tree exactly. (Take clue
ALLIE: Ellie didnt have anything to do with that! from your manual and it aloud)
BARBIE: But she may know who really did. IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or ACTRESS, BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL,
someone else does.... RELATIVES FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A
MONTH. THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
UNCLE, A FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER the servants who lived and served during
TO TRY OUT FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to
PERFORMED FOR ROYALTY. 1650.
ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from SAM: So lets look at the Servant Logs and
your manual and read it aloud) Family Trees again. The clues didnt
tell us anything!
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS.
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON
THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was
Marnies maid. Thats probably not
ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies unusual in that day and age.
servants. Some interesting people!
(Take your clue from your manual and GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so
read it aloud). everyone can see them) And, Sam,
according to theFamily Trees, it looks
ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. were related, too.
BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties BOBBIE: Lady Matties servants ancestors and
servants. Not interesting at all! (Take Marnies servants were related, tho
your clue from your manual and read it distantly.
aloud).
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices
LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE Family Tree. There is Ellie, born in
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS 1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was
MARNIES SERVANTS. Renoir.
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will
was only 2 years younger than Marnie. haunt the place where he or she died
under mysterious circumstances, until
ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly the cause is found, or known, or until
related to each other. That doesnt help justice is done.
us discover what happened to Marnie, or
the reason she is haunting this castle,... BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this
if SHE is. case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
GEE: I think the clue must be that Marnies servant, Aimee?
personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor
of Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she GEORGIA: That would be Ellie.
wrote in the Log of Lady Matties
Servants. It was hidden in the Log TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
and the Family Tree. Where did you
find the Hidden Clue Note? ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the
castle?
LADY MATTIE:
probably dropped it when she left. Still employed here - well, all those on
the log of my servants, which Ellie
ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here completed this year, 1850, except
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the Francoise, Armands mother and
servants who worked for Marnie. Winthorp IIIs wife; Charles, Hatties
husband; Lynette and Renoir, Ellies
LADY MATTIE: parents. Lynette is Dominique and
Exactly! Hatties sister, by the way. And, Bette,
Georges wife; Derislaux and Julinette,
ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any Georges brother and his wife and their 2
closer to knowing how Marnie died, or children, Nicholas and Charles.
why shes haunting the castle.
The ones I just mentioned, which are no SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM
longer my servants, found other
employment when I no longer needed so ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are
many servants. They all are still very gone, - look here in her closet - but she
close and attend all the servants dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the
birthday parties and such. floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why?
BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any say much.
200 plus years ago. LADY MATTIE:
Look, heres some blank note paper
BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could just like the paper the Ghost Note was
probably tell us more about those written on, and envelopes, too. She
servants, since she knows so much appeared to be enjoying playing ghost
about them. all these years and I never guessed.
BOBBIE: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her GEE: So, Ellie decided to play ghost? That
leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont certainly is a plausible answer to all of
mean to be so nosy! this.
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know Im kind of sorry.

I dont believe that for a minute! Come I bet your guests always enjoyed
with me to Ellies room. Perhaps youll thinking Marnie actually left messages
see something I havent. and signs.
LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES
ROOM. LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT LADY MATTIE:
LOGS ON THE LIBRARY TABLE. Not for me.
memory? BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
LADY MATTIE: GEE: Maybe you three gals from Merry Olde
Sure! England would like to join us on our next
trip. Wed love it if you would.
silly. SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery.
GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam. BOBBIE: Wed love to - just let us know when and
where.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her GEORGIA: What a great weekend!
to come back. I kind of enjoyed the
mysteries and I hate to see it all end, TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to
too. come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed
meeting each other.
have gone? GEORGIA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love
your clothes.
LADY MATTIE:
Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps BOBBIE: I think weve found some new friends for life.
Case. together.

WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY. SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
THEYLL BE THERE SHORTLY.
ANNIE: Hey, whats this tacked to the wall? Its
in the same handwriting as the other
notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure
of it! Check it out!
BARBIE: Take it down, Annie.

an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM

GEORGIA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family

GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it

to Lady Mattie.

LOG. mean, shes not the ghost!
SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. If you really want to know how I died -
Wait til you hear about this! you must go back to 1649.
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and
and Trees. their fiancees from London, paid me a
visit for a month, on their way to France.
SAM: Here are both, Gee. My cousin Emilys fiancee in particular,
namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook,
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this was so dashing, he practically and
document tacked to our wall. The literally swept me off my feet, as you
envelope says its a letter from Marnie. say. I did not encourage him, although I
did not ignore him either. He would have
LADY MATTIE: fought a dual for me, I know, if there had
Let me see it, Gee. been someone to dual with.
GEE: (Hand document to Lady Mattie) I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my
personal maid, was smitten and he also
LADY MATTIE: with her. Now, this is an unusual
It certainly looks authentic and old, and circumstance, you see, because
also very well written. It appears to be a servants were not to flirt with the
letter. Since it was tacked to your wall, aristocracy and vice-versa.
I think you gals ought to read it. Barbie,
why dont you begin reading it. Will you My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at
please read the first page? (Hand first each other, rather lovingly, I might add,
page to Barbie) and left in a huff. I cant blame her. I
was just happy she didnt see how I
BARBIE: I know by now, you probably dont looked at him, too. Well, I feel I must
believe in me - but you are looking in the continue, having gotten this far.
wrong place. Its not Ellie - really - I
Emily came back to the castle for a visit and hopefully, appalled at what shed
- alone. One night she came upstairs - done, she quickly removed the scarf
presumably to go to bed - when she from my neck, took the key from a
apparently saw a dim candle light in the table, hustled out of the turret and locked
turret and saw me inside, dropping the key and the
scarf on the floor outside the door. I think
LADY MATTIE: she must have heard someone coming
Gee, heres the second page. (Hand and probably disappeared into one of the
Gee the second page) rooms off the hallway.
GEE: ...someone arranging books on a table. You may wonder why I say she. I
(I often did this myself - it was my never saw the persons face, but I just
favorite hideaway, you see.) And, think it was a she. I also think Emily
Aimee often came into the turret to pick was the Scotland Yard Inspectors chief
up and re-arrange things also. suspect because she left so abruptly -
but it could never be proven. No one
I saw her stop and I simply turned and was charged.
wished her a good night and since she
was leaving early the next morning, I bid Later, when I was missed, and after my
her good bye also. I had the feeling chauffeur, Staunton had driven Emily in
she was startled to see me there. I the carriage to a hotel in town, my
finished what I was doing and went to
my rooms and changed into my night LADY MATTIE:
dress, then suddenly remembered that I Allie, here you read the last page. This
wanted a book to read, returned to the is certainly a revelation, isnt it? (Hand
turret and as I was reaching for a book Allie the last page)
from the table
someone, unseen by me, came up ALLIE: Butler, Winthorp, found the key to the
behind me and with a scarf, quickly turret on the floor and found my body
wrapped it around my neck and choked inside.
the life out of...ME. She was so startled
Now that everyone knows what ALLIE: It says in the Log that Aimee later
happened, I will not haunt the castle married Chaucer, the gardener.
again. I left many messages and clues
around in the past 200 years, but no one BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily
really took me seriously before. Thank and Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
you dear friends! Please solve this
mystery for me so I can rest in peace. SAM: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone
think?
My burning question is Who would want
to kill me? And why? What was her GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,
motive? Was I correct about the sex of not Marnie.
my killer? These questions have
bothered me all these years. BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets
discuss each possibility and see what we
Could it have been my distant cousin, come up with.
Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice?
Or even Aimee? Certainly not Winthorp, DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE
Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved PERFECT SCENARIO?
believe any of these would harm me. HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME
Please help! Love, Marnie KNOW WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE
REAL ONE! ID LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
better than any Inspectors Report.

find? It must have been something
about 1649'. Marnie said if we really
wanted to know how she died, wed have
to go back to 1649'.
LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH Ellie? Or someone else?
COME UP WITH A PERFECT SCENARIO AND
THEN VOTE ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO < Did the ghost write the logs, notes and
OFFER A PRIZE FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND clues? Or did Ellie write them?
THE MOST OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.
< Did anyone compare handwriting?
TOPICS TO HELP THE GUESTS SOLVE THE
MYSTERY!
< Motive
Jealousy - professional,
personal, love based
< Obvious suspects

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Others?
< Opportunity
< Method
SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED?? carriage to take Emily to a hotel in town early
(to be read by Lady Mattie after the ladies discuss in the morning. Aimee was in her room crying
their own scenarios) over Charles.
Motive Method was, of course, strangulation.

talented amateur actress, and Marnie always Mistaken Identity?
offered her the best parts at the plays with At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie,
which she often entertained her guests. thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you
remember, was caught by Emily flirting with
Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her Charles. And, remember, the first time Emily
cousin because she had all the advantages in saw Marnie in the turret, she was dressed in
life. her day clothes. A little later, she saw a woman
in the turret in her night clothes.
relationship with Charles and also the attention Marnie thought the killer was a she because the killer
he paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A
for Ariel, even though he later married someone man would use his hands. The killer used a scarf
else. Ariel, herself, never married. because her hands Were not large enough or strong
enough to strangle someone.
Emily The real ghost is Marnie. She used Ellies stationery
Ariel and wrote the logs, notes and clues.
Staunton
Aimee LADY MATTIE:
Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the kitchen. Ill
Opportunity just go see who it is.
castle that night. Emily was there for another LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of BACK WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE.
the castle and Staunton was readying the
LADY MATTIE Castle Wellington and told him I had
Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie, something to deliver there. He said hed
please introduce your guest. Weve give it to his friend to deliver.
wondered where you disappeared to.
ELLIE: Georges brought an envelope to the
ELLIE: This is Audette and she has some very castle, given to him by Inspector White,
important information about Marnies who is a friend of his. Since the
death that she uncovered in an old trunk. envelope was addressed to person in
She found a diary written by Ariel, charge, I opened it. Im usually in
Marnies laundress. Ariel wrote in her charge of the interior operations of the
diary about Marnies death - er, murder. castle, so I thought it might pertain to
that. Sorry.
AUDETTE: Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy, LADY MATTIE:
which youll discover when you read her Dont be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in
diary. the envelope?
LADY MATTIE: ELLIE: Audette had written to us of her

How did you find the diary? discovery of the diary and thought wed
like to see it before anyone else, since
AUDETTE: I purchased this old farmhouse in the so much time has passed and the
country and found the trunk in the attic. persons involved were no longer alive.
The trunk contained a lot of old
costumes and this diary. AUDETTE: Yes, you see, Im a history buff and I
would rather preserve important
LADY MATTIE: documents than have them buried in
Well, how did you find Ellie? some inspectors files. Since so much
time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard
AUDETTE: I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an surely wont be interested in solving the
Inspector White. I didnt tell him what Id mystery now, would they?
found - I just asked him where to find
SAM: I sure wouldnt think so. Wow, this is AUDETTE: Here, Sam, you read the first page.
really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel
wrote in her diary. (HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE DIARY)
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnies SAM: Its entitled Ariels Diary. Its dated 3
mysterious death? September 1650. I, Ariel, desperately
want to be an actress. I know I have
ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie? talent. Marnie tells me I do. She lets
me have all the good parts in her little
BARBIE: Or, did Emily? plays. Staunton believes in me and
would do almost anything for me. But,
GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? Weve he doesnt have any influence with
actually tried to figure it all out - who had Marnie. Marnie doesnt really know how
opportunity, motive, all that stuff. jealous I am of her, nor does she
encourage me to fulfill my dreams of
AUDETTE: Well, here in the diary - Ill open it to the becoming a real actress. I actually think
page where it begins. The page is dated Marnie deliberately keeps me from
3 September, 1650. realizing my dreams. She thinks shes
keeping me happy just continuing to give
SAM: Thats not the date of Marnies death - me amateur parts in her amateur plays.
the 4th of September was the date on the
constables report. Im sure of it. AUDETTE: Who wants to read the second page?
AUDETTE: Yes, that was the day Marnie was found ALLIE: I do. My names Allie. Ill read it.
in the turret and according to this - well,
Ill give you each a page to read, if you AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE
like, then youll all know the truth.
ALLIE: It begins:When Marnies cousins came
SAM: Yeah, lets each read a page aloud. to give her the news about the new play,
That sounds like fun. I was more desperate than ever. I cant
contain myself. I want so much to ask
Marnie if I can go with her to the tryouts. my chance. I tip toed to the turret, so
I dont dare ask her. How can I get she wouldnt hear me, picked up the red
there? Marnie most certainly will not let scarf from the table in the hallway and
me go. Should I ask Staunton to drive came up behind her, wrapped the scarf
me? No, I cant do that - hell be driving around her neck and pulled. It was so
HER. easy. She dropped to the floor and I
quickly left, remembering to lock the
The opportunity is here. Emily is here. door behind me. I heard someone
She came back alone to visit Marnie. I coming, so I dropped the scarf and the
can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on key running across the hall to the linen
Emily and be free to try out for the play closet. Luckily it was unlocked, so I hid
myself. Staunton will be free to drive me there until the coast was clear.
to town for the tryouts. Ill ask him when
Emily is due to leave, so I can make my AUDETTE: Here is the final page. Which one of you
plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily wishes to read it?
is leaving early tomorrow morning. This
will give me plenty of time. Ill spy on BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read it. I get sad
Marnie and Emily to find the perfect and weepy reading stuff like this.
opportunity.
GEE: OK, Ill read it. Im Gee.
AUDETTE: Here is page 3. Who will read it?
AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGE TO GEE
ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.
GEE: Its dated, 4 September 1650. I dont
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE. know how she could have slept all night,
knowing what she did. Heres what she
ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! I saw Emily stop wrote the next morning: Well, it sure
at the turret to say good-bye to Marnie has been exciting here. Winthorp, found
and then she retired to her rooms. I saw the scarf and key on the floor, unlocked
Marnie go to her rooms, then almost the door and found Marnie lying on the
immediately back to the turret. This was floor inside the turret. Meanwhile,
Staunton was driving Emily in the Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
carriage to a hotel in town. Winthorp to us. Well just wonder, I guess,
sent one of the neighbors for the local whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
constable and the constable and woman she must have been.
Staunton arrived about the same time.
Staunton had to go back into town and SAM: Were all glad you came back, Ellie, and
bring Emily back to the castle for brought Audette with you before we left.
interrogation, much to her chagrin.
ALLIE, ANNIE, BARBIE, GEE: YEAH!!!
Winthorp explained he went looking for
Marnie when she didnt come down for LADY MATTIE:
breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the Well, you ladies will all be leaving today
floor in front of the turret door and and Georges will be ready to drive you
opened the door to investigate. Emily into town as soon as you are ready. I do
was a suspect, but it could not be proven home youll all come back next year to
that she was near the turret. Then, of all visit, even though there probably wont
things, I missed the tryouts, because the be another mystery to solve. But, then,
Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all you never know.
of us and ordered us to remain at the
castle until they completed the SAM, ALLIE, ANNIE, BARBIE, GEE:
investigation. I am really upset. I did all Well come back, we promise.
this for nothing. Ive got to leave - Ill go
into the city, maybe Ill get another WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED PLAYING
chance. Or, maybe Ill go live like a GHOST OF MARNIE ANDERSEN
hermit in the country. Ill leave soon, as
soon as the investigation is complete,
so no one will suspect me.
GEE: Thats all she writes.
LADY MATTIE:
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
Guest M anual for 8

player one day party
NAME:
Adult Manual for 8 players 1 day party Adult Manual for 8 players 1 day party
SCENE 1a - IN THE CASTLE SCENE 2a: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT
LADY MATTIE: MATTIE
SAM: Its great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie. EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN YOUR GUIDES.
honoring the great English actress, LADY MATTIE:
Marnie Andersen. And were happy to
meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, and SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
Tinker.
ANNIE: This is funbeing invited hereI mean.
little, everyone started calling me Tinker. BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
than Theresa. GEE: Did she really live here?
ALL: Laughter. BOBBIE: Yes, Gee. Do you know the legend?
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Tell us, Bobbie.
ALL: OK BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her
bedrooms.

LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you
serious? BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
leaves messages.
her ghost. GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
GEORGIA: Thats Bobbie, Tinker. You HAVE seen BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear, so she
Marnies ghost, Bobbie, havent you? probably will.
BOBBIE: Yes, last yearhere in the castle, in the TINKER: Oh, I DO hope she does.
hallway on the third floornear the turret.
I saw her walking away from me. She GEORGIA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
was beautifullike she was floating; she Bobbie?
kind of frothy and all white. BOBBIE: Just in the right place at the right time, I
guess.
her ghost, too. LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: I certainly hope so. ALL: Good idea, lets go.
SAM: Here we arein a ballroom. LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Oh, I feel like a princess! SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie.
ALLIE: I wish Marnie would show up. Just look ANNIE: Yeah, Barbies afraid shell see a ghost.
at her portrait. She was beautiful!
ANNIE: She was gorgeous! Why did she die so
young? GEE: Naw, Barbie, we wouldnt do that.
ALLIE: I heard she was actually 30; thats not BOBBIE: Barbie, dont be afraid. Marnie probably
too young. wont appear.
ANNIE: No, I guess notbut too young to die. GEORGIA: If she does, she wont hurt you. Well be
right here.
EVERYONE, HEAD BACK TO THE LIBRARY
hurt anyone!

friendly ghost.

She could have married a King! SCENE 5a: EXPLORING THE BEDROOM
ALLIE: Wow, thats awesome! ALLIE, WALKING PAST THE TURRET TOWARD
THE BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE
SAM: Lets go up to the bedroom and look FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE
around. TURRET.
LADY MATTIE: ALLIE: (pick up envelope) Oh, my gosh, what

could this be?
ALL: Wow!!!

scary!
BOBBIE: I dont know where she is.
TINKER: Yeah, were the guests. It should be

OK. This is exciting.

with Great-Aunt Mattie.
ANNIE: We dont know where she is. SAM: I simply dont believe any of this. This
must be a prank. Now sheor itIS
ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it. scaring ME; a clue under a pillow?
GEORGIA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
BARBIE: OH! It must be from the ghost. Must we Where was this note, Gee?
read it alone?
GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope
BOBBIE: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait! flap.
GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ GHOST ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure
NOTE enough, there it is. Maybe someone
else was supposed to visit.
Im not scared anymore!!!! ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model?
With the name Barbie??? And who
GEE: How would she know were here? knows Sam?
BOBBIE: How would she know our names? BARBIE: Yeah, wait a minute. Lady Mattie didnt
mention any other guests.
probably knows everything that goes on GEE: No, I believe it was Marnie who wrote
here. the note. And I believe she meant the
note for US, and the clue also.
BOBBIE: Gosh, Im kinda sorry she wont be
GEE: Theres something else. (look at the visiting us.
inside of the envelope flap) Listen to
this: Look for a clue for Sam under a GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages
pillow. and other signs.
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left GEORGIA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She
the message for us. said in her note that someone in her
BOBBIE: I believe so, too! her.
ANNIE: But, the clue to what? SAM: So my clue could have some bearing
on her death.
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
1) Why cant she meet us today? ALLIE: Lets go back to the dining room and talk
2) What is this clue for? about it.
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe. SAM: Yeah, I want to know more.
SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie ALL: Me, too.
must be too shy to meet us. I just
wonder what the clue is for.
EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT TAKE
GEE: Lets hurry and see! (LEAVE THE YOUR MANUALS WITH YOU TO THE DINING
GHOST NOTE ON THE HALLWAY ROOM.
TABLE)
ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND THE

BED.
SAM, REACH UNDER THE PILLOW, PULL OUT

DISCUSSION:
Does this pertain to her death?
SCENE 6a: IN THE DINING ROOM FOR TEA WANTED TO BE A MODEL, TOO,
JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY
LADY MATTIE: HOUSEHOLD WANTED TO BE AN
ACTRESS LIKE ME.
left us a note. SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.
LADY MATTIE: ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know

Barbies name and that she wants to be
ANNIE: Yes, she really did! a model?
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, ALLIE: Id like to know that, too.
TO BE OPENED BY MATTIES
GUESTS. BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
BARBIE: And we found it on the floor in front of GEE: What do you think about it, Georgia?
the door to the turret. Scary!
GEORGIA: Its all very puzzling, to say the least.
GEE: So, we opened it. Was it OK to open it
without you? BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it
last, I believe.
Mattie. GEE: No, I dont have it. I thought you had it,
Georgia.
LADY MATTIE:
VISITING YOU TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH SAM: No, I havent seen it either.
ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS TINKER: Havent seen it.
TO BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS
ANNIE: Me either.
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! a year before she died.
BARBIE: Not me, I havent seen it. ANNIE: Yeahrelatives from London.
GEE: Its gonedisappeared right out of our ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.
sight. Oboy! Or, maybe I forgot and left
it by the turret. LADY MATTIE:
SAM: You must have left it there, Gee. And ANNIE: Yeah, what does it have to do with
thats not all, Great-Aunt Mattie. anything?
SAM: On the inside of the envelope flap, was a BOBBIE: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too
hand-written note. shy to visit. Remember Tinker told you
she was shy for an actress. I think thats
LADY MATTIE: why sheher ghost, that isleft the note.
She knew we all wanted to see her,
GEE: Tell her, Sam. except for Barbie, and she didnt want
Barbie to be afraid. I honestly dont
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under the know how she knew about you, Barbie.
pillow. So we did. And, I think the missing Ghost Note is
a REAL mystery. Maybe itll show up.
LADY MATTIE: Lets continue to look for it.

she, er, it saidunder the pillow.
LADY MATTIE:
SCENE 7a: MORE CLUES? they might mean.
SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under that SAM: What about the Log of Marnies
chair? Servants that Allie found under the
chair?
IS, its a log of Marnies Servants. ALLIE: (Pick up the Log of Marnies Servants)
Yeah, lets look at I. Aha! Listen to this!
ANNIE: And, whats this on the table? (Read Ariels description from the Log).
ALLIE: Lets see what you have! ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a
ANNIE: It has my name on it. was an amateur actress.
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. (Pick up BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies
the clue with your name on it) professional status and killed her for it?
GEORGIA: So, lets see what they are. Open them GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed?
up. What do they say? Or...did she die of natural, but
mysterious causes?
(READ ALOUD ANNIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
YOUR MANUAL) know what happened to the note. Do
you think Marnie took it back?
ALL: WOW!!!
(READ ALOUD ALLIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN ALLIE: This is a mystery well never solve,
YOUR MANUAL) Annie.
BOBBIE: Lets talk about these clues and what BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the
note is gone. ALLIE: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get
to the bottom of it.
GEE: We were in the hallway, so it should be
there, or maybe, in the bedroom. We BARBIE: OK, and lets get hold of Ellie, Lady
need to go back and look around again. Matties maid first.
Does anyone in the castle have access
to that area? GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.
SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee, the maid, BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the note.
Ellie, could have come around anytime.
GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake.
BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer.
But, why would she take the note that TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway
was meant for us? just in case Ellie might have put it there
and we missed it.
GEORGIA: She must have put the Ghost Note
someplace else for some reason. GEORGIA: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her.
BOBBIE: Right you are, Georgia.
TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
EVERYONE, HEAD TO THE BEDROOM AGAIN,
GEORGIA: Its kind of spooky to think Marnie might JUST TO SNOOP AROUND.
around recently. ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
TINKER: Why on earth would she do that? Just to
Lets just ask her where it is.
LADY MATTIE:
SCENE 8a: YET ANOTHER CLUE? ALLIE: Yeah, Ive never been in a turret.
SAM: Theres another strange paper on your BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door.
GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting
BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady or screaming scaredy cat.
something under it; its another clue. BOBBIE: Lets look very carefully.
Want me to read it?
GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room.
ALL: Yeah!!
TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all.
PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL. GEORGIA: Check for false walls and hidden
stairways.
Lady Matties servants. BOBBIE: Yes, these old castles are excellent
places for hiding things, and for ghosts
GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the to wander around.
and love interests.
LADY MATTIE:

NOTE.
SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET! BARBIE: Cant be - youre kidding me!
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id

SAM: Were going to the turret. Come with us beautiful!
Aunt Mattie.
BARBIE: Lets go to the library and tell Lady
ANNIE: Did you find Ellie? Mattie.
ALLIE: Does she have the note? ALL: Okay!
BARBIE: Im not going inside.

GEE: Lady Mattie, is there any reason Barbie SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR
should be such a scaredy cat? CLUE AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
LADY MATTIE: EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO

LIBRARY
the library.

THOROUGHLY

frothy!
SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A with an explanation from Ellie.
FEW MINUTES IN THE TURRET
ROOM GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: The Ghost Note!
TINKER: Its as if it existed only in our
imaginations. LADY MATTIE:
SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did
cute place tho, and I wouldnt mind someone else?
staying in there.
GEORGIA: No false walls or hidden stairways? Mattie?
DARN!!
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: But we found Marnies dress - the one I havent been much help in clearing up
saw her wear last year. Marnies ghostly antics, let alone her
completely mysterious death! Looks like
ALL: Impossible! It was just a white dress! Ellie created the Family Trees and the
Servant Logs.
BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to
BARBIE: It also wasnt in the bedroom. So, where keep Marnies memory alive.
is it?
SAM: I know, but theres got to be an
BOBBIE: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up explanation for these 4 clues and also
Clue? BOBBIE: I think youre right!
ALLIE: Maybe where we havent looked before. LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing -
lot - but havent really looked around thats really odd. Shes definitely got
here very closely. something to do with both.
BOBBIE: Lets search the library while were here. ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on
the Ghost Note and envelope and the
GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books? Hidden Clue Note to see if theyre the
same.
GEORGIA: OK and Bobbie - look for secret panels
and stuff. GEE: That the ghost wrote them all or Ellie
wrote them all. Its that simple!
BOBBIE: Im not sure finding another clue is
going to mean anything. None of the SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that
others mean anything. They are just bits Ellie likes to play games with the guests
of info. ...throwing us... or that Marnies ghost really does exist!
SAM: Thats it, Bobbie! Youve got it! The ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about
clues are only meant to confuse us and Marnies death?
GEE: Off the track of what, Sam?
BARBIE: But she may know who really did.
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or your manual and read it aloud)
someone else does....
ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows, servants. Some interesting people!
why keep it a secret? She needs to help (Take your clue from your manual and
us out here. read it aloud).
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties
SO curious? servants. Not interesting at all! (Take
GEORGIA: Yeah, why? aloud).
BOBBIE: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going

crazy! GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
SAM: Yeah - whatever shes doing doesnt Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to
make a whole lot of sense. 1650.
GEE: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe SAM: So lets look at the Servant Logs and
we need to look at the Family Tree a Family Trees again. The clues didnt
little closer. Lots of hidden secrets in tell us anything!
clues there, too. ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS.
ANNIE: Okay, lets start from the beginning.
SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was
SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about Marnies maid. Thats probably not
the family tree exactly. (Take clue unusual in that day and age.
from your manual and it aloud)
GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so
ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from everyone can see them) And, Sam,
BOBBIE: Lady Matties servants ancestors and LADY MATTIE:

distantly. ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any
closer to knowing how Marnie died, or
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices why shes haunting the castle.
Family Tree. There is Ellie, born in
1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will
Renoir. haunt the place where he or she died
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She the cause is found, or known, or until
was only 2 years younger than Marnie. justice is done.
ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this
related to each other. That doesnt help case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
us discover what happened to Marnie, or relative or maybe the descendant of her
the reason she is haunting this castle,... servant, Aimee?
if SHE is.
GEORGIA: That would be Ellie.
personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
of Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she
wrote in the Log of Lady Matties ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the
Servants. It was hidden in the Log castle?
find the Hidden Clue Note? LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any
problems while serving here for Marnie, SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM
200 plus years ago.
ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are
BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could gone, - look here in her closet - but she
probably tell us more about those dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the
servants, since she knows so much floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why?
about them. (Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesnt
say much.
BOBBIE: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her
leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont LADY MATTIE:
mean to be so nosy!
LADY MATTIE: certainly is a plausible answer to all of
this.
ROOM. LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know Im kind of sorry.
LOGS ON THE LIBRARY TABLE. I bet your guests always enjoyed
thinking Marnie actually left messages
and signs.
LADY MATTIE:

memory?
LADY MATTIE:
silly. TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to
come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed
GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam. meeting each other.
LADY MATTIE: GEORGIA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love
your clothes.
have gone? BOBBIE: I think weve found some new friends for life.
LADY MATTIE: ALL: Yeah. W e sure have.
Case. together.

mystery for us to solve.
GEE: Maybe you three gals from Merry Olde

SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery.

where.
SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES! LOG.
ANNIE: Hey, whats this tacked to the wall? Its SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here.
in the same handwriting, as the other Wait til you hear about this!
notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure
of it! Check it out! GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs
and Trees.
ANNIE: Okay, - here it is - you read it, Gee. Its document tacked to our wall. The
an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM envelope says its a letter from Marnie.
LADY MATTIE:
GEE: (Hand document to Lady Mattie)
LADY MATTIE:
letter like the envelope says. BARBIE: (Read page 1)
GEORGIA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family LADY MATTIE:

there. We may need them. GEE: (Read page 2)
GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it LADY MATTIE:

to Lady Mattie.
ALLIE: (Read page 3)
THE FAMILY TREE AND MARNIES SERVANTS ANNIE: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way
better than any Inspectors Report. WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE GHOST OF
find? It must have been something
wanted to know how she died, wed have
to go back to 1649'.

married Chaucer, the gardener.
BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily

and Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?

think?
GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,

not Marnie.

come up with.
DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE

PERFECT SCENARIO?
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME

KNOW WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
Adult M anual for 10

players for slumber
party
SETTING THE SCENE SCENE 1 - IN THE CASTLE

SAMS GREAT-AUNT MATTIE. LEAVE TO HELP Annie, Allie, Barbie, and Gee. Its so nice
DOMINIQUE WITH DINNER PREPARATIONS. to see you and Im glad you could all
come.
LIBRARY, PLEASE ASK THEM TO BE SEATED AND Now, Id like you to meet Bobbie, Georgia,
THEN HAND EACH GUEST HER SCRIPT Tinker, Polka and Pony, your new English

also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker, Polka and
Pony.

than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
weekend. You have a couple of hours to
Adult Manual for 10 players for slumber party 1 Adult Manual for 10 players for slumber party 2
play some games that Ill teach you before SCENE 2: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
dinner is served. Have you ever played LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT MATTIE
croquet? Its a very popular game here in
the English countryside.
EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN GUEST MANUALS.
the croquet game is all set up for us. You LADY MATTIE:
may leave your GUEST MANUALS here Well, how did you enjoy the games?
in the library. Well meet back here in the
library for a short visit before dinner. Ill SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
get you started on the game and when its
time for you to come to the library, Ill call ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
you.
ALLIE: I cant believe Im here - in England.
ALL: OK.
LADY MATTIE, AFTER GAMES ARE OVER, ASK THE
GIRLS TO COME BACK INTO THE LIBRARY. GEE: Did she really live here?


Thats right - but you probably wont even
SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you see her.
serious?
BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
TINKER: Yes, one of our friends has actually seen leaves messages.
her ghost.
GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
POLKA: Thats Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen
Marnies ghost, Pony - havent you? BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear - so she
probably will.
PONY: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. TINKER: Oh, - I DO hope she does.
was beautiful - like she was floating; she POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
kind of frothy and all white. PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
guess.
ANNIE: Oh - maybe well be lucky enough to see
Lets go up to the 3rd floor ballroom.
ALLIE: I certainly hope so. Thats where the buffet is set up, and
dont forget to look at Marnies portrait.
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom. the buffet.

Just look at her portrait. She was PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
beautiful!


overeat.
POLKA: Youll really love the food here, its SOOO

PONY: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot

dogs, everyday?!
ALL: Laughter.
SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time
is it?
LADY MATTIE:
Shall we sit here and chat awhile before LADY MATTIE:
bedtime? Lots of time for you gals - I may just retire
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I dont think my room. You may come down to
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet. breakfast in your nighties and PJs.
ALLIE: I hope she does. IF TIME PERMITS, A GAME MAY BE INTRODUCED

HERE.
MATTIE, DURING THIS TIME, PLACE ENVELOPE
GEE: Naw, Barbie, we wouldnt do that. WITH THE GHOST NOTE ON THE FLOOR IN
FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET, AND
BOBBIE: Barbie, dont be afraid. Marnie probably SAMS CLUE UNDER SAMS PILLOW.
wont appear.

right here.

anyone!
POLKA: I hear that a Prince from somewhere

PONY: She was too beautiful for only a Prince.

SCENE 5: SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON ANNIE: Bobbie said she went to bed.
YOUR BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE (Hand envelope to Gee)
BARBIE: OH - it must be from the ghost. Must we
ALLIE: (pick up envelope) Oh, my gosh, what read it alone?
could this be?
PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait!
TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
GUESTS ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A
BARBIE: Thats us! See, I told you! This is very TOO, JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
scary! WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME.
GEE: Wed better tell Lady Mattie about this. BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe
BOBBIE: I think she went to bed.
should be OK. This is exciting. GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably
POLKA: What do you think, Sam?
with Great-Aunt Mattie. GEE: Theres something else. (look at the
Look for a clue under Sams pillow. the message for us.
SAM: I simply dont believe any of this. This PONY: I believe so, too!
must be a prank. Now she...or it IS
scaring ME - a clue.....under my pillow? ANNIE: But, the clue to what?
POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway! DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Where was this note, Gee? 1) Why cant she meet us tonight?
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe for us to go to bed -
ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure enough - since our ghost wont be visiting.
there it is. Maybe someone else was
supposed to visit. SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie must
ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model? the clue is for.
Sam? GEE: Lets hurry and see!

mention any other overnight guests. ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND SAMS
BED.
GEE: No - I believe it was Marnie who wrote the
note. And I believe she meant the note SAM, REACH UNDER YOUR PILLOW, PULL OUT
for US, and the clue also. CLUE AND READ SAMS CLUE ALOUD AND
us. IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS,
GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, RELATIVES
and other signs. FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH.
THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER UNCLE - A
FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT LADY MATTIE, BEFORE BREAKFAST, PLACE
FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR ANNIES CLUE UNDER ANNIES COFFEE CUP,
ROYALTY. ALLIES CLUE IN ALLIES GUEST MANUAL, AND
PLACE ALL THE MANUALS AT THEIR PLACES ON
DISCUSSION: THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
PLACE LOG #1 (MARNIES SERVANTS) UNDER
POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said ALLIES CHAIR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
her.

her death.
ALL: Me, too.
EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND


DOOR.

IN THE DINING ROOM.
SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM TINKER: It said, IM SORRY I WONT BE
LADY MATTIE: ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
Good morning everyone. Did you sleep ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS TO
well? BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie, SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
left us a note last night. WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE
ME.
LADY MATTIE:
But, Sam, thats highly unlikely. Ghosts SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.
dont.....
ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbies
ANNIE: Yes, she really did! name and that she wants to be a model?
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, TO ALLIE: Id like to know that, too.
NIGHT GUESTS. BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
BARBIE: And we found it on the floor in front of the GEE: What do you think about it, Polka?
POLKA: Its all very puzzling, to say the least.
without you? BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it last,
I believe.
LADY MATTIE: thought you had it, Georgia.
you had every right to open it. What did GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it.
the note say?
ANNIE: Me either.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! Well, what did it say - Im nearly dying of
curiosity.
GEE: Its gone - disappeared right out of our a year before she died.
room. Oboy!
SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all
our manuals, and thats not all, Great-Aunt ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.
Mattie.
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: Well, this is some mystery - where did the
And, whats not all? note come from - then the clue and
what could it mean?
anything?
LADY MATTIE:
GEE: Tell her, Sam.
PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too shy
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under Sams to visit. Remember Tinker told you she
pillow. So we did. was shy for an actress. I think thats why
how she knew about you, Barbie. And, I SCENE 7: MORE CLUES?
mystery. Maybe itll show up. Lets look SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under your
for it right after breakfast. chair?

a log of Marnies Servants. And,...heres
something in my manual.
ANNIE: And, whats this under my coffee cup?
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it.
POLKA: So, lets see what they are. Open them


YOUR MANUAL

ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR A
FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.
ALL: WOW!!!
ALLIE: Ill read mine. PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO ENTERTAIN HER
GUESTS.
YOUR MANUAL ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a
ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE was an amateur actress.
PONY: Lets talk about these clues and what professional status and killed her for it?
they might mean.
LADY MATTIE, DURING THE FOLLOWING Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious
DISCUSSION, PLACE LOG #2 (LADY MATTIES causes?
AND BARBIES CLUE UNDER THE LOG. THEN SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
DRAPE A FANCY LONG WHITE DRESS OVER A know what happened to the note. Do
CHAIR IN THE TURRET FOR SCENE 9. COME you think Marnie took it back?
RIGHT BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM.
SAM: What about the Log of Marnies Servants
that Allie found under her chair? ALLIE: This is a mystery well never solve, Annie.
Yeah - lets look at it - A ha! Listen to note is gone.
Log). GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the
hallway when we went to bed. Did anyone
ARIEL - LAUNDRESS - SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WHEN in the castle have access to the area
SHE WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD WORK while we slept?
night or very early before we woke up. an appearing and disappearing note
We did have clean towels in our written by a ghost. You know, there just
bathrooms this morning so she must have may be an Inspectors Report
been in this wing, if she was in our somewhere in my desk in the library.
bathrooms.
BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But, the bottom of it.
meant for us? BARBIE: OK - and lets get hold of Ellie, Lady
Matties maid first.
table this morning - so she must have put GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.
reason. Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her. BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the note.
TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity. GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake.
POLKA: Its kind of spooky to think Marnie might TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway
have taken it back and was wandering just in case Ellie might have put it there
around while we slept. and we missed it.
PONY: Why on earth would she do that? Just to POLKA: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
just ask her where it is. PONY: Right you are, Polka.
LADY MATTIE, COMING BACK INTO THE DINING EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR
ROOM: YOUR BEDROOMS TO FRESHEN UP AND DRESS.
Knowing your record of solving mysteries,
I bet you girls will solve this one quickly. ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
Ive heard how you all solved the CASE IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE.
OF THE MISSING RING. Now, we are
faced with another very strange mystery - LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THEIR
BEDROOM. SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
SAM: Theres another strange paper on your


Want me to read it?
ALL: Yeah!!

LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE SAME

SERVANTS.
BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about Lady

Matties servants.
GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the servants

interests.
LADY MATTIE:
bring her up here.
NOTE. SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!
SAM: Well, theres nothing here. LADY MATTIE:

There you are. Whats up?
ALLIE: Yeah, Ive never been in a turret. Aunt Mattie.
BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door. ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting or ALLIE: Does she have the note?
BOBBIE: Lets look very carefully.
GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room. should be such a scaredy cat?
TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all. LADY MATTIE:

None whatsoever. But, thats OK, Barbie
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden and no,... Ellie must have gone shopping,
stairways. tho she rarely leaves when we have
guests. I didnt see an envelope with the
LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM ghost note anywhere either. I, of course,
AS SOON AS PONY BEGINS HER DIALOGUE. didnt check Ellies room closely. Perhaps
wed better do that.
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent places
for hiding things, and for ghosts to SAM: Well search the turret, then meet you in
wander around. the library.

MARNIE ON THE BEDROOM WALL WHERE THE
GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE
HIDDEN CLUE NOTE IS ON ELLIES BED FOR SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
NOTE PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE
DESK OR TABLE IN ELLIES ROOM MATTIE, BRING FAMILY TREES TO THE LIBRARY
WITH GHOST NOTE. ALSO HAVE THE
EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET THOROUGHLY INSPECTORS REPORT IN YOUR HAND.

chair) Look here - laying across this chair GEORGIA: Not a note to be found!
PONY: Thats the same dress I saw Marnies
ghost wear. I know it is. Filmy and SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a cute
frothy! place tho, and I wouldnt mind staying in
there.
POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id DARN!!
beautiful! ANNIE: Marnie wasnt there.
BARBIE: Lets go to the library and tell Lady Mattie. PONY: But we found Marnies dress - the one I
ALL: Okay!
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES ALLIE: The Ghost Note wasnt there, either.
SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. BARBIE: It also wasnt in the bedroom. So, where
is it?
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY
PONY: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up somewhere. I left it on Ellies bed - thats
with an explanation from Ellie. all it said-find a clue hidden
somewhere.
able to solve very quickly. GEE: Another clue? So far the clues havent
been much help in clearing up Marnies
LADY MATTIE: ghostly antics, let alone her completely
COMING INTO LIBRARY, mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created
I have news for you, ladies Ellie was the Family Trees and the Servant
not in her room. I havent been able to Logs.
ascertain where she might have gone, but
look what I found in her room BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to keep
Marnies memory alive.
LADY MATTIE: explanation for these 4 clues and also
And more logs....or rather....it looks like what we are supposed to do with them!
Family Trees of Marnies and my
servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two ANNIE: Where should we look for this Hidden
Logs and now the Family Trees where Clue?
we could easily find them.
ALLIE: Maybe where we havent looked before.
ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did
someone else? BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a lot
GEE: May I see the Family Trees, Lady very closely.
Mattie?
LADY MATTIE:
Sure, Gee, here they are. (Hand them to GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
Gee). And there was a handwritten note
about another clue being hidden TINKER: Ill do that. Polka, check under things.
POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on
stuff. the Ghost Note and envelope and the
PONY: Im not sure finding another clue is going same.
to mean anything. None of the others
mean anything. They are just bits of info. ALLIE: Yeah, - if they are - then that means....
...throwing us...
GEE: That the ghost wrote them all or Ellie
SAM: Thats it, Pony! Youve got it! The clues wrote them all. Its that simple!
are only meant to confuse us and keep us
off the track. SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that
GEE: Off the track of what, Sam? that Marnies ghost really does exist!
SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnies ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnies
ghost, or even her death, if we could. death?
BOBBIE: I think youre right! ALLIE: Ellie didnt have anything to do with that!
LADY MATTIE: BARBIE: But she may know who really did.
Inspectors Report (WAVE IT AROUND) BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or
but it said approximately the same thing someone else does....
that ANNIES CLUE alluded to, that the
red scarf and key were found on the floor GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
outside the turret and no cause of death why keep it a secret? She needs to help
found, so no suspect was arrested. us out here.
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - thats TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get
really odd. Shes definitely got something SO curious?
to do with both.
POLKA: Yeah, why?
PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE
crazy! ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON
THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.
SAM: Yeah - whatever shes doing doesnt make
a whole lot of sense. ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies
servants. Some interesting people! (Take
GEE: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe we your clue from your manual and read it
need to look at the Family Tree a little aloud).
closer. Lots of hidden secrets in
family trees and maybe some hidden ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
clues there, too. SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
ANNIE: Okay, lets start from the beginning. BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties
SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about your clue from your manual and read it
the family tree exactly. (Take clue from aloud).
IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS MARNIES
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS, SERVANTS.
FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH. GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER UNCLE, A the servants who lived and served during
FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to
FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR 1650.
ROYALTY.
SAM: So lets look at the Servant Logs and
ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from your Family Trees again. The clues didnt tell
manual and read it aloud) us anything!
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS.

everyone can see them) And, Sam, It was in Ellies room on the floor. She
according to theFamily Trees, it looks probably dropped it when she left.
like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III
were related, too. ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
PONY: Lady Matties servants ancestors and servants who worked for Marnie.
distantly. LADY MATTIE:
Exactly!
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices
Family Tree. There is Ellie, born in ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any closer
1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was to knowing how Marnie died, or why shes
Renoir. haunting the castle.
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will
was only 2 years younger than Marnie. haunt the place where he or she died
under mysterious circumstances, until the
ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related cause is found, or known, or until justice is
to each other. That doesnt help us done.
reason she is haunting this castle,... if BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this
SHE is. case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she wrote POLKA: That would be Ellie.
TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably! PONY: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her
ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the to be so nosy!
castle?
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: I dont believe that for a minute! Come
Still employed here - well, all those on the with me to Ellies room. Perhaps youll
log of my servants, which Ellie see something I havent.
completed this year, 1850, except
Francoise, Armands mother and Winthorp
IIIs wife; Charles, Hatties husband; LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES ROOM.
Lynette and Renoir, Ellies parents. LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT LOGS
Lynette is Dominique and Hatties sister, ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
by the way. And, Bette, Georges wife;
Derislaux and Julinette, Georges brother
and his wife and their 2 children, Nicholas
and Charles.

employment when I no longer needed so
many servants. They all are still very
close and attend all the servants birthday
parties and such.

200 plus years ago.

SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM LADY MATTIE:
Sure!
gone, - look here in her closet - but she BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel
dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the silly.
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why?
(Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesnt GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam.
say much.
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her
Look, heres some blank note paper just to come back. I kind of enjoyed the
like the paper the Ghost Note was mysteries and I hate to see it all end, too.
written on, and envelopes, too. She
appeared to be enjoying playing ghost all SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
these years and I never guessed. have gone?
GEE: So, Ellie decided to play ghost? That LADY MATTIE:

certainly is a plausible answer to all of this. Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know Im kind of sorry. according to the Family Tree.
Marnie actually left messages and signs. BOBBIE: Im afraid this is what they call a Cold
Case.
parties still be the same? GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely cold!
LADY MATTIE: ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a

Not for me. mystery for us to solve.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnies BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
memory?
GEE: Maybe you five gals from Merry Olde
England would like to join us on our next SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery. the same handwriting as the other notes,
but not the 4 clues - Im sure of it!
BOBBIE: Wed love to - just let us know when and Check it out!
where.
TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to come,
Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed meeting ANNIE: Okay, - here it is - you read it, Gee. Its
each other. an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM
POLKA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love
your clothes. GEE: (Take letter from envelope)
PONY: I think weve found some new friends for life. GEORGIA: Well, what is it?
ALL: Yeah. W e sure have. GEE: Its a three page document - maybe a
SAM: Lets go back to the bedroom and pack
together. POLKA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family
ALL: OK, lets! there. We may need them.
LADY MATTIE: GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it to

Ill be in the library if you need me. Lady Mattie.
WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY. THEYLL EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND
BE THERE SHORTLY. THE FAMILY TREE AND MARNIES SERVANTS
LOG.
SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. Wait must go back to 1649.
In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and their
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs and fiancees from London, paid me a visit for
Trees. a month, on their way to France. My
SAM: Here are both, Gee. namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook,
was so dashing, he practically and literally
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this swept me off my feet, as you say. I did
document tacked to our wall. The not encourage him, although I did not
envelope says its a letter from Marnie. ignore him either. He would have fought
a dual for me, I know, if there had been
LADY MATTIE: someone to dual with.
Let me see it, Gee.
I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my
GEE: (Hand document to Lady Mattie) personal maid, was smitten and he also
with her. Now, this is an unusual
LADY MATTIE: circumstance, you see, because servants
It certainly looks authentic and old, and were not to flirt with the aristocracy and
also very well written. It appears to be a vice-versa.
letter. Since it was tacked to your wall,
I think you gals ought to read it. Barbie, My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at
why dont you begin reading it. Will you each other, rather lovingly, I might add,
please read the first page? (Hand first and left in a huff. I cant blame her. I was
page to Barbie) just happy she didnt see how I looked at
him, too. Well, I feel I must continue,
BARBIE: I know by now, you probably dont believe having gotten this far.
in me - but you are looking in the wrong
place. Its not Ellie - really - I mean, shes Emily came back to the castle for a visit -
not the ghost! alone. One night she came upstairs -
presumably to go to bed - when she
If you really want to know how I died - you apparently saw a dim candle light in the
turret and saw outside the door. I think she must have
heard someone coming and probably
disappeared into one of the rooms off the
LADY MATTIE: hallway.
Gee, heres the second page. (Hand Gee
the second page) You may wonder why I say she. I never
GEE: ...someone arranging books on a table. (I was a she. I also think Emily was the
often did this myself - it was my favorite Scotland Yard Inspectors chief suspect
hideaway, you see.) And, Aimee often because she left so abruptly - but it could
came into the turret to pick up and re- never be proven. No one was charged.
arrange things also.
Later, when I was missed, and after my
I saw her stop and I simply turned and chauffeur, Staunton had driven Emily in
wished her a good night and since she the carriage to a hotel in town, my
was leaving early the next morning, I bid
her good bye also. I had the feeling she LADY MATTIE:
was startled to see me there. I finished Allie, here you read the last page. This is
what I was doing and went to my rooms certainly a revelation, isnt it? (Hand Allie
and changed into my night dress, then the last page)
suddenly remembered that I wanted a
book to read, returned to the turret and as ALLIE: butler, Winthorp, found the key to the
I was reaching for a book from the table turret on the floor and found my body
someone, unseen by me, came up behind inside.
me and with a scarf, quickly wrapped it
around my neck and choked the life out Now that everyone knows what happened,
of...ME. She was so startled and I will not haunt the castle again. I left
hopefully, appalled at what shed done, many messages and clues around in the
she quickly removed the scarf from my past 200 years, but no one really took me
neck, took the key from a table, hustled seriously before. Thank you dear friends!
out of the turret and locked me inside, Please solve this mystery for me so I can
dropping the key and the scarf on the floor rest in peace.
My burning question is Who would want GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee, not
to kill me? And why? What was her Marnie.
motive? Was I correct about the sex of
my killer? These questions have bothered BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets
me all these years. discuss each possibility and see what we
come up with.
Could it have been my distant cousin,
Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice? DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT
Or even Aimee? Certainly not Winthorp, SCENARIO?
Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved
Ariel you know, but I knew. I can hardly HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW
believe any of these would harm me. WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE!
Please help! Love, Marnie ID LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.


find? It must have been something about
1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to
to 1649'.

BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and

Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?

think?
LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH COME < Did the ghost write the logs, notes and
UP WITH A PERFECT SCENARIO AND THEN VOTE clues? Or did Ellie write them?
ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO OFFER A
PRIZE FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND THE MOST < Did anyone compare handwriting?
OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.

MYSTERY!
< Motive
Jealousy - professional, personal, love
based Who would do anything for Ariel?
< Obvious suspects

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Others?
< Opportunity
< Method

SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED?? Charles.
(to be read by Lady Mattie after the ladies discuss
their own scenarios) Method was, of course, strangulation.
Motive Mistaken Identity?

Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie,
talented amateur actress, and Marnie always thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you remember,
offered her the best parts at the plays with which was caught by Emily flirting with Charles. And,
she often entertained her guests. remember, the first time Emily saw Marnie in the
turret, she was dressed in her day clothes. A
Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her little later, she saw a woman in the turret in her
cousin because she had all the advantages in life. night clothes.
Love based - Aimee was jealous of Emilys Marnie thought the killer was a she because the killer
relationship with Charles and also the attention he came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A man
paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything for would use his hands. The killer used a scarf because
Ariel, even though he later married someone her hands Were not large enough or strong enough to
else. Ariel, herself, never married. strangle someone.
The Obvious Suspects are The real ghost is Marnie. She used Ellies stationery
Emily and wrote the logs, notes and clues.
Ariel
Staunton LADY MATTIE:
Aimee Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the kitchen. Ill
just go see who it is.
Opportunity
Emily, Ariel, Aimee and Staunton were in the LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME BACK
castle that night. Emily was there for another WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE.
castle and Staunton was readying the carriage to LADY MATTIE:
take Emily to a hotel in town early in the Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie,
morning. Aimee was in her room crying over please introduce your guest. Weve
wondered where you disappeared to. ELLIE: Georges brought an envelope to the
castle, given to him by Inspector White,
ELLIE: This is Audette and she has some very who is a friend of his. Since the envelope
important information about Marnies was addressed to person in charge, I
death that she uncovered in an old trunk. opened it. Im usually in charge of the
She found a diary written by Ariel, interior operations of the castle, so I
Marnies laundress. Ariel wrote in her thought it might pertain to that. Sorry.
diary about Marnies death - er, murder.
LADY MATTIE:
AUDETTE: Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years Dont be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in the
alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy, envelope?
which youll discover when you read her
diary. ELLIE: Audette had written to us of her discovery
of the diary and thought wed like to see it
LADY MATTIE: before anyone else, since so much time
How did you find the diary? has passed and the persons involved were
no longer alive.
AUDETTE: I purchased this old farmhouse in the
country and found the trunk in the attic. AUDETTE: Yes, you see, Im a history buff and I
The trunk contained a lot of old costumes would rather preserve important
and this diary. documents than have them buried in
LADY MATTIE: time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard
Well, how did you find Ellie? surely wont be interested in solving the
AUDETTE: I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an
Inspector White. I didnt tell him what Id SAM: I sure wouldnt think so. Wow, this is
found - I just asked him where to find really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel
Castle Wellington and told him I had wrote in her diary.
something to deliver there. He said hed
give it to his friend to deliver. ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnies
mysterious death?
ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie? have all the good parts in her little plays.
Staunton believes in me and would do
BARBIE: Or, did Emily? almost anything for me. But, he doesnt
have any influence with Marnie. Marnie
GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? Weve actually doesnt really know how jealous I am of
tried to figure it all out - who had her, nor does she encourage me to fulfill
opportunity, motive, all that stuff. my dreams of becoming a real actress. I
actually think Marnie deliberately keeps
AUDETTE: Well, here in the diary - Ill open it to the me from realizing my dreams. She thinks
page where it begins. The page is dated shes keeping me happy just continuing to
3 September, 1650. give me amateur parts in her amateur
plays.
SAM: Thats not the date of Marnies death - the
4th of September was the date on the AUDETTE: Who wants to read the second page?
constables report. Im sure of it.
ALLIE I do. My names Allie. Ill read it.
AUDETTE: Yes, that was the day Marnie was found in
the turret and according to this - well, Ill AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE
give you each a page to read, if you like,
then youll all know the truth. ALLIE: It begins:When Marnies cousins came to
give her the news about the new play, I
SAM: Yeah, lets each read a page aloud. That was more desperate than ever. I cant
sounds like fun. contain myself. I want so much to ask
Marnie if I can go with her to the tryouts. I
AUDETTE: Here, Sam, you read the first page. dont dare ask her. How can I get there?
Marnie most certainly will not let me go.
(HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE DIARY) Should I ask Staunton to drive me? No, I
cant do that - hell be driving HER.
September 1650. I, Ariel, desperately The opportunity is here. Emily is here.
want to be an actress. I know I have She came back alone to visit Marnie. I
talent. Marnie tells me I do. She lets me can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on
Emily and be free to try out for the play AUDETTE: Here is the final page. Which one of you
myself. Staunton will be free to drive me wishes to read it?
to town for the tryouts. Ill ask him when
Emily is due to leave, so I can make my BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read it. I get sad and
plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily is weepy reading stuff like this.
leaving early tomorrow morning. This will
give me plenty of time. Ill spy on Marnie GEE: OK, Ill read it. Im Gee.
and Emily to find the perfect opportunity.
AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGE TO GEE
AUDETTE: Here is page 3. Who will read it?
GEE: Its dated, 4 September 1650. I dont
ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie. know how she could have slept all night,
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE. wrote the next morning: Well, it sure has
been exciting here. Winthorp, found the
ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! I saw Emily stop at scarf and key on the floor, unlocked the
the turret to say good-bye to Marnie and door and found Marnie lying on the floor
then she retired to her rooms. I saw inside the turret. Meanwhile, Staunton
Marnie go to her rooms, then almost was driving Emily in the carriage to a hotel
immediately back to the turret. This was in town. Winthorp sent one of the
my chance. I tip toed to the turret, so she neighbors for the local constable and the
wouldnt hear me, picked up the red scarf constable and Staunton arrived about the
from the table in the hallway and came up same time. Staunton had to go back into
behind her, wrapped the scarf around her town and bring Emily back to the castle for
neck and pulled. It was so easy. She interrogation, much to her chagrin.
dropped to the floor and I quickly left,
remembering to lock the door behind me. Winthorp explained he went looking for
I heard someone coming, so I dropped the Marnie when she didnt come down for
scarf and the key running across the hall breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the
to the linen closet. Luckily it was floor in front of the turret door and opened
unlocked, so I hid there until the coast was the door to investigate. Emily was a
clear. suspect, but it could not be proven that
she was near the turret. Then, of all never know.
Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of SAM, ALLIE, ANNIE, BARBIE, GEE:
us and ordered us to remain at the castle Well come back, we promise.
until they completed the investigation. I
am really upset. I did all this for nothing. WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED PLAYING
Ive got to leave - Ill go into the city, GHOST OF MARNIE ANDERSEN
Ill go live like a hermit in the country. Ill
is complete, so no one will suspect me.
LADY MATTIE:
Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
to us. Well just wonder, I guess,
whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
woman she must have been.
SAM: Were all glad you came back, Ellie, and

brought Audette with you before we left.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, you ladies will all be leaving today
and Georges will be ready to drive you
into town as soon as you are ready. I do
home youll all come back next year to
visit, even though there probably wont be
another mystery to solve. But, then, you
SamAntics
presents
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
GUEST M ANUAL for

10 Players for
slumber party
NAME: _________________________
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Its great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie. EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN GUEST MANUALS.
honoring the great English actress, Marnie LADY MATTIE:
also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker, Polka and SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
Pony.
ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
ALL: OK BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her

her ghost.
BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear - so she
POLKA: Thats Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen probably will.
Marnies ghost, Pony - havent you?
TINKER: Oh, - I DO hope she does.
PONY: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
was beautiful - like she was floating; she PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
was wearing something long and flowing, guess.
LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Oh - maybe well be lucky enough to see
her ghost, too.
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom.

Just look at her portrait. She was
beautiful!


overeat.
POLKA: Youll really love the food here, its SOOO

PONY: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot

dogs, everyday?!
ALL: Laughter.
SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY is it?

Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet.
ANNIE: Yeah - shes afraid shell see a ghost. HERE.

wont appear.

right here.

anyone!


SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time
ALLIE: (pick up envelope) Oh, my gosh, what PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait!
could this be?
scary!
ANNIE: Bobbie said she went to bed. POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
supposed to visit.
Sam?
us.
DISCUSSION:
GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages Does this pertain to her death?
and other signs.
POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said
her.
PONY: I believe so, too!
ANNIE: But, the clue to what? her death.
DISCUSSION TOPICS: ALL: Lets sleep on it.

SAM: Yeah, Im kinda tired. SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM
ALL: Me, too. LADY MATTIE:

EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND left us a note last night.
LADY MATTIE:
TABLE IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM ANNIE: Yes, she really did!
DOOR.
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, TO
THE SCRIPTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BREAKFAST BE OPENED BY MATTIES OVER-
IN THE DINING ROOM. NIGHT GUESTS.


without you?
LADY MATTIE:

ME.
SAM: Yep, those were the exact words. room. Oboy!
ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbies SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all
Mattie.
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
GEE: What do you think about it, Polka? hand-written note.
POLKA: Its all very puzzling, to say the least. LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it last, GEE: Tell her, Sam.
I believe.
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under Sams
GEE: It wasnt under my pillow this morning. I pillow. So we did.
thought you had it, Georgia.
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: No, I havent seen it this morning. she, er... it said - under Sams pillow.
TINKER: Havent seen it. LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Me either. SAM: Something about relatives visiting Marnie

ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!!
ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month. SCENE 7: MORE CLUES?
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under your
chair?
anything? ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind, - it IS -
a log of Marnies Servants. And,...heres
LADY MATTIE: something in my manual.
PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too shy ANNIE: And, whats this under my coffee cup?
was shy for an actress. I think thats why ALLIE: Lets see what you have!
She knew we all wanted to see her, ANNIE: It has my name on it.
Barbie to be afraid. I honestly dont know ALLIE: And, this has my name on it.
how she knew about you, Barbie. And, I
think the missing Ghost Note is a REAL POLKA: So, lets see what they are. Open them
mystery. Maybe itll show up. Lets look up. What do they say?
for it right after breakfast.

YOUR MANUAL
ALL: WOW!!!

YOUR MANUAL
PONY: Lets talk about these clues and what GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the
they might mean. hallway when we went to bed. Did anyone
in the castle have access to the area
SAM: What about the Log of Marnies Servants while we slept?
ALLIE: (Pick up the Log of Marnies Servants) Ellie, could have come around during the
Yeah - lets look at it - A ha! Listen to night or very early before we woke up.
this? (Read Ariels description from the We did have clean towels in our
Log). bathrooms this morning so she must have
been in this wing, if she was in our
ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a bathrooms.
was an amateur actress. BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But,
BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies meant for us?
GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed? table this morning - so she must have put
Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious the Ghost Note someplace else for some
causes? reason. Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her.
SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
you think Marnie took it back? POLKA: Its kind of spooky to think Marnie might
ANNIE: Why would she do that? around while we slept.
ALLIE: This is a mystery well never solve, Annie. PONY: Why on earth would she do that? Just to
BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the just ask her where it is.
note is gone.
LADY MATTIE: SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
ALLIE: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get to SAM: Theres another strange paper on your
the bottom of it. bed, Barbie. What is it?
BARBIE: OK - and lets get hold of Ellie, Lady
Matties maid first. BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady
GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious. something under it, - its another clue.
Want me to read it?
BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the note.
ALL: Yeah!!
TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL.
and we missed it. BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about Lady
Matties servants.
POLKA: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
PONY: Right you are, Polka. Marnie had, with duals, acting, and love
interests.
EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR
YOUR BEDROOMS TO FRESHEN UP AND DRESS. LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS EVERYONE, SEARCH BEDROOM FOR GHOST
IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE. NOTE.
BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door. SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!
GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting or LADY MATTIE:

BOBBIE: Lets look very carefully. Aunt Mattie.
GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room. ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all. ALLIE: Does she have the note?
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden BARBIE: Im not going inside.
stairways.
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent places should be such a scaredy cat?
wander around. LADY MATTIE:

the library.


frothy!
PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
remember that dress forever. Its so MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
beautiful!
BARBIE: Lets go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
ALL: Okay!
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a cute
SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE place tho, and I wouldnt mind staying in
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. there.
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
DARN!!
PONY: But we found Marnies dress - the one I


is it?
PONY: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up

able to solve very quickly. ALLIE: Maybe where we havent looked before.
LADY MATTIE: BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a lot
SAM: The Ghost Note! very closely.
ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
someone else?
TINKER: Ill do that. Polka, check under things.
Mattie? POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and
stuff.
LADY MATTIE:
PONY: Im not sure finding another clue is going
the Family Trees and the Servant SAM: Thats it, Pony! Youve got it! The clues
Logs. are only meant to confuse us and keep us
off the track.
Clue? LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - thats SO curious?
to do with both. POLKA: Yeah, why?
ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going
BARBIE: But she may know who really did. manual and read it aloud)
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies
someone else does.... servants. Some interesting people! (Take
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows, aloud).
servants. Not interesting at all! (Take 1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was
your clue from your manual and read it Renoir.
aloud).
us anything!

PONY: Lady Matties servants ancestors and LADY MATTIE:

distantly. ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any closer
to knowing how Marnie died, or why shes
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices haunting the castle.
GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will LADY MATTIE:
haunt the place where he or she died
under mysterious circumstances, until the LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES ROOM.
cause is found, or known, or until justice is LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT LOGS
done. ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.

servant, Aimee?
POLKA: That would be Ellie.

castle?
LADY MATTIE:

200 plus years ago.

PONY: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her

to be so nosy!
ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
gone, - look here in her closet - but she have gone?
dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why? LADY MATTIE:
say much. BOBBIE: Im afraid this is what they call a Cold
Case.
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely cold!
certainly is a plausible answer to all of this. ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a
I bet your guests always enjoyed thinking BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
ANNIE: Now, there wont be any more. Will your England would like to join us on our next
parties still be the same? trip. Wed love it if you would.
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnies BOBBIE: Wed love to - just let us know when and
memory? where.
LADY MATTIE: GEORGIA: What a great weekend!
BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to come,
silly. Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed meeting
each other.
GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam.
POLKA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
your clothes.
PONY: I think weve found some new friends for life. the same handwriting, as the other
notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure of
ALL: Yeah. W e sure have. it! Check it out!
SAM: Lets go back to the bedroom and pack ALLIE: Lets see - what is it?
together.
ALL: OK, lets!
LADY MATTIE: an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM

POLKA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family

GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it to

Lady Mattie.

LOG.
SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. Wait find? It must have been something about
til you hear about this! 1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs and to 1649'.
Trees.
SAM: Here are both, Gee. married Chaucer, the gardener.
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and
document tacked to our wall. The Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
LADY MATTIE: think?
GEE: (Hand document to Lady Mattie) GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee, not
Marnie.
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: (Read page 1) discuss each possibility and see what we
come up with.
LADY MATTIE:
GEE: (Read page 2) SCENARIO?
LADY MATTIE: HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW
ALLIE: (Read page 3) ID LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
ANNIE: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE GHOST OF
better than any Inspectors Report. MARNIE ANDERSEN PARTY.
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
Adult M anual for 10

players one day party

SAMS GREAT-AUNT MATTIE. LEAVE TO HELP remember - Annie, Allie, Barbie, and
DOMINIQUE WITH DINNER PREPARATIONS. Gee. Its so nice to see you and Im glad
you could all come.
THEN HAND EACH GUEST HER SCRIPT Georgia, Tinker, Polka and Pony, your
new English friends. You all look so
NOTE: lovely.
USE SCENES 1a THROUGH 8a, THEN 9 THROUGH SAM: Its great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie.
13, IF THE GAME IS BEING PLAYED IN ONE DAY. Were very excited about the party
honoring the great English actress,
USE SCENES 1 THROUGH 13 IF THE GAME IS Marnie Andersen. and were happy to
BEING PLAYED AS AN OVERNIGHT GAME. meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker,
Polka and Pony.

than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
Adult Manual for 10 player one day party 1 Adult Manual for 10 player one day party 2
visit after the game. Ill get you started
ALL: OK.

servants. She lived here for 20 years
and in 1650 her body was found in the
turret, near the bedrooms.

LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you Thats right, but you probably wont even
serious? see her.
TINKER: Yes, one of our friends has actually seen BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
her ghost. leaves messages.
POLKA: Thats Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
Marnies ghost, Pony, havent you?
BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear, so she
PONY: Yes, last yearhere in the castle, in the probably will.
I saw her walking away from me. She TINKER: Oh, I DO hope she does.
was beautifullike she was floating; she
was wearing something long and flowing, POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
kind of frothy and all white. Pony?
ANNIE: Oh, maybe well be lucky enough to see PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
her ghost, too. guess.
ALLIE: I certainly hope so. LADY MATTIE:

Why dont you all go on up to the 3rd floor
BARBIE: I certainly hope NOT! ballroom to look at Marnies portrait.
GEE: Whats the matter, Barbie? ALL: Good idea, lets go.
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom. LADY MATTIE:

SAM: Ok, Great Aunt Mattie.
at her portrait. She was beautiful! ANNIE: Yeah, Barbies afraid shell see a ghost.
BARBIE: Hush, Allie. ALLIE: I hope she does.
ANNIE: She was gorgeous! Why did she die so BARBIE: You are all trying to scare me.
young?
ALLIE: I heard she was actually 30; thats not
too young. BOBBIE: Barbie, dont be afraid. Marnie probably
wont appear.
ANNIE: No, I guess notbut too young to die.
EVERYONE, HEAD BACK TO THE LIBRARY. right here.

hurt anyone!

friendly ghost.

She could have married a King! FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE
TURRET.
ALLIE: Wow, thats awesome!
SAM: Lets go up to the bedroom and look could this be?
around
LADY MATTIE:
Ladies, when you return from the ALLIE, READ WHAT THE ENVELOPE SAYS.
bedroom, well have tea in the dining
room. TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIES GUESTS
ALL: Wow!!! BARBIE: Thats us! See, I told you! This is very
scary!
FOR SCENE 6a:
MATTIE, WHILE THE LADIES ARE IN THE GEE: Wed better tell Lady Mattie about this.
BEDROOM, PLACE ANNIES AND ALLIES CLUES
ON THE TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM. BOBBIE: I dont know where she is.
PLACE LOG #1 (MARNIES SERVANTS) UNDER A GEORGIA: Lets open the envelope.
CHAIR AT THE TABLE.
PREPARE TO SERVE TEA AND SCONES IN THE OK. This is exciting.
DINING ROOM AFTER THE LADIES RETURN
FROM THE BEDROOM (Scene 6a) POLKA: What do you think, Sam?

SCENE 5a: EXPLORING THE BEDROOM
ANNIE: We dont know where she is.
THE BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it.
(Hand envelope to Gee) this: Look for a clue for Sam under a
pillow.
BARBIE: OH! It must be from the ghost. Must we
read it alone? SAM: I simply dont believe any of this. This
PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait! scaring ME; a clue under a pillow?
GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ GHOST POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
NOTE Where was this note, Gee?
IM SORRY, I CANT VISIT YOU PERSONALLY GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope
TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH ID LOVE TO MEET YOU flap.
ALL, ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A
MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MODEL, ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure
TOO, JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD enough, there it is. Maybe someone
WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME. else was supposed to visit.
BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model?
Im not scared anymore!!!! With the name Barbie??? And who
knows Sam?
BOBBIE: How would she know our names? mention any other guests.
GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she GEE: No, I believe it was Marnie who wrote
probably knows everything that goes on the note. And I believe she meant the
here. note for US, and the clue also.
TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!! BOBBIE: Gosh, Im kinda sorry she wont be
visiting us.
GEE: Theres something else. (look at the
inside of the envelope flap) Listen to GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages
and other signs. DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE
ACTRESS, BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL,
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left RELATIVES FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A
the message for us. MONTH. THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER
UNCLE - A FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER
PONY: I believe so, too! TO TRY OUT FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE
PERFORMED FOR ROYALTY.
ANNIE: But, the clue to what?
DISCUSSION:
DISCUSSION TOPICS: Does this pertain to her death?
1) Why cant she meet us today?
2) What is this clue for? POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She
said in her note that someone in her
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe. household wanted to be an actress like
her.
SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie
must be too shy to meet us. I just SAM: So my clue could have some bearing
wonder what the clue is for. on her death.
GEE: Lets hurry and see! (LEAVE THE ALLIE: Lets go back to the dining room and talk
GHOST NOTE ON THE HALLWAY about it.
TABLE)
SAM: Yeah, I want to know more.
ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND THE ALL: Me, too.
BED.
SAM, REACH UNDER THE PILLOW, PULL OUT YOUR MANUALS WITH YOU TO THE DINING
CLUE AND READ SAMS CLUE ALOUD AND ROOM.
SCENE 6a: IN THE DINING ROOM FOR TEA TINKER: It said, IM SORRY I WONT BE
LADY MATTIE, PLEASE SERVE TEA AND SCONES ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
TO YOUR GUESTS DURING THIS SCENE. ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS
TO BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie, WANTED TO BE A MODEL, TOO,
left us a note JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY
HOUSEHOLD WANTED TO BE AN
LADY MATTIE: ACTRESS LIKE ME.
But, Sam, thats highly unlikely. Ghosts
dont... SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.
ANNIE: Yes, she really did! ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, a model?
GUESTS. ALLIE: Id like to know that, too.
BARBIE: And we found it on the floor in front of BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
the door to the turret. Scary!
GEE: What do you think about it, Polka?
without you? POLKA: Its all very puzzling, to say the least.
BOBBIE: We didnt know where you were, Lady BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it
Mattie. last, I believe.
LADY MATTIE: GEE: No, I dont have it. I thought you had it,
Well, you are my guests, so you had Georgia.
every right to open it. What did the note
say? GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it.
SAM: No, I havent seen it either. Did what?
ANNIE: Me either.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! Well, what did it say? Im nearly dying of
curiosity.
GEE: Its gonedisappeared right out of our a year before she died.
it by the turret. ANNIE: Yeahrelatives from London.
SAM: You must have left it there, Gee. And ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.
thats not all, Great-Aunt Mattie.
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: Well, this is some mystery. Where did
And, whats not all? the note come fromthen the clue,
and what could it mean?
anything?
LADY MATTIE:
GEE: Tell her, Sam.
PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under the shy to visit. Remember Tinker told you
pillow. So we did. she was shy for an actress. I think thats
except for Barbie, and she didnt want SCENE 7a: MORE CLUES?
know how she knew about you, Barbie. SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under the
And, I think the missing Ghost Note is chair?
Lets continue to look for it. ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind. It
IS, its a log of Marnies Servants.
ANNIE: And, whats this on the table?
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. (Pick up

the clue with your name on it)


YOUR MANUAL)

ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR
A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.
ALL: WOW!!!
ALLIE: Ill read mine. AND WAS OFTEN CHOSEN BY MARNIE TO ACT IN
MANY OF THE PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO
(READ ALOUD ALLIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN ENTERTAIN HER GUESTS.
YOUR MANUAL)
ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a
ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE member of Marnies household and she
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. was an amateur actress.
PONY: Lets talk about these clues and what BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies
they might mean. professional status and killed her for it?
LADY MATTIE, DURING THE FOLLOWING GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed?
DISCUSSION, PLACE LOG #2 (LADY MATTIES Or...did she die of natural, but
SERVANTS) ON THE BED IN THE BEDROOM AND mysterious causes?
BARBIES CLUE UNDER THE LOG FOR SCENES 8
AND 8a. THEN DRAPE A FANCY LONG WHITE SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
DRESS OVER A CHAIR IN THE TURRET FOR know what happened to the note. Do
SCENE 9. COME RIGHT BACK INTO THE DINING you think Marnie took it back?
ROOM.
SAM: What about the Log of Marnies
Servants that Allie found under the ALLIE: This is a mystery well never solve,
chair? Annie.
Yeah, lets look at it. Aha! Listen to this! note is gone.
(Read Ariels description from the Log).
ARIEL - LAUNDRESS - SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL there, or maybe in the bedroom. We
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD need to go back and look around again.
WORK TURNED HER HAIR GRAY WHILE SHE Does anyone in the castle have access
WAS IN HER 20's. SHE WAS ALSO TALENTED to that area?
SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee, the maid, desk in the library.
Ellie, could have come around anytime.
ALLIE: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get
BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. to the bottom of it.
But, why would she take the note that
was meant for us? BARBIE: OK. And lets get hold of Ellie, Lady
Matties maid first.
GEORGIA: She must have put the Ghost Note
someplace else for some reason. GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.
TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
POLKA: Its kind of spooky to think Marnie might
have taken it back and was wandering TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway
around while we were here. just in case Ellie might have put it there
and we missed it.
PONY: Why on earth would she do that? Just to
make us nervous? It must be Ellie. POLKA: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
PONY: Right you are, Polka.
LADY MATTIE, COMING BACK INTO THE DINING
ROOM: EVERYONE, HEAD TO THE BEDROOM AGAIN,
Knowing your record of solving JUST TO SNOOP AROUND.
mysteries, I bet you girls will solve this
one quickly. Ive heard how you all ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
solved the CASE OF THE MISSING IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE.
RING. Now, we are faced with another
very strange mystery - an appearing and LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THE
disappearing note written by a ghost. BEDROOM.
You know, there just may be an
Inspectors Report somewhere in my
SCENE 8a: YET ANOTHER CLUE? NOTE.
SAM: Theres another strange paper on the SAM: Well, theres nothing here.
Matties servants this time, and there is ALLIE: Yeah, Ive never been in a turret.
Want me to read it? BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door.
ALL: Yeah!! GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting

or screaming scaredy cat.
PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL. BOBBIE: Lets look very carefully.
LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room.
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS
MARNIES SERVANTS. TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all.
BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden
Lady Matties servants. stairways.
GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM
servants Marnie had, with duals, acting, AS SOON AS PONY BEGINS HER DIALOGUE.
and love interests.
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent
LADY MATTIE: places for hiding things, and for ghosts
While you look in the bedroom for your to wander around.
bring her up here.
SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET! GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE
LADY MATTIE: ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK
There you are. Whats up? NOTE PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE
Aunt Mattie. EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET
THOROUGHLY
ALLIE: Does she have the note? BOBBIE: (Notice a white dress laying across a
BARBIE: Im not going inside. chair - a filmy white dress!
GEE: Lady Mattie, is there any reason Barbie PONY: Thats the same dress I saw Marnies
should be such a scaredy cat? ghost wear. I know it is. Filmy and
frothy!
LADY MATTIE:
None whatsoever. But, thats OK, BARBIE: Cant be - youre kidding me!
Barbie and no,... Ellie must have gone
shopping, tho she rarely leaves when PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id
we have guests. I didnt see an remember that dress forever. Its so
envelope with the ghost note anywhere beautiful!
either. I, of course, didnt check Ellies
room closely. Perhaps wed better do BARBIE: Lets go to the library and tell Lady
that. Mattie.
SAM: Well search the turret, then meet you in ALL: Okay!
the library.
LADY MATTIE, TACK OR TAPE LETTER FROM BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES
MARNIE ON THE BEDROOM WALL WHERE THE SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR
CLUE AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO ROOM
LIBRARY
MATTIE, BRING FAMILY TREES TO THE
LIBRARY WITH GHOST NOTE. ALSO HAVE THE

imaginations.

cute place tho, and I wouldnt mind
staying in there.

DARN!!

is it? to Gee). And there was a handwritten
PONY: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up somewhere. I left it on Ellies bed -
with an explanation from Ellie. thats all it said-find a clue hidden
somewhere.
able to solve very quickly. GEE: Another clue? So far the clues
havent been much help in clearing up
LADY MATTIE: Marnies ghostly antics, let alone her
COMING INTO LIBRARY, completely mysterious death! Looks like
I have news for you, ladies Ellie was Ellie created the Family Trees and the
not in her room. I havent been able to Servant Logs.
ascertain where she might have gone,
but look what I found in her room BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to
keep Marnies memory alive.
LADY MATTIE: explanation for these 4 clues and also
And more logs....or rather....it looks like what we are supposed to do with them!
Family Trees of Marnies and my
servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two ANNIE: Where should we look for this Hidden
Logs and now the Family Trees Clue?
where we could easily find them.
ALLIE: Maybe where we havent looked before.
someone else? BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a
lot - but havent really looked around
GEE: May I see the Family Trees, Lady here very closely.
Mattie?
LADY MATTIE:
Sure, Gee, here they are. (Hand them GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
TINKER: Ill do that. Polka, check under things. thats really odd. Shes definitely got
POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels
and stuff. ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on
PONY: Im not sure finding another clue is Hidden Clue Note to see if theyre the
going to mean anything. None of the same.
others mean anything. They are just bits
of info. ...throwing us... ALLIE: Yeah, - if they are - then that means....
SAM: Thats it, Pony! Youve got it! The GEE: That the ghost wrote them all or Ellie
clues are only meant to confuse us and wrote them all. Its that simple!
SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that
GEE: Off the track of what, Sam? Ellie likes to play games with the guests
SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnies
ghost, or even her death, if we could. ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about
Marnies death?
LADY MATTIE:
I came across the Scotland Yard BARBIE: But she may know who really did.
Inspectors Report (WAVE IT
AROUND) but it said approximately the BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or
same thing that ANNIES CLUE alluded someone else does....
to, that the red scarf and key were found
on the floor outside the turret and no GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
cause of death found, so no suspect why keep it a secret? She needs to help
was arrested. us out here.
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get
SO curious? your manual and read it aloud)
POLKA: Yeah, why? THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE
PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE
crazy! ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON
THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.
make a whole lot of sense. ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies
servants. Some interesting people!
GEE: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe (Take your clue from your manual and
we need to look at the Family Tree a read it aloud).
family trees and maybe some hidden ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
clues there, too. SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
ANNIE: Okay, lets start from the beginning. BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties
SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about your clue from your manual and read it
the family tree exactly. (Take clue aloud).
from your manual and it aloud)
LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE MARNIES SERVANTS.
RELATIVES FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
MONTH. THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER the servants who lived and served during
UNCLE, A FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to
TO TRY OUT FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE 1650.
PERFORMED FOR ROYALTY.
ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from Family Trees again. The clues didnt
tell us anything! GEE: I think the clue must be that Marnies
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT of Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS. wrote in the Log of Lady Matties
Servants. It was hidden in the Log
SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was and the Family Tree. Where did you
Marnies maid. Thats probably not find the Hidden Clue Note?
unusual in that day and age.
LADY MATTIE:
GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so It was in Ellies room on the floor. She
everyone can see them) And, Sam, probably dropped it when she left.
like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here
were related, too. for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
servants who worked for Marnie.
PONY: Lady Matties servants ancestors and
Marnies servants were related, tho LADY MATTIE:
distantly. Exactly!
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any
Family Tree. There is Ellie, born in closer to knowing how Marnie died, or
1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was why shes haunting the castle.
Renoir.
GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She haunt the place where he or she died
was only 2 years younger than Marnie. under mysterious circumstances, until
the cause is found, or known, or until
ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly justice is done.
related to each other. That doesnt help
us discover what happened to Marnie, or BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this
the reason she is haunting this castle,... case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
if SHE is. relative or maybe the descendant of her
servant, Aimee? BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could
probably tell us more about those
POLKA: That would be Ellie. servants, since she knows so much
about them.
ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont
castle? mean to be so nosy!

Still employed here - well, all those on I dont believe that for a minute! Come
the log of my servants, which Ellie with me to Ellies room. Perhaps youll
completed this year, 1850, except see something I havent.
Francoise, Armands mother and
Winthorp IIIs wife; Charles, Hatties
husband; Lynette and Renoir, Ellies LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES
parents. Lynette is Dominique and ROOM. LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT
Hatties sister, by the way. And, Bette, LOGS ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
Georges brother and his wife and their 2
children, Nicholas and Charles.

employment when I no longer needed so
many servants. They all are still very
close and attend all the servants
birthday parties and such.

200 plus years ago.
Sure!
gone, - look here in her closet - but she BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel
dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the silly.
(Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesnt GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam.
say much.
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her
Look, heres some blank note paper to come back. I kind of enjoyed the
just like the paper the Ghost Note was mysteries and I hate to see it all end,
written on, and envelopes, too. She too.
appeared to be enjoying playing ghost
all these years and I never guessed. SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
have gone?
certainly is a plausible answer to all of LADY MATTIE:
this. Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know Im kind of sorry. according to the Family Tree.
I bet your guests always enjoyed
thinking Marnie actually left messages BOBBIE: Im afraid this is what they call a Cold
and signs. Case.
parties still be the same? GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely cold!
LADY MATTIE: ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a

Not for me. mystery for us to solve.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnies BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
memory?
GEE: Maybe you five gals from Merry Olde SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
trip. Wed love it if you would. ANNIE: Hey, whats this tacked to the wall? Its
SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery. notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure
of it! Check it out!
where. ALLIE: Lets see - what is it?
GEORGIA: What a great weekend! BARBIE: Take it down, Annie.
TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to ANNIE: Okay, - here it is - you read it, Gee. Its
come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM
meeting each other. MARNIE. (Hand envelope to Gee)
POLKA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love GEE: (Take letter from envelope)
your clothes.
PONY: I think weve found some new friends for life.
ALL: Yeah. W e sure have. letter like the envelope says.
SAM: Lets go back to the bedroom and pack POLKA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family
together. Tree and Marnies Servants log are
ALL: OK, lets!
GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it
LADY MATTIE: to Lady Mattie.
Ill be in the library if you need me.
WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY. THEYLL THE FAMILY TREE AND MARNIES SERVANTS
BE THERE SHORTLY. LOG.
SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. you must go back to 1649.
Wait til you hear about this!
In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs their fiancees from London, paid me a
and Trees. visit for a month, on their way to France.
My cousin Emilys fiancee in particular,
SAM: Here are both, Gee. namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook,
was so dashing, he practically and
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this literally swept me off my feet, as you
document tacked to our wall. The say. I did not encourage him, although I
envelope says its a letter from Marnie. did not ignore him either. He would have
fought a dual for me, I know, if there had
LADY MATTIE: been someone to dual with.
Let me see it, Gee.
I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my
GEE: (Hand document to Lady Mattie) personal maid, was smitten and he also
with her. Now, this is an unusual
LADY MATTIE: circumstance, you see, because
It certainly looks authentic and old, and servants were not to flirt with the
also very well written. It appears to be a aristocracy and vice-versa.
letter. Since it was tacked to your wall,
I think you gals ought to read it. Barbie, My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at
why dont you begin reading it. Will you each other, rather lovingly, I might add,
please read the first page? (Hand first and left in a huff. I cant blame her. I
page to Barbie) was just happy she didnt see how I
looked at him, too. Well, I feel I must
BARBIE: I know by now, you probably dont continue, having gotten this far.
believe in me - but you are looking in the
wrong place. Its not Ellie - really - I Emily came back to the castle for a visit
mean, shes not the ghost! - alone. One night she came upstairs -
presumably to go to bed - when she
If you really want to know how I died - apparently saw a dim candle light in the
turret and saw scarf on the floor outside the door. I think
she must have heard someone coming
LADY MATTIE: and probably disappeared into one of the
Gee, heres the second page. (Hand rooms off the hallway.
Gee the second page)
You may wonder why I say she. I
GEE: ...someone arranging books on a table. never saw the persons face, but I just
(I often did this myself - it was my think it was a she. I also think Emily
favorite hideaway, you see.) And, was the Scotland Yard Inspectors chief
Aimee often came into the turret to pick suspect because she left so abruptly -
up and re-arrange things also. but it could never be proven. No one
was charged.
I saw her stop and I simply turned and
wished her a good night and since she Later, when I was missed, and after my
was leaving early the next morning, I bid chauffeur, Staunton had driven Emily in
her good bye also. I had the feeling the carriage to a hotel in town, my
she was startled to see me there. I
finished what I was doing and went to LADY MATTIE:
my rooms and changed into my night Allie, here you read the last page. This
dress, then suddenly remembered that I is certainly a revelation, isnt it? (Hand
wanted a book to read, returned to the Allie the last page)
turret and as I was reaching for a book
from the table ALLIE: Butler, Winthorp, found the key to the
someone, unseen by me, came up turret on the floor and found my body
behind me and with a scarf, quickly inside.
wrapped it around my neck and choked
the life out of...ME. She was so startled Now that everyone knows what
and hopefully, appalled at what shed happened, I will not haunt the castle
done, she quickly removed the scarf again. I left many messages and clues
from my neck, took the key from a around in the past 200 years, but no one
table, hustled out of the turret and locked really took me seriously before. Thank
me inside, dropping the key and the you dear friends! Please solve this
mystery for me so I can rest in peace. think?
My burning question is Who would want GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,
to kill me? And why? What was her not Marnie.
motive? Was I correct about the sex of
my killer? These questions have BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets
bothered me all these years. discuss each possibility and see what we
come up with.
Could it have been my distant cousin,
Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice? DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE
Or even Aimee? Certainly not Winthorp, PERFECT SCENARIO?
Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved
Ariel you know, but I knew. I can hardly HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME
believe any of these would harm me. KNOW WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE
Please help! Love, Marnie REAL ONE! ID LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
ANNIE: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH
better than any Inspectors Report. COME UP WITH A PERFECT SCENARIO AND
THEN VOTE ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO
TINKER: You remember - the clue we couldnt OFFER A PRIZE FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND
find? It must have been something THE MOST OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.
wanted to know how she died, wed have SOME THINGS TO SUGGEST AS DISCUSSION
to go back to 1649'. TOPICS TO HELP THE GUESTS SOLVE THE
MYSTERY!
married Chaucer, the gardener. < Motive
Jealousy - professional, personal, love
BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily based Who would do anything for
and Charles, the Earl of Northbrook? Ariel?
SAM: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone < Obvious suspects
Emily SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED??
Ariel (to be read by Lady Mattie after the ladies discuss
Staunton their own scenarios)
Others?
Motive
< Opportunity Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very
Anyone in the castle that night talented amateur actress, and Marnie always
offered her the best parts at the plays with
< Method which she often entertained her guests.
< Mistaken identity? Is it possible? Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her
cousin because she had all the advantages in
< Why did Marnie think the killer was a she? life.
< Who do you think the real ghost is? Marnie or Love based - Aimee was jealous of Emilys
Ellie? Or someone else? relationship with Charles and also the attention
he paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything
< Did the ghost write the logs, notes and for Ariel, even though he later married someone
clues? Or did Ellie write them? else. Ariel, herself, never married.
< Did anyone compare handwriting? The Obvious Suspects are

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Aimee
Opportunity
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of
carriage to take Emily to a hotel in town early
in the morning. Aimee was in her room crying please introduce your guest. Weve
over Charles. wondered where you disappeared to.
Method was, of course, strangulation. ELLIE: This is Audette and she has some very
important information about Marnies
Mistaken Identity? death that she uncovered in an old trunk.
At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie, She found a diary written by Ariel,
thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you Marnies laundress. Ariel wrote in her
remember, was caught by Emily flirting with diary about Marnies death - er, murder.
Charles. And, remember, the first time Emily
saw Marnie in the turret, she was dressed in AUDETTE: Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
her day clothes. A little later, she saw a woman alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy,
in the turret in her night clothes. which youll discover when you read her
diary.
Marnie thought the killer was a she because the killer
came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A LADY MATTIE:
man would use his hands. The killer used a scarf How did you find the diary?
because her hands Were not large enough or strong
enough to strangle someone. AUDETTE: I purchased this old farmhouse in the
country and found the trunk in the attic.
The real ghost is Marnie. She used Ellies stationery The trunk contained a lot of old
and wrote the logs, notes and clues. costumes and this diary.

Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the kitchen. Ill Well, how did you find Ellie?
LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME Inspector White. I didnt tell him what Id
BACK WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE. found - I just asked him where to find
Castle Wellington and told him I had
LADY MATTIE: something to deliver there. He said hed
Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie, give it to his friend to deliver.
ELLIE: Georges brought an envelope to the mysterious death?
who is a friend of his. Since the ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie?
envelope was addressed to person in
charge, I opened it. Im usually in BARBIE: Or, did Emily?
charge of the interior operations of the
castle, so I thought it might pertain to GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? Weve
that. Sorry. actually tried to figure it all out - who had
LADY MATTIE:
Dont be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in AUDETTE: Well, here in the diary - Ill open it to the
the envelope? page where it begins. The page is dated
3 September, 1650.
ELLIE: Audette had written to us of her
discovery of the diary and thought wed SAM: Thats not the date of Marnies death -
like to see it before anyone else, since the 4th of September was the date on the
so much time has passed and the constables report. Im sure of it.
persons involved were no longer alive.
AUDETTE: Yes, that was the day Marnie was found
AUDETTE: Yes, you see, Im a history buff and I in the turret and according to this - well,
would rather preserve important Ill give you each a page to read, if you
documents than have them buried in like, then youll all know the truth.
time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard SAM: Yeah, lets each read a page aloud.
surely wont be interested in solving the That sounds like fun.
wrote in her diary.
want to be an actress. I know I have The opportunity is here. Emily is here.
talent. Marnie tells me I do. She lets She came back alone to visit Marnie. I
me have all the good parts in her little can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on
plays. Staunton believes in me and Emily and be free to try out for the play
would do almost anything for me. But, myself. Staunton will be free to drive me
he doesnt have any influence with to town for the tryouts. Ill ask him when
Marnie. Marnie doesnt really know how Emily is due to leave, so I can make my
jealous I am of her, nor does she plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily
encourage me to fulfill my dreams of is leaving early tomorrow morning. This
becoming a real actress. I actually think will give me plenty of time. Ill spy on
Marnie deliberately keeps me from Marnie and Emily to find the perfect
realizing my dreams. She thinks shes opportunity.
me amateur parts in her amateur plays. AUDETTE: Here is page 3. Who will read it?
AUDETTE: Who wants to read the second page? ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.
ALLIE I do. My names Allie. Ill read it. AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE.
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! I saw Emily stop
at the turret to say good-bye to Marnie
ALLIE: It begins:When Marnies cousins came and then she retired to her rooms. I saw
to give her the news about the new play, Marnie go to her rooms, then almost
I was more desperate than ever. I cant immediately back to the turret. This was
contain myself. I want so much to ask my chance. I tip toed to the turret, so
Marnie if I can go with her to the tryouts. she wouldnt hear me, picked up the red
I dont dare ask her. How can I get scarf from the table in the hallway and
there? Marnie most certainly will not let came up behind her, wrapped the scarf
me go. Should I ask Staunton to drive around her neck and pulled. It was so
me? No, I cant do that - hell be driving easy. She dropped to the floor and I
HER. quickly left, remembering to lock the
door behind me. I heard someone
coming, so I dropped the scarf and the Winthorp explained he went looking for
key running across the hall to the linen Marnie when she didnt come down for
closet. Luckily it was unlocked, so I hid breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the
there until the coast was clear. floor in front of the turret door and
opened the door to investigate. Emily
AUDETTE: Here is the final page. Which one of you was a suspect, but it could not be proven
wishes to read it? that she was near the turret. Then, of all
BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read it. I get sad Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all
and weepy reading stuff like this. of us and ordered us to remain at the
castle until they completed the
GEE: OK, Ill read it. Im Gee. investigation. I am really upset. I did all
AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGE TO GEE into the city, maybe Ill get another
chance. Or, maybe Ill go live like a
GEE: Its dated, 4 September 1650. I dont hermit in the country. Ill leave soon, as
know how she could have slept all night, soon as the investigation is complete,
knowing what she did. Heres what she so no one will suspect me.
wrote the next morning: Well, it sure
has been exciting here. Winthorp, found GEE: Thats all she writes.
the scarf and key on the floor, unlocked
the door and found Marnie lying on the LADY MATTIE:
floor inside the turret. Meanwhile, Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
Staunton was driving Emily in the to us. Well just wonder, I guess,
carriage to a hotel in town. Winthorp whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
sent one of the neighbors for the local woman she must have been.
constable and the constable and
Staunton arrived about the same time. SAM: Were all glad you came back, Ellie, and
Staunton had to go back into town and brought Audette with you before we left.
bring Emily back to the castle for
interrogation, much to her chagrin. ALLIE, ANNIE, BARBIE, GEE: YEAH!!!
LADY MATTIE:
visit, even though there probably wont
be another mystery to solve. But, then,
you never know.


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a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
GUEST M ANUAL for

10 Players for one day
party
NAME: _________________________
SCENE 1a: IN THE CASTLE SCENE 2a: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
LADY MATTIE:
Were very excited about the party LADY MATTIE:
Andersen, and were happy to meet you SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
Pony. ANNIE: This is funbeing invited hereI mean.
ANNIE: How did you get the name Tinker? ALLIE: I cant believe Im herein England.
TINKER: Well, my last name is Belle. When I was BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
Now, I guess Tinkers my name rather GEE: Did she really live here?
than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
ALL: OK servants. She lived here for 20 years and
in 1650 her body was found in the turret,
near the bedrooms.

TINKER: And, no one was ever charged with her

death; and the cause was never
Guest Manual for 10 players one day party 1 Guest Manual for 10 players one day party 2
determined. She haunts the castle now LADY MATTIE:
her ghost.
POLKA: Thats Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen probably will.
Marnies ghost, Pony - havent you?
TINKER: Oh, I DO hope she does.
PONY: Yes, last yearhere in the castle, in the
hallway on the third floornear the turret. POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
was beautifullike she was floating; she PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
was wearing something long and flowing, guess.
LADY MATTIE:
her ghost, too. ALL: Good idea, lets go.
SAM: But, Barbie, Aunt Mattie told me shes

very friendly and very funny, too. She
was a comedienne.
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom. LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: I wish Marnie would show up. Just look at ANNIE: Yeah, Barbies afraid shell see a ghost.
her portrait. She was beautiful!
ANNIE: She was gorgeous! Why did she die so
ALLIE: I heard she was actually 30; thats not too BOBBIE: Barbie, dont be afraid. Marnie probably
young. wont appear.
ANNIE: No, I guess notbut too young to die. GEORGIA: If she does, she wont hurt you. Well be
right here.
EVERYONE, HEAD BACK TO THE LIBRARY.
anyone!

friendly ghost.


ALLIE: Wow, thats awesome! SCENE 5a: EXPLORING THE BEDROOM
SAM: Lets go up to the bedroom and look ALLIE, WALKING PAST THE TURRET TOWARD THE
around. BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE FLOOR
IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET.
LADY MATTIE:
ALL: Wow!!! could this be?

scary!
TINKER: Yeah, were the guests. It should be OK.

This is exciting.

ANNIE: We dont know where she is.
ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it. GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap.
ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure enough,
BARBIE: OH! It must be from the ghost. Must we there it is. Maybe someone else was
read it alone? supposed to visit.
PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait! ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model?
GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ GHOST NOTE Sam?
BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe BARBIE: Yeah, wait a minute. Lady Mattie didnt
Im not scared anymore!!!! mention any other guests.
GEE: How would she know were here? GEE: No, I believe it was Marnie who wrote the
BOBBIE: How would she know our names? for US, and the clue also.
GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably BOBBIE: Gosh, Im kinda sorry she wont be visiting
knows everything that goes on here. us.
TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!! GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages
and other signs.
Look for a clue for Sam under a pillow. the message for us.
SAM: I simply dont believe any of this. This PONY: I believe so, too!
scaring ME; a clue under a pillow? ANNIE: But, the clue to what?
POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway! DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Where was this note, Gee? 1) Why cant she meet us today?
2) What is this clue for? about it.
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe. SAM: Yeah, I want to know more.
SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie must ALL: Me, too.
the clue is for.
GEE: Lets hurry and see! (LEAVE THE YOUR MANUALS WITH YOU TO THE DINING ROOM.
GHOST NOTE ON THE HALLWAY
TABLE)

BED.

DISCUSSION:

her.

her death.
ALLIE: Lets go back to the dining room and talk
SCENE 6a: IN THE DINING ROOM FOR TEA SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie, ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbies
left us a note. name and that she wants to be a model?
LADY MATTIE: ALLIE: Id like to know that, too.
ANNIE: Yes, she really did! BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, TO GEE: What do you think about it, Polka?
BE OPENED BY MATTIES GUESTS.
door to the turret. Scary! BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it last,
I believe.
without you? GEE: No, I dont have it. I thought you had it,
Georgia.
Mattie. GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it.
LADY MATTIE: SAM: No, I havent seen it either.
TINKER: It said, IM SORRY I WONT BE TINKER: Havent seen it.

ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL, ANNIE: Me either.
BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!!
SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD BARBIE: Not me, I havent seen it.
WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE
ME. GEE: Its gonedisappeared right out of our
sight. Oboy! Or, maybe I forgot and left LADY MATTIE:
it by the turret.
SAM: You must have left it there, Gee. And anything?
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: On the inside of the envelope flap, was a to visit. Remember Tinker told you she
hand-written note. was shy for an actress. I think thats why
sheher ghost, that isleft the note. She
LADY MATTIE: knew we all wanted to see her, except for
Barbie, and she didnt want Barbie to be
GEE: Tell her, Sam. afraid. I honestly dont know how she
knew about you, Barbie. And, I think the
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under the missing Ghost Note is a REAL mystery.
pillow. So we did. Maybe itll show up. Lets continue to look
for it.
LADY MATTIE:

LADY MATTIE:

ANNIE: Yeahrelatives from London.
ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.
SCENE 7a: MORE CLUES? SAM: What about the Log of Marnies Servants
that Allie found under the chair?
SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under the
chair? ALLIE: (Pick up the Log of Marnies Servants)
Yeah, lets look at it. Aha! Listen to this!
ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind. It IS, (Read Ariels description from the Log).
its a log of Marnies Servants.
ANNIE: And, whats this on the table? member of Marnies household and she
ANNIE: It has my name on it. professional status and killed her for it?
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. (Pick up the GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed?
clue with your name on it) Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious
causes?
up. What do they say? SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
ANNIE: Okay, here goes! you think Marnie took it back?
YOUR MANUAL) ANNIE: Why would she do that?
ALL: WOW!!! ALLIE: This is a mystery well never solve, Annie.
ALLIE: Ill read mine. BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the
(READ ALOUD ALLIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN note is gone.
YOUR MANUAL)
PONY: Lets talk about these clues and what there, or maybe in the bedroom. We need
they might mean. to go back and look around again. Does
anyone in the castle have access to that GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.
area?
SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee, the maid,
Ellie, could have come around anytime. GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake.
BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But, TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway
why would she take the note that was just in case Ellie might have put it there
meant for us? and we missed it.
GEORGIA: She must have put the Ghost Note POLKA: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
someplace else for some reason. Maybe
Lady Mattie can ask her. PONY: Right you are, Polka.
TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity. EVERYONE, HEAD TO THE BEDROOM AGAIN, JUST
TO SNOOP AROUND.
have taken it back and was wandering ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
around while we were here. IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE.

just ask her where it is.
LADY MATTIE:

the bottom of it.
BARBIE: OK. And lets get hold of Ellie, Lady

Matties maid first.
SCENE 8a: YET ANOTHER CLUE? BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door.
SAM: Theres another strange paper on the bed, GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting or
Barbie. What is it? screaming scaredy cat.
BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady BOBBIE: Lets look very carefully.
something under it; its another clue. GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room.
Want me to read it?
ALL: Yeah!!
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden
BARBIE, READ ALOUD BARBIES CLUE AND stairways.
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent places
BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about Lady for hiding things, and for ghosts to
Matties servants. wander around.

interests.
LADY MATTIE:

NOTE.
SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET! PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id
LADY MATTIE: beautiful!
SAM: Were going to the turret. Come with us BARBIE: Lets go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
Aunt Mattie.
ALL: Okay!
ALLIE: Does she have the note? SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
should be such a scaredy cat?
LADY MATTIE:

the library.


frothy!
SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW able to solve very quickly.
MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a cute someone else?
there. GEE: May I see the Family Trees, Lady
Mattie?
POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways? LADY MATTIE:
DARN!!
GEE: Another clue? So far the clues havent
ANNIE: Marnie wasnt there. been much help in clearing up Marnies
ghostly antics, let alone her completely
PONY: But we found Marnies dress - the one I mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created
saw her wear last year. the Family Trees and the Servant
Logs.
ALLIE: The Ghost Note wasnt there, either. Marnies memory alive.
BARBIE: It also wasnt in the bedroom. So, where SAM: I know, but theres got to be an
is it? explanation for these 4 clues and also
with an explanation from Ellie. ANNIE: Where should we look for this Hidden
Clue?
ALLIE: Maybe where we havent looked before. BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - thats
BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a lot to do with both.
very closely. ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on
BOBBIE: Lets search the library while were here. Hidden Clue Note to see if theyre the
same.
GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and wrote them all. Its that simple!
stuff.
PONY: Im not sure finding another clue is going Ellie likes to play games with the guests or
to mean anything. None of the others that Marnies ghost really does exist!
mean anything. They are just bits of info.
...throwing us... ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnies
death?
SAM: Thats it, Pony! Youve got it! The clues
are only meant to confuse us and keep us ALLIE: Ellie didnt have anything to do with that!
off the track.
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or
SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnies someone else does....
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
BOBBIE: I think youre right! why keep it a secret? She needs to help
us out here.
LADY MATTIE:
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get servants. Not interesting at all! (Take
SO curious? your clue from your manual and read it
aloud).
POLKA: Yeah, why?
PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
crazy! the servants who lived and served during
Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to
SAM: Yeah - whatever shes doing doesnt make 1650.
GEE: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe we Family Trees again. The clues didnt tell
need to look at the Family Tree a little us anything!
family trees and maybe some hidden ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT
clues there, too. LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS.
ANNIE: Okay, lets start from the beginning. SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was
Marnies maid. Thats probably not
SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about unusual in that day and age.
the family tree exactly. (Take clue from
your manual and it aloud) GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so
ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from your according to theFamily Trees, it looks
manual and read it aloud) like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III
were related, too.
servants. Some interesting people! (Take PONY: Lady Matties servants ancestors and
your clue from your manual and read it Marnies servants were related, tho
aloud). distantly.
BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices
Family Tree. There is Ellie, born in GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will
1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was haunt the place where he or she died
Renoir. under mysterious circumstances, until the
cause is found, or known, or until justice is
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She done.
was only 2 years younger than Marnie.
ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
to each other. That doesnt help us relative or maybe the descendant of her
discover what happened to Marnie, or the servant, Aimee?
reason she is haunting this castle,... if
SHE is. POLKA: That would be Ellie.
GEE: I think the clue must be that Marnies TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she wrote ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the
in the Log of Lady Matties Servants. It castle?
was hidden in the Log and the Family
Tree. Where did you find the Hidden LADY MATTIE:
Clue Note?
LADY MATTIE: problems while serving here for Marnie,
200 plus years ago.
ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could probably
servants who worked for Marnie. tell us more about those servants, since
LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any closer leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont mean
to knowing how Marnie died, or why shes to be so nosy!
LADY MATTIE: SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM
LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES ROOM. ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are
LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT LOGS gone, - look here in her closet - but she
ON THE LIBRARY TABLE. dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the
say much.
LADY MATTIE:



LADY MATTIE:

memory?
LADY MATTIE:

silly.
LADY MATTIE: POLKA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love
your clothes.
have gone? PONY: I think weve found some new friends for life.
Case. together.



where.

each other.
SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES! SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. Wait
the same handwriting, as the other GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs and
notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure of Trees.
it! Check it out!
BARBIE: Take it down, Annie. document tacked to our wall. The
an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM LADY MATTIE:
GEE: (Hand document to Lady Mattie)
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: (Read page 1)
letter like the envelope says. LADY MATTIE:
POLKA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family GEE: (Read page 2)
there. We may need them. LADY MATTIE:
GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it to ALLIE: (Read page 3)

Lady Mattie.
EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND better than any Inspectors Report.
LOG. TINKER: You remember - the clue we couldnt
find? It must have been something about WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE GHOST OF
1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to MARNIE ANDERSEN PARTY.
to 1649'.

BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and


think?
GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee, not

Marnie.

come up with.

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SETTING THE SCENE: SCENE 1 - IN THE CASTLE

SAMS GREAT-AUNT MATTIE. LEAVE TO HELP Annie, Allie, Barbie, Gee, Teddy and
DOMINIQUE WITH DINNER PREPARATIONS. Ginger. Its so nice to see you and Im
glad you could all come.
LIBRARY, PLEASE ASK THEM TO BE SEATED AND Now, Id like you to meet Bobbie, Georgia,
THEN HAND EACH GUEST HER SCRIPT Tinker, Polka and Pony, your new English

Pony.

than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
Adult Manual for 12 player slumber party 1 Adult Manual for 12 player slumber party 2
weekend. You have a couple of hours to SCENE 2: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
play some games that Ill teach you before LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT MATTIE
dinner is served. Have you ever played
croquet? Its a very popular game here in
the English countryside. EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN GUEST MANUALS.
My dears, lets go out to the lawns where LADY MATTIE:

the croquet game is all set up for us. You Well, how did you enjoy the games?
may leave your GUEST MANUALS here
in the library. Well meet back here in the SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
library for a short visit before dinner. Ill
get you started on the game and when its ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
time for you to come to the library, Ill call
you. ALLIE: I cant believe Im here - in England.
ALL: OK. BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
LADY MATTIE, AFTER GAMES ARE OVER, ASK THE GEE: Did she really live here?
GIRLS TO COME BACK INTO THE LIBRARY.


butler, Winthorp, found her. GEE: Whats the matter, Barbie?
TINKER: And, no one was ever charged with her BARBIE: I dont think I want to see a real ghost.
death; and the cause was never
determined. She haunts the castle now SAM: But, Barbie, Aunt Mattie told me shes
and then. Her portrait is in the ballroom. very friendly and very funny, too. She
Youll see it when we go up for dinner. was a comedienne.
SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you LADY MATTIE:
serious? Thats right - but you probably wont even
see her.
her ghost. BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
leaves messages.
POLKA: Thats Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen
Marnies ghost, Pony - havent you? GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
PONY: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear - so she
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. probably will.
was beautiful - like she was floating; she TINKER: Oh, - I DO hope she does.
kind of frothy and all white. POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
TEDDY: Oh - maybe well be lucky enough to see PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
GINGER: I certainly hope so. LADY MATTIE:

Lets go up to the 3rd floor ballroom.
BARBIE: I certainly hope NOT! Thats where the buffet is set up, and
dont forget to look at Marnies portrait.
SCENE 3: IN THE BALLROOM POLKA: Youll really love the food here, its SOOO
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom. used to, I imagine, Gee.
ANNIE: Oh, I feel like a princess! PONY: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot
dogs, everyday?!
Just look at her portrait. She was ALL: Laughter.
beautiful!
TEDDY: She was gorgeous! Why did she die so

young?
GINGER: I heard she was actually 30 - thats not too

young.
TEDDY: No, I guess not - but too young to die.


overeat.
LADY MATTIE: SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY
the buffet. LADY MATTIE:
Shall we sit here and chat awhile before
bedtime?
PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED. Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet.

wont appear.

right here.

anyone!
TEDDY: Dont worry, Barbie. Shes probably a

friendly ghost.
asked her to marry him and she refused. SCENE 5: SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON
PONY: She was too beautiful for only a Prince. ALLIE, WALKING PAST THE TURRET TOWARD
She could have married a King! YOUR BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE
GINGER: Wow, thats awesome!
SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time could this be?
is it?
LADY MATTIE:
Lots of time for you gals - I may just retire ALLIE, READ WHAT THE ENVELOPE SAYS.
my room. You may come down to TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIES OVERNIGHT
breakfast in your nighties and PJs. GUESTS

scary!
HERE. GEE: Wed better tell Lady Mattie about this.
MATTIE, DURING THIS TIME, PLACE ENVELOPE BOBBIE: I think she went to bed.
WITH THE GHOST NOTE ON THE FLOOR IN
FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET, AND GEORGIA: Lets open the envelope.
SAMS CLUE UNDER SAMS PILLOW.
should be OK. This is exciting.
with Great-Aunt Mattie. TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!!
TEDDY: Bobbie said she went to bed. GEE: Theres something else. (look at the
inside of the envelope flap) Listen to this:
ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it. Look for a clue under Sams pillow.
BARBIE: OH - it must be from the ghost. Must we must be a prank. Now she...or it IS
read it alone? scaring ME - a clue.....under my pillow?
PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait! POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL, ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure enough -
ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A there it is. Maybe someone else was
MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MODEL, supposed to visit.
TOO, JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME. ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model?
BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe Sam?
GEE: How would she know were here? mention any other overnight guests.
GINGER: How would she know our names? GEE: No - I believe it was Marnie who wrote the
GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably for US, and the clue also.
us. PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL.
TEDDY: Remember, she often leaves messages IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS
and other signs. DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS,
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH.
the message for us. THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER UNCLE - A
FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT
PONY: I believe so, too! FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR
ROYALTY.
GINGER: But, the clue to what?
DISCUSSION:
DISCUSSION TOPICS: Does this pertain to her death?
2) What is this clue for? POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe for us to go to bed - household wanted to be an actress like
since our ghost wont be visiting. her.
SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie must SAM: So my clue could have some bearing on
be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what her death.
the clue is for.
ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND SAMS ALL: Me, too.
BED.
SAM, REACH UNDER YOUR PILLOW, PULL OUT EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND
CLUE AND READ SAMS CLUE ALOUD AND YOUR MANUALS TO SAM.
SAM, PLACE ALL MANUALS AND GHOST NOTE ON SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM
DOOR. LADY MATTIE:
Good morning everyone. Did you sleep
THE SCRIPTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BREAKFAST well?
IN THE DINING ROOM.
left us a note last night.
LADY MATTIE, BEFORE BREAKFAST, PLACE
ANNIES CLUE UNDER ANNIES COFFEE CUP, LADY MATTIE:
ALLIES CLUE IN ALLIES GUEST MANUAL, AND But, Sam, thats highly unlikely. Ghosts
PLACE ALL THE MANUALS AT THEIR PLACES ON dont.....
THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
PLACE LOG #1 (MARNIES SERVANTS) UNDER
ALLIES CHAIR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, TO
NIGHT GUESTS.


without you?
LADY MATTIE:
you had every right to open it. What did
the note say?
VISITING YOU TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH TINKER: Havent seen it.
ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS TO ANNIE: Me either.
BE A MODEL, TOO, JUST AS ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!!
ME.
POLKA: Yep, those were the exact words. room. Oboy!
TEDDY: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbies SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all
Mattie.
GINGER: Id like to know that, too.
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Im famous, thats how. And, whats not all?
GEE: What do you think about it, Polka? SAM: On the inside of the envelope flap, was a
hand-written note.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it last, What did it say?
I believe.
TEDDY: Tell her, Sam.
thought you had it, Georgia. SAM: It said, Look for a clue under Sams
pillow. So we did.
LADY MATTIE: she, ..her ghost, that is.., left the note.
Did what? She knew we all wanted to see her,
GEORGIA: Looked for the clue. It was there, just as Barbie to be afraid. I honestly dont know
she, er... it said - under Sams pillow. how she knew about you, Barbie. And, I
LADY MATTIE: mystery. Maybe itll show up. Lets look
Well, what did it say - Im nearly dying of for it right after breakfast.
curiosity.

TEDDY: Yeah - relatives from London.
GINGER: And, they stayed with her for a month.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, this is some mystery - where did the
note come from - then the clue and
what could it mean?

anything?
LADY MATTIE:

was shy for an actress. I think thats why
SCENE 7: MORE CLUES? ALL: WOW!!!
SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under your ALLIE: Ill read mine.
chair? READ ALOUD ALLIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN
YOUR MANUAL
a log of Marnies Servants. ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
And,...heres something in my manual. SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
ANNIE: And, whats this under my coffee cup? PONY: Lets talk about these clues and what
they might mean.
ANNIE: It has my name on it. DISCUSSION, PLACE LOG #2 (LADY MATTIES
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. AND BARBIES CLUE UNDER THE LOG. THEN
DRAPE A FANCY LONG WHITE DRESS OVER A
POLKA: So, lets see what they are. Open them CHAIR IN THE TURRET FOR SCENE 9. COME
up. What do they say? RIGHT BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM.
ANNIE: Okay, here goes! SAM: What about the Log of Marnies Servants
YOUR MANUAL ALLIE: (Pick up the Log of Marnies Servants)
Yeah - lets look at it - A ha! Listen to
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE this? (Read Ariels description from the
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER Log).
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR A ARIEL - LAUNDRESS - SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WHEN
FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. SHE WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD WORK
PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO ENTERTAIN HER night or very early before we woke up.
GUESTS. We did have clean towels in our
bathrooms this morning so she must have
ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a been in this wing, if she was in our
member of Marnies household and she bathrooms.
BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But,
BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies why would she take the note that was
professional status and killed her for it? meant for us?
GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed? GEORGIA: Well, our manuals are on the breakfast
Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious table this morning - so she must have put
causes? the Ghost Note someplace else for some
reason. Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her.
SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
know what happened to the note. Do TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
ANNIE: Why would she do that? have taken it back and was wandering
around while we slept.
TEDDY: This is a mystery well never solve, Annie.
BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the make us nervous? It must be Ellie. Lets
note is gone. just ask her where it is.
GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the LADY MATTIE, COMING BACK INTO THE DINING
hallway when we went to bed. Did anyone ROOM:
in the castle have access to the area Knowing your record of solving mysteries,
while we slept? I bet you girls will solve this one quickly.
Ive heard how you all solved the CASE ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
OF THE MISSING RING. Now, we are IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE.
faced with another very strange mystery -
an appearing and disappearing note LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THEIR
written by a ghost. You know, there just BEDROOM.
may be an Inspectors Report
somewhere in my desk in the library.
GINGER: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get to

the bottom of it.
BARBIE: OK - and lets get hold of Ellie, Lady

Matties maid first.
GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.

and we missed it.
TEDDY: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
GINGER: Right you are, Teddy.
EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR

YOUR BEDROOMS TO FRESHEN UP AND DRESS.
SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE? EVERYONE, SEARCH BEDROOM FOR GHOST
NOTE.
SAM: Theres another strange paper on your
bed, Barbie. What is it? SAM: Well, theres nothing here.
BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady ANNIE: Why dont we look in the turret?
something under it, - its another clue. ALLIE: Yeah, Ive never been in a turret.
Want me to read it?
BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door.
ALL: Yeah!!
GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting or
BARBIE, READ ALOUD BARBIES CLUE AND screaming scaredy cat.
TEDDY: Lets look very carefully.
TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS MARNIES GINGER: Yes, under everything in the room.
SERVANTS.
Matties servants. POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden
stairways.
Marnie had, with duals, acting, and love LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM
interests. AS SOON AS PONY BEGINS HER DIALOGUE.
LADY MATTIE: PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent places
While you look in the bedroom for your for hiding things, and for ghosts to
Ghost Note, Ill find my maid, Ellie, and wander around.
bring her up here.
SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET! GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE
LADY MATTIE: ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK
There you are. Whats up? NOTE PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE
Aunt Mattie. EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET THOROUGHLY

BOBBIE:
ALLIE: Does she have the note? (Notice a white dress laying across a
chair)
BARBIE: Im not going inside. Look here - laying across this chair - a
filmy white dress!
should be such a scaredy cat? PONY: Thats the same dress I saw Marnies
LADY MATTIE: frothy!
None whatsoever. But, thats OK, Barbie
and no,... Ellie must have gone shopping, BARBIE: Cant be - youre kidding me!
tho she rarely leaves when we have
guests. I didnt see an envelope with the PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id
ghost note anywhere either. I, of course, remember that dress forever. Its so
didnt check Ellies room closely. Perhaps beautiful!
wed better do that.
GINGER: Lets go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
TEDDY: Well search the turret, then meet you in
the library. ALL: Okay!

MARNIE ON THE BEDROOM WALL WHERE THE BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES
SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY MATTIE, BRING FAMILY TREES TO THE LIBRARY
WITH GHOST NOTE. ALSO HAVE THE
TEDDY: Well that was a wasted trip.
GINGER: Not a note to be found!
SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a cute

there.

DARN!!

ALLIE: The Ghost Note wasnt there,

either.
is it? Sure, Gee, here they are. (Hand them to
Gee). And there was a handwritten note
PONY: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up about another clue being hidden
with an explanation from Ellie. somewhere. I left it on Ellies bed - thats
all it said-find a clue hidden
GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be somewhere.
LADY MATTIE: been much help in clearing up Marnies
COMING INTO LIBRARY, ghostly antics, let alone her completely
I have news for you, ladies Ellie was mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created
not in her room. I havent been able to the Family Trees and the Servant
ascertain where she might have gone, but Logs.
look what I found in her room
SAM: The Ghost Note! Marnies memory alive.
LADY MATTIE: SAM: I know, but theres got to be an

And more logs....or rather....it looks like explanation for these 4 clues and also
Family Trees of Marnies and my what we are supposed to do with them!
servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two
Logs and now the Family Trees where ANNIE: Where should we look for this Hidden
we could easily find them. Clue?
TEDDY: But why? Did she write them or did GINGER: Maybe where we havent looked before.
someone else?
BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a lot
GEE: May I see the Family Trees, Lady - but havent really looked around here
Mattie? very closely.
GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books? BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - thats
TINKER: Ill do that. Polka, check under things. to do with both.
POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and TEDDY: We could also check the handwriting on
stuff. the Ghost Note and envelope and the
PONY: Im not sure finding another clue is going same.
to mean anything. None of the others
mean anything. They are just bits of info. GINGER: Yeah, - if they are - then that means....
...throwing us...
SAM: Thats it, Pony! Youve got it! The clues wrote them all. Its that simple!
are only meant to confuse us and keep us
off the track. SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that
GEE: Off the track of what, Sam? that Marnies ghost really does exist!
SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnies ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnies
ghost, or even her death, if we could. death?
BOBBIE: I think youre right! ALLIE: Ellie didnt have anything to do with
that!
LADY MATTIE:
I came across the Scotland Yard BARBIE: But she may know who really did.
Inspectors Report (WAVE IT AROUND)
but it said approximately the same thing BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or
that ANNIES CLUE alluded to, that the someone else does....
red scarf and key were found on the floor
outside the turret and no cause of death GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
found, so no suspect was arrested. why keep it a secret? She needs to help
us out here. FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR
ROYALTY.
SO curious? ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from your
manual and read it aloud)
POLKA: Yeah, why?
PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER
crazy! FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON
SAM: Yeah - whatever shes doing doesnt make THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.
ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about
TEDDY: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe we Marn ie s s e r va n t s . Some
need to look at the Family Tree a little interesting people! (Take your
closer. Lots of hidden secrets in clue from your manual and read it
family trees and maybe some hidden aloud).
clues there, too.
ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
GINGER: Okay, lets start from the beginning. SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties
the family tree exactly. (Take clue from servants. Not interesting at all! (Take
your manual and it aloud) your clue from your manual and read it
aloud).
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS, LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE SAME
BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, RELATIVES TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS MARNIES
FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH. SERVANTS.
THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER UNCLE, A
FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
the servants who lived and served during was only 2 years younger than Marnie.
Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to
1650. ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related
to each other. That doesnt help us
SAM: So lets look at the Servant Logs and discover what happened to Marnie, or the
Family Trees again. The clues didnt tell reason she is haunting this castle,... if
us anything! SHE is.
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT GEE: I think the clue must be that Marnies
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS. personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of
Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she wrote
SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was in the Log of Lady Matties Servants. It
Marnies maid. Thats probably not was hidden in the Log and the Family
unusual in that day and age. Tree. Where did you find the Hidden
Clue Note?
GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so
everyone can see them) And, Sam, LADY MATTIE:
according to theFamily Trees, it looks It was in Ellies room on the floor. She
like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III probably dropped it when she left.
were related, too.
TEDDY: So, really, - the servants who work here
PONY: Lady Matties servants ancestors and for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
Marnies servants were related, tho servants who worked for Marnie.
distantly.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices Exactly!
1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any closer
Renoir. to knowing how Marnie died, or why shes
GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will The ones I just mentioned, which are no
haunt the place where he or she died longer my servants, found other
under mysterious circumstances, until the employment when I no longer needed so
cause is found, or known, or until justice is many servants. They all are still very
done. close and attend all the servants birthday
parties and such.
case - Marnie? Or someone else? a BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any
relative or maybe the descendant of her problems while serving here for Marnie,
servant, Aimee? 200 plus years ago.
GINGER: That would be Ellie. BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could probably
TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably! she knows so much about them.
ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at PONY: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her
the castle? leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont mean
to be so nosy!
LADY MATTIE:
Still employed here - well, all those on the LADY MATTIE:
log of my servants, which Ellie I dont believe that for a minute! Come
completed this year, 1850, except with me to Ellies room. Perhaps youll
Francoise, Armands mother and Winthorp see something I havent.
IIIs wife; Charles, Hatties husband;
Lynette and Renoir, Ellies parents.
Lynette is Dominique and Hatties sister, LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES ROOM.
by the way. And, Bette, Georges wife; LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT LOGS
Derislaux and Julinette, Georges brother ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
and his wife and their 2 children, Nicholas
and Charles.
SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM
gone, - look here in her closet - but she Sure!
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why? BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel
(Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesnt silly.
say much.
LADY MATTIE:
Look, heres some blank note paper just LADY MATTIE:
like the paper the Ghost Note was Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her
written on, and envelopes, too. She to come back. I kind of enjoyed the
appeared to be enjoying playing ghost all mysteries and I hate to see it all end, too.
these years and I never guessed.
GEE: So, Ellie decided to play ghost? That have gone?
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know Im kind of sorry. Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps
I bet your guests always enjoyed thinking shes there. She had no siblings
Marnie actually left messages and signs. according to the Family Tree.
ANNIE: Now, there wont be any more. Will your BOBBIE: Im afraid this is what they call a Cold
parties still be the same? Case.
LADY MATTIE: GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely cold!

Not for me.
TEDDY: Wherever we go, there seems to be a
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnies mystery for us to solve.
memory?
BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here. WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY. THEYLL
BE THERE SHORTLY.
GINGER: Maybe you five gals from Merry Olde

where.

each other.
POLKA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love

your clothes.
ALL: Yeah. W e sure have.

together.
ALL: OK, lets!
LADY MATTIE:
Ill be in the library if you need me.
SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES! TINKER: Oh, my gosh! So the clue must have
been something about 1649" - the one we
ANNIE: Hey, whats this tacked to the wall? Its in couldnt find.
the same handwriting as the other notes,
but not the 4 clues - Im sure of it! POLKA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family
Check it out! Tree and Marnies Servants log are
there.
PONY: Lets see - what is it?
BOBBIE: Take it down, Annie. THE FAMILY TREE AND MARNIES SERVANTS
LOG.
an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. Wait
MARNIE. (Hand envelope to Gee) til you hear this!
GEE: (Take letter from envelope and begin PONY: Is there more, Gee?
reading): It says, I know by now, you
probably dont believe in me - but you are GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs and
looking in the wrong place. Its not Ellie - Trees.
really - I mean, shes not the ghost!
BOBBIE: What IS going on here?
GEE: Okay. The LETTER goes on to say, In
GEE: Wait! Theres more! 1649, 2 distant female cousins and their
fiancees from London, paid me a visit for
GEORGIA: Well, what? a month, on their way to France. My
GEE: She,...er,...it says, If you really want to namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook,
know how I died - you must go back to was so dashing, he practically and literally
1649." swept me off my feet, as you say. I did
not encourage him, although I did not
ignore him either. He would have fought Aimee often came into the turret to pick up
a dual for me, I know, if there had been and re-arrange things also.
someone to dual with.
I saw her stop and I simply turned and
GEE: Here, you read some, Barbie. wished her a good night and since she
GEE, HAND THE LETTER TO BARBIE. was leaving early the next morning, I bid
her good bye also. I had the feeling she
BARBIE: Be glad to. She goes on to say, I must was startled to see me there. I finished
tell you the rest - Aimee, my personal what I was doing and went to my rooms
maid, was smitten and he also with her. and changed into my night dress, then
Now, this is an unusual circumstance, you suddenly remembered that I wanted a
see, because servants were not to flirt book to read, returned to the turret and as
with the aristocracy and vice-versa. I was reaching for a book from the table
My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at SAM: (Hand letter back to Barbie) Here,
each other, rather lovingly, I might add, Barbie, you read the rest.
and left in a huff. I cant blame her. I was
just happy she didnt see how I looked at BARBIE: someone, unseen by me, came up behind
him, too. Well, I feel I must continue, me and with a scarf, quickly wrapped it
having gotten this far. around my neck and choked the life out
of...ME. She was so startled and
SAM: Oh, please let me read part of it. (Take hopefully, appalled at what shed done,
letter from Barbie). she quickly removed the scarf from my
neck, took the key from a table, hustled
Emily came back to the castle for a visit - out of the turret and locked me inside,
alone. One night she came upstairs - dropping the key and the scarf on the floor
presumably to go to bed - when she outside the door. I think she must have
apparently saw a dim candle light in the heard someone coming and probably
turret and saw someone arranging books disappeared into one of the rooms off the
on a table. (I often did this myself - it was hallway.
my favorite hideaway, you see.) And,
You may wonder why I say she. I never rest in peace.
was a she. I also think Emily was the My burning question is Who would want
Scotland Yard Inspectors chief suspect to kill me? And why? What was her
because she left so abruptly - but it could motive? Was I correct about the sex of
never be proven. No one was charged. my killer? These questions have bothered
me all these years.
BARBIE: Here, Teddy, you read the rest, I cant
bear it! Could it have been my distant cousin,
BARBIE, HAND THE LETTER TO TEDDY. Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice?
Or even Aimee? Certainly not Winthorp,
TEDDY: I dont know if I can. This is soooo sad! Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved
BARBIE: I just cant read any more. believe any of these would harm me.
Please help!
ALLIE: Ill do it. (Take LETTER from
Teddy) GINGER: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way
The letter continues, Later, when I was
missed, and after my chauffeur, Staunton POLKA: It says in the Log that Aimee later
had driven Emily in the carriage to a hotel married Chaucer, the gardener.
in town, my butler, Winthorp, found the
key to the turret on the floor and found my TEDDY: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and
body inside. Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
Now that everyone knows what happened, TINKER: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone
I will not haunt the castle again. I left think?
many messages and clues around in the
past 200 years, but no one really took me GINGER: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee, not
seriously before. Thank you dear friends! Marnie.
Please solve this mystery for me so I can
BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH COME
discuss each possibility and see what we UP WITH A PERFECT SCENARIO AND THEN VOTE
come up with. ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO OFFER A
PRIZE FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND THE MOST
DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.
SCENARIO?
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW TOPICS TO HELP THE GUESTS SOLVE THE
WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE! MYSTERY!
ID LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
< Motive
< Obvious suspects

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Others?
< Opportunity
< Method
Ellie? Or someone else? SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED??
(to be read by Lady Mattie after the ladies discuss
< Did the ghost write the logs, notes and their own scenarios)
clues? Or did Ellie write them?
Motive
< Did anyone compare handwriting? Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very
offered her the best parts at the plays with which
she often entertained her guests.

cousin because she had all the advantages in life.

relationship with Charles and also the attention he
paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything for
Ariel, even though he later married someone

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Aimee
Opportunity
castle and Staunton was readying the carriage to
take Emily to a hotel in town early in the
morning. Aimee was in her room crying over Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie,
Charles. please introduce your guest. Weve
wondered where you disappeared to.
Method was, of course, strangulation.
ELLIE: This is Audette and she has some very
Mistaken Identity? important information about Marnies
At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie, death that she uncovered in an old trunk.
thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you remember, She found a diary written by Ariel,
was caught by Emily flirting with Charles. And, Marnies laundress. Ariel wrote in her
remember, the first time Emily saw Marnie in the diary about Marnies death - er, murder.
little later, she saw a woman in the turret in her AUDETTE: Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
night clothes. alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy,
which youll discover when you read her
Marnie thought the killer was a she because the killer diary.
came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A man
would use his hands. The killer used a scarf because LADY MATTIE:
her hands Were not large enough or strong enough to How did you find the diary?
strangle someone.
AUDETTE: I purchased this old farmhouse in the
The real ghost is Marnie. She used Ellies stationery country and found the trunk in the attic.
and wrote the logs, notes and clues. The trunk contained a lot of old costumes
and this diary.
LADY MATTIE:
Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the kitchen. Ill LADY MATTIE:
just go see who it is. Well, how did you find Ellie?
LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME BACK AUDETTE: I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an
WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE. Inspector White. I didnt tell him what Id
LADY MATTIE Castle Wellington and told him I had
something to deliver there. He said hed wrote in her diary.
give it to his friend to deliver.
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnies
who is a friend of his. Since the envelope ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie?
was addressed to person in charge, I
opened it. Im usually in charge of the BARBIE: Or, did Emily?
interior operations of the castle, so I
thought it might pertain to that. Sorry. GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? Weve actually
tried to figure it all out - who had
LADY MATTIE: opportunity, motive, all that stuff.
Dont be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in the
envelope? AUDETTE: Well, here in the diary - Ill open it to the
page where it begins. The page is dated
ELLIE: Audette had written to us of her discovery 3 September, 1650.
before anyone else, since so much time SAM: Thats not the date of Marnies death - the
has passed and the persons involved were 4th of September was the date on the
no longer alive. constables report. Im sure of it.
AUDETTE: Yes, you see, Im a history buff and I AUDETTE: Yes, that was the day Marnie was found in
would rather preserve important the turret and according to this - well, Ill
documents than have them buried in give you each a page to read, if you like,
some inspectors files. Since so much then youll all know the truth.
time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard
surely wont be interested in solving the SAM: Yeah, lets each read a page aloud. That
mystery now, would they? sounds like fun.
SAM: I sure wouldnt think so. Wow, this is AUDETTE: Here, Sam, you read the first page.
really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel
(HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE DIARY) Marnie most certainly will not let me go.
Should I ask Staunton to drive me? No, I
SAM: Its entitled Ariels Diary. Its dated 3 cant do that - hell be driving HER.
September 1650. I, Ariel, desperately
talent. Marnie tells me I do. She lets me She came back alone to visit Marnie. I
have all the good parts in her little plays. can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on
Staunton believes in me and would do Emily and be free to try out for the play
almost anything for me. But, he doesnt myself. Staunton will be free to drive me
have any influence with Marnie. Marnie to town for the tryouts. Ill ask him when
doesnt really know how jealous I am of Emily is due to leave, so I can make my
her, nor does she encourage me to fulfill plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily is
my dreams of becoming a real actress. I leaving early tomorrow morning. This will
actually think Marnie deliberately keeps give me plenty of time. Ill spy on Marnie
me from realizing my dreams. She thinks and Emily to find the perfect opportunity.
shes keeping me happy just continuing to
give me amateur parts in her amateur AUDETTE: Here is page 3. Who will read it?
plays.
ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.
AUDETTE: Who wants to read the second page?
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE.
ALLIE I do. My names Allie. Ill read it.
ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! I saw Emily stop at
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE the turret to say good-bye to Marnie and
then she retired to her rooms. I saw
ALLIE: It begins:When Marnies cousins came to Marnie go to her rooms, then almost
give her the news about the new play, I immediately back to the turret. This was
was more desperate than ever. I cant my chance. I tip toed to the turret, so she
contain myself. I want so much to ask wouldnt hear me, picked up the red scarf
Marnie if I can go with her to the tryouts. I from the table in the hallway and came up
dont dare ask her. How can I get there? behind her, wrapped the scarf around her
neck and pulled. It was so easy. She same time. Staunton had to go back into
dropped to the floor and I quickly left, town and bring Emily back to the castle for
remembering to lock the door behind me. interrogation, much to her chagrin.
I heard someone coming, so I dropped the
scarf and the key running across the hall Winthorp explained he went looking for
to the linen closet. Luckily it was Marnie when she didnt come down for
unlocked, so I hid there until the coast was breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the
clear. floor in front of the turret door and opened
the door to investigate. Emily was a
AUDETTE: Here is the final page. Which one of you suspect, but it could not be proven that
wishes to read it? she was near the turret. Then, of all
BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read it. I get sad and Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of
weepy reading stuff like this. us and ordered us to remain at the castle
until they completed the investigation. I
GEE: OK, Ill read it. Im Gee. am really upset. I did all this for nothing.
Ive got to leave - Ill go into the city,
AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGE TO GEE maybe Ill get another chance. Or, maybe
GEE: Its dated, 4 September 1650. I dont leave soon, as soon as the investigation
know how she could have slept all night, is complete, so no one will suspect me.
wrote the next morning: Well, it sure has GEE: Thats all she writes.
been exciting here. Winthorp, found the
scarf and key on the floor, unlocked the LADY MATTIE:
door and found Marnie lying on the floor Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
inside the turret. Meanwhile, Staunton to us. Well just wonder, I guess,
was driving Emily in the carriage to a hotel whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
in town. Winthorp sent one of the woman she must have been.
neighbors for the local constable and the
constable and Staunton arrived about the SAM: Were all glad you came back, Ellie, and
brought Audette with you before we left.
LADY MATTIE:
visit, even though there probably wont be
another mystery to solve. But, then, you
never know.


Adult Manual for 12 player slumber party 67

SamAntics
presents
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
GUEST M ANUAL FOR

12 Player Slumber
Party
NAME:
LADY MATTIE:
honoring the great English actress, Marnie SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker, Polka and ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
Pony.
little, everyone started calling me Tinker. GEE: Did she really live here?
than Theresa. BOBBIE: Yes, Gee. Do you know the legend?
ALL: Laughter. SAM: Tell us, Bobbie.
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her

TINKER: And, no one was ever charged with her
Guest Manual for 12 player slumber party 1 Guest Manual for 12 player slumber party 2
death; and the cause was never SAM: But, Barbie, Aunt Mattie told me shes
determined. She haunts the castle now very friendly and very funny, too. She
and then. Her portrait is in the ballroom. was a comedienne.
Youll see it when we go up for dinner.
LADY MATTIE:
leaves messages.
POLKA: Thats Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear - so she
Marnies ghost, Pony - havent you? probably will.
PONY: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the TINKER: Oh, - I DO hope she does.
hallway on the third floor - near the turret.
I saw her walking away from me. She POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
was beautiful - like she was floating; she
was wearing something long and flowing, PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
kind of frothy and all white. guess.
TEDDY: Oh - maybe well be lucky enough to see LADY MATTIE:

her ghost, too.
GINGER: I certainly hope so.
SCENE 3: IN THE BALLROOM POLKA: Youll really love the food here, its SOOO
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom. used to, I imagine, Gee.
ANNIE: Oh, I feel like a princess! PONY: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot
dogs, everyday?!
Just look at her portrait. She was ALL: Laughter.
beautiful!
LADY MATTIE:
TEDDY: She was gorgeous! Why did she die so PLAYERS, LAY SCRIPTS ASIDE - ENJOY SUPPER.
young?
GINGER: I heard she was actually 30 - thats not too
young!
TEDDY: No, I guess not - but too young to die!


overeat.
SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY PONY: She was too beautiful for only a Prince.
LADY MATTIE:
GINGER: Wow, thats awesome!
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet. SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time
is it?
LADY MATTIE:

GEE: Naw, Barbie, we wouldnt do that. HERE.

wont appear.

right here.

anyone!

friendly ghost.

ALLIE: (pick up envelope) Oh, my gosh, what PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait!
could this be?
scary!
GINGER: How would she know our names?
TEDDY: Bobbie said she went to bed. POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
Where was this note, Gee? DISCUSSION TOPICS:
supposed to visit.
Sam?
us.
DISCUSSION:
TEDDY: Remember, she often leaves messages Does this pertain to her death?
and other signs.
her.
PONY: I believe so, too!
GINGER: But, the clue to what? her death.
ALL: Lets sleep on it. SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM
SAM: Yeah, Im kinda tired. LADY MATTIE:
ALL: Me, too. SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie,

left us a note last night.
EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND LADY MATTIE:

TABLE IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, TO
DOOR. BE OPENED BY MATTIES OVER-
NIGHT GUESTS.
IN THE DINING ROOM. BARBIE: And we found it on the floor in front of the

without you?
LADY MATTIE:

SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!!
WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE
ME. BARBIE: Not me, I havent seen it.
POLKA: Yep, those were the exact words. GEE: Its gone - disappeared right out of our
room. Oboy!
TEDDY: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbies
name and that she wants to be a model? SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all
our manuals, and thats not all, Great-Aunt
GINGER: Id like to know that, too. Mattie.
BARBIE: Im famous, thats how. LADY MATTIE:
hand-written note.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it last,
I believe. TEDDY: Tell her, Sam.
GEE: It wasnt under my pillow this morning. I SAM: It said, Look for a clue under Sams
thought you had it, Georgia. pillow. So we did.
GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it. LADY MATTIE:
SAM: No, I havent seen it this morning. GEORGIA: Looked for the clue. It was there, just as
TINKER: Havent seen it.
LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Me either.
a year before she died. SCENE 7: MORE CLUES?
TEDDY: Yeah - relatives from London. SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under your
chair?
LADY MATTIE: a log of Marnies Servants.
And,...heres something in my manual.
anything? ANNIE: And, whats this under my coffee cup?
LADY MATTIE: ALLIE: Lets see what you have!
PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too shy ANNIE: It has my name on it.
was shy for an actress. I think thats why ALLIE: And, this has my name on it.
She knew we all wanted to see her, POLKA: So, lets see what they are. Open them
except for Barbie, and she didnt want up. What do they say?
how she knew about you, Barbie. And, I ANNIE: Okay, here goes!
mystery. Maybe itll show up. Lets look READ ALOUD ANNIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN
for it right after breakfast. YOUR MANUAL
ALL: WOW!!!

YOUR MANUAL
BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the
PONY: Lets talk about these clues and what note is gone.
they might mean.
GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the
SAM: What about the Log of Marnies Servants hallway when we went to bed. Did anyone
that Allie found under her chair? in the castle have access to the area
while we slept?
Yeah - lets look at it - A ha! Listen to SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee; the maid,
this? (Read Ariels description from the Ellie, could have come around during the
Log). night or very early before we woke up.
We did have clean towels in our
ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a bathrooms this morning so she must have
member of Marnies household and she been in this wing, if she was in our
was an amateur actress. bathrooms.
BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But,
professional status and killed her for it? why would she take the note that was
meant for us?
Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious GEORGIA: Well, our manuals are on the breakfast
causes? table this morning - so she must have put
SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to reason. Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her.
you think Marnie took it back? TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
ANNIE: Why would she do that? POLKA: Its kind of spooky to think Marnie might
TEDDY: This is a mystery well never solve, Annie. around while we slept.
PONY: Why on earth would she do that? Just to SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
just ask her where it is. SAM: Theres another strange paper on your
GINGER: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get to
the bottom of it. BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady
BARBIE: OK - and lets get hold of Ellie, Lady something under it, - its another clue.
Matties maid first. Want me to read it?
GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious. ALL: Yeah!!
BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the note. BARBIE, READ ALOUD BARBIES CLUE AND
TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway Matties servants.
and we missed it. GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the servants
TEDDY: It cant have disappeared into thin air. interests.
GINGER: Right you are, Teddy. LADY MATTIE:
EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR EVERYONE, SEARCH BEDROOM FOR GHOST
YOUR BEDROOMS TO FRESHEN UP AND DRESS. NOTE.
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS SAM: Well, theres nothing here.
ALLIE: Yeah, Ive never been in a turret. SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!
BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door. LADY MATTIE:
GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting or SAM: Were going to the turret. Come with us
screaming scaredy cat. Aunt Mattie.
TEDDY: Lets look very carefully. ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
GINGER: Yes, under everything in the room. ALLIE: Does she have the note?
TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all. BARBIE: Im not going inside.
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden GEE: Lady Mattie, is there any reason Barbie
stairways. should be such a scaredy cat?
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent places LADY MATTIE:
wander around. TEDDY: Well search the turret, then meet you in
the library.


frothy!
BARBIE: Cant be - youre kidding me! SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id
remember that dress forever. Its so TEDDY: Well that was a wasted trip.
beautiful!
GINGER: Lets go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
ALL: Okay!
SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a cute
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES there.
SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
DARN!!


is it?

GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be ANNIE: Where should we look for this Hidden
able to solve very quickly. Clue?
LADY MATTIE: GINGER: Maybe where we havent looked before.
SAM: The Ghost Note! BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a lot
LADY MATTIE: very closely.
TEDDY: But why? Did she write them or did BOBBIE: Lets search the library while were here.
someone else?
Mattie? TINKER: Ill do that. Polka, check under things.
LADY MATTIE: POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and
stuff.
been much help in clearing up Marnies PONY: Im not sure finding another clue is going
ghostly antics, let alone her completely to mean anything. None of the others
mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created mean anything. They are just bits of info.
the Family Trees and the Servant ...throwing us...
Logs.
SAM: Thats it, Pony! Youve got it! The clues
BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to keep are only meant to confuse us and keep us
Marnies memory alive. off the track.
SAM: I know, but theres got to be an GEE: Off the track of what, Sam?
explanation for these 4 clues and also
BOBBIE: I think youre right! GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
LADY MATTIE: us out here.
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - thats TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get
really odd. Shes definitely got something SO curious?
to do with both.
POLKA: Yeah, why?
TEDDY: We could also check the handwriting on
the Ghost Note and envelope and the PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going
same.
SAM: Yeah - whatever shes doing doesnt make
GINGER: Yeah, - if they are - then that means.... a whole lot of sense.
GEE: That the ghost wrote them all or Ellie TEDDY: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe we
wrote them all. Its that simple! need to look at the Family Tree a little
Ellie likes to play games with the guests or clues there, too.
that Marnies ghost really does exist!
GINGER: Okay, lets start from the beginning.
ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnies
death? SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about
the family tree exactly. (Take clue from
ALLIE: Ellie didnt have anything to do with that! your manual and it aloud)
BARBIE: But she may know who really did. ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from your
manual and read it aloud)
someone else does.... ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies
servants. Some interesting people! (Take PONY: Lady Matties servants ancestors and
your clue from your manual and read it Marnies servants were related, tho
aloud). distantly.
BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices
servants. Not interesting at all! (Take Family Tree. There is Ellie, born in
your clue from your manual and read it 1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was
aloud). Renoir.

us anything!

according to theFamily Trees, it looks TEDDY: So, really, - the servants who work here
LADY MATTIE: tell us more about those servants, since
ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any closer
to knowing how Marnie died, or why shes PONY: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her
haunting the castle. leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont mean
to be so nosy!
GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will
haunt the place where he or she died LADY MATTIE:
under mysterious circumstances, until the
cause is found, or known, or until justice is LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES ROOM.
done. LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT LOGS
ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
servant, Aimee?
GINGER: That would be Ellie.

castle?
LADY MATTIE:

200 plus years ago.
SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam.
dropped the Hidden Clue Note on the SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why? have gone?
say much. LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: Im afraid this is what they call a Cold

Case.
certainly is a plausible answer to all of this. GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely cold!
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know Im kind of sorry. TEDDY: Wherever we go, there seems to be a
I bet your guests always enjoyed thinking mystery for us to solve.
parties still be the same? GINGER: Maybe you five gals from Merry Olde
LADY MATTIE: trip. Wed love it if you would.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnies SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery.
memory?
LADY MATTIE: where.
BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel GEORGIA: What a great weekend!
silly.
Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed meeting SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
each other.
POLKA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love the same handwriting, as the other
your clothes. notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure of
it! Check it out!
ALL: Yeah. W e sure have.
BOBBIE: Take it down, Annie.
together. ANNIE: Okay, - here it is - you read it, Gee. Its
an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM
ALL: OK, lets! MARNIE. (Hand envelope to Gee)
LADY MATTIE: GEE: (Take letter from envelope and begin

probably dont believe in me - but you are
looking in the wrong place. Its not Ellie -
really - I mean, shes not the ghost!
BOBBIE: What IS going on here?
GEE: Wait! Theres more!
GEORGIA: Well, what?
GEE: She,...er,...it says, If you really want to

know how I died - you must go back to
1649."
TINKER: Oh, my gosh! So the clue must have ignore him either. He would have fought
been something about 1649" - the one we a dual for me, I know, if there had been
couldnt find. someone to dual with.
POLKA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family GEE: Here, you read some, Barbie.
there. GEE, HAND THE LETTER TO BARBIE.
EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND BARBIE: Be glad to. She goes on to say, I must
THE FAMILY TREE AND MARNIES SERVANTS tell you the rest - Aimee, my personal
LOG. maid, was smitten and he also with her.
Now, this is an unusual circumstance, you
SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here. Wait see, because servants were not to flirt
til you hear this! with the aristocracy and vice-versa.
PONY: Is there more, Gee? My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at

each other, rather lovingly, I might add,
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs and and left in a huff. I cant blame her. I was
Trees. just happy she didnt see how I looked at
him, too. Well, I feel I must continue,
SAM: Here are both, Gee. having gotten this far.
GEE: Okay. The LETTER goes on to say, In SAM: Oh, please let me read part of it. (Take
1649, 2 distant female cousins and their letter from Barbie).
fiancees from London, paid me a visit for
a month, on their way to France. My Emily came back to the castle for a visit -
cousin Emilys fiancee in particular, alone. One night she came upstairs -
namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook, presumably to go to bed - when she
was so dashing, he practically and literally apparently saw a dim candle light in the
swept me off my feet, as you say. I did turret and saw someone arranging books
not encourage him, although I did not on a table. (I often did this myself - it was
my favorite hideaway, you see.) And, You may wonder why I say she. I never
Aimee often came into the turret to pick up saw the persons face, but I just think it
and re-arrange things also. was a she. I also think Emily was the
Inspectors chief suspect because she left
I saw her stop and I simply turned and so abruptly - but it could never be proven.
wished her a good night and since she No one was charged
her good bye also. I had the feeling she BARBIE: Here, Teddy, you read the rest, I cant
was startled to see me there. I finished bear it!
what I was doing and went to my rooms
and changed into my night dress, then BARBIE, HAND THE LETTER TO TEDDY.
suddenly remembered that I wanted a
book to read, returned to the turret and as TEDDY: I dont know if I can. This is soooo sad!
I was reaching for a book from the table
BARBIE: I just cant read any more.
SAM: (Hand letter back to Barbie) Here,
Barbie, you read the rest. ALLIE: Ill do it. (Take LETTER from Annie)
BARBIE: ...someone, unseen by me, came up The letter continues, Later, when I was
behind me and with a scarf, quickly missed, and after my chauffeur, Staunton,
wrapped it around my neck and choked had driven Emily in the carriage to a hotel
the life out of...ME. She was so startled in town, my butler, Winthorp, found the
and hopefully, appalled at what shed key to the turret on the floor and found my
done, she quickly removed the scarf from body inside.
my neck, took the key from a table,
hustled out of the turret and locked me Now that everyone knows what happened,
inside, dropping the key and the scarf on I will not haunt the castle again. I left
the floor outside the door. I think she must many messages and clues around in the
have heard someone coming and probably past 200 years, but no one really took me
disappeared into one of the rooms off the seriously before. Thank you dear friends!
hallway. Please solve this mystery for me so I can
rest in peace. BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets
My burning question is Who would want come up with.
to kill me? And why? What was her
motive? Was I correct about the sex of DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT
my killer? These questions have bothered SCENARIO?
me all these years.
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW
Could it have been my distant cousin, WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE!
Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice? ID LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE GHOST OF
Ariel you know, but I knew. I can hardly MARNIE ANDERSEN PARTY
believe any of these would harm me.
Please help!
GINGER: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way

POLKA: It says in the Log that Aimee later

TEDDY: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and

TINKER: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone

think?
GINGER: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee, not

Marnie.
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Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
Adult M anual
for 12 Players for one
day party

SAMS GREAT-AUNT MATTIE. LEAVE TO HELP remember - Annie, Allie, Barbie, Gee,
DOMINIQUE WITH DINNER PREPARATIONS. Teddy and Ginger. Its so nice to see
you and Im glad you could all come.
THEN HAND EACH GUEST HER SCRIPT Georgia, Tinker, Polka and Pony, your
new English friends. You all look so
lovely.
NOTE:
USE SCENES 1a THROUGH 8a, THEN 9 THROUGH Were very excited about the party
13, IF THE GAME IS BEING PLAYED IN ONE DAY. honoring the great English actress,
Marnie Andersen, and, were happy to
USE SCENES 1 THROUGH 13 IF THE GAME IS meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker,
BEING PLAYED AS AN OVERNIGHT GAME Polka and Pony.

Now, I guess Tinkers my name, rather
than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
Adult Manual for 12 players one day party 1 Adult Manual for 12 players one day party 2
visit after the games. Ill get you started
ALL: OK, sounds great!!

bedrooms.

TINKER: And, no one was ever charged with her very friendly and very funny, too. She
death; and the cause was never was a comedienne.
determined. She haunts the castle now
and then. Her portrait is in the ballroom. LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you Thats right, but you probably wont
serious? even see her.
TINKER: Yes, one of our friends has actually seen BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
her ghost. leaves messages.
POLKA: Thats Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
Marnies ghost, Pony, havent you?
PONY: Yes, last yearhere, in the castle, in the probably will.
I saw her walking away from me. She TINKER: Oh, I DO hope she does.
was beautifullike she was floating; she
was wearing something long and flowing, POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
kind of frothy and all white. Pony?
TEDDY: Oh, maybe well be lucky enough to see PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
GINGER: I certainly hope so. LADY MATTIE:

Why dont you all go on up to the 3rd floor
BARBIE: I certainly hope NOT! ballroom to look at Marnies portrait?
GEE: Whats the matter, Barbie? ALL: Good idea, lets go.
BARBIE: I dont think I want to see a real ghost. MATTIE, DURING THIS TIME, PLACE ENVELOPE
WITH THE GHOST NOTE ON THE FLOOR IN
SAM: But, Barbie, Aunt Mattie told me shes FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET, AND
SAMS CLUE UNDER THE PILLOW IN THE SCENE 3a: IN THE BALLROOM
BEDROOM.
SAM: Here we are...in a ballroom.


young?
GINGER: I heard she was actually 30; thats not

too young.
TEDDY: No, I guess notbut too young to die.
SCENE 4a: BACK IN THE LIBRARY She could have married a King!
LADY MATTIE: GINGER: Wow, thats awesome!

SAM: Lets go up to the bedroom and look
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie. around.
ANNIE: Yeah, Barbies afraid shell see a ghost. LADY MATTIE:

Ladies, when you return from the
ALLIE: I hope she does. bedroom, well have tea in the dining
room.
ALL: Wow!!!

wont appear. FOR SCENE 6a:
MATTIE, WHILE THE LADIES ARE IN THE
GEORGIA: If she does, she wont hurt you. Well be BEDROOM, PLACE ANNIES AND ALLIES CLUES
right here. ON THE TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM.
TINKER: Shes really very shy and she was very PLACE LOG #1 (MARNIES SERVANTS) UNDER A
beautiful. So, how could she possibly CHAIR AT THE TABLE.
hurt anyone!
PREPARE TO SERVE TEA AND SCONES IN THE
TEDDY: Dont worry, Barbie. Shes probably a DINING ROOM AFTER THE LADIES RETURN
friendly ghost. FROM THE BEDROOM (Scene 6a)
.
SCENE 5a: EXPLORING THE BEDROOM TEDDY: We dont know where she is.
THE BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE (Hand envelope to Gee)
TURRET. BARBIE: OH! It must be from the ghost. Must we
read it alone?
could this be? PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait!
ANNIE: What does it say? GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ GHOST
NOTE
TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIES GUESTS TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH ID LOVE TO MEET YOU
ALL, ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A
BARBIE: Thats us! See, I told you! This is very MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MODEL,
scary! TOO, JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME.
BOBBIE: I dont know where she is. Im not scared anymore!!!!
GEORGIA: Lets open the envelope. GEE: How would she know were here?
TINKER: Yeah, were the guests. It should be GINGER: How would she know our names?
POLKA: What do you think, Sam? probably knows everything that goes on
here.
with Great-Aunt Mattie. TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!!
GEE: Theres something else. (look at the TEDDY: Remember, she often leaves messages
inside of the envelope flap) Listen to and other signs.
this: Look for a clue for Sam, under the
pillow. TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left
the message for us.
must be a prank. Now sheor it IS PONY: I believe so, too!
POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
Where was this note, Gee? DISCUSSION TOPICS:
GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope 2) What is this clue for?
flap.
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe.
ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure
enough; there it is. Maybe someone SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie
else was supposed to visit. must be too shy to meet us. I just
wonder what the clue is for.
ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model?
With the name Barbie??? And who GEE: Lets hurry and see! (LEAVE THE
knows Sam? GHOST NOTE ON THE HALLWAY
TABLE)
mention any other guests. ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND THE
BED.
GEE: No, I believe it was Marnie who wrote
the note. And I believe she meant the SAM, REACH UNDER THE PILLOW, PULL OUT
note for US, and the clue also. CLUE AND READ SAMS CLUE ALOUD AND
BOBBIE: Gosh, Im kinda sorry she wont be
visiting us. IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE SCENE 6a: IN THE DINING ROOM FOR TEA
RELATIVES FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A LADY MATTIE, PLEASE SERVE TEA AND SCONES
MONTH. THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER TO YOUR GUESTS DURING THIS SCENE
UNCLE - A FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER
TO TRY OUT FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie,
PERFORMED FOR ROYALTY. left us a note.
DISCUSSION: LADY MATTIE:

Does this pertain to her death? But, Sam, thats highly unlikely. Ghosts
dont...
POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She
said in her note that someone in her ANNIE: Yes, she really did!
her. ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said,
SAM: So my clue could have some bearing GUESTS.
on her death.
ALLIE: Lets go back to the dining room and talk the door to the turret. Scary!
about it.
SAM: Yeah, I want to know more. without you?
ALL: Me, too. BOBBIE: We didnt know where you were, Lady
Mattie.
EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT TAKE LADY MATTIE:

YOUR MANUALS WITH YOU TO THE DINING Well, you are my guests, so you had
ROOM. every right to open it. What did the note
say?
TINKER: It said, IM SORRY I WONT BE SAM: No, I havent seen it either.
ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL, TINKER: Havent seen it.
TO BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS ANNIE: Me either.
WANTED TO BE A MODEL, TOO,
JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!!
ACTRESS LIKE ME. BARBIE: Not me, I havent seen it.
POLKA: Yep, those were the exact words. GEE: Its gone - disappeared right out of our
TEDDY: And, Barbie? How did she know it by the turret.
a model? SAM: You must have left it there, Gee. And
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Im famous, thats how. And, whats not all?
hand-written note.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it What did it say?
last, I believe.
TEDDY: Tell her, Sam.
GEE: No, I dont have it. I thought you had it,
Georgia. SAM: It said, Look for a clue under the
pillow. So we did.
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: Looked for the clue. It was there, just as know how she knew about you, Barbie.
she, er, it saidunder the pillow. And, I think the missing Ghost Note is
LADY MATTIE: Lets continue to look for it.
Well, what did it say? Im nearly dying of
curiosity.

TEDDY: Yeahrelatives from London.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, this is some mystery. Where did
the note come fromthen the clue,
and what could it mean?

anything?
LADY MATTIE:
PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too

she was shy for an actress. I think thats
SCENE 7a: MORE CLUES? ALLIE: Ill read mine.
(READ ALOUD ALLIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN
SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under the YOUR MANUAL)
chair? (POINT TO THE PAPER ON
THE FLOOR) ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
IS, its a log of Marnies Servants. PONY: Lets talk about these clues and what
they might mean.
ALLIE: Lets see what you have! DISCUSSION, PLACE LOG #2 (LADY MATTIES
SERVANTS) ON THE BED IN THE BEDROOM AND
ANNIE: It has my name on it. BARBIES CLUE UNDER THE LOG. THEN DRAPE
A FANCY LONG WHITE DRESS OVER A CHAIR IN
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. (Pick the THE TURRET FOR SCENE 9. COME RIGHT BACK
clue with your name on it) INTO THE DINING ROOM.
POLKA: So, lets see what they are. Open them SAM: What about the Log of Marnies
up. What do they say? Servants that Allie found under the
chair?
(READ ALOUD ANNIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN ALLIE: (Pick up the Log of Marnies Servants)
YOUR MANUAL) Yeah, lets look at it. Aha! Listen to
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE Log).
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE ARIELLAUNDRESSWAS BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR A WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD WORK TURNED
FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. HER HAIR GRAY WHILE SHE WAS IN HER 20's.
SHE WAS ALSO TALENTED AND WAS OFTEN
ALL: WOW!!! CHOSEN BY MARNIE TO ACT IN MANY OF THE
PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO ENTERTAIN HER SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee; the maid,
GUESTS. Ellie, could have come around anytime.
ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer.
member of Marnies household and she But, why would she take the note that
was an amateur actress. was meant for us?
BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnies GEORGIA: She must have put the Ghost Note
professional status and killed her for it? someplace else for some reason.
Or...did she die of natural, but TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
mysterious causes?
SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to have taken it back and was wandering
know what happened to the note. Do around while we were here.
ANNIE: Why would she do that? make us nervous? It must be Ellie.
TEDDY: This is a mystery well never solve,
Annie. LADY MATTIE, COMING BACK INTO THE DINING
ROOM:
BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the Knowing your record of solving
note is gone. mysteries, I bet you girls will solve this
one quickly. Ive heard how you all
GEE: We were in the hallway, so it should be solved the CASE OF THE MISSING
there, or maybe in the bedroom. We RING. Now, we are faced with another
need to go back and look around again. very strange mystery - an appearing and
Does anyone in the castle have access disappearing note written by a ghost.
to that area? You know, there just may be an
Inspectors Report somewhere in my
desk in the library. SCENE 8a: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
GINGER: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get SAM: Theres another strange paper on the
to the bottom of it. bed, Barbie. What is it?
BARBIE: OK. And lets get hold of Ellie, Lady BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady
Matties maid first. Matties servants this time, and there is
GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious. Want me to read it?
BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the note. ALL: Yeah!!
GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake. BARBIE, READ ALOUD BARBIES CLUE AND
just in case Ellie might have put it there LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
and we missed it. SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS
MARNIES SERVANTS.
TEDDY: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
GINGER: Right you are, Teddy. Lady Matties servants.
EVERYONE, HEAD TO THE BEDROOM AGAIN, GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the
JUST TO SNOOP AROUND. servants Marnie had, with duals, acting,
and love interests.
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE. LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THE Ghost Note, Ill find my maid, Ellie, and
BEDROOM. bring her up here.
NOTE. SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!
SAM: Well, theres nothing here. LADY MATTIE:

There you are. Whats up?
ALLIE: Yeah, Ive never been in a turret. Aunt Mattie.
BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door. ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting ALLIE: Does she have the note?
or screaming scaredy cat.
TEDDY: Lets look very carefully.
GINGER: Yes, under everything in the room. should be such a scaredy cat?
TINKER: Well find it, if it really existed at all. LADY MATTIE:

None whatsoever. But, thats OK,
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden Barbie and no,... Ellie must have gone
stairways. shopping, tho she rarely leaves when
we have guests. I didnt see an
LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM envelope with the ghost note anywhere
AS SOON AS PONY BEGINS HER DIALOGUE. either. I, of course, didnt check Ellies
room closely. Perhaps wed better do
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent that.
places for hiding things, and for ghosts
to wander around. TEDDY: Well search the turret, then meet you in
the library.

MARNIE ON THE BEDROOM WALL WHERE THE
GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF LADY MATTIES
HIDDEN CLUE NOTE IS ON ELLIES BED FOR SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR
ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK CLUE AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
NOTE PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE
DESK OR TABLE IN ELLIES ROOM EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO
LIBRARY
THOROUGHLY
BOBBIE:
(Notice a white dress laying across a
chair)
Look here - laying across this chair - a
filmy white dress!

frothy!
PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id

beautiful!
GINGER: Lets go to the library and tell Lady

Mattie.
ALL: Okay!
SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A is it?
ROOM PONY: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up
MATTIE, BRING FAMILY TREES TO THE
LIBRARY WITH GHOST NOTE. ALSO HAVE THE GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be
INSPECTORS REPORT IN YOUR HAND. able to solve very quickly.
TEDDY: Well that was a wasted trip. LADY MATTIE:

COMING INTO LIBRARY,
GINGER: Not a note to be found! I have news for you, ladies Ellie was
not in her room. I havent been able to
TINKER: Its as if it existed only in our ascertain where she might have gone,
imaginations. but look what I found in her room
SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. Its a SAM: The Ghost Note!
cute place tho, and I wouldnt mind
staying in there. LADY MATTIE:
And more logs....or rather....it looks like
POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways? Family Trees of Marnies and my
DARN!! servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two
Logs and now the Family Trees
ANNIE: Marnie wasnt there. where we could easily find them.
PONY: But we found Marnies dress - the one I TEDDY: But why? Did she write them or did
saw her wear last year. someone else?
ALL: Impossible! It was just a white dress! GEE: May I see the Family Trees, Lady
Mattie?
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: It also wasnt in the bedroom. So, where Sure, Gee, here they are. (Hand them
to Gee). And there was a handwritten TINKER: Ill do that. Polka, check under things.
somewhere. I left it on Ellies bed - POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels
thats all it said-find a clue hidden and stuff.
somewhere.
PONY: Im not sure finding another clue is
GEE: Another clue? So far the clues going to mean anything. None of the
havent been much help in clearing up others mean anything. They are just bits
Marnies ghostly antics, let alone her of info. ...throwing us...
completely mysterious death! Looks like
Ellie created the Family Trees and the SAM: Thats it, Pony! Youve got it! The
Servant Logs. clues are only meant to confuse us and
keep Marnies memory alive. GEE: Off the track of what, Sam?
Clue? LADY MATTIE:
GINGER: Maybe where we havent looked before. Inspectors Report (WAVE IT
AROUND) but it said approximately the
BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a same thing that ANNIES CLUE alluded
lot - but havent really looked around to, that the red scarf and key were found
here very closely. on the floor outside the turret and no
cause of death found, so no suspect
BOBBIE: Lets search the library while were here. was arrested.
GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books? BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing -
thats really odd. Shes definitely got SO curious?
POLKA: Yeah, why?
TEDDY: We could also check the handwriting on
the Ghost Note and envelope and the PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going
same.
GINGER: Yeah, - if they are - then that means.... make a whole lot of sense.
GEE: That the ghost wrote them all or Ellie TEDDY: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe
wrote them all. Its that simple! we need to look at the Family Tree a
Ellie likes to play games with the guests clues there, too.
GINGER: Okay, lets start from the beginning.
ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about
Marnies death? SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about
the family tree exactly. (Take clue
ALLIE: Ellie didnt have anything to do with that! from your manual and it aloud)
BARBIE: But she may know who really did. IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSENS
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or ACTRESS, BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL,
someone else does.... RELATIVES FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A
MONTH. THEY HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows, UNCLE, A FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER
why keep it a secret? She needs to help TO TRY OUT FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE
us out here. PERFORMED FOR ROYALTY.
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from
your manual and read it aloud) tell us anything!
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS.
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was
THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. Marnies maid. Thats probably not
servants. Some interesting people! GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so
(Take your clue from your manual and everyone can see them) And, Sam,
read it aloud). according to theFamily Trees, it looks
like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III
ALL OF MARNIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE were related, too.
PONY: Lady Matties servants ancestors and
BARBIE: And my clue is all about Lady Matties Marnies servants were related, tho
servants. Not interesting at all! (Take distantly.
aloud). ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices
LADY MATTIES SERVANTS CAME FROM THE 1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS Renoir.
MARNIES SERVANTS.
Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly
1650. related to each other. That doesnt help
us discover what happened to Marnie, or
SAM: So lets look at the Servant Logs and the reason she is haunting this castle,...
Family Trees again. The clues didnt if SHE is.
of Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she GINGER: That would be Ellie.
wrote in the Log of Lady Matties
Servants. It was hidden in the Log TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
find the Hidden Clue Note? ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the
castle?
LADY MATTIE:
probably dropped it when she left. Still employed here - well, all those on
the log of my servants, which Ellie
TEDDY: So, really, - the servants who work here completed this year, 1850, except
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the Francoise, Armands mother and
servants who worked for Marnie. Winthorp IIIs wife; Charles, Hatties
husband; Lynette and Renoir, Ellies
LADY MATTIE: parents. Lynette is Dominique and
Exactly! Hatties sister, by the way. And, Bette,
ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any Georges brother and his wife and their 2
closer to knowing how Marnie died, or children, Nicholas and Charles.
why shes haunting the castle.
GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will longer my servants, found other
haunt the place where he or she died employment when I no longer needed so
under mysterious circumstances, until many servants. They all are still very
the cause is found, or known, or until close and attend all the servants
justice is done. birthday parties and such.
BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any
case - Marnie? Or someone else? a problems while serving here for Marnie,
relative or maybe the descendant of her 200 plus years ago.
BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM
servants, since she knows so much ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are
about them. gone, - look here in her closet - but she
PONY: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why?
leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont (Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesnt
mean to be so nosy! say much.

I dont believe that for a minute! Come Look, heres some blank note paper
with me to Ellies room. Perhaps youll just like the paper the Ghost Note was
see something I havent. written on, and envelopes, too. She
appeared to be enjoying playing ghost
all these years and I never guessed.
ROOM. LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT GEE: So, Ellie decided to play ghost? That
LOGS ON THE LIBRARY TABLE. certainly is a plausible answer to all of
this.

and signs.
LADY MATTIE:
Not for me.

memory?
LADY MATTIE: GINGER: Maybe you five gals from Merry Olde
Sure! England would like to join us on our next
silly. SAM: Theres sure to be a mystery.
GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam. BOBBIE: Wed love to - just let us know when and
where.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her GEORGIA: What a great weekend!
to come back. I kind of enjoyed the
mysteries and I hate to see it all end, TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to
too. come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed
meeting each other.
have gone? POLKA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love
your clothes.
LADY MATTIE:
Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps PONY: I think weve found some new friends for life.
Case. together.
TEDDY: Wherever we go, there seems to be a LADY MATTIE:

BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here. WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY.
THEYLL BE THERE SHORTLY.
been something about 1649" - the one
ANNIE: Hey, whats this tacked to the wall? Its we couldnt find.
notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure POLKA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family
of it! Check it out! Tree and Marnies Servants log are
there.
LOG.
an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here.
MARNIE. (Hand envelope to Gee) Wait til you hear this!
probably dont believe in me - but you GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs
are looking in the wrong place. Its not and Trees.
Ellie - really - I mean, shes not the
ghost! SAM: Here are both, Gee.
BOBBIE: What IS going on here? GEE: Okay. The LETTER goes on to say,
GEE: Wait! Theres more! their fiancees from London, paid me a
GEORGIA: Well, what? My cousin Emilys fiancee in particular,
GEE: She,...er,...it says, If you really want to was so dashing, he practically and
know how I died - you must go back to literally swept me off my feet, as you
1649." say. I did not encourage him, although I
fought a dual for me, I know, if there had I saw her stop and I simply turned and
been someone to dual with. wished her a good night and since she
GEE: Here, you read some, Barbie. her good bye also. I had the feeling
GEE, HAND THE LETTER TO BARBIE. she was startled to see me there. I
BARBIE: Be glad to. She goes on to say, I must my rooms and changed into my night
tell you the rest - Aimee, my personal dress, then suddenly remembered that I
maid, was smitten and he also with her. wanted a book to read, returned to the
Now, this is an unusual circumstance, turret and as I was reaching for a book
you see, because servants were not to from the table
flirt with the aristocracy and vice-versa.
My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at Barbie, you read the rest.
and left in a huff. I cant blame her. I BARBIE: someone, unseen by me, came up
was just happy she didnt see how I behind me and with a scarf, quickly
looked at him, too. Well, I feel I must wrapped it around my neck and choked
continue, having gotten this far. the life out of...ME. She was so startled
and hopefully, appalled at what shed
SAM: Oh, please let me read part of it. (Take done, she quickly removed the scarf
letter from Barbie). from my neck, took the key from a
table, hustled out of the turret and locked
Emily came back to the castle for a visit me inside, dropping the key and the
- alone. One night she came upstairs - scarf on the floor outside the door. I think
presumably to go to bed - when she she must have heard someone coming
apparently saw a dim candle light in the and probably disappeared into one of the
turret and saw someone arranging books rooms off the hallway.
on a table. (I often did this myself - it
was my favorite hideaway, you see.) You may wonder why I say she. I
And, Aimee often came into the turret to never saw the persons face, but I just
pick up and re-arrange things also. think it was a she. I also think Emily
was the Scotland Yard Inspectors chief to kill me? And why? What was her
suspect because she left so abruptly - motive? Was I correct about the sex of
but it could never be proven. No one my killer? These questions have
was charged. bothered me all these years.
BARBIE: Here, Teddy, you read the rest, I cant Could it have been my distant cousin,
bear it! Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice?
BARBIE, HAND THE LETTER TO TEDDY. Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved
TEDDY: I dont know if I can. This is soooo sad! believe any of these would harm me.
Please help!
ALLIE: Ill do it. (Take LETTER from Teddy) better than any Inspectors Report.
The letter continues, Later, when I POLKA: It says in the Log that Aimee later
was missed, and after my chauffeur, married Chaucer, the gardener.
Staunton had driven Emily in the
carriage to a hotel in town, my butler, TEDDY: I wonder whatever happened to Emily
Winthorp, found the key to the turret on and Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
the floor and found my body inside.
Now that everyone knows what think?
happened, I will not haunt the castle
again. I left many messages and clues GINGER: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,
around in the past 200 years, but no one not Marnie.
really took me seriously before. Thank
you dear friends! Please solve this BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets
mystery for me so I can rest in peace. discuss each possibility and see what we
come up with.
DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH
PERFECT SCENARIO? COME UP WITH A PERFECT SCENARIO AND
THEN VOTE ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME OFFER A PRIZE FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND
KNOW WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE THE MOST OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.
MYSTERY!
< Motive
< Obvious suspects

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Others?
< Opportunity
< Method

< Did the ghost write the logs, notes and SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED??
clues? Or did Ellie write them? (to be read by Lady Mattie after the ladies discuss
their own scenarios)
< Did anyone compare handwriting?
Motive
offered her the best parts at the plays with
which she often entertained her guests.

cousin because she had all the advantages in
life.

relationship with Charles and also the attention
he paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything
for Ariel, even though he later married someone

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Aimee
Opportunity
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of
carriage to take Emily to a hotel in town early
in the morning. Aimee was in her room crying please introduce your guest. Weve
over Charles. wondered where you disappeared to.
Method was, of course, strangulation. ELLIE: This is Audette and she has some very
important information about Marnies
Mistaken Identity? death that she uncovered in an old trunk.
At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie, She found a diary written by Ariel,
thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you Marnies laundress. Ariel wrote in her
remember, was caught by Emily flirting with diary about Marnies death - er, murder.
Charles. And, remember, the first time Emily
saw Marnie in the turret, she was dressed in AUDETTE: Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
her day clothes. A little later, she saw a woman alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy,
in the turret in her night clothes. which youll discover when you read her
diary.
came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A LADY MATTIE:
man would use his hands. The killer used a scarf How did you find the diary?
because her hands Were not large enough or strong
enough to strangle someone. AUDETTE: I purchased this old farmhouse in the
country and found the trunk in the attic.
The real ghost is Marnie. She used Ellies stationery The trunk contained a lot of old
and wrote the logs, notes and clues. costumes and this diary.

Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the kitchen. Ill Well, how did you find Ellie?
LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME Inspector White. I didnt tell him what Id
BACK WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE. found - I just asked him where to find
Castle Wellington and told him I had
LADY MATTIE something to deliver there. He said hed
Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie, give it to his friend to deliver.
who is a friend of his. Since the ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie?
envelope was addressed to person in
charge, I opened it. Im usually in BARBIE: Or, did Emily?
charge of the interior operations of the
castle, so I thought it might pertain to GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? Weve
that. Sorry. actually tried to figure it all out - who had
LADY MATTIE:
Dont be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in AUDETTE: Well, here in the diary - Ill open it to the
the envelope? page where it begins. The page is dated
3 September, 1650.
ELLIE: Audette had written to us of her
discovery of the diary and thought wed SAM: Thats not the date of Marnies death -
like to see it before anyone else, since the 4th of September was the date on the
so much time has passed and the constables report. Im sure of it.
persons involved were no longer alive.
AUDETTE: Yes, that was the day Marnie was found
AUDETTE: Yes, you see, Im a history buff and I in the turret and according to this - well,
would rather preserve important Ill give you each a page to read, if you
documents than have them buried in like, then youll all know the truth.
time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard SAM: Yeah, lets each read a page aloud.
surely wont be interested in solving the That sounds like fun.
wrote in her diary.
talent. Marnie tells me I do. She lets She came back alone to visit Marnie. I
me have all the good parts in her little can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on
plays. Staunton believes in me and Emily and be free to try out for the play
would do almost anything for me. But, myself. Staunton will be free to drive me
he doesnt have any influence with to town for the tryouts. Ill ask him when
Marnie. Marnie doesnt really know how Emily is due to leave, so I can make my
jealous I am of her, nor does she plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily
encourage me to fulfill my dreams of is leaving early tomorrow morning. This
becoming a real actress. I actually think will give me plenty of time. Ill spy on
Marnie deliberately keeps me from Marnie and Emily to find the perfect
realizing my dreams. She thinks shes opportunity.
me amateur parts in her amateur plays. AUDETTE: Here is page 3. Who will read it?
AUDETTE: Who wants to read the second page? ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.
ALLIE I do. My names Allie. Ill read it. AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE.
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! I saw Emily stop
at the turret to say good-bye to Marnie
ALLIE: It begins:When Marnies cousins came and then she retired to her rooms. I saw
to give her the news about the new play, Marnie go to her rooms, then almost
I was more desperate than ever. I cant immediately back to the turret. This was
contain myself. I want so much to ask my chance. I tip toed to the turret, so
Marnie if I can go with her to the tryouts. she wouldnt hear me, picked up the red
I dont dare ask her. How can I get scarf from the table in the hallway and
there? Marnie most certainly will not let came up behind her, wrapped the scarf
me go. Should I ask Staunton to drive around her neck and pulled. It was so
me? No, I cant do that - hell be driving easy. She dropped to the floor and I
HER. quickly left, remembering to lock the
door behind me. I heard someone
coming, so I dropped the scarf and the Winthorp explained he went looking for
key running across the hall to the linen Marnie when she didnt come down for
closet. Luckily it was unlocked, so I hid breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the
there until the coast was clear. floor in front of the turret door and
opened the door to investigate. Emily
AUDETTE: Here is the final page. Which one of you was a suspect, but it could not be proven
wishes to read it? that she was near the turret. Then, of all
BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read it. I get sad Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all
and weepy reading stuff like this. of us and ordered us to remain at the
castle until they completed the
GEE: OK, Ill read it. Im Gee. investigation. I am really upset. I did all
AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGE TO GEE into the city, maybe Ill get another
chance. Or, maybe Ill go live like a
GEE: Its dated, 4 September 1650. I dont hermit in the country. Ill leave soon, as
know how she could have slept all night, soon as the investigation is complete,
knowing what she did. Heres what she so no one will suspect me.
wrote the next morning: Well, it sure
has been exciting here. Winthorp, found GEE: Thats all she writes.
the scarf and key on the floor, unlocked
the door and found Marnie lying on the LADY MATTIE:
floor inside the turret. Meanwhile, Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
Staunton was driving Emily in the to us. Well just wonder, I guess,
carriage to a hotel in town. Winthorp whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
sent one of the neighbors for the local woman she must have been.
constable and the constable and
Staunton arrived about the same time. SAM: Were all glad you came back, Ellie, and
Staunton had to go back into town and brought Audette with you before we left.
bring Emily back to the castle for
interrogation, much to her chagrin. ALLIE, ANNIE, BARBIE, GEE: YEAH!!!
LADY MATTIE:
visit, even though there probably wont
be another mystery to solve. But, then,
you never know.


Adult Manual for 12 players one day party 63

SamAntics
presents
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
GUEST M ANUAL FOR

12 Players One Day
Party
NAME:
SCENE 1a - IN THE CASTLE SCENE 2a: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT
LADY MATTIE: MATTIE
honoring the great English actress, LADY MATTIE:
Marnie Andersen. and were happy to
meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker, SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
Polka and Pony.
ANNIE: This is funbeing invited hereI mean.
ALL: OK, sounds great! BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her
bedrooms.

Guest Manual for 12 player one day party 1 Guest Manual for 12 player one day party 2
LADY MATTIE:
leaves messages.
POLKA: Thats Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen BARBIE: Well, I dont want her to appear, so she
Marnies ghost, Pony, havent you? probably will.
PONY: Yes, last yearhere in the castle, in the TINKER: Oh, I DO hope she does.
I saw her walking away from me. She POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
was beautifullike she was floating; she Pony?
kind of frothy and all white. PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
guess.
TEDDY: Oh, maybe well be lucky enough to see
GINGER: I certainly hope so. ALL: Good idea, lets go.
SAM: Here we are...in a ballroom. LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: I wish Marnie would show up. Just look ANNIE: Yeah, Barbies afraid shell see a ghost.
GINGER: I heard she was actually 30; thats not BOBBIE: Barbie, dont be afraid. Marnie probably
too young! wont appear.
TEDDY: No, I guess not - but too young to die! GEORGIA: If she does, she wont hurt you. Well be
right here.
hurt anyone!

friendly ghost.


GINGER: Wow, thats awesome! SCENE 5a: EXPLORING THE BEDROOM
SAM: Lets go up to the bedroom and look ALLIE, WALKING PAST THE TURRET TOWARD
around. THE BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE
LADY MATTIE: TURRET.
ALL: Wow!!! ALLIE: (pick up envelope) Oh, my gosh, what

could this be?

TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIES GUESTS.

scary!


TEDDY: We dont know where she is. SAM: I simply dont believe any of this. This
ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it.
(Hand envelope to Gee) POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. Its fun anyway!
BARBIE: OH! It must be from the ghost. Must we
read it alone? GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope
flap.
PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I cant wait!
ANNIE: (taking envelope from Gee) Sure
GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ GHOST enough; there it is. Maybe someone
NOTE else was supposed to visit.
BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model?
Im not scared anymore!!!! With the name Barbie??? And who
knows Sam?
GINGER: How would she know our names? mention any other guests.
GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she GEE: No, I believe it was Marnie who wrote
probably knows everything that goes on the note. And I believe she meant the
here. note for US, and the clue also.
TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!! BOBBIE: Gosh, Im kinda sorry she wont be
visiting us.
inside of the envelope flap) Listen to TEDDY: Remember, she often leaves messages
this: Look for a clue for Sam under the and other signs.
pillow.
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left
the message for us. her.
PONY: I believe so, too! SAM: So my clue could have some bearing
on her death.
ALLIE: Lets go back to the dining room and talk
DISCUSSION TOPICS: about it.
2) What is this clue for? SAM: Yeah, I want to know more.
ANNIE: Well, I guess its safe. ALL: Me, too.
SAM: I need to find the clue first. Marnie EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT TAKE
must be too shy to meet us. I just YOUR MANUALS WITH YOU TO THE DINING
wonder what the clue is for. ROOM.
GEE: Lets hurry and see! (LEAVE GHOST

NOTE ON THE HALLWAY TABLE)

BED.

DISCUSSION:
POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She

said in her note that someone in her
SCENE 6a: IN THE DINING ROOM FOR TEA ACTRESS LIKE ME.
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your ghost, Marnie, POLKA: Yep, those were the exact words.
left us a note.
TEDDY: And, Barbie? How did she know
LADY MATTIE: Barbies name and that she wants to be
a model?
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said,
TO BE OPENED BY MATTIES BARBIE: Im famous, thats how.
GUESTS.
GEE: What do you think about it, Polka?
the door to the turret. Scary! POLKA: Its all very puzzling, to say the least.
GEE: So, we opened it. Was it OK to open it BOBBIE: Where is the note, Gee? You had it
without you? last, I believe.
BOBBIE: We didnt know where you were, Lady GEE: No, I dont have it. I thought you had it,
Mattie. Georgia.
LADY MATTIE: GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it.
TINKER: It said, IM SORRY I WONT BE SAM: No, I havent seen it either.

ID LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL, TINKER: Havent seen it.
TO BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS ANNIE: Me either.
WANTED TO BE A MODEL, TOO,
JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!!
BARBIE: Not me, I havent seen it. GINGER: And, they stayed with her for a month.
GEE: Its gonedisappeared right out of our LADY MATTIE:

it by the turret. ANNIE: Yeah, what does it have to do with
anything?
SAM: You must have left it there, Gee. And
thats not all, Great-Aunt Mattie. LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too

SAM: On the inside of the envelope flap, was a she was shy for an actress. I think thats
hand-written note. why sheher ghost, that isleft the note.
LADY MATTIE: except for Barbie, and she didnt want
TEDDY: Tell her, Sam. know how she knew about you, Barbie.
And, I think the missing Ghost Note is
SAM: It said, Look for a clue under the a REAL mystery. Maybe itll show up.
pillow. So we did. Lets continue to look for it.
LADY MATTIE:

LADY MATTIE:

TEDDY: Yeahrelatives from London.
SCENE 7a: MORE CLUES? SAM: What about the Log of Marnies
Servants that Allie found under her
SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under the chair?
chair? (Point to the paper on the floor)
ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind. It Yeah, lets look at it. Aha! Listen to
IS, its a log of Marnies Servants. this? (Read Ariels description from the
Log).
ALLIE: Lets see what you have! member of Marnies household and she
ANNIE: It has my name on it
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. (Pick up professional status and killed her for it?
the clue with your name on it)
POLKA: So, lets see what they are. Open them Or...did she die of natural, but
up. What do they say? mysterious causes?
ANNIE: Okay, here goes! SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
(READ ALOUD ANNIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN know what happened to the note. Do
YOUR MANUAL) you think Marnie took it back?
ALL: WOW!!! ANNIE: Why would she do that?
ALLIE: Ill read mine. TEDDY: This is a mystery well never solve,
(READ ALOUD ALLIES CLUE AND PLACE IT IN Annie.
YOUR MANUAL)
BARBIE: Lets all look around to make sure the
PONY: Lets talk about these clues and what note is gone.
they might mean.
GEE: We were in the hallway, so it should be BARBIE: OK. And lets get hold of Ellie, Lady
there, or maybe in the bedroom. We Matties maid first.
need to go back and look around again.
Does anyone in the castle have access GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.
to that area?
Ellie, could have come around anytime. GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake.
BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. TINKER: Lets also look for it again in the hallway
But, why would she take the note that just in case Ellie might have put it there
was meant for us? and we missed it.
GEORGIA: She must have put the Ghost Note TEDDY: It cant have disappeared into thin air.
someplace else for some reason.
Maybe Lady Mattie can ask her. GINGER: Right you are, Teddy.
TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity. EVERYONE, HEAD TO THE BEDROOM AGAIN,
JUST TO SNOOP AROUND.
have taken it back and was wandering ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF MARNIES SERVANTS
around while we were here. IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR CLUE.

LADY MATTIE:
GINGER: Its a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but well get

to the bottom of it.
SCENE 8a: YET ANOTHER CLUE? BARBIE: Not me. Ill wait outside the door.
SAM: Theres another strange paper on the GEE: OK, Barbie, we dont need any fainting
bed, Barbie. What is it? or screaming scaredy cat.
BARBIE: Its another log, but its about Lady TEDDY: Lets look very carefully.
something under it; its another clue. GINGER: Yes, under everything in the room.
Want me to read it?
ALL: Yeah!!
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden
BARBIE, READ ALOUD BARBIES CLUE AND stairways.
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent
BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about places for hiding things, and for ghosts
Lady Matties servants. to wander around.
GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the

and love interests.
LADY MATTIE:

NOTE.
SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET! BARBIE: Cant be - youre kidding me!
LADY MATTIE: PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - Id

SAM: Were going to the turret. Come with us beautiful!
Aunt Mattie.
GINGER: Lets go to the library and tell Lady
ANNIE: Did you find Ellie? Mattie.
ALLIE: Does she have the note? ALL: Okay!

GEE: Lady Mattie, is there any reason Barbie SERVANTS IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR
should be such a scaredy cat? CLUE AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
LADY MATTIE: EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO

LIBRARY
TEDDY: Well search the turret, then meet you in
the library.

THOROUGHLY


frothy!
SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be
FEW MINUTES IN THE TURRET able to solve very quickly.
ROOM
LADY MATTIE:
TEDDY: Well that was a wasted trip.
LADY MATTIE:
imaginations. TEDDY: But why? Did she write them or did
someone else?
cute place tho, and I wouldnt mind GEE: May I see the Family Trees, Lady
staying in there. Mattie?
POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways? LADY MATTIE:

DARN!!
ANNIE: Marnie wasnt there. havent been much help in clearing up
Marnies ghostly antics, let alone her
PONY: But we found Marnies dress - the one I completely mysterious death! Looks like
saw her wear last year. Ellie created the Family Trees and the
Servant Logs.
ALLIE: The Ghost Note wasnt there, either. keep Marnies memory alive.
BARBIE: It also wasnt in the bedroom. So, where SAM: I know, but theres got to be an
is it? explanation for these 4 clues and also
with an explanation from Ellie. ANNIE: Where should we look for this Hidden
Clue? LADY MATTIE:
GINGER: Maybe where we havent looked before. BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing -
thats really odd. Shes definitely got
BARBIE: Okay, okay, weve been in the library a something to do with both.
lot - but havent really looked around
here very closely. TEDDY: We could also check the handwriting on
BOBBIE: Lets search the library while were here. Hidden Clue Note to see if theyre the
same.
GINGER: Yeah, - if they are - then that means....
POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels wrote them all. Its that simple!
and stuff.
PONY: Im not sure finding another clue is Ellie likes to play games with the guests
going to mean anything. None of the or that Marnies ghost really does exist!
others mean anything. They are just bits
of info. ...throwing us... ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about
Marnies death?
SAM: Thats it, Pony! Youve got it! The
clues are only meant to confuse us and ALLIE: Ellie didnt have anything to do with that!
SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnies someone else does....
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
BOBBIE: I think youre right! why keep it a secret? She needs to help
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get your clue from your manual and read it
SO curious? aloud).
POLKA: Yeah, why?

GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! Im going the servants who lived and served during
crazy! Marnies lifetime, say around 1630 to
1650.
make a whole lot of sense. SAM: So lets look at the Servant Logs and
Family Trees again. The clues didnt
TEDDY: Thats where youre all wrong. Maybe tell us anything!
we need to look at the Family Tree a
little closer. Lots of hidden secrets in ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT
family trees and maybe some hidden LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS.
clues there, too.
SAM: So, okay, Ellies ancestor, Aimee, was
GINGER: Okay, lets start from the beginning. Marnies maid. Thats probably not
SAM: Lets see, my clue says nothing about
the family tree exactly. (Take clue GEE : (Place Family Trees on table so
from your manual and it aloud) everyone can see them) And, Sam,
ANNIE: Neither does mine. (Take clue from like Marnies Winthorp and Winthorp III
your manual and read it aloud) were related, too.
ALLIE: Now, my clue is all about Marnies PONY: Lady Matties servants ancestors and
servants. Some interesting people! Marnies servants were related, tho
(Take your clue from your manual and distantly.
read it aloud).
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarices why shes haunting the castle.
1824. Shes 26 now. Her father was GEE: Well, Ive always heard that a ghost will
Renoir. haunt the place where he or she died
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She the cause is found, or known, or until
was only 2 years younger than Marnie. justice is done.
ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this
related to each other. That doesnt help case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
us discover what happened to Marnie, or relative or maybe the descendant of her
the reason she is haunting this castle,... servant, Aimee?
if SHE is.
GINGER: That would be Ellie.
personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
of Lady Matties maid, Ellie, just as she
wrote in the Log of Lady Matties ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the
Servants. It was hidden in the Log castle?
find the Hidden Clue Note? LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any

TEDDY: So, really, - the servants who work here 200 plus years ago.
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
servants who worked for Marnie. BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could
LADY MATTIE: servants, since she knows so much
about them.
ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesnt get us any
closer to knowing how Marnie died, or PONY: Oh, I hope were not the cause of her
leaving you, Lady Mattie. We dont SCENE 11: IN ELLIES ROOM
mean to be so nosy!
LADY MATTIE: gone, - look here in her closet - but she
LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIES floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why?
ROOM. LEAVING FAMILY TREES AND SERVANT (Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesnt
LOGS ON THE LIBRARY TABLE. say much.
LADY MATTIE:

certainly is a plausible answer to all of
this.

and signs.
LADY MATTIE:

memory?
LADY MATTIE:

silly.
GEE: Im sad about it, too, Sam. meeting each other.
LADY MATTIE: POLKA: Ill never forget you, Barbie. I just love
your clothes.
have gone? PONY: I think weve found some new friends for life.
Case. together.
TEDDY: Wherever we go, there seems to be a LADY MATTIE:

GINGER: Maybe you five gals from Merry Olde


where.
TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to

come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed
been something about 1649" - the one
ANNIE: Hey, whats this tacked to the wall? Its we couldnt find.
in the same handwriting, as the other
notes, but not the 4 clues - Im sure POLKA: Lets go to the library. I think the Family
of it! Check it out! Tree and Marnies Servants log are
there.
LOG.
an envelope labeled, LETTER FROM SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, youre here.
MARNIE. (Hand envelope to Gee) Wait til you hear this!
probably dont believe in me - but you GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the Logs
are looking in the wrong place. Its not and Trees.
Ellie - really - I mean, shes not the
ghost! SAM: Here are both, Gee.
BOBBIE: What IS going on here? GEE: Okay. The LETTER goes on to say,
GEE: Wait! Theres more! their fiancees from London, paid me a
GEORGIA: Well, what? My cousin Emilys fiancee in particular,
GEE: She,...er,...it says, If you really want to was so dashing, he practically and
know how I died - you must go back to literally swept me off my feet, as you
1649." say. I did not encourage him, although I
fought a dual for me, I know, if there had I saw her stop and I simply turned and
been someone to dual with. wished her a good night and since she
GEE: Here, you read some, Barbie. her good bye also. I had the feeling
GEE, HAND THE LETTER TO BARBIE. she was startled to see me there. I
BARBIE: Be glad to. She goes on to say, I must my rooms and changed into my night
tell you the rest - Aimee, my personal dress, then suddenly remembered that I
maid, was smitten and he also with her. wanted a book to read, returned to the
Now, this is an unusual circumstance, turret and as I was reaching for a book
you see, because servants were not to from the table
flirt with the aristocracy and vice-versa.
My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at Barbie, you read the rest.
and left in a huff. I cant blame her. I BARBIE: ...someone, unseen by me, came up
was just happy she didnt see how I behind me and with a scarf, quickly
looked at him, too. Well, I feel I must wrapped it around my neck and choked
continue, having gotten this far. the life out of...ME. She was so startled
and hopefully, appalled at what shed
SAM: Oh, please let me read part of it. (Take done, she quickly removed the scarf
letter from Barbie). from my neck, took the key from a
table, hustled out of the turret and locked
Emily came back to the castle for a visit me inside, dropping the key and the
- alone. One night she came upstairs - scarf on the floor outside the door. I think
presumably to go to bed - when she she must have heard someone coming
apparently saw a dim candle light in the and probably disappeared into one of the
turret and saw someone arranging books rooms off the hallway.
on a table. (I often did this myself - it
was my favorite hideaway, you see.) You may wonder why I say she. I
And, Aimee often came into the turret to never saw the persons face, but I just
pick up and re-arrange things also. think it was a she. I also think Emily
was the Inspectors chief suspect to kill me? And why? What was her
because she left so abruptly - but it could motive? Was I correct about the sex of
never be proven. my killer? These questions have
No one was charged bothered me all these years.
BARBIE: Here, Teddy, you read the rest, I cant Could it have been my distant cousin,
bear it! Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice?
BARBIE, HAND THE LETTER TO TEDDY. Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved
TEDDY: I dont know if I can. This is soooo sad! believe any of these would harm me.
Please help!
ALLIE: Ill do it. (Take LETTER from Annie) better than any Inspectors Report.
The letter continues, Later, when I POLKA: It says in the Log that Aimee later
was missed, and after my chauffeur, married Chaucer, the gardener.
Staunton, had driven Emily in the
carriage to a hotel in town, my butler, TEDDY: I wonder whatever happened to Emily
Winthorp, found the key to the turret on and Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
the floor and found my body inside.
Now that everyone knows what think?
happened, I will not haunt the castle
again. I left many messages and clues GINGER: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,
around in the past 200 years, but no one not Marnie.
really took me seriously before. Thank
you dear friends! Please solve this BOBBIE: Well, thats a new twist! Hey, guys, lets
mystery for me so I can rest in peace. discuss each possibility and see what we
come up with.
DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE
PERFECT SCENARIO?
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME

KNOW WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE
WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE GHOST OF

Guest Manual for 12 player one day party 43

a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
Ellie and Audette

Manual
SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED?? morning. Aimee was in her room crying over
Charles.
LADY MATTIE, PLEASE READ BELOW AFTER THE
LADIES HAVE DISCUSSED THEIR SCENARIOS Method was, of course, strangulation.
Motive Mistaken Identity?

Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie,
talented amateur actress, and Marnie always thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you remember,
offered her the best parts at the plays with which was caught by Emily flirting with Charles. And,
she often entertained her guests. remember, the first time Emily saw Marnie in the
Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her little later, she saw a woman in the turret in her
cousin because she had all the advantages in night clothes.
life.
Love based - Aimee was jealous of Emilys came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A
relationship with Charles and also the attention man would use his hands. The killer used a scarf
he paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything because her hands Were not large enough or strong
for Ariel, even though he later married someone enough to strangle someone.
The real ghost is Marnie. She used Ellies stationery
The Obvious Suspects are and wrote the logs, notes and clues.
Emily
Ariel LADY MATTIE:
Staunton Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the
Aimee kitchen. Ill just go see who it is.
Opportunity LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME BACK

Emily, Ariel, Aimee and Staunton were in the WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE.
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of the LADY MATTIE:
castle and Staunton was readying the carriage to Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie,
take Emily to a hotel in town early in the please introduce your guest. Weve
Ellie and Audette Manual 1 Ellie and Audette Manual 2

wondered where you disappeared to. something to deliver there. He said hed
give it to his friend to deliver.
ELLIE:
This is Audette and she has some very ELLIE:
important information about Marnies Georges brought an envelope to the
death that she uncovered in an old trunk. castle, given to him by Inspector White,
She found a diary written by Ariel, who is a friend of his. Since the envelope
Marnies laundress. Ariel wrote in her was addressed to person in charge, I
diary about Marnies death - er, murder. opened it. Im usually in charge of the
interior operations of the castle, so I
AUDETTE: thought it might pertain to that. Sorry.
Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy, LADY MATTIE:
which youll discover when you read her Dont be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in the
diary. envelope?
LADY MATTIE: ELLIE:

How did you find the diary? Audette had written to us of her discovery
AUDETTE: before anyone else, since so much time
I purchased this old farmhouse in the has passed and the persons involved
country and found the trunk in the attic. were no longer alive.
The trunk contained a lot of old costumes
and this diary. AUDETTE:
Yes, you see, Im a history buff and I
LADY MATTIE: would rather preserve important
Well, how did you find Ellie? documents than have them buried in
AUDETTE: time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard
I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an surely wont be interested in solving the
Inspector White. I didnt tell him what Id mystery now, would they?
Castle Wellington and told him I had SAM: I sure wouldnt think so. Wow, this is

really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel AUDETTE:
wrote in her diary. Here, Sam, you read the first page.
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnies AUDETTE, HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE
mysterious death? DIARY
ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie? SAM: Its entitled Ariels Diary. Its dated 3
September 1650.
BARBIE: Or, did Emily? I, Ariel, desperately want to be an
actress. I know I have talent. Marnie tells
GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? Weve me I do. She lets me have all the good
actually tried to figure it all out - who had parts in her little plays. Staunton believes
opportunity, motive, all that stuff. in me and would do almost anything for
me. But, he doesnt have any influence
AUDETTE: with Marnie. Marnie doesnt really know
Well, here in the diary - Ill open it to the how jealous I am of her, nor does she
page where it begins. The page is dated encourage me to fulfill my dreams of
3 September, 1650. becoming a real actress. I actually think
Marnie deliberately keeps me from
SAM: Thats not the date of Marnies death - the realizing my dreams. She thinks shes
4th of September was the date on the keeping me happy just continuing to give
constables report. Im sure of it. me amateur parts in her amateur plays.
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
Yes, that was the day Marnie was found Who wants to read the second page?
in the turret and according to this - well, Ill
give you each a page to read, if you like, ALLIE I do. My names Allie. Ill read it.
then youll all know the truth.
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE
SAM: Yeah, lets each read a page aloud. That
sounds like fun. ALLIE: It begins:
When Marnies cousins came to give her
the news about the new play, I was more

desperate than ever. I cant contain to the turret, so she wouldnt hear me,
myself. I want so much to ask Marnie if I picked up the red scarf from the table in
can go with her to the tryouts. I dont dare the hallway and came up behind her,
ask her. How can I get there? Marnie wrapped the scarf around her neck and
most certainly will not let me go. Should I pulled. It was so easy. She dropped to
ask Staunton to drive me? No, I cant do the floor and I quickly left, remembering to
that - hell be driving HER. lock the door behind me. I heard
someone coming, so I dropped the scarf
The opportunity is here. Emily is here. and the key running across the hall to the
She came back alone to visit Marnie. I linen closet. Luckily it was unlocked, so I
can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on hid there until the coast was clear.
Emily and be free to try out for the play
myself. Staunton will be free to drive me AUDETTE:
to town for the tryouts. Ill ask him when Here are the final pages. Which one of
Emily is due to leave, so I can make my you wishes to read next?
plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily is
leaving early tomorrow morning. This will BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read the rest. I get
give me plenty of time. Ill spy on Marnie sad and weepy reading stuff like this.
and Emily to find the perfect opportunity.
GEE: OK, Ill read the rest. Im Gee.
AUDETTE:
Here is page 3. Who will read it? AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGES TO GEE
ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie. GEE: Its dated, 4 September 1650. I dont
know how she could have slept all night,
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE. knowing what she did. Heres what she
wrote the next morning:
ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! Well, it sure has been exciting here.
I saw Emily stop at the turret to say Winthorp, found the scarf and key on the
good-bye to Marnie and then she retired floor, unlocked the door and found Marnie
to her rooms. I saw Marnie go to her lying on the floor inside the turret.
rooms, then almost immediately back to Meanwhile, Staunton was driving Emily in
the turret. This was my chance. I tip toed the carriage to a hotel in town. Winthorp

sent one of the neighbors for the local brought Audette with you before we left.
constable and the constable and Staunton
arrived about the same time. Staunton ALL GIRLS: YEAH!!!
had to go back into town and bring Emily
back to the castle for interrogation, much LADY MATTIE:
to her chagrin. Well, you ladies will all be leaving today
Winthorp explained he went looking for and Georges will be ready to drive you
Marnie when she didnt come down for into town as soon as you are ready. I do
breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the home youll all come back next year to
floor in front of the turret door and opened visit, even though there probably wont be
the door to investigate. Emily was a another mystery to solve. But, then, you
suspect, but it could not be proven that never know.
she was near the turret. Then, of all
things, I missed the tryouts, because the ALL GIRLS: Well come back, we promise.
Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of
us and ordered us to remain at the castle
until they completed the investigation. I The End
am really upset. I did all this for nothing.
Ive got to leave - Ill go into the city,
is complete, so no one will suspect me.
LADY MATTIE:
Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
to us. Well just wonder, I guess,
whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
woman she must have been.
SAM: Were all glad you came back, Ellie, and

Thanks for helping to
solve the Ghost of Marnie!
Thanks for helping to

solve the Ghost of Marnie!

#1 Before Scene 1 #2 Scene 2a
Guest Manuals Ghost Note
Hand Guest Manuals (scripts) to each Place envelope containing the Ghost
guest as she enters the library. Note on the floor in front of the door to
the turret for Scene 5
Prop Usage One Day Prop Usage One Day
#3 Scene 2a #4 Before Scene 6a

Sams Clue Annies and Allies Clues
Place Sams Clue under the pillow in the Before Scene 6a, place Annies and
bedroom for Scene 5 Allies Clues on the dining table for Scene
7a
#5 Before Scene 6a #6 Scene 7a

Log #1 (Marnies Servants) Log #2 (Lady Matties Servants)
Before Scene 6a, place Log During Scene 7a, place Log #2" (Lady
#1" under a chair at the dining table for Matties Servants) on the bed in the
Scene 7a bedroom.
#7 Scene 7a #8 Scene 7a
Barbies Clue Long White Dress
During Scene 7a, place Barbies Clue During Scene 7a, place the Long White
under Log #2" on the bed in the bedroom Dress over a chair in the turret for Scene 9
to be read in Scene 8.. and return to dining room

#9 Scene 9 #10 Scene 9
Letter from Marnie Hidden Clue Note During Scene 9, make
During Scene 9, tack or tape Letter from sure Hidden Clue Note is on Ellies bed
Marnie on the bedroom wall where the for Scene 11
girls can easily spot it in Scene 12

Three blank Note pages and three Family Trees, Ghost Note, Inspectors
envelopes Report
During Scene 9, place three blank Note Beginning of Scene 10, bring Family
pages and three envelopes on the desk or Trees, Ghost Note and Inspectors
table in Ellies room for Scene 11 Report to the library
#13 Before Scene 13

Ariels Diary
Before Scene 13, have Ariels Diary
ready in the kitchen to give to Audette
before you bring her into the library
Prop Usage One Day

#1 Before Scene 1 #2 Scene 4
Guest Manuals Ghost Note
Hand Guest Manuals (scripts) to each Place envelope containing the Ghost
guest as she enters the library. Note on the floor in front of the door to
the turret for Scene 5
Prop Usage Overnight Prop Usage Overnight
#3 Scene 4 #4 Before Scene 6

Sams Clue Guest Manuals
Place Sams Clue under Sams pillow for Before breakfast in Scene 6, place all
Scene 5 Manuals at their places on the breakfast
table for Scene 6
#5 Before Scene 6 #6 Before Scene 6

Annies Clue Log #1 (Marnies Servants)
Before breakfast in Scene 6, place Annies Before breakfast in Scene 6, place Log
Clue under Annies coffee cup for Scene 7 #1" under Allies chair at the breakfast
table for Scene 7
Barbies Clue Log #2 (Lady Matties Servants)
During Scene 7, place Barbies Clue During Scene 7, place Log
under Log #2" on Barbies bed to be read #2 in girls bedroom on Barbies bed to be
in Scene 8 found in Scene 8

Long White Dress Letter from Marnie
During Scene 7, place the Long White During Scene 9, tack or tape Letter from
Dress over a chair in the turret for Scene 9 Marnie on the bedroom wall where the
and return to dining room girls can easily spot it in Scene 12

Hidden Clue Note During Scene 9, make Three blank Note pages and three
sure Hidden Clue Note is on Elllies bed envelopes
for Scene 11 During Scene 9, place three blank Note
pages and three envelopes on the desk or
table in Ellies room for Scene 11
#13 Scene 10 #14 Before Scene 13

Family Trees, Ghost Note, Inspectors Ariels Diary
Report Before Scene 13, have Ariels Diary
Beginning of Scene 10, bring Family ready in the kitchen to give to Audette
Trees, Ghost Note and Inspectors before you bring her into the library
Report to the library

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Print and read the printing instructions then continue with the invitation.
Page: 3 Invitation
You will print one invitation for each guest. Since your guests become characters as chosen by
you and your child; be sure to add the correct character before printing each invitation.
You must either remove or add the custom information where the invitation reads 'type...' before
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Go to the dress samples and include those in your invitations.
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1
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Page: 37
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famous English actress

celebrate the life of a

party given by Lady A Samantha Elizabeth Mystery

Props: sheet music

Props: ballet shoes

Props: hair brush and mirror

Props: football and book of poems

Props: math book and a 6-pack of caffeine-free coke.

Props: pictures of your homes in London and Sydney.

Props: book of plays by Shakespeare

Props: books or pictures of horses

Props: sheet music

Props: ballet shoes

Props: hair brush and mirror

Props: football and book of poems

Props: math book and a 6-pack of caffeine-free coke.

Props: pictures of your homes in London and Sydney.

Props: book of plays by Shakespeare

Props: books or pictures of horses

Props: A few Agatha Christi novels

Props: tennis racquet

Props: sheet music

Props: ballet shoes

Props: hair brush and mirror

Props: football and book of poems

Props: math book and a 6-pack of caffeine-free coke.

Props: pictures of your homes in London and Sydney.

Props: book of plays by Shakespeare

Props: books or pictures of horses

Props: A few Agatha Christi novels

Props: books about the solar system

Props: Fashion magazines

I always wanted to be a model,

and still have the image stay together.

Servants of the Castle and their Descendants

1755 - 1825 1765 - 1820

Born in Paris, France Born in Grenoble, France

Died in Grenoble, France Died in Stratford, England

Cause of death: at home Cause of death: at son

from a broken heart Winthorp's home from

Winthorp III Francoise

Winthorp butler he was said to be a dashing man

(Completed in January 1850 by Ellie and pieced together from docu-

Lady Matties servants as of Jan. 1850

Winthorp III butler - age 60 - descendant of the first Winthorp

If you really want to know how I died - you must go back

In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and their fiancees from

I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my personal maid, was

My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at each other, rather

Emily came back to the castle for a visit - alone. One

Later, when I was missed, and after my chauffeur, Staunton,

My burning question is, who would want to kill me? And

Could it have been my distant cousin, Emily, or her sister?

I Ariel, desperately want to be an actress. I

The opportunity is here. Emily is here. She

I asked Staunton - he said Emily is leaving

Winthorp explained he went looking for Marnie

NAME OF DECEDENT: Marnie Andersen

DATE OF INCIDENT: 4 September, 1650

DISPATCHED BY: Local Stratford Constable, Harry Sommes

TIME OF DISPATCH: 9:03 PM

DATE OF DISPATCH: 4 September, 1650