September 1, 1925
Josephine Clark
frantically shuffles through the papers on the desk searching for clues. The professor of English Literature at Miskatonic University and part-time amateur sleuth is looking into the murder of one of her students, Elsie Wendall. Josephine had been shocked, angered, saddened over her death. Being an accomplished woman of action she knew she wanted to look into this herself. Like her hero from literature Sherlock Holmes, Josephine set about investigating the student's past and her recent movements for some clue. Josephine came across a strange church newsletter in the bottom of Elsie's locker, and some school gossip about a boy. Now, after picking the lock, she is in his apartment searching for clues.
There is a sudden knock at the door!
Private eye Gordon Pym
listens at, then knocks on the door of Elsie Wendall's boyfriend apartment. Did he hear a noise in there? The gumshoe had been hired by the bereaved family of Elsie, who had been gruesomely murdered a month ago in Arkham. The Miskatonic University student's head and hands had been missing. Local police couldn't turn anything up, then similar murders were discovered in Boston and Providence. (See 'The Hunt - Marius and Eddie Take Aim' thread.) When no progress was made, the family hired Pym. It was a tough case. He poked around a lot, eventually learning from Arkham Gazette Reporter Eddie Sharpe about the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) involvement in the broader case. Eddie and Pym even investigated a freak show circus they thought could be part of a cult.
But no one was looking out for departed Elsie, and Pym was determined to see justice done. In the course of interviewing Elsie's school friends, he learned about a secret boyfriend, Tommy Johnson, and the apartment they had together on the wrong side of the tracks. Apparently Elsie had a wild streak in her, dallying outside campus at this palooka's shotgun apartment. It was worth checking out.
Pym knocks on the door.
