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The Mystery of the Talking Skull
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Case 11 |
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It all started with a dollar. One dollar paid at auction by Jupiter Jones for a dusty old trunk that
once belonged to The Great Gulliver, a magician who vanished as mysteriously as one of his tricks.
The trunk attracts a host of bizarre characters, like Zelda the Gypsy, Three-Finger Munger, and
Maximilian the Mystic. But what's inside the trunk is even more bizarre--a skull that talks !
Jupiter becomes the winner at an auction of a trunk belonging to a former magician. Among the items in
the trunk is a skull that seems to talk. The skull leads them into a mystery where they must deduce
the location of money that has been missing from a bank robbery for some years.
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| Jupiter Jones |
First Investigator |
(Justus Jonas) |
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| Pete Crenshaw |
Second Investigator |
(Peter Shaw) |
| Bob Andrews |
Records and Research |
| Titus Jones |
Justus' uncle |
(Onkel Titus) |
| Mathilda Jones |
Justus' aunt |
(Tante Mathilda) |
| Hans Schmid |
helper at the Salvage Yard |
(Patrick O'Ryan) |
| Konrad Schmid |
helper at the Salvage Yard |
(Kenneth O'Ryan) |
| Mr. Andrews |
journalist; Bobs father |
| Mrs. Andrews |
Bobs mother |
| Mr. Fred Brown |
reporter of 'The Hollywood News' |
| Frank 'Spike' Neely |
in jailhouse deceased bank robber |
| Mrs. Mary Miller |
'Spike' Neelys sister |
| The Great Gulliver |
cellmate of Spike Neely |
| Lonzo |
gypsy |
| Zelda |
gypsy |
| Mr. Maximlian |
mage |
| Smooth Simpson |
crook |
(Smarty Simpson) |
| Three-Finger Munger |
member of the gang |
(Three-Finger) |
| Babyface Benson |
member of the gang |
| Leo The Knife |
member of the gang |
(Mackie Messer) |
| Samuel Reynolds |
Chief Inspector of the Police of Rocky Beach |
[(white in brackets) = german name]
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| 'Spike' Neelys Letter |
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State Prison Hospital
July 17
Dear Gulliver:
Just a few words from your old pal and cellmate, Spike eely. I’m in the
hospital, and it looks like I haven’t got much longer.
I may last five days, or three weeks, or even two months, the doctors aren’t
sure. But in any case, it’s time to say good-bye.
If you’re ever in Chicago, look up my cousin Danny Street. Tell him hello for
me. Wish I could say more, but this is all I can manage.
Your friend,
Spike.
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| Illustrations (by Harry Kane [US]) |
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| Illustrations (by Roger Hall [GB]) |
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Story by: Robert Arthur,