4 Crime by Thierry Raguier

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 09:10:58 UTC

Horror stories and crime books are very popular in the English-speaking world. People love reading or watching murder stories or ghost stories. You can go to a local castle at week-ends and re-act a famous murder book in costumes !

Who committed the crime ? What weapon did the murderer use ? Why did the murderer commit the crime ? When was the murder committed ? Are there any details (clues) to find out the murderer ? If the police forces can puzzle out / solve the mystery, the case / investigation is cold.

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Mary Shelley (1792-1822)

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 17:05:41 UTC

She wrote "Frankenstein" in 1818. The story of a doctor who wanted to create a perfect man. So he "built" a man from corpses in cemeteries.

Ian Fleming (1908-1964)

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 17:12:53 UTC

Ian Fleming was a spy for Britain in World War II. So, after the war, he wrote books about an international spy, James Bond.

Bram Stoker (1847-1912)

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 17:21:50 UTC

Dublin-born Bram Stoker wrote a very famous book: Dracula

Dracula

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 17:22:31 UTC

The story of Dracula comes from a real person in Romania (Count Vlad Dracul) who was very cruel to people.

Dracula wakes up at night to drink people's blood ...

Hercules Poirot

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 17:26:13 UTC

Miss Christie's famous detective is not English, but Belgian. He uses his "little grey cells" (= his brain, his intelligence) to find out the murderer and solve the mystery.

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 17:26:46 UTC

The "Queen of mystery" is probably the most famous crime story writer. People can read her books all over the world ! Her famous book titles are: "The murder of Roger Ackroyd", "Murder on the Orient Express", "Murder on the Nile", etc.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 17:36:31 UTC

Scottish Arthur Conan Doyle was a doctor, but he prefered writing books. His hero is world-famous: Sherlock Holmes (with his friend Watson). Sherlock's enemy is famous too: Moriarty !

Agatha Christie's Orient Express trailer (2.05)

traguier53 — 2016-02-18 17:55:05 UTC

Sherlock Holmes museum in London (2.36)

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Frankenstein is alive ! (3.21)

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The famous scene when Frankenstein is created and becomes alive !

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Many actors have played Sherlock Holmes for the cinema !

A listening about A. Christie

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