The Comedic Genius of "if it's Mr. Rogers, that's gonna be awkward" CUT TO "okay Mr. Rogers is dead" 😂 And Then There Were None is easily my favorite Agatha Christie and watching you read it for the first time was so much fun!
This is definitely one of _THE BEST_ Agatha Christie murder mysteries I've ever read!! I'm excited to see whether u'll be able to solve this or not; I could _never_ have guessed :-)
SPOILER WARNING for anyone who hasn’t read the book or finished the video…. The key is how it all matches the rhyme. Most of the deaths’ connections to it can be arranged. But how would a killer have arranged for Wargraves to announce fatalistically that they were all going to stay there?
I did suspect the real answer long time and for right reasons, but got thrown off by something. But I am proud for doing that well since I was 12 when I red it..
Sorry to the Brits? You don't need to say it, we assume everyone feels sorry for us for just being Brits. You cannot insult us more than we insult ourselves anyway, nobody hates Brits like Brits.
When i read the book there were two things that caught my eye. 1st was "why didn't they hear a gunshot?" and the 2nd one was the nursery rhyme verse that pointed out that armstrong was swallowed by a Red Herring. I Love your videos!
@@hannahm7646 In the ending letter Wargrave even gives it as a possible clue that might help the police to solve the case along with the reason that it was completely clear that the man he sentenced was guilty which means he's not guilty which paradoxically means he must be guilty.
@@Draugo What gave it away to me was the motive: Why is the mastermind assembling these people and psychologically torturing them and killing them? Because they're murderers who escaped punishment. The mastermind is somebody obsessed with Justice, who enjoys causing the deaths of guilty people. A hanging judge.
And I had a Doubt that if all the People die (9) WHO KILLS THE LAST ONE (10TH person). Thus I thought someone has faked his death. But never suspected Wargrave. The best ending all books of Agatha Christie are only understood in their ending🤣
Haha, I love that your first theory was actually the closest to being correct; it's just that you never suspected that any of the others could have been the one to fake their own death!
Your love for this book is so adorable and can we just talk about the commitment to the character?? The mustache and clues just made this 10x better 😭💚
And Then There Were None was the first Agatha Christie book I ever read (a long, long time ago) and it is still my favorite of hers. Your theory was very inventive. Maybe you should write a murder mystery! And how many moustaches did you go through?
I love this series!!! Next time, you should try an Agatha Christie book with Miss Marple. I feel like those present lots of information to the reader so we can actually try to solve it!
This is easily one of The Best Books I've ever read! It really made me feel engaged with the characters and their thoughts, feelings and suspicions. But I have to say that it's hard to classify it as a murder mystery novel because it was nearly impossible to guess the real culprit since we weren't presented with enough evidence and it was the culprit who confessed in the epilogue, but it was still extremely suspenseful and I highly recommend it! But just keep in mind that it's not one of those books that were made to guess who killed and why and how, it's the atmosphere that charms the readers and make it irresistible to stop reading.
When you were making your conclusions, my mom asked who was the one that was shot but no-one heard a gunshot. I didn't immediately understood what she was getting at because I have the attention span of a fly. Apparently it was Wargrave she was referring to.
Yes!!! The last one was the reason I subscribed- and then went and developed an Agatha Christie obsession and loved this book and NOW ITS MY BIRTHDAY AND IM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS!!
We did a play of this story and let me tell you, the audience reactions were so fun to watch and hear about after the show. Everyone had their own main suspect and everyone believed in their own theories, discussing between scenes what had happened and who would be killed and so on. It was so fun!
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i mean, your theory that someone had faked their death was right, you just didn't have the right character 😅 i can't wait to see which one you'll try to solve next!!!
@@erinsutherland1914 I think it's helped by (if I remember correctly) the fact that it's one of the first murder mysteries (if not THE first) to structure its ending that way
9:00 this is a classic trick, I've never read this book, so it might actually be classic because of this book specifically, I don't know. The cyanide wasn't in the *drinks*, the cyanide was in or on the *glass* that Tony drank from. For the murder of Mrs. Rogers: she was sedated, she could've been suffocated in her sleep while too deeply asleep to wake up.
The montage of shock and defeat as you read the final pages so perfectly captures the feeling of finishing an Agatha Christie mystery!! Truly a wild ride, this was so fun to watch :))
Ooh this is a fun video format :D Also props for thinking of the possibility of someone faking their death even if you didn't get the character right. What makes this one brilliant to me is that Wargrave basically gives the killer's motivation and it's the motivation *of a judge*. And "Owen" basically lays the whole thing out like a courtcase where they all stand accused. Christie keeps doing this thing where she's extremely unsubtle while still managing to mislead you so you never notice the obvious hints which is what I love about her books.
I absolutely love Agatha Christie, her simple clean and neat writing style means that sometimes people understate her genius. So I was scared about watching your video, but you did her proud. You gained a subscriber!!!
I absolutely ✨LOVE✨ when you try to solve Agatha Christie murders! I hope this becomes a continuing series on the channel! (You might be the reason I’ve started on the Hercule Poirot series) Thanks for the video and keep up the fantastic work. 👍☺️
I played the role of Blore in a showing of And Then There None just a couple months ago! This video was so much fun to watch. Rehearsals went for 4 hours a day, often more, so it's easy to get out of the story when you're constantly living it.
My warmest memory about this story is the modified theatre adaptation we did (we changed some of the characters) and at one show I got to be a stunt screamer for Vera because the actual actor had a cold. Our director didn't even realise xD
Honestly, even though I loved the book, I found your theories a little bit better than the actual conclusion. The one where Mr. Rodgers was actually Mr. Owen was very clever! If he hadn’t died it would have been such a cool ending. I also really liked the one where 5 of them were connected to the other 5 and they wound kill each other but, like you said, that way the order of the killings would have been different to the one on the nursery rhyme. The theory where the ferry man who brought them all together was Mr. Owen was also interesting, but it might have been a tad underwhelming for Miss Agatha Christie. But the one where the first man to die was actually alive and was the killer wasn’t too far off from the actual ending so props to you for almost getting it right 👏👏👏
I remember accidentally keeping a book borrowed from my school library and not able to return it after school was over. After graduating college, this was the first book I pulled out during the pandemic and it got me out of my reading slump and bruh, this was incredible!😍
Such great timing lol I had just participated in a reading of the stage adaptation of this (I played Blore) and it’s such a good mystery. You did a great job taking us on this journey!
My first ever Agatha Christie book was “Mousetrap” (read it in 8th grade Lit) and that one blew my mind, but I was just in 8th grade so I didn’t pay it much mind. I picked up this one (almost 7 years later) and read it a last year and absolutely loved it. I’ve read Death on Nile and Death in the Clouds too (both good) but this one has a special place in my heart bc it’s my favorite and it made me realize Agatha Christie is my favorite author!
So when I was in school my class had to read this book. I remember that the teacher would go around and ask everybody to say who they thought the murderer is/was as we read the book. I remember that I said it is absolutely Wargrave. I said the reason I think it is Wargrave is because he was a judge and the drunk fisherman in the beginning said that the day of judgment is near. I always think that some of the most obvious things are the biggest clues. Even though the fisherman didn't know anything about anything I still think that the author put that clue in there on purpose. Plus when wargrave was found dead and no one heard the gunshot I thought that was extremely suspicious too. It just makes sense that The Judge who can't bring these people to justice in the court of law would be the one to pass judgment on these people on his own. Plus being a judge he could obviously look at dropped cases that were suspicious because he had access to all legal court records of all these people. It just makes sense that he would know that all these people were involved in indirect/direct crimes that led to someone's death.
Definitely one of the best AC novels. I recommend Sleeping Murder, purely because it's my fave - and I think you'd make a great Miss Marple. These vids are aces! XD (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was my first ever "adult" novel - I pinched it from my Gran's large-print library pile. Loved it.) Happy reading. /('v')\
"Ten little soldier boys?" I'm quite certain that when I read this book it was "Ten Little Indians." Did the publisher amend that term? *checks* Oh. Oh. Turns out "Indians" was not the original version either. That was...worse. Much worse.
I LOVED this book, it's the only book I ever read as a mandatory thing for school that I genuinely enjoy. I was 13 and very shocked by the ending so let's see what you come up with. Fun fact, in the original nursery rhyme they aren't soldiers but the book was modified to omit the slur
There are a few movie versions. The most faithful is Desyat Negrityat (a Russian version which includes MOST of the dialogue and for a while was the only movie version to feature the original ending)
Oh these are so fun! I’ve started on the Agatha Christie novels for audiobooks now! So far I’ve been rather unlucky and have only been able to guess who the murderer is in The Mystery of the Blue Train.
watch the tv show!! it’s one of my favourite things i’ve ever watched- really leans into the descent into madness and the atmosphere of the house. 10/10
This was really interesting to watch I've never read the book but I'm still gonna read it regardless because it sounds so good and definitely something that I'll enjoy
We had to pick a mystery book to read in middle school and this was a choice. I picked it, and walked to my next class sat down read one page, the guy next to me said, “oh I read that book. Can I look at it for a sec?” I handed it to him he looked at it for a second and then he explained how it ended. I have been so upset I still haven’t read more then one page to this day.
there’s this rly popular bollywood movie where this guy is flirting with this girl by throwing stones at her window and coming in and she’s like go away i’m reading and he’s like it’s the butler now you don’t have to finish the mystery and they end up getting married and it’s been bothering me since i was like 8
enjoyed this video so much! loved reading this mystery a few years back so much, and some moments in this video lit had me laughing to myself! good luck with your finals emmie
I loved reading this book as a teen. Such a great mystery 🥰 The way I audibly gasped when you said your first theory. When I first read the book, the thought of someone not actually being dead never even crossed my mind. YOU WERE SO CLOSE TO BEING RIGHT SO QUICKLY. Good job 👏
The greatest mystery novel for me, ever, period. I completely froze reading the final pages of the book. Just sat in silence for like 5 min after completing it. Btw, this reading format is better than the audiobook one from the last one. Also i would suggest a different AC than other popular one people are suggesting, it's The ABC Murders!
I watched this video when it came out, and now, 9 months later, me and 3 other people in my class are reading this book and trying to solve it! I remembered the video and now im gonna ask my teacher about watching it in class after we finish it! (I honestly hope she says yes-)
“Who we will call Mr Rogers, because his name is Mr Rogers” there are so many great lines in this 😂😂. Surprisingly British monochrome, just a bit less depressing
What a cool format! Came here from the "Is it just fantasy?" video about the book and its postcolonial undertones, which I think you should totally check out. But this was really fun and I will check out your other Christie videos.
One of my most fav Christie books is Five Little Pigs. It's not one of her more 'popular' ones, I guess. But it's still fantastic, and if you're really trying to solve the case, this book gives you the most amount of clues imo. Basically Poirot goes around listening to five people's version of the same event, and from just hearing these accounts he solves the murder. You read what Poirot is hearing, so you're working with the exact same amount of information as him. This can be a fun one for this series of yours.
This was so fun watching you try and figure it out. When I read it I never would have guessed it was Wargrave either. This one and Murder on the Orient Express got me I couldn’t figure it out on my own
Haven’t read the book for a while, but I vaguely remember that the death were also according to how F-ck Up their intentions were. The first guy’s was “kind of” car accident. And the maid was most likely influenced by her husband, that why she’s got painless death. While the last woman literally wanted the boy to die.
i swear, emma. nobody does it like you do. also, my favourite part is when you said, "let's pay attetion to a little nursery rhyme" and the video cut to an ad. brilliant.
This is one of my favourite Christie’s, though I was only about 13 when I read it and just went straight through the book, always assuming some Prisoner type scenario. The solution totally took me by surprise and was way better than my working theory. Overall, I think you did pretty well with your theories, and kept the outlook pretty light. In real life, I guess the Police would have assumed that there were other people on the island and they somehow left before and /or hid while the police came. Good video, look forward to seeing more!
I remember when I was reading it my suspects along the way were Vera ( because she just seems instable ) and Wargrave ( because it was Philip's suspect and Agatha kept describing Philip as smart so I trusted his judgement ), Mr Rogers was off table it would have been too obvious.
“If it’s Mr. Rogers that’s gonna be awkward” Oof, that’s an ouch from me This was fun to watch! Read this back in high school and it’s probably one of my favorite stories, so it was cool to see someone work through it themselves.
Just what the doctor ordered. Such a great video! Lots of fun. Loved the mustache. Just a perfect antidepressant that brought such a smile to my face. Look forward to more content like this that shows your silly side. Pure joy.
I was also thinking along the same lines as your reasoning around 25:30, but by the end of the story that had all just kind of unraveled of course. Excellent video and production, and glad you enjoyed the book!
This is such a god series!! You could break the video into chapters accoring to how far each goes into the chapters /plot of the novel to make playing alone viable :)
it blows my mind that not everyone has known how this story goes since they were a kid. i was like 11 and obsessed with my mom's agatha christie collection and the poirot tv series.
Ive jist finished this story few days ago and despite the fact I correctly figured out killer mid way I admit it was a very good murder mystery (and reading at the end it was enjoyable to read how it was done)
Personally I think the deceit toward Armstrong was near impossible to believe so I felt a bit cheated at the end there but he was my initial guess only because - in mafia games the most confident member of the crew is most likely the murderer and he was taking charge
OMG I. LITERALLY HAD THE SAME IDEA WITH A CHAIN OF MURDERS!!! I audibly gasped when you brought it up... Your reactions are so relatable, thanks for the great video!!!
There's no doubt the movie Clue took from this book: The Doctor Claiming someone is dead when he knows they are not Not hearing a Supposed murder happen because a woman in the other room is screaming Guests being invited to a mansion without knowing who invited them or why The murderer wanting to commit "the perfect crime" There are many other examples too that I can't think of at the moment
I will say, this is a rather difficult case to figure out, even if you read Wargrave's "clues" at the end. Wargrave is suspicious right off the bat when you hear the record played. "Mr. Owens" CHARGES them all with crimes. Wargrave is a judge. He's also one of two who is not surprised at the accusations. Also, his "crime" is suspicious. Everyone agrees Seton was guilty, which either means that the judge didn't commit "murder," which is sus, or he DID convince the jury to convict, but Wargrave seems to think he WAS guilty, and he enjoyed doing it, which is EXACTLY what "Mr. Owens" is doing on the island: killing the people he judged guilty. The only real solid clue is when Wargrave "dies." He is supposedly shot, through the head, yet no one heard anything. More importantly, he was ALONE when it happened. The other 4 still alive were together. So, this leaves 2 possibilities, either Wargrave was killed by someone who previously faked their death, or Wargrave isn't really dead. The doctor is the only one to check the body and confirm he's dead, and it just so happens that he dies next... It's a bit BS at the end when you find out that the Doctor and Wargrave had an alliance of sorts, I don't see HOW you can assume that, but if you are already looking for someone to fake a death at some point, Wargrave is it, and the only one to confirm it dies next. Helps to already be sus as heck of Wargrave to begin with...
Also, I noticed this when I reread it two months ago When they hear the recordings, someone (Was it McArthur or the doctor? I don't remember quite well) says "this must be a joke" or something similar and Wargrave answers something like "So you think this is a joke?" which shows that Wargrave is kinda offended that they think it's a joke
Yeah I was able to figure it out when I first read it but it was mostly just because 1. Wargrave made the most sense to know about all the crimes since it was all people who escaped justice, and 2. The thing you mentioned about the person who confirmed his death dying immediately after him
I suggest reading the play, it gives a lot different ending to the story (it's all written by Agatha herself). It makes who did it much more obvious, seeing as Wargrave has a whole villain scene.
Not so. There's a scene in the book (the one where anxious Armstrong says they'll be "murdered in their beds") with Armstrong and Wargrave alone. Wargrave says he knows logically who is the killer, but lacks proof. The next obvious thing for him to say is that as a doctor, Armstrong is in a unique position to help him get that proof...
These videos are always so cool, you're so creative!!! And Then There Were None and the Murder of Roger Ackroyd are my favourites Agatha Christie. If you enjoy period drama, the glorious Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) uses the plot of And Then There Were for one of their episode. I loved it (and that tv show in general!) Your French is really good, by the way ahah ;)
I love the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries! There’s also a reboot, set in the 60’s, featuring her long-lost niece Peregrine Fisher, which is just as fun and interesting.
OH MY GOSH THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME! It was fun to see your process!!! I definitely was on the right track when I was guessing but still didn’t realize who it was until the end!!!
It's SO satisfying to watch knowing who the killer is and seeing you analize everything. While reading, i kid you not, i was sure whas guilty and they died the next page. Like 3 times!!
omg, i love agatha christie! i definitely recommend murder on the links for one to solve, it is such an interesting story and i would be curious to see if you could figure it out. :)
The Charles Dance mini series is my favorite Christie adaptation, definitely check it out. Heck, check out the PC game if you're feeling spicy, it has a different culprit!
SPOILER FOR THE END OF THE BOOK . . . . . . . ok so I figured out it was Wargrave because of 2 things. 1. He convincted someone the jury was going to let go, sentencing that person to death. That person later on turned out to be guilty, making Justice Wargrave right. Which is different from the other 9 people. 2. Point 1 shows that he would bend rules/laws that got away, which is exactly what happened here. People that technically didn't commit a crime, or got away with one. It was very much in the psychology here
Plus since they never heard a gunshot he couldn't have been shot in the first place. Definitely the thing that immediately made me suspicious, since it's such an out of place detail otherwise
There are several clues pointing that the murderer was Wargrave. First when you read the book, you can objectively rule out: 1) Marston. Confirmed poison death that cannot be faked. Everyone witnessing it happening and clear physical signs of cyanide poisoning. 2) Mr. Rogers. Confirmed death by axe to the head. Several people saw his torn head. 3) Emily Brent. Confirmed poison death. Swollen head, blue lips witnessed by several people. Clear physical signs of cyanide poisoning. 4) Dr. Armstrong. Confirmed death by drowning witnessed by Vera and Philip. Couldn't move Vera's chair after her hanging herself. 5) William Blore. Confirmed death by marble statue to head witnessed by Vera and Philip. Couldn't move Vera's hanging chair. 6) Philip Lombard. Couldn't drop the marble statue on Blore's head since he had solid alibi being with Vera outside the house when it happened. 7) Vera Claythorne. Couldn't move the chair after hanging herself and had solid alibi being with Philip when Blore was killed. This leaves us with possible fake deaths of mrs. Rogers (no visible injury, possible that only Armstrong confirmed her death) General MacArthur (not sure but possible that only Armstrong confirmed his death and described his injuries) and Wargrave (only Armstrong confirmed his death and injury, no gunshot heard and dark environment) So theoretically Mrs. Rogers, General MacArthur and Wargrave could have faked their deaths with Armstrong's help and carry out the murders after their "death" but there are very lacking clues/evidence that Mrs. Rogers or General MacArthur would have been the murderer. 1) Mrs. Rogers. There are no clues that she was an actress and she was clearly very emotional when she heard the recording. Nothing hints that she could have any motive to commit such a murder. Nothing in her character hints that she could even be capable of such thing. Her fake death is also very unlikely/unbelievable although possible. 2) General MacArthur. This is more plausible than Mrs. Rogers. Probably capable of killing people being ex army guy. He was also very calm like he knew what was happening (emotions fits a killer). BUT in his "crime" he killed the guy (his wife's lover) out of jealousy (had a clear motive). It feels very unlikely that he would have set this whole thing up, recording and everything. There is no motive for him to commit such a crime. 3) Wargrave. Pretty much everything fits. He was intelligent enough to set this kind of thing. He had clear motive why he would do it. He was clearly capable of at least indirectly having people to die ("hanging judge" clue). Psychological side: He enjoyed killing guilty man Edward Seton and people on the island were all guilty. He was the most manipulative character and tried to influence how others would behave and think so he can carry out his plan. He wasn't emotional after the deaths but rather took leader's role keeping the situation under his control. He said that searching the island is pointless (how he knew it even before the search was conducted and why he would have wanted to convince others to believe that?) and was the first suggesting that killer is one of them wanting everyone to play his game. He was old and retired so this kind of "last judgement + suicide" -mindset could easily fit him. He was right on his "crime" and judgement was correct. Recording fits him 100 %. Clear motive. Lastly Lombard's gun was found in Wargrave's room that was last very clear hint.
Mad respect for the commitment to The Mustache™
merci merci🕵🏻
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The Comedic Genius of "if it's Mr. Rogers, that's gonna be awkward" CUT TO "okay Mr. Rogers is dead" 😂
And Then There Were None is easily my favorite Agatha Christie and watching you read it for the first time was so much fun!
This is definitely one of _THE BEST_ Agatha Christie murder mysteries I've ever read!! I'm excited to see whether u'll be able to solve this or not; I could _never_ have guessed :-)
Same! I’m so excited to keep reading!
SPOILER WARNING for anyone who hasn’t read the book or finished the video….
The key is how it all matches the rhyme. Most of the deaths’ connections to it can be arranged. But how would a killer have arranged for Wargraves to announce fatalistically that they were all going to stay there?
I did suspect the real answer long time and for right reasons, but got thrown off by something. But I am proud for doing that well since I was 12 when I red it..
Same! It's the on that got me into her books
While i love this book, it feels a bit like cheating that she has to have the murderer leave a letter explaining how they did it.
"Rogers showed barely any emotions when his wife died ..."
It's because he's British, Emma.
(Sorry to the Brits out there but I couldn't resist.)
No I agree we’re repressed
No, no. We Brits agree. If he had shown more than "barely any" emotion then it would've be too melodramatic.
Ah don’t worry, I agree
went to reply to say no that's completely fair, and discovered all the other replies were all british people saying it's completely fair, lmao
Sorry to the Brits? You don't need to say it, we assume everyone feels sorry for us for just being Brits. You cannot insult us more than we insult ourselves anyway, nobody hates Brits like Brits.
When i read the book there were two things that caught my eye. 1st was "why didn't they hear a gunshot?" and the 2nd one was the nursery rhyme verse that pointed out that armstrong was swallowed by a Red Herring.
I Love your videos!
Those…those are really good points.
I never picked up on those clues 😆
@@hannahm7646 In the ending letter Wargrave even gives it as a possible clue that might help the police to solve the case along with the reason that it was completely clear that the man he sentenced was guilty which means he's not guilty which paradoxically means he must be guilty.
@@Draugo What gave it away to me was the motive: Why is the mastermind assembling these people and psychologically torturing them and killing them? Because they're murderers who escaped punishment. The mastermind is somebody obsessed with Justice, who enjoys causing the deaths of guilty people. A hanging judge.
And I had a Doubt that if all the People die (9) WHO KILLS THE LAST ONE (10TH person).
Thus I thought someone has faked his death. But never suspected Wargrave.
The best ending all books of Agatha Christie are only understood in their ending🤣
Could you explain why a red herring might be a clue? As a non-native I didn't get that
Haha, I love that your first theory was actually the closest to being correct; it's just that you never suspected that any of the others could have been the one to fake their own death!
Next time you should do The Crooked House, Madame Poirot, I feel like you could definitely solve that one.
That's maybe my favorite by her! So good! Albeit dark
off yess the crooked house!! I spoiled that for myself and i was soo saad :(
Loved crooked house, and yeah it's definitely one that I feel is gettable in like the last quarter of the book.
She does own it in this volume true, but I would like Marple next.
Crooked House made me cry
Your love for this book is so adorable and can we just talk about the commitment to the character?? The mustache and clues just made this 10x better 😭💚
And Then There Were None was the first Agatha Christie book I ever read (a long, long time ago) and it is still my favorite of hers. Your theory was very inventive. Maybe you should write a murder mystery! And how many moustaches did you go through?
Haha definitely a few, although I saved them all for next time👀
"And Then There Were None" has the best plot ever in any novel!
Agreed!!!!!!!
Myself, I have argued that this was the foundation of Slasher horror.
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"The butler who we will call Mr Rogers, because his name is Mr. Rogers." I nearly spit out my tea, that was such a funny line.
I love this series!!! Next time, you should try an Agatha Christie book with Miss Marple. I feel like those present lots of information to the reader so we can actually try to solve it!
"4.50 from Paddington" is my favourite Miss Marple, and definitely solvable!
This is easily one of The Best Books I've ever read! It really made me feel engaged with the characters and their thoughts, feelings and suspicions. But I have to say that it's hard to classify it as a murder mystery novel because it was nearly impossible to guess the real culprit since we weren't presented with enough evidence and it was the culprit who confessed in the epilogue, but it was still extremely suspenseful and I highly recommend it! But just keep in mind that it's not one of those books that were made to guess who killed and why and how, it's the atmosphere that charms the readers and make it irresistible to stop reading.
It's more like a slasher
Can confirm. I have read it 8 tines and have noticed new things every time
When you were making your conclusions, my mom asked who was the one that was shot but no-one heard a gunshot. I didn't immediately understood what she was getting at because I have the attention span of a fly. Apparently it was Wargrave she was referring to.
Yes!!! The last one was the reason I subscribed- and then went and developed an Agatha Christie obsession and loved this book and NOW ITS MY BIRTHDAY AND IM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS!!
Happy Birthday 🎈🎉 🎂
Happy Birthday!! Hope you have a wonderful day :))
Oh my gosh perfect haha happy belated birthday Mary💙💙
@@emmiereads ☺️☺️ thank you so much! Loved this video!!
We did a play of this story and let me tell you, the audience reactions were so fun to watch and hear about after the show. Everyone had their own main suspect and everyone believed in their own theories, discussing between scenes what had happened and who would be killed and so on. It was so fun!
i mean, your theory that someone had faked their death was right, you just didn't have the right character 😅 i can't wait to see which one you'll try to solve next!!!
I really want to see you try and tackle Murder on the Orient Express now 😂
that book made me so mad no lie
@@WaterLillyxo The book was great until the end. I really didn't like the ending of Orient Express.
@@WaterLillyxo samee omg the solution was so annoying
@@erinsutherland1914 I think it's helped by (if I remember correctly) the fact that it's one of the first murder mysteries (if not THE first) to structure its ending that way
Is the book different from the movie? I’ve only seen the film (which I love watching) but I haven’t read the book.
9:00 this is a classic trick, I've never read this book, so it might actually be classic because of this book specifically, I don't know.
The cyanide wasn't in the *drinks*, the cyanide was in or on the *glass* that Tony drank from.
For the murder of Mrs. Rogers: she was sedated, she could've been suffocated in her sleep while too deeply asleep to wake up.
The montage of shock and defeat as you read the final pages so perfectly captures the feeling of finishing an Agatha Christie mystery!! Truly a wild ride, this was so fun to watch :))
i read this book so long ago but still remember it vividly and when you said "crimes that can't be punished in the court of law" i was 👀 so hard....
I read this last month so quickly because I just had to know! There was no way I would’ve figured it out…it’s definitely one of her best 🕵️♀️
Ooh this is a fun video format :D Also props for thinking of the possibility of someone faking their death even if you didn't get the character right.
What makes this one brilliant to me is that Wargrave basically gives the killer's motivation and it's the motivation *of a judge*. And "Owen" basically lays the whole thing out like a courtcase where they all stand accused. Christie keeps doing this thing where she's extremely unsubtle while still managing to mislead you so you never notice the obvious hints which is what I love about her books.
I read this book a long time ago. What I remember of it is that each time I suspected someone of being the killer, that person would die.
I absolutely love Agatha Christie, her simple clean and neat writing style means that sometimes people understate her genius. So I was scared about watching your video, but you did her proud. You gained a subscriber!!!
I absolutely ✨LOVE✨ when you try to solve Agatha Christie murders! I hope this becomes a continuing series on the channel! (You might be the reason I’ve started on the Hercule Poirot series)
Thanks for the video and keep up the fantastic work. 👍☺️
I played the role of Blore in a showing of And Then There None just a couple months ago! This video was so much fun to watch. Rehearsals went for 4 hours a day, often more, so it's easy to get out of the story when you're constantly living it.
crying you were so obsessed with tony not being dead LMAO
My warmest memory about this story is the modified theatre adaptation we did (we changed some of the characters) and at one show I got to be a stunt screamer for Vera because the actual actor had a cold. Our director didn't even realise xD
This was great. My fav part was "if Mr Rogers dies this will be awkward"
Cut to awkward moment
Great job Emma! This was fun!
Honestly, even though I loved the book, I found your theories a little bit better than the actual conclusion. The one where Mr. Rodgers was actually Mr. Owen was very clever! If he hadn’t died it would have been such a cool ending. I also really liked the one where 5 of them were connected to the other 5 and they wound kill each other but, like you said, that way the order of the killings would have been different to the one on the nursery rhyme. The theory where the ferry man who brought them all together was Mr. Owen was also interesting, but it might have been a tad underwhelming for Miss Agatha Christie. But the one where the first man to die was actually alive and was the killer wasn’t too far off from the actual ending so props to you for almost getting it right 👏👏👏
I remember accidentally keeping a book borrowed from my school library and not able to return it after school was over. After graduating college, this was the first book I pulled out during the pandemic and it got me out of my reading slump and bruh, this was incredible!😍
Such great timing lol I had just participated in a reading of the stage adaptation of this (I played Blore) and it’s such a good mystery. You did a great job taking us on this journey!
My first ever Agatha Christie book was “Mousetrap” (read it in 8th grade Lit) and that one blew my mind, but I was just in 8th grade so I didn’t pay it much mind. I picked up this one (almost 7 years later) and read it a last year and absolutely loved it. I’ve read Death on Nile and Death in the Clouds too (both good) but this one has a special place in my heart bc it’s my favorite and it made me realize Agatha Christie is my favorite author!
So when I was in school my class had to read this book. I remember that the teacher would go around and ask everybody to say who they thought the murderer is/was as we read the book. I remember that I said it is absolutely Wargrave. I said the reason I think it is Wargrave is because he was a judge and the drunk fisherman in the beginning said that the day of judgment is near. I always think that some of the most obvious things are the biggest clues. Even though the fisherman didn't know anything about anything I still think that the author put that clue in there on purpose. Plus when wargrave was found dead and no one heard the gunshot I thought that was extremely suspicious too. It just makes sense that The Judge who can't bring these people to justice in the court of law would be the one to pass judgment on these people on his own. Plus being a judge he could obviously look at dropped cases that were suspicious because he had access to all legal court records of all these people. It just makes sense that he would know that all these people were involved in indirect/direct crimes that led to someone's death.
Omg i am soo excited to see you solve this one !! This mystery is one of the few that actually is really creepy, so should be fun
It was creepy! Definitely was thinking about it so much in between reading it, I think it’s my fave Christie so far!
aahh so cool that you tried to solve and then there were none!! I actually played Blore in a play we did of this book lmao it was so fun
Omg there's so many people who played Blore in this comment section. I did too!
Definitely one of the best AC novels. I recommend Sleeping Murder, purely because it's my fave - and I think you'd make a great Miss Marple. These vids are aces! XD (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was my first ever "adult" novel - I pinched it from my Gran's large-print library pile. Loved it.) Happy reading. /('v')\
Gonna start reading Sleeping Murder now because of your comment :)
My favourite Miss Marple novel is 4:50 from Paddington. Lucy Eylesbarrow is a great character.
Emmie, this video has been out for 6 days and I've definitely watched it at least 12 times now. Love this and all your other videos!
"Ten little soldier boys?" I'm quite certain that when I read this book it was "Ten Little Indians." Did the publisher amend that term?
*checks*
Oh. Oh. Turns out "Indians" was not the original version either. That was...worse. Much worse.
What was it...
@@Gigi_Luigi_ it was the N-word instead of “Indians”
@@Camille-yu8nz that’s still how it’s called in French lmao. At least when I went to school, which wasn’t that long ago
@@aleisshiki3649 they changed the name a few years ago, like evrywhere else, maybe you read an older version
@@urbosia1991 Ah, apparently they renamed it in 2020. I read it a few years before that so it makes sense ^^
I LOVED this book, it's the only book I ever read as a mandatory thing for school that I genuinely enjoy. I was 13 and very shocked by the ending so let's see what you come up with. Fun fact, in the original nursery rhyme they aren't soldiers but the book was modified to omit the slur
This is so fun to watch having already read the mystery and watching you trying to figure it all out! You should check out the mini series!
There are a few movie versions. The most faithful is Desyat Negrityat (a Russian version which includes MOST of the dialogue and for a while was the only movie version to feature the original ending)
Oh these are so fun! I’ve started on the Agatha Christie novels for audiobooks now! So far I’ve been rather unlucky and have only been able to guess who the murderer is in The Mystery of the Blue Train.
watch the tv show!! it’s one of my favourite things i’ve ever watched- really leans into the descent into madness and the atmosphere of the house. 10/10
I really wish that you continue to solve Agatha mysteries!
Why don't you you make a dedicated series for the same!?
Please!❤️🥺
This is the ONLY murder mystery book I haven’t solved before the detective summary. Best murder mystery I have ever read. The film is very good too.
This was really interesting to watch I've never read the book but I'm still gonna read it regardless because it sounds so good and definitely something that I'll enjoy
The writing and atmosphere absolutely make it worth it to read even if you know the ending!!
We had to pick a mystery book to read in middle school and this was a choice. I picked it, and walked to my next class sat down read one page, the guy next to me said, “oh I read that book. Can I look at it for a sec?” I handed it to him he looked at it for a second and then he explained how it ended. I have been so upset I still haven’t read more then one page to this day.
there’s this rly popular bollywood movie where this guy is flirting with this girl by throwing stones at her window and coming in and she’s like go away i’m reading and he’s like it’s the butler now you don’t have to finish the mystery and they end up getting married and it’s been bothering me since i was like 8
@@shriya9925 which movie??
What a douchey thing to do!
@@cozyday_kuch kuch hota hai
enjoyed this video so much! loved reading this mystery a few years back so much, and some moments in this video lit had me laughing to myself! good luck with your finals emmie
Omg !!! I loved how you tried to solve them ..... I recently read And then there were none and I loved it too
I loved reading this book as a teen. Such a great mystery 🥰
The way I audibly gasped when you said your first theory. When I first read the book, the thought of someone not actually being dead never even crossed my mind. YOU WERE SO CLOSE TO BEING RIGHT SO QUICKLY. Good job 👏
The greatest mystery novel for me, ever, period.
I completely froze reading the final pages of the book. Just sat in silence for like 5 min after completing it.
Btw, this reading format is better than the audiobook one from the last one. Also i would suggest a different AC than other popular one people are suggesting, it's The ABC Murders!
I watched this video when it came out, and now, 9 months later, me and 3 other people in my class are reading this book and trying to solve it! I remembered the video and now im gonna ask my teacher about watching it in class after we finish it! (I honestly hope she says yes-)
Update I completely forgot LMAO I just came back to watch this video for fun
my fave part of this is you repeatedly fixing your iconic mustache mwah
OMG This thumbnail is everything 😭😂😂😂😂
“Who we will call Mr Rogers, because his name is Mr Rogers” there are so many great lines in this 😂😂. Surprisingly British monochrome, just a bit less depressing
What a cool format! Came here from the "Is it just fantasy?" video about the book and its postcolonial undertones, which I think you should totally check out. But this was really fun and I will check out your other Christie videos.
One of my most fav Christie books is Five Little Pigs. It's not one of her more 'popular' ones, I guess. But it's still fantastic, and if you're really trying to solve the case, this book gives you the most amount of clues imo. Basically Poirot goes around listening to five people's version of the same event, and from just hearing these accounts he solves the murder. You read what Poirot is hearing, so you're working with the exact same amount of information as him. This can be a fun one for this series of yours.
INCREDIBLE loved ittttt. You should do appointment with death next it was a toughy to solve
OMG I also read The Murder of Roger Arckroyd not too long ago and I never saw the ending coming
This was so fun watching you try and figure it out. When I read it I never would have guessed it was Wargrave either. This one and Murder on the Orient Express got me I couldn’t figure it out on my own
Haven’t read the book for a while, but I vaguely remember that the death were also according to how F-ck Up their intentions were. The first guy’s was “kind of” car accident. And the maid was most likely influenced by her husband, that why she’s got painless death. While the last woman literally wanted the boy to die.
i swear, emma. nobody does it like you do.
also, my favourite part is when you said, "let's pay attetion to a little nursery rhyme" and the video cut to an ad. brilliant.
This is one of my favourite Christie’s, though I was only about 13 when I read it and just went straight through the book, always assuming some Prisoner type scenario. The solution totally took me by surprise and was way better than my working theory. Overall, I think you did pretty well with your theories, and kept the outlook pretty light. In real life, I guess the Police would have assumed that there were other people on the island and they somehow left before and /or hid while the police came. Good video, look forward to seeing more!
I remember when I was reading it my suspects along the way were Vera ( because she just seems instable ) and Wargrave ( because it was Philip's suspect and Agatha kept describing Philip as smart so I trusted his judgement ), Mr Rogers was off table it would have been too obvious.
Love this video! I've watched the Agatha Christie movies over the years so to see someone try and solve it was really fun to watch. :D
as someone who is obsessed with reading agatha christie and trying to work out the mystery, i love this video. instant subscribe
I'd love to see you take a crack at some other mystery classics beyond Agatha Christie, too! Solve a Holmes case in a deerstalker hat
“If it’s Mr. Rogers that’s gonna be awkward”
Oof, that’s an ouch from me
This was fun to watch! Read this back in high school and it’s probably one of my favorite stories, so it was cool to see someone work through it themselves.
Just what the doctor ordered. Such a great video! Lots of fun. Loved the mustache. Just a perfect antidepressant that brought such a smile to my face. Look forward to more content like this that shows your silly side. Pure joy.
I was also thinking along the same lines as your reasoning around 25:30, but by the end of the story that had all just kind of unraveled of course. Excellent video and production, and glad you enjoyed the book!
“Tony Marsden…. I would cross the street” lmfao that made me subscribe
The claw clip with the detective outfit is killing me
This is such a god series!! You could break the video into chapters accoring to how far each goes into the chapters /plot of the novel to make playing alone viable :)
it blows my mind that not everyone has known how this story goes since they were a kid. i was like 11 and obsessed with my mom's agatha christie collection and the poirot tv series.
“I didn’t know there was a movie.” LOL There's like ten movies of that story.
was looking for something to watch while I eat my breakfast and this came up so excited to watch!!!!
Ive jist finished this story few days ago and despite the fact I correctly figured out killer mid way I admit it was a very good murder mystery (and reading at the end it was enjoyable to read how it was done)
Personally I think the deceit toward Armstrong was near impossible to believe so I felt a bit cheated at the end there but he was my initial guess only because - in mafia games the most confident member of the crew is most likely the murderer and he was taking charge
OMG I. LITERALLY HAD THE SAME IDEA WITH A CHAIN OF MURDERS!!!
I audibly gasped when you brought it up...
Your reactions are so relatable, thanks for the great video!!!
Such a good book! Can't wait to see this!
I just started it and love it!
I’m so excited for this, I don’t think you solved it, I definitely didn’t
I need more!!! These are so fun to watch!
There's no doubt the movie Clue took from this book:
The Doctor Claiming someone is dead when he knows they are not
Not hearing a Supposed murder happen because a woman in the other room is screaming
Guests being invited to a mansion without knowing who invited them or why
The murderer wanting to commit "the perfect crime"
There are many other examples too that I can't think of at the moment
PLEASE give us more of these 🙏
I will say, this is a rather difficult case to figure out, even if you read Wargrave's "clues" at the end.
Wargrave is suspicious right off the bat when you hear the record played. "Mr. Owens" CHARGES them all with crimes. Wargrave is a judge. He's also one of two who is not surprised at the accusations. Also, his "crime" is suspicious. Everyone agrees Seton was guilty, which either means that the judge didn't commit "murder," which is sus, or he DID convince the jury to convict, but Wargrave seems to think he WAS guilty, and he enjoyed doing it, which is EXACTLY what "Mr. Owens" is doing on the island: killing the people he judged guilty.
The only real solid clue is when Wargrave "dies." He is supposedly shot, through the head, yet no one heard anything. More importantly, he was ALONE when it happened. The other 4 still alive were together. So, this leaves 2 possibilities, either Wargrave was killed by someone who previously faked their death, or Wargrave isn't really dead. The doctor is the only one to check the body and confirm he's dead, and it just so happens that he dies next...
It's a bit BS at the end when you find out that the Doctor and Wargrave had an alliance of sorts, I don't see HOW you can assume that, but if you are already looking for someone to fake a death at some point, Wargrave is it, and the only one to confirm it dies next. Helps to already be sus as heck of Wargrave to begin with...
Also, I noticed this when I reread it two months ago
When they hear the recordings, someone (Was it McArthur or the doctor? I don't remember quite well) says "this must be a joke" or something similar and Wargrave answers something like "So you think this is a joke?" which shows that Wargrave is kinda offended that they think it's a joke
Yeah I was able to figure it out when I first read it but it was mostly just because 1. Wargrave made the most sense to know about all the crimes since it was all people who escaped justice, and 2. The thing you mentioned about the person who confirmed his death dying immediately after him
I suggest reading the play, it gives a lot different ending to the story (it's all written by Agatha herself). It makes who did it much more obvious, seeing as Wargrave has a whole villain scene.
Not so. There's a scene in the book (the one where anxious Armstrong says they'll be "murdered in their beds") with Armstrong and Wargrave alone. Wargrave says he knows logically who is the killer, but lacks proof.
The next obvious thing for him to say is that as a doctor, Armstrong is in a unique position to help him get that proof...
These videos are always so cool, you're so creative!!!
And Then There Were None and the Murder of Roger Ackroyd are my favourites Agatha Christie. If you enjoy period drama, the glorious Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) uses the plot of And Then There Were for one of their episode. I loved it (and that tv show in general!)
Your French is really good, by the way ahah ;)
I love the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries! There’s also a reboot, set in the 60’s, featuring her long-lost niece Peregrine Fisher, which is just as fun and interesting.
OH MY GOSH THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME! It was fun to see your process!!! I definitely was on the right track when I was guessing but still didn’t realize who it was until the end!!!
I was soooo on board with the "Vera with Tony" as the culprits, that the Wargrave plot was unexpected.
I saw the mustache and beret on a video talking about overanalyzing and thought that this radiated Brian David Gilbert energy.
It's SO satisfying to watch knowing who the killer is and seeing you analize everything. While reading, i kid you not, i was sure whas guilty and they died the next page. Like 3 times!!
Hahaha "Refund? Ahhh no. We do not offer the refund ok"
Good book. The only AC I've read though so I can't compare to any of her other works. Have read the entire Sherlock Holmes though.
omg, i love agatha christie! i definitely recommend murder on the links for one to solve, it is such an interesting story and i would be curious to see if you could figure it out. :)
25:37 this theory would make such interesting thriller 😳
I loved how much effort you put unto this 💜😂
Loved your theories! And hey, you got quite close with one.
You should do Murder on the orient express next
The Charles Dance mini series is my favorite Christie adaptation, definitely check it out. Heck, check out the PC game if you're feeling spicy, it has a different culprit!
I really hope you make another one of these!
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ok so I figured out it was Wargrave because of 2 things.
1. He convincted someone the jury was going to let go, sentencing that person to death. That person later on turned out to be guilty, making Justice Wargrave right. Which is different from the other 9 people.
2. Point 1 shows that he would bend rules/laws that got away, which is exactly what happened here. People that technically didn't commit a crime, or got away with one.
It was very much in the psychology here
Plus since they never heard a gunshot he couldn't have been shot in the first place. Definitely the thing that immediately made me suspicious, since it's such an out of place detail otherwise
There are several clues pointing that the murderer was Wargrave. First when you read the book, you can objectively rule out:
1) Marston. Confirmed poison death that cannot be faked. Everyone witnessing it happening and clear physical signs of cyanide poisoning.
2) Mr. Rogers. Confirmed death by axe to the head. Several people saw his torn head.
3) Emily Brent. Confirmed poison death. Swollen head, blue lips witnessed by several people. Clear physical signs of cyanide poisoning.
4) Dr. Armstrong. Confirmed death by drowning witnessed by Vera and Philip. Couldn't move Vera's chair after her hanging herself.
5) William Blore. Confirmed death by marble statue to head witnessed by Vera and Philip. Couldn't move Vera's hanging chair.
6) Philip Lombard. Couldn't drop the marble statue on Blore's head since he had solid alibi being with Vera outside the house when it happened.
7) Vera Claythorne. Couldn't move the chair after hanging herself and had solid alibi being with Philip when Blore was killed.
This leaves us with possible fake deaths of mrs. Rogers (no visible injury, possible that only Armstrong confirmed her death) General MacArthur (not sure but possible that only Armstrong confirmed his death and described his injuries) and Wargrave (only Armstrong confirmed his death and injury, no gunshot heard and dark environment)
So theoretically Mrs. Rogers, General MacArthur and Wargrave could have faked their deaths with Armstrong's help and carry out the murders after their "death" but there are very lacking clues/evidence that Mrs. Rogers or General MacArthur would have been the murderer.
1) Mrs. Rogers. There are no clues that she was an actress and she was clearly very emotional when she heard the recording. Nothing hints that she could have any motive to commit such a murder. Nothing in her character hints that she could even be capable of such thing. Her fake death is also very unlikely/unbelievable although possible.
2) General MacArthur. This is more plausible than Mrs. Rogers. Probably capable of killing people being ex army guy. He was also very calm like he knew what was happening (emotions fits a killer). BUT in his "crime" he killed the guy (his wife's lover) out of jealousy (had a clear motive). It feels very unlikely that he would have set this whole thing up, recording and everything. There is no motive for him to commit such a crime.
3) Wargrave. Pretty much everything fits. He was intelligent enough to set this kind of thing. He had clear motive why he would do it. He was clearly capable of at least indirectly having people to die ("hanging judge" clue).
Psychological side: He enjoyed killing guilty man Edward Seton and people on the island were all guilty. He was the most manipulative character and tried to influence how others would behave and think so he can carry out his plan. He wasn't emotional after the deaths but rather took leader's role keeping the situation under his control. He said that searching the island is pointless (how he knew it even before the search was conducted and why he would have wanted to convince others to believe that?) and was the first suggesting that killer is one of them wanting everyone to play his game. He was old and retired so this kind of "last judgement + suicide" -mindset could easily fit him.
He was right on his "crime" and judgement was correct. Recording fits him 100 %. Clear motive. Lastly Lombard's gun was found in Wargrave's room that was last very clear hint.