What's worse, the body of their latest victim is hidden in a chest in their living room, where anyone could find it. Mortimer does his best to dispose of the evidence but his plans are impeded when his psychopathic, also-serial-killing brother, Johnny, comes to visit, along with his plastic surgeon, Dr Einstein.
The year is The location is a small house next to a cemetery in Brooklyn. In this house live two kind, thoughtful, sweet old ladies, Martha and Abby Brewster who have developed a very bad habit. It appears that they murder lonely old men who have some sort of religious affiliation and they consider doing it a charity. They then leave it to their bugle blowing nephew Teddy who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt to take them to the Panama Canal the cellar and bury them.
In this instance, the "poor fellow" suffers from yellow fever found in the window seat. It is another of their nephews Mortimer Brewster, a dramatic critic, who returns home only to find the man in the seat by mistake. Another nephew, Jonathon, returns to the home after years of fleeing the authorities due to his "unofficial practice" of killing people and using their faces to change his. Teddy Brewster : Crows. Mortimer Brewster : It crows.
And where do you hunt in Africa? Teddy Brewster : On the veldt! Mortimer Brewster : There you are: crows - veldt! Teddy Brewster : Ingenious! My compliments to the boys in the code department. Elaine Harper : But, darling - Niagara Falls. Mortimer Brewster : It does? Well, let it.
Mortimer Brewster : Mr. President, may I have the pleasure of presenting Teddy Brewster : Doctor Livingston? Gilchrist : Livingstone? Mortimer Brewster : Uh, well, that's what he presumes. Mortimer Brewster : Look, you can't do things like that! Now, I don't know how I can explain this to you. But, it's not only against the law, its wrong! Martha Brewster : Oh, piffle! Mortimer Brewster : It's not a nice thing to do.
People wouldn't understand. He wouldn't understand. What I mean is This is developing into a very bad habit! Mortimer Brewster : When I come back, I expect to find you gone. Wait for me! Aunt Martha : For a gallon of elderberry wine, I take one teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon full of strychnine, and then just a pinch of cyanide.
Mortimer Brewster : Hmm. Should have quite a kick. Mortimer Brewster : Aunt Abby, how can I believe you? There are twelve men down in the cellar and you admit you poisoned them.
Aunt Abby Brewster : Yes, I did. But you don't think I'd stoop to telling a fib. Mortimer Brewster : Hello Can you hear my voice? You can? Are you sure? Mortimer Brewster : Well, then I must be here. Rooney : Who are you? What's your name? Mortimer Brewster : The big dope! Mortimer Brewster : I saw a play last week, it had a character in it, reminded me of Jonathon. Abby Brewster : Oh, really? Mortimer Brewster : Yeah, a honey of a lunatic.
One of those whodunits called "Murder Will Out". Abby Brewster : Oh, dear! Mortimer Brewster : Yeah, what a play. When the curtain goes up the first thing you see is a dead body. The next thing Mortimer Brewster : Look, Aunt Martha, men don't just get into window seats and die!
Abby Brewster : We know, dear. He died first. Mortimer Brewster : Wait a minute! Stop all this. Now, look, darling, how did he die? Abby Brewster : Oh, Mortimer, don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it. Mortimer Brewster : How did the poison get in the wine? Martha Brewster : Well, we put it in wine, because it's less noticeable.
When it's in tea, it has a distinct odor. Mortimer Brewster : You mean, you You put it in the wine! Abby Brewster : Yes. And I put Mr. Hoskins in the window seat, because Reverend Harper was coming.
Mortimer Brewster : Now, look at me, darling. You mean, you mean you knew what you'd done and you didn't want the Reverend Harper to see the body? Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse. Search Charactour. Sign Up Log In. Recommendations Fans of him also like:. See All Recommendations. They are thrilled, as this is what they had hoped ic thematic issue for Elaine and their nephew all along.
When Mortimer asks for the hidden notes on his forthcoming novel, Mind over Marriage , the critic's concern for his future indicates conflict between private and public persona--yes he may be a married man, at least on paper, but in the eyes of the public he is the quintessential bachelor.
In the search, Mortimer discovers a dead body in the window seat story driver-action. Further, his aunts are the ones responsible os catalyst for killing him and a dozen or so others with kindness in the form of arsenic in elderberry wine. From this point on the objective story is emphasized, particularly in the storytelling , to the near exclusion of the main character , influence character , and relationship story throughlines.
The objective story domain is psychology , and the characters' different ways of thinking are what causes problems. Long lost other brother Jonathan is a psychopath with a cold body of his own and no qualms about rubbing out immediate family. Aunt Abby and Aunt Martha's pursuit os problem of lonely old gentlemen to poison "Murder Incorporated" , thinking it the charitable thing to do, is a dilemma--Mortimer scolds: "I don't know how I can explain this to you, but it's not only against the law, it's wrong!
It's not a nice thing to do! People wouldn't understand. The story goal of becoming is somewhat nebulous, however, becoming as an objective story concern is quite evident.
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