Laura Bow in The Dagger of Amon Ra (or: a highly racist travel guide to 1920s New York)

Bonus Update: Death Roundup

Dr. Archibald Carrington III

Cause of Death: Strangulation, body later eaten by beetles.

Time/Place of Death: Late August, 1926 aboard the Andrea Doria. Skeletonized remains found in steamer trunk in Mammalogy Lab.

Evidence: Body identified by gold pocketwatch and placement of remains.


Dr. Pippin Carter

Cause of Death: Stabbed with replica Dagger from museum gift shop

Time/Place of Death: Roughly 8:00 PM, body found in sarcophagus in Egyptian exhibit.

Evidence: Bloody footprint left by Yvette, gold ankh necklace belonging to Dr. Smith, notebook found on body.

Known Meetings:
Yvette at 8:00 PM in the Egyptian room
Dr. Smith at 10:00 PM in the Egyptian room
Dr. Carrington at 11:00 PM in his office


Countess Lavinia Waldorf-Carlton

Cause of Death: Snakebite from Egyptian cobra while tied up.

Time/Place of Death: Somewhere between 2:30 and 3:15 AM, Dr. Myklos’s office

Evidence: Vine of green grapes left on the floor near Dr. Myklos’s desk. Dying words were “O’Riley”.

Known Meetings:

Ziggy and Dr. Carrington at 1:00 AM in the Armor room (never happened due to both Ziggy and Dr. Carrington being dead)


Ernie Leach

Cause of Death: Unknown

Time/Place of Death: Unknown, but likely between 1:30 and 2:00 AM. Body was moved to the Mammoth room after death.

Evidence: Told Yvette that he had “seen something he wasn’t supposed to”, was known to be in debt to a loan shark.

Known Meetings:

Met with Yvette twice, including once shortly before his death.


Watney Little

Cause of Death: Impaled on porcupine. Police baffled as to how this makes any sense.

Time/Place of Death: 12:04 AM in Dr. Carrington’s office.

Evidence: Police file detailing escape from British prison used as blackmail. Letters “CP” written in blood indicating where the file was.

Known Meetings: None


Yvette Delacroix

Cause of Death: Unknown. Body covered in plaster after the fact.

Time/Place of Death: Between 2:45 and 3:00 AM, murder likely happened in her office.

Evidence: Pair of broken eyeglasses and strands of red hair found at the scene.

Known Meetings:

Det. O’Riley: 2x
Ernie Leach: 2x
Dr. Smith: 1x
Rameses Najeer: 1x


Laurence “Ziggy” Ziegfeld

Cause of Death: Impaled on replica pterodactyl and decapitated.

Time/Place of Death: Somewhere between 12:30 and 1:15 AM, Pterodactyl room.

Evidence: None. Wirecutters used to cut the Pterodactyl down later found with traces of beige fabric on them.

Known Meetings: None