Cipher
Q&A with Playwrights Ellen Close and Braden Griffiths
What inspired you to write this play? Is this story based on, or inspired by, true events? Were the characters, or any aspects of the story, drawn from personal experience? The play is inspired by…
Source: Arts Club Theatre Company
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Detailed Synopsis (Spoiler alert)
ACT ONE 1956: The body of a man that at first appears lifeless suddenly awakens. He (“the Body”) is aboard a ferry approaching Victoria, B.C. He writes cryptic notes inside a small book—the cipher,…
Source: Arts Club Theatre Company
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“Canada’s Sherlock Holmes”
In Vancouver in the 1930s, forensic scientist and toxicology expert John F.C.B. Vance was the only forensic scientist on staff at a police department in the country.
Source: Vancouver Police Museum
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How the conspiracy thriller infiltrated cinema
The conspiracy thriller: where do-gooder, unsuspecting protagonists often find themselves uncovering sinful schemes beneath a polished exterior.
Source: Slate
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The chemistry of murder
The solving of the 1850 murder of Gustave Fougnies in Belgium changed the history of toxicology and helped lay the foundation for modern forensic science.
Source: Wired
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From the New York Times Archives
This 1983 article from the New York Times reports on the opening of the first university program in the U.S. to prepare students for a career in toxicology.