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[Trailhead] Whitechapel + The Game = ???

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:51 am

Sarah B

Interesting.

Part way down, in the script, is the following link: http://bit.ly/MaryCortimiglia

Takes you to a page about finding graves, for a little girl named Mary who was killed by a serial killer called the axeman, who didn't kill her parents. A woman named Linda created the page and left a comment on her article in November 2012. She's added over a thousand memorials though.

I'll keep reading and let you know if I find anything else.

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:18 am

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MrToasty

Nice catch on both accounts. I had looked at this earlier and wasn't sure what to make of it. Doing a diff of this and the original script, the only differences I see are at the start in the titles with the '-33-' and the bitly link (which replaces the original scene 33 title).

ETA - with Whitechapel you get the obvious nod to Jack the Ripper. With the 1919 death, possibly suggesting a connection? Apparently there may already be hints or speculation a connection:
http://ww2.valdosta.edu/~stwhite/paper%203.htm

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:27 am

Sarah B

I've not seen the film, but reading the summaries on imdb and Wikipedia throuw up a few differences; the characters of the lead and his brother have different names in this script to the finished film.

Also wonder if there's any significance to the bit.ly link - the one from the script names the dead girl. So why is the link from the picture called 'the dawn' rather than the more logical 'the game'?

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:36 am

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MrToasty

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:43 am

automaton

It refers to the company in the film that's behind it all: Consumer Recreation Services.

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:55 am

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**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:01 am

booba · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433

Hmmm, not much to go on.

David Fincher directed both "The Game" and "Zodiac".

Weak connection here?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVR9Jb477rlwPPbopNzv4VQ

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:20 pm

Sarah B

Well, the axe man and Jack are both murderers which were never caught, which connects the little girl Mary to Whitechapel.

Doesn't really connect either of them to The Game though. I wonder if its significant that it was an early draft of the film script used, rather than the finished version?

Maybe there are other bit.ly urls to find?

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:23 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:27 pm

Gently · Boot Joined: 07 Nov 2012 Posts: 50

I ran across that site too. It looks like they started a facebook page last year to try recruiting players again, but there hasn't been any more recent activity.

Seems intriguing BUT reading the old trailhead thread made me weary of contacting them. TLDR: They used the personal information of a Fourth Wall Studio employee in an email correspondance with a player. Moderator did some homework and found that Fourth Wall was not at all involved. Conclusion: Bad form/shady.

Also, even though there's the connection to the screenplay, it's lacking any obvious reference to the serial killers, so I'm guessing/hoping it's not connected to this one.

Le sigh. What do we do next? Road trip to NOLA?

**Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:02 pm

Sarah B

I did some trial and error of bit.ly urls, and most came up with nothing that seems connected (trying Whitechapel, the-game, axeman, etc.)

Did get an amusing hit for bit.ly/ jack-the-ripper which I'll let you see for yourselves, but nothing related.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:50 am

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booba · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433

Thanks for the laff Sarah B. I haven't had one of those in quite a while.

http://bit.ly/AnnieChapman

Does get a hit but doesn't seem related.

EDIT:
Some of the other Axeman victims:
http://ww2.valdosta.edu/~stwhite/paper%203.htm

will bit.ly to math or symbol related sites???

http://bit.ly/JosephMaggio
http://bit.ly/CatherineMaggio
http://bit.ly/LouisBesumer
http://bit.ly/CharlesCortimiglia
http://bit.ly/RosieCortimiglia

I will try to do them all in order later to see if it goes anywhere.

RE EDIT:
IN hasty fashion (probably errors) I can get ABCCDEDE (sufferer ??)
and then this:
http://bit.ly/MikePepitone

ONCE AGAIN (SORRY Sad

) bad string below. Trying to work on this in-between OTHER THINGS. Most of you may know the feeling....
[ ~~spoiler]OR maybe this ABCCDEDEA for this? http://bit.ly/sufferers[/spoiler]~~

**Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:10 am

booba · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433

New post. The one above is way too messy.
Following Sarah B's method with bit.ly and entering the Axeman's victims in order, and converting each site to a logical number gives up:

MrToasty

**Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:07 pm