Instructions
Keith Snyder

Keith Snyder's newest novel
is THE NIGHT MEN,
November 2001. Visit him
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©Copyright 2001
Keith Snyder

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About this tutorial
This tutorial will walk you through the entire process. Never
killed anyone before? Don’t worry! We’ll hold your hand through it
from beginning to end, with clear, easy-to-follow directions.
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Before using the kit, unpack and inspect the contents
carefully.
Your kit should contain:
• Ten (10) 16 oz. bottles of Liquid Latex (black)
• One (1) 2” paintbrush
• One (1) 24-pack of safety razors
• Ten (10) canisters of shaving cream with aloe vera
• One (1) latex hood
• One (1) pair of latex gloves
• One (1) Nite Site goggles
• One (1) falsified photo ID
• One (1) credit card under the name on your falsified photo
ID
• One (1) car key
• One (1) extra-strong 10’ sisal rope
• Four (4) PowerFood meal replacement bars
• One (1) round-trip ticket (including any connecting flights)
to FAIRVIEW under the name on your falsified photo ID, LEAVING
TODAY.
• A map of FAIRVIEW
• One (1) travel alarm clock
• This laptop tutorial
Each kit is inspected and tested thoroughly before it is shipped to
you. If any of these contents are missing, do not proceed. If the
contents are complete and undamaged, click on “Next.”
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How to Use this Tutorial.
This tutorial will walk you through the entire process. Never
killed anyone before? Don’t worry! We’ll hold your hand through it
from beginning to end, with clear, easy-to-follow directions.
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Whenever you see the words “Murder Fun Fact,” take a little
break and learn something fun about murder!
Murder Fun Fact
Lividity
Did you know that corpses change color? It’s called lividity, and
it’s caused by the settling of blood in the body after death.
When a heart stops pumping, blood begins to migrate to the
lowest point in the body, causing, a purplish discoloration of
whatever is nearest the ground.
But what you might not expect is that blood travels to the lowest
point it can reach-but not necessarily the lowest part of the body!
Think about it!
Lividity can begin about 20 minutes after death, and continues for
8-12 hours. Until 3 hours after death, deceased flesh will “blanch”
(turn white) when pressed firmly. After that, the blood congeals.
When it has congealed in the lower parts of the body, we call that
“fixed lividity.”
These are some ways medical examiners can determine time of
death.
How interesting
Step One: Getting Started
We know you’re probably eager to get right to work killing
CHARLES GRIFFIN, but let’s take a moment and review the basic
rule of good murder practice. 
Good murders hinge on simplicity. Keep It Simple! As successful
professional assassins the world over say, “An ornate plot is good
for books, but give me plain old death.”
It’s natural, once you’ve acknowledged that you have the “Killer
Instinct,” to want to test your limitations, or to taunt the local or
federal police or Interpol. But do what the professionals do: Keep It
Simple!
If you’ve fantasized about killing your victim for a long time-for
instance, a wandering spouse or domineering boss-you’ve
probably come up with some pretty intricate ways of doing it! But
it’s important to keep your real goal in mind. It’s fun to fantasize
about watching your enemy bloat and choke from ingestion of a
fatal poison, or about torturing his/her genitalia in the moments
before decapitation. And we’re sure CHARLES GRIFFIN deserves
just that! But you’re going to have to put those fantasies aside. We
want to keep you as a satisfied customer-and that means making
sure you don’t get caught! So please: Don’t waver from our timetested
instructions. We promise to Keep It Simple!
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Step Two: Your Weapon
You may have noticed that your kit does not include a weapon.
Don’t worry-that’s not an oversight! You already have everything
you need to kill CHARLES GRIFFIN.
You may have fantasized about screaming in inchoate rage as
your double-barreled Beretta 470 Silver Hawk’s 00 buck shot,
Magnum load (3” shell) punches your victim’s lower abdomen out
of his/her body and then reduces the remainder to hamburger. But
don’t forget our credo! Keep It Simple! Firearms cause logistical
problems, especially for the inexperienced amateur. It’s important
that you be comfortable and familiar with your weapon.
When it is time to kill CHARLES GRIFFIN, everything you need
will be at hand.
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Step Three: Travel
REMEMBER! FROM NOW ON, USE THE IDENTITY PROVIDED
ON YOUR FALSIFIED ID, AND USE THE MATCHING CREDIT CARD
FOR ALL PURCHASES!
Don’t worry-the supplied falsified credit card is not stolen, and
all charges on it are included in your fee! (Credit limit: $1000.)
It’s time to catch your flight to FAIRVIEW! Don’t forget to use the
supplied falsified ID and credit card, if necessary, during check-in.
When you have arrived in FAIRVIEW, click “Next.”
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Step Four: Hotel
Take a taxi or shuttle from the FAIRVIEW airport to the WYLD
TYMES ADULT HOTEL, noted on your map. Check into room 4
under the name on your falsified ID. Why did we choose an adult
hotel? Because secretive behavior is expected from their clientele, so
yours will not cause concern for the management.
• Do not leave your room until instructed to do so by this
tutorial.
• Do not chat with the hotel staff.
• Keep the “Do Not Disturb” tag on your door at all times.
• Do not answer the door or allow anyone into your room at
any time. This includes housekeeping staff and sex partners.
You may pick up a stranger or prostitute next time you’re in
town, but for now, keep your mind on business. Remember:
Keep It Simple!
• Purchase pornographic movies regularly from the hotel’s
pay-per-view system, using your falsified credit card. (This is
to avoid calling attention to a lack of activity in your room.)
• Pay-per-call phone sex services are not required, but they
are allowed as long as you pay for them with your falsified
credit card.
When you have checked in, and you are alone in room 4 at the
WYLD TYMES ADULT HOTEL in FAIRVIEW with the door locked
and a pornographic pay-per-view movie running, click “Next.”
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Murder Fun Fact
Who Women Kill
Did you know that nearly two-thirds of the women in prison for a
violent offense victimized a relative, intimate, or someone else they
knew? They are about twice as likely as violent men to have
committed their offense against someone close to them.
Women in prison for homicide are almost twice as likely to have
killed a husband, ex-husband, or lover as a parent or sibling. (21%).
Victim % of women serving time for homicide
Husband, ex-husband, or lover 31.9%
Parent or sibling 17.0%
Well-known 14.3%
Acquaintance 12.8%
Known by sight only 2.7%
Stranger 21.3%
Very interesting!
Step Five: Relax
Eat one (1) PowerFood meal replacement bar and relax in room 4
at the WYLD TIMES ADULT HOTEL in FAIRVIEW. 
Get a long, leisurely sleep tonight; you will have a busy day
tomorrow.
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Step Six: Killing Time
Good morning!
No, “killing time” doesn’t mean it’s time to kill CHARLES
GRIFFIN! It just means you have nothing to do until midnight
tonight!
• Be sure to continue to order pornographic movies, which
you charge to your falsified credit card. The last thing you want
when you’re about to kill someone is a motel desk clerk wondering
what you’re doing in there!
• Set your travel alarm for midnight, just in case you fall
asleep.
• Eat one (1) PowerFood meal replacement bar for each of
your three meals. Although they’ve been selected for their savory
nutrition, we know they’re not exactly steak and lobster! Just
remember that this is the last day you’ll ever have to tolerate
them-or tolerate CHARLES GRIFFIN’s continued existence!
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Murder Fun Fact
Time of Day
Although you will kill CHARLES GRIFFIN under cover of
darkness, violent crimes are more likely to occur during the day.
Different crimes exhibit different patterns! For instance, 54 percent
of violent crimes take place between six in the morning and six in
the evening-but about two-thirds of rapes and sexual assaults
occur at night, between six in the evening and six in the morning!
As you might expect, there’s also more violence on weekends,
when people like to get together.
And surprise: There’s a sharp dropoff at two in the morning-
after the bars close!
I didn’t know that!
Step Seven: Preparation
Now you are going to prepare yourself to kill CHARLES
GRIFFIN. Ready?
Your kit included ten (10) 16 oz. bottles of Liquid Latex (black)
and one (1) 2” paintbrush. The latex will prevent your hair,
fingerprints, and other forensic evidence from remaining at the
murder scene after you have left. Remember, forensic pathologists
are tricky people-so you have to be trickier!
For your comfort, you should remove any body hair before
brushing the latex onto your skin, using the supplied safety razors 
and shaving cream with aloe vera.
Note: You may have heard of people “suffocating” from lack of
oxygen absorbed through the skin. While this is a slight danger if you
leave the latex on for several days, you will only be wearing it for a
few hours-but be sure to remove it as soon as you have killed
CHARLES GRIFFIN and successfully escaped from the scene!
Sitting on the closed toilet in the bathroom of room 4 at the
WYLD TYMES ADULT HOTEL in FAIRVIEW, begin brushing the
latex onto your toes, working slowly up to your ankles in a thin
coat. You will be using two coats, so be sure your first coat isn’t too
thick to cure quickly.
Wait for the latex on your feet to cure to a tacky consistency
before standing and applying a thin coat from your ankles to your
chin. When that coat has dried to a tacky consistency, apply a
second thin coat.
Be careful with your genitals! The Liquid Latex should cover them
completely. You may be embarrassed by how defined they are
within the latex, but remember-it is important that you leave not
even a single hair, flake of skin, or bit of clothing fabric at the
murder scene.
Men may find it useful to cause erection before applying the
Liquid Latex. Failure to do so might cause discomfort later.
When the Liquid Latex has cured to a dry but flexible rubbery
consistency, click “Next.”
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Step Eight: Leaving the Hotel Room
Put on the latex gloves and hood. They should overlap your new
skintight latex bodysuit.
Do not put on any of the clothes you took off. Be careful not to
put on accustomed, habitual objects such as watches or rings.
Gather these items:
• One (1) Nite Site goggle
• One (1) car key
• One (1) extra-strong 10’ sisal rope
• This laptop tutorial
If a pornographic movie is not currently playing, order one from
the WYLD TYMES ADULT HOTEL’s pay-per-view system, using
your falsified credit card.
A BLUE MERCURY SABLE WITH MIRRORED WINDOWS AND
VINYL GRILLE COVER is parked directly outside your large, low
bedroom window where it cannot be seen from the street. Check to
see that no one is in the parking lot, and then go through the
window and get directly into the driver’s side door. LEAVE THE
WINDOW SLIGHTLY AJAR! DO NOT STOP MOVING until you are
safely in the car. 
When you are safely in the car, click “Next.”
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Step Nine: Acquiring Your Target
You’re doing great! Now you’re ready to kill CHARLES GRIFFIN.
Here is the relevant portion of the field intelligence included in your
fee:
CHARLES GRIFFIN: Early riser. Always up by 4:00 AM. Takes a
walk every morning at 4:15 AM.
Here is your murder method. Don’t worry about remembering
every detail right now-we’ll walk you through it when the time is
right.
1. Run CHARLES GRIFFIN down during his walk.
2. Remove the bloody vinyl grille cover, bind it snugly with
your 10’ sisal rope, and put it in the bag on the seat behind
you.
3. Return to your hotel room and enter through the open
window.
4. Remove the latex (we’ll tell you how when it’s time).
5. Drive this BLUE MERCURY SABLE WITH MIRRORED
WINDOWS AND VINYL GRILLE COVER to the FAIRVIEW airport
for your return flight home.
Don’t worry-we’ll repeat these instructions as they become
immediately relevant.
Notice how we Keep It Simple! in every way!
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Step Ten: Taking Position
CHARLES GRIFFIN’s residence is noted on your map of
FAIRVIEW. Victim residences are always less than two blocks from
your hotel-it’s part of how we keep our customers satisfied! OBEY
ALL TRAFFIC LAWS AS YOU DRIVE! BE SURE YOUR LIGHTS ARE
ON! You do not want to be pulled over for speeding.
Pull to the curb fifty to sixty feet short of CHARLES GRIFFIN’s
residence. Turn off your lights.
Keep the engine running. Put on the Nite Site goggles over your
hood, and tighten the strap. Switch them on and get used to them.
Notice that they reduce your peripheral vision-that’s why we had
you park facing CHARLES GRIFFIN’s residence.
Put the map on the dashboard. Place the rope in the back seat,
next to the bag. You will use this bag for disposal of the bloody
vinyl grille cover.
You will notice some gauze in the bag-we’ll explain later what
that’s for. For now, Keep It Simple! 
When you are settled into your waiting position, click “Next.”
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Step Eleven: Killing CHARLES GRIFFIN
At 4:15, CHARLES GRIFFIN will exit his house and turn right.
When he does, run him down. It’s as easy as that!
Then reverse and run him over a second or third time. Be careful
not to spend too much time running him over, however. We
recommend no more than three times. Remember: Keep It Simple!
Bodies often make unpleasant sounds as you kill them. In order
to keep your nerve, this is a good time to meditate on the thousand
insults of CHARLES GRIFFIN.
Soon CHARLES GRIFFIN will no longer trouble you. Whatever
his offense, it had to be outrageous in order for a reasonable,
responsible person such as yourself to take such drastic action. We
know you are entirely justified in your decision. Perhaps CHARLES
GRIFFIN cheated you in a business deal. Perhaps CHARLES
GRIFFIN had sex with your spouse, lover, or beloved family
member.
Many of our customers find the technique of “verbal affirmation”
valuable! Try it-say out loud, “I am ready.” Then click on “Next.”
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One moment, please…
Processing…
Hello, CHARLES GRIFFIN.
We apologize for any discomfort you suffered while waiting in the
trunk. We hope you enjoyed your PowerFood meal replacement
bars.
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Step Twelve: Disposal of the Body
CHARLES GRIFFIN, please keep your gloves on while following
this procedure:
1. Replace the back seat so that it once again blocks the trunk.
2. Remove the rope from around the neck of the corpse in the
driver’s seat. Pad the neck with the gauze you will find
inside the bag on the back. Now tie one end of the rope
around the corpse’s neck, tightening as much as possible.
The rope should bite into the flesh of the neck as much as
the gauze padding allows. Let most of the length dangle.
3. Remove the Nite Site goggles from the corpse.
4. Push the corpse over into the front passenger’s seat.
5. Drive to the WYLD TIMES ADULT HOTEL in FAIRVIEW. It 
is noted on the map you will find on the dashboard.
6. Park in back, behind room 4. Look for a large, low window
that has been left slightly ajar.
When you have parked behind room 4 near the large, low
window, click “Next.”
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Step Thirteen: Disposal of the Body
When you are certain you will not be seen, quickly slide open the
large, low window and hoist the corpse through it. Then follow it
through. The skintight latex should provide a good gripping surface.
Be careful not to trip on the length of rope hanging from the
corpse’s neck.
Don’t be surprised-there is probably a pornographic movie
playing on the TV.
• Carry the corpse into the shower. DO NOT DRAG IT.
• Prop up the corpse and tie the loose end of the rope to the
showerhead.
• Now let the corpse fall against the tautness of the rope so
that its head and neck are suspended.
• Leave the corpse’s latex gloves and hood on it.
• Lock and close the bathroom door. DO NOT
ACCIDENTALLY LOCK THIS TUTORIAL IN THE BATHROOM!
When you are outside the locked bathroom, click “Next.”
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Step Fourteen: Exiting
Leave the room through the window. Close the window. Quickly
return to your BLUE MERCURY SABLE WITH MIRRORED
WINDOWS AND VINYL GRILLE COVER.
You may now remove your gloves and return to using your car
normally. Because your victim was encased in latex, there is no
evidence that he or she was ever in this vehicle.
Drive home and relax!
Don’t forget to dispose of the map. And enjoy your Nite Site
goggles-with our compliments!
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Murder Fun Fact
Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation
Called “terminal sex” or “scarfing” in the bondage community,
auto-erotic asphyxiation is the attainment of sexual arousal and
orgasm from self-strangulation, usually by tying a rope or cord
around the neck.
People who enjoy auto-erotic asphyxiation concoct elaborate
sado-masochistic rituals involving the use of ropes or cords. The 
rituals may also include the wearing of fetishistic garments such as
leather or latex, as well as the use of props, pornography, and other
materials.
Here are some things found at the scene of a typical auto-erotic
asphyxiation death:
• A death by ligature or hanging, in which padding around the
neck indicates that the death was not intended
• Evidence of sexual fantasy aids, props or pornography
• Victims found alone in isolated locations, such as remote
outdoor areas, garages, or a locked bathroom in room 4 at
the WYLD TYMES ADULT HOTEL in FAIRVIEW
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