Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such fun
and the dish ran away with the spoon.
Characters
"Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle" -
detectives/policemen/investigators
"The cow jumped over the moon" - Someone jumps off a
building
"The little dog laughed to see such fun" - the little dog
is a child who pushes the person off the building but makes it look like a
suicide: a distraction while the robbery takes place.
"and the dish ran away with the spoon" - someone robs
something: bank/jewellers/bodies from a morgue
- Wife
- 19-year-old boy/son: Freddy
- Stuart: leader of the group
Plot
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The murderer calls the police department and
the hands of the murderer is seen playing a recording tape of "Hey diddle
diddle" leaving it as a clue.
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Policeman/detective gets call over walkie
talkie saying someone has just commited suicide by jumping off a
building.
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Policeman/detective goes down to check it out.
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Alarm of another building nearby goes off but
everyone is distracted by the "suicide." Finds recording tape and
plays it "Hey diddle diddle..."
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A few hours later the same policeman/detective
gets another call over the walkie talkie saying that someone has just robbed
the bank/jewellers/morgue.
•
Policeman/detective goes down to check out
robbery. Finds recoding tape and plays it "hey diddle diddle..."
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Policeman/detective goes back to office and
finds another recording tape and plays it "hey diddle diddle..."
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Policeman/detectives head snaps up to see the
curtain of the window blowing and the shadow of someone jumping out the window
(the policeman/detectives office is on the ground floor)
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Policeman/detective goes home to wife cooking
dinner and 19 year old son watching an intense murder tv show. Asks son why he
is watching that show and he claims it's for a 'task' he has to do.
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Wife says teacher called about freddy's
behaviour
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Wife, Husband/detective and Freddy go in to
speak to freddy's teacher
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voice over of teachers voice, over what freddy
has been doing
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Freddy manipulating other students. Stuart was
an exuberant student, but a couple days after Freddy's arrival, Stuart has been
acting really strange --> as though scared/nervous
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Freddy and Stuart didn't get along at first
but after a week or so Stuart was a slave for Freddy, he would do anything for
him
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Freddy handing Stuart crowbar, bat etc.
telling him to hit harder and to finish him off
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Stuart refuses to and says he can't. Stuart
runs out of room and Freddy curses and says to professor "I'll get you, I
will get you" and runs out of room after Stuart (end voice over)
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Freddy gets into car and chases after Stuart
who is on foot. Freddy hits Stuart with car.
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In hospital, detective/Freddy's father asks
Stuart who was driving what did he see? Stuart replies with "run, car,
loud" Detective says "loud? what was loud? Stuart?" Stuart
replies with "hey diddle"
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College students threatening to kill professor because professor
could ruin their career
CHANGE:
-No suicide ( *might have a mental health issue)
CHANGE:
-No suicide ( *might have a mental health issue)