15 Tough Questions about Caleb Carr's "The Alienist"

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

"Theodore is in the ground." With these words, John Schuyler Moore starts his narrative.

Answer: 19 Washington Square North

Moore, a jounalist with the "New York Times", lives with his grandmother after the demise of his engagement.

Answer: The Stevepipe

Stevie is a driver and errand boy for Moore's childhood friend Dr. Lazlo Kreizler. Before coming to work for Dr. Kreizler, Stevie was, as the police put it, "a thief, pickpocket, drunkard, nicotine fiend... and congenitally destructive menace." All of this before the age of twelve!

Answer: A rabbit

According to Moore, in Ellison's lingo, a "rabbit" is a tough guy. Sara Howard, with her ambition to become the city's first female police detective, says, "I want my knowledge of the criminal class to be as thorough as possible."

Answer: Rigoletto

Dr. Kreizler convinces Police Commisioner Roosevelt that he and Moore, with some help, can catch the killer. Roosevelt sends Sara Howard, who is one of the first women to work for the NY Police Department and another old friend on Moore's, to be their liason with the Department.

Answer: Julius Caesar

The Detective Sergeants Marcus and Lucius Isaacson are the final members of the band of killer-hunters. Upon their first meeting with Moore and Kreizler, Marcus feels that he must explain their names. (Their parents learned English by reading Shakespeare; their sister was named Cordelia!)

Answer: Scotch Ann

The Golden Rule caters to men who preferred young boys who dressed as women. This is where Fatima/Ali worked and where he was last seen.

Answer: 808 Broadway

Kreizler rented the top floor of Number 808 Broadway to be relatively close to Police Headquarters. He and Sara furnished it with a mixture of office desks and furniture of the Marchese Luigi Carcano of Italy that was being auctioned off.

Answer: The Arkansas toothpick

Lucius figures out that the killer used an eleven-inch Bowie knife to remove his victims' eyes and mutilate their bodies.

Answer: Good Friday

The group discovers that the victims were being killed on various holidays in the Christian calendar. This led to the theory that the killer was or was closely associated with a priest or minister in the Christian faith.

Answer: The Sioux

Dr. Wissler (a real American anthropologist) is quick to point out that while the mutilations were reminiscent of the ritual mutilations that the Sioux performed on their dead enemies, there were several important differences. This information leads the group to posit that the killer was exposed to, but not intimately aware of the customs of the Great Plains tribes.

Answer: A manure spreader

During this interview, many of the groups' speculations are confirmed, and Moore and Kreizler are convinced the man they are looking for is Japeth Dury.

Answer: Frederick Miller

Captain Frederick Miller, then Lieutenant Miller, found Beecham/Dury repeated "stabbing" (read "mutilating") the body of a dead striker. Beecham/Dury was sent to St. Elizabeth's.

Answer: Jib

Beecham/Dury lived at Mrs. Piedmont's for three years, claiming he ran a shipping line. Jib disappeared during his tenure; Moore finds the cat's skeleton under the mattress.

Answer: Don Giovanni

Even though he had removed himself from the investigation after the murder of Mary Palmer, Kreizler figures out the real location of the next murder but doesn't tell the group. Subsequently, Moore and Kreizler are almost killed and Connor and Beecham/Dury are killed. And Beecham/Dury dies before Kreizler can interview him to confirm all of his theories. Thank you for playing!