#only murders in the building theories

[omitb472]

Handwriting comparison

Guys!

I just realised something and I have circled it in blue - forget the “F”! Look at the “G”! It’s a very particular shape.

Compare the note to Charles that came with the handkerchief and the note on the mirror.

Ben definitely wrote the note. Whether it’s him or potentially a twin, we’ll find out in due course…

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[icelandichufflepuff]

⚠️Only murders in the building spoilers ahead⚠️

I do believe it was Donna that poisoned Ben, but I don't believe she pushed him. I think it was Cliff. If it wasn't Cliff, it was probably Tobert.

I am not really sure what their motives would be. Maybe Cliff was also just trying to protect his first show, like his mother was. Maybe he was fed up with how Ben treated him. Maybe he knew that his mother had poisoned Ben so he pushed him to protect her.

And maybe Tobert was bitter over being fired. Maybe Ben knew something about Tobert and was blackmailing him. I have absolutely nothing to back that second theory of Toberts motive. He is just so freaking suspicious and he is clearly hiding something.

I have no idea if I am right though. We'll see next week.

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[sazz-pataki-numer-one-fan]

Guys share your season 4 theories

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[a-kinda-nerdy-girl]

I know people are thinking the killer in only murders in the building season 3 wouldn't be a woman again but I can't think of any other reason they'd cast meryl streep as a guest star

#only murders in the building theories #unless it's a red herring #but i think paul rudds character calling her a snake was supposed to be truth and not just planting seeds #only murders in the building #only murders in the building spoilers

[morganatique9]

Next week we're going to find out who killed Bunny, finally!! Any theories on who the killer might be??

#feel free to respond to this #always love sharing theories and discussing #only murders in the building #omitb #only murders in the building theories #only murders in the building discourse

[platinumwonwoo]

caught up on the new episodes of only murders in the building yesterday and already have my theories

#currently my theories are tina fey and those who work for her show idk what their names are #my other suspect is alice bc I don't like her vibes #I don't think nina did it/is involved it's too obvious at this point #only murders in the building #only murders in the building theories #omitb #omitb theories

[0ciestiel0]

Who killed Bunny? My theories here!

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[ismellpestilence]

Only Murders in the Building is like...that's Mabel, and that's her dad Charles, and that's his boyfriend Oliver, and that's Oliver's son Will, and that's Will's half-brother Theo who is also Mabel's future husband.

#only murders in the building #only murders #omitb #omitb s3 #charles haden savage #oliver putnam #mabel mora #will putnam #theo dimas #theobel #Theo is the only person Mabel has chemistry with (besides the guys but that's different) and y'all know I'm right #I maintain my theory that Tobert is the killer (or up to something else bad)

[sidleyparkhermit]

also Paul Rudd put his back into it but it's still extremely obvious that Ben is talking to a plate of cookies

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[sy5starplaty]

Ben Glenroy & his weakness

#omitbedit #omitb spoilers #omitb s3 #only murders in the building #eating cw #Ben Glenroy #Richard 'Dickie' Glenroy #tevil Tobert #Mabel Mora #retag 2023 #my gifs #prior to 3.09 I thought that little slide of the camera with the 'devil horns' was a nice touch (line 2) #but IDK maybe that's a red herring or the cookie is merely a red herring... #Certainly don't think the cookie was intended to kill... just make him unable to perform... #But Ben was on stage before the poison could take its intended effect. #Anyway my theory (prior to 3.09 and still) Cookie Poisoner did not push Ben down the shaft. #THAT was whoever called Ben at the Afterparty... Someone who was NOT at the Afterparty... #Possibly the non-attendee who is in this gifset.

[omitb472]

Soooo my thoughts on Loretta are… based on last week’s episode (episode 8) and not this one - but she said: “I’m not gonna let another innocent man go to jail for what I did.”

I still don’t know enough about what happened here… but I wanna know!

OMITB Detectives, what are your thoughts on this…?

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[after-the-end-times]

Ok, so Ben was definitely talking to a plate of cookies in his dressing room, right??

#poisoned by that plate of cookies??? #only murders in the building #omitb spoilers #omitb #omitb theories

[mfjenks]

I don't say anything, but Oliver and Charles seemed to be surprised only with the fact she was "crashing with Theo" as she is dating Tobert, not the fact she communicates with Theo at all, does it mean they know that Mabel and Theo has been chatting for the last year??

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[potterandpromises]

Suspect list for season 4:

Joy

Jan

Scott Bakula

Matthew Broderick

The Sixth Avenue Slasher

Disgruntled Splash Actor (hitting Oliver where it hurts: Charles.)

President McKinley (it was revenge on Charles for putting him through the toilet.)

#i actually think it would be interesting if it were a brand name actor #seeing as we always dismiss those for obvious reasons #omitb spoilers #only murders in the building spoilers #only murders in the building #omitb #omitb theories #(not really. unless.)

[aardvaark]

only murders in the building s3e8 spoilers ahead!

this is the best photo i could get of the strips of paper that have been pieced together so far. all we can see is:

"02/16/2023

mmence on

sion, and

until and

(line gap)

society,

performing

composer

however,

right to

where it"

now that’s… fairly vague, lol. not too much to be gathered, except that it relates to the play itself - words like "performing" and "composer" seem to show that. in other words, it’s probably not the autopsy report or someone’s diary. the first unfinished word is probably "commence". this makes it sound formal. again, unlikely to be a diary or a letter to a close friend or something.

so what could it be? personally, my current standing theory is that it’s Maxine’s review. i have a few reasons for this:

we know that Maxine has written a review. yes, she was originally writing by hand and her pen ran out of ink, but she mentions in episode 2 that it was some of her best writing which sounds like she had finished it later, plus it’s her job to write these reviews, im sure she must have finished it. and so there exists a "vitriolic" absolute pan of the play somewhere. one that we’ve never seen and which Maxine didn’t show to Oliver. maybe we can’t see it because it’s been shredded.

the language, from the small bits we can see, would make sense for a review. first she states when the play "commences" for its opening night. then she reviews the various elements of the play, such as the "performing" and notes things like who the "composer" is and whether they did a good job. the word "however" makes me think that the writer is giving some sort of a negative opinion there. which, you know, is what the review is.

Maxine is a character we were introduced to in the second episode but really haven’t explored. i don’t necessarily think she is the murderer; in fact, i can’t even think of a motive she’d have. but, i think they introduced her for a reason.

a scathing review could absolutely generate anger or violence in someone. imagine you’ve put your heart and soul into your performance or crew role for months, only to get insulted and for the show to be an utter failure. it could mean the end of your career or the loss of a lot of money.

but even if it is Maxine’s review, and even if someone was upset by it, why would that lead to Ben’s death? i do have a theory for that. it might not be the correct one, but it’s my best shot at the moment:

Cliff and Donna (the mother and son producer people) have repeatedly expressed that this play is high stakes for them. it’s Cliff’s producing debut and they need it to be perfect. the problem is, the show was far from perfect - something that they may have already realised to an extent, but which that pan confirmed. plus, a terrible review by a famous reviewer would lose them money and reputation. if one or both of them got their hands on Maxine’s review, it makes sense that they’d destroy it and want to put an end to the show in a way that can’t be blamed on them. an accidental death on stage - with the autopsy report altered to day there wasn’t any poison, and we know it was altered cause it was negative for meth - would solve their problem, as well as draw them a lot of press attention (any publicity is good publicity), and finally, would prevent the review from ever being published because no one would publish a scathing review of a recently deceased young man’s performance. i can imagine that the producers would have access to and knowledge about the set and theatre, which would allow for the spooky ghost stuff that seemed like more than a coincidence in "Ghost Light". they’d also have access to Ben’s room to plant the poison cookies (because c’mon, he was clearly talking to a plate of cookies in the dressing room video).

additionally, Donna’s speech to Loretta in the bathroom makes me suspect her more. and Loretta’s song, while clearly more about sacrificing herself for her own son in that moment, could double as meaning that Donna would kill for Cliff’s sake to protect his reputation in the industry. and as Loretta says, poisoning as a murder method tends to point to a woman murderer - this is actually true according to data on homicides. Donna is a woman, she would do anything for her son, the review would ruin his reputation in her mind, she poisons Ben to end the play.

then there’s Ben’s apologies in episode 1. to Cliff… well, he forgets Cliff’s name for one thing, and then he basically just says he’s sorry for being so annoying to them and complaining about his dressing room. then he continues to complain about his dressing room before moving on.

while Donna may have done the first murder, i don’t think she did the second. perhaps it was Cliff, pissed at his non-apology and wishing the man was dead for real. perhaps it was someone else entirely (probably a man since they haven’t had a male murderer so far and have even pointed that out).

but again, this is still a very loose theory based solely on the possibility that that document is the review. what else do y’all think it could be? or what else could have happened if it is indeed the review?

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[araindropshallfall]

I don’t know if they’d actually do it (although the show is an ode to whodunnits) but the murder on the orient express-route is sorta interesting because we saw the way the cast kinda aligned as a group this episode and what if there’s been multiple murder attempts and the poison was only the first that got caught but different cast mates have all tried

#this is not my leading theory and I am speaking out of my ass but you know what I feel like they did kinda set it up #omitb #only murders in the building #omitb spoilers #only murders in the building spoilers