mysteries vocab

2. a novel, play, or movie dealing with a puzzling crime, especially a murder
7. carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth
9. inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind
11. a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
13. a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
14. the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc
17. a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious
19. relief comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections
20. an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something
21. when an act, especially a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place
22. herring a clue or piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting
24. legend a humorous or horrific story or piece of information circulated as though true, especially one purporting to involve someone vaguely related or known to the teller.

1. a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
3. a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense
4. animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science
5. the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth
6. relating to or denoting the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime
8. the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
10. a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes
12. a person who investigates crimes; a detective
15. open to more than one interpretation, having a double meaning
16. the pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art
18. a claim or piece of evidence that one was
19. a piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime or solving of a mystery
23. the inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle.