publication date: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 (part of Winter 2015)

category: Mysteries

clue: The hands that wrote movies for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean-Claude Van Damme were never found with the body.

explanation: DeVore co-wrote Raw Deal, Time Cop, and other films. The 2014 documentary The Writer with No Hands explored the mysterious circumstances of his murder. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, and Mike Rothstein


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