Harper's Island

Several episodes ago, following Kelly's death, Sheriff Mills found a note from the killer which read "You found her, now find me." What struck me was that the letter M was written in a very peculiar way, and all the words were written with capital letters. In episode six, Sheriff Mills was shown looking at a diagram (drawn by Maggie) which detailed where everyone would stand at the wedding rehearsal. Interestingly enough, Maggie's handwriting matches the handwriting in the killer's note perfectly. The M's are written the same peculiar way, and the names are all written with capital letters.

Here are two pictures which show the exact similarities:

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Other reasons it could be Maggie...

1.) I don't believe she has an alibi for a single murder. Not that alibis mean anything at this point, but she appears and disappears quite frequently in every episode. Even in Episode 8, she completely disappeared while everyone else was making it a point to stay together when the lights went out.

2.) She knows the island and the hotel very well. Who better to pull off a killing spree than someone who knows the area like the back of their hand?

3.) She made sure that the priest left at a specific time. Within the blink of an eye, he was dead.

4.) The matches used to kill Lucy came from the Candlewick Inn.

5.) At the wedding rehearsal, she specifically directed Mr. Wellington to stand underneath the chandelier. She's also the one who asked Abby to turn off the lights, which triggered the fall of the blade.

6.) She has easy access to guns. We saw her unlocking a cabinet full of them in the last episode. In that same episode, the officer who was guarding JD and Shane was shot to death.

7.) In the newspaper article (picture posted above) the word "ME" is written in red letters over a paragraph that features a quote from Maggie. Me = Killer. Maggie + Me = coincidence?

8.) For a seemingly peripheral character like Maggie to be featured in the Harper's Globe backstory, she has to hold some yet-to-be-discovered importance.

All of these things make Maggie look very suspicious, but they've written her as such a peripheral character that it's easy to overlook her as a serious suspect. The writers haven't gone out of their way to make her look suspicious as they've done with Henry, Sheriff Mills, Jimmy and JD. As a result, it's easy to look past Maggie as an impossibility. That's exactly why I think she's the killer. I have no clue what her motive is, but I do think it's her.

Personally, I can't wait for the inevitable montage in the final episode showing how she pulled off all the murders, LoL. Hopefully, we'll get a good explanation of motive, as well.

hey nice point out to the two 'm's! thats interesting...!mostly i ruled her out precisely because she is too peripheral. i understand the point that you're making about that she could have some undiscovered importance, but i personally would feel very unsatisfied if it ends up being her, since after 8 episodes, we know nothing at all about her character. there is no development in her storyline and if they suddenly make up a bullshit tale at the last minute explaining her motive, i will be pissed!but about the matches..all of them stay at the hotel and could have had access to those brand of matches, so thats not much of an argument..further, and most importantly, HOW could she have murdered ben? she wasnt on the boat at that time?!! thats i why i disagree and say its not her

Hey soapskank, I'm glad you enjoyed my post over at SurvivorSucks so much that you felt the need to share it here.

But even copying my comment about the montage? lol

austair wrote:

hey nice point out to the two 'm's! thats interesting...!mostly i ruled her out precisely because she is too peripheral. i understand the point that you're making about that she could have some undiscovered importance, but i personally would feel very unsatisfied if it ends up being her, since after 8 episodes, we know nothing at all about her character. there is no development in her storyline and if they suddenly make up a bullshit tale at the last minute explaining her motive, i will be pissed!but about the matches..all of them stay at the hotel and could have had access to those brand of matches, so thats not much of an argument..further, and most importantly, HOW could she have murdered ben? she wasnt on the boat at that time?!! thats i why i disagree and say its not her

People keep saying this but who said that the killer had to be a person on the boat? From what we saw, he could've been tied up under it for a *while* before the boat started and he was killed.... A person from the island could've simply come over, did what he or she needed to do to get him under the boat and dead and then went back to the Island to await the arrival of the wedding party.

yes, but that seems more unlikely dont you think?1. why would they go all the way to the coast to tie up the person and subtly slip back to the island before even making sure that theyre dead? (coz if theyre not they can spill the beans)2. since maggie knows most of the guests well (like henry, trish and abby), at least one person would have spotted her on the coast if she had been there. yet the first time we see her, henry and co greet her as if they havent seen her aaages.3. i dont think she actually knew ben (i dont think he lived on harpers). so if its her, why would she start with some complete random who nobody even ends up finding?

good eye with the M's! Nice!

I think it says Mr. Wellington, not Me.

I agree, I think Maggie is the killer. I believe the bellhops and gardeners at the inn are working for her.

HOLYCRAP I think this goes right along with my theory !!!!

I never noticed before....but this note left behind for the Sherriff, has the same M ..... ok big deal....BUT....it was sent after that girl HUNGherself............ I've been theroizing that it was MAGGIE'sDAUGHTER that hung herself in a suicide pact with JD...Now she's pissed and wants revenge because it should be her daughter at this age getting married....and that Henry did nothing to save her daughter...

NOW......READUNDERthe hand written note...... That man (Wakefiled) did unspeakable things and we can all begin to mourn the ones we've lost, thanks to Sherriff Mills, said Maggie Krell

What if that means...she has some link to Wakefiled and or a victim...(Wakefield himself could have been a victim of the Sherriff)...MOTIVE It was never stated that she lost anyone during those murders....but ....apparently she did!

Don't forget the third note with the weird crossed m's- it was Henry's to Trish asking her to meet at motel...."signed by Hunter" Same M's....X in middle, never saw M like that

I just love how everyone is coming to the conclusion that it is Maggie! Each week she grows more and more suspicious to me, and it is very convenient how she just comes and goes! Maggie is still my #1 suspect until she is offed or otherwise. Great observations!!!! BUT, where is Nikki???

Who fogot to pay the bill?

I am kidding. I am not saying it is or is not Maggie. I am staying out of it.

In the note that Henry leaves Trish, pretending to be Hunter that says we can work this out, has the same writing as the note left to the Sheriff saying find me and the standing arrangements for the wedding. Notice how the standing arrangements say Booth and not Joel. Also Sully and not Christopher. Maggie would not know to call either of them by their nicknames. When at the rehearsel she asks if anyone has seen Joel Booth. I think Henry must have drawn up the standing arrangement the day Maggie made him help with a bunch of the wedding stuff.

out of all the theories i have read from people i have to say this is the most likely one of them all...the handwriting has been spoken of before but most ppl pointed fingers to henry because of the note he wrote to trish, but then again could have been a red-herring and have a perfectly good explanation. you also have a good point about the guns that she was handing out and the fact that she was the one who unlocked the storage case to all the guns....i' willing to bet that was overlooked by a lot of people, and usually the things that are over looked are very important...epi. 8 played mind games with people's heads a lot and i suspect it will get a lot worse from here on out but at the same time there will be little things that will allow us to cross ppl off the suspect list, such as maybe someone witnessing the murder of someone else by the killer's hand, such as the cop getting shot, so that crosses shane off the list and of course JD cause hes dead, and even if he didn't die he would still be taken off the list of suspects. i have a feeling that the motive for the killings will end up being more surprising than the actual killer themselves since we all know who the suspects are. sure i wanna know who but this show to me makes it more as to why!! simply because you have to wonder WHY would any of these people who are friends with Abby do this to her (unless shes the killer of course...split personality maybe? "It's all about you, Abby."Could be a cryptic statement...he could actually have been more literal than we think. Maybe they knew Abby's messed up the head and her disorder and thats what JD was trying to tell her...ever see My Bloody Valentine? You might have thought things were going the way they were shown to you but they weren't.

kevin9718 wrote:

In the note that Henry leaves Trish, pretending to be Hunter that says we can work this out, has the same writing as the note left to the Sheriff saying find me and the standing arrangements for the wedding. Notice how the standing arrangements say Booth and not Joel. Also Sully and not Christopher. Maggie would not know to call either of them by their nicknames. When at the rehearsel she asks if anyone has seen Joel Booth. I think Henry must have drawn up the standing arrangement the day Maggie made him help with a bunch of the wedding stuff.

Great, when I think I had Jimmy pegged you make me think it's Henry. The handwriting evidence is hard to over look. I'm not sold on the Maggie thing, because there is no character development.Like someone else said,If it does turn out to be her I'm going to be pissed at the writers. Why is henry covered in blood at the end of ep. 8?