Anthony E. Pratt Birmingham that manufactured components for tanks. Working on a drilling machine, he found the work tedious, but it gave him time to think, including about the ideas behind Cluedo. It was during the Second World War that Pratt had the idea for a murder mystery board game. The idea for Cluedo came from his days spent playing musical concerts in country hotels where part of the evening's entertainment would have been murder mystery games. These would involve both actors and hotel guests playing the characters in a plot which involved the murder of one or more of the guests. The
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (AHMM) is a monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime and detective fiction. "AHMM" is named for Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and television. "AHMM" was founded in 1956 by HSD Publications, which licensed the use of the director's name. Though there was no formal connection with the television show, stories published in the magazine were sometimes adapted by the producers of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (and later, "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour)". A few writers, such as Henry Slesar, wrote for both. Other contributors during the magazine’s early years