A murder mystery, taking place at a spooky plantation in the 1920's. College student Laura Bow is invited by her friend Lillian to come along to what has to be the most dysfunctional family gathering ever. The only problem is, various members of the family begin to mysteriously disappear! Done in the traditional Sierra adventure game style.

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Alternate Titles

"The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery" -- Tag-lined title
"Laura Bow 1" -- slang

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Now they're alive. Now they're dead	DOS	B14ck W01f (37398)
Top mystery game.	DOS	MAT (47009)
The embodiment of Roberta Williams' virtues and flaws	DOS	Colin Rowsell (45)
You had to have been there.	DOS	William Shawn McDonie (1161)
Suspensful non-stop rollercoaster riding murder-mystery adventure game!	DOS	OlSkool_Gamer (99)
One big cliche but still fun	DOS	Travis Owens (7)

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ST-Computer	Atari ST	Jan, 1991	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

Shower 'Stuff' :-)

Once Laura is in the washroom, type in "Take Shower". Laura strips, gets in and scrubs away while the hooded killer slips in and murders her in a wonderful parody of the horror classic "Psycho", complete with high-pitched violins playing.

In the sequence in Fifi's room while she get ready to meet her lover-boy Jeeves, when she goes behind the screen to change type in "Open Door" and you can see Fifi in her underwear!

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This entry was contributed by Eurythmic (2613), POMAH (26139) and Belboz

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