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Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express Hints

How do I collect and compare footprints?

  • 1 of 8: Why would I want to do this?
    A footprint in snow is more impermanent than a footprint in mud. We'd better find a way to preserve it.
  • 2 of 8: The usual way to collect a footprint is to fill it with plaster of paris to make a mold of the print. But our resources are limited here; what can we use instead of plaster?
  • 3 of 8: You'll find what you need in the kitchen.
  • 4 of 8: Don't think you see anything you can use there? Well, how about that bowl full of cake batter? Yes, I know, it's ridiculous; but the stuff is gooey, semi-liquid, and will eventually harden so we can use it as a mold. Grab the bowl and run.
  • 5 of 8: After you pour the batter into the footprint, you now have the problem of getting it out again. Antoinette says the heat of her hands will melt it out of shape. You need something like the curling tongs you used to handle the burnt paper.
  • 6 of 8: Go to the salon car and grab the ice tongs from behind the bar. While you're here, grab the ice bucket too -- we need something cold to keep the thing in once it's out of the snow so it will keep its shape.
  • 7 of 8: Use the tongs to pick up the doughy footprint, then combine it with the ice bucket in inventory. Now you just need to find the shoe that made it.
  • 8 of 8: Go to the room of each male on the train (in the Calais and Athens-Paris coaches) and go to the closet with the rounded door in the corner, where you'll find the shoes. Use the footprint on the shoes and Poirot will tell you if they match. IMPORTANT: Even if you find the match the first time, you need to check ALL the men's shoes in the train anyway to satisfy Poirot's edict and progress to the next chapter. Don't forget to do the staff's shoes in the Athens-Paris coach, too.