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The
Howling
Fog
Ruth Tillman
Based on the GUMSHOE One-2-One system by Robin D. Laws
THE
HOWLING
FOG
BY
Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
THE HOWLING FOG
Publishers
Simon Rogers and Cathriona Tobin
GUMSHOE
One-2-One System Design
Robin D. Laws
Author
Ruth Tillman
Art Direction
Laura Martin, Christian Knutsson
Cover Art
Christian Knutsson
Interior Art
Laura Martin, Christian Knutsson
Design and Layout
Laura Martin, based on a template
by Christian Knutsson
Playtesters
Finn Cullen, Hayley Garcia
Copyright © 2017 Pelgrane Press Ltd.
Cthulhu Confidential and GUMSHOE One-2-One are trademarks of Pelgrane Press Ltd.
Pelgrane Press is co-owned by Simon Rogers and Cathriona Tobin.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE HOWLING FOG
Setting the Stage
The Story So Far
Relationship Map
Scene Flow Diagram
Vivian Sinclair
Timeline
Summoning a Hound
Dial H for Harassment
Cast
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HANDOUTS
Antagonist Reactions
Problem Cards
Edge Cards
Viv's Character Sheet
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37-38
39-40
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THE CLIP JOINT GIRL
THE FANTASIA LOUNGE
CHECKING THE BOOKS
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10
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THE BODY ON THE SIDEWALK 13
TALKING ABOUT TONY
THE BURNED MARK
THE FRENCHY CONNECTION
ROOFTOPS OF HARLEM
ANALYSING ICHOR
MOBSTERS GONE MISSING
MAD DOG'S WIDOW
THE COTTON CLUB
THE EAST RIVER BODY
HARLEM BELOW
CHERCHEZ LA FEMME
UNDERWORLD SUMMIT
GUEST OF THE ITALIANS
HOUNDS UNLEASHED
DENOUEMENT
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THE HOWLING FOG
THE HOWLING FOG
In this story, Viv investigates strange and
apparently supernatural elements in a turf
war between New York City’s Italian and Irish
mobs. She moves through sleazy clip joints and
the famous Cotton Club, brushing elbows with
“hostesses,” chorus girls, and chanteuses, only to
come face-to-face with the terrifying secret of a
dead Irish hitman and how others use it to kill at a
distance.
This scenario fictionalizes Irish mobster
Owen “Owney” Madden’s 1934/5 decision to
flee New York City, where he held substantial
investments in respectable ventures from the
Cotton Club to Stork Club, for Hot Springs,
Arkansas. Police long suspected Owney Madden,
along with Dutch Schultz (d. 1935), of ordering
the 1932 hit which killed fellow Irish gangster,
Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll. When the Italian
mob saw his weakness under police pressure
and began pushing in on Owney’s Harlem turf,
Owney jumped ship. Madden appears in two 2013
episodes of HBO’s
Boardwalk Empire
as well as
the 1984 Coppola film,
The Cotton Club.
Nicholas
Cage plays the Coll-inspired Vincent Dwyer in
The
Cotton Club;
Coll also appears as a minor character
in a handful of lower profile films. As for his wife...
over tens of thousands and buying the time
they needed to team up and put Mad Dog down
themselves. The daylight hit in a neighborhood
drug store shocked neighbors and police. Coll’s
bodyguard had mysteriously disappeared when
the gunmen arrived. Schultz and Madden thought
they’d dealt with the problem. When the bodyguard
disappeared, they assumed he’d skipped town to
avoid getting called into court, or that the other had
whacked him and not mentioned it.
What they never asked themselves
was who their hit left behind. Coll’s young bride
Lottie Kriesberger, a German fashion designer
rumored to have convinced Coll to strike off with
his own gang, waited. And she plotted. Although
the police could not pin her husband’s murder on
Madden, they picked him up on a parole violation
and sent him up to Sing-Sing. Lottie faded into the
background.
Lottie re-emerged as the Italian mob
began making a move on Harlem, the location of
Madden’s beloved Cotton Club. They built bars
and clip joints, they muscled into Harlem’s own
numbers business, with an eye to take over the
city. Meanwhile, Madden, released from prison,
refashioned himself a club impresario, and
celebrated his best season yet, showcasing the
sensational jazz singer, Adelaide Hall.
In the last few days, Vivian Sinclair has
begun an undercover investigation of the city’s clip
joints, finding work at the Luciano-owned Fantasia
Lounge. Although she knows the danger, she
cannot anticipate that she will soon end up on the
brink of a mob war architected by the malevolent
Lottie, who intends to turn the Italian and Irish
mobs on each other. Her goal? Obliterate Owney
Madden and destroy his prized Cotton Club. Her
weapon? A Hound of Tindalos.
The Story So Far
Three years ago, in 1931, Jewish gangster Dutch
Schultz and Irish gangster Owney Madden began
receiving threats from their former lackey, Irish
hitman Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll. Recently married
and cockier than ever, Coll threatened to off
members of their family, using a mysterious force
that not only left no evidence tying him to the hit,
but could off anyone, anywhere. To prove he could,
he took out several of their lower-tier henchmen.
Schultz and Madden initially capitulated, turning
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