Prop: Anointing oil (preferably frankincense or myrrh)

Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain --

It sounds like a mystery like Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys, doesn’t it? Or for those with a slightly more sinister flair, a story by E. L. Stine.

Intrigue, Mystery, Mayhem, and a good dose of the gruesome. And slightly Spooky. The events surrounding Jesus’ death were certainly strange and unusual.

The High Priest and his family of former and future high priests had been pushing to get something done about Jesus before the Passover celebration. He had ridden in on a donkey during the Procession of the Lambs, and the people had laid down their cloaks for him just like they had for Jehu. They really thought he was a King . . . .King of the Jews! They had waved palms not for the high priest and his p…