This serial killer story is an obvious device to reconstitute the cast. Best wishes on your career Rob!

I am not surprised at all, I knew Ben was the killer. Days is getting good now. Its the soap to watch right now.

heh..
I only watched off & on when I had empty time to it slip it into my soap viewing schedule lol.
And– I knew it was Ben because he is a jerk and jerks are always the guys the audience want to see hung or they simply get hung because they are jerks….

He’s a good actor. But this means the end of stint doesn’t it.

No surprise for me. I have been saying for a while that Ben and Clyde have worked together to frame Chad.

Predictable, once they decided they were going to get rid of so many cast members. Was either going to be him or Aiden. The two actors they should be keeping they’re getting rid of to accommodate all the “stars” coming back that won’t stay long anyway.

Yes, it was obvious about 2 weeks after I started watching. I used to watch when Vivian was on and Marlena was possessed, so I decided to check it out now for the 50th. I usually only watch GH which has turned into a snore fest. Originally, I thought he creepy dad who was on North and South did it, but it became obvious in the past 2 weeks that it was the son. The last time I was surprised by a storyline on a soap was when Iva turned out to be Lily’s mother and not Shannon on As… Read more »

I was more shocked when they showed the killer in Marlena’s room and then cut to Daniel. THAT made my heart pound!! To learn 5 minutes later it was Ben was more of a let down if I’m being honest, especially after how my whole body reacted thinking it was Dr. Love. I know Ben makes more sense given then current plot, but to have someone like Daniel (who’s motive would be hard to explain, but his relationship with the women wouldn’t have been) turn up to be a killer made my skin jump at what a surprise that would… Read more »

ToDAYS episode only proves that Ben may have attacked Marlena…and if he did, it doesn’t mean he’s the actual murderer! We didn’t see who attacked Marlena. Ben does have the murder paraphernalia, but that could be because he is a copycat, which would mean the real killer is still unknown. I believe Dr. Daniel Jonas is the Necktie Killer!!! I refuse to believe Ben is the killer just because he had and disregarded those items! Show me something more concrete and I’ll believe it…The Show Me State is where I was born and raised!!!!! Many fans and soap reporters have… Read more »

I’m still confused over the details in today’s episode. So, Ben and Abigail had a fight at the hospital. Ben goes and … changes clothes at home to come back to attack Marlena? Or, like Spider-Man, has his killer costume stashed in different places around Salem so it’s always a convenient change? Meanwhile, Abigail goes back home and is obviously there while Marlena is being attacked, but Ben comes home, having changed again – but later, when she leaves, he pulls out his box of red ties (so glad he thought about theme colors before embarking on his new serial… Read more »

Nope don’t believe it was Ben. I believe Ben got some red ties and such, because he was planning to use them to get the police more evidence toward Chad, but once Chad was being sought he decided to ditch his plan. Ben being the killer is way to obvious. This is supposed to be a long and layered murder mystery– the killer being revealed on a Thurs. and not in sweeps– sorry folks, not falling for it– Ben is not killer.

Best daytime soap right now. Hope folks tune in for the anniversary and stick around.

Everyone is missing one important scene from today’s episode that makes me think that Ben is not the killer. Right after Marlena was attacked by a man dressed in all black, with the mask, they cut to Jennifer Horton in the park. Who came up to her all out of breath and still dressed in all black? Clyde Weston! I personally think it’s him. He was around when Sabrina was killed and he was also around when Paige was killed and for the last few weeks Marlena has had that look of dread every time she runs into Clyde. To… Read more »

Ben should ditch abigail. She is not trustworthy. Chad needs to leave salem. He’s creepy looking and does’nt respect women. Hope ben is not the serial killer and that chad is.

Yes, I thought it was Ben (after guessing a whole slew of others including Clyde, Rafe, Kristen, Sami and Andre). The episode the day before the big reveal clinched it for me. Ben finding Abigail with Chad and reacting the way he did gave it away. Looking back now, it should have been obvious (hindsight is 20/20). A lot of focus has been placed on the Chad-Abigail-Ben triangle with Ben becoming a less likable character by the episode. I attributed that to the writers’ desire to change viewers minds about Ben and Abigail as a couple. (Something I didn’t appreciate… Read more »

Love this show. Glad Ben is the killer maybe Chad and Abby can finally get together.

You know you might be a red neck tie strangler if … you have a box of red neck ties under your bed. But there is one element missing from Ben’s box of evidence. I think that Chad has been drugged during the two murders. It’s too coincidental that he had passed out drunk during these times. Ben couldn’t have risked Chad having an alibi for Paige’s murder, so he would have had to have drugged Chad. There was no trace of those drugs in that box. I think that Ben might have attacked Marlena to frame Chad because he… Read more »

Some of the sites (only a few) that have teased Will’s death hinted that it would happen when he came to Marlena’s rescue during an attack. If they were wrong about this then I hope they are wrong about the death.

I would much rather see Will go to Europe with Sonny, so that 3, 4, 5 yrs down the road the characters could be recast & come back to Salem for a new story line.

I wish Abby had stood up to Ben and not begged him to take her back and certainly not agreed to leave Salem with him. Jen is wrong. Abby doesn’t have a spine.

Did Abby take Chad to the same cabin where she had sex with his brother?

Was a little surprised about the reveal, but I thought Ben was on his way out anyway with the new writers.

He’s lucky he is pretty, all I’m saying….

I think the killer is little Ciara. She’s mad she doesn’t get to wear the earrings Sami bought her every day!

I am hoping that Abby and Chad get together i don,t like her and Ben they are not suited for each other and i think that him and claude are both doing the the killing and pinning it on Chad

If you read what the actor who plays Ben says in this weeks new SOD Magazine. The actor is already done filming so he like some of the others who have been let go is still on for some time since they are so far ahead-He said he IS the killer and was told after the 1st 2 murders happened. If you look at Shawn Christian’s FB page he talks about his NEW work. WHO knows what to think-I think he DID kill the 1st two but I also think another killer is still out there.

Why is the actor playing Andre look as old as his dad Stefano I think Daniel is the killer Ben has a small frame the killer is about Daniel’s size

Hi. May I chime in? This story, unless I am wrong, and I could be wrong, seems to be a nod to the Salem Strangler story that shocked daytime viewers and kept them guessing and nervously watching the horror unfold for months back in the early 80’s. It took a long while for the shocking reveal that it was Jake. Before we knew it was Jake, everyone thought it was “crazy” Eugene Bradford, who confessed to the killings and was even placed in a mental institution, until the murders resumed, even with Eugene in custody. Only a couple years later,… Read more »

I’m a little disconcerted and disjointed… over Kate Mansi

so much time is spent on the new heralded supercouple… whilst melding the days of Ole”

John and Marlena
Kayla and Patch
Hope and BO

the eternally indomitable… spirited.. and much lauded.. Kassie DePaiva

by me.. so what?

I love this woman

that being said…

as posted… Billy Flynn has ever right to be featured… I’m so tired of watching the acting Kate Mansi vacillate her acting choices… perhaps the energies she readies between Ben and Chad are too vast… I certainly see the waste of time… of Ben… and the unrelatable to Chad

I hope Dr. Dan isn’t the killer! That scene where we saw him in Marlena’s room sure was scary though!

And please no more interrupting my soaps! I had the Pope for two days and then Boehner yesterday. 🙁

cant believe im doing a 180 on the chad/ abigail/ ben triangle
at first i wasnt sold but im loving a torn, teary abigail! kate mansi s been killing her desperation over staying with the supposed father of her baby and sacrificing her real love for chad di mera!
also loving the sub plot with jennifer crept out over clyde who im also crazy about right now!
throw in the new and returned salem docks set where chad s been hiding and ben tossed the neck ties and im addicted to this storyline on days!!!

Have been watching since the very beginning, yes 50 years…My vote goes to Ben NOT being killer

Ben did not stand a chance with Clyde as a father can’t believe he kept it together for so long

I read that we were going to find out who the killer was in November well we know that isn’t true and also that Ben may not be working alone,I think when Ben is strangling someone he is thinking of someone else for instance somebody he hates so he takes it out on the innocent people of Salem.I just wonder how much longer that dummy Abby will stay with Ben until she finally sees that there is something seriously wrong with him,Will did but look where it got him as if we didn’t see that one coming,I must say though… Read more »